The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 152: The Tower Collapses and Shura Appears

Last time, we talked about Jing'an and Li Yi's actions. Jing'an and Qiu Xiong worked together to ignore the magic circle of Jin'an Temple and moved most of the property stored in Jin'an Temple by the Xuyi County clan. Li Yi passed the Buddha's Skill and the Heart Sutra to the Five Dharma Monks. So how will the story develop next? Let's read on.

The next morning, more than a thousand monks from Jin'an Temple came to Jushan Pavilion, and even Chang Qing, who was injured by Li Yi, was carried here.

Chang Tong, Chang Jing, Chang Ming, the five monks, and Chang Qing, who was lying on a stretcher, were in the front row, and the monks filled the entire attic. Li Yi arrived late, and Chang Tong and others took the lead in standing up and saluting. After Li Yi returned the salute, he motioned for the monks to sit down.

Although the Jushan Pavilion was large, Li Yi did not use his talent to spread his voice, but used the Lion's Roar to speak, which was also able to make everyone hear clearly. He said, "I will not preach in the morning class today. As the saying goes, a new official has three things to do when he takes office. Although I am the acting abbot, I still have to do these three things. Let me tell you what they are. First, from today on, the temple will be closed to visitors, and the whole temple will chant sutras for Master Jingchan for seven days. Second, the monk's salary that Jing'an gave you before will be stopped, and will not be paid again in the future."

As soon as the second point was said, the Jushan Pavilion exploded. Jing'an's disciples took the lead in making a fuss. One of them stood up and asked, "Why did the acting abbot stop the monk's salary? This is a great thing that Master has done!"

Li Yi shouted a word of silence to quiet everyone down, and then said with a smile: "Why did you become a monk? If it's for money, then you can get out now. Buddhism does not accept people who are greedy for money! This is also my third fire. If anyone wants to return to secular life, or leave Jin'an Temple and join another temple, I will never stop them."

The man shouted, "I became a monk because I had nowhere else to go. My master not only took me in, but also taught me Buddhism and how to be a good person. I am now doing this to repay him! But as soon as you arrived, you dismissed my master from his position as a monk and also stopped his salary. Who will obey you like this?" After saying this, he turned around and instigated the monks to clamor and protest.

Li Yi calmly said to Fasè, "What are you looking at? You are now acting as the head of the Discipline Hall, and someone openly contradicts the abbot, and you just watch? Why don't you bring people to expel them from the temple!"

Fase was stunned and looked at his three uncles, Chang Tong, Chang Jing and Chang Ming. Chang Tong said sternly, "Fase, didn't you hear what the abbot said? Why are you standing there? Take people and drive them out of the temple!"

Fasè stood up and shouted, "Discipline Hall, listen up and drive the troublemakers out of the temple!"

However, the monks in the Discipline Hall did not take any action. Li Yi had just driven their abbot Chang Yi out of the temple, and now he wanted to drive someone else out. In addition, Li Yi said he would stop the monks' salaries, so they were all dissatisfied.

Fase looked at Li Yi with embarrassment. When Chang Tong was about to stand up, Li Yi stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Let me be the villain." After that, he slowly stood up. Fase hurriedly said, "Uncle Master, although I am stupid and don't know what you want to do, I believe you must have your reasons for doing this. You don't have to do this yourself. I will be the villain!"

As he said this, he walked towards the leading monk, and the other five monks followed him. Seeing this, the warrior monks who protected the temple naturally could not stand idly by, and rushed forward to coax those shouting monks out of Jin'an Temple. These were Jing'an's disciples, and there were not many of them, only about thirty people, but they were all Jing'an's confidants.

After this, Li Yi used the Lion's Roar skill to say, "Let's stop here today! Chang Jing will remove the monk status of those people just now. As for the other monks, let them make a decision within three days. It will be difficult for them to leave after three days."

Chang Jing nodded, and Li Yi said to Chang Ming, "Let's go, call Yi Ling and Yu Jiu to go to your warehouse. I think someone will come to see the things you have stored in the temple soon. We have to think of an explanation."

Chang Ming led Li Yi and the other two to the warehouse in Jin'an Temple, which was used to store the valuables of the wealthy families. The warehouse was located underground in the Jin'an Tower and was considered the foundation.

Li Yi felt a sudden palpitation when he arrived in front of the pagoda. He took out the golden pagoda from the sack. The golden pagoda was buzzing as if giving a warning. He immediately said, "Hurry up and get all the monks out! Quick!"

Chang Ming immediately evacuated the basement and the monks on the tower. After the monks had evacuated, Li Yi, Chang Ming and Yi Ling entered the tower to check the situation.

