Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Nether Dragon Demon

Cuiyun Palace is the palace of the King of the Bodhisattva of great mercy and compassion, today is the day when the King of the Bodhisattva of the Earth opens the altar in the underworld to give a lecture on the Dharma and transform ten thousand ghosts, the square outside the Cuiyun Palace is crowded with the ghosts and immortals who come to worship, although the Cuiyun Palace is in the underworld, but the Bodhisattva has the Dharma, and the palace is a peaceful atmosphere. Sandalwood clouds surround the clouds, and the Buddha statue is solemn. There is Buddhism in the main hall, and the other three Bodhisattvas rushed to hear the news, namely Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea, Manjushri Bodhisattva of Wutai Mountain and Fuxian Bodhisattva of Mount Emei. Listen to the Jizo King Bodhisattva give a lecture on profound Buddhism.

The four bodhisattvas have equal mana power and are the four pillars of Buddhism. Buddhism is all exquisite, but because Guanyin, Manjushri, and Puxian are the three Buddhas who are expounded into the Buddha, not the Buddha's own disciples. But if there is something you don't know, you often have to consult the Jizo Bodhisattva. Therefore, the past of the four is very close.

Bodhisattva lectures often go from shallow to deep, from bright to obscure. The voice is loud and can be transmitted throughout the entire Cuiyun Palace. The sound is loud but not noisy, and then it is like a spring breeze, and the heart is relaxed. If a wise person hears it, his eyes will be clear, but if he is vain and deceitful and cannot understand his doubts, he will be drowsy and unable to listen any more. At first, Cuiyun Palace was crowded with ghosts and immortals who came to the underworld, and the Bodhisattva paused for a while. Wait for someone to taste carefully. If you can understand the reason, you can continue to listen. If you don't understand, you can't force it, and quietly exit Biyun Palace. Therefore, the higher and deeper you go, there are very few that can remain.

Until finally, the ten kings of the Netherworld withdrew. That's the end of the Dharma on this day. Only the other three bodhisattvas were left to stay in Cuiyun Palace.

Finally, the Bodhisattva clasped his hands together and said, "The supreme profound subtle method has encountered hundreds of thousands of calamities. I have seen and heard it now, and I am willing to interpret it as it comes. After a few words. The solemn voice disappeared.

Cuiyun Palace, which was still bustling before, has now become as quiet as a bird. Guanyin Bodhisattva put his hands together and said: "In the past, Jizo Bodhisattva made a grand wish that 'hell is not empty, and he will not become a Buddha', and his Dharma achievements will far surpass us. ”

At that time, Buddhism was prosperous, Western Mahayana Buddhism dominated Buddhism, and the disciples of the Buddha sat down to become Buddhas, but only the King of the Earth Bodhisattva made a grand wish that "hell is not empty, and he swore not to become a Buddha" did not have the opportunity to prove the Buddha's great vocation, but because of his own realm beyond the Bodhisattva, he became a Buddha. Although he is a bodhisattva in Buddhism, he has the power of a Buddha. The other three Bodhisattvas are both Taoist and Buddha, and their magic power is exquisite, comparable to that of the King of Jizo Bodhisattva.

"Ashamed, ashamed. The world is disturbing people's hearts and minds. Although it has been unswerving for thousands of years. Jizo Bodhisattva returned the salute.

Suddenly, the ground of the Cuiyun Palace shook, and the ghosts of the Netherworld howled, and the resentment that poured into the sky and the anger accumulated over countless years of hell turned into a huge demon dragon, sweeping across the Netherworld. This demon dragon also attracted the blood water in the Netherworld Blood Sea, causing the blood sea to set off huge waves, as if it was about to break away from the blood sea and merge with the demon dragon.

The ten Hades don't know why, although the underworld is not calm, but there is no such movement, and the Monkey King more than a thousand years ago just tore up the book of life and death and injured a few ghosts and immortals. And now, this demon dragon has caused the Netherworld Blood Sea to set off a bloody storm, destroying the eighteen layers of hell and releasing hundreds of thousands of ghosts. It has shaken the foundation of the underworld.

The four Bodhisattvas stepped on the auspicious clouds and rushed to the past, but in an instant, the underworld was full of devastation, and the city was in chaos, and the deep city wall had been destroyed by the demon dragon. Countless ghosts and immortals are resisting the attack of the demon dragon. The Hades King of the Ten Halls has reported that the Ghost Emperor of the Five Directions has come to exterminate the demons.

