Chapter 32 The Revival of Wuzhiqi

Accompanying the desolate long roar, he howled loudly.

This huge palm stretched out directly and firmly grasped the head of the water dragon.

Then, he clenched it suddenly.

The entire azure water dragon collapsed with a crash, falling down.

Sengqie's expression changed drastically. The bold words of "Just watch my supernatural powers" had just been uttered.

Then he fell down in a disheveled state.

He crashed into the water, soaking his monk's robe, his face as pale as gold, blood constantly flowing from the corner of his mouth. He looked at the terrifying white ape that stood up in disbelief, his eyes filled with horror and fear.

"Impossible, impossible..."

"That one clearly said..."

"Clearly said..."

"The Huai River Calamity Lord, Wuzhiqi, has already fallen into slumber and has absolutely no possibility of waking up in this era."

A huge white ape slowly stood up, golden light shooting from its eyes. Its whole body was bound by chains, but it could not restrain its huge physique. Among them, the ring with the name [Abyss] on the chain suddenly lit up slightly. It was unknown whether it was a coincidence, or just fate.

Or, what was to be expected at this time was a small oversight.

It opened slightly.

The giant white ape was briefly freed and slowly stood up.

It stretched out a hand...

Grabbing the three-hundred-meter-long stone pillar next to it, it exerted force suddenly.

With a bang, it was pulled out, like a huge stone club, twirling a club flower, emitting a rumbling thunderous sound.

Laughing loudly, the rumbling sound resounded throughout the heavens and earth. The golden light in its pupils shot straight into the sky, "The vast sky, long time no see!!!"

The sound roared, and many people were directly stunned and passed out.

Then the golden pupils glanced at the girl over there.

And then at the huge goldfish.

The Huai River Calamity Lord, Wuzhiqi, seemed casual, but naturally chose the enemy.

The stone club in his palm slammed down towards the huge goldfish over there, roaring loudly:

"Die!!!"

The club, wrapped in the majestic aura of wind and thunder, directly struck the giant goldfish, causing its scales to crack and blood to flow. If not for most of the chains and seals, and the fact that Divine General Gengchen had suppressed Wuzhiqi before his reincarnation, this strike would have been enough to flatten the goldfish.

Even so, it was still hit hard, dizzy and staggering, crashing into a stone pillar. But extremely unwilling, its tail flicked violently, and the golden scales contracted inward,

actually transforming into a suit of bright armor, its aura majestic.

It then clasped its hands together, splitting the so-called lotus han dai in two.

Turning them into a pair of iron hammers.

The white ape laughed a few times, becoming interested. Instead of rushing to kill the fish,

it simply wielded the three-hundred-meter-long stone pillar with one hand, engaging in a one-on-one fight.

Immediately, the two became entangled, colliding and fighting each other. One was the Huai River Calamity Lord whose strength was sealed by ninety percent, and the other was a goldfish transformation whose origins were unknown. The two fought fiercely, stirring up the turbulent waves of the Huai River, the sound like thunder, making it impossible to stand firm.

Just watching the monkey, no less imposing than a mountain range, beat the goldfish-transformed general violently.

Such a scene naturally left a huge impression on everyone present.

Even nearly a thousand years later, this legend was still circulating and was incorporated into miscellaneous operas. A scholar named Hao Cheng'en came here, heard the story, and yearned for it. He immediately wrote it into a story.

Even the monk's casual nonsense.

That it was a goldfish from the lotus pond of the Great Merciful Guanshiyin in the South Sea who had attained enlightenment by listening to scriptures.

The matter of secretly descending to the mortal world was also recorded.

Giving it a title, the Great King Inspiration.

It was described as having short, disheveled hair like flames, and a long, elegant beard with a golden cone.

With a tender green algae in its mouth and a nine-petal red copper hammer in its hand.

The sound of the door opening was like a thunderclap in the spring.

Such a description was rare in the human world, daring to be called the Majestic Great King Inspiration.

And now, Wuzhiqi, who had awakened due to [Chance] and [Perfect Timing], was laughing wildly while beating the goldfish, only to have the fish's scales fly and blood flow for a moment. Finally, the fish couldn't bear it anymore. Its eyes were first blank and dull, and then it reacted from a state of chaos.

Realizing that it was being beaten by a certain white ape.

Its eyes immediately became clear.

With a flick of its tail, relying on its strength and the fact that Wuzhiqi was far from being at his peak, it directly rolled over to the other side.

Seeing this, Sengqie thought that the great demon general, Great King Inspiration, was willing to be injured in order to capture the girl who seemed to be lost in thought. He was overjoyed and shouted, "Good!"

"What courage!"

"I will help you!"

Before he could make a move, he saw the giant demon general suddenly bow, enduring a blow from Wuzhiqi, and prostrating himself.

Most of the people were already stunned, but there were still a few bold ones who watched as this dignified and tall demon god general returned to the Huai River, bowing repeatedly to the girl over there, weeping bitterly, and shouting, "Fourth Miss, save me, save me!"

Sengqie's face froze instantly.

