Chapter 18: Surrendering the Rat Spirit

It is said that the rat spirit returned to the Tianling Cave and said to the demons: "Lao Tzu was split by the gods and immortals in the heavenly court, and he was not afraid of lightning and thunder. The demons said, "The king is truly a miracle." ”

I heard a goblin say, "Great king, why don't you set yourself up as king?" The goblin said, "Make yourself king?" and the goblin said, "Let it be called the king of the rats." The rat spirit said, "Well, there is the Jade Emperor in the sky, and there is my Rat King on the earth." "Demons, from today onwards, I will be your king. ”

The demons said, "Long live the king, long live." The rat spirit said, "I went to the underworld and tore up the book of life and death of the rats, and we will all live forever." The demons said, "Long live the king." The rat spirit said, "Since we are so happy today, come on, let's have many rounds." ”

The demons said, "Okay, you must make it bigger." The rat spirit said, "Let's invite the big tiger and the old devil to come and have fun." The demons said, "Yes." The rat spirit said, "Then who should you send?" A goblin said, "My lord, send Wang Xiaohu and the Ferris leopard." The rat spirit said, "Yes." ”

The rat spirit said: "Wang Xiaohu, the Ferris leopard obeys, I now order the two of you to invite the big tiger and the old devil to come, you must invite it, don't slack off." Wang Xiaohu and the Ferris leopard immediately said to the rat spirit: "Please rest assured, king, we will definitely live up to expectations." The rat spirit said, "All right, then go ahead." So Wang Xiaohu and Ferris Leopard went to invite the big tiger and the old devil.

Let's not talk about the bustle in the Tianling Cave now. Back to God**. It is said that when Heavenly Court was made a big fuss by the rat spirit, it was full of black smoke and miasma, and it was a mess. After the Jade Emperor ordered people to sort it out, he continued to discuss in the Lingxiao Palace. The Jade Emperor said, "Tota Heavenly King, you said that you invited the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva to come, can you really subdue that rat spirit?"

King Tota said: "Jade Emperor, please rest assured, the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva has boundless magic and vast magical powers, and no monster can hide in front of him." The Jade Emperor said, "Well, I have also heard that the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva is powerful, but I have never had the opportunity to meet him. Okay, this time there is King Lautota, you can go for yourself. ”

King Tota said, "Jade Emperor, you're welcome, this is what ministers should do. So King Tota said goodbye to the Jade Emperor, and with a flash, he had come to the South China Sea. I saw that there was a paradise here, and I saw that the roads were full of trees everywhere, the flowing water was shining, and the King of Tota seemed to have come to another realm.

I saw that there was a peaceful water vapor in the sky over the South China Sea, and I saw that the water vapor was directly inserted into a Tianshan Mountain on the South China Sea, and on both sides of the Tianshan Mountain, there were two Baolian Terraces, one purple and one white. The purple one sat a boy. And the white one, sitting a benevolent bodhisattva holding a pure bottle in his left hand and a willow branch in his right hand.

When King Tota looked at it, he saw that the one in front of him was Guanyin Bodhisattva. So King Tota stepped forward and bowed, and said to Guanyin Bodhisattva: "The South China Sea Guanyin is above, and King Tota is polite." I saw this bodhisattva with his eyes half-opened and said, "King Tota, why are you not waiting in the heavenly court, why did you come to my South China Sea?"

King Tota said: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, you don't know something, it is said that there is a demon rat spirit in the mortal world, and it does not know where to learn some demon arts, and it actually makes trouble in the Crystal Palace and the underworld. King Tota said: "In the end, he was still fighting in the sky." ”

King Tota said, "We have used all means, chopping, kicking, killing, burning, thunderning, and burning the three flavors to make it immortal." The Heavenly King of Tota said: "The Jade Emperor Great Yanjing has no way to take it, and in the end, I thought that you have profound skills and great magical powers, and there must be a way to subdue this monster." ”

When the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "King Tota, my mana is limited, but it is not my scope to deal with this monster." King Tota was anxious, and said nervously: "Guanyin Bodhisattva, apart from you, we really can't think of anyone who can defeat and subdue that monster." ”

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Do you really think that I can subdue that monster?" and King Tota said, "Really, Bodhisattva, you will definitely be able to subdue it." Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Okay, do you want to know the origin of this rat spirit?" ”

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "This rat spirit is crossed under a waterfall outside the Tianling Cave, its mana is born, the mana is really powerful, there is Tiangang killing change, can transform countless forms. Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "I am not afraid of swords, axes, thunder and lightning, but there is a weakness, it is afraid of water." ”

King Tota said, "Afraid of water, then it's easy, I'll go back to Heaven at once, and order Shuihe-kun to use water to cover it." Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "It is afraid of water, it is not the water you say, it is not so simple. King Tota said, "What kind of water is that?"

