Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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The red string didn’t look thick, but when tied on the wrist it seemed to become a natural part of it and no buckle could be found. Xie Lingya pulled hard, but even though the plastic doll was small, it didn’t move at all.
How could he know that at this time, the Reporting God was howling like a ghost and asking Shi Changxuan to chop the doll off. Wasn’t having Liu Lingtong enough?
Xie Lingya saw the plastic doll facing him. Its eyes were lifeless, but he felt like he was being stared at. This was not good. Was he discovered by the people in the temple? He laughed dryly and said, “No, my brother’s family already has two elderly and two young children. We can’t afford it.”
The plastic doll’s voice was very sad for a moment, “Then… I’ll tie my brother up and take him back.”
Xie Lingya’s expression was a little distorted. At this time, he saw Shi Changxuan holding the sword in his hand and jumping down to swing the sword to cut the red rope.
But the plastic doll actually moved and “ran” behind him, and Xie Lingya, an adult, was actually dragged. This kid said he was running, but in fact his feet didn’t touch the ground and he was running faster and faster. Xie Lingya staggered and almost fell. He hugged a tree and took out the Three Treasures Sword from behind and chopped it down!
The red rope broke, Xie Lingya stood up straight and saw that there were some black spots on the plastic doll’s face, as if it was resentful.
At this time, Xie Lingya heard the noise behind him and turned around to see that there were two plastic dolls beside Shi Changxuan, and they were tying themselves to his feet with their own red ropes.
There are more than one that can move. What is Hongyang Dao doing? Aren’t these dolls usually placed under the Empress’ seat and tied up for people to do?
There was also Tan Xing lying on the wall, looking inside. When he saw this situation, he quickly lowered his head and reported to Lian Tan.
At this moment, Xie Lingya felt his feet tighten, aa a plastic doll came over and tied his feet with a red rope. Xie Lingya raised his foot in time, and the rope only tied one foot, then swept it outwards and fell on the plastic doll, kicking it one meter away.
The plastic doll rolled on the ground and, he didn’t know what material it was made of that could withstand the impact, but its nose became dented.
Xie Lingya: “…”
Oh, this guy is disfigured…
The doll with the flat nose was very angry, his voice became vicious, and he blew out a stream of black air from his little mouth, and the black air rushed towards Xie Lingya as if it had eyes.
Xie Lingya raised his hand and threw out a piece of talisman paper. After it was activated and merged with the black air, the talisman paper quickly turned into ashes, and the black air also disappeared.
Looking again at this time, he saw several plastic dolls rushing over and gathering at his feet. The one without a nose was the most insidious. It hit Xie Lingya’s knee from behind, and Xie Lingya fell backwards. Then the dolls caught him and carried him inside.
Shi Changxuan saw this from a distance, cut off the heads of two plastic dolls with a sword, and chased after them.
Lian Tan and Tan Xing were also climbing over the wall, thinking that they would still have no peace tonight.
The plastic dolls ran very fast, and the rope was still entangled with Xie Lingya’s body. He held the sword and shouted in a low voice: “The Tao is everywhere and will respond to it!”
He swept the sword across, and the plastic dolls flew away. Xie Lingya fell to the ground, turned over and got up.
Turning around, he saw Shi Changxuan also chasing after him, with two headless dolls following behind him.
Xie Lingya took a breath of cold air. Shi Changxuan was really ruthless. He had only disfigured one, but Shi Changxuan had destroyed their heads.
The headless babies kept chattering: “You chopped off our heads, how can we find our parents?”
Xie Lingya looked and saw that they were already near Yuanjun’s main hall, and there was no one around.
….
Lian Tan and Tan Xing caught up and said, “Where are these coming from, so many infant spirits.”
Infant spirits? Xie Lingya thought that since the resentment was so strong and they had the voice of a child, they must be infant spirits. But what puzzled him was: “Why attach them to the dolls?”
“…reincarnation.” Tan Xing said with some disgust, “The Hongyang Taoists have even cultivated evil Buddhas. Since there are gods and Buddhas, there are naturally ways of reincarnation. It’s just that they can’t establish the underworld, so they use the dolls to ask the believers to invite the infant spirits back to reincarnate themselves.”
