Chapter 185: The Tiger God Destroys the Altar

In the Main Hall of Xiangji Temple, all three elders were there, but Qin Yue was no longer in the temple.

Such a big commotion had occurred, and Elder Wuxiang was no fool. He naturally knew that there could be something fishy going on in this matter, so Elder Wuxiang sent Qin Yue back to the prefectural governor’s mansion.

“The Taoist Jiuling had his foundation broken by my Vajra-Destroying Pestle. Even if he doesn’t die, he has lost all his Taoist skills. If they know what’s best for them, they won’t cause trouble again.” Elder Wuxiang said.

Hearing this, Elder Queming secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he soon heard Elder Wuxiang say, “As for what happened between Qin Yue and the fox demon, does anyone know?”

The other two elders shook their heads in confusion, indicating that they were indeed unaware. Elder Queming said, “Master, we have never left the temple, so we don’t know the whole story.”

“Yes.” Elder Wuxiang nodded, and then said: “You should arrange for someone to investigate this matter and find out what is going on. Although it was the Taoist Jiuling who violated my sect first, I, as a disciple of the Buddhist sect, cannot confuse right and wrong, or black and white.”

Upon hearing this, the three elders immediately bowed and said, “Yes, we will follow Master’s command.”

“That’s right.” Elder Wuxiang said, “The Taoist Jiuling said that she was the abbot of Lingtai Temple. Which Taoist temple is Lingtai Temple? Do you know?”

The three shook their heads again, indicating that they had never heard of such a Lingtai Temple. Seeing this, Elder Wuxiang did not care and waved his hand, ready to let the three leave.

But at this moment, a tiger roar suddenly came from between heaven and earth. This tiger roar shook the earth and instantly spread throughout the entire Tianyao City within a thousand miles.

‘Boom’

Along with the tiger roar, a loud noise was heard in the main hall of Xiangji Temple, and then the three elders Queming shouted in horror: “Master, be careful.”

Upon hearing this, Elder Wuxiang turned around and saw that the golden statue of Akshobhya Buddha fell directly towards him.

Elder Wuxiang’s face changed drastically, and he hurriedly flew forward to support the huge golden Buddha statue with both hands. A Buddha statue, even a golden one, no matter how big it is, can not defeat a celestial being.

But Elder Wuxiang just couldn’t hold on. The golden Buddha statue fell down without even a pause, and with a loud bang, it pinned Elder Wuxiang underneath.

Elder Queming and the other two quickly stepped forward and worked together to move the Buddha statue away, then rescued Elder Wuxiang from under the statue.

Elder Wuxiang was not injured, but the pressure from the Buddha statue caused his breath to stagnate.

“Master, are you okay?” asked Elder Que Yan.

Elder Wuxiang shook his head and said, “I’m fine.” Then he turned and looked at the Buddha statue lying on the ground, and immediately called on the three people to go up and help the statue up.

However, when Elder Wuxiang and his three disciples went to lift the Buddha statue, they had just lifted it halfway when they heard a ‘click’ and the head of the Buddha statue broke directly, then fell to the ground with a ‘bang’, creating a large hole in the floor of the hall.

Amidst the rising smoke and dust, the three elders Queming, Queyan and Quesong turned pale and knelt on the ground with a plop, chanting “Amitabha” and kowtowing to the Buddha’s head.

After straightening the headless Buddha’s body, Elder Wuxiang stood there in a daze. After a while, he came to his senses and muttered to himself, “The calamity has come.”

“Master, what kind of disaster is this?” Elder Queming asked nervously.

Elder Wuxiang knelt on the ground with a solemn expression, kowtowed three times to the Buddha’s head, and then began to calculate the secrets of heaven.

About thirty breaths later, Elder Wuxiang opened his eyes, with a look of intense shock in his eyes, “Oh my God, such a huge cause and effect?!”

“Master, what is cause and effect?” Elder Que Yan asked again.

Elder Wuxiang was shocked for a long time before he gradually came to his senses and said, “I killed that Taoist Jiuling. A great karma has befallen my Xiangji Temple. My Xiangji Temple is in danger of being wiped out.”

“What?!!!” The three elders exclaimed in shock, especially Elder Queming, whose heart was pounding and his face was full of disbelief.

“Master, is it that serious?” Elder Queming said in disbelief, “My Xiangji Temple is the temple dedicated to the Eastern Immovable Buddha.”

Elder Wuxiang sighed and pointed at the Buddha’s head on the ground and said, “Do you know what a severed Buddha head is? It’s a sign of a calamity for my Buddhist sect. Perhaps the situation is much more serious than that.”

At this point, Elder Wuxiang said with a sad face: “Perhaps, I really killed the wrong person.”

When Elder Quesong heard this, he immediately asked, “Master, what should we do now?”

Elder Wuxiang said, “Did you hear the tiger roar just now? That was definitely not an ordinary tiger roar. It was directed at my Xiangji Temple.”

Just as Elder Wuxiang was speaking, a divine tiger ten feet tall and thirty feet long appeared outside Tianyao City.

The divine tiger was covered with fairy light, with the word “king” flowing between its eyebrows. The tiger was mighty and powerful, and its roar was like thunder.

