259: There is a demon

"Amitabha... This Senior Brother, this Senior Brother, please stay your steps..."

As the thin monk was strutting forward, he suddenly heard a voice calling from behind him.

The thin monk frowned slightly and said impatiently, "Who is so rude? Why do you not address me as Buddha, instead calling me Senior Brother? I am, uh..."

He turned around abruptly and discovered a dignified-looking monk wearing moon-white monastic robes, hands pressed together. Behind him stood a strange-looking, tall horse, and at this moment, he was looking at him with a beaming smile.

"Oh, oh, I was wondering who was being so rude, but it turns out to be a Senior Brother. Truly rare, truly rare..."

Seeing that the monk seemed to be a fellow practitioner, the thin monk also pressed his hands together and said, "This Senior Brother, dare I ask where you have come from? May I ask your Dharma name? Why have you called out to this Poor Monk, and what instruction do you have?"

The monk pressed his hands together and smiled, "I dare not claim to offer instruction. This Disciple's Dharma name is Duxin. I have been out of Chang'an for over four months because the Buddhist faith is in danger around Chang'an. This Disciple made a vow to leave Chang'an and search for the True Buddha of the world. Later, I heard that in the Shandong Qingzhou Prefecture, a True Buddha had appeared, possessing great Divine Ability and boundless magic power, capable of relieving all suffering and eliminating past disasters. This Disciple felt a yearning in his heart, so I rushed here overnight... Ashamed, ashamed, though I say overnight, it has actually been over half a month... The reason I called out to you, Senior Brother, is to ask where you practice, and if you know where this True Buddha's dojo is located?"

The thin monk exchanged glances with the few people around him, then immediately laughed heartily at Tang Ku, "Senior Brother Duxin has asked the right person. My Dharma name is Yueling, and these few are the Vajras of my sect; all of us are Disciples before the seat of that Moonlight True Buddha!"

Monk Duxin could not help but be overjoyed and smiled, "Senior Brother, are you speaking the truth?"

Monk Yueling waved his hand and said, "Ai, Senior Brother, that is incorrect. How could a Buddhist Disciple tell a lie? If you wish to see the Moonlight True Buddha, just come with us. It is not far ahead at Guangxian Temple... Oh, though it should have been renamed Moonlight Temple by now!"

Duxin smiled, "That is excellent, that is excellent. If I can listen to the voice of the True Buddha, it will be a blessing, and our Buddhist faith will have hope again!"

"Hahaha, well said, well said..." Monk Yueling turned his head to those tall and burly monks... or to be precise, those fellows who were more like novices, and said, "You take this woman... cough, take this woman who has been infected by evil spirits to the Demon Refining Hall and hand her over to the enforcement monk, Monk Yuexin. I want to accompany this Senior Brother from out of town for a leisurely stroll and show him the beautiful scenery of my Shandong Qingzhou Prefecture!"

One of them, who looked the most ferocious, nodded, then took a few monks and escorted the young girl away.

At this moment, the young girl was neither crying nor making a fuss; she was dazed, as if sleepwalking, following beside them as they walked to the west.

"Uh, Senior Brother Yueling, this is..." Duxin looked in the direction of the woman with a puzzled expression and asked curiously.

"Hehe, Senior Brother has a compassionate heart... This woman was bewitched by a snake demon during the night. Now she is dazed and does not know where she is. We are taking her back to use the Buddha Power of the True Buddha to refine the Demonic Qi within her body, thereby ensuring the safety of her whole family!" Yueling explained calmly.

Duxin was shocked, "Could such a thing be? Could it be that you, Senior Brother, possess great magic power and are actually able to see the aura of evil spirits?"

Yueling asked in confusion, "Before you came here, had you not heard about our Buddha slaying the giant snake demon?"

"I have not heard of this. I only heard that the Moonlight True Buddha has boundless magic power and protects the peace of the region, and is the hope of our Buddhist faith, so I came..." Monk Duxin asked in confusion, "Could there really be such strange tales?"