Those who come to tie up the dolls must want children. If they haven’t gotten pregnant, the infant spirits at home could also enter their dreams and influence their beliefs. If they got pregnant, it would be even better. The infant spirits would drill into the womb and be born. When they grew up, they would naturally be Hongyang Taoists.
The Hongyang Sect openly raised infant spirits and made dolls in the Yuanjun Temple, not fearing that the Goddess Bixia would strike these wicked ghosts to death with a bolt of lightning.
Oh yes, Xie Lingya did learn thunder magic, and he did it for this purpose.
The plastic dolls were still laughing and saying, “The monk can’t tie us up, so we tie the monk up.”
At this moment, the door of Yuanjun Temple opened with a creak, candles were lit inside, and a middle-aged female Taoist stood inside the door and looked over.
Xie Lingya had seen the photo posted on the bulletin board in the temple during the day. This was clearly the abbot of Bixia Yuanjun Temple, He Miaotian.
He Miaotian said coldly: “Since you are here, why don’t you come in and burn some incense for the goddess?”
The children all ran in, climbed onto the table, and gathered under the statue of Bixiao Yuanjun.
Now that it had come to this, there was nothing that could be done. So, Xie Lingya sneered, “Is it Niangniang Bixia or Wusheng Old Mother?”
He Miaotian asked in return, “How do you know that Bixia Yuanjun is not one of the incarnations of the mother?”
As soon as she said this, as if to confirm it, the skin of the Bixia Yuanjun statue peeled off piece by piece, revealing the Wusheng Old Mother statue underneath. The appearance of the Hunyuan Patriarch was that of a Buddha, and he was also called the Hunyuan Ancient Buddha, while the Wusheng Old Mother looked like both a Bodhisattva and Bixia Yuanjun, and she also stepped on a lotus.
Xie Lingya didn’t know whether it was an illusion or some kind of magic. The statue changed its appearance in an instant. He frowned and looked up and saw that the plaque on the temple had become “Temple of the Mother of No Birth”!
Xie Lingya’s heart tightened. The evil Buddha he saw last time was also good at illusion. This so-called Mother of No Birth might not be any worse. It had received so much worship under the name of Bixia Yuanjun, and it was still unknown what other evil magic the Hongyang Dao had added.
With this premise, he looked around and saw that it was pitch black and there was no sound at all, but there were clearly other people in the temple. It was indeed an illusion.
“Abbot He, I saw in the introduction that you have been a monk for more than 20 years. How come your faith in Taoism is still not strong after 20 years and you even worship evil gods?”
“How can Hunyuan God be an evil god?” He Miaotian said calmly, she had been deeply brainwashed.
“Who taught you the truth? Do you have any accomplices?” Xie Lingya asked again.
At this time, a female voice chuckled. Xie Lingya had been mentally prepared when he saw the statue peeling off and was not too surprised.
The statue of the Mother of No Birth said, “No matter ‘the world is the practice’, ‘three views in one mind, the harmony of three truths’, or ‘the causal origin of the dharma realm, the harmony of the six aspects’, ‘the three realms are only mind, all dharmas are only consciousness’… all cannot escape the final catastrophe. Miaotian’s purpose is to liberate more people and help them survive the catastrophe. What about you?”
What it meant by “the world is the practice” etc. was that these were the theories of the Taoist Zhengyi School, the Buddhist Tiantai School, the Huayan School, the Consciousness-Only School, etc.
It was the Hongyang Dao’s usual trick again. No matter what sect they belonged to, they had to go through them to enter the paradise. However, even a Taoist priest who had practiced for twenty years seemed to be under their spell, which made Xie Lingya puzzled and helpless.
The illusions of these evil gods were indeed easy to confuse people, but fortunately Xie Lingya’s mind was still firm. He said: “Stop talking nonsense, if you want to fight, then fight. Do you really think you are a god?” He put his hand in his arms.
