I didn't know much about formations, but the fatty was an outstanding expert.
After trying for a long time, I couldn't break the formation. I wanted to ask the evil spirit to break it, but I was worried that it would hurt the fatty. I had to give up.
Feeling helpless, I could only stand outside the formation and call the fatty's name to wake him up.
At first, he didn't react. After I called him a few more times, his fingers trembled.
I was happy and continued to call him. Eventually, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at me. His mouth opened and closed as if he was saying something.
However, he was so weak that he couldn't make a sound.
Seeing him like this, I was worried.
I asked him to open the formation so that I could save him.
After listening to me, the fatty struggled to move to the side. He reached his hand to a place where there were seashells, grabbing them and retrieving them.
In the blink of an eye, the barrier around the fatty disappeared.
I hurried to him. I didn't dare to touch him as I was afraid that I would worsen his injuries.
I wanted to ask him about his condition so that I could save him. However, he fainted before I could ask him anything.
I was worried and turned to look at the evil spirit. At this moment, he was the only one who could save the fatty.
The evil spirit signaled me to calm down. He placed his hand on the fatty's chest. After a few seconds, he stopped and said, "His veins in the sky are damaged. I can only save his life. I can't help him recover completely."
His words surprised me. My veins were broken in many places, and my veins in the sky were damaged.
He only used an hour to make me fully recover. Why can't he do the same when it comes to Fatty?
I furrowed my brows and asked, "Why?"
The evil spirit told me that my bloodline was special, and my body had a kind of energy that could automatically repair the damaged veins in a critical moment.
When he helped me heal, he only played a guiding role and sped up the speed of my recovery.
The evil spirit's words reminded me of the time when the Heavenly Master of the Lu family had destroyed my cultivation base. My veins were all broken, and I had to rely on the True Dragon Saliva I got from the Metaphysics Society to repair them.
It seemed that was the strange energy he was talking about.
However, I had only found one drop of True Dragon Saliva after so many years. It was really hard to find.
It seemed that Fatty wouldn't be able to recover in a short period of time. He could only think of another way.
After Fatty was saved by the evil sacrificial spirit, he only looked at him and did not ask when the evil sacrificial spirit had returned.
I told the fatty what had happened in the Spirit Lock Tower. Then, I asked him how Miaojue had injured him.
What he said was not far from what I had guessed.
According to Fatty, they had been waiting here for a few days, but I hadn't come out. In the end, he became worried and prepared to enter the tower to look for me.
Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Monk Miao Jue, who said that only one person could enter the Spirit Lock Pagoda at a time. Otherwise, the pagoda would be destroyed and he would die.
When Fatty heard this, although he was anxious, he suppressed the urge to enter the pagoda.
When the Buddhist light at the top of the Spirit Lock Pagoda lit up, Miao Jue's face lit up and he was about to enter the pagoda.
Fatty also tried to keep up, but at this time, Miao Jue suddenly turned around and attacked Fatty.
Just like me, he thought that monk Miao Jue only had the cultivation base of Glory of Consciousness. Therefore, he only stared at monk Miao Jue's movements and did not put up his guard. That was why he was injured.
Fatty then reacted. He knew that if monk Miao Jue entered the Spirit Lock Pagoda, he would definitely deal with me.
Therefore, he decided to risk his life to stop Monk Miao Jue. However, the difference in strength between the two of them was too big. Fatty was unable to block Miao Jue's attack. After a short while, his meridians were shattered by Miao Jue.
In the end, he was forced to use his sect's secret array, which prevented Monk Miao Jue from succeeding.
Fortunately, he managed to keep his life, but Fatty was also an arrow at the end of its flight. When he saw Miao Jue enter the Spirit Lock Pagoda, he was both angry and anxious. He immediately fainted in the array.
After listening to Fatty's words, I patted his shoulder and helped him up.
I told him that I would find a way to solve the problem of his meridians, so that he wouldn't be overly worried.
Although Fatty had an optimistic personality, after understanding his injuries, his complexion turned pale. After a moment of silence, he opened his mouth and said to me, "Third Child, I want to return to my sect. My master will definitely have a way."
I didn't know if Fatty didn't want to trouble me, but after hearing his determination, I hesitated for a moment before nodding and leaving the camp.
Although Fatty was seriously injured, he was only unable to use his cultivation base. His movements were still the same as a normal person.
Thus, after leaving Crouching Buddha Temple, he separated from us and returned to his sect.
The Sacrificial Evil Spirit and I had to go to Mount Lao. After all, I had previously promised the Sect Master of Mount Lao that I would send the Eastern Emperor Bell over. However, after leaving Billows Mountain, I had wholeheartedly wanted to save Little Wang Li, so this matter was delayed.
Qingdao wasn't too far from Beijing, and it was only a ten-hour drive.
Along the way, I had nothing to do, so I asked the Sacrificial Evil Spirit why he had suddenly appeared in the Spirit Lock Pagoda.
He told me that the Spirit Lock Pagoda was originally built on the gap between the Nine Underworlds and the human world.
I had heard about this from Wang Hai before, so I didn't pay much attention to it.
The reason why he had appeared in time was because someone had told him about my situation.
I found it strange and asked him who it was. The Sacrificial Evil Spirit said two words, "Ksitigarbha."
The Sacrificial Evil Spirit was different from me. I was a contemporary person. Although I had the dual identity of Emperor Ku and Monster Emperor Jun, I still had a trace of respect for the almighty Buddhist.
