Chapter 132

Bodhisattva Lingji wasn't actually that angry, but seeing the mocking smile on Xuanzang's face, his cultivation of patience was instantly broken.

He had to teach Xuanzang a lesson, otherwise his thoughts would not be clear.

But his wish was probably not going to be realized. Just as Bodhisattva Lingji wanted to make a move, the Great Peng blocked his attack, followed by Sun Wukong and Ao Mo'ang cutting off Bodhisattva Lingji's retreat.

"Are you trying to go against my Spirit Mountain?" Bodhisattva Lingji looked at the Great Peng and the others with a gloomy expression.

"Go against your Spirit Mountain? Are you even worthy? A sect organized by a traitor who stole someone else's results—are you even worthy of saying the words 'go against'?" The Great Peng was full of disdain.

"Presumptuous! How dare you insult my Buddha!" Hearing the Great Peng's words, Bodhisattva Lingji was instantly furious.

After roaring, Bodhisattva Lingji threw the Flying Dragon Treasure Staff into the sky. This Flying Dragon Treasure Staff instantly turned into a giant dragon. At the same time, Bodhisattva Lingji's mouth began to puff.

The next second, the Samadhi Divine Wind was blown out. His Samadhi Divine Wind was much more powerful than the Yellow Wind Monster's. Sun Wukong and Ao Mo'ang were affected again, and even the Great Peng was affected slightly.

After all, Lingji's strength was not weak, and the power of this Samadhi Divine Wind was not small, so it was normal for the Great Peng to be affected a little.

*Bang*—

Just as the Great Peng was affected, he suddenly felt a chill behind him. He didn't even think about it before taking out his Fangtian Huaji, then turned around and stabbed it. This strike collided solidly with the claw of the giant dragon transformed from the Flying Dragon Treasure Staff.

"A mere dragon soul, and you dare to run wild here!" The Great Peng said coldly.

The next second, he sprayed Yin-Yang Two Qi from his nose. In just an instant, the Flying Dragon Treasure Staff suffered heavy damage. The Great Peng opened his mouth and inhaled, and the dragon soul in the Flying Dragon Treasure Staff was swallowed by him.

*Pfft*—

The Flying Dragon Treasure Staff was destroyed, and Bodhisattva Lingji spat out a large mouthful of blood. Clearly, he had been backlashed by his spiritual treasure.

"Do you really think we have no skills?" The Great Peng used the Yin-Yang Two Qi to crush this Samadhi Divine Wind, then appeared before Bodhisattva Lingji.

When the Great Peng and the other two appeared before Bodhisattva Lingji, Bodhisattva Lingji's eyes suddenly flickered. The next second, he disappeared from where he stood.

When he appeared again, he had already arrived at Xuanzang's side. He knew he couldn't kill Xuanzang, but he had to teach Xuanzang a lesson. The principle said Xuanzang couldn't die, but it didn't say he couldn't be seriously injured!

"How bold!"

"Presumptuous!"

"Stop!"

Sun Wukong, the Great Peng, and Ao Mo'ang roared. If Xuanzang was injured under their protection, how would they be able to mix in the world in the future? One Da Luo Golden Immortal and two Taiyi Golden Immortals being played by a Da Luo Golden Immortal—if this got out, their faces would be completely lost.

But just as Bodhisattva Lingji's hand was placed on Xuanzang's neck, an accident happened.

Xuanzang had actually pinched Bodhisattva Lingji's neck one step ahead.

"When?" Bodhisattva Lingji's pupils instantly shrank to the size of needle points. He hadn't seen Xuanzang's movement at all just now. Was this really a Golden Immortal?

"You don't need to know!" Xuanzang said with a smile.

After speaking, a wisp of black Qi appeared in his hand. Seeing this wisp of black Qi, everyone except Sun Wukong had their expressions change drastically.

"Demonic Qi! What's going on? Dharma Master Xuanzang has actually fallen into the demonic path!" The Great Peng took two steps back and then looked at Sun Wukong and asked.

"After this matter is over, let Dharma Master Xuanzang explain it to you himself." Sun Wukong gave a wry smile.

"You!!! You have actually betrayed my Buddha. You are not worthy of being a scripture-seeker!" Bodhisattva Lingji struggled to say this after feeling the demonic Qi on Xuanzang's body.

"Is that so? But who knows?" Xuanzang sneered.

Just as Xuanzang was about to devour Bodhisattva Lingji, a super-strong Buddhist light appeared on his body. This should be a protective restriction set by Tathagata on him. This Buddhist position of Bodhisattva Lingji was very important. For important Buddhist positions on Spirit Mountain, Tathagata set protective restrictions on them, all for the sake of being able to rescue them in time.

Watching the Buddhist light about to wrap Bodhisattva Lingji completely, Xuanzang could only change his approach. He immediately retracted all the demonic Qi. The next second, two needles as black as ink appeared in Xuanzang's hand.

With two *whoosh* sounds, these two needles made of demonic Qi pierced into Bodhisattva Lingji's dantian and primordial spirit. In just an instant, the aura on Bodhisattva Lingji's body dissipated, and his eyes became vacant.