Guanyin Bodhisattva sits in the sky, Fuxian Bodhisattva sits on a six-tusked white elephant, and Manjushri Bodhisattva sits on a green lion. The three-beast four-legged instrument is a four-legged lotus flame, full of golden light. Only the King Bodhisattva of Jizo still sits on the nine-rank lotus platform. The four of them stood in the air, and suddenly the Buddha was full of light and dazzling. At this time, the Ghost Emperor of the Five Directions had already arrived, and hurriedly passed by the four Bodhisattvas, nodding his head and greeting. The ghost emperor of the five directions saw that this demon dragon was the result of the convergence of the evil qi and evil qi of the underworld for tens of thousands of years, and he did not dare to be careless, and he saw that the netherworld blood sea was turbulent and churning. It was known that the demon dragon wanted to use the blood and water of the sea of blood to reforge the golden body.

The Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei rushed to the four Bodhisattvas and said, "Today, this giant demon came out of the Netherworld to disturb my underworld, which made the Bodhisattvas laugh. ”

Guanyin Bodhisattva folded his hands and saluted back: "If it is useful, even if it is useful, it is our duty to eliminate demons and defend the way." ”

Seeing that the demon dragon had attracted a sea of blood and was about to reforge the golden body, the Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei said: "Such a little demon, how dare you drive the Bodhisattva to do it." The four Pus only need to sweep the formation for us. ”

Guanyin Bodhisattva clasped his hands and said, "Amitabha." The Ghost Emperor is relieved to go to the battle. ”

Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei said: "Thank you to the four Bodhisattvas. ”

The five ghost emperors stood in four directions, and surrounded the demon dragon. Cai Yulei said sharply: "Evil animal, don't rush to ambush and punish quickly." ”

The demon dragon danced its huge body, opened its bloody mouth at Cai Yulei, and let out a huge roar. "It turned out to be an unpsychic beast, and the Five Elements Formation of Heaven and Earth severed the connection between this fang and the sea of blood. ”

The five ghost emperors are sorted according to the wood, fire, earth, gold and water of the five elements, the eastern wood is controlled by the Eastern ghost emperor Cai Yulei, the southern fire is controlled by the northern ghost emperor Yang Yun, the earth control center is controlled by the central ghost emperor Zhou Qi, the western gold is controlled by the western ghost emperor Zhao Wenhe, and the northern water is controlled by the northern ghost emperor Yang Yun. The five ghost emperors are in their respective directions. The mantra was recited in his mouth, and the surging immortal power in his body emanated, instantly intertwining into a huge net, trapping the demon dragon in it. The Netherworld Blood Sea lost contact with it and returned to peace. The trapped demon dragon opened its teeth and claws to scratch through the large net intertwined with immortal power, and the more it struggled, the faster the net tightened.

"If you recast the demon body with the sea of blood and water, I'm afraid the Five Directions Ghost Emperor will not be able to defeat this demon. Guanyin Bodhisattva who watched the battle from the sidelines.

"Amitabha, no, if it weren't for this demon being jealous of us, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so easy to ambush. Lamentable, pathetic. "King Jizo Bodhisattva said.

When the demon dragon saw that he was ambushed, he wailed, and looked at the four bodhisattvas with pitying eyes. Although it has been 10,000 years, it was born at this time, and I don't want to be bumped into by the four great bodhisattvas, and my heart is in chaos. Just as he was about to reshape his golden body, he was cut off by the Five Elements Array of Heaven and Earth laid by the Five Ghost Emperors, and the connection with the sea of blood was cut off by the roots. The demon dragon let out a long roar, and the terrible sound spread through the hell.

The Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth couldn't bear it in his heart and drove away the auspicious clouds. With a wave of one hand, he cracked the Heaven and Earth Five Elements Array laid out by the Five Ghost Emperors.

"Amitabha, God has the virtue of a good life, and I hope that the five ghost emperors can open the net and let this demon have a way to live. The Bodhisattva of the King of the Earth walked down the lotus platform and returned the salute to the five ghost emperors.

When the demon dragon saw that the restraints were untied, he fled behind the Jizo King Bodhisattva, and the demonic energy of his whole body trembled and shrunk into a ball. The Eastern Ghost Emperor Cai Yulei saw that the demon dragon was very smart, and he actually knew how to pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages. His heart sank, although all things have spirituality, but this demon was born from the convergence of tens of thousands of years of anger and resentment in hell. It's a fatherless and motherless anomaly. He must be killed, and if he falls into the hands of the demons in the future, it will be another catastrophe in the world.

Cai Yulei said: "I know that the Bodhisattva is compassionate, but this demon is the most vicious thing, and it is especially inappropriate to stay in the netherworld rashly. Today I will slay them and never be the one that will come to them again. After the Ghost Emperor finished speaking, his right hand turned, and a peachwood sword was transformed. This wooden sword is made of 10,000-year-old peach wood, the sword is 24 inches long and weighs 1,200 catties. The sword body is carved with the Big Dipper, the stars are connected to the fairy qi floating out, and the Taiji diagram at the hilt of the sword shines brightly. Although it is made of peach wood, it can still sharpen iron like mud and blow hair, this sword does not know how many fierce ghosts and souls have been killed, although it is a treasure of the fairy family, but it also faintly flashes in the fairy aura of the erratic ghost.

