Chapter 73: Mount Xumi (20)
When the atmosphere in the square was approaching a fever pitch, on the thirty-third heaven outside Shanjian City, a small team from the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau sitting in a ox cart was also discussing countermeasures.
Come to think of it, it was Lu Ren who invited them to get on the ox cart this morning.
Lu Ren said, "The maid said she would take us to a ceremony in Shanjian City. I think this is a good opportunity. We can sneak away when no one is paying attention and go home."
Yu Shi patted Lu Ren's shoulder with satisfaction at that time: "Great, little classmate, you can arrange things so tightly and in an orderly manner."
Lu Ren was a little embarrassed after receiving the praise from his leader. He smiled and touched his head, saying, "It's all because of the good education given by the leader."
Sure enough, unreliable leaders can only educate unreliable subordinates.
At this moment, watching Lu Ren surrounded by millions of troops, the ox cart was completely silent. Only the unicorn cub was still looking out the window, looking expectantly and saying, "Aren is so slow, when will he come and run away with us?"
Everyone who didn't know how to answer: "..."
Maybe, in the next life.
In the square in front of Shanjian City, Maitreya's sneak attack on Lu Ren had just failed, and King Asura was in a rage.
As King Asura became furious, the Asura soldiers in the Thirty-three Heavens also began to roar. The unknown monsters under their crotch seemed restless and war was about to break out.
After King Asura shouted angrily, he suddenly threw the golden spear in his hand towards Maitreya. The golden spear, which looked ordinary at first, flew forward immediately after leaving King Asura's hand, carrying the surging clouds and mists from all directions. The pressure surrounding the golden spear seemed to condense into substance. The originally light clouds and mists gradually became thick and solid, and the color of the clouds and mists gradually changed from bright white to black. There was a faint sound of thunder in the dark clouds gathered at the tip of the spear, and a small lightning storm gathered on King Asura's spear in an instant.
And all these changes happened just in the moment when the golden spear flew.
Maitreya, who had just been severely injured by Sati, had no time to dodge. What was even more terrifying was that if he was hit directly in the face by the attack of King Asura, even Indra might not be able to escape unscathed, as that was a force that was enough to destroy the heavens and the earth.
Asura King was executing the offender, and no one dared to stop him. Everyone held their breath and waited for Asura King to calm his anger. Only Naga ran towards Maitreya with a worried look on his face, but it was useless because he could not be faster than lightning.
Strangely, Po Xun, who had instructed Maitreya to test Lu Ren, did not take any action. As an adoptive father, he just looked at Maitreya who was about to be killed with cold eyes, as if he was looking at a dying insect.
As for Lu Ren , even though he could only think of the bad things Maitreya had done, as one of the few natives he knew in Mount Xumi, Lu Ren still couldn't bear to watch her die in front of him. Lu Ren saw the spear had reached Maitreya, and worriedly called out her name: "Maitreya!"
This was the first sentence Lu Ren spoke on the court today.
Originally, the square was completely silent except for the sound of thunder and lightning. Now Lu Ren suddenly spoke, and in the empty square, the sound seemed to be infinitely amplified by a loudspeaker, spreading in the silent square and setting off layers of echoes.
As if responding to Lu Ren's call, King Asura's spear suddenly stopped in front of Maitreya, and the storm that had already formed suddenly cleared up. The dispersal of the dark clouds seemed to indicate that King Asura's anger had suddenly subsided.
Taking advantage of this gap, Naga quickly pulled Maitreya away in front of the spear tip.
On the other side, the furious Asura King suddenly turned around and looked at Lu Ren. He stared with wide eyes and asked in astonishment, "What did you call her?"
His sudden question made Lu Ren a little confused: "Mi... Maitreya." Lu Ren repeated it again.
Then countless whispers were heard from the thirty-three heavens.
"The savior of the Ashura clan said her name is Maitreya!"
"Is that the Miroku?"
"The one in the prophecy."
In the distance, on the tower of Shanjian City, Yinglong, who had also heard Lu Ren's address, whistled frivolously and said, "This weird savior said that the girl's name is Maitreya, so doesn't that mean..."
Si Yuan looked at Ying Long and reminded him, "Don't just watch the fun."
"Got it. If anything really happens, I will definitely make an emergency plan as soon as possible." Yinglong raised his hands in a gesture of surrender, indicating that he was paying attention to the progress of the work. As two representatives of the Foreign Household Registration Investigation Bureau, Si Yuan and Yinglong had the responsibility to ensure that the four realms of Shanjian City would not face collapse because of this war.
Yinglong observed the situation in the square for a while. He thought about it carefully and felt that it was a bit strange. He couldn't help but said to Si Yuan: "I think I have heard the voice of the savior somewhere before."
"It does sound familiar." Si Yuan answered casually, but at the moment he did not have much energy to study the voice of the so-called savior, because he was staring at Sakya in the square.
