Chapter 1892
The Cowherd 11
Tianpeng drooled over the beggar's chicken, earning him a glare from Kong Xuan.
But Kong Xuan had to admit that Liu Dong's beggar's chicken was truly delicious.
As the three were sharing their food, a whooshing sound accompanied by screams came from above.
Liu Dong waved his hand, and the boy who had fallen from the high cliff was placed on the ground.
The boy was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a plump and pleasing appearance, like a white and tender steamed bun.
However, this bun is now covered in creases, uh, I mean wounds.
One of the wounds pierced his left chest, but it was slightly off-center. Although it injured his heart, it did not pierce through it completely.
The boy is still alive, but barely clinging to life.
He was lucky to have met three amazing people.
Either of them can snatch someone from the clutches of the King of Hell.
Tianpeng had a good impression of the young man, whose appearance was very similar to his own when he was young.
Tianpeng took out a pill and fed it into the boy's mouth.
This elixir was given to Tianpeng by Laozi.
Tianpeng did not return to the Heavenly Court, but he maintained contact with Laozi.
Laozi would always share a portion of the elixirs he refined with Tianpeng.
Tianpeng said he ate these elixirs like candy beans.
Once the pill was ingested, all the boy's injuries were completely healed.
The boy regained consciousness shortly afterward.
However, he lost his memory.
Any one of the three powerful beings could help him regain his memories and easily find out the boy's identity.
However, the three found it interesting, so instead of using magic to help the boy regain his memories, they let him find out his identity on his own.
The boy, eating beggar's chicken, asked, "Can I stay with you?"
He wished he could eat this level of delicious food more often.
Tianpeng couldn't help but laugh, growing even more fond of the boy: "Alright."
Tianpeng and the young man seemed to have a special connection; they took a liking to each other, and the young man became Tianpeng's disciple.
The boy looked simple-minded and not very smart, but his aptitude for cultivation was actually quite good.
Under Tianpeng's personal guidance, the boy entered the Dao and embarked on the path of cultivation.
A fourth person joined the trio.
Because of the drought in Chenzhou and the lack of good food, the four of them turned around and went to other places.
We ate and drank our way through the city and arrived in Xiangyang.
The boy has now reached the level of Refining Spirit and Returning to Emptiness.
In this mortal realm, they are already considered quite powerful.
It was already late, and the city gates of Xiangyang were closed.
The four of them could only find a place to stay outside the city.
Not far from Xiangyang City, there was a temple. The four people went in and found that the temple was abandoned, with cobwebs growing everywhere and the Buddha statues faded.
However, there was a mural on one wall that looked brightly colored and lifelike.
The boy leaned closer to take a closer look and discovered that the painting depicted gardens and palaces, with several young girls playing in the garden.
A girl winked at the boy and gave him a seductive smile.
The boy was so frightened that he took a few steps back, but after looking at the mural more closely, he found nothing unusual.
The boy, however, knew that this mural was unusual.
Along the way, he witnessed many bizarre things with his master and senior apprentice.
The boy immediately went to find Tianpeng and told the three of them what he had just seen.
The three of them approached the mural, scanned it, and then laughed.
All three were highly knowledgeable and experienced individuals, possessing knowledge of both Taoism and Buddhism, and naturally recognized the significance of the mural. This mural depicted a miniature Buddhist kingdom created by a powerful figure within Buddhism.
The Buddha Kingdom in the Palm of Your Hand is a concept, not a country in the palm of your hand, but an alternate dimension created by a powerful Buddhist master using his own power.
Kong Xuan: "This power that created the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of my hand is very unfamiliar. It was not created by those guys on Mount Ling that I know."
Tianpeng: "Let's go in and take a look!"
The four of them then entered the mural.
The boy discovered that they had landed in a garden, and the scenery was exactly the same as the garden in the mural.
The girls in the garden were startled when they saw them, but then smiled and came to greet them.
The boy, terrified, hid behind Tianpeng: "Master, they... they can move..."
Tianpeng pulled the boy out from behind him and said, "You're so weak. You're scared like this by just a few women's spirits."
The boy muttered, "What soul? It's just a ghost! It's normal to be afraid of ghosts!"
Tianpeng was so angry that he slapped the boy on the head.
The boy clutched his hand and cried out, "Ouch! Master, you're going to make me stupid!"
Kong Xuan: "You're stupid to begin with!"
He said to Tianpeng, "This kid is still too inexperienced. After this matter is over, throw him into the underworld and have him work as an assistant to Judge Cui for a few days."
Boy: "No..."
Several women had already reached the four men, and with smiles on their faces, they reached out to pry open their arms, trying to seduce them.
With a flick of his finger, Tianpeng froze these women in place.
Kong Xuan was most sensitive to the atmosphere of Buddhism. He walked in one direction and said, "Let's go and see the master."
Tianpeng hurriedly caught up with him and said, "I feel something is strange. This isn't just the aura of Buddhism; there's something else..."
Kong Xuan: "Not bad, there's also the aura of a demon."
Buddha and demon are two sides of the same coin, and Kong Xuan is also very familiar with the aura of demons.
Liu Tong spoke up: "Could it be Wu Tian's remnants?"
Kong Xuan: "Maybe."
And it really is true!
The three people saw the master of the mural world.
She sensed the presence of Kong Xuan and the others, and tried to escape, but Kong Xuan grabbed her.
They didn't recognize the demon, only that its true form was a gourd, but the demon confessed on its own.
She is Ying Yao, a powerful demon under Wu Tian's command.
Everyone thought that Ying Yao had been killed by Monkey King with his golden cudgel, but they didn't know that it was an illusion created by Ying Yao.
Ying Yao's strongest ability is not her immense strength, but the mirage within her gourd, which can create mirages.
She had kept this ability a secret, keeping it as her trump card, and even Wutian was unaware of it.
Ying Yao knew that Wu Tian would not succeed, so while working for Wu Tian, she was always preparing for her own escape route.
Later, she escaped by pretending to be Monkey King and came to this abandoned temple.
The murals in the temple had been there for a long time. Ying Yao took a liking to these murals and incorporated them into his Buddhist kingdom.
It must be said that Wutian was a very good leader. He treated his subordinates very well and taught several of them a lot of Buddhist skills.
Ying Yao had the best grasp of the Buddha Kingdom in the palm of his hand.
None of the three, including Liu Tong, were members of the Buddhist community, nor did they intend to exterminate any of the Buddhist community's enemies.
They did not kill Ying Yao, but only asked that Ying Yao not harm mortals.
Ying Yao nodded hurriedly in agreement and swore to the heavens that he would not harm anyone.
According to the will of Heaven, if Ying Yao were to harm the lives of ordinary mortals in the future, he would surely be punished by Heaven.
The souls of the women were summoned by Ying Yao to keep her company and relieve her boredom. They had died long ago, were unwilling to be reincarnated, and felt that their current lives were good.
Liu Dong and the other two decided to leave them alone. (End of Chapter)