The Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva looked just the same as before, holding a purification vase in one hand and making a mudra with the other, looking down at us in the hall with slightly drooping kind eyes.
However, my Yin Five Thunder really disappeared!
I turned around and looked back in Lu Ling's direction. I saw her panicking and trying to hide back into the screen stone where she had taken shelter before... Looking at Lu Ling's current state, I always felt as if there was a hint of conspiracy lingering in the air!
Immediately afterwards, another dark cloud descended from the sky. When I looked up, I saw that jade-colored Buddha palm descending from the sky again. This time, its target was not me, but Si Jiangchen behind me.
"Dodge!!"
I only had time to shout two words before throwing myself at Si Jiangchen. If that huge palm really slapped on Si Jiangchen, I'm afraid his physical body that walked in the world would immediately turn into a pile of flesh and blood.
Si Jiangchen was slightly stunned for a moment. He reached out and firmly held me in his arms as I threw myself into his embrace. At the same time, Master Yongshan stepped forward in front of the two of us. "Amitabha. What evil thing is actually pretending to be the Bodhisattva's dharma form to do evil?!"
Although the voice of this great monk with his palms joined together was not loud, there was an echo like a great bell reverberating everywhere in the damaged main hall. That jade-colored giant palm, as swift as thunder, actually couldn't press down any further in this solemn and glorious voice!
"Bold monk. Disrespecting the immortals and Buddhas. You've wasted your cultivation!"
The Avalokitesvara statue that was as tall as a five - story building let out a dull sound, like a heavy hammer pounding on everyone's hearts.
This sound was not like the Buddhist lion's roar of Master Yongshan. Instead, it directly entered people's minds, giving people a sense of majesty that made them immediately want to submit. Several younger monks behind us had already knelt down one after another...
"You can't tell right from wrong and randomly frame people. What kind of immortal are you!"
I looked up at the sky in Si Jiangchen's arms. The kind - looking Avalokitesvara statue actually changed its expression. Its slightly squinted eyes stared at us like a fiend. After hearing my disrespectful words, a sinister smile appeared on the face of the Avalokitesvara statue with difficulty.
"I can't tell right from wrong? Do you two zombies still need to be framed? You know very well in your hearts how many people you've harmed!"
The voice coming from the Avalokitesvara statue was that of the Lord of Mount Tai. The sound entered everyone's ears, and everyone looked at Si Jiangchen and me with fear on their faces. Even Master Yongshan, who was standing in front of us, couldn't help but glance back.
Seeing that his words had successfully aroused the fear of the crowd, the Lord of Mount Tai became more proud in his voice. He gave an order to the kneeling monks below, "You compassionate monks. Why don't you arrest these two zombies and eliminate the harm for the people?!"
As expected of a god, there was an irresistible majesty in his tone. Several monks lying on the ground immediately got up and rushed towards us.
These monks had an extremely pious and firm worship for the Bodhisattva they had been worshiping day and night.
"Lord of Mount Tai, you're really despicable."
A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Si Jiangchen's lips. "My defeated opponent. Can you only use mortals as your guns?"
"Nonsense!"
Facing the mockery of an insignificant zombie, the Lord of Mount Tai immediately lost his temper and retorted, "If the physical body carrying my divine consciousness wasn't so fragile, how could I have lost to you?!"
"Oh?!"
Si Jiangchen raised his eyebrows and laughed, "So, you came to the temple and occupied the statue of the Bodhisattva, wanting to fight me again?"
While Si Jiangchen was talking to the Lord of Mount Tai, those monks had rushed in front of us. Just as they were about to reach out and grab my arm, unexpectedly, Master Yongshan blocked in front of his disciples.
"Stop!"
Master Yongshan had white beard and eyebrows. There was a kind of dignity of a respected elder in his words.
"Master, didn't you hear the Bodhisattva say that these two are zombies that bring disaster to the world?"
The disciple of Master Yongshan pointed at us and said gnashing his teeth, "These guys who confuse right and wrong came here and said there was evil energy in our temple. In the end, they are the evil spirits!"
Unexpectedly, Master Yongshan glanced at Si Jiangchen and me, then pointed at the white jade Avalokitesvara statue they had been worshiping day and night and said, "My disciple, have you ever seen a real god possessing a person or a Bodhisattva occupying a sacred statue to give orders in the ancient books of the past dynasties?"
"I..."
That young monk was immediately rendered speechless.
"Right! Only evil spirits will possess people and steal the incense of the Bodhisattva in an uninhabited temple."
Although I was surprised that Master Yongshan would speak up for us, since there was such a great monk willing to stand on our side, I naturally wanted to belittle the Lord of Mount Tai to nothing!
I now understood that when Si Jiangchen came to the Great Avalokitesvara Temple, he wasn't looking for Sheng Shixun at all. In his eyes, there was only the Lord of Mount Tai who had plotted against him.
Sure enough, he was a businessman. He didn't want to suffer losses no matter what he did!
At this time, the monks had been convinced by the words of Master Yongshan and me. The actions of the Lord of Mount Tai really didn't seem like those of a righteous god. Moreover, there were those among them who had cultivated the Heavenly Eye and could faintly see Lu Ling shrinking and trying to hide everywhere.
The incense of the Great Avalokitesvara Temple for more than a hundred years had now become a place where ghosts were running around?!
Si Jiangchen couldn't see ghosts. The Lord of Mount Tai was now possessing the huge white marble Avalokitesvara statue, which was actually more convenient for him than possessing a living person.
For a living person, he would be concerned about the life and death of the physical body. But for this lifeless stone, Si Jiangchen sneered and pointed his hand at the sky. "The Heavenly Garuda's edict. The Nine Yuan Fiendish Boys. The Five Ding Generals. Gao Diao Bei Weng..."
His voice was clear and melodious. I heard it clearly. It was actually the "Heavenly Garuda Divine Incantation" in Taoism, which was said to have the power to kill ghosts and gods. I had also learned this Taoist incantation from my masters, but I had never summoned the Heavenly Garuda god.
My eyes were tightly fixed on Si Jiangchen's movements. I only felt that his movements had an indescribable domineering aura.
As Si Jiangchen finished reciting the incantation, white clouds suddenly surged in the clear sky, like layers of lotus petals gathering above the broken dome of the Avalokitesvara Hall.
"Humph! Mere tricks!"
The Lord of Mount Tai was full of disdain in his tone regarding the abnormality in the sky. "This is the territory of Buddhism. It's useless no matter who you summon!"
"Try it?!"
Si Jiangchen coldly smiled and spat out two words. Then a thunderbolt from a clear sky struck down from the white clouds. The blue - white light almost blinded everyone's eyes. With a "bang", a piece of the celestial crown on the top of the white jade Avalokitesvara's head was actually struck off by the electric light. The white marble fragments fell from the sky and landed on the bluestone ground, sparking a shower of sparks.
In front of my eyes, the statue of the Avalokitesvara instantly turned into a double image.
In the double image, the kind - looking Avalokitesvara quickly turned into the image of a man wearing a light blue robe and with a high bun. He looked at the sky in disbelief!