But the Sacrificial Evil Spirit was different. He was the famous God of War, Chiyou.
Buddhism was an external force, and in terms of seniority, it wasn't enough for the Sacrificial Evil Spirit to lower his status and call Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva.
However, I was curious as to why Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva had done this.
If he had known that I would be in danger, why had he left so hurriedly?
The Sacrificial Evil Spirit told me the details.
The Bodhisattva's voice that I had heard in the Spirit Lock Pagoda was just a message from him in the Nine Underworlds. He had made a great vow that he wouldn't become a Buddha until Hell was empty, so he couldn't leave the Nine Underworlds as he pleased.
However, he knew that I was in danger, and he knew the relationship between my identity and the Sacrificial Evil Spirit. The Sacrificial Evil Spirit happened to be in the Nine Underworlds, so he told him about it.
At that time, the Sacrificial Evil Spirit was recovering his power. When he heard the news, he immediately stopped and rushed to the Spirit Lock Pagoda to save me.
After listening to him, I was a little moved. I should have thanked him, but due to our relationship, I didn't say it out loud. I just asked him how his power was recovering.
The answer I got was only seventy percent of the power he had when he was at his peak. But his face was calm, as if he didn't care about it.
I thought about how he had killed Monk Miao Jue with just one strike. That kind of method was really admirable.
Although Monk Miao Jue wasn't weak, he hadn't reached the Yang God Celestial Master realm.
If he hadn't sneak-attacked me and damaged my heavenly veins, I would have been able to fight him.
The Sacrificial Evil Spirit could kill a Celestial Master with just one strike, and that was only seventy percent of his power. If he were to fully recover, his power would be unimaginable.
The mention of Monk Miao Jue reminded me of their previous conversation. From what the Sacrificial Evil Spirit had said, Monk Miao Jue seemed to have come from the Nine Underworlds.
However, I didn't know why he had become a monk in the Crouching Buddha Temple.
Since I was bored in the carriage, I asked the Sacrificial Evil Spirit about it.
He didn't hide anything from me, so he told me the whole story.
More than one thousand years ago, the Sacrificial Evil Spirit was still in the Nine Underworlds. He had been seriously injured, and it took him several thousand years to recover.
Coincidentally, a powerful Yin soul came to the Nine Underworlds at that time.
As soon as the Yin soul arrived in the Nine Underworlds, it started to devour the weaker Yin souls. However, the Sacrificial Evil Spirit was too powerful, so it didn't dare to provoke him.
The Sacrificial Evil Spirit didn't care about this matter. It just wanted to heal its wound.
As the Yin soul saw that the Sacrificial Evil Spirit didn't pay attention to it, it became more reckless. After devouring a large number of Yin souls, its power skyrocketed. It broke through the barrier of the Nine Underworlds and escaped to the human world.
After listening to this part, I remembered what the Twin Rakshasas had told me.
At first, I thought that the Yin soul was the Sacrificial Evil Spirit, but later on, I found out that it was someone else. It seemed that Monk Miao Jue was that Yin soul.
After the Sacrificial Evil Spirit killed Monk Miao Jue, it interrogated his soul and learned the truth.
According to him, after the Yin soul had escaped from the Nine Underworlds, it relied on its power and started to slaughter people in the human world.
However, it didn't expect to meet a monk. After a fierce battle with the Yin soul, the monk captured it and destroyed its cultivation base.
The Yin soul thought that it couldn't escape death, but the monk gave it a good fortune. He asked it to convert to Buddhism, and from then on, it would comprehend the Buddha's Way. Once it comprehended the Buddha's Heart, it would be able to achieve enlightenment.
Under the pressure of the monk, the Yin soul had no choice but to agree. It thought that after the monk had achieved enlightenment, it would find the monk to settle its grudge.
However, it didn't expect that it would wait for a thousand years.
When it learned that the Spirit Lock Pagoda in the Crouching Buddha Temple could help it increase its cultivation base, it entered the Spirit Lock Pagoda. However, it didn't expect that after entering, it would almost die.
However, it didn't stop there. It decided to become a preaching master in the Crouching Buddha Temple. While cultivating, it thought of a solution.
It wasn't until I appeared that he had an idea.
Since we had formed a good relationship, he wanted me to enter the pagoda on his behalf.
However, after learning about the connection between the Green Lamp Scroll and the Spirit Lock Pagoda, he had a premeditated plan. Then, he tried to trick me into entering the Spirit Lock Pagoda.
At first, he thought that as long as I reached the top, the Buddha's Light would appear, and he would obtain profound Dharma to help him achieve enlightenment.
However, he didn't expect that in the end, there was no Dharma at all. Instead, it was the Bodhisattva who gave me half of the Buddha's Heart.
This Buddha's Heart seemed to be something more precious than the Dharma. Thus, when I was unprepared, he ambushed and injured me, trying to snatch the Green Lamp Scroll and half of the Buddha's Heart.
From then on, I finally understood the ins and outs of the entire matter.
This monk, Miao Jue, was really scheming. However, there was still something I couldn't understand. Why did he choose me? How did he know that I could pass the Spirit Lock Pagoda?
Moreover, this trip to the Spirit Lock Pagoda seemed to be arranged by Miao Jue. However, I had a feeling that the Spirit Lock Pagoda was waiting for me.