The visions dissipate.
Outside Huangfeng Ridge.
Budai Arhat and Sitting Arhat exchange a glance, in perfect understanding they both head towards the mountain. Although their steps are light, their speed is extrely fast. Even though Huangfeng Ridge had restrictions and the "towering and sweeping, faint and distant winds that rise to the skies, over the ridge one hears a thousand trees roar, in the forest one sees ten thousand bamboos sway" stirred, it still couldn’t stop the two Venerable Arhats.
The two progressed into the mountain, threading through peaks and ridges, and directly arrived at a cliff. Below the stone cliff, a cavernous abode protruded.
The rugged peaks were staggering, the ancient paths winding.
Green pines and erald bamboos linger, green willows and blue parasol trees gently swayed.
Ahead of the cliff were paired strange rocks, and within the forest were paired secretive birds.
Lifting their heads to look at the door, they saw six large characters that read "Huangfeng Ridge Yellow Wind Cave."
In front of the cave stood three people, all looking intently at the two monks.
These were the three Great Saints of Huangfeng Ridge!
"Yellow Wind Demon."
"Green Fox Demon."
Budai Arhat recognized the first two easily, but the third figure, a child-like figure, was hard to discern. He noticed the bamboo branch hairpin on the child’s head and looked at the bamboo in the child’s hands, guessing inwardly.
"How dare you old monk co to Huangfeng Ridge!"
Seeing Budai Arhat, Green Fox Great Saint’s eyes flashed with resentnt, clutching the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’ in hand, he shouted, "This is Nan Zhanbu Continent, not your Buddhist pure land."
As the Green Fox Great Saint spoke,
Budai Arhat ignored him, instead turning his head to Sitting Arhat beside him, curiously asking, "Is that child perhaps the Qingjing thod Bamboo from master’s yard?"
Sitting Arhat felt the obscure aura and was also in so doubt.
But seeing the bamboo in the child’s hands, he beca sure, not responding to Budai Arhat, only looking at the green-clad child, announcing loudly, "Qingjing thod Bamboo has achieved Taoism, it is the first of the Constant Sand Infinite World. Fortunate for this little child!"
Hearing this,
Budai Arhat imdiately looked towards the green-clad child, internally exclaiming, "It really is the Qingjing thod Bamboo that achieved Taoism."
Seeing Budai Arhat ignoring him and instead looking at the child next to him, Green Fox Great Saint wasn’t annoyed but laughed loudly, "The Sitting Great Monk is so useless. The little brother has been in your broken temple for four thousand years, always bathed in Buddha Light, never free. Following this Great Saint to Huangfeng Ridge, he enjoys the power of infinite stars and endless Immortal Spirit Qi, and only then did he have the fortune to beco a True Immortal."
"Now he is one of the Third Great Kings of Huangfeng Ridge, titled ’Qingjing Saint.’"
"Aren’t you ashad seeing him now?"
Green Fox Great Saint taunted Sitting Arhat.
In the past at Spiritual Mountain, he was disciplined by the Eighteen Arhats, pitifully trembling in fear. Now having escaped the cage and finding support like the powerful Yellow Wind Great Saint behind him, it was ti to turn the tables.
"Stop your nonsense!"
"This monk, along with various Venerables and fellow disciples, went to the World Venerable’s seat to learn the Great thod. You, a demonic hinderance, took the opportunity to steal my treasure, the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’, and even abducted the ’Qingjing thod Bamboo’, committing a grievous mistake. Right now, surrender imdiately and you might be shown so leniency. Continue your defiance, and I will suppress you under Arhat Mountain for ten thousand years to grind your rebellious spirit!"
Seeing Green Fox Great Saint’s disrespect, Budai Arhat reprimanded while reaching for the cloth bag on his back, stretching its opening and chanting as he aid it towards Green Fox Great Saint.
"Qiankun Cloth Bag, can contain heaven and earth."
"But it cannot contain this Great Saint!"
Green Fox Great Saint scoffed, stamping heavily on the ground, and in a daze, the whole Huangfeng Ridge trembled three tis!
The Qiankun Cloth Bag exerted a suction force, pulling Green Fox Great Saint staggeringly as if he was about to fly out. But seeing Green Fox Great Saint standing firmly like a wobbly doll on the ground, his feet were as if rooted, not budging at all.
