Suanni said proudly: "Is it time for you to admit defeat?"
"You want me to admit defeat?" Zhang Shaofei couldn't help but throw his head up and laugh.
Suanni blinked: "What's wrong? You're still smiling so happily after losing?"
Zhang Shaofei pointed at Suani's head: "Amitabha. Good! Good! In this competition, it's not me who loses, but you who have already lost."
Suanni didn't know why: "What? I've already lost?"
Zhang Shaofei nodded: "Yes, you have lost."
Suan Ni was puzzled: "You watched me use magic to make myself so big, and now I have become so small. I obviously have the chance to win, so why do you actually say that I have lost?"
Zhang Shaofei said: "You have been accepted into the golden bowl by me, and you still don't want to admit defeat?"
The golden bowl held by Zhang Shaofei is the supreme ancestral sacred object in Buddhism and has boundless magical power. Its authority is equivalent to the emperor's national seal. Since Bodhidharma came from the east of Tianli with his cassock and golden bowl, he passed it on to the second ancestor Huike, then to the third ancestor Sengcan, the fourth ancestor Daoxin, the fifth ancestor Hongren, the sixth ancestor Huineng, and finally to the sixth ancestor Zhang Shaofei. The dharma lineage is passed down from generation to generation.
Suanni tried to use his power to take off and escape from the golden bowl, but Zhang Shaofei had poured out most of the water in the golden bowl.
As the saying goes: "A dragon meets a shrimp in shallow water." Suan Ni struggled several times, but the inside of the golden bowl was as smooth as a mirror, and the water was too shallow, so the dragon with its curled body could not use its strength. In addition, the golden bowl was filled with light. Surrounded by awe-inspiring Zen energy, Suan Ni felt panicked and helplessly sighed to himself: "Oh! This time I really have a method that I can't use, and I can't use my strength."
Zhang Shaofei said sternly: "Fifth Young Master, you have now left the water and entered the golden bowl. No matter how much you twist and turn, you will not be able to escape. So, I say you have lost!"
Suan Ni then realized that he had fallen into Zhang Shaofei's trap. In addition to regretting it, he loudly scolded Zhang Shaofei: "You! It turns out that you just tricked me step by step into this golden bowl."
"You are trapped in a cage, just accept it." Zhang Shaofei said looking at Xiaolong who was tired and huddled in the bowl.
"This..." Suanni was trapped in the golden bowl. He couldn't fly or escape, so he had to be slaughtered. He begged, "Master Zhang, I admit defeat this time. I beg you to let me out. "
Zhang Shaofei was as cold as frost: "Let you out? Good, good! Please note that some time ago, how many people did you kill and how much damage did you cause to the surrounding villagers? People want to kill you!"
The people who were hiding in the distance to watch the excitement gathered around to take a look. They were all gearing up and filled with righteous indignation, and they sternly accused Suanni in the golden bowl.
Facing the surging sentiments and angry shouts of the common people, Suanni was shocked. The arrogance he had just felt was gone. He grimaced and begged: "Master Zhang, please spare your life, Master Zhang, please spare your life!"
Zhang Shaofei pointed at the people surrounding him: "You want me to spare your life? You first have to ask them if they are willing."
The people suffered so much that they all had angry faces and scolded Suanni with their halberd fingers.
In order to survive, Suanni in the golden bowl had no choice but to apologize to the people in a low voice: "I was acting out of impulse in the past, which was a big mistake. I will never dare to do evil again..."
The people who were watching all gave Zhang Shaofei their thumbs up, saying that he cast a spell to subdue the evil dragon.
Zhang Shaofei pointed to the Suan Ni in the golden bowl and said to everyone: "Just because I took it into the golden bowl doesn't mean I have subdued it."
Wang Boxing blinked: "You have put it into the golden bowl. Doesn't this count as subduing it?"
Zhang Shaofei pointed at his heart: "You must surrender it in your heart to truly surrender."
Wang Boxing nodded: "I understand. What you mean is that only by eradicating its evil roots can it be considered true surrender."
The people at the scene were a little doubtful: "Can Suanni's evil roots be eradicated?"
Zhang Shaofei said with confidence: "Although the dragon belongs to the animal realm, it also has spirituality. As long as I save it, it will also have Buddha nature in the future."
Wang Boxing doubted: "Even this evil dragon will have Buddha nature in the future?"
Zhang Shaofei said seriously: "Yes, the flowers in the world bloom and fall, the moon waxes and wanes, and everything can change. Good and evil, good and bad are just the difference of a thought. I will teach it with my heart and let it abandon evil and follow good. Let’s benefit the people.”
Seeing Zhang Shaofei's boundless power, the common people nodded in agreement.
Zhang Shaofei's face was serious: "Fifth Young Master, if I let you out like this now, your bad roots have not been eradicated and your stubbornness is hard to change. It is easy for you to do it again and harm the people of Li when you get an opportunity. Wait until I take you with you. Go to the Buddhist hall and I will teach you the Dharma first and purify your heart."
After Zhang Shaofei said this, he walked towards Huixing Temple holding the golden bowl with the dragon in his hand.
Seeing that Suanni, who claimed to have great supernatural powers, was subdued by Zhang Shaofei's trick, the people watching around him praised him and responded with bursts of warm applause.
Zhang Shaofei preached to the Suan Ni in the golden bowl in the Buddhist hall and taught it the method of enlightenment. He did not put it back into the deep pool until the Suan Ni completely admitted its mistake, removed the evil roots, and obeyed it.
After Suanni was surrendered by Zhang Shaofei, she really changed her mind and personality. She said she would follow Zhang Shaofei and be his protector.
Zhang Shaofei pointed to the south: "I still have important things to do. You should go to Tianlu Mountain in Xinzhou, Lingnan first."
Suanni thought to himself: If you ask me to go to that barren mountain where the miasma is serious, there is no water and no pool, isn't this asking for death? Besides...
Zhang Shaofei saw through Suan Ni's thoughts and explained: "Although Tianlu Mountain is desolate and towering into the sky, the scenery there in all four seasons is intoxicating, especially in spring and autumn, when the azaleas all over the mountain bloom, it is so beautiful, and the beautiful The Cuckoo Fairy is here, maybe your Fifth Young Master can conquer the Cuckoo Sea! Besides, there is also a very spectacular Zenlong Gorge, which can be called the Dragon Palace!" When Zhang Shaofei said this, he noticed that Suan Ni was already moved, and further said, "Five Great Gorges" Young Master, what do you think? If you want to go, just wait for my return at Zenlong Gorge in Tianlu Mountain."
Suan Ni was fascinated by Zhang Shaofei's words and bowed her head in worship: "Master Zhang, we will meet again at Zenlong Gorge in Tianlu Mountain."
Suanni followed Zhang Shaofei's instructions and soared into the sky. Zhang Shaofei waved to the sky, and a white light flew south...
