Chapter 15: Repaying Grievances with Virtue

Ed meets a newlywed couple in Nirvana Mountain, and the couple warmly treats Ed to dinner.

Ed finished eating and went to the backyard to go to the hut, and only when he came back did he begin to look at his surroundings. Most of them are ordinary household furnishings, and there are no particularly weird places. It's just a skeleton placed in the courtyard that makes Ed's hairs stand on end.

It was clearly a skeleton that had just been cut off with a knife, with remnants of blood and minced flesh on it. This skeleton is slightly taller than itself, but it is definitely not human. The leg bones are long and curved in the opposite direction, and the cervical vertebrae are about the same length as the leg bones, and they appear to be the skeleton of some kind of bird.

Ed returned to the front room, his face turning blue, and he was afraid that he would become a skeleton himself. The bride said "ah" as if she remembered something, and asked, "Brother, I'm okay with my cooking." Ed just nodded vigorously.

The bride smiled and continued: "You must have seen the bones, we are usually vegetarians, but today we are very happy, so I got some meat to eat, what you just ate is the meat of the big bird, it is a bird with five-colored feathers on this mountain, the meat is the best, brother, you have a mouthful!"

Ed listened to the bride's explanation, and his heart was relieved a little.

"By the way, let me show you the feather coat I just made!"

The little lady happily went to the backyard to change her clothes, and after a while, she appeared in front of Ed's eyes with great brilliance. I saw that the bride was wearing a cloak made of colorful feathers, and her arms danced as if she had a pair of wings. The groom couldn't stop praising how beautiful his lady was, and Ed couldn't help but stretch out his thumb and nod his head again and again.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a few birdsong in the room. Dust rose in the front yard. Ed looked out curiously, and it turned out that four or five large birds with tall bodies and bright feathers had landed in the courtyard. In the middle of the two birds sat a man and a woman. Ed was overjoyed when he saw the person on the bird, and couldn't help blurting out: "Master Xuanxiu!"

Before, the little master of the hundred birds selected a few big birds that were good at fighting, and flew to the mountains with Xuanxiu.

Although the name of this Nirvana Mountain is indecent, the scenery in this mountain is pleasing to the eye, and it is really a good place for self-cultivation. These birds know everything about the grass and stones on the mountain, and they have a different experience of spreading their wings and soaring all the way.

Xuan Xiu saw that there was a place where flowers and plants flourished in the mountains, and several big birds swooped down and only landed in one of the courtyards. As soon as he landed, Xuan Xiu heard someone call him by his name. Xuan Xiu looked at it and saw that one person in the room was very familiar, it was Ed.

The groom saw that Ed knew Xuanxiu, so he said, "Oh, it turned out to be your friend, come and come, let's drink the wedding wine together, Sister Yun, make a few more dishes!"

The bride agreed: "It just so happens that the ingredients have been delivered to the door again, and it just so happens that there are a few things that are not satisfactory in my clothes, so I don't have to worry about the lack of materials for making clothes." ”

As soon as the words fell, the bride suddenly flashed a white light, Xuan Xiu only heard a birdsong, and the neck of the big bird had been broken, and the huge body instantly fell to the ground. When the little master of the hundred birds saw that the bird had died, his heart ached, and he immediately signaled Xuanxiu to go to the ground. The little lord immediately commanded the birds to leave, and several of the big birds wailed and grabbed the dead big bird and flew away.

The bride pouted and said, "Why did you fly away?" I haven't had time to pick a feather yet. ”

The little lord was furious, and with a flick of his left hand, more than a dozen multicolored feather arrows shot at the bride with flames. The groom saw that the feather arrows were not good, so he protected the bride in front of his right hand and struck it with his palm, only to see a huge cold breath erupt from his palm, and more than a dozen feather arrows instantly formed a thick layer of hoarfrost, and at the same time fell heavily to the ground, and there were four or five sections.

Xuanxiu suffered a great loss of this arrow in the cave, thinking that it took a lot of effort to barely be able to dodge at that time, so in order to protect Ah Zi, he had to be a slave. Such a powerful feather arrow attack was easily defused by the young man, which shows that he has encountered a top strong opponent today.