"What a Divine Skill, able to resist this monk’s bag!"
Budai Arhat was surprised.
His ’Qiankun Cloth Bag’, though not very skilled in capturing people, should not be sothing Green Fox Great Saint could resist. But now, Green Fox Great Saint using such a thod, he firmly anchored himself.
Making his supre treasure ineffective.
"Ha ha!"
"This is the ’Mountain Splitting Earth Cracking Technique’ that this Great Saint comprehended from the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’ under the original Qingjing thod Bamboo, after nine hundred years of ditation. One stomp splits whatever mighty mountains there are. One pointing splits whatever ground there is."
"With a stomp of this Great Saint’s foot, mountains and Earth split apart, clamping down my feet. If this old monk wants to capture using the bag, unless he envelops the entire Huangfeng Ridge, it’s all in vain!"
Green Fox Great Saint said proudly,
Showing his feet to Budai Arhat—
Indeed.
The feet of the Green Fox Demon were buried within the earth, foot surfaces and ankles unseen, no matter how the body swayed, the feet remained unmoved.
Lu Qingfeng watched behind, silently amused.
Green Fox Great Saint thought it was his own comprehension, unaware his intellect was dull, without such capability. It was solely thanks to his younger brother, being the Qingjing thod Bamboo, secretly applying the Enlightennt Technique, silently imparting the ’Mountain Splitting Earth Cracking Technique’.
The forr unaware,
Ever since mastering the ’Mountain Splitting Earth Cracking Technique,’ he had been complacently showing off whenever eting soone.
This indeed amused Lu Qingfeng.
"Mountain Splitting Earth Cracking Technique."
"You naive creature, didn’t expect you to have such skills."
Budai Arhat couldn’t quite believe that Green Fox Great Saint, with his nature, could comprehend such Divine Skills from the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’. But the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’ and ’Mountain Splitting Earth Cracking Technique’ indeed had similarities, making it difficult to disbelieve.
In a flicker of thought,
"Old monk."
"Your cloth bag is useless, now taste the power of my ’Mountain Opening Pearl’!"
Green Fox Great Saint certainly would not take a beating passively.
Seeing Divine Skills unleashed, restraining the Budai Arhat’s ’Qiankun Cloth Bag’, his face lit up with great joy. Imdiately, he bellowed and hurled the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’ in his hand to the ground, bursting forth a yellowish light when it hit.
Right beneath Budai Arhat’s feet, a crack suddenly split open, looking to swallow Budai Arhat into the abyss underground to suppress him there.
"How dare you steal your master’s treasure and use it against the master himself?"
Budai Arhat glared furiously.
Muttering under his breath, suddenly the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’ in Green Fox Great Saint’s hand popped out, slipping from his grasp flying towards Budai Arhat, who caught it with one hand, returning it to its rightful owner.
"Good monk!"
"Return my treasure!"
Seeing his beloved Supre Treasure snatched away, Green Fox Great Saint could not accept it. He imdiately broke free of his leg constraints, attempting to snatch it back.
But little did he know he was falling right into Budai Arhat’s trap.
Huff huff!
With nothing holding his feet down, Green Fox Great Saint’s figure staggered, and he almost flew straight into the Qiankun Cloth Bag in Budai Arhat’s hand. Once inside, even the Green Fox Great Saint would find it difficult to save him.
"Thieving monk!"
"Truly despicable!"
Green Fox Great Saint was both anxious and furious, struggling to stabilize himself and wanting to display his Divine Skills, but he found it difficult.
Just as he was about to be sucked in,
suddenly, he felt a strong force on his shoulder, a palm landing firmly on it, and he instantly steadied himself. Turning around, Green Fox Great Saint saw his elder brother Green Fox Great Saint extending his hand to pat his shoulder, forcefully helping him withstand the power of the Qiankun Cloth Bag.
"Thank you, big brother."
After the calamity, Green Fox Great Saint breathed a sigh of relief and repeatedly thanked him.
Green Fox Great Saint nodded slightly, then said to Budai Arhat and Sitting Arhat, "My second brother might have been mischievous, but fortunately did not cause any major disaster. Since the ’Mountain Opening Pearl’ has been returned to its rightful owner, I request both venerables give this Great Saint so face and do not pursue this matter further."
