Chapter 21: Buddha Conquering the Demon

Shenxiu's gray monk robe suddenly bulged, and the black cuffs were pulled towards Zhou Tieyi.

In Zhou Tieyi's eyes, the cuffs swelled in the wind, covering the three-meter radius around the two of them, making the sky dim like candlelight and his mind as confused as duckweed.

A flash of lightning came later but arrived first, piercing Zhou Tieyi's cuff from the side of his body. The purple thunder reopened the Yin-Yang pivot, and opened the connection between the three-meter-high Qiankun and the outside world, making the sky bright.

Zhou Tieyi felt his mind dazed for a moment. Looking at the cuffs of monk Shenxiu, they were only one foot long. How could they contain the three-foot-long universe?
This bald thief is really powerful!
Zhou Tieyi looked at the lightning again and found that it was a spear shot from the mansion.

After Zhao Taisui and his entourage showed up, Zhou Tiege stood behind the mansion gate, on the one hand training his brother on how to behave in society, and on the other hand being ready to take action at any time.

The thunder spear broke the shackles on Monk Shenxiu's mind and continued to move forward with unabated force, determined to pierce directly through Monk Shenxiu himself.

Suddenly, a long scroll flew out from the black hole in his cuffs and spread out in the air, forming a grand Buddha picture.

The Buddha image is painted with eight treasures including agate, gold, silver, and clam.

In the Buddha picture, the sky and the earth are divided into two parts, and above them there is a nine-colored long rainbow like flowing clouds. In the rainbow light, the compassionate Buddha points to the sky with one hand and covers the earth with the other. The Dharma is vast, spreading to all directions and reaching everywhere.

Below it was a vast sea of ​​blood, in which there were all kinds of living beings in myriad forms, some greedy, some angry, some ignorant, looking up at the sky, cursing the Buddha and slandering the Dharma. Millions of people seemed like one person, wanting to escape in all directions, but there was no way to escape.

Zhou Tieyi had a flash of enlightenment. This was the story of how the Buddha subdued the Lord of the Sea of ​​Blood!

The Buddha's palm continued to move downward, reaching out from the painting into reality. In an instant, the surrounding sunlight broke into nine colors, turning from invisible to visible, imprisoning the spear in mid-air, as if the Buddha was in person!

Zhou Tiege chased after him, holding the spear with his five powerful fingers with distinct knuckles. He shook the spear and lightning spread. In an instant, the most precious purple color spread out, soared into the air, and crashed into the nine-colored rainbow.

"How dare you, baldy thief!"

Only at this time did Zhou Tiege's voice come.

"Amitabha."

Shenxiu pulled Zhao Taisui back a step, allowing the purple thunder to tear the long rainbow into pieces, and the entire precious Buddha picture was also shattered into pieces, ignited by the hot thunder, and turned into streams of flames that fell to the ground.

Zhou Tiege looked at Shenxiu with fear. He didn't understand why the other party stopped in time and gave up such a precious Buddhist painting after he had made the move.

"Bald donkey, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Zhou Tiege asked in a cold voice.

Shenxiu was still courteous and polite, and put his palms together, "I wanted to take out this copy of the Buddha Subduing the Demons painting and share it with Mr. Zhou Er. It was you, Mr. Zhou, who loved me so much that you ruined this opportunity."

Just as Zhou Tiege was about to sneer and refute, he saw Shenxiu raise his head, his eyes no longer respectful, and he said arrogantly, "But Young Master Zhou will definitely not believe such words. How about this, in two months, I will fight with Young Master Zhou in front of Tianmen Palace, and I will give you an explanation!"

"Two months later?"

Zhou Tiege frowned.

When Daxia officials take up their posts, unless there is an emergency, they usually have three months of rest and preparation time.

The imperial edict for my promotion was drafted in February. It is already March now. In another two months, it will be just before I take office in the Yulin Army!
Zhou Tiege understood the other party’s plan in an instant!
The Queen Mother did not want to actually kill herself, the legitimate son of the Zhou family, as that would not only anger Wu Xun, but might even anger the Emperor.

But the Queen Mother did not want to be promoted to the deputy commander of the Yulin Guard.

The easiest way is to let yourself be defeated in public by your peers before you take office.

