"Lord Shangshu."
In the early morning two days after celebrating the eight Great Sages of Qianjin being conferred the title of Great Sage by the Heavenly Court, the ultimatum messenger hurriedly walked into the Hongde Hall.
"Master Shangshu, all the immortal officials from all over Xiniu Hezhou have reported that eight Buddha lights descended two days ago, and it is suspected that eight Bodhisattvas from Buddhism have appeared in the world." The ultimatum was transferred to the court to report.
When Fang Jian heard this, his face straightened and he asked, "Which eight Bodhisattvas are they?"
The ultimatum messenger shook his head and said: "We don't know yet, but after these eight Bodhisattvas came to the world, they issued decrees to Buddhist disciples everywhere, ordering all Buddhist disciples to immediately obey the orders of Xitian Mansion and destroy the evil spirits of Xiniu Hezhou."
"Wait a minute." Fang Jian suddenly realized something was wrong when he heard this, "Are you following the order of Xitian Mansion?"
"Yes." The ultimatum messenger nodded and said, "When the Banjie Mountain demons gathered earlier, you ordered the Buddhist temples and disciples in various places to eliminate the demons. Now they have taken action."
After hearing this, Fang Jian couldn't help but narrow his eyes and said, "Didn't they say they couldn't defeat the demon clan at that time?"
"But now they have started to take action again. From the Heavenly Eye Mirror, my subordinates saw that a large number of demon cultivators in Xiniu Hezhou have been annihilated by the Buddhist sect." said the messenger.
"Hmph!" Fang Jian snorted coldly and said, "It doesn't make sense. They didn't kill those demon cultivators who followed the ten demon kings and rebelled, but now they are killing those demon cultivators who kept their peace and did not rebel. They are clearly trying to burn bridges across the river. , unloading the mill and killing the donkey.”
When the messenger heard what Fang Jian said, he immediately asked: "Master Shangshu, what should we do now?"
Fang Jian said: "These demon cultivators who keep their peace and do not join the ten demon kings in rebellion are the pure sons of our heaven. How can we allow the Buddhists to kill them at will?"
Having said this, Fang Jian immediately turned to the ultimatum envoy and said: "Immediately pass on my talisman, ordering the immortal officials and divine mansions in various places to unconditionally accept all the fleeing demon cultivators and provide them with shelter. I wonder if Buddhists dare to do so." Rush to kill the Immortal Official Palace."
"Yes." The messenger immediately bowed and accepted the order and left.
Then Fang Jian said to the outside of the palace: "The general who is rumored to be captured and killed came to see me."
When Tang Yu walked into the Hongde Hall, she saw Fang Jian sitting there with a serious face writing edicts, so she immediately stepped forward and said, "Master Shangshu, are you looking for me?"
Fang Jian nodded to Tang Yu and said, "There is something I want you to do."
When Tang Yu heard this, he immediately bowed and said, "Please give me your instructions, Lord Shangshu."
Fang Jian said: "Immediately order thousands of divine generals and ask them to carry my talisman and send them to various places in Hezhou, Xiniu, to stop the Buddhists from killing demon cultivators."
"Buddhism kills demon cultivators?" Tang Yu was startled when he heard this and asked quickly: "Master Shangshu, what happened?"
Fang Jian then told Tang Yu about the news reported by the ultimatum envoy. After hearing this, Tang Yu suddenly became furious and said: "How courageous." Then he said to Fang Jian: "Please rest assured, Lord Hongqing, my subordinates will immediately Just go and make arrangements, and then go down to the next level in person."
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, you can personally patrol the lower realms. If there are any Buddhist disciples who disobey my talisman, you can kill the chickens to scare the monkeys."
"Follow the law!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yu immediately sang Nai and took the order and left.
...
Xiniu Hezhou, Jingfa, Shiqiu County.
Two demon cultivators of the Yang God Realm, a man and a woman, were running away in the mountains and forests with a little demon. The little demon had a pair of flower-white velvet ears and the same flower-white velvet on his body. At first glance, he looked like he had just grown up. The refined form has not completely shed the demonic body.
At this moment, their faces were full of fear. The two demon cultivators, a man and a woman, were running away with the little demon, their faces full of fear.
They were originally snow leopards trained in the snowy mountains of northern France. This man and woman were a couple. The man was named Bao Yun and the woman was Bao Xin. They were also demon cultivators who obeyed the orders of the King of Diguang Cave, and this little Yao Bao Mi is their child.
Originally, they were practicing quietly in the mountains with the King of Diguangdong, and they lived a peaceful and happy life.
But starting yesterday morning, everything changed. The Buddhist monks who had ignored them suddenly appeared outside Diguangdong Mountain, saying that they were going to exterminate the demon cultivators under the orders of Xitian Mansion.
The King of Diguang Cave went out to negotiate, but was killed by the monks before he could speak. Then those monks began to kill all the demon cultivators in the entire Diguang Cave.
Bao Yun and Bao Xin reacted very quickly. They reacted immediately when the Diguang Cave King was killed, immediately fled back to their cave, and escaped from the Diguang Cave mountains with Bao Mi.
But their escape was quickly discovered by the monks, so they directly sent six monks from the Yangshen realm to hunt down Bao Yun's family.
So Bao Yun's family had been running away for a day and a night from yesterday to today. The couple was almost exhausted. If they hadn't been transformed from snow leopards and were naturally good at hiding and running, they would have been saved by the monks by now.
But if they continue to escape like this, they will be overtaken sooner or later, because both Bao Yun and Bao Xin are almost exhausted of their mana.
"Ms. sir, what should I do?" Bao Xin asked Bao Yun anxiously with a tired face.
Bao Yun gasped and said, "You and I have no regrets even if we die now, but Mi'er is still here. We must persevere and at least let Mi'er escape."