In fact, there were more people staring at Sakya than just Si Yuan. Hundreds of millions of eyes were all on Sakya at the moment. Sakya was lowering his head at the moment, and the expression on his face could not be seen clearly.
Instead, the Asura King who was still furious just now suddenly burst into violent laughter: "Hahaha! Maitreya!" The Asura King laughed so hard that he fell backwards and pointed at Shakya and said, "Isn't that what the Dipankara prophecy said...? Hahahahahahaha."
Going back a thousand years, before Dipankara passed away, Sakyamuni had advised him not to go to the realm of the voice-hearers: "If you do not exist, where will the city of Suddhana be?"
Randang said, "I had a dream last night. I saw a huge snake as thick as a pillar of heaven. The snake told me that I could go peacefully because I had become a past Buddha."
Shakyamuni was puzzled: "Past Buddha?"
Randang looked at the sun and moon that never set outside the window of Shanjian City and said, "The Buddha of the past is Randang, the Buddha of the present is Sakyamuni, and the Buddha of the future is Maitreya. Just wait patiently."
Shakyamuni did not understand, so he asked, "What are you waiting for?"
But Randang never explained. Shakya only remembered Randang's voice lingering in his ears like a long sigh, and he said: "Wait until the day when the stars move and the objects change."
And now, the "Maitreya" mentioned by Randeng suddenly stood in front of him.
However, before Shakya could make any move, Garuda, who had been standing beside him, rushed out first. Anger filled his mind: "Just her? A female nun? Who are you insulting?"
Garuda is a golden-winged roc. He had two wings on his back, which he suddenly spread open. The glittering wings almost blinded Lu Ren's eyes. It was unknown what material the wings were made of. The color was lighter than gold, but more dazzling. The feathers themselves looked extremely soft, but they had the power to split rocks and break wood. Garuda held a golden long stick in his hand, folded his wings suddenly, swooped down from the sky, and was about to hit Maitreya on the head with a stick, shouting: "The only true Buddha is Shakyamuni!"
However, he failed because Naga transformed a snake tail and wrapped it around Garuda's stick, saying, "Don't hurt her."
Garuda had never been on good terms with Naga, and now that he failed to kill Maitreya, he took his anger out on him: "Well, I'll kill you first." The bird and the snake then started fighting.
Indra, who was standing by, naturally could not stand by and watch. He sighed and rushed towards Naga, intending to knock him out first and then deal with Maitreya. Although Naga was the Dragon King and had great power, if Indra and Garuda joined forces, he would definitely not be a match. However, just as Indra reached Naga, a curved knife pierced from the side.
Maitreya stopped Indra alone: "Your opponent is me."
Although the fighting on the square was fierce, the three armies above the Thirty-three Heavens remained motionless.
In the army, an Asura soldier looked left and right and asked doubtfully: "Aren't we going to help?"
He was standing at a relatively marginal position, and his voice was not quiet, so the celestial being in the Shanjian City army beside him could also hear it. The celestial being didn't know whose voice it was, and just thought it was a stupid thing to say, so he responded, "You are stupid. The future Buddha predicted by Randeng has appeared. This is a fateful duel. We, the minions, will just be cannon fodder if we go."
Voices of approval rose from both sides. “That’s right.”
When the Asura warrior heard this, he shrugged and said, "Okay, then, let's just concentrate on eating the melon."
When Maitreya's name was heard, some people began to waver in their hearts, which directly led to their hesitation in action.
In the square, Maitreya and Naga were fighting against Indra and Garuda, and they were showing signs of losing. However, as the leaders of the two camps, Posun and Shakya did not focus on the battle. They were looking at the golden masked man behind King Asura.
With just two words, the two allied parties started fighting each other. Who is this person?
They all thought at the same time: "Before the final showdown with Posun (Shakya), we must first eliminate this uncertainty."
Then they waved their hands at the same time, and suddenly two violent gusts of wind blew up in the quiet square, with flying sand and rocks, like two invisible wind blades rushing towards Lu Ren. Fortunately, King Asura, who was standing next to Lu Ren, was not a pushover. He was quick-witted and stood in front of Lu Ren, and raised his golden spear to block the two gusts of wind. However, this was an attack from two gods after all, and even if King Asura tried his best, he still seemed a little tired, and a crack appeared on the golden spear.
The wind blade dissipated into nothingness, but the remaining pressure spread in all directions, and the momentum was still strong.
The huge impact force shattered the golden mask on Lu Ren's face, and even the hood of his white robe fell off, revealing his true face.
Lu Ren who was suddenly exposed: Aba Aba.
On the tower of Shanjian City, Yinglong, who was sitting and eating melons, stood up in shock. He pointed at Lu Ren, who looked dazed, and asked Si Yuan, "Am I seeing right? That can't be Ah Ren, right?"
Si Yuan still looked in that direction with an expressionless face. He nodded calmly and concluded: "He has definitely deducted the salary."
