vstars Chapter 790: Journey to the West Sequel - Salvation Merit 17
Chapter 790: Journey to the West Sequel - Salvation Merit 17
Ruyi arrived at the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain. There were only two Taoist children of low cultivation, Qingfeng and Mingyue, guarding the entire temple. The abbot of the temple, Zhenyuan Daxian, was not in the temple. With Ruyi's ability, it was easy for him to enter the Wuzhuang Temple without being noticed by Qingfeng Mingyue.
Ruyi did not want to cause trouble, so while Zhen Yuanzi was away, she sneaked into Wuzhuang Temple as she had done before when she came to Wuzhuang Temple to get the ginseng fruit, and released her spiritual sense to begin investigating.
However, no matter how Ruyi searched, she could not find the whereabouts of the relic. Just when she was determined to use her spiritual sense to search it carefully again, many more auras suddenly appeared outside the Wuzhuang Temple. Some of these auras were weak, and some were strong. The strongest aura was flying towards the Wuzhuang Temple rapidly, as if it was going to surround the Wuzhuang Temple.
"Oh no!" Realizing that something was wrong, Ruyi immediately flew straight into the sky, trying to break through the blockade of Wuzhuang Temple. However, just as he flew over the roof of Wuzhuang Temple, a black shadow fell from the sky and attacked Ruyi directly.
Ruyi felt a stream of air blowing over his head, and his scalp felt cold. He immediately raised his hands to greet it, and his hands met the black shadow's hands. A chill breath invaded Ruyi's palms. Ruyi immediately circulated the merits in his body and instantly dissolved the chill breath.
"Ha!" Then he suddenly pushed the black shadow above his head away. The black shadow fell to the ground. Ruyi looked up and saw a man in a black robe with long straight black hair looking at her with admiration.
Wu Tian secretly put his trembling hands behind his back, pretending to admire Ruyi's desire to recruit her after testing her. He laughed and said to Ruyi, "Hahahahaha, I didn't expect you to be able to block my palm just now. It's just as Guanyin said, your strength is very good. I recognize you!"
"Wutian?" Ruyi frowned, not understanding why Wutian recognized her. "He just mentioned Guanyin, could it be that time..."
Ruyi recalled that she had met Guanyin once before. At that time, Guanyin looked at her with eyes full of greed and calculation. "Perhaps it was that time that made Guanyin remember me, a special immortal."
"But...what does Wutan want to do, and how did he know that I am here?" Ruyi was puzzled. It was obvious that Wutan's move just now was aimed at her, so how did her information leak out? What exactly do he and those monsters following him want to do?
"What exactly do you want to do?" It shouldn't be for the relics. They should have known that the Wuzhuang Temple had the relics. If they wanted to take them, they would have come to get them long ago. The reason they didn't come was either because they couldn't deal with Zhen Yuanzi or there were other restrictions.
"Haha, of course I'm here to see the fairy." Wutan was very confident that he could easily defeat Ruyi with his own strength, so he didn't beat around the bush and directly expressed his thoughts.
"The fairy has great merits. In the Three Realms, whether it is gods, Buddhas, demons or monsters, they all have plans for the fairy. This must be why the fairy has been avoiding the gods of the Three Realms and living in hiding."
"I admire the fairy's strength and want to recruit her." Wutan naturally coveted Ruyi's merits, but he believed that he was not a hypocritical person like Tathagata, and even if he coveted the merits, he would not hide them.
"Fairy Ruyi, come and be my subordinate! As long as you are willing to help me, I can appoint you as the Right Protector of Lingshan. Then you will become a true Buddha who is second only to one person and above ten thousand people. You will no longer have to hide yourself carefully!"
After Wutan finished speaking, he waited for Ruyi's answer with confidence. After a long silence, Ruyi asked, "How did you know I would come here?" Coming to Wuzhuang Temple was a spur of the moment decision and he had not planned in advance. So why did Wutan and the others know that he was in Wuzhuang Temple?
"Haha, I naturally have my own way!" Wu Tian did not answer, but smiled mysteriously and continued to ask: "I don't know what Fairy Ruyi's answer is. I hope the fairy can make the right choice."
Wu Tian's tone was full of warnings, and he was obviously determined to get Ruyi. The demons behind him also drew their weapons at the right time and stared at Ruyi fiercely, as if as long as Ruyi said "no", they would rush up and kill Ruyi directly.
But such a scene could not scare Ruyi at all. Ruyi smiled contemptuously, opened her hands, cast a spell and slowly said her decision: "What is the answer of this fairy?"
"That's naturally..."
"Heaven - thunder - God - punishment!" As the last word "dream" fell, a thundercloud instantly condensed above the sky above the entire Wuzhuang Temple. Thunder from the sky fell like rain, continuously striking Wutan and the demons under his command. For a moment, screams were heard continuously. The entire Wuzhuang Temple was illuminated by lightning as if it were daytime. The demons could not open their eyes under the bright lightning, and had no idea that Ruyi had taken the opportunity to fly away.
Wu Tian was a beat slow to react. When he reacted, he immediately used his power to cover all his men under his black robe. Soon the thunder stopped and the thunderclouds dispersed. Wu Tian then realized that Ruyi had disappeared. "Humph! If you don't accept my toast, then I will punish you. Since you have chosen to refuse to submit to me, I don't need to be polite to her anymore."
"Come here, pass a message to the Holy Envoy of Black Lotus, asking him to keep a close eye on Ruyi's whereabouts and report to me at any time."
"Yes, Buddha." The subordinates didn't care about their injuries and immediately knelt down to listen to the order. Wu Tian didn't blame his subordinates when he saw this, but just snorted coldly and turned away, leaving behind the devastated Wuzhuang Temple, which was struck by lightning and turned into ruins.
At this time, Zhen Yuanzi, who was discussing matters with Guanyin in the South China Sea, suddenly felt a palpitation. He counted with his fingers and figured out that something had happened in his own temple, so he immediately stood up and was about to leave.
"Great Master Guanyin, something has happened in my temple, and I must go back to take a look. Why don't we stop here for today's meeting?"
Guanyin had not yet received the rumor from Wujitian, and was afraid that Zhen Yuanzi would find something wrong when he returned to Wuzhuang Temple, so she quickly stood up and stopped Zhen Yuanzi, "Since something has happened in your Taoist temple, why don't I go with you to take a look. I have a white jade bottle in my hand, and I think it may be of help to you." The most important thing about Zhen Yuanzi's Taoist temple is not his Wuzhuang Temple, but the various magical herbs and trees planted in it.
As expected, Zhen Yuanzi agreed to what Guanyin said. The water of life in the jade bottle had once helped save Zhen Yuanzi's ginseng fruit tree, so Zhen Yuanzi naturally knew its function.
"In that case, thank you very much, Bodhisattva Guanyin."
"There is no need to be so polite, immortal. I will go and get the jade bottle right away. Please wait for a moment." After temporarily stabilizing Zhen Yuanzi, Guanyin immediately returned to the Purple Bamboo Forest and hurriedly sent a message to contact Wu Tian. After receiving Guanyin's message, Wu Tian told him the news from Wu Zhuang Temple. After learning that Wu Tian had already left Wu Zhuang Temple, Guanyin breathed a sigh of relief, took the jade bottle, and followed Zhen Yuanzi back to Wu Zhuang Temple.