Chapter 158 Bat Spirit
When Jia Tongtian heard the noise outside, he was horrified.
His magical powers have not yet fully recovered, how can he be a match for Li Anran?
Moreover, there was only one exit in this prison, so he couldn't escape even if he wanted to.
"I can only take a gamble."
The fake Tongtian gritted his teeth, cast an invisibility spell and ambushed behind the door.
He didn't expect to kill Li Anran, as long as he could injure Li Anran, he would have a chance to escape!
Unexpectedly, Li Anran did not come in, but started talking with the heavenly general.
"During the time I was in Tushita Palace, nothing happened in the prison, right?"
"No, everything is normal. It's just that the demon who pretended to be Lingbao Tianzun kept yelling and cursing this and that. I sent a brother in to teach him a lesson."
"Well, you guys can handle this matter as you see fit. Nezha the Third Prince will come to see me later, have someone prepare a table of good wine and food for me in Qian'an Hall, don't neglect the Third Prince."
"Don't worry, sir. I will make all the arrangements. Sir, that evil Taoist impersonated Lingbao Tianzun and tarnished the reputation of the Three Pure Ones. He deserves death. Why don't you ask His Majesty for permission to send him to the Demon Slaying Platform and put an end to it all?"
"This matter is not as simple as you think! That demon has extraordinary background, and cannot be killed easily! When I went to Tushita Palace just now, I asked the Supreme Taoist Ancestor about this matter. The Supreme Taoist Ancestor said that in order to kill this demon, only the Eight Immortals can gather together!"
"The Eight Immortals gather together? What does this mean?"
"The Supreme Dao Ancestor didn't say it clearly, so I'm not sure. Okay, I'll go change my clothes first, and you go prepare the wine and food."
"yes."
The conversation stopped and the footsteps gradually faded away.
The fake Tongtian suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and a huge resentment rose in his heart, not towards Li Anran, but towards Taishang Laojun.
"You old thief! You and I were originally brothers, but you didn't help me seize the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, and you even wanted to kill me. You deserve to die! Just wait, sooner or later I will skin you alive, pull out your tendons, and throw you into the eighteen levels of hell, where you will never be able to be reborn!"
Immediately, he began to think about the gathering of the Eight Immortals that he had just overheard.
"Although the old villain Taishang is hateful, he is quite accomplished. What he said must have some basis. The Eight Immortals Gathering... Could it be that the eight immortals can kill me if they join hands? Who are these eight immortals?"
The fake Tongtian didn't know that Taishang Laojun, Tathagata and Guanyin only suppressed him but didn't kill him. It was because he was a trace of evil thoughts from the saint Tongtian and had a great karma on his body, so he took what he overheard as true.
He pondered for a long time but still had no clue, so he had to give up for the time being.
"Never mind all that for now, I'll leave here first!"
He couldn't even deal with Li Anran alone, let alone Nezha the Third Prince!
The fake Tongtian did not dare to stay for long. He cast an invisibility spell and left the prison, then fled to the mortal world in a hurry.
He didn't know that the moment he left the prison, Li Anran had already stood up, cast an invisibility spell, and followed him from a distance.
He escorted him all the way out of the South Heaven Gate before turning around and flying towards the Tushita Palace to report to the Jade Emperor.
Previously, Taishang Laojun specially met with Li Anran in the main hall in order to win him over. But this time he didn't have the intention to do so and directly changed the venue to the side hall in the back hall.
Li Anran followed the Taoist boy, but noticed that the Green Bull Demon had disappeared from the cowshed in the corner of the back hall.
Back then, Taishang Laojun deliberately let the green bull go down to the mortal world, and ran to Xiniu Hezhou to join Brahmanism, causing a lot of trouble to Lingshan.
Now it is released to the mortal world again to stop the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
I just don't know if this time, without the incident of Chechi Kingdom, the Green Bull Demon will still be able to rely on a Vajra Cutter to make all the gods and Buddhas in the sky anxious and frustrated, just like he did in the original time and space!
"Taishang Daozu, I have already followed your instructions and released the demon back to the mortal world. I also revealed the matter of the Eight Immortals' gathering to him."
After entering the side hall and exchanging greetings, Li Anran briefly recounted what had happened.
The method was not sophisticated, and was even very crude, but it was more than enough to deceive a fake Tongtian whose head was filled with resentment and anger.
Taishang Laojun probably took this into consideration and was willing to use the fake Tongtian to train the Eight Immortals.
"Good." Taishang Laojun nodded slightly, took out a jade slip from his arms, and handed it to Li Anran: "When you go to the Jinguang Cave in Qianyuan Mountain, give this to Tianzun."
After saying this, he closed his eyes, as if he was seeing someone off.
This attitude change is really fast!
Li Anran complained in his heart, but he said goodbye and left respectfully.
After leaving the Tushita Palace, he flew straight to the Jinguan Cave on Qianyuan Mountain.
As soon as he arrived outside the Jinguan Cave, he saw the Jinxia Boy standing at the entrance, as if he had been waiting for a while.
