CHAPTER 786: CHAPTER 714, DECEIVING KSITIGARBHA OUT

A moment later, The Buddha’s grand voice arose: "Guanyin Bodhisattva~"

Guanyin Bodhisattva stepped forward, with hands clasped in prayer, respectfully said: "Your disciple is here!"

"Bai Jin has been reprimanded by me and dares not intervene in the Westward Journey to obtain the scriptures again. Keep a close watch on the Sutra Taker to prevent further incidents."

Guanyin Bodhisattva respectfully complied: "I shall heed the Dharma Decree!" and disappeared into a flash of Buddha Light.

The Buddha’s grand voice echoed in the hall: "Everyone, withdraw!"

Various Buddha Bodhisattvas rose, after a respectful bow, excitedly headed out, and the Great Leiyin Temple immediately became empty.

The Buddha exhaled a long sigh, finally having fooled them all away, now the issues of the Blood Spirit Fish and Black Mysterious Fruit remained, with my abilities the problem should not be big, as the figure disappeared in a burst of Buddha Light.

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In the lower realms of the Primordial World, blustering winds and raging seas of blood rolled on, above the Blood Sea two factions of Asuras were battling fiercely, their Divine Power Treasures stirring up waves of blood.

The Asura Clan, by nature, is warlike, and even without external enemies, battles often erupt within the Blood Sea, with the four Asura Kings not inclined to suppress them.

The edge of the Blood Sea was strewn with blood-colored sands, forming a unique and spectacular beach landscape, each grain of sand as precious as Blood Diamonds.

Ksitigarbha and Diting crouched in the blood-colored sand, eyes gleaming as they watched the distant battles of the Asuras, with a touch of expectation.

Diting whispered: "Bodhisattva, will we be discovered doing this?"

Ksitigarbha replied in a low voice: "Don’t worry! There are more than millions in the Blood Sea Asura Clan. To Ming He Sect Hierarch, they are like ants, a few missing occasionally is normal and definitely won’t get discovered."

Diting’s heart remained uneasy, ever since the Bodhisattva became wealthy, he has been getting carried away!

Recently, he even went to the Blood Sea to find Ming He Sect Hierarch, claiming to want to purchase a batch of Asura as guardians, and got severely beaten up by Ming He Sect Hierarch. When he came back, the whole Bodhisattva looked fatter, nearly mistaking him for the arrival of Maitreya Buddha!

But even after that, the Bodhisattva’s cunning heart did not die, lately always laying on the sands of the Blood Sea, ambushing lone Asuras. Unexpectedly, he indeed found a few heavily wounded Asuras from the clan wars and stealthily took them away, converting them into Asura Guardian Vajras.

Boom~ The entire Blood Sea suddenly surged, the sea surface lifting upwards, rolling Blood Clouds gathering, a heavy pressure like heaven collapsing descended between Heaven and Earth, terrifying killing intent soaring skyward, as if a Killing Sword hung overhead.

Diting’s head instantly retracted into the blood-colored sand, the surrounding grains trembling, it was terribly frightening.

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva also shrank into the sand at once, not daring to let out a breath, yet the murderous intent still lingered in his mind, his entire body bristling.

A cold voice suddenly resounded across the Blood Sea: "I just taught you a lesson, yet you dare act recklessly in the Blood Sea. Do you really think I would not kill you? Come out!"

Under the sand, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva’s heart sank, finished, he had been discovered.

"The Blood Sea is my Law Domain, do you really think your crude concealing could escape my perception? Should you come out on your own, or should I invite you out?" A Slaughter Sword Intent rose above the Blood Sea.

Underneath the sand, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was greatly distressed, thinking does he need to go this far? All I did was covertly save a few Asuras, is it necessary to be so persistent? He even brought out the Yuan Tu Slaughter Sword, feeling the hair on his back stand on end, no, I cannot wait for death here; it’s time to return to Yin Mountain.

Boom~ The sand exploded, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva burst out from the sand, a Buddha Wheel shining brightly, illuminating the coast.

"Misunderstanding, Ming He Sect Hierarch, this is all a misunderstanding!..." Ga~

Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva looked dumbfoundedly at the scene above the sea.

The Ming He Sect Master was wearing a dark red robe, holding the Yuan Tu Slaughter Sword.

Opposite sat Tathagata Buddha on top of the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus, Buddha Wheel shining behind his head illuminating the Blood Sea, Sanskrit chanting, Buddha Light scattering everywhere.

So he wasn’t actually discovering me! He was targeting The Buddha, I knew~ I hid myself so well.

The Ming He Sect Master turned his head to look at the Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva emerging from the bloody rubble, his gaze striking like two beams of sword light, causing the Bodhisattva’s old face to feel the sting.

Ming He Sect Master spoke coldly, "Ksitigarbha, what are you hiding here for?"

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva responded with a dry laugh, "Sect Hierarch, this is a misunderstanding, truly a misunderstanding. I am here to play with sand on the beach. You have your matters, please continue, I’ll be leaving now."

Turning into a beam of escape light, he shot towards Yin Mountain.

"Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva, come quickly to lend me a helping hand," The Buddha urgently called out.

"Since you are here, then don’t leave," the voice of the Ming He Sect Master rang out at the same time.

Before the escape light, space and time suddenly twisted, the escape light passing through the spatial-temporal disturbance region and instantly appeared above the Blood Sea, reverting to Womb of the Earth Bodhisattva.

Ksitigarbha’s heart sank, a thought emerging, it’s over again, even space-time is sealed, Tathagata Buddha is making me suffer!

The Buddha immediately transmitted to Ksitigarbha: "I will hold off the Ming He Sect Master; you go to the Sea Eye of the Blood Sea to capture a hundred Blood Spirit Fish."

Ksitigarbha looked helplessly at The Buddha, to intercept the Ming He Sect Master in the Blood Sea? Even a Saint couldn’t accomplish that, where do you get your confidence from?

The Buddha brought his palms together respectfully and said, "I implore the Sect Hierarch, my audacious visit this time is due to a request I have."

The Ming He Sect Master gave a cold huff and said, "Last time Buddhism bullied my daughter, and now you come with another request, your skins are a bit too thick."

The Buddha remained unfazed and spoke calmly, "Sect Hierarch, let past be the past, and the future be the future, we must look forward."

"Speak! Breaking into the Blood Sea secretly, what do you want to do this time?"

"Merely here to ask the Ming He Sect Leader for a favor of a hundred Blood Spirit Fish, please be generous!"

The Ming He Sect Master’s eyelids twitched unconsciously a couple of times, laughing and saying, "A hundred Blood Spirit Fish, just like that? Do you think the Blood Spirit Fish are ordinary yellow croakers from the East Sea?"

"Can I offer something in exchange?"

"No! You trespassed into the Blood Sea, attempting to steal Blood Spirit Fish, you really think I’m good-natured do you?

Since you’ve come to me, I will entertain you well, so as not to let others say that I am inhospitable."

With one step from the Ming He Sect Master, boom~ the Blood Sea boiled, a tremendously large vortex formed under The Buddha, unfathomably profound, and atop the vast vortex, The Buddha appeared as minute as an ant.

Within the vortex, blood-colored sword teeth grew, swallowing towards The Buddha.

"Namo Amitabha Buddha~" the resonating Buddhist chant echoed as The Buddha sat motionless on the Golden Lotus, scriptures flowing from the lotus base pouring down, landing on the sharp-toothed vortex, immediately contesting with it.

Then, specks of golden light sprinkled down, rooting upon contact with the vortex, sprouting branches and leaves, and multitude of lotuses blossomed atop the Blood Sea’s vortex.