Yuzhi Shen was trapped heavily in the immortal formation, and was frightened out of his soul by the "Shocking Drum". His skill was suddenly weakened by seven or eight points. The pear tree spirit took the opportunity to stretch out thousands of long vines to tie him up. Seeing that it was trapped, the troll-like Ganoderma lucidum began to go crazy. It raised its head and roared, with rows of fangs exposed on the top of its blood-red crown, emitting a terrible putrid odor, and then grew five legs like pillars of heaven, covered with black steel thorns. , and eight pairs of long claws that look like black wolf beasts. The long legs kicked wildly and the sixteen claws clawed wildly. They quickly dispersed the Sleeping Immortal Formation and chopped off the old tree spirit tree vines.
Breaking free from its restraints, the Ganoderma giant spun its body again, spreading rancid liquid all over the ground. The stench spread out for hundreds of miles, and the mountains and rocks immediately decayed layer upon layer upon encountering them. The old tree spirit retreated its roots again, and the tribesmen in the water area also ran away holding their wooden drums and shouting. Seeing the evil god reveal his true form, I immediately cut my palm open and sprinkled the spiritual blood into the ground, using the "Sending Yin and Devouring Spirit Technique" that I had prepared in advance. Suddenly I saw the dark wind blowing from all directions, and thousands of red rivers bloomed on the earth. Seventy thousand ghosts of the dead tribes in the water areas returned from the underworld under my inspiration. They were like little fluorescent lights, covering the sky and the earth and rushing towards Yuzhi God for revenge.
Seeing the return of their dead relatives, the tribesmen of the Shuishui tribe felt the same hatred and beat the "Shocking Drum" again. Listening to the neat sound of the drums, the thunder crackling the sky, and the overwhelming aura rolling in, there are no evil spirits in the world who are not afraid. The pear tree spirit also cheered up and used all his magic power to fight the Ganoderma lucidum again. I also set up the trapped immortal formation to help out. Although Yuzhi Shen was powerful, he was unable to defeat everyone working together. In an instant, his divine power collapsed, and his body was punctured by thousands of holes in the trees and vines, turning into a pile of mud.
Immortals and gods are different from mortals in that they all have souls. Even if their bodies are destroyed, they can still be violent and even be reborn. Yuzhi Shen's body was destroyed, and his soul left the body like a black ball of ghost energy, which suddenly covered the sky and covered the pear tree spirit and left. Thousands of black tentacles emerged from the ghost energy and rushed into the old tree spirit's body, trying to seize the body and be reborn. And I had already predicted it, so I promptly brought the statue of Yuzhi, which had been worshiped by the tribe for hundreds of years, and turned it into a magic weapon with Tao blood points. Then he gathered his spiritual energy and used the idol to inhale the soul of the evil god into it. Yuzhi's soul was trapped in the statue, so I used Wuli Fire to burn him to ashes.
After that, I refined the Ganoderma lucidum body of God Yuzhi into medicine, and detoxified the poisonous water of Baili, so that the earth returned to prosperity. The old pear tree spirit also took the opportunity to absorb his divine energy. Not only did he recover from his injuries, he also gained the power of a half-immortal. I also told the Water Tribe that in the future, the Yuzhi God is gone, but the old pear tree is the patron saint of their hearts, and asked them to take good care of it. Then I took the two kids away from the Water Tribe and continued on our journey.
"Ding!" With a sound, the Taoist knocked on the copper bowl and everyone woke up.
Xuan Yi held his arms in his arms and shook his head in disdain: "Master, the gods are too incompetent to be dealt with so easily. This Yuzhi Shen is probably just an ordinary medicinal plant in the garden of the fairy world. It has no ability." "The fairy world and people." There are heaven-protected barriers between the worlds. If humans want to become immortals, they must escape the three-layer lightning punishment protected by the sky. It takes hundreds of millions of immortal cultivators in Shengu Xianzhou more than ten years to succeed, which shows the power of thunder punishment. And the gods of the immortal world If you come to the human world, you will lose 99% of your skills, and you will never even be able to return to the immortal world. Therefore, most immortals dare not go down to earth, and even if they go down to earth, they can only use their incarnations. This incarnation can only carry a trace of their divine power. , naturally not strong anymore.”