As soon as Xie Lingya finished speaking, they saw golden light emanating from the body of the Wusheng Old Mother, with a strange fragrance emanating from her. A compassionate smile appeared on her face, and there was also fairy music playing. Lotus flowers bloomed all around them. A plastic doll holding a lotus also smiled. He Miaotian was kneeling on a stool, reciting scriptures.
Such a solemn and sacred scene was really scary. What made Xie Lingya feel awkward was that He Miaotian did not act like a spellcaster but instead seemed to be controlled by the Mother of No Birth. But wasn’t this evil god trained by them?
Flames emerged from the head of the Mother of No Birth, and floated in front of them, forming a circle around them.
Lian Tan took a look, his face darkened, and he said, “This is the Tantric Homa, used to burn away past karma.”
The one that burns away past karma is the regular Homa. Xie Lingya could not feel the temperature of the Homa fire, he even thought the fire was fake, but Tan Xing screamed, “Did you see it?”
Tan Xing stared into the fire, muttering, “I saw myself…”
The illusion of the Mother of No Birth was much more powerful than that of the evil Buddha before. The evil Buddha pulled them into a bizarre world, but those who were more determined would see that it was fake, and some, like Lian Tan and Shi Changxuan, were not bothered by it at all. But the Mother of No Birth cast spells based on reality, which made it look extremely real.
After Xie Lingya heard what he said, he looked into the fire as if possessed and saw something flash in the fire. Upon closer inspection, he saw the appearance of his mother and uncle when they died. That was the past. There was also the scene of his father, stepmother, and half-sibling living happily together. That was the future. There was also his own failure in the postgraduate entrance examination…
“Xie Lingya!” Shi Changxuan’s voice rang in his ears, and these three gentle words brought Xie Lingya back to his senses.
Xie Lingya shuddered, just now he felt infinite sorrow in his heart, which was something the evil Buddha could not do. Fortunately, Shi Changxuan woke him up.
Looking to the side, Tan Xing was actually sitting on the ground, with a look of madness and pain on his face. He didn’t know what he saw. Lian Tan was calling him, but didn’t wake him up.
“Tan Xing is distracted.” Lian Tan said.
Xie Lingya was a gifted person who could be awakened even if he was obsessed. Lian Tan and Shi Changxuan were so deeply involved in their studies that they could not be shaken, but Tan Xing was a little stuck and his mind was thus easily hooked.
Xie Lingya thought of the last experience, that was, to catch a thief first, he had to catch the leader, so he put his hand on the talisman again, “Get her.”
Lian Tan also brought a sword today and was about to meditate with the sword in hand.
The Mother of No Birth said, “Is that the sword of wisdom in your hand?”
There was infinite temptation in her voice, tempting people to think in the direction she wanted.
Even someone like Xie Lingya, who didn’t understand Buddhism, felt a little dazed after listening to it. The more proficient one was in Buddhism, the more likely it was that one would be affected.
But Lian Tan’s mind had become more determined after the last experience. The old monk was dazed for a moment, and then he said, “No, this is the sword to kill evil. Don’t say you are not, even if you are a real Bodhisattva, I will still chop you. Today I will imitate Manjushri and kill the Buddha, and destroy you, the false god!”
Manjushri Bodhisattva also raised his sword to kill the Buddha when the Buddhist disciples were trapped in the sins of their previous lives set by the Buddha, just to force the Buddha to give up his supernatural powers. Because all dharmas were like illusions, everything was empty, and without him there would be no sin.
Putting aside the Buddhist philosophy, this was actually what Xie Lingya was thinking, to catch the leader first. However, Lian Tan was shouting very loudly now, and Xie Lingya couldn’t rush up to push him aside and then use the talisman, so he slowed down for a moment.
Lian Tan turned over and jumped out of the flames, throwing the sword in his hand. The sword was blazing with flames, and it instantly pierced into the center of the eyebrows of the Mother of No Birth like a stream of light. She groaned, and the Homa outside the door dissipated.
Tan Xing came out of the illusion panting heavily, sweating profusely. He immediately realized what had just happened and felt very upset.
Xie Lingya helped him up, “Are you okay?”
Tan Xing shook his head.
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