"Junior Brother An Ran, Master already knows why you are here and has asked me to wait here. Please follow me in."
"Thank you, Senior Brother Jinxia."
Li Anran followed Jinxia Tongzi into the Golden Light Cave, but couldn't help but mutter in his heart, how did Taiyi Zhenren know I was coming? Did Taishang Laojun tell him? Or...
Calculated?
Li Anran pretended to be casual and asked, "Brother Jinxia, how long have you been waiting here?"
Jinxia Tongzi was stunned. Over the years, he had received countless people under the orders of Taiyi Tianzun, but this was the first time someone asked this question. He said, "About a quarter of an hour."
Li Anran said "Oh" but started to think about it in his mind.
A quarter of an hour ago, he was still secretly following the fake Tongtian and had not even been to the Tushita Palace!
At that time, Taiyi Zhenren sent Jinxia Tongzi to wait for him at the entrance of Jinguan Cave.
Either he made Jinxia Tongzi wait here in advance just to show off, regardless of how long Jinxia Tongzi would have to wait, or he really figured it out and he was coming!
The former is much easier than the latter!
but……
Li Anran felt that the former was less reliable than the latter.
"Taiyi Tianzun shouldn't be that boring!"
And if it was really calculated, it would be quite impressive, even a little scary!
Now that catastrophe is approaching, the destiny has begun to become chaotic. Although the art of numerology can still be used, the difficulty of deduction is many times more difficult than before!
Especially when it comes to someone with his level of cultivation, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven!
Taiyi Zhenren could calculate the time of his arrival, even if it was just an approximate time. His cultivation was definitely not just at the level of beheading a corpse, and he must have an innate magic weapon in his hand that could assist in deducing divination.
This thigh is thicker than I imagined!
Li Anran was delighted.
He used to think that in the world of Journey to the West after the saint left, Duobao Tathagata, who combined the strengths of Buddhism and Taoism, should be the ceiling of combat power!
But now it seems that Taiyi Zhenren, one of the Twelve Golden Immortals who was not outstanding in the Conferred God Tribulation, is probably not much worse than Tathagata!
As their thoughts turned, the two of them arrived in front of Taiyi Zhenren.
Li Anran stepped forward and saluted, "Disciple Li Anran greets Master."
"Get up."
Taiyi Zhenren waved his hand and said directly without waiting for Li Anran to speak: "What the Supreme Dao Ancestor told you about the catastrophe of heaven and earth is true. However, you don't have to worry. This catastrophe is not as fierce as in the past. You just need to keep your heart and you will get through it safely."
Li Anran said: "Disciple will remember Master's teachings."
Since Taiyi Zhenren didn't tell him the specific details of the catastrophe, Li Anran was happy to play dumb.
Because he doesn’t know, he can act recklessly without having to worry too much!
If anything happens, Taiyi Zhenren will naturally keep an eye on him!
"Master, the Supreme Taoist ordered me to bring this to you." Li Anran stepped forward and presented the jade slip with both hands.
Taiyi Zhenren took the jade slip, scanned it with his divine sense, and knew its contents.
At the same time, the jade slip turned into specks of light and disappeared.
Li Anran was stunned, and felt a little scared: "Fortunately, I didn't act rashly and read the contents of the jade slip!"
Generally speaking, jade slips like this that record information should be viewed many times.
But the one in front of him was obviously a trap set by Taishang Laojun!
If he couldn't help but take a look halfway, he would have to go back to the Tushita Palace to confess his crime to Taishang Laojun, and from then on he would have a handle in Taishang Laojun's hands.
Taiyi Zhenren didn't know that Taishang Laojun wanted to poach people, and he just thought that Taishang Laojun was cautious and didn't think too much about it. After a moment of hesitation, he said, "Li Anran, I have something for you to do."
Li Anran said, "Master, just give your orders."
Taiyi Zhenren said, "Eighty-seven thousand miles southwest of here, there is a state called Hengzhou and a mountain called Zhongtiao Mountain. In that mountain is a blood demon cave, in which lives a nest of bat spirits. They hide during the day and come out at night, and they like to eat the blood of humans and animals. The people of Hengzhou are suffering terribly. You should go there and eliminate this harm for the people."
Li Anran didn't understand why Taiyi Zhenren arranged such a task for him, but he agreed without saying anything: "Disciple obeys your command."
After saying that, Li Anran took his leave and left.
In order to show his attitude, Li Anran directly used the Rainbow Transformation Technique. In just a moment, he reached the top of Zhongtiao Mountain in Hengzhou.
Zhongtiao Mountain runs along the river. It is long and narrow, with many pine and cypress forests, waterfalls and clear springs. Although it is not as beautiful as those famous mountains and rivers, it can also be regarded as a scenic spot.
However, the evil spirit above the mountain blocked out the sun and the mountain was so quiet that it was a little scary.
Not to mention wild animals like lions, tigers, bears and tigers, not even a single larger bird can be seen!
“Found it!”
