As soon as the banquet ended, the Qiantang County magistrate had someone prepare a carriage for Song Xing and Fahai to ride in. They left Qiantang County and sped towards Lin'an Mansion.
Sitting in the carriage, looking at Fa Hai's youthful face, Song Xing asked: "Has Zen Master heard about the snake demon in West Lake before?"
Fahai, who was meditating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes. He seemed not to have expected that Song Xing would take the initiative to talk to him, but he still said, "I have never heard about those three monsters before."
But he didn't notice the flash of surprise in Song Xing's eyes.
"Really? Lin'an is not far from Jinshan Temple. If the snake monster dares to cause trouble in the West Lake, I'm afraid his moral integrity is not shallow."
Fa Hai shook his head and said: "When the poor monk passed by the West Lake five years ago, he had not noticed the evil spirit in the West Lake. I think it should have only appeared in the West Lake in recent years. Maybe it is a few evil spirits who are greedy for the prosperity of the world and there is nothing to fear."
Song Xing burst into laughter and said, "The Zen master has great magic power, so a mere demon is no match for the Zen master."
But he was thinking in his heart, not knowing whether Fahai really didn't know White Snake, or whether he was deliberately pretending to be stupid.
If he was pretending to be stupid on purpose, that would be fine. If he really didn't know anything, then things would be fun.
While Song Xing was thinking, a loud noise suddenly came from outside the carriage.
Fahai frowned slightly, raised the curtains and looked out, and saw a group of beggars in tattered clothes, smelly and sallow-looking, pouring out from the street and directly blocking the carriage.
Fahai shouted: "Amitabha!"
In an instant, the rolling Sanskrit sounds turned into an invisible wave and spread, instantly covering all the beggars in front of the carriage.
Suddenly, all the beggars felt as if they were struck by lightning. They knew that there was no ordinary person in the carriage, and they fled in fear.
Looking at the many beggars being driven away, Song Xing said, "Zen Master, you are good at cultivation."
Fahai looked indifferent, "They are just a bunch of poor people."
Song Xing said: "Everyone says that Zen Master Fahai, the host of Jinshan Temple, is compassionate and saves all living beings. When we meet today, his reputation is well-deserved. But how will the Zen master deal with the three monsters in the West Lake?"
Fahai glanced at Song Xing, frowned slightly, and said a little stiffly: "Of course it is suppressed in Jinshan Temple to prevent the monster from coming out to harm people again."
Song Xing looked at Fahai who looked determined and said, "If those monsters didn't harm anyone, Fahai doesn't intend to let them go?"
Fahai said coldly: "A demon is a demon. If he doesn't harm people now, it doesn't mean he won't harm people all the time. If he's not from my race, his mind must be different."
Song Xing sighed, "I originally thought that the Zen master was an eminent monk, but he turned out to be just as stubborn as an ordinary person."
After Fahai was silent for a moment, he said: "The poor monk does his work without criticism from others."
A smile appeared on Song Xing's face and he said: The fabrication of people is called demon, the spirit of things is called essence, and the human soul is called ghost. The heaven and the earth are in a bad mood, and suddenly there are very strange things. The gods are not righteous and become evil, the people's hearts are crazy and become demons, and they are biased towards heresy and become heretics. "
Song Xing's meaning is that the distinction between good and evil has always been based on behavior, not race.
When Fahai heard Song Xing's words, he was unmoved. Practitioners who had reached the level of him and Song Xing were all people with a rock-like heart. How could they be moved by a few words from others.
Song Xing smiled and said no more.
Fahai has superb Buddhist teachings and regards his own mind as the heavenly mind. This may be one of the reasons why he is so young but has such superb cultivation.
There was no conversation all the way, and the carriage arrived at Lin'an Mansion the next day. Governor Xi, who had lost his son, was overjoyed when he heard that Fa Hai had arrived, and went out of the city to greet him in person.
"Welcome to you, Master. I have thanked Master for your concern about Quanzi's whereabouts. I have sent troops to seal off the entire area of dozens of miles around the West Lake, waiting for Master to go and investigate."