It was also at this time that the Buddhist light completely wrapped Bodhisattva Lingji and then disappeared before Xuanzang.

Spirit Mountain, Great Thunder Sound Temple.

A golden vortex appeared before Tathagata. The next second, Bodhisattva Lingji fell out of it.

When Tathagata saw Bodhisattva Lingji, his expression changed drastically, and then he hurriedly came to Bodhisattva Lingji's side.

When Tathagata investigated Bodhisattva Lingji's situation, anger appeared in his eyes.

This Bodhisattva Lingji had now become a useless person. His dantian was destroyed, and his primordial spirit was missing. If it weren't for maintaining it by relying on the Bodhisattva fruit position, Bodhisattva Lingji would have already disintegrated by now.

Tathagata wanted to ask Bodhisattva Lingji what was going on, but after seeing the vacant-eyed Bodhisattva Lingji, Tathagata gave up.

Bodhisattva Lingji's current situation was dementia; he couldn't ask anything at all.

Tathagata had the heart to save him, but he couldn't. It was a missing primordial spirit; with Tathagata's current ability, he was simply helpless!

"Return to Spirit Mountain immediately!" Tathagata sent a message to Guanyin, then had people take Bodhisattva Lingji away.

Without finding someone who could replace Bodhisattva Lingji's fruit position, the current Bodhisattva Lingji could not die!

After receiving Tathagata's message, Guanyin rushed back to Spirit Mountain.

After returning to Spirit Mountain, Guanyin saw Tathagata, whose expression was slightly gloomy.

"What's going on with Bodhisattva Lingji?" Tathagata asked after seeing Guanyin.

"Bodhisattva Lingji? He should be at Little Sumeru Mountain!" Guanyin was a bit puzzled.

Tathagata didn't speak. He brought Bodhisattva Lingji to the Eight Treasures Merit Pool. At this time, there was a platform in the Eight Treasures Merit Pool, and Bodhisattva Lingji was locked on this platform at this time.

"This?" Guanyin was a bit confused.

"Bodhisattva Lingji has been crippled by someone, and there is an irreversible injury on his primordial spirit. If it weren't for the protection of the Bodhisattva fruit position, he would have already disintegrated!" Tathagata looked at the demented Bodhisattva Lingji and said.

"Bodhisattva Lingji being like this might be related to Xuanzang." Guanyin took a look at Bodhisattva Lingji, then said to Tathagata.

"What's going on?" Tathagata asked.

"Buddha, do you still remember that yellow-haired mink that stole the lamp oil?"

"This matter is related to that evil beast?" Tathagata frowned.

"The matter is like this: after that yellow-haired mink was taken away by Bodhisattva Lingji, it had been staying at Little Sumeru Mountain. At that time, the Demon Race was unwilling to help us set up these eighty-one tribulations, so Bodhisattva Lingji thought about letting this yellow-haired mink set up a tribulation on Xuanzang's scripture-seeking path."

"We finally set this tribulation at Yellow Wind Ridge before Mount Futu. As long as this poor monk goes to Yellow Wind Ridge to take a look, I can determine whether this matter is related to that Xuanzang." Guanyin said.

"Then what if it is related to Xuanzang?" Tathagata looked at Guanyin and asked.

After hearing Tathagata's words, Guanyin was stunned for a moment, then finally lowered his head, because he didn't know how to answer either.

"Go and take a look. What we want is an obedient scripture-seeker. As long as the scripture-seeker is him, whether he is obedient or not is for us to decide." After pondering for a while, Tathagata looked at Guanyin.

At this time, Guanyin raised his head, and a light and excitement appeared in his eyes.

"Go!" Tathagata nodded.

Guanyin bowed to Tathagata, then left Spirit Mountain.

On Yellow Wind Ridge's side, Xuanzang had the Great Peng extract the soul of the Yellow Wind Monster from the Underworld.

"Do you think everything would be over just by dying?" Xuanzang looked at the Yellow Wind Monster and smiled.

"Speak! I'll speak! I'll say everything!" After seeing Xuanzang's smile, the Yellow Wind Monster completely collapsed.

The reason he agreed so quickly this time was that he was afraid Xuanzang would make his soul fly away and scatter. If his soul flew away and scattered, then it would really be over.

"It was Bodhisattva Lingji and Bodhisattva Guanyin who placed me here. They told me to give the scripture-seeker some obstacles. As long as I fulfilled this tribulation, they would guide me into Spirit Mountain." The Yellow Wind Monster said everything he knew.

"Fulfill this tribulation? How? Is there more to follow?" Xuanzang captured the keyword in the Yellow Wind Monster's mouth.

"Yes, there is more. Bodhisattva Guanyin said that true scriptures cannot be easily obtained, so he set up eighty-one tribulations along the scripture-seeking path, all to temper the scripture-seeker and let the scripture-seeker know that true scriptures cannot be easily transmitted." The Yellow Wind Monster said hurriedly.

"Eighty-one tribulations, so that's it. This Guanyin is really painstaking!" Xuanzang sneered.

