Yinshan Record

Chapter 73 The Story of the Green Lion
Chu Yuan, Lin Jiugong, and others immediately went forward to check on the bodies of Qin Ben and Yuan Caiyi, while Song Qi and the honest man checked on the old man in gray.

Yuan Caiyi and the old man in gray were both completely dead.

Qin Ben was also breathing heavily, his once tall body now shrunk into a hunched old man, his face full of wrinkles. Who would have thought that before entering the tomb he was a vigorous and tall man?
"His vital essence has been completely depleted; I'm afraid he won't make it."

Lin Jiugong looked at his friend and felt quite guilty. When they first entered the mountain, they were joking with each other. Who would have thought that they would be in such a deadly situation as soon as they entered the tomb?

Thinking back on those methods, Lin Jiugong felt that they were unheard of and unseen before.

Ordinary people, seeing their own abilities and not understanding why, might call them living gods.

Looking back on those changes, it felt like I was in a dream.

"This is an arrangement made by the World Honored One here. It uses his blood essence as fuel to activate Buddhist supernatural powers. With his cultivation level, even a god would not be able to save him."

The one-eyed creature lay on the ground, its blue light gradually fading to reveal golden skin.

He looked at Su Che: "Buddha, come here."

"Buddha?"

"Sir, you have already received the profound teachings of the Buddha and deserve to be called a disciple of the Buddha."

Sitting cross-legged with only one eye, it looks dignified despite having lost an arm.

“I am a demon, and also a spirit of a vessel. I was originally a string of Bodhi beads in the hand of the Buddha, the Lion-Lotus-Complete Tathagata, which had a total of 108 beads. Later, when the World-Honored One encountered a calamity, the beads were destroyed, and only one of the 108 beads remained, and because I was born incomplete, my cultivation was just so-so.”

“My days are numbered, my disciple. Here is some information for you to hear.”

The monster scanned the crowd around it.

"In the past, there was a seven-headed spirit lion in the East Sea. It was a rare species born between heaven and earth, and it was born with all kinds of powers. It became a great demon by relying solely on its instincts."

"Unfortunately, no matter how hard he tried to cultivate, searching high and low, he could never find a breakthrough. Several times when he went to the outer realms, he even encountered the Heavenly Demon. If it weren't for a secret treasure he obtained from the ancient Azure Emperor, he would probably have perished."

"The East Sea is a sacred place for cultivation. This great demon was born extraordinary. His intelligence drove him to constantly pursue the limits of the Heavenly Dao. The Daoist sects in the East Sea do not value birth as much as those in the Central Plains. He joined the Daoist sect and diligently sought the mysteries of the immortal path."

What One-Eyed was referring to was clearly the history of when Old Lion first debuted.

Su Che and his group had seen it in the murals next to the Feng'en Hall before.

"Finally, he was accepted into a sect. After years of hard work, he finally reached the third level of the Daoist realm, entered the outer realm of the Nine Heavens, collected the purest and most profound essence, tempered his true form and physical body, cultivated his primordial spirit, broke through the heavenly tribulation, and ascended to the realm of the Longevity True Person."

"But immortality is not the end of cultivation. Those who attain immortality will be envied by heaven and earth, and all sorts of calamities will befall them. Their foundation is unstable, and under the heavenly calamities, they are already struggling to cope and their strength is insufficient. They do not know when they will die and their cultivation will be destroyed."

"During several calamities, some heretical demons took the opportunity to corrupt him, wanting to use his cultivation to achieve their own goals. With no way forward and an unstable foundation, he had no choice but to change his cultivation path."

When the one-eyed man spoke of his past, his eyes were filled with reminiscence.

Su Che recalled the murals he had seen in the Feng'en Hall, and felt as if those scenes were right before his eyes.

From being born with a spiritual seed to cultivating immortality, it sounds easy. But how many internal and external tribulations are involved? The old lion was naturally unwilling to die and disappear just like that.

"The Buddhist sect in the Western Paradise has strict rules and regulations. Cultivation is like climbing a pagoda, with each level leading to a higher level of cultivation. This spirit lion abandoned its original sect and went straight to the Western Paradise, becoming a disciple of the Lingjiu Temple and one of the Buddhas of the Western Paradise."

“I also became a disciple of the World-Honored One at that time, listening to his teachings day and night, and seeing how he changed his sect and transformed the achievements of Taoism into the fruits of Buddhism.”

With one eye filled with remembrance.

"The Buddhist sect has methods to avoid and overcome calamities, but the World Honored One has lost the drive to overcome them. During his several tribulations, he attracted the attention of a Dharma Lord from beyond the Nine Heavens, who repeatedly tried to sabotage him. Helpless, the World Honored One had no choice but to go to the Central Plains, transform into the National Preceptor, and use human karma to isolate the heavenly calamity."

"With heretical demons lurking and heavenly tribulation looming, even transforming into the national teacher was not a safe course of action. The World Honored One pondered deeply, but inner demons gradually arose, and in the end, he was corrupted by demons."