Seeing that the blow failed, the little master waved his arms to speed up the attack, and in less than a minute, hundreds of feathered arrows were shot at the bride and groom, and the groom still repeated his old trick, freezing the arrows into ice strips one by one. The bride saw the groom parrying one after another behind her, so she was afraid that he would be tired, and said, "Brother Feng, take a rest, and I'll let her stop for a while." ”

The bride turned out from behind the groom, lifted the corner of the pleated skirt with her left hand, and turned to the right on the spot, her posture was graceful, and dozens of white lights in the folds of the pleated skirt shot at the little lord of the hundred birds. Seeing that the situation was not good, the little master immediately turned from attack to defense, waving his wings to cover left and right. The white light was like an incomparably sharp blade, and in an instant, the air was filled with severed feathers, and a small forest behind the little master had all been cut down. In the end, the little master used a trick to flip in the clouds, and his body finally escaped from the area covered by the white light.

At this time, the little lord was in rags, his feathers were withered, his face was sweating, and he had been hit by two knife wounds on his body, and the little lord thought: It seems that his strength is far from the husband and wife, and now that the old revenge has not been avenged and a new revenge has been added, I am afraid that it will be difficult for him to get out. The little lord leaned over and gasped for breath, and the bride flicked her fingers at the right time, and a white light flew straight towards the little lord. I saw that although the little master was conscious, he couldn't dodge it. At this time, Xuan Xiu on the side struck out with both palms, and the palm force pushed the little master out of danger.

The bride saw that Xuanxiu had saved the little master, and said strangely: "Huh? Little brother, isn't that person your friend, how did he help others? ”

When Ed heard this, a cold air came out of his back, and he wondered why this Xuanxiu was with that bird-like woman, who was the good guy and who was the bad guy at this time.

Xuanxiu said: "Two friends, I was originally an outsider in this matter, but presumably you have no hatred with this little master, just now I saw you killing at will, this little monk really dare not agree, please stop in time It's not too late." ”

Ed saw that this young couple's methods were really clever, and if he made a move on Hyun Xiu, the consequences would be unimaginable. Then he had the courage to say, "Brother and sister, this monk is a good friend of mine, so please raise your noble hand and let them go." ”、

The groom happily patted Ed on the shoulder and said, "Little brother, for the sake of you being a guest at our wedding, let them go." Sister Yun, what do you say?" The bride nodded and said, "I listen to my brother." ”

Xuan Xiu heard that the little couple intended to let them go, so she thanked the little master and left the house. When the big bird hovering in the mountains saw his master come out, he immediately drove the two back to the Hundred Bird Fairy Cave.

Ed originally wanted to go with Hyun Xiu, but he didn't dare to say anything because he was afraid that the overall situation would be ruined. When the bride and groom saw that Hyun-su and the little master had left, they invited Ed to continue drinking back to the house. Ed had to walk back to the house with a smile on his face, but he was thinking about how to leave the place as soon as possible.

Xuanxiu and the little master of the hundred birds returned to the cave of the hundred birds. The little lord was wounded by a knife, and he was originally afraid that he would die at the hands of the ghost couple, but fortunately, Xuanxiu rescued him in time and survived. After this battle, the little master's attitude towards Xuanxiu also changed a lot. After returning to the cave, he put Ah Zi and the little ancestor living Buddha from the top of the cave and handed them over to Xuanxiu to take care of.

Ah Zi has been in the cage for a short time, and there are no physical problems, but his attitude towards Xuan Xiu is still cold. In contrast, the situation of the little ancestor is not very optimistic. This little ancestor is about five years old and a little boy, and he has recently taken the lack of the living Buddha of the first emperor, and his childishness has not been taken off, and he knows nothing about martial arts and Buddhism, and it is really an accident that he was taken away by the big bird.

Ah Zi was caught by the big bird because of the improper protection of the little ancestor before, and now he saw that the little ancestor was in tattered clothes and skinny, and black blood flowed from the two ear holes, obviously he was greatly hurt by the previous little master's ghost crying technique. Xuan Xiu saw that Ah Zi was reluctant to let himself interfere, and thought that there was nothing to worry about letting Ah Zi take care of Xiao Xianzun, so he came to the little master of the hundred birds.