"Dharma Master Xuanzang, can I go now?" The Yellow Wind Monster asked cautiously.

"Get out!" Xuanzang waved his hand.

The Yellow Wind Monster felt like he had been granted an amnesty, drilled directly into the ground, and disappeared.

After the Yellow Wind Monster disappeared, Xuanzang looked at the Great Peng and the others: "It seems we won't be lonely on this journey."

"No matter, just kill our way through!" The Great Peng shrugged.

"That's right, no matter what demons or ghosts, just kill our way through. Don't say eighty-one tribulations; we don't fear eight hundred and ten tribulations either." Sun Wukong said with a smile.

"That's right, we don't fear!" The Black Bear Spirit also joined in at this time.

"Let's go, continue on the road!" Hearing everyone's words, Xuanzang said with a smile.

Just as Xuanzang and the others were about to leave, Guanyin suddenly arrived at Yellow Wind Ridge. The first thing Guanyin saw when he arrived at Yellow Wind Ridge was the tragic corpse of the Yellow Wind Monster.

"Xuanzang, this poor monk asks you, what's going on with Bodhisattva Lingji?" Guanyin came before Xuanzang and said coldly.

"Don't know!" Xuanzang shook his head, his eyes cold.

"You'd better tell the truth!" Guanyin's tone was a bit unkind.

"What? Want to make a move? You can try!" Xuanzang didn't indulge Guanyin at all.

"Xuanzang, don't think that the identity of a scripture-seeker can bind this poor monk." Killing intent radiated from Guanyin's body.

After Tathagata's guidance, Guanyin wouldn't be handled by Xuanzang at all now. Anyway, as long as it was still this person, it would be fine.

"Do you take me for non-existent? Cihang!" The Great Peng said coldly at this time, then stood before Xuanzang.

When Guanyin heard the two words "Cihang," the killing intent on his body fluctuated, and his body also trembled once, but then returned to normal.

Seeing the Great Peng, a trace of annoyance flashed across Guanyin's face. This annoyance was first that the Great Peng had called out his previous name, and second that he had appeared in the scripture-seeking team.

"Cihang? Who is Cihang?" The Black Bear Spirit asked with some confusion.

Just as the Black Bear Spirit's words came out, Guanyin's expression turned black. But this really wasn't the Black Bear Spirit mocking Guanyin; he really didn't know.

"I was the one who injured Lingji. What do you want to do about it?" The Great Peng looked at Guanyin and said flatly.

Guanyin had actually suspected the Great Peng for a long time. After all, Xuanzang's strength was only Golden Immortal; it was impossible for him to be Bodhisattva Lingji's opponent.

"This poor monk needs an explanation!"

"We also need an explanation. Why did you plant this Yellow Wind Monster here to block our journey west?" The smile on the Great Peng's face also disappeared.

"You don't think the Yellow Wind Monster died just like that, do you?" Seeing that Guanyin's expression was a bit wrong, the Great Peng looked at him and said coldly.

Xuanzang didn't say a word during the Great Peng's confrontation with Guanyin. He just quietly watched Guanyin.

"If you don't want Xuanzang to seek scriptures, then we'll break up. Since you let him go to seek scriptures, why do you still send people to block us? Give me an explanation, otherwise you won't be able to leave today." The Great Peng took out his Fangtian Huaji.

"Are you threatening this poor monk?"

"You can think so." The Great Peng didn't speak, but Sun Wukong suddenly said, then stood beside the Great Peng holding his Golden-Hooped Rod.

Ao Mo'ang and the Black Bear Spirit didn't speak, but they stood on the other side of the Great Peng.

"Cihang, you only have the strength of a peak Da Luo Golden Immortal, and I am also a Da Luo Golden Immortal. I have three Taiyi Golden Immortals beside me. How much confidence do you think you have in winning against us?" The Great Peng grinned.

"True scriptures cannot be easily transmitted! This is the general trend of the Heavenly Dao!" Guanyin took a deep breath and said flatly.

"Great Peng, let him leave!" Just as the Great Peng wanted to say something, Xuanzang spoke.

"Get out!" After hearing Xuanzang's words, the Great Peng put away his weapon and said to Guanyin.

Sun Wukong and the others also put away their weapons, then looked at Guanyin with indifference.

"This poor monk will report today's events to the Buddha truthfully." Guanyin looked at Xuanzang deeply.

"What? Is Duobao going to make a move himself?" The Great Peng asked.

Guanyin's breathing stagnated, and finally, he gave the Great Peng a look full of killing intent, then disappeared from where he stood.

"Let's go, let's leave here first. I will tell you everything you want to know." Xuanzang said to everyone, then stood up and left.

After descending Yellow Wind Ridge, the sky was already a bit dark. Sun Wukong took the opportunity to turn into a mansion at the foot of the mountain.

After staying, everyone gathered around Xuanzang.

"What do you want to hear?" Xuanzang looked at everyone and asked with a smile.

"Dharma Master Xuanzang, first talk about why you are so hostile toward the West." Ao Mo'ang said.

"Then this has to be told from the beginning." Xuanzang said after drinking the tea in his hand.

(End of chapter)