Bao Xin said: "But the mana of our gang will be exhausted. By then, even if we want to hold them back to try to find a way out for Mi'er, it won't work."
Speaking of this, Bao Xin couldn't help but said with resentment: "If you rebel, you will be killed by Heaven. If you don't rebel, you will be killed by Buddhism. Is this the fate of us demon cultivators?"
Bao Yun frowned. He and Bao Xin watched Bao Mi run away while looking at a hilly mountain in the distance full of strange rocks. Suddenly his eyes lit up, "Is this Shiqiu County?"
Hearing this, Bao Xin also raised his head and looked into the distance. Sure enough, he also saw the huge Shiqiu Mountain. That mountain is also the origin of the name Shiqiu County. First there were hills and mountains full of stones, and then there were "Shiqiu County".
Bao Xin said: "That seems to be Shiqiu Mountain, and this is Shiqiu County!"
Bao Yun received Bao Xin's confirmation, and immediately said with excitement: "We can be saved, we can be saved, hurry up, as long as we get to the bottom of the Shiqiu Mountain, we will be saved."
"?" Bao Xin looked at her husband with confusion on her face. Although she didn't understand why her husband said this, based on her understanding of her husband, as long as he said he could be saved, there would definitely be a glimmer of hope.
Thinking of this, Bao Xin was suddenly filled with hope, and immediately fled with Bao Yun towards Shiqiu Mountain with all their strength.
"They are getting faster." said the leader of the six Yangshen realm monks who were chasing Bao Yun and the other two.
"Why do they still have so much mana? It's been a day and a night." Another monk said.
The third monk said: "Huh, I'm afraid it's the end of the battle and it's just a pointless struggle before death."
"Junior brothers, don't be stingy with your magic power. They are at the end of their strength. Hurry up and kill them so that you can go back and report back to your master." The leading monk said in a deep voice.
"Yes." The other five monks responded in unison, and then the six spiritual lights in the sky immediately sped up to catch up.
At this moment, Bao Yun and Bao Xin were indeed at the end of their efforts. They exhausted the last bit of mana in Niwan Palace and finally landed in front of the Earth Temple at the foot of Shiqiu Mountain.
To be precise, they smashed it down, with Bao Yun and Bao Xin at the bottom. The couple hugged Bao Mi tightly and smashed it down in front of the Earth Temple, making a big hole in the ground.
Such a big movement immediately alarmed the Shiqiu Earth God. A divine light flashed from the Earth Temple, and the Shiqiu Earth God immediately appeared in front of Bao Yun and the others.
"Eh? Brother Bao Yun?" Zhang Qing, the god of land in Shiqiu, shouted in surprise as soon as he saw Bao Yun covered in dust.
The moment Bao Xin saw the Earth God, his expression suddenly changed, and his charming and charming face was instantly replaced by despair.
"Ms. sir, we're finished, it's the Immortal Official!" Bao Xin's tone was filled with tears.
Falling into the hands of the Buddhist sect is death, but falling into the hands of the immortal official is also a death. The spiritual light coming from the Xitian Mansion, as well as the spiritual light coming from the Buddhist sect in front of them to destroy the demons of Tangyushaluo Kingdom, shadow them. But I’ve seen them all.
Xitian Mansion is more ruthless in killing monsters than Buddhism. Master Hongqing's evil reputation has already resounded throughout Xiniu Hezhou, and all the demon cultivators have changed their expressions after hearing about it.
Even Bao Mi in their arms turned pale and trembled with fear when he saw Zhang Qingyi covered in divine light.
"Madam, don't be afraid." Bao Yun hurriedly hugged Bao Xin and Bao Mi to comfort them, then stood up and bowed to Zhang Qing, "Bao Yun has met the Earth God."
Zhang Qingyi frowned slightly, looking at his pale face and dull eyebrows, which was obviously a sign of depletion of mana, so he asked: "Brother Bao Yun, what's wrong with you?"
Just as Bao Yun was about to speak, six spiritual lights suddenly flew from the sky, and then quickly landed on the ground, revealing the figures of the six monks.
"Monster, let's see where you are going to escape!" The leading monk shouted to Bao Yun immediately after landing.
Bao Yun hurriedly protected his wife and children behind him, then bowed his head to Zhang Qing and said: "God of the land, please protect my family out of your original kindness."
Zhang Qing glanced at the monks, then at the Bao Yun family who were tired and frightened, and said, "Buddhism is chasing you?"
Bao Yun nodded and said: "It is rumored that a Bodhisattva came to the world two days ago and passed down an order to the Buddhist disciples of Xiniu Hezhou, ordering all temple disciples to obey the order of Xitian Mansion to exterminate the evil spirits of Xiniu Hezhou..."
Speaking of this, Bao Yun was suddenly stunned. He seemed to have remembered something. The Buddhist sect used 'comply with the edict of Xitian Mansion' to eliminate demon cultivators this time. And if he turned to Zhang Qingyi for help now, wouldn't he be throwing himself into a trap? ?
For a moment, Bao Yun's heart was filled with despair. This was really not letting the demon live!
Bao Yun looked at Zhang Qingyi with despair and helplessness, but could not say a word. Now, he seemed to have no choice but to resign himself to his fate.
However, just when Bao Yun's family was desperate and ready to accept the fate of death and Taoist disappearance, Zhang Qingyi said to them: "Okay, since fellow Taoist monks have turned to this god for help, this god should protect my Taoist friend and his family."
Bao Yun and Bao Xin were shocked, and immediately looked at Zhang Qingyi in disbelief, but Zhang Qingyi had already taken a step forward to them, and asked the six monks in front: "This god is Shiqiu Earth God Zhang Qingyi, where did you, the monk, come from, and in which temple did you practice your Dharma?"
