A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

The ten Kings of Hell stood in a line before Zhang Zhengdao.

One of them even brought over a cup of tea.

Zhang Zhengdao, who was sitting in the main seat of the Yama Palace, took the teacup. The aroma from the teacup immediately wafted into his nose, and he felt his mouth water and had a sweet aftertaste.

The tea in the cup then cooled down.

So this tea isn't for drinking, it's for sipping.

“Good tea!”

Upon hearing Zhang Zhengdao's words, the Ten Kings of Hell were overjoyed. Then, King Qin Guang of the First King cautiously stepped forward and asked, "Is there anything you need us to do for you, Immortal?"

The other nine Yama Kings all looked at Zhang Zhengdao with eager eyes.

People have to bow their heads under the roof.

They couldn't break free from this immobilization spell.

They secretly tried many methods and spells, but to no avail. Moreover, with tens of thousands of Yin soldiers and Yin gods frozen, the Underworld was about to fall into a predicament where no one could be of use, to the point that order would collapse.

“I was performing a ritual to guide the spirit of an old woman who had died in a nearby village. It was your soul-reaping messenger who took her away.”

King Qin Guang quickly said, "This is a good thing. I will investigate this matter later and guarantee that the old woman will have a good reincarnation. If the immortal is not satisfied, he can also make her a Yin God in the underworld."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "I don't care about the old woman, but after the soul-reaping messenger captured her soul, he lingered on the road to the underworld, refusing to go to the authorities or follow any procedures, waiting for a monk to perform a ritual to help her pass on before leading her to the authorities... What is the reason for this?"

King Qin Guang immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

The Taoist priest was indeed not someone to be trifled with; he saw through the crux of the problem at a glance.

"This...this isn't our fault, the Buddha's teachings are vast..."

Zhang Zhengdao sneered: "Does Buddhism supersede the Heavenly Laws and Precepts? You've wreaked havoc in the Underworld, aren't you afraid that the Jade Emperor will hold you accountable for dereliction of duty after this happens?"

King Qin Guang was speechless. He had made a mistake from the start. Concealing the truth from a celestial being who knew everything would only make him resentful. The other Yama Kings were all trembling with fear.

They couldn't beat them in a fight, and they couldn't send them away, plus they'd given others leverage against them.

Zhang Zhengdao rebuked, "Do you want me to go up to the Heavenly Court and file a complaint against your Underworld?"

"puff"

The ten Kings of Hell knelt down at the same time.

"Please have mercy, Immortal! This matter... this matter is truly not our fault."

Before the words were even finished, a voice seemed to drift from the horizon, but it struck everyone's head like a resounding bell, making them dizzy.

Dark clouds rolled overhead, and an immense, oppressive aura permeated the entire underworld, causing all the ghosts and spirits to break out in a cold sweat. The Ten Kings of Hell kowtowed repeatedly and shouted in unison.

"Welcome, Emperor Tai of the North."

Zhang Zhengdao sat upright in the center of the main hall, motionless, coldly watching the pretentious Northern Emperor, who was also the legendary Emperor of Fengdu.

A gigantic phantom wearing a crown and a magnificent royal robe enveloped the entire sky above Youdu City.

"Who dares to cause trouble in the underworld?"

The voice seemed to possess a soul-stirring power. The Ten Kings of Hell were suppressed by this power and lay prostrate on the ground, not daring to move an inch, their bodies covered in cold sweat, trembling with fear.

Zhang Zhengdao glanced at the enormous phantom in the sky and couldn't help but sneer: "The Great Emperor of Fengdu, what a magnificent display of power!"

The enormous phantom of the Fengdu Emperor suddenly changed his expression. With a surge of power, all living beings in Youdu immediately cowered in the oppressive aura, trembling in fear.

Some souls in the underworld were instantly annihilated, unable to even enter the cycle of reincarnation.

"How brave!"

Zhang Zhengdao cursed angrily and uttered the true words of the Great Dao.

"Scatter—"

"boom--"

Suddenly, divine lightning from the heavens flashed out from the sky, crossing the boundary. It was a bolt of lightning that tore through the sky, like a long golden whip, which struck the phantom of the Fengdu Emperor.

"what--"

With a scream, the phantom of the Fengdu Emperor suddenly vanished, disappearing into thin air and completely vanishing from the sky above Youdu. Even the lingering echo of the scream was shattered by the lightning whip, sounding like the squawking of a chicken that had been snapped off.

The ten Kings of Hell collapsed to the ground beneath the main hall.

"what--"

Suddenly, within the meditation hall of the Great Thunderclap Temple on Mount Ling, a bloodcurdling scream rang out. The true form of the Fengdu Emperor suddenly coughed up blood, his entire being becoming listless.

The Buddha, sitting opposite him, immediately reached out and sent a beam of light into the body of the Fengdu Emperor. The Fengdu Emperor, who had been somewhat weak, gradually recovered.

However, he was no longer as spirited and radiant as he had been when he was discussing the Tao with the Buddha.