Many villagers looked blankly at the divine general, who claimed to have attained enlightenment in the lotus pond of Guanshiyin Bodhisattva in the South Sea, weeping bitterly and saying, "I am a goldfish from the Taiqing Pond in Kunlun Mountain, living under the Heavenly Garden of the Great God Luwu."

"When you were young, you came here to pick the Kunlun Immortal Flower and fed me a lotus seed, so I attained enlightenment."

"I... I was just confused. Please save me, save me..."

"Great Monarch, Great Monarch..."

"Great Sage, Great Sage, stop fighting."

"If you keep fighting, I'm going to die."

Jue was in a daze, her voice soft, "...You just now, attacked me."

The goldfish said, "I don't know why, but I felt like I lost my mind just now."

"I only knew how to act according to orders."

Turbidity surged in the girl's mind, and her five fingers lifted slightly. The people next to her could no longer understand what the goldfish was saying, but when they thought of what the great monk had just said, 'This is a goldfish raised by Guanshiyin Bodhisattva of the South Sea,' and saw the way the goldfish bowed, as well as the Buddhist light surrounding the girl,

they all bowed down.

Chanting the name of the divine.

Jue had already been trying to balance the turbidity, which was extremely draining, but at this moment, she suddenly felt a virtual but reliable anchor. The feeling of turbidity flowing was instantly reduced a lot.

This is…

At this moment, Sengqie suffered a backlash, staggering back a few steps,

and the package on his body scattered, with items falling out, which were the things he had left behind along the way as he preached and gave sermons. Among them, he had always claimed to be the reincarnation of Guanshiyin, and then gathered incense and vows to achieve his present life.

But at this moment, all of them lit up with Buddhist light and rose up.

"No, it shouldn't be like this..."

"It shouldn't be like this!"

"These are mine, mine!"

Sengqie, with blood flowing from the corner of his mouth, reached out unwillingly to grab these Buddhist items, but it was like touching emptiness with both hands, like trying to seek the Tathagata with sound and color. His fingers just brushed through the void, not touching anything.

With a crash, there was a Buddhist painting scroll inside, which was Guanshiyin in this identity.

It was a man with an extremely dignified appearance.

His expression was solemn and respectful.

The painting scattered, turning into flowing Buddhist light, gathering into the face of the same tall man. But at this moment, with the Buddhist aura flowing, the girl's eyes narrowed slightly, and in an instant, she suddenly understood what Xuanzang had said, that all forms are not forms, and none are my forms.

She whispered to herself, "Guanshiyin of the long wind, great transformation at ease."

The turbidity flowed uncertainly, rushing into the Buddhist aura. Only the increasingly pure clear air remained, while the turbid world aura and Buddhist aura counterbalanced each other. Buddhist light flowed, and white flowers seemed to fall from the sky above.

Golden lotus flowers flowed on the ground.

Everyone looked up and happened to see Guanyin Bodhisattva, who had been passed down from the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the form of a majestic man, slowly changing. He actually transformed from a monk, who was somewhat similar to Sengqie, into the image of a gentle woman with slightly narrowed eyes, also with a hint of resemblance to the girl Jue.

Jue exhaled a mouthful of turbid air and pointed with her fingers.

"It is Guanshi Zizai." (Avalokiteśvara)

The Buddhist light flowed and disappeared, and the turbidity had already been separated. Seeing that Bai Yuan was about to attack, she said, "Water Monarch? Water Monarch... Great Sage of the Huai River?"

"Great Sage." Jue saw that the Water Monarch was killing with enthusiasm and was out of control and unable to hear her, so she flicked her sleeve.

The flowing wind gathered in an instant, even more smoothly than before, and even carried layers of Buddhist light, instantly controlling the Huai River Calamity Lord Wuzhiqi, whose strength was less than ten percent at the moment. The water monkey's red eyes gradually dissipated, and his golden eyes returned. He looked at the girl over there and said, "Who are you?!"

"I am..."

Jue paused.

What to say? Yuan and your title...

And considering my…

The girl's expression froze, pretending not to see it, and said, "Great Monarch of the Huai River."

"Considering that he has not committed a major mistake."

"Please spare his life. I will help maintain the Huai River water system." Wuzhiqi narrowed his eyes, "Forget it."

"It's boring to fight. If you want to save him, then save him."

Everyone saw the girl standing in the air, gently flicking her sleeve. Then Guanyin, who had already transformed into a gentle woman, or rather, the new Guanshi Zizai Bodhisattva, also swept her sleeves. The girl concealed her figure, and then saw the eyes of the Guanshi Zizai Bodhisattva light up slightly.

A long wind flowed out from her sleeves, weaving and interlacing in the void, turning into a bamboo basket.

Then this huge bamboo basket swooped down.

Wuzhiqi laughed loudly, "What's the difference between this and drawing water with a bamboo basket?"

"It's bound to leak!"

Jue, transformed into Guanshi Zizai, replied, "But the long wind does not leak."

Then, to her surprise, she saw that the basket woven from the wind picked up the goldfish with such ease. It transformed back from a demon general into a goldfish, and then, without knowing how it was done,

it spun around in the void, becoming smaller and smaller along with the huge goldfish.

Finally, it landed in a fair palm and was placed in the crook of her arm.

