Chapter 169

  Dozens of miles away, Ba Fu was leaning against the mountain col, with a black-clad strong man standing by his side. In front of him was a large light screen, which showed Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing fighting against Fa Hai.

  "Haha, Zhao Wenzhuo, no, it's Fahai who has good boxing skills! Indeed, the Buddhist door's golden mighty king style is fully displayed! Oh! Zhao Yazi, no, it's Bai Suzhen's sword dance that is also very beautiful, but unfortunately, its lethality is really too weak. It's more aesthetic than fierce and sharp, Xiaoqing is truly a waste! What are you, an eight-hundred-year-old waste snake, meddling with? Originally, without you, Bai Suzhen could still fight Fahai for a while, but with you, this waste, it's not enough to fight!"

  Ba Fu was now completely in the form of a demon, with dark energy surging all around him, but he sealed it within a ten-zhang radius. Soon, Fa Hai took Xu Xian away, and Ba Fu looked at the light screen where Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing were wandering, smiled, and transformed back into human form. The black man let out a long whistle and turned into a large horse, and Ba Fu rode the horse towards Zhenjiang.

  Fahai carried Xu Xian, who had transformed into a golden light, and in just one hour they arrived at the Jinshan Temple outside Zhenjiang. Fahai gently placed Xu Xian in front of the mountain gate, where he stood dazed. Fahai spoke up, "Xu donor, are you unharmed? Now can you believe what this poor monk says?"

  Xu Xian stood there foolishly, then fell to the ground with a thud. The expression on his beautiful face changed constantly, and in the end, he only muttered weakly: "I... how could my wife harm me..." In fact, he had already believed Fahai's words.

  "Amitabha, Master Xu. Even if the White Snake Spirit is truly repaying kindness and not harming you, humans and demons are ultimately different paths. If you insist on living with that white snake, your own yang energy will be slowly consumed by it, and in the end, you will meet a tragic demise. This is not something that can be avoided simply because the White Snake doesn't want to do it... unless..." Fanghai explained to Xu Xian with his hands clasped together.

  "What's wrong, Master?"

  "That white snake's body has a demonic aura without the bloody color, but rather more like the aura of an immortal. Unfortunately, even after a thousand years of cultivation, she still hasn't crossed that threshold. If Bai Suzhen really has converted all her demonic energy, achieving immortality wouldn't be a problem and would even have a prolonging effect on your life. However, at that time, heavenly rules wouldn't allow relationships between mortals and immortals. Unless the white snake disperses all her cultivation, it would naturally be harmless to you, but then she would just be a large white snake...". Fahai said calmly, his words full of unspoken meaning.

  Xu Xian remained silent, and Fa Hai spoke again: "Master Xu, why don't you stay in our temple for a few more days to calm down?" He then took Xu Xian into the temple and instructed a young monk to arrange a room for him.

  Xiaoyi arrived at the abbot's quarters and said something to the abbot, who was greatly surprised: "This Fahai monk has come to our temple, but I've never seen him interact with anyone like this before. This Xu Xian is indeed strange." So he went to take a look.

  "Amitabha, good, good. Is this Mr. Xu Xian? I, the old monk, see that you have a great deal of wisdom and will certainly attain enlightenment in the future! If Mr. Xu is not disdainful of my rough understanding of Buddhism, would he be willing to come to my place and allow me to expound on the scriptures for him?" The old monk joined his palms together in respect towards Xu Xian, after which several other old monks and middle-aged monks came in...

  The Dharma Sea doesn't care who Xu Xian lectures to, as long as he waits for the White Snake to leave and then sends Xu Xian back. Who would have thought that Bai Suzhen's love was so deep - either blinded by infatuation or destined by fate, she and Xiao Qing went straight to Jinshan Temple to demand a person after they recovered their magical powers through meditation.

  "Thieves and monks! It turns out that this is actually a den of kidnappers and extortionists! Quickly hand over Xu Xian!" This was Xiao Qing shouting and scolding outside the door.

  "Officer! Officer!" This was Bai Niangniang's soft cry for help.

  "Great! Today I'll see the Water Splashing Golden Mountain! Then, Zhao Yazi, no! Bai Suzhen is mine!" This was what Baoyu said as he sat down on a chair by the riverbank.

  "What an evil creature! You don't know your place!" This was Fahai's stern rebuke.

  Fa Hai still spared some people's faces and didn't use his vicious tricks. Instead, he threw off the kasaya on his body, transforming it into a long dragon that enveloped Jinshan Temple, preventing Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing from entering.

  Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing drew out their sharp swords, but no matter how they urged on their magical powers, they could not break through the monk's cassock. Having no alternative, Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing revealed their true forms - a huge white snake and a slightly smaller green snake, and began to stir up their magical powers, causing the Yangtze River to start surging violently.

  That Jinshan Temple is a large temple built on a mountain in the river. When the river water rises sharply, it will naturally be flooded.

  "Thief of a monk! Quickly release Xu Xian! Otherwise, I'll drown your broken temple!"

  "Release my husband at once! Otherwise, all lives in the temple will be ruined because of you, Fahai!"

  "Just two small snakes, neither from the Black Water Mystic Snake's lineage nor the Dragon King's branch. This big water is just a segment of Jinshan Temple, and if it gets too big, it can't be controlled... Hmph." Bo Fu muttered to himself as he sat in his chair. "Actually, you'd be better off releasing that water monkey that's being suppressed near Huaiyin..."

  As expected, the sudden rise of the river was completely useless against Fahai's cassock. As the river rose one foot, Jinshan Temple also rose one foot, and the cassock also rose one foot. In the end, Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing could not control the water, and this high tide flowed in all directions, beginning to flood both banks of the Yangtze River.

  The coastal villagers fled in a frenzy, and Bai Suzhen realized that something was terribly wrong. "What have I done? How could I have done such a thing?" At this point, Bai Suzhen suddenly came to her senses and began to frantically gather the flowing water from all directions. Xiao Qing didn't know what was happening but saw her sister gathering the water and quickly followed suit. However, it was already too late, and the floodwaters had swept away more than a dozen villages.

  "Monster!" A thunderous roar erupted. "Mahavairocana, Bhaisajyaguru, Samantabhadra, Om mani padme hum!" Fahai's anger burst forth, and his body emitted boundless golden light as he leapt into the air. Fahai joined his palms together in a single-handed gesture, and with a swift motion of his right hand, he flung out his kasaya robe. The robe grew longer than the wind, quickly encircling the water's edge. Next, Fahai drew out a begging bowl from his robes and hurled it towards the sky. The bowl's mouth turned downwards, growing enormous in size as it rapidly began to suck up the floodwaters.

  Fa Hai borrowed power from the void with his right foot and pounced on Bai Suzhen and Xiao Qing. The two giant snakes turned around, bringing up a massive amount of water to attack Fa Hai's golden body. "Open!" Fa Hai first clasped his palms together in front of him, then split them apart, and the massive wave was instantly divided into two halves by Fa Hai. His body followed the movement of his palms, and with just one flash, he arrived above the giant white snake's head. "Go down!" A loud roar accompanied a palm print on the giant snake's head, which completely couldn't withstand the powerful blow from Fa Hai's Vajra-like strength, and was smashed into the river waves, splashing up massive waves. The green snake saw that things were not going well, panicked, and rushed up to bite Fa Hai. Fa Hai dodged his body "Go!" A punch from below sent the green snake flying...

  "Fa Hai has shown his true colors. Those two little snakes are in trouble." Bo Fu watched the fight with a leisurely expression.

  Fa Hai spun his palms, and countless golden lotus flowers bloomed in the sky, layer upon layer. Among the golden lotus flowers, numerous lights emerged. Fa Hai's body was amidst them, displaying boundless aura. The White Snake and Green Snake also spat out large amounts of dark green gas, their bodies shrinking slightly as they moved about, releasing a burst of demonic energy. Finally, the two giant snakes coiled together, preparing to launch a thunderous strike.

  At this time, the alms bowl had already absorbed the massive amount of water and shrunk back to its original size in Fahai's hand. "Hmph! You demon! Look at my magical instrument!" The alms bowl flew out again, trapping the White Snake and Green Snake inside. The enormous snake bodies were getting smaller and smaller, on the verge of being sucked into the alms bowl.

  "Alright! That's it!" With a lazy shout, a large paw pried open the lid, and another large paw pressed down on the two giant snakes.

  A gigantic bird with wings spanning tens of zhang and a body over a hundred zhang long appeared on the surface of the river beside Jinshan Temple, speaking human language. Its head was adorned with a magnificent crown, its feathers were divided into five colors, and its mouth was full of sharp teeth. Its body was covered in brocade, and its tail, along with its beautiful and slender tail feathers, emitted an aura like a precious sword that seemed to flow endlessly, as if the Yangtze River and the great rivers flowed ceaselessly, and the Northern Dark Heaven Pool surged boundlessly.