Chapter 27 Two Anglers

Listening to the conversation between the masters of Lingyin Temple and the Silver Bottle Maiden, Ji Xiang realized that it seemed he wasn't the only one fishing. The Silver Bottle Maiden was slaying demons on Phoenix Mountain, and the power he had transmitted to her was probably too strong, causing her to become anxious.

"Letting her go to Jade Dragon Daoist Temple is clearly inviting a tiger into the den, but the masters of Lingyin Temple are highly respected, and although she seems suspicious, she can't quite put her finger on what's wrong," Ji Xiang thought.

"Could this master have become a puppet?"

Ji Xiang could clearly sense a wisp of demonic energy hidden within Master Jingxian, concealed beneath the Buddhist light. As for the true identity of this demonic energy, or who was controlling it, the Silver Bottle Maiden needed to act as bait and take a trip.

However, this eminent monk of Lingyin Temple was already at the Arhat level, probably at the Third Fruit stage. This was already extremely powerful in the human realm, and his cultivation level had reached the peak of refining the spirit. He was definitely a high-level figure within Lingyin Temple, yet such a strong person was unaware of being invaded by demonic energy.

Ji Xiang slightly manipulated his power, making the Zhenwu statue appear more majestic, only manifesting the Buddhist nature within the Samadhi Fire Wheel. As a result, everyone who was talking was immediately attracted to the Zhenwu statue, and the white-robed monk hurriedly told Master Jingxian that this was the Buddhist power that had attracted him the previous day.

Master Jingxian stroked his beard and smiled at the Silver Bottle Maiden, "Hmm, pure Buddhist power! Benefactor Yue, you see, my disciple did not lie. This Zhenwu statue in your temple truly contains the might of my Buddhism."

"This... indeed."

The Silver Bottle Maiden was also surprised. The Zhenwu statue suddenly manifested its might, but it was not the divine power gathered from the incense of the people, but rather manifested the power of Buddhism.

But the Silver Bottle Maiden still said, "Although this statue does have the power of Buddhism, it is still something in my temple. No one has the right to take it away."

"You are right, then would it be alright for this old monk to touch it and observe it?"

"Don't worry, I won't take away the divine power from this statue."

Master Jingxian lowered his posture. The Silver Bottle Maiden thought that this old monk had a decent reputation in the vicinity, and she didn't think he would do something like outright snatching, so she nodded in agreement.

"It's comfortable talking to you, Master, unlike your disciple."

After obtaining the Silver Bottle Maiden's consent, Master Jingxian touched the Zhenwu statue. He floated up, his palm touching the center of the Zhenwu statue's brow.

Ji Xiang used the Buddhist nature of the Samadhi Fire Wheel to envelop himself, and chanted the Peacock Mingwang Mantra, so what was presented was naturally the authentic Buddhist Mingwang power. Master Jingxian was very happy after sensing this power, his beard almost floating up to the sky.

Taking this opportunity, Ji Xiang also struck a strand of the Peacock Mingwang Mantra's power into Master Jingxian's body!

The Buddhist might was vast, and the power of the Mingwang swept through his entire body. Master Jingxian's arm went numb from this power, and he hurriedly withdrew his hand. In that instant, Ji Xiang used the Buddhist nature of the Samadhi Fire Wheel to touch that strand of demonic energy!

The Buddhist nature was fierce, causing the demonic energy to stir, wanting to assimilate this strand of power. However, the Buddhist nature of the Samadhi Fire Wheel was extremely powerful. Taking this opportunity, the Zhenwu statue suddenly burst out a cloud of white smoke. Master Jingxian hurriedly withdrew his hand, and that strand of demonic energy that was attracted out was grabbed by the Tongtian Mingyan and eaten on the spot by the blank divine tablet!

The inner scenery divine tablet immediately displayed text:

[Chasing Fear Demon Qi: A fierce demonic energy refined with the blood of the Chasing Fear Demon God. The Chasing Fear Demon is a great demon god in Buddhist legends who once tested Zen with Venerable Ananda and Mahākāśyapa. He has a face like a pipa, four eyes and two mouths, his face emits light, and his mouth sings "Chasing Fear, Chasing Fear," holding a fire wheel and turning lightning.]

[When sitting in meditation or entering samadhi, this demonic energy will gradually invade the body, slowly assimilating the meditator into the Chasing Fear Demon God. There can only be sixty-three Chasing Fear Demon Gods in the world, this number is the number of disturbing Buddhism.]

[Legend has it that Sakyamuni told Venerable Ananda that there are sixty-three of these demons. When the past Krakucchanda Buddha was lecturing, there was a Bhikkhu who failed to attain the Srotapanna fruit, and later his heart went astray and he was transformed into a heretic, and was rejected by the Sangha. He was furious and vowed to become a ghost and demon when he died, transforming into sixty-three paths of resentment, even to this day harassing the four assemblies. Anyone who is entangled by this demon god will fall into Avici Hell, never to be reborn!]

[When sixty-three Chasing Fear Demon Gods appear, they will collectively descend on the prosperous sect of Dharma lineage, the unique Dharma lineage passed down by that sect will be completely cut off, and the cut-off Dharma lineage will become a part of the Chasing Fear Demon God.]

[Use the Vajrakilaya Mudra to give this Chasing Fear Demon Qi to the Peacock Mahamayuri, it can help him further escape from Avici Hell!]

[Refining the Chasing Fear Demon Qi into the Chandala Finger will add the ability to the Chandala Finger to make people's Dao hearts retreat!]

[If refined, the connection between the Peacock Mahamayuri and this finger will be reduced.]