The Buddha silently calculated in his heart, and couldn't help but frown. The person who injured the Fengdu Emperor's natal avatar was actually a state of chaos, and his origin could not be calculated at all.

"hiss--"

This made him somewhat wary.

Logically speaking, the avatar of the Fengdu Emperor possesses more than half the cultivation of his true form, so how could it be unable to withstand even a single Taoist mantra from this Taoist?

And that Nine Heavens Divine Thunder, if you look closely, it's not Nine Heavens Divine Thunder at all, it seems to be a divine thunder and lightning bolt from the primordial chaos of the universe before creation.

The Buddha remained silent, looking at his old friend with some sympathy.

His cultivation level was halved, and his realm almost dropped. He's really had terrible luck. Who did he offend?

"Buddha, I must go back!"

The Emperor of Fengdu immediately spoke, and stood up with difficulty.

The Buddha casually remarked, "What can you do if you go back? Get beaten up again? If you get beaten up again, are you sure you can still hold onto your position as the number one person in the underworld? There are many people who covet the underworld!"

The Emperor of Fengdu was stunned and asked, "What should we do then?"

The Buddha said, "How about I send someone over to help you through this crisis? Once you've overcome it, you can come and thank me then."

The Emperor of Fengdu remained silent.

The Buddha was not in a hurry and waited patiently for him to make a decision.

After a long silence, the Emperor of Fengdu nodded and said, "I wonder which great being Buddha will send to the underworld to help me?"

The Buddha said, "I don't trust anyone else to go. Let the Buddha of Precious Banner Light go to hell instead."

The Emperor of Fengdu immediately expressed his gratitude.

Manor, yellow sand, sunshine.

A woman sits in the desert, carrying a sword.

Supreme Treasure died, and she went to see him in person. She originally intended to perform a ritual to help the bandit pass on to the afterlife, but for some reason, the bandit's body was gone, and she only saw a pool of blood.

There are also several large characters on the stone wall.

Qingxia killed Supreme Treasure here.

These are words that her older sister, Qingxia, specially left for her. They are telling her that she killed her beloved, so she should stop looking for any ideal husband and instead give up her thoughts and wholeheartedly follow her to cultivate herself before the Buddha.

Zixia Fairy just sneered.

Whether or not she could pull out the Purple and Green Sword was not important; what mattered was whether she looked down on that man. Clearly, she despised this bandit from five hundred years in the future.

This place has truly become the Water Curtain Cave; even the words "Spider Cave" above it have changed, and it's now the Water Curtain Cave again.

With nowhere else to go, she had no choice but to seek out Zhang Zhengdao.

So on the yellow sand slope, she saw Zhang Zhengdao performing a ritual for people in the village. Seeing Zhang Zhengdao performing the ritual so solemnly, she wanted to laugh.

Is he that short of money?

In fact, she can get a lot of money if she wants it.

While traveling the martial arts world, she killed many wicked people, robbed many bandits, and helped many people in distress.

Essentially, she is a very kind girl.

The Taoist priest didn't seem to be at the village anymore; a group of monks had come. Monks chanting scriptures was rather uninteresting. So she continued walking forward and finally saw at the end of the yellow sand a deserted village.

We can rest there tonight.

Zixia Fairy leaned against an earthen wall, a shady spot, holding her sword. With one hand, she pulled out a chicken leg, which she had stolen from the manor's kitchen, along with a pot of wine.

I took a bite, and it was delicious.

She hadn't eaten anything good.

Back then, when I was practicing under the Buddha, it was all asceticism, and I could only eat vegetarian food. Sometimes there was not even food, and I could only replenish my depleted energy by inhaling the smoke from the burning lamp wick.

"The Taoist priest is a foodie, he must really like it!"

She couldn't help but laugh when she thought about eating dog meat in the hotel.

If a girl has free time and an image of a man pops into her mind, she may not even realize that this man has already left a mark on her heart.

This seems to deviate somewhat from Fairy Zixia's original vow. But is that vow really that important to Zixia now? Isn't this like using the sword of the previous dynasty to execute an official of the current one—utterly absurd?

The sudden intrusion of the Heavenly Way led to the collapse of the original Heavenly Way.

He took another bite and gulped down some wine.

"Oh, it smells so good, Master—it looks like someone is cooking here. Should we go and ask for some to eat?" Suddenly, a voice came from over there.

Then a fat, pig-headed monster carrying a rake appeared.

Zixia Fairy's grip on the Purple and Green Sword tightened suddenly.

Then, behind the pig-headed, human-bodied monster appeared a burly man with curly hair and a thick beard, wearing a huge string of Buddhist prayer beads, his chest exposed, revealing a lot of black hair.

Behind them was a fair-skinned, handsome monk.

Zixia's eyes lit up; this monk was really handsome.

He sighed inwardly: Monk, it's a pity you arrived too late. The Taoist priest arrived before you, so... it can only be that you were unlucky.

"Amitabha!"

Fairy Zixia even recited a Buddhist chant to calm herself down.