Li Anran used the magic of the Sky Eye, looked down along the evil spirit, and soon found the source of the evil spirit.
It is different from the monster caves I have seen before.
The cave dwelling of this group of bat spirits is a dark and bottomless cave located on the cliff on the shady side of the mountain.
If it weren't for the three big words "Blood Demon Cave" written on the stone wall next to it, Li Anran would have really thought he had seen it wrong.
Li Anran descended from the clouds and just as he reached the entrance of the cave, he smelled a strong stench coming towards him.
Looking inside, you can see a thick layer of bat droppings on the walls and floor of the cave, mixed with the corpses of various animals and even humans.
Li Anran instantly gave up the idea of going in, silently recited the magic formula, summoned a ball of Samadhi True Fire, and threw it directly in.
The Samadhi True Fire can burn everything in the world, and the bat droppings are the best fuel, plus the methane that has been accumulated in this cave for who knows how many years.
This ball of Samadhi True Fire is like the spark that ignites explosives.
The moment it fell into the cave, it exploded violently.
boom!
The red-gold light instantly illuminated the cave, and the fireball turned into a huge pillar of fire, extending inside and outside like a golden hoop.
Wherever it passes, everything turns to ashes!
Li Anran did not stop and continued to use his magic power to throw ball after ball of Samadhi Fire into the cave.
This bat cave is bottomless, with winding roads extending in all directions. There are hundreds of millions of bats living inside. It is difficult to burn all the bats to death with just a ball of Samadhi True Fire.
He didn't want to go in because it was too dirty, so he decided to simplify things and just use the Samadhi Fire to burn the inside of Zhongtiao Mountain!
Anyway, these bat spirits have brought disaster to all the creatures in Zhongtiao Mountain, so he is not worried that innocent people will be affected!
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Samadhi True Fire has no intelligence, but in Li Anran's hands it seems to come alive and actively flies towards the place where there is a breath of life.
Then, it exploded like fireworks.
Violent explosions continued to sound, shaking the earth and mountains within a radius of thousands of miles.
Zhongtiao Mountain suddenly collapsed halfway. It was obvious that the internal structure of the mountain was completely destroyed, and the rocks and soil were filling the gaps in the cave.
The bat spirits in the Blood Demon Cave woke up from their slumber when the first ball of Samadhi True Fire exploded, but they had no time to react and were directly swallowed up by the Samadhi True Fire.
Monsters have always respected the strong, especially among their own kind.
The bat spirits in the Blood Demon Cave are no exception.
Generally speaking, the closer you go to the mountain, the higher the bat spirit's cultivation level will be.
However, in front of Li Anran's Samadhi True Fire, the newly born bats and the bats that have transformed into human form...
No, it should be said that there is no difference between them and bats below the Xuanxian level!
A moment.
The millions of bats living on the outskirts were directly vaporized, leaving no residue behind.
Those inside only had time to flap their wings twice before being caught up by the Samadhi True Fire and following in the footsteps of the former.
The Samadhi True Fire spread inwards unstoppably, burning more than ten miles into the mountain before the bat spirit had time to react.
At this point, there are not many bats hanging above the cave, only about thirty, but their cultivation has generally reached the celestial immortal realm, and a few have even reached the mysterious immortal realm.
"This is not an ordinary flame, it is the Samadhi True Fire! This fire was deliberately set by someone!"
One of the bat spirits in the Xuanxian realm recognized the Samadhi True Fire, and with a ferocious look on his face, he shouted to his companions around him: "Let's work together to put out the fire first, and then go and seek revenge on that thief!"
After saying that, he opened his mouth and spit out a cloud of blood-colored mist.
"Okay!" The other bats responded, opened their mouths and spit out blood mist.
Balls of blood mist merged together, the color became increasingly rich, as if a sea of blood, submerging the cave and blocking the Samadhi Fire at the entrance.
But before they could be happy, a loud roar was heard, and the Samadhi True Fire suddenly surged, directly igniting the blood mist and burning towards them.
“How come…”
The bat demon was horrified, and before he could finish his words, a bit of Samadhi Fire fell on him.
call!
The sparks instantly exploded into a wave of fire, engulfing him.
In the blink of an eye, it became silent and turned into fuel for the Samadhi Fire.
The other bat spirits were instantly frightened and gave up the idea of putting out the fire, and fled hastily into the depths of the cave.
Their reaction was quick, but the Samadhi True Fire spread even faster!
boom!
The flames exploded, sparks flew everywhere, and the few who ran slowly were instantly caught up by the flames.
A bat demon tried to use blood mist to extinguish the Samadhi Fire on its body, but it was of no avail. It only lasted a few seconds before being burned to ashes.
Buzz!
At this moment, an invisible sound wave swept past, and the spread of the Samadhi True Fire suddenly stopped and stagnated.
In the dark.
A pair of blood-red eyes suddenly appeared.
"Ancestor! You have to avenge our children!"
The bat spirits who had managed to survive fell to their knees and cried bitterly.