The little master of the hundred birds took care of his wounds, but this time instead of taking revenge, he lost another big bird, and his mood was extremely depressed. When the little master saw Xuanxiu coming, he remembered Xuanxiu's life-saving grace, so he didn't speak lightly as before, and said with a wry smile: "This time I thought it was to take revenge, but I didn't expect to be so downcast." ”

Xuanxiu said: "The little monk, as one of the five living Buddhas in the five villages, has also heard of the Nine Heavens of Nirvana Mountain, and I think that after the last war, my ancestors blocked the nine most powerful demons in this mountain, so this Nirvana Mountain was divided into nine layers by demons, known as the Nine Heavens, and there are extremely powerful demons trapped in each layer, so this Nirvana Mountain has become a place of demons." ”

Xuan Xiu was about to continue speaking, but was interrupted by the little master. The little lord said, "You don't need to say it, I know what you think in your heart." The cobra you encountered at the foot of the mountain earlier is one of the ten demons of the five demons and ten demons with the most ordinary ability, and I have secretly seen that you have to use all your strength to deal with the big snake, which shows that your cultivation is still shallow. ”

Xuan Xiu asked, "Then the husband and wife are the demons in the Nine Heavens?"

The little lord said: "They do not belong to these nine heavens, in fact, only my layer of the nine heavens is counted as heaven, and the remaining eight layers are more appropriate to be called hell." The eight layers of hell below me have been locked since the last defeat of the demon realm, and the so-called demons have been trapped in this mountain and have never come out. The husband and wife are lonely souls and wild ghosts on this mountain, but in terms of strength, they are not under the demons of this eight-layer hell. ”

Xuan Xiu said: "I see that the little master is actually not a treacherous person, why is he also above this Nine Heavens?"

The little lord said: "I was also a big bird a thousand years ago, and it wasn't until hundreds of years ago that I transformed into a human and formed a demon in your mouth. It's true, I'm not harmless, and I've never harmed anyone, and not only that, but I often help the hunters in your village escape from death. ”

Xuan Xiu said: "When I was a child, I also heard the legend of the fairy bird saving the villagers, could it be you?"

The little master said: "The past is not worth mentioning, but as a demon, there is an unchanging iron law, that is, if you want to improve the demon law, you must first be ruthless." Compared to the demons in the eight layers of hell below, I am too emotional, which causes my ability to deteriorate day by day, otherwise how could I be in the hands of that ghostly couple today. As he spoke, the little lord clenched his fists angrily.

The little lord sneered and continued: "Actually, whether it is a demon or a person, this principle is applicable, if you want to improve your status, you must first be ruthless. Originally, I was kind to the people in the village, the last time the five monks fought the demons, but I was also trapped on this mountain, for a hundred years my birds continued to peck at the stone wall with their beaks day and night, until not long ago I was able to see the light of day. I had a lot of grievances on the day I first came out, and the demonic power is dozens of times what you see now, remembering that the ancestor insisted on locking it on this mountain, so he put the old man to death, and I didn't think that there was this reincarnated spirit child, so I also took him captive, and now it seems that there is no need to put him to death. ”

Xuan Xiu only knew that the previous generation of living Buddhas died of a violent illness, but now he heard that the little master said that he died at the hands of this little master.

The little lord said: "Originally, this Nine Heavens was sealed in this Nirvana Mountain, and each layer must have a corresponding key to be opened, and I was really lucky to be able to come out by myself, I think it was also a lot of good things I had done before, and this seal was not very caring for me, and I was locked on the top of the mountain and was moistened by the sun and rain all year round, and the stone wall was also seriously weathered, and I was finally able to see the light of day again, but I couldn't be the original Great Good Immortal Bird, which was also forced by your ancestors." Now that I see the situation in your village, I think that a great disaster is coming, and I will no longer have the heart to hurt you, as long as you can keep the eight layers of hell below without being opened, there is still a way to live, if one layer is opened, the demons inside are all ruthless, and by no means as emotional as me. Like me, I originally just wanted to be an immortal, not a demon, but some of you don't want to be a human being, you have to be a ghost. ”

Xuan Xiu said: "The eight-layer Hell Demon Gate has been sealed, but the so-called key to hell is not in the hands of us living Buddhas. ”

The little master said: "Your ancestors naturally expected that your cultivation would be inferior to one generation after another, and this is indeed the case, if the key to hell is passed down from generation to generation, it will be difficult to preserve, so your ancestors transformed this key into all things, and they don't even know where it is, and they don't know when it will appear, or maybe it's not a real thing, it may just be a spell, in short, it's not a specific thing, so you can seal these eight layers of hell for so long, if it's kept by you, the five demons and ten demons will go out together." , I am afraid that these eight layers of hell will all be liberated. ”

Xuan Xiu said: "I see, I understand. ”