"Bodhisattva, Bodhisattva!"

The Bodhisattva is showing miracles.

"The Bodhisattva is showing miracles!"

Jue was a little embarrassed and bowed slightly in return. After thinking for a moment, the long wind flowed and calmed the waters, and then took the monk and his disciples away. In an instant, she had already disappeared into the distance. The girl's gentle instructions also came to Wuzhiqi's ears.

"Great Monarch, Great Sage of the Water, please come here."

"I have some words that I want to ask you."

Wuzhiqi raised his eyebrows, thought for a moment, and still dispersed, following the girl's direction far away.

And after everyone stayed here for a long time, they left in disappointment. Sengqie's claim to be the [Reincarnation of Guanshiyin] naturally had to be done in full, and he had already found out that there was a young painter from the Tang Dynasty named Hao Daocheng here.

This painter happened to be here today and saw this scene.

He returned in disappointment, looked through the classics, and looked at the Guanyin Bodhisattva he had painted, majestic and solemn. This had been the case since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. He lit a lamp, intending to start painting, but as soon as he put down a stroke, his movement froze, and he could no longer continue. He sighed and threw the brush away.

Everything he had seen today had strongly shocked his mind.

Making it impossible for him to continue painting.

In the end, he could only sigh, "Guanyin Bodhisattva... it is just a place to teach the world to know, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Guanyin Bodhisattva."

But he did not know why the original [Guanshiyin] had to remove the word 'shi' (世, world). It was only because the Tang Dynasty already had Li Shimin.

To honor the尊者.

The title of the Great Tang Heavenly Khan was far above the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas.

Therefore, even the top-tier Bodhisattva of Buddhism had to hand over this word 'shi' (世, world).

Later generations would call him Guanyin (观音).

It was only a novelist's saying that Tang Taizong had to bow down to Guanyin, but he did not know from where the word 'shi' (世, world) in the original Guanyin Bodhisattva had gone.

Wu Daocheng tossed and turned, unable to start painting, and after a month of disappointment, he embarked on a journey.

He saw the magnificence of rivers and the beauty of mountains.

One day, he climbed Mount Shao Dai in Lu, saw the boundless and gentle long wind, and his heart had an understanding. He left behind the image of Guanshi Zizai Bodhisattva on the west side of the Bixia Yuanjun Palace and the north wall of the Baiyi Pavilion on Mount Shao Dai.

Unlike the robust style of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was the appearance of a gentle woman, her clothes fluttering like flowing wind.

Because of his name as the Painting Sage of the Yanhuang.

The upper ranks set an example, and the followers gathered.

From then on, the Sui and Tang Dynasties changed the male appearance of Guanyin in the Wei and Jin Dynasties and turned to the gentle female appearance.

Spanning one thousand five hundred years without end.

At the Huai River.

A figure walked out slowly, his eyes slightly lowered, "...How could it be like this? Wuzhiqi actually woke up ahead of time, and Jue..."

"Kunlun Fourth Heavenly Maiden, she should have been trapped by my design." "Forget it, since she has appeared, seeing that she has cleverly cut out the [Evil] of her self, the clear and turbid are both separated and combined, and she has walked out of another path. If she is not removed, I am afraid she will be my enemy." He lowered his eyes, and sunlight fell, only to see his eyes with a faint purple light.

Being able to take away a fish in front of Luwu, on Kunlun, with natural ease,

it could only be him.

Kaiming!

And the one who knew Wuzhiqi's original state and gave accurate information was naturally Shi Fang.

Kaiming stretched out his palm, clenched his five fingers slightly, and a magic weapon flying knife that could be traced along [Sitting and Seeing the Ten Directions] to kill the enemy slowly emerged, exuding a domineering and extremely terrifying power, and then turned into a flying rainbow.

The flying rainbow froze in an instant.

A gentle and clear voice fell leisurely:

"In the beginning, the Dao was supreme, refining the universe, separating the clear and turbid."

"Taiji begets two forms, the two forms beget four images, cause and effect are still in the palm."

A white finger casually pinched the flying rainbow. Kaiming's pupils suddenly contracted, and he turned his head to see a Taoist pinching the flying knife that could kill and destroy within and without the ten directions. His eyes were indifferent, his temples were white, his eyes were slightly lowered, and he smiled slightly:

"We meet again."

Kaiming said, "Chen Yuan..."

The Taoist's voice was mellow:

"Wrong, it's Yuanshi Tianzun."

"I wonder, Kaiming with nine heads."

"Which one is it?"

Kaiming was full of vigilance and instantly opened the distance, saying, "What are you going to do?"

The Taoist's eyes narrowed slightly, his sleeves bulged slightly, covering the sky and the sun. He slightly stretched out his hand, and his five fingers opened.

"Nothing much, just a little curious."

"Therefore."

His five fingers drooped slightly, and his wrist turned.

His sleeves swept violently, and then cause and effect flowed and changed. The heavens and earth, all things in the universe, were all in the cause and effect.

Vast and majestic!

What a spectacle!

The Taoist stood in it, standing still.

His tone was flat:

"I would like to borrow your head for a look,阁下.”