Military positions are different from other positions. If a general is defeated in front of the soldiers before taking office, even if he shamelessly continues to occupy the position, he will no longer have prestige in the army and it will be meaningless.

But this is what he needs. With this monk to establish his authority, he will no longer have any obstacles in the Yulin Guards!
"Okay, I'll take it!"

Shenxiu returned to his usual indifference and bowed to Zhou Tiege. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly asked Zhou Tieyi, "How did Mr. Zhou Er know that my disciple was practicing the sword in his mouth?" Zhou Tieyi was still thinking about Shenxiu's gambling, but was suddenly asked this question, and coupled with the shock that Fotu had felt before, a true expression was written on his face for a moment.

How did the monk guess this?
Shenxiu had already gotten the answer, and smiled, "It is said that the Zhou family gave birth to a tiger and a dog. Now it seems that a dragon and a tiger were born. The dragon is big enough to ride the wind and rain, and the small one can hide in the mud."

This bald thief is so terrible!

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Shenxiu and Zhao Taisui got on the carriage. A table had already been set up inside the luxurious carriage. Shenxiu took out a painting from the secret compartment and spread it out from right to left. It turned out to be another picture of Buddha subduing demons. He rolled up his sleeves, picked up the paintbrush next to him, and looked at the Buddha picture intently, as if he was thinking about how to start.

"Why didn't you just do it?"

Zhao Taisui asked curiously.

"Because I'm not sure."

While Shenxiu was pondering, he actually had enough energy to answer Zhao Taisui's question.

"If you want to dampen Zhou Tiege's spirit, you can only use a fifth-rank youth. However, the Zhou family's military training method is extraordinary, and Zhou Tiege has the luck of Taoism. He can condense the power of purple thunder. He is not an ordinary man."

Ning Gang is a transformation that a sixth-grade martial artist experiences.

Martial artists absorb the ancestral qi of heaven and earth through the power of qi and blood. When they reach the middle level of practice, they need to choose a kind of ancestral qi that suits them best and practice it in order to condense the true energy to protect their bodies.

Some people absorb the energy from rivers, lakes, and the energy they obtain is endless; some people absorb the energy from mountains and veins, and the energy they obtain is thick and heavy.

Zhou Tiege chose to absorb the purple thunder energy when the dragon raises its head on February 2nd every year.

This energy is extremely strong and masculine, extremely noble and precious.

But if you are not careful, you will be struck by thunder.

Zhou Tiege relied on his own chance and rode on a dragon horse stepping on clouds. It took him three years to finally condense his inner energy.

"But you are not an ordinary person. Didn't they say you look like a bodhisattva?"

"I am only 60% sure of defeating him. To defeat him completely, I must rely on the great power of Buddhism."

Shenxiu replied, still staring at the scroll.

The next moment, he had thought enough, and with a few strokes of the pen in his hand, he sketched the face of an angry little man at the bottom of the scroll. The little man instantly had the angry charm of Zhou Tiege just now.

Shenxiu put down his pen, looking contented, "Now I am 90% sure I can win."

"What about the remaining one point?"

Zhao Taisui looked at Zhou Tiege in the scroll. The more he looked, the more he looked like him. He couldn't help but marvel at him.

"The remaining one point belongs to Zhou Tieyi."

Zhao Taisui suddenly raised his head, looking angry, "Is Zhou Zhong the barbarian really that powerful?"

Shenxiu's comments on Zhou Tieyi today left him with a thorn in his heart.

Obviously, they are both prodigal sons. Zhao Taisui was originally complacent with his identity as the reincarnation of Buddha, looking down on Zhou Tieyi. Suddenly, he found that he seemed to be the same. This huge contrast was hard for him to accept!
Shenxiu moved his rosary beads and said, "If I had known that back then, I should have listened to the Buddha and made a move at Linshui Pavilion. Unfortunately, I made a mistake and lost the best opportunity."

After moving twelve beads on the rosary, Shenxiu picked up the pen again, wanting to capture Zhou Tieyi's charm. Unfortunately, no matter how much he recalled, he felt that Zhou Tieyi was as if covered by a layer of gauze, and there was another person hidden inside, making it difficult to see clearly.

(End of this chapter)