"No wonder it's called Cangtian Shelter. It turns out to protect human beings. Since the immortal world is so good, why do gods still want to come down to earth?" Xuantian asked. "Seventy thousand years ago, before the six realms were divided, the gods people called at that time usually referred to the gods born from heaven and earth, or the great virtuous sages who cultivated immortality the day after tomorrow. They left the world of mortals and approached the great road. But the gods of later times were easy to refer to. They are human beings in the immortal world. Since they are human beings, they also have emotions and desires, and have their own pursuits and obsessions. Some gods cast their incarnations into the mortal world so that they can be used to take care of their descendants; some do it to accumulate their own merit; Prepare to avoid disasters; you all have some ideas of your own.”
"Hey! Master, what a pity. The fruit produced by a pear tree that is more than 10,000 years old must be delicious. Unfortunately, we were too young at that time and did not remember the taste of pears." Xuanyi drooled, his head I thought of the pears from that tree. "You are really greedy. You can eat it by yourself when you have the opportunity in the future. Keep spreading the message."
There was a "ding" sound, and this time the flames suddenly moved and floated towards Guang Tianxiang.
The old woman smiled and said: "I am the spirit of the earth, and the Taoist is the spirit of heaven. The third story should fall on Guang Laosan. Guang Laosan, please tell a story." Guang Tianxiang cupped his hands in front of everyone and smiled. Said: "This old man has been doing business all his life. He has not read many books, but he has traveled a lot and heard many stories. I just listened to the story of the ferry boat told by this mother-in-law, and I remembered a similar story, so I told it. Share it with everyone.”
Guang Tianxiang also told the story:
When I was young, I once went to "Yunpu Land" five hundred miles away to do business, and passed by "Yongyan Town" halfway. There was a story about a young man that was circulated locally, and I remembered it for many years after hearing it. It is said that there is an orphan in the local area who has no one to take care of him since he was a child and wanders around. Because he was stubborn and upright, but also helpful, everyone used to call him "Geng Liang".
Geng Liang has been begging since he was a child, and followed helpers everywhere when he was a teenager. He has worked as a long-term laborer, as a porter for merchants, and as a waiter in a hotel, but he never worked for long. When he was a long-term worker, he worked very hard, but when it came time to get paid, the landlord deliberately bullied him because of his young age and gave him less than half of his wages. He sat in front of the landlord's house and cursed him for three days and three nights. When he went to work as a porter for a businessman, he exposed his boss for cheating and lost his job again. When I was a waiter in a hotel, I often exposed the cheating of men and women staying in the hotel, which caused the hotel to lose business.
Things like this happened to him all the time, and no one dared to hire him anymore. He could only survive by going to the wild to pick wild fruits and dig grass roots. Even so, he still behaves unrestrainedly and goes his own way. He will shout insults at those who do evil and rush to argue with them when they see injustice. When the locals saw him, they all called him: Geng Liang, Geng Liang, crazy Geng Liang!
One winter day, the wind and snow were so heavy that the beggars on the street had no place to stay. Geng Liang then pried open the door of the "Yun Bodhisattva" temple and invited all the beggars to find shelter in the temple. He also took an ax and chopped the statue of Yun Bodhisattva to warm the fire for everyone. The next day, the people found that the Bodhisattva statue had been chopped up and set on fire. They were so frightened that they knelt down and kowtowed, fearing that the Bodhisattva would punish him. The local landowners and traders were even more annoyed. They usually hated Geng Liang very much, so naturally they couldn't let him go. So they tied him up and asked Shen Jiang to atone for his sins.
That day, a dozen rich men tied up Geng Liang and took him to the Boling River in a large boat to sink him. Suddenly, blue mist gathered in the sky, and golden thunder and lightning continued to fall around the ship. The people on the shore could see clearly, and the people on the boat were even more frightened and did not dare to move at all. But the thunder and lightning surrounded the big ship and fell for a long time, but it never fell on the ship.