The Eastern Ghost Emperor pointed the peachwood sword directly at the demon dragon, and used the immortal power to urge the peachwood sword to fly to kill the demon dragon. The sword went like a rainbow, like a meteor streaked across the sky, leaving a dazzling light.

King Jizo Bodhisattva put his hands together, and suddenly the Buddha light in the lotus platform shone on the underworld, and the Bodhisattva was like a round of sun illuminating the entire netherworld, and King Jizo Bodhisattva stretched out his hand to pick a lotus flower and threw it into the air. The peachwood sword seemed to be fixed in the air, and it couldn't get even half an inch closer to the ghost emperor Cai Yulei urging the immortal power.

The other four ghost emperors wanted to join the battle, but they were stopped by Cai Yulei, so they had to withdraw the peachwood sword. With a gloomy face, he said, "Since the Jizo King Bodhisattva wants to save this beast, we have no objection. It's just that ...... "The Ghost Emperor set his sights on the city of vain death and the eighteen layers of hell destroyed by the demon dragon. The implication is obvious, you can take people away, and you also need to compensate for the loss.

The Bodhisattva naturally knew what he meant, so he said: "There is a strange treasure in my Cuiyun Palace, which is a demon pill condensed by the Tianshan Ice Silkworm, a branch of the six-winged silkworm, one of the five insects in ancient times, and was refined into a bead by later generations - the Ice Silkworm Bead. This treasure has the effect of calming the nerves and calming the qi. Although the Ghost Emperor was full of immortal energy just now, he was contaminated with a little ghost qi because of his long residence in the netherworld, and this treasure could just expel the ghost qi for the Ghost Emperor. I don't know what the Ghost Emperor wants?"

Silkworms are a good thing, especially ice silkworms. It is rare to see in 10,000 years. Many immortals wanted one but couldn't. I never thought that today, Jizo Bodhisattva would be willing to give away an ice silkworm bead for a newly formed dragon demon.

Cai Yulei withdrew the peachwood sword, pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, I will spare the life of the dragon demon for the sake of the Heavenly Dao." If he dares to disturb the Netherworld again, he will knock you into the depths of the Nine Netherworlds and never turn over. Then he said to the other three Bodhisattvas: "This king has important matters today and is inconvenient to stay for a long time, and I hope the three Bodhisattvas will forgive me." The other four ghost emperors also saluted, and Guanyin and the other three bodhisattvas returned the salute one by one, but they never got off their mounts.

"I won't go to Cuiyun Palace today, you can send someone to send the Ice Silkworm Beads to my palace. After saying this, the Five Directions Ghost Emperor floated away in the clouds.

is also a bodhisattva, but he is extremely arrogant to the Jizo Bodhisattva, and even swords to each other. Why is he polite to the other three bodhisattvas? This has to start with the war of the gods, the ghost emperor of the five directions is the sect of the people, and the predecessors of the three bodhisattvas of Guanyin, Fuxian, and Manjushri are the twelve golden immortals of the teaching. When the ghost emperor of the five directions saw it, he also needed to shout uncle. Later, the three golden immortals entered the Buddha from the Tao, and the ghost emperor of the five directions was still polite. The Jizo Bodhisattva is different, at the time of the Great War of the Gods, Buddhism was still known as the Western Religion, and he had killed the master of the Tongtian Sect with the Yuan Shi Tianzun. It made the Tongtian Sect Master lose face. The so-called lord humiliates the ministers to death, not to mention the fact that the West teaches this outsider to take advantage of the fire to rob.

To put it bluntly, the two brothers fought for the inheritance, but the other district invited helpers to help them, and finally won the inheritance. Therefore, the people in the sect are all true to the Western religion and the later Buddhism.

After seeing the ghost emperor leave, the three Bodhisattvas pressed the clouds head, stepped off the mount, and came to the front of the Jizo Bodhisattva, Fuxian Bodhisattva said: "It seems that Jizo is very unsatisfactory in the underworld. ”

Jizo Bodhisattva personally comforted the frightened demon dragon, holding this black demon dragon, although it is a demon dragon, it is surrounded by anger and evil energy, where the Bodhisattva's right hand passes, the disgusting black gas suddenly dissipates, and the shining dragon scales appear in front of him. A dragon demon with a living dragon appeared before the four bodhisattvas. The scales are black, and the whole body exudes an aura of Buddhist compassion. The tyrannical aura was swept away.

This demon dragon prostrate on the ground, already showing gratitude.