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "There are many kinds of water, water has heavenly spirit water, earth extinguishing water, purple field water, and deciduous water. These four waters are mutually reinforcing and mutually reinforcing at the same time, and no one can do the four waters, but anyone can. Hearing this, King Tota was confused and said to Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea: "Bodhisattva, I don't understand, is there so much water?"

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Of course, water has a lot of knowledge, and water can carry a boat and also capsize a boat. Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Heavenly spirit water, the water generated by heaven and earth, the water quality is fresh and airy, when the gas is fully expanded, the heavenly spirit water will form a strong qi." ”

Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva of the South China Sea said, "When this powerful air hits the ground, a second type of water is gradually formed with the change of the weather. King Tota said, "If it weren't for Avalokiteshvara talking about water, I wouldn't have known that water had so much knowledge." ”

Avalokiteshvara of the South China Sea continued: "When the water is volatilized, the earth is dry and the sentient beings are suffering, and when the earth is boiling out, a strong force rushes out of the ground, forming a strong river of violent water. ”

Nanhai Avalokiteshvara said, "When the river of water irrigates the river fields, it suddenly erupts, and finally a third type of water is formed, purple field water. "When the purple field water erupted in the river field, the sky and the earth suddenly changed, thunder and lightning, and the flowers were not distinguished, and a vision appeared. ”

King Tota said, "What kind of vision?" and Nanhai Avalokiteshvara said, "I saw the purple field water burst out in the air, and it actually formed a leaf-like shape, and the shape gradually grew in size at last. Nanhai Avalokiteshvara said, "When the shape is formed, it becomes the fourth type of deciduous water." ”

Avalokiteshvara of the South China Sea said, "King Tota, do you think these four waters are related?" At this time, King Tota said puzzledly: "I have opened my eyes this time, but what does this four waters have to do with the rat spirit?"

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Of course, these four waters have something to do with rat spirits. "Because the rat spirit grew up beside the four waters, it is both the blessing star of the four waters and the disaster star of the four waters. Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "The four waters can save it or harm it." King Tota said, "What do you do with the four waters?"

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "The use of the four waters requires super high divine power to control it. Leave this matter on me. When King Tota heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said, "Thank you Bodhisattva for the rescue, please ask the Bodhisattva to accompany the little Heavenly Court and the Jade Emperor to talk about it." ”

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Okay, you wait. Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said to the boy next to him: "Boy, after I go, you have to take good care of the mountain gate." The boy said, "Obey the Master's instructions." So the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva went straight to heaven with a breeze from the King of Tota.

The Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South China Sea and the King of Tota passed through the South Heavenly Gate and came to the Lingxiao Palace. I saw that the Jade Emperor was welcoming him outside the hall early in the morning. As soon as the Jade Emperor saw the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva, he immediately said respectfully: "Bodhisattva, thank you for coming in person to save our Heavenly Court." ”

The Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South China Sea immediately returned the salute respectfully and said: "Jade Emperor, where is it, the affairs of the heavenly court are the affairs of my Bodhisattva, and the heavenly court is in trouble, is it possible that my Bodhisattva will sit idly by?" The Jade Emperor said: "The Bodhisattva is reasonable. "Bodhisattva, what can you do to subdue this monster?"

Avalokiteshvara of the South China Sea said, "I can subdue it with four waters." The Jade Emperor said, "Well, good. The South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Jade Emperor, why don't we take a look at what the rat spirit is doing in the mortal world?" ”

So the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva threw a demon mirror. I saw a cold light shining directly into the mortal world. I saw that the heavenly spirit cave in the mortal world was very lively. The demons are eating, drinking, and merry. And Wang Xiaohu and Ferris Leopard went to invite the big tiger and the old devil on the way.

The South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva said to the Jade Emperor: "Now the rat spirit has set himself up as the king, and called two little demons to invite other demons, Jade Emperor, I will go down to the earth now to pretend to be one of the demons, and after mixing into the Tianling Cave, I will subdue the rat spirit, please rest assured." When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was immediately overjoyed and said, "That's the best, thank you Bodhisattva for rescuing." Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Where to speak." After the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking, a spiritual light had already descended to the mortal world.