Everyone discussed and shouted that Geng Liang must have offended the Bodhisattva, so the Bodhisattva was going to hit him with thunder and lightning. As long as Geng Liang is drowned in the river, the Bodhisattva will naturally calm down and stop thundering. So, more than a dozen people on the boat lifted Geng Liang and threw him into the river. Geng Liang's limbs were tied with ropes, unable to struggle, and he soon sank to the bottom of the river. When the people saw that Geng Liang had drowned, they all felt relieved. Who would have thought that a thunderstorm suddenly struck from the sky at this time, and a dozen people who fell on the boat were reduced to charcoal with one blow.
Then he saw the river overflowing, a golden lotus slowly rising from the bottom of the water, and Geng Liang was lying peacefully in the center of the lotus. The people on the shore opened their eyes wide to see the golden lotus carrying Geng Liang out of the water and flying towards the sky. At this time, everyone suddenly realized that it was Geng Liang's fault that the thunder and lightning did not hit the people on the boat, and the thunder and lightning and the golden lotus came to protect Geng Liang.
That night, Bodhisattva Yun fell into a dream and said to the people: Geng Liang is dedicated to doing good without any intention of getting anything in return. He is the true Bodhisattva in your place. Since you do not know the true Bodhisattva, I will take him away to practice under me. People, listen to the truth. Gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas can protect the good, but they cannot protect the evil. If you do evil, even if you burn a mountain of incense, build a hundred temples, kneel down and smash your heads, the Bodhisattvas will not be able to save you, let alone the wooden Bodhisattvas in the temples. Worshiping all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the world is worse than performing a single good thought or correcting an evil deed.
When the people in the town woke up the next day, they were all amazed. Everyone discussed with each other, and then they realized that there were thousands of households in the town, and every one of them had received kindness from Geng Liang. He helped with work in this house, frightened off thieves in that house, made peace with couples in their quarrels, frightened delinquent children, and protected elderly people, homeless people, beggars, and wild dogs on the streets. Not asking for a penny in return. So, everyone wrote down Geng Liang's deeds and carved them on stone tablets. A statue of Geng Liang was also erected in Yunpu Temple, and he was honored as the Holy Light Emperor who showed his virtues and bestowed immeasurable virtues.
When I was young, I liked utilitarianism, and when doing business, money often confused my conscience. Later, after listening to Geng Liang's story, I could often reflect on myself. Passing by Yunpu Temple, I must go to worship him. He is our role model. My story is finished.
With a "ding" sound, the Taoist knocked on the copper bowl and everyone woke up.
Xuan Yi held his chin with both hands and said with a cheerful smile: "Geng Liang, crazy Geng Liang, haha, that's quite appropriate. People often say that my master is a madman. In today's world, people all regard fame and wealth as their ancestors, and wine and sex as their confidants. , even if there really is a Bodhisattva walking in the world, I am afraid that no one will recognize it or believe it. If Bodhisattva Yun had not appeared, Geng Liang would have been feeding fishes. Therefore, I said that this dangerous world will bring down dangerous demons, using demons. To frighten him, to hurt him, to confuse him, to detach him where he should be detached, and to degenerate him where he should be."
Several people looked surprised, Xuan Yi could always say something inappropriate for her age. The Taoist suddenly hit Xuan Yi on the head with his finger and said with a smile: "Then master should scare you and make you disobedient all day long." "Hey! Listen, listen, I listen to master's words the most! "Xuan Yi hugged the Taoist so intimately that he laughed happily.
Guang Tianxiang sighed and said: "Little boy is young, but he can see clearly. There is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people bring it to themselves. Good and evil will be rewarded, no matter what. It's just that we ordinary people sometimes can't see the truth of the development of things. . Only sages like Yun Bodhisattva can help the good, punish the evil, and transcend our confusion." The old woman said: "With a generous heart and selflessness, you will be blessed if you do good. A kindhearted person has no one to teach him, but he can follow his natural kindness. He is a true sage."
After some discussion, everyone continued to pass on the light. And the flames of this oil lamp are pointed at the Taoist.
The Taoist smiled and said: "It seems that I have to tell it again. I have told stories about gods and humans, so let me tell you another ghost story. Xuan Yi, you have to listen carefully to this story. There's also your business." Xuan Yi knew that the master was going to test himself with another question, so he immediately pricked up his ears and listened carefully.