Yueling suddenly smiled, "Hehe, it is natural that you haven't heard. This matter has long spread throughout the entire Shandong region. Even the Jiedushi, Lord Zhao, is now a believer of our Buddha... However, this matter is of great importance, so we did not ask Lord Zhao to spread it outside. Of course, leaking a little of our Buddha's prestige is also normal... Let me tell you, that night I was right near the city wall and saw it clearly..."

Yueling led Duxin, and the two walked west together. Along the way, Yueling talked incessantly about the deeds of this Moonlight Buddha, making Duxin's eyes light up, wishing he could see this True Buddha immediately.

On the horse's back behind the two, a voice transmitted to Duxin, "Holy Monk, this guy really brags without even drafting it. Hearing him makes me want to stab him to death with one spear strike right now!"

Duxin also transmitted back, "Third Prince, stay calm. We came here primarily to see this so-called True Buddha. If we alert the enemy, we might as well just kill our way in; why bother playing this game..."

It turned out that this monk incarnated as Duxin was Tang Ku, and the horse behind him was the transformation of the Brick.

I do not know when, but this guy had actually mastered some kind of transformation technique. Although it could not transform into a human form, turning into a mule, horse, lion, tiger, or whatever was easy for it. However, all the things it turned into had one characteristic: the head looked square, like a Brick.

For the convenience of scouting, Tang Ku had the Brick transform into an exceptionally spirited, tall horse, but that square head looked like a deformity, which was the reason Yueling found this horse strange.

As for the three of them including Nezha, it was simple. Xingyunzi had many Magic Treasures, among which was a Water-Fire Transformation Carpet. This carpet could conceal figures and conceal auras, and it just happened to be able to cover three people, as if they were all invisible.

After the Brick transformed, its back was actually still very spacious, but it looked smaller on the outside, as if there was always an independent space of that size on its back. Therefore, the three of them were still sitting very comfortably, as if they were sightseeing.

Tang Ku followed this Yueling, walking west all the way. Before a stick of incense had burned out, he saw an extremely magnificent temple.

This temple occupied an area as large as half of Tiananmen Square, resplendent and magnificent. The roof tiles were all covered with gold leaf, and the walls were painted with gold powder mixed into the wall paint. Moreover, looking at the scaffolding set up behind, many buildings were still being constructed, as if the scale could still be doubled.

"Senior Brother, this is the temple where we practice, Mingyue Temple. Do not laugh at us for being unsophisticated; are there any temples of this scale in Chang'an City?" Yueling smiled proudly.

"Excellent, excellent!" Tang Ku said in surprise, "My Chang'an temples are three or four times larger than this, but this layout of gold lacquer walls and Gold Brick tiles has never been seen before. Does this Buddha love such resplendence?"

Yueling paused. He had never been to Chang'an and did not know if Tang Ku was bragging, but he could not lose face now. He rolled his eyes and said, "Senior Brother, that is incorrect. My Moonlight True Buddha is draped in silver moonlight brilliance, which is too dazzling. This gold color is to ensure that when our Buddha descends, the light on his body will not be too piercing..."

"Oh, oh, that must be it, that must be it..."

At the temple entrance, a few guest-welcoming monks were chatting. Whether they were discussing Buddha Dharma or not, I do not know, but as soon as they saw Yueling arrive, they could not help but press their hands together towards him and call him Senior Brother.

"Oh, Yueyuan, go and inform the abbot, and say that I... have brought a distinguished guest from Chang'an, seeking to see the abbot to request Buddha Dharma!"

The monk named Yueyuan did not dare to disobey in the slightest, not even daring to look up, so he bowed and turned to go inside.

Standing at the entrance, Tang Ku suddenly heard a voice transmitting from the horse's back behind him: "Holy Monk..."

Tang Ku also frowned slightly, "I feel it too... Hehe, such heavy Demonic Qi..."