At this time, Wang Xiaohu and the two little demons invited the big tiger and came to the old devil's lair. And before that, the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva came to the lair of the old devil, hit the little demons one by one, and killed the old devil, the thousand-year-old demon. Transformed into an old devil.

When Wang Xiaohu and the Ferris Leopard came to the old devil's lair, they thought it was the real old devil. I saw the old devil played by Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea sitting on the throne in a big way. Wang Xiaohu and the Ferris Leopard handed over the invitation and said to the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva: "The old devil is above, our king invites you to attend its banquet, please come with us." ”

I only heard the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva say: "Okay, good, children, you have worked hard, reward you." After saying that, he ordered his men to give them a reward of silver taels. So the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva dressed up as an old demon and swayed with Wang Xiaohu and the Ferris Leopard to the Tianling Insight to see the rat spirit.

When the Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva came to the Tianling Cave, the cave was very lively. As soon as the rat spirit saw the old demon, he immediately stepped forward and said, "Brother, I am the king today, so please come and watch it." The rat spirit said to the big tiger at the same time. And at this time, the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Haha, the king is polite, is he really crowned the king?"

The rat spirit said, "Yes, is it fake?" and the rat spirit said to his subordinates, "Boys, quickly take the pennant out and show it to the old devil." So the goblin took out a pennant from the inner hall, and saw that there were two big characters written on it, the rat king. When the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva saw the two big characters of the Rat King.

Immediately revealed his original form and said to the rat spirit: "Rat spirit, can you see who I am?" The rat spirit was taken aback when he saw it, and said, "Is it you, Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva?" After the rat spirit finished speaking, a gust of wind flew into the sky. And the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva also rose to the clouds with a gust of wind.

The rat spirit said to the Nanhai Avalokiteshvara, "How do you know that I am here?" and the Nanhai Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva said, "If you don't know, you can't do it unless you do." "I've told you what you've done. The rat spirit said, "Bodhisattva, are you here to collect me today?"

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "It's all nonsense to ask, just know it." The rat spirit said, "Bodhisattva, do you think you can accept me?" and Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Of course I can take you." I bet you that if you can get out of my bottle, I won't ask you anything about it!" said the rat spirit, "Well, it's a deal. ”

After the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking, he quietly poured the net bottle down, and a stream of water poured out of the bottle cap. The rat spirit said, "Haha, can you seal me with just your pure bottle?" After the rat spirit finished speaking, he shouted loudly, and the Tiangang Transformation Law appeared.

I saw it turn into a blue light and fly straight to the ground. But when it flew to the ground, it found that it was all seawater. No matter how much it swims, it can't swim out of the sea. The rat thought carefully: these tricks must be the blind-covering method of the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva. I'm not going to be fooled.

So the rat spirit transformed into a long motorboat, and when the motorboat walked parallel in the sea, suddenly, the sea water swelled again, and the sky changed color, and the sea water came like a tsunami. The motorboat was struck in all directions. The rat thought carefully: is it the trick of the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva?

When it swam and swam to an oasis, the rat spirit looked at it and thought: This time I swam to the oasis, the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva lost, I won. Don't let it get dissatisfied, I'm going to leave a mark on the oasis. As a result, the rat spirit turned into a goldfish, leaving secretions on the oasis.

The rat spirit then changed back to his surname and came to the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva. The rat spirit said ostentatiously: "Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva, you lost this time, I left secretions in the oasis of the sea, you can't get there." Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Really?

The South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking. Flipping over his hand, he turned over to the net bottle in his hand, and the rat spirit looked inside the net bottle, only to see that there was a green plant at the bottom of the net bottle, and there was a secretion on the green plant. It turned out to be left by himself. This is no small surprise. The rat spirit said, "How is it possible, I have already swam to an oasis in the sea." ”

Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "Rat spirit, you can't swim out of my pure bottle at all." Die obediently. The rat spirit said, "I am not convinced." Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "If you don't accept it, you have to accept it." After the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking, he pressed the net bottle in his hand, and the rat essence was already pressed into the net bottle.

The rat spirit said inside, "I don't accept it, Bodhisattva, you use the Destroyer. Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "You don't need to say more, you can rest inside." Three years later, after nature, there is your master to save you. When the rat spirit heard this, he immediately fell silent.

At this time, the Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South China Sea took the pure bottle and returned to heaven. The South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva said to the Jade Emperor, "Jade Emperor, I have already helped you subdue the rat spirit. It's inside my net bottle. The Jade Emperor said happily, "Thank you Bodhisattva for rescuing us and saving our heavenly court." Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "You're welcome. ”

The South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva finished speaking. A flash of light returned to the South China Sea.

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