This is a technique to cultivate a cultivator into a demon. The core of this technique is the sixty-three paths of Chasing Fear Demon Qi. Ji Xiang suddenly understood why this demonic energy was in the body of a Buddhist master, but the other party was unaware of it. It turned out that it was not that he was unaware, but that this demonic energy was actually becoming one with him.

In other words, some of Master Jingxian's actions have already been subtly affected by this demonic energy.

Ji Xiang looked out from the Zhenwu statue, and then looked at Master Jingxian. The latter was in a somewhat dazed state, as if he had forgotten something. The Silver Bottle Maiden reminded him:

"Master, why have you been silent for so long after touching the statue?"

Master Jingxian gradually recovered from his dazed state. He glanced at the Zhenwu statue, but felt bursts of pain in his heart, as if someone was chanting evil curses. He chanted Amitabha several times before he could recover.

"The statue is majestic and spiritual, this poor monk feels like he has realized something, but after all, I am dull and don't know what changes have occurred in my body."

The Silver Bottle Maiden touched the Zhenwu statue with the power of incense, and after feeling that the divine power still existed, she didn't care what Master Jingxian had realized, and immediately said:

"Didn't the Master want to take me to the Jade Dragon Daoist Temple? I want to meet the expert who is following me."

Master Jingxian seemed to have just remembered this matter at this time, and at this time, the demonic energy in his body had been cleared, and he felt particularly clear-headed. He actually used a divination method at this time.

Buddhism does not have divination techniques, but it has precognition. Arhats are said to be able to know the situation of their own five hundred lives, but this must have some related basis in hand to perform precognition, and the results of precognition can be changed, and it is impossible to clearly know the detailed situation of what will happen in the future.

However, it is enough to use it to judge the good or bad luck of this trip.

"Eh?"

Master Jingxian suddenly had sweat on his forehead. Divining the future was a deep piece of demonic energy, and he could not see anything else. Only the aura of the Silver Bottle Maiden existed in that piece of demonic energy, which seemed particularly strange and eerie.

He took a deep look at the Silver Bottle Maiden, and suddenly said, "Before going to Jade Dragon Daoist Temple this time, this poor monk and his entourage must first return to Lingyin Temple!"

If he alone could not foresee the situation of future events, then the four masters of Lingyin Temple would foresee together, and then go to Jade Dragon Daoist Temple together. After all, that night, that white-robed fire-entwined person suddenly descended on Lingyin Temple, which in itself was very suspicious.

........

At the same time, another angler, the white-robed man, sat at the highest point of the Phoenix Mountain Palace ruins, and suddenly felt the disappearance of a strand of demonic energy, which surprised him.

When did the Silver Bottle Maiden have such abilities to eliminate the demonic energy he set up?

"Interesting, the demonic energy in the body of the Lingyin Temple master was actually eliminated. This is a small temple with a strong demon wind. It seems that this girl has indeed obtained some kind of wonderful encounter and inheritance, otherwise her skills could not have advanced by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time."

"But in this Qiantang land, most of the cultivators have demonic energy in their bodies. Once I activate it and make them lose their minds, that will be a grand sight of ten thousand demons coming to court. Eliminating the demonic energy in the body of a Lingyin Temple master is nothing great."

"Just a mere Refinement of the Spirit. However, I originally wanted to invite you to sit in the Jade Dragon Daoist Temple and polish your temperament for twenty years, but you won't give me this opportunity."

........

The white-robed man and Ji Xiang were fishing each other, and in another distant world, Shangqing Daozi and that ghost immortal, who had been out of contact with Ji Xiang for a long time, were caught by a soaring powerhouse whose strength far exceeded theirs.

"Cough cough...."

This soaring powerhouse's sanity had only gradually recovered recently. For a period of time before, he had been acting on instinct.

The ghost immortal did not know who the person in front of him was, but Shangqing Daozi could guess a part:

"Are you awake today?"

The soaring powerhouse lowered his eyes and glanced at Shangqing Daozi: "People from the Shangqing sect... right."

Seeing that he could finally communicate, Shangqing Daozi also breathed a sigh of relief: "You... are you the immortal in the Xuantian Coffin?"

"Should I call you Ancestor?"

Shangqing Daozi saw that the other party did not respond, and asked again: "Senior, forgive this junior for being presumptuous... Senior, could you be Sima Jizhu?!"

The Xuantian Stone Coffin and the Changshan Bronze Cabinet were both things left behind by Sima Jizhu during the Qin and Han dynasties, so Shangqing Daozi was a little breathless, after all, the person in front of him was likely to be another ancient immortal from the Qin and Han dynasties.

But that ghost immortal was at a loss. Before his death, he was just an ordinary scholar. After his death, he was confused for decades, and only obtained the identity and strength of a ghost immortal after receiving remote Dharma transmission from the Wanshou Palace. He didn't even know who Sima Jizhu was.

But that Liexian shook his head and smiled slightly:

"I don't know."

"I forgot who I am."

Liexian slowly raised his head, looking at the cloudy sky. His gaze seemed to penetrate the layers of dark clouds, passing through the appearance of the world and seeing the prosperous immortal Dao of the inner world:

"But... I can sense the aura of an old friend of mine. Why do I say he is my friend? Because I don't feel any hostility towards this aura, but it is full of nostalgia."

"He is very close to this world, too close...."

"This world is divided into four regions, and there is also a Yuqing Heaven cultivator who wanders within the four regions...."

Shangqing Daozi was stunned, he did not expect that this nameless Liexian also knew about Yuqing Heaven?!

"Yuqing Heaven cultivator...."

Nameless Liexian grinned:

"Although I don't remember who I am, I still remember how to use my spells."

"Yuqing Heaven cultivator, colluding with evil things, should be killed! And your Shangqing sect is the inheritance left by that Yuqing cultivator!"