As they walked, Li Yi asked, "When was this Jin'an Pagoda built?"

Chang Ming replied, "This Jin'an Pagoda was built eighty years ago. At that time, the master traveled around to spread the Dharma. When he came here, the golden pagoda in his hand suddenly became restless. He felt that a demon would be born here, so he stopped here and called on believers to build a pagoda to suppress the demon. It is said that as soon as the pagoda was built, the golden pagoda returned to peace, so it was named Jin'an Pagoda, and later this Jin'an Temple was built."

Li Yi recalled the scene of the Golden Pagoda buzzing and said, "Just now the Golden Pagoda was also restless. Could it be that a demon is about to appear? Chang Ming, what is the level of your master?"

Chang Ming replied: "Although Master has not yet become an Arhat, he is a great master who has practiced both martial arts and is definitely a leader among the Vajra of Buddhism."

After listening to this, Li Yi said, "So the real purpose of the Jin'an Temple's protective formation is to use the Buddha's bone relics to suppress the demons under the tower!"

Chang Ming nodded and said, "I think this explanation is indeed reasonable."

Li Yi muttered, "Before, Jing'an wanted to use the temple protection magic circle to suppress me... Oh no! There must be something wrong with the magic circle!" Li Yi immediately ran to the top of the tower, which was the place where the Buddha's bone relics were enshrined, and it was also the core of the temple protection magic circle.

When Li Yi and others ran to the top of the tower, they saw two monks being knocked to the ground by Chang Qing, who was holding the Buddha's bone relic in his hand. They realized that Chang Qing being carried by others in Jushan Pavilion was an illusion. Everyone's attention was on Jing'an, but they forgot about him, the "useless man"!

Chang Qing looked at Li Yi and smiled, "Boy, you didn't expect that! I will avenge myself today!" As he said that, Chang Qing raised his hand and was about to swallow the relic.

At this moment, a Buddhist chant was heard: "Amitabha! Junior Brother Chang Qing, it is time to turn back! Do not create more karma!"

The one who spoke was Chang Tong. At this moment, he was standing opposite Chang Qing, with golden light shining all around him, and he was using the method of persuasion. Chang Qing paused for a moment and then said, "Humph, Senior Brother, didn't you persuade me last night? Now that I'm standing here, you should know that I can't turn back!"

As he swallowed the Buddha's bone relic, the Jin'an Pagoda immediately began to shake. Li Yi threw the golden pagoda out and chanted the "Pagoda Mantra" to stabilize the pagoda.

Seeing this, Chang Qing used his Vajra Skill to rush towards Li Yi. Chang Ming and Yi Ling immediately stood in front of Li Yi, but Chang Qing, who had swallowed the relic, knocked them away in an instant, and then punched Li Yi in the face. At this time, Li Yi was trying his best to stabilize the Jin'an Pagoda and was unable to resist Chang Qing at all.

At the critical moment, Chang Tong stood in front of Li Yi and took the punch while holding Chang Qing tightly, but this punch alone made him spit blood and his internal organs were damaged.

Chang Ming shouted, "Brother!" He used the Vajra Divine Art to kick Chang Qing off the top of the tower, and then reached out to help Chang Tong who was about to fall. The latter shook his head and said, "Brother, don't worry about me. Brother Chang Qing swallowed the Buddha's bone relic, the temple protection formation has been destroyed, and the demon suppressed under the tower is about to come out. You should find a way to deal with it as soon as possible!"

Li Yi shouted, "Chang Ming, you take Chang Tong and go first. I'll take Yi Ling. Let's go! This tower can't hold on any longer!"

Chang Ming immediately picked up Chang Tong and jumped out of the top of the tower. Li Yi also helped Yi Ling jump down. After the four of them jumped out, Li Yi took back the Golden Pagoda. The Jin'an Tower collapsed instantly. The dust and sand that was stirred up directly engulfed the entire Jin'an Temple, and even the Xuanshan Mountain began to shake.

In the dust, Chang Ming could only be heard crying, "Brother! Brother! Uncle, where are you? Hurry up and use the Golden Pagoda to help my brother heal his wounds!"

Li Yi put Yi Ling on the ground, followed the sound and found Chang Ming and Chang Tong in his arms. He said, "Master Chang Tong, why are you doing this? I won't die even if he hits me, but you are incurable after being hit by him."

Chang Tong smiled and said, "Master is still young and has a lot to do. I am afraid that my old bones are useless except for blocking punches for Master."

Li Yi shook his head, and Chang Ming shouted, "Uncle, help me heal my wounds!"