"A heretical demon lurking?" Su Che didn't quite understand. The Imperial Guard's "Records of the Mysterious Center" recorded heretical demons and discussed the similarities and differences between the Northern Demonic Sect and the Great Wilderness Demonic Sect.

The so-called "demon contamination" is a method used by demonic sects to turn cultivators into their own heretical followers, steal their cultivation, and turn them into slaves to be driven by them.

The saying "the devil is one foot tall, but the righteous are ten feet tall" perfectly describes this situation.

Beyond the Nine Heavens, among the countless demonic beings, there dwells a powerful figure known as the Lord of the End of Dharma, whose cultivation is roughly equivalent to a first-rank cultivator in this world. They love to interfere with cultivators during their practice, attempting to corrupt them and convert them into their own heretical followers.

Legend has it that among them are nearly a hundred immortal beings who have become slaves to the demonic path under the command of the Lord of the End of Dharma. If the Lords of the End of Dharma from beyond the realm were all combined, they would surpass any sect in this world.

Su Che felt that if the records in the "Xuanzhong Ji" were correct, and if the old lion was indeed targeted by the Lord of the End of Dharma from beyond the realm, considering his tendency to jump around and always change his foundation, he should take into account his tendency to change his mind and always change his foundation.

With an unstable foundation, and beset by internal and external troubles, it is unlikely to escape being corrupted by evil.

Su Che had only heard Old Song from the coffin shop mention that the arrangement of this place contained the laws of the demonic sect. If all of this was really the work of the old lion, then the old lion would probably have become a lackey of the Heavenly Demon before his fall.

"In order to make arrangements for the future, the World-Honored One made several arrangements in the Xuan Mountain. Unfortunately, his demonic thoughts gradually arose. At the last moment, the World-Honored One bravely and diligently advanced, relying on the treasure of enlightenment to overcome the tribulation."

The one-eyed creature looked back on its former master with a look full of regret.

"It's a pity that all his efforts were in vain, and he could only pass away peacefully in the end. When the World Honored One came to the East, he obtained a wisp of the true meaning of the Future Star Tribulation Sutra in the Lingjiu Temple, which was carried in a nine-page golden book to suppress his own demonic thoughts. However, before the tribulation, the World Honored One scattered the nine pages of the golden book to various places. Since you, the Buddhist disciple, have the true meaning of the Future Star Tribulation Sutra, you must gather the nine pages of the golden book together again. Also, the demonic thoughts that the World Honored One generated back then later transformed into a monster in this mountain, namely the Black Mountain Monster. You, the Buddhist disciple, must never let the World Honored One's remains fall into his hands."

"Buddha's son, the World Honored One has two fundamental treasures. One is the wisp of true meaning of the future star calamity contained in the nine pages of golden book. If you obtain this true meaning, you will be a Buddha in this world and a Buddha in the future, revered by all ten realms. When you return to Lingjiu Temple in the future, you will surely not lose your Buddha position, and you will also continue the Dharma lineage of the World Honored One."

"The other one was a supreme treasure left behind by the Azure Emperor, called the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden. It was a self-contained void that could nurture all the spiritual roots in the world. This item has already been destroyed, so Buddhist disciples should not have any thoughts about it..."

The one-eyed man stared intently at Su Che as he recited the verse.

"All Buddhas of the three worlds are created by the mind. If you obtain the supreme treasure, you will find the place where you killed me in the past."

After he finished speaking, the blue light dissipated, leaving only a Bodhi rosary the size of a bowl lying on the ground.

Su Che looked at the Bodhi prayer beads, which were the size of a bowl, and knew that they were the transformation of the one-eyed monster. Judging from their appearance, the old lion must have had quite a powerful hand back then.

The four lines of verse recited by the one-eyed monster at the end actually made a clear point.

Two things. The first thing is that the monster has recognized him as the person who killed him before.

The other item should be the "Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden," which eventually ended up in the Kulin Zen Temple.

If I obtain the supreme treasure, I will return to the place where I was killed in the past.

It's better to reveal where the Azure Emperor's Treasure Garden is hidden. The earlier statement that it had been destroyed was probably because there were too many people and too much gossip in this place, and they were afraid that revealing it would cause other changes.

Don't let the "Buddha's disciple" kill someone and steal their treasure right after hearing the clues.

"If I obtain the supreme treasure, I will return to the place where I was killed in the past."

Su Che thought to himself, "This one-eyed monster has had a rough life. Even in death, he never forgot his original origins."

"Brother Yue, congratulations."

Chu Yuan coldly recited, "The lives of Miss Yuan and Brother Qin have laid the foundation for Brother Yue's future. When Brother Yue becomes a Buddha or an ancestor in the future, don't forget to help these two pass on."

"Brother Chu, what makes you say that?"

Lin Jiugong advised.

"What's there to say? It's nothing more than resentment towards others for having what they have and resentment towards their own lack." Song Qi smiled disdainfully: "When has the world ever lacked such scum?"

(End of this chapter)