sinovels Chapter 127 The Buddha's Other Names
Chapter 127 The Buddha's Other Names
Chapter 127 The Buddha's Other Names
As Jiang Feng ate his meal, he would occasionally glance at the goddess out of the corner of his eye.
Seeing a pile of green vegetables in front of her, she squinted as she ate, her ears twitching occasionally, seemingly quite satisfied with the vegetables.
Jiang Feng asked curiously, "Xiao Bai, Wu Jing, didn't you sense any demonic energy on her? She looks like a vegetarian demon, doesn't she?"
Bai Suzhen swallowed a mouthful of egg and mumbled, "Although I didn't smell any demonic aura on her, she smells quite fragrant, um, definitely more fragrant than scrambled eggs."
Jiang Feng gasped: "It does smell really good."
Sha Wujing explained, "Demons who cultivate to become immortals, or demons who are adopted by immortals, can shed their demonic aura."
Xiao Bai doesn't have any demonic aura because she ate an elixir. Actually, even if she didn't eat the elixir, the demonic aura on her would automatically dissipate if she stayed by the side of the Old Mother of Lishan for a long time.
Jiang Feng sighed, "This really is a case of 'when one person attains enlightenment, even their chickens and dogs ascend to heaven.'"
As they were talking, the goddess finished her dinner, wiped her mouth, and went to the open space in front of the "Chang'e Temple" to dance a joyful dance.
As she danced, a gentle breeze swept by, carrying the distinctive earthy smell of the soil—a sign that summer rains were on their way.
A gentle breeze pushed a dark cloud from the sky, obscuring the bright moon overhead, and a fine drizzle began to fall, bringing a touch of coolness.
The people of more than three thousand nearby villages were immediately excited and rushed to the open space to dance and celebrate the arrival of the rain.
The entire rainfall lasted for a full hour, after which the clouds dispersed and the bright moon reappeared in the sky above everyone's heads.
Jiang Feng looked at the rainwater collected in the basin and estimated that it would be enough to alleviate the drought in the area. He smiled and nodded.
"This goddess is quite capable. This is the first time I've seen a rainmaking ritual performed like this. Her methods seem somewhat similar to those of ancient shamans."
At this moment, the goddess was still dancing in the open space. The moonlight gathered on her body, making her radiate a layer of crystal moonlight, which looked serene and beautiful.
Jiang Feng stepped forward and said with concern, "Goddess, are you tired? Why don't you stop and rest?"
The goddess stopped upon hearing this, and looked Jiang Feng up and down, asking, "Is there something you need?"
Jiang Feng said with a pained expression, "They only care whether you can get rain, and how heavy the rain is, unlike me—"
I don't care about you at all.
"Stop right there, it's getting late, we need to go into the temple to sleep."
The goddess listened with a smile to his concerned words, but halfway through, her expression gradually turned cold. She gave a displeased snort and said, "This is the Chang'e Temple now. If you want to stay here, you must get Chang'e's permission!"
Jiang Feng asked, "Then how do we determine if we have Chang'e's permission?"
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The goddess pointed towards the moon in the distance: "Ask away, I can hear her speaking."
Jiang Feng's eyelids drooped immediately: "You can hear her, but the problem is she might not be able to hear me—"
The goddess said smugly, "Then there's nothing we can do. You'll have to find somewhere else to stay."
Jiang Feng pondered for a moment, then had a flash of inspiration and said to the bright moon overhead, "Fairy Chang'e, I need to stay at your temple for one night. If you agree, just blink your eyes."
After saying that, he performed the "Heavenly Dog Devours the Moon" technique, opening his mouth and sucking in all the moonlight from the sky.
The moon in the sky flickered, as if it were blinking.
The goddess stared in disbelief, speechless with shock for a long time.
Jiang Feng withdrew his supernatural powers and asked, "Is it alright now?"
The goddess was startled awake by his urging, and asked with an incredulous expression, "You're the disciple of the Celestial Hound?"
"ha?"
Jiang Feng almost spat out a mouthful of blood. After a moment of silence, he said, "If Buddha's other name is Howling Celestial Dog, then I have no objection."
Buddha: "————"
Did you ask for my opinion?!
The goddess was stunned for a moment, then quickly recovered, scoffed, and said, "I'd rather believe I'm the Queen Mother of the West than believe you're a disciple of Buddha!"
Jiang Feng, along with Sha Wujing and Bai Suzhen, stood in a row, and the three of them respectfully clasped their hands together in a gesture of respect: "Queen Mother, may we go in and stay now?"
goddess:"----"
Are all these monks so shameless?
After a while, the goddess led them into the temple and said impatiently, "There are three rooms in the west wing. You can tidy them up yourselves. Don't bother me tonight. If you feel uncomfortable, just bear with it for one night."
After saying that, she went to a room in the east wing and closed the door behind her.
Jiang Feng took out a purification talisman, chanted incantations to cleanse the room, and then lay down on the bed with his eyes closed.
As he drifted off to sleep, a soft, feminine voice drifted into his ears.
"Help—is anyone there? Help me—"
Jiang Feng suddenly opened his eyes, listened carefully to the source of the sound, and found that it seemed to be coming from inside the wall.
He knocked on the wall and found that the space behind it was empty, seemingly a secret room.
After taking out a sharp knife and digging out two bricks, he crouched at the entrance of the hole and peered into the dark, secret chamber.
A girl dressed like a goddess was chained to a bronze pillar in a secret room, her feet shackled. In front of her was a bronze pot containing some charcoal, and on top of it was a branding iron.
Jiang Feng pried off some more bricks, crawled into the secret room, sized up the girl before him, and asked, "Who are you, and why are you locked up here?"
Upon seeing someone arrive, the girl immediately displayed a strong will to survive, her eyes shining as she declared, "I am the temple keeper of the Houyi Temple, and my name is Su'e!"
A month ago, a female demon came here, seized my Houyi Temple, and imprisoned me here. Master, please save me!
Jiang Feng asked doubtfully, "You disappeared for a month, didn't anyone notice anything amiss?"
Su'e said urgently, "This demon is a habitual liar. I don't know how she deceived the people. Master, please rescue me first, and then we can confront her."
Jiang Feng nodded and used his dagger to cut the shackles and chains on her body.
Su'e stretched her limbs, let out a long sigh, and said, "Master, I have no way to repay your life-saving grace. I am willing to offer myself to you and serve you by your side!"
After saying that, she threw herself into Jiang Feng's arms.
Jiang Feng dodged, but she waved a handkerchief in front of him.
A medicinal fragrance spread out, and Jiang Feng closed his eyes and fell straight to the ground. Before he fell, Su'e, who was in front of him, grabbed his waist.
Su'e revealed a triumphant smile, her eyes filled with spring-like desire as she looked at the unconscious Jiang Feng, and laughed, "What a handsome monk! With you as compensation, my days of imprisonment weren't in vain."
Just as she was feeling smug, Jiang Feng's voice suddenly rang out from outside the wall: "Is that so? You'd better take a closer look at what you're holding."
Su'e's heart skipped a beat. She looked down at Jiang Feng in her arms, only to find that Jiang Feng had vanished, replaced by a strange iron rod smoking, with a wooden handle and three characters written on it—
Hand grenade!