eurekapd Chapter 360: Just how many ley lines were dug out?
Chapter 360: Just how many ley lines were dug out?
Maitreya's cheek twitched.
I always feel like I'm not very popular...
Only then did Yang Jiao realize that Ksitigarbha's hands had been behind his back the whole time, and upon closer inspection, they were trembling as if he had Parkinson's disease.
She asked suspiciously:
What's wrong with you?
If Ksitigarbha is injured, then the matter of finding the divine beast Di Ting at Lingyang Mountain will likely have to be postponed.
"What do you say?"
When this matter was mentioned, his face turned as black as ink.
Then, pointing at the group of people in front of him, he said with the force of almost grinding his back teeth:
"Ask them."
It's already difficult enough to repair the damage caused by two people digging up the ley lines.
Yang Jiao clapped her hands and brought over two more.
Zhao Gongming cupped his hands and said very politely:
"My two sisters are missing a soul and a spirit, so I also tried dismantling some of the earth's veins."
Four people digging for ley lines...
Yang Jiao was practically clasping her hands together in apology to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
Mosquito Taoist murmured:
"Are ley lines really that useful?"
Having lived in the Western lands for so long, if she had known how useful the ley lines were, she would have dug them up too.
Bai Ze, who was standing to the side, also stroked his chin and began to think.
Earth veins...
Seeing that everyone was eyeing the earth's veins, Ksitigarbha almost went berserk.
Yang Jiao grabbed his waist and pulled him backward:
"Ksitigarbha, calm down, calm down."
"After the Investiture of the Gods is over, I will come to the West to make it up to you."
"It's all fixed."
He flicked his sleeves, clearly not wanting to see this group of moles, and pulled Maitreya, who was still smiling, back to the Western Sect.
"I'll come pick you up tomorrow." He quickly added, "Take care of it, the ley lines aren't a cure-all!"
If this gets out in the future...
The already damaged ley lines in the western region, wouldn't they become like the Longmen Gorge at the mouth of the Guanjiang River, if everyone came to dig them up?
Even the immovable Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva couldn't sit still.
As soon as they left, Yang Jiao turned back and looked in shock at the four people gazing at the sky.
"Just how much of his earth's veins have you dug up?"
Lu Ya put his hands behind his back and said innocently:
"The four of us together have at most two hundred holes."
There are about two hundred holes.
Given Ksitigarbha's temperament, he wouldn't give her a hard time, especially since...
"His hands were shaking, and you're telling me two hundred?"
Not right.
Something is very wrong.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has been replenishing the earth's veins for many years, and his experience is so rich that he can replenish one or two hundred veins a day.
Just then, a gust of wind blew Wutian's loose black hair aside, revealing the corners of his mouth curled up. Wutian's jawline was now refined, the youthful air of his past gone. He smiled and said:
“I dug over three thousand holes in the earth’s veins to plant grass.”
Yang Jiao: ...
You truly are the kind of person who defies the Three Realms.
After resting in the black lotus for a day.
Yang Jiao bid farewell to Yang Tianyou early in the morning with Mosquito Taoist. As soon as she stepped out, Ksitigarbha was already waiting on the shore of Blood Sea.
He wasn't thin; his taut muscles were faintly visible through the thin Taoist robe.
A string of prayer beads hung around his neck, his veins bulging.
"Ksitigarbha".
Yang Jiao called out and quickly walked over.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva turned around in response.
"Let's go to Lingyang Mountain to find Jiu Qi."
The three of them each formed a cloud and flew swiftly towards Lingyang Mountain.
This mountain belongs to the Jiuhua Mountain Range. Before the Tang Dynasty, it was called Jiuzi Mountain. Later, Li Bai traveled here and wrote the poem "The wondrous existence is divided into two energies, and the sacred mountain opens up Jiuhua", so it was renamed Jiuhua Mountain.
This place is also where the image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is located.
Before even reaching the foot of the mountain, one could already see the soaring black mist rising into the sky just by looking down from above the clouds.