After Xi Tongzhi finished complimenting Fa Hai, he saw Song Xing standing next to Fa Hai, wearing a Taoist robe. He was a little confused for a moment: "Zen Master, who is this Taoist priest?"
Fahai said: "Amitabha, this Taoist Master Song is practicing in Qiantang County. The magistrate of Qiantang County heard that your young master was captured by a monster, so he asked Taoist Song and the poor monk to come to the West Lake to find the whereabouts of Mr. Ling."
When Xi Tongzhi heard what Fahai said, he immediately understood that Song Xing was also a practitioner with magical power, and his attitude immediately became respectful: "I have seen the Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest can come all the way to do something about the dog. Xi is not impressed. Gratitude will be rewarded generously.”
Hearing Xi Tongzhi's words, Song Xing waved his hand: "With Zen Master Fahai here, your son will be fine. As for Pindao, I just happened to meet him and wanted to see the Zen Master's method of subduing demons."
Seeing that Commander Xi wanted to say something more, Song Xing raised his hand to stop him and said, "Without further delay, I would like to ask Governor Xi to take us to the West Lake to find out what's going on."
Xi Tongzhi was eager to rescue his son as soon as possible. Hearing the words, he set off immediately, taking Fa Hai and Song Xing towards the West Lake.
On the bank of the West Lake, hundreds of soldiers have been closely monitoring the area to prevent any stray people from approaching.
Fa Hai and Song Xing went straight to the shore.
Fa Hai looked up at the rippling blue lake, and the light bloomed in his eyes, piercing into the water like substance.
In an instant, the air beside Fa Hai rippled, and a ray of golden light suddenly appeared. Then, the golden light turned into a mirror, showing the scene at the bottom of the lake.
In the mirror, a wisp of black mist suddenly appeared and quickly condensed into the appearance of a white snake.
In the black mist, the white snake showed a ferocious and terrifying snake head, roaring at Fahai.
There was no panic on Fahai's face, and he said calmly: "There is indeed a monster, Xi Zongzhi, you have people blockade the West Lake. Without my order, no one can come near here."
Having said that, before Commander Xi could react, the person had already appeared on the surface of the West Lake.
When the huge West Lake faced Fa Hai, a huge crack opened directly in the water surface. Fa Hai's body flashed away and disappeared on the lake.
When Commander Xi reacted and looked to the side, he found that Song Xing who was standing next to him had disappeared at some point.
"what happened……."
As soon as Commander Xi opened his mouth, he felt the waves rolling under his feet.
"Boom."
The calm surface of the West Lake suddenly exploded into stormy waves, countless ice fragments shot up, and the cold air hit the face, making people uncomfortable.
On the lake, the water surface is constantly churning, like a boiling furnace.
At the bottom of the West Lake that Commander Xi could not see, Fa Hai, who was glowing with golden light, was standing in front of a huge water palace. The huge movement in the West Lake just now was caused by his action to break through the water palace's restrictions.
Song Xing, who was shrouded in blue light, stood quietly beside Fahai and looked at the water mansion in front of him.
The restriction was broken, which immediately alarmed the white snake inside. In an instant, three black lights flashed, and three figures appeared in front of Fahai and Song Xing.
The beautiful woman at the head was dressed in white, with charming features on her face. There was a black and red whip wrapped around her arm. When she saw Fa Hai and the others, she said in a charming voice: "Who dares to intrude?" Is this palace’s Shui Mansion really eating the courage of a bear’s heart and a leopard’s courage?”
Standing next to the woman in white were a shorter girl wearing green clothes with a childish face, and a woman wearing black clothes with a wrinkled face.
Seeing the woman in white asking, before Fahai could answer, Song Xing frowned next to her.
Under his eyes, the three monsters in front of him were naturally invisible.
The woman in white at the head is indeed a white snake spirit who has cultivated into an adult, but the two monsters next to her are clearly a herring spirit and a mullet spirit!
Where are Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing that they agreed to do?
(End of chapter)
