noffsinger Chapter 95: He's gone, he's gone!
Chapter 95: He's gone, he's gone!
Chapter 95: He's gone, he's gone!
Looking at the carp that was left on the plate, Mu Zha couldn't help but look miserable.
Bringing back carp was a task given to him by the Bodhisattva, who even specially wove a bamboo basket for him to use to hold the fish.
He had clearly calculated that the carp spirit would complete its tribulation today and wanted to bring it back to the lotus pond, but he was still a step too late.
Sigh, why is he always a step late? If this keeps up, he might as well change his name from Huian Xingzhe to Master Latecomer!
Seeing Mu Zha on the verge of tears, Jiang Feng offered him a suggestion: "It's just a carp. Go to the market, buy one, take it home, and raise it in the lotus pond for three to five hundred years. Then it'll be a carp spirit again!"
Mu Zha gave him a long, quiet look.
You know what, it's a really good idea!
Anyway, the Bodhisattva only said to take a carp back, but didn't say which one to take back.
Mu Zha's eyes lit up, and he quickly said goodbye and went to the market to buy fish.
[Your compassion and kindness helped Muzha complete the task assigned by Guanyin Bodhisattva. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with ten years of magical power.]
[Your compassion helped the Great King of Inspiration complete his act of self-sacrifice to feed the Buddha. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with mastery of the "Scale Armor Technique".]
[Your compassion saved Jiang Mi Gao's children, Dou Sha and Hong Zao, from being devoured by fish. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with twenty years of magical power.]
After seeing Mu Zha off, Jiang Feng finished the leftovers and burped from being so full of spiritual energy. He then found the Nine-Petal Lotus Hammer, the weapon of the Great King of Inspiration, and put it into his treasure pouch.
While they were selecting other treasures in the treasure vault, a muffled shout came from outside the cave.
"Holy Monk, this humble old man has come to express my deepest gratitude!"
Upon hearing the sound, Jiang Feng used his Palm Buddha Kingdom technique to collect all the treasures. He then led Sha Wujing and Bai Suzhen to the outside of the cave. There, they saw a square-headed old white man lying at the entrance. He was extremely large, and the white canopy on his back was at least ten feet in diameter.
Upon seeing Jiang Feng and the others emerge, the old turtle hurriedly explained, "Holy Monk, this cave originally belonged to this old man. Nine days ago, the Great King Linggan came to the Tongtian River, seized my cave, and injured many of my children and grandchildren."
"Thanks to the Holy Monk's help in driving away King Linggan, I am deeply grateful. Now that the ice on the Tongtian River is broken and it is impossible to walk on, how about I escort the Holy Monk across the river?"
"Then I'll have to trouble you."
Jiang Feng nodded, stepped onto the old turtle's white shell, and was carried to the surface of the water by the old turtle.
Bai Suzhen and Sha Wujing went to retrieve their luggage and then stepped onto the old turtle's back.
The old turtle was incredibly strong, carrying the three people as if they were nothing. As it crossed the river, it said, "I have heard that the Buddha in the Western Paradise is beyond birth and death, and can know the past and future. I have been cultivating here for over 1,300 years. Although I have extended my lifespan, become lighter, and can speak human language, I still cannot shed my original body. I earnestly hope that you, Master, will go to the Western Paradise and ask the Buddha for me when I can shed my original body and obtain a human form."
Jiang Feng glanced at Bai Suzhen: "Little Bai, it's about your age. How many years did it take you to cultivate into human form?"
Bai Suzhen recalled, "I was born with intelligence, but I could only take human form for a few decades at most, less than a hundred years?"
After a long silence, his fragile heart seemed to have suffered an extremely heavy blow.
Jiang Feng coughed to ease the awkward atmosphere and said, "Xiao Bai, you can also do divination, why don't you just do it for it?"
Bai Suzhen nodded and then began to calculate for the old turtle.
A moment later, under the expectant gaze of the old turtle, Bai Suzhen stopped her calculations and said with a complicated expression, "Old turtle, you only have twenty years left to live. I'm afraid you'll never be able to take human form again in this lifetime."
