Chapter 70: Mount Xumi (XVII)
King Ashura is a big man with a rough appearance. His physique is even stronger than Luwu.
He wore a crown made of gold and a black robe inlaid with large pieces of gold and gems. The long hem of the robe dragged on the velvet carpet.
The men of the Asura tribe all looked hideous, and the Asura King was no exception. He had two long fangs that protruded directly from his lower lip. He looked very scary.
King Ashura was obviously in a good mood at this time, and he was heading to the castle's shrine like a gust of wind. According to his subordinates who were responsible for arranging the sacrifice, the young Living Buddha personally selected a savior at the sacrifice today, and they had already dressed up the selected savior and placed him in the shrine to wait for King Ashura's audience.
The "savior" Lu Ren was in a dazed state because his experiences in the past two days were indeed too exciting.
Yesterday morning he was still a prisoner of Indra, riding on a bullock cart to head to Shanjian City. At that time he was still hoping that if the misunderstanding was resolved, he, as a victim, would be able to return to the human world safely.
However, in the afternoon, the ox cart was knocked down by someone using saliva.
Then Lu Rensheng was forced to attend the Naga banquet, and finally saw Tushan Qiluo and others who were there for some reason, thinking "If I try hard this time, I should be able to be taken back with them." However, before he could wait long, Maitreya overturned the banquet, and he not only became Maitreya's hostage again, but was also electrocuted.
When he woke up again, he finally confirmed that Tushan Qiluo and his group came here specifically to rescue him. Overjoyed, Lu Ren finally rekindled his hope of life. However, before his hope lasted long, he was carried here again because of the call of the Qilin cub.
God knows, Lu Ren just wanted to go home and continue doing his cleaning job. Who did he offend?
As Lu Ren thought about it, he felt that he could no longer bear Mount Xumi. He sat on the altar and shouted in despair, "Destroy this disgusting world!"
The shout reached the ears of King Asura directly.
King Ashura and his followers, who had just stepped over the threshold, heard the originally quiet "savior" suddenly shout in the shrine. They paused in their movements to enter the door, and then looked at each other.
A question popped up in the minds of the Asuras: "Is this, an oracle?"
I believe that after reading this you should be able to see why the Asura clan, which has outstanding fighting power, can only be relegated to the Bodhisattva realm.
Because they are all not very smart.
Even back then, when Emperor Shi Tian killed 100,000 Asuras in the 33rd Heaven, and watched the AOE shockwaves from the Vajra coming at him like a tidal wave, the last words of an Asura who was about to die were: "See, I told you that 100,000 people can't all stick together."
After failing to compete with Shakya for supremacy, the Asura King went to ask Randak: "What should the Asura tribe do?"
Randeng was silent for a moment, and left the word "peace" to King Asura. King Asura thought Randeng was talking nonsense, but he still chose to trust Randeng.
Later, Dipankara passed away in the realm of the voice-hearers, and Shakyamuni naturally became the new living Buddha. Although the Asuras were dissatisfied, they still listened to Dipankara and did not cause any disputes.
Since then, the Asura clan gave up the idea of dominating Mount Sumeru. They chose to stay in the Bodhisattva world and become the local kings, working diligently and reproducing, and developing honestly until now.
Now, a new "Oracle" is born!
The people of the Ashura tribe were all very excited. They ran around telling each other what the "savior" meant when he said he wanted to destroy the world. This was a call to the Ashura tribe.
Destroy the old world and create a new one!
The Asura King did not even put his other foot into the shrine.
After hearing Lu Ren's words, his eyes quickly turned around, and he withdrew his foot that had stepped into the threshold. Then, he hurriedly passed through palaces one after another, and went out of the city to where his army was stationed.
Now that the "Oracle" has been issued, the task of executing the "Oracle" will fall on the bravest warrior.
A thousand years later, the bravest warrior on this land announced to his people: "The time has come! My brave warriors! Let the glory of Ashura resound through the top of Mount Xumi once again!"
The warlike Asura people had actually been holding back their anger for a long time. As they listened to the words of the Ashura King, the passion in their hearts began to burn again after a thousand years.
"ah!!!"
The sound of killing was deafening.
However, Lu Ren and his colleagues in the shrine were unaware of this and were joking around without any pressure.
The Posuo who had escorted Lu Ren in had left after decorating him. At this moment, only the people from the Household Registration Bureau were inside the shrine. They were not sitting or standing properly. The only one who still looked decent was Lu Ren, who was sitting on the platform. He sat very straight, but it was not because he cared about his appearance, but because he was tied too tightly with flowers and red cloth, so he could not move at all.
It's absurd that a group of true gods are bragging under the altar, while the only human being is tied on the altar to receive offerings.
At this time, the Rain Master and the Wind Master were scolding Lu Wu with a clear conscience.
The Rain Master said, "Look at you. You have driven so many of us down to the Yaochi Lake, forcing us to come here and cheat people to make a living."
The Rain Master and the Wind Master became two qualified charlatans with their ability to call the wind and rain, and even gave the Qilin cub the identity of a "little living Buddha". However, this was not entirely due to the two of them, but mainly because the Qilin cub was very beautiful, and with a little cinnabar on his forehead, he could even look like a Bodhisattva with his eyebrows lowered, which was a rare and unique feature in the world. No one doubted that he was a living Buddha.
Lu Wu, who was unjustly blamed by these two old charlatans, expressed his dissatisfaction: "It was obviously you who jumped down."
Feng Bo, who had been particularly silent, spoke at the right time: "Do you have any evidence?"