Yang Jiao knew something was wrong:
"The nine auras of that auspicious beast will probably be completely eroded by these black auras."
She quickly landed.
I stood still beside the rushing stream between the two mountains.
As soon as Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva arrived at this place, he seemed to sense something. The prayer beads around his neck felt hot, and his gaze fell upon this place shrouded in black mist. He said:
"Why does it feel so much like the aura of the Netherworld?"
This black aura is the malevolent energy generated by countless dead souls.
Yang Jiao looked around and whispered:
"Heavenly Eye".
A glint of light flashed across the silver markings on his forehead.
When she looked up again, she saw that the undulations between the mountains were all formed by malevolent energy, hardly resembling a place where auspiciousness resided.
"Watch out, something's not right here."
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva gave a reminder.
He had been performing rituals to help the souls of the dead for many years, and the merit he had accumulated was now faintly visible, with a halo rising behind his head.
A moment later, as if guided, it led Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva forward.
Yang Jiao followed.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had a clear objective. Although he did not have the Heavenly Eye, he arrived at the place in the mountains where the black energy was the densest.
【Ding. 】
[Host, a magical artifact has been generated nearby.]
Magic weapon?
Yang Jiao frowned. What kind of magical artifact could attract so many dead souls?
Just as she was pondering this, an extraordinary phenomenon occurred.
The mountains trembled, the streams churned, and the sunset on the horizon seemed to be on fire, a blindingly red.
A ferocious beast rushes towards us from a distant stream that stretches to the horizon.
It has a tiger's head, dog's ears, a lion's tail, and feet resembling a qilin. What is even more striking is the long horn on its forehead.
"Listen carefully!"
Yang Jiao recognized it at a glance; it was Di Ting.
Before they could even rejoice, the Di Ting pounced, its sharp claws seemingly intent on tearing the three of them apart.
Mosquito Taoist pulled Yang Jiao away, and then a fierce aura of a ferocious beast erupted from his body.
Ordinary demonic beasts would be terrified and prostrate on the ground upon smelling an odor far superior to their own, but this Di Ting was different. Its eyes were dark, and it not only showed no fear but also leaped up, spewing out a stream of black flames.
Mosquito Taoist raised his hand, palms facing each other.
Di Ting's attack was swift, but Mosquito Daoist parried it with ease, even turning back to Yang Jiao without changing his aura and saying:
"It has been corrupted by malevolence."
Yang Jiao tensed up. If she couldn't awaken Di Ting, then she could forget about the Nine Qi.
This is the only existing Nine Qi.
Mosquito Taoist had no patience for such ferocious beasts, so she suggested:
"Kill him?"
"No, then Nezha will never grow taller."
Other materials can be gathered, but these nine types of energy, once missed, are gone forever.
She drew out the Thousand Machine Staff and counted which of her magical treasures could be purified, but upon closer inspection, they were all murder weapons.
The only peaceful Tai Chi banner was undamaged because it blocked the Great Luo Golden Immortal's lightning tribulation for Mosquito Taoist. However, it was struck by a black mark on the banner, and its yin and yang energy became unformed.
We have to go back and wait for Master Yun Zhongzi to repair it before we can use it.
Yang Jiao was somewhat irritated.
The malevolent energy within the mountains surged again, and Di Ting seemed to be affected by it, becoming even more violent.
Ksitigarbha's gaze remained fixed on one spot.
“I always feel like there’s something inside calling to me.”
What else could be filling this mountain with such malevolent energy?
He started to move.
Yang Jiao looked over and saw that the malevolent energy within the mountains had turned pure black, so dense that it covered the entire Jiuhua Mountain range. She tried to discern it carefully.
at last,
Amidst the oppressive darkness and malevolent aura, a faint glimmer of golden light could be seen.
She pointed in that direction and said:
There's something there!
The golden light was completely enveloped by the black mist, as if it had given off its last ray of light, and gradually dimmed.
"wrong."
Yang Jiao said in a deep voice:
"That malevolent energy is devouring, no, it's... sending people to their deaths?"