"what?"
The old turtle, its eyes vacant, stopped swimming and floated quietly on the surface of the water.
I only have twenty years left to live, and I will never be able to transform into a human.
Impossible! Absolutely impossible!
A moment later, the enraged old turtle suddenly flipped over, throwing the three of them off its lid and into the water, cursing, "Get out of here! Where did these wicked monks and nuns come from, spouting nonsense all this time! This old man was almost fooled by you!"
Having said that, it turned its enormous body, and the entire Tongtian River instantly surged with turbid waves, creating towering waves.
Jiang Feng was tossed and turned by the turbulent currents in the water. He used his water-avoidance technique and grabbed Bai Suzhen's arm with a resentful look to stop himself from rolling around. He complained, "Hey Bai, can't you say something nice to the old turtle?"
Look at this mess! All that spinning made me dizzy and nauseous; I almost threw up the inspiration I just ate.
Bai Suzhen looked completely innocent: "I'm just telling the truth! Who knew this old turtle would have such a temper?"
Sha Wujing swam over from the side, dragging his luggage, and said angrily, "Master, Bai Suzhen didn't say anything wrong. It was that old turtle who repaid kindness with enmity. I'll go back and kill him right now!"
Jiang Feng rolled his eyes at him: "No need, I've already forgiven him. After all, he gave all the treasures in his cave to me. For the sake of the money, I'll let him off this time."
Sha Wujing slapped his forehead and said, "That's right! If we go back to reason with him, we'll have to return the treasure first! Let's go, let's go!"
As they spoke, the three swam for another hundred miles. Jiang Feng's water-avoidance technique had reached its limit, and he climbed ashore, soaking wet.
After coming ashore, Jiang Feng took out a purification talisman, chanted incantations and cast spells to dry his clothes and luggage, and then looked at the surrounding terrain.
Not far away, there is a great mountain, with rays of light shining from its peaks, and colorful mist and auspicious clouds, making it a breathtaking sight.
Hidden in the mountain valley are shadowy pavilions and towers, which are either palaces or temples.
After a moment's thought, he said to Bai Suzhen, "Little Bai, use your magic to summon the local earth god and ask him where this is."
Bai Suzhen responded and used her magic to summon the Earth God.
After inquiring about the reason, the local earth god chuckled and said, "This place is called Black Wind Mountain. There is a Guanyin Temple in the mountain. You should hurry on your way and find lodging there before dark."
"Guanyin Temple—"
Jiang Feng muttered something and thanked the local earth god.
After seeing off the local earth god, he opened his baggage, changed into the brocade kasaya given to him by Guanyin Bodhisattva, put on the five-Buddha crown, and held the nine-ringed staff.
He looked like a dignified and holy monk, which made Bai Suzhen's beautiful eyes sparkle.
Bai Suzhen stared intently at Jiang Feng, finding it hard to look away. Curious, she asked, "Why are you all dressed up today?"
Jiang Feng said with a serious expression, "We've come to the temple of our fellow travelers!"
As the head of all monks of the Great Sui Dynasty, and a holy monk personally bestowed by the emperor, I cannot afford to disgrace the monks of the Great Sui Dynasty when I encounter foreign monks.
As the saying goes, "One should respect the clothes before the person." If foreign monks saw me in tattered clothes, they might think that all monks of the Great Sui Dynasty were poor wretches!
As he spoke, he pulled out a handful of pearl necklaces and gold chains from his purple-gold alms bowl, and stuffed them with jade, agate, and other precious stones.
"Hurry up, you all go change too, put on as many magical treasures and valuables as you can!"
Bai Suzhen stared at the jewelry in her hands in silence for a moment: "**—"
I don't know if the monks of the Sui Dynasty were poor, but you are definitely a bandit.
The gold chain from Gao Lao Zhuang, the pearl necklace from Linggan Da Wang Cave—tell me, which of these things wasn't stolen?