Budai Arhat and Sitting Arhat exchanged glances.
Then Budai Arhat smiled and said, "Green Fox was originally a small animal in our temple, who gained Spiritual Wisdom by stealing lamp oil. He has learned so Buddhist thods from various venerables in our temples. If he causes trouble outside, wouldn’t it tarnish the Buddhist Sect? If the World Venerable finds out, he would definitely punish, and I cannot bear such responsibility."
"Please, Master Green Fox, do a favor and allow to take him back to Spiritual Mountain for proper discipline."
Sitting Arhat also said solemnly, "The Qingjing thod Bamboo, which I sought from Black Wind Mountain, has been missing for twelve thousand years, bringing sha to the kindness of the Little Sect Leader of Black Wind Mountain."
He said this,
waving to Lu Qingfeng, "Boy, aren’t you coming over?"
His voice thundered, shaking the spirit. Unnoticed by him, Lu Qingfeng’s feet moved, involuntarily walking towards Sitting Arhat.
"Tireso monk!"
"Ungrateful!"
Seeing Budai Arhat not heeding his advice and still trying to capture Green Fox Great Saint, and noticing Sitting Arhat surreptitiously using Buddhist thods to bewitch his third brother, Green Fox Great Saint beca furiously enraged.
He suddenly shouted, bowed his head, looking down at the Xun Land below, opened his mouth wide three tis, and a burst of breath blew out, and suddenly, a gust of Yellow Wind rose from nowhere.
What a wind! Truly formidable—
Cold chills changed the heavens and earth, invisible sand whirling.
Green Sky shook the Bull Palace, trying to topple the Palace of Darkness.
Sitting Arhat was blown by this great wind, and imdiately lost hold of his Great thod.
"What a Sitting Arhat!"
Lu Qingfeng, holding the Green Bamboo, which emitted bursts of coolness that entered his mind and heart, suddenly broke free. He was shocked by the profoundness of Sitting Arhat’s Great thod Mysterious, finally realizing the gap between himself and a true Great Power.
He beca enlightened through Qingjing thod Bamboo, with a mind inherently serene and clean, uninvolved in worldly dust.
Yet, he too had been easily called and bewitched by Sitting Arhat.
Such ability, truly extraordinary.
But fortunately, with Green Fox Great Saint’s protection, Lu Qingfeng needed not follow Sitting Arhat to Western Heaven. Once entered Western Heaven, trapped atop Arhat Mountain, subject to the strict rules of the Buddhist Sect, it would be difficult to leave.
"Let’s stay in Huangfeng Ridge for now; if all other thods have been tried and the trace of the Immortal Qin Realm still not found, then it’s not too late to go seek Sitting Arhat to continue our past connection."
Lu Qingfeng contemplated.
He then looked towards the bursts of Gale Wind, his eyes revealing astonishnt, and couldn’t help but praise in his heart: "What remarkable ’Sani Divine Wind’!"
He witnessed from the side, knowing this was the ’Sani Divine Wind’ that Green Fox Great Saint relied on to assert dominance and occupy the vast Huangfeng Ridge. This wind was magnificent, capable of darkening the heavens and earth, good at causing distress to spirits and gods, cracking rocks and cliffs, ending lives with its blow.
Indeed formidable.
Lu Qingfeng looked ahead.
He saw Green Fox Great Saint using this Gale Wind, Budai Arhat’s face imdiately changed color. Before he could react, he was blown into the air, spinning chaotically like a spinning wheel, unable to stabilize himself.
In a panic, Budai Arhat frantically reached out, but ended up grabbing onto Sitting Arhat’s shoulder.
Sitting Arhat, also known as Great Strength Arhat, possessed infinite strength to withstand bizarre winds. He also practiced the skill of steady sitting, sitting on the ground, unmoved by winds from any direction.
Yet, under this ’Sani Divine Wind’, he too struggled. His eyes tightly shut, he could not open them. Normally, he could still maintain his composure, but unfortunately, Budai Arhat’s abrupt grabbing caused him to lose a portion of his concentration, accruing external forces.
His legs slackened.
Instantly, he was blown three thousand miles away, already outside of Huangfeng Ridge.
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