Chang Tong shook his head and smiled, "Brother, don't waste your energy. This is the calamity of our Jin'an Temple, and no one can escape it! After I die, you and Chang Jing must listen to Uncle Master's arrangements, otherwise our lineage of Tota Arhat will be cut off!"

Chang Jing glared at Li Yi and shouted, "Uncle Master, hurry up, help me heal my wounds!"

Li Yi walked closer, held Chang Tong's hand and said, "Master Chang Tong, you can be immortal!"

Chang Tong shook his head and said, "No, Uncle Master. If I don't die, how can you lead the whole temple to fight against the Shura Palace? Only if I die, the whole temple can unite as one and follow Uncle Master to complete the final salvation of Jin'an Temple. If I can save Jin'an Temple, I will die for a good cause! Junior Brother, rebuilding Jin'an Temple will be..."

Chang Tong's raised hand finally fell, the old monk went west, Chang Ming hugged Chang Tong and burst into tears. Li Yi did not show much, he just stood up slowly and used the Vajra Magic Skill, stretched out his hands and held the Zen staff and the golden pagoda.

At this time, the dust gradually cleared, and Chang Qing jumped out from the ruins of Jin'an Pagoda. The five monks immediately surrounded him. They did not take action because they did not understand what was going on.

Li Yi shouted, "Five Dharma monks, retreat! I will personally eliminate this Buddhist scum!"

Chang Qing laughed and said, "Even if I am a scum of Buddhism, what ability do you have to eliminate me? I swallowed the Buddha's bone relics and my magic power increased greatly. How can you rely on the Zen stick and golden pagoda in your hand?

Humph, do you know the relationship between the golden pagoda and the Buddha's bone relics? Your golden pagoda can't hurt me at all! Your Zen stick is not enough..."

Before Chang Qing could finish his words, Li Yi had already swung his Zen staff and smashed it over. Chang Qing caught the staff with one hand and said with a smile: "I told you, this Zen staff is not good enough!"

After saying that, he broke the Zen staff, grabbed Li Yi's hand and threw him into the ruins of Jin'an Pagoda. Seeing this, the Five Dharma Monks immediately prepared to set up the Vajra Subduing Demon Formation, but before the formation was completed, Li Yi shouted: "Didn't I say it! I will eliminate this scum! You retreat!"

Chang Qing turned to look at Li Yi, who had put the golden pagoda back into the sack and summoned the two-zhang long Acala Vidyaraja. Li Yi walked in front of Chang Qing, and Chang Qing smiled and said, "Acala Vidyaraja, this is still somewhat useful, but your two-zhang long Dharma image is a bit..."

Li Yi had already launched an attack, and with six punches he directly knocked him out of Jin'an Temple.

Chang Qing shook his hands and smiled as he said to Li Yi who had caught up to him: "Well, this is OK, but if you don't have any other abilities then that's it!"

Li Yi moved the eighteen-seed rosary and chanted the six-syllable mantra three times in a row, and the image of Acalanatha shrank to the size of his body.

Chang Qing looked at the rosary in his hand and said with a smile: "Your rosary is quite good. It will belong to me after you die. I thought you were not a money-loving person, but it turns out you are the same!"

Li Yi shouted, "Who the hell is the same as you! I will first beat out the Buddha's bone relic you swallowed, and then send you to hell!"

Li Yi was seen making the lotus seal with his hands, and a six-petal lotus pattern suddenly lit up under the feet of the Acalanatha Dharmakaya, and outside the lotus was the Sanskrit mantra of the Six-Syllable Mantra.

Before Chang Qing could figure out what was going on, Li Yi had already appeared in front of him. He only said "very fast" before being knocked away by Li Yi again. This time he flew directly to the back mountain. Every time he was about to land, Li Yi would knock him away again. He did this five times in a row, leaving Chang Qing with no chance to fight back.

With a loud bang, Chang Qing fell heavily on the stone wall with the word "Buddha" on it at the back mountain. Li Yi jumped in front of Chang Qing, held him down with his four arms behind his back, and continued to punch him, each punch hitting his chest and abdomen.

Chang Qing spat out a mouthful of blood, but Li Yi ignored him and used the Lion's Roar skill to shake Chang Qing's face, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices and become unconscious. Li Yi pressed Chang Qing against the stone wall, took out the golden pagoda, chanted the "Pagoda Mantra" to cover it in the Buddha's light, and said, "Give me back the relic!"

Another punch hit Chang Qing's stomach, and the latter finally couldn't resist and vomited out the Buddha's bone relics. In the Buddha's light, the Buddha's bone relics flew directly into the Golden Pagoda. The Pagoda-Bearing Arhat's magic weapon merged into one again. In an instant, the Golden Pagoda rang a bell and flew straight to the west.