Lu Wu was choked by this sentence. He had no evidence and could only look around helplessly for help. Inadvertently, he caught a glimpse of Tushan Qiluo, Baihua and Longnu.
Baihua naturally sided with Master Yu. She chimed in, "Yes, you were the one who kicked us down. You can't deduct our wages for this."
As Lu Wu's apprentice, Tushan Qiluo would naturally not take advantage of his misfortune. She just looked away guiltily, not daring to meet Lu Wu's gaze.
Lu Wu almost cried: "Don't bully an honest person like this!"
While they were chatting animatedly, they suddenly heard a roar that resounded through the sky coming from the southeast direction outside Ashura City.
It was the rekindling of the long-dormant fire of millions of Asuras, the first cry of a weapon that had been rusted for a thousand years after being sharpened again, it was glory, it was a dream, it was everything outside of this body...
"They are fighting over the roasted pig at the festival." The Rain Master murmured as he looked out the window. "It seems quite lively."
The culprit Lu Ren, who was totally unaware of the situation, couldn't help but think, "Roasted pig? I want to eat it too."
After all, Lu Ren hadn't had a good meal since he came to Mount Xumi. Even at the Naga's banquet, there was more wine than food. He was captured by Maitreya before he could even take a bite. He didn't feel hungry until he mentioned food.
Lu Ren's stomach also made a soft "gurgling" sound in public, and Lu Ren's face turned red.
Fortunately, the sound itself was not too loud, and Yu Shi and the others were not very close. Moreover, they were already talking about the topic of "Why there is not even a tree here on Mount Xumi? They really don't protect the environment at all", and did not notice Lu Ren's embarrassment for the time being.
Just as Lu Ren breathed a sigh of relief, a scent of milk came from his left.
It turned out that the unicorn cub brought a bowl of milk paste. He climbed onto the altar, holding the bowl in his left hand and the spoon in his right hand. Because Lu Yang was not tall, Lu Ren had a lotus platform under him, so even if Lu Yang stood on the altar, he was still not close to Lu Ren.
He scooped a spoonful of milk paste into the spoon, stood on tiptoe with difficulty, and stretched his right hand to reach Lu Ren's mouth.
Lu Yang said: "Aren, this is delicious."
Hearing this, Lu Ren lowered his head quickly, but he was tied up a little too tightly, so it was quite difficult for him to reach. After finally swallowing the first mouthful of milk paste, Lu Ren felt that his stomach, which had just been protesting, finally felt comfortable.
Offstage, Yu Shi had already begun to deduce with Lu Wu about who had gone to the toilet and not flushed it one hundred and thirty years ago. At this time, Lu Ren finally finished a bowl of milk porridge and then burped loudly.
The burp was so loud that it interrupted the conversation of several people.
How to describe the scene at that time? It should be "After I burped, the gods were silent."
Master Yu glanced at Lu Ren and said, "Oh, I almost forgot. Untie it for Ah Ren."
Lu Ren: So I can actually solve it?
After running around for many days, Lu Ren finally felt that he had found his backbone when he saw Master Yu. After all, as his leader, although Master Yu was unreliable, he was never vague when it came to helping.
Everyone worked together to finally free Lu Ren from his restraints. After Lu Ren thanked everyone one by one, he quickly asked the Rain Master, "How should we get back now?"
Master Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "We still have to go through the boundary gate. My idea is that we disguise ourselves, sneak into Shanjian City, find the boundary gate, and then sneak back. We must not alert anyone in Mount Xumi, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous."
This plan was approved by everyone and they nodded together.
However, outside the city of Ashura, the Asura King lit a huge bonfire. He stood in front of the bonfire holding a spear and made a long wish: "I want to go to Shanjian City to fight for another seat for the Asura clan. If I fail, I will not return—"
Throughout history, the sound of long-lasting vows will resound through the top of Mount Sumeru.
When Lu Ren and his friends were discussing in the shrine how to sneak into Shanjian City in a low-key and stealthy manner, Mount Xumi was already in chaos.
In the world of Śāvakas, in an unknown tavern.
An ordinary-looking slave who was drinking suddenly paused, then put down his glass and said to the proprietress, "It may take a long time before I can drink again."
The proprietress, who was wiping the wine glasses, said nonchalantly, "Where are you going to make a fortune this time?"
Tinu smiled faintly and said: "Go to Shanjian City, kill Sakyamuni, and become the new Buddha." Then he pushed the door and walked out.
The proprietress looked at the figure walking away and spat: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it. What a pig fart."
In the night, Tinu left the tavern and his figure gradually changed into a long-haired man in black clothes. He had silver earrings on his ears, one side of his hair was hung behind his ear, and the other side was loose. His thin lips curled up in a happy arc, and he muttered to himself: "Asura tribe? Things are starting to get interesting."
The night was abnormally dark, and he spoke into the darkness, "Go inform Maitreya that the time has come."
A deep voice sounded in the night, and then several dark shadows quickly jumped out: "Yes, Lord Po Xun."
The realm of Pratyekabuddha, on the ox cart in the sky.
After receiving the news from Naga, Indra, who was on his way to the rebel camp, turned his car around and went to Shanjian City without saying a word.
Bodhisattva world, rebel camp.
Maitreya and Naga stood up after hearing the howling of the Asuras outside. They frowned and realized that Mount Sumeru was about to be in chaos.
Buddhist world, Shanjian City.
Shakya heard the long wish of King Asura. He opened his eyes, looked at the void in front of him as if sighing, and said: "It has been a thousand years. It is time to put an end to this farce."