The huge Tianyao City was like a large sand table in front of this divine tiger. The six-meter-high city wall collapsed with a slight push from his claws.

The guards and mortals on the city wall fled in panic, but the divine tiger had no interest in these mortals. He just walked into Tianyao City.

Four tiger claws stepped on the streets of Tianyao City. The thick tiger legs were like pillars of heaven. Although the streets were wide, they could only barely accommodate the claws of the tiger vanguards.

Tiger Vanguard ignored the mortals who were fleeing in panic, and walked along the street towards Xiangji Temple.

At this time, a luxurious carriage drove all the way from the wide street, surrounded by ceremonial flags, officials and soldiers in front and behind.

The carriage stopped more than a hundred feet in front of the Tiger Vanguard, and then the ceremonial flags were spread out, followed by the officials and soldiers spreading out altars and incense tables on the road. Finally, a middle-aged man in an official robe walked down from the luxurious carriage. He was Qin Chen, the prefect of Tianyao Prefecture.

Qin Chen came forward and ordered people to place fruits and vegetables as offerings on the roadside. He then personally lit incense and worshiped, saying to the Tiger Vanguard: “Tiger God, please stay and listen to me. I am Qin Chen, the governor of Tianyao Prefecture.”

Before Qin Chen could say anything, the Tiger Vanguard stretched out its claws and crushed the altar, pushing the officials, soldiers, and followers aside. Then it hooked Qin Chen’s official robe collar with its sharp claws and lifted him up in front of it.

“Governor!” All the officials below exclaimed.

Qin Chen felt that he was hanging in mid-air. He looked down and saw that the sky was more than ten feet high. When he looked up, he saw a ferocious tiger god in front of him.

Just by staring into Tiger Vanguard’s eyes, Qin Chen’s heart stopped suddenly, his face turned pale, and his whole body trembled.

“Your humble servant, Qin Chen, the governor of Tianyao Prefecture, pays homage to Tiger. Tiger God.” Qin Chen forced himself to calm down, then bowed.

Unexpectedly, Tiger Vanguard spoke in human language and asked, “Qin Chen, are you a good official?”

Qin Chen was startled when he heard this, but then he reacted and said immediately: “Since I took office, I have been personally involved in everything and worked diligently. Although I can’t say that I have made any great achievements, I have made sure that the people under my rule live a prosperous and healthy life.”

“Oh?” Upon hearing this, Tiger Vanguard immediately lifted Qin Chen up into the air, then stared at the dilapidated and impoverished shantytown outside the city and said, “Then why are there so many poor people outside the city?”

Qin Chen was stunned, and then immediately replied: “Tiger God, those are refugees from other places.”

When Tiger Vanguard heard this, he asked the officials below: “Is what the governor Qin said right? You are not allowed to lie to me. I have my own power and can distinguish the true from the false.”

After hearing this, the officials below were all silent and dared not speak.

Instead, a soldier suddenly spoke up and said, “Tiger God, Qin Chen lied. Those poor people outside the city were driven out of the city by Qin Chen.”

Qin Chen was horrified and his face turned pale in an instant. Tiger Vanguard asked, “Why did he drive those people out of the city?” The soldier said, “God Tiger, please allow me to report that because Xiangji Temple is going to build a new pagoda, Qin Chen’s wife asked Qin Chen to drive all the residents out in order to show respect to Buddhism, and she didn’t even give a penny of compensation.”

Hearing the soldier’s words, Tiger Vanguard grinned and looked at Qin Chen and said, “I wanted to see if you had any remorse, but I didn’t expect you to dare to lie in front of me.”

As soon as Tiger Vanguard finished speaking, he threw Qin Chen down, and then pressed down with his tiger claws. With a “pop” sound, a piece of flesh and blood burst out from under the tiger claws, and Qin Chen was directly crushed into a meat paste by Tiger Vanguard.

Then Tiger Vanguard looked at those officials and said, “They don’t even dare to speak out about their superiors’ crimes. They don’t seem to be good officials. They all deserve to die.”

After saying that, Tiger Vanguard slapped down with his claws, and immediately dozens of blood lights burst out from the ground. All the officials of Tianyao Mansion and Tianyao City were crushed into meat paste.

When the soldiers and followers saw this scene, they collapsed to the ground in fear, but Tiger Vanguard said, “This god will not make things difficult for you. Go away. Remember, don’t do evil in the future, otherwise this will be your fate.”

“Yes, yes, thank you Tiger God, thank you Tiger God.” The soldiers and followers kowtowed to express their gratitude, then quickly fled away.

Then Tiger Vanguard went straight to the outside of Xiangji Temple. At this moment, the monks inside Xiangji Temple were already on full alert. Tiger Vanguard looked at the monks below, without saying much, and stretched out his tiger claws.

The tiger vanguard swept its thick and mighty claws to the left, and the magnificent red walls and green tiles of Xiangji Temple and the high walls and palaces collapsed, and more than a hundred monks were crushed to death.

Then the tiger’s claws swept to the right again, and the majestic and solemn tower collapsed instantly. The forest of pagodas that stored the remains of monks from past generations was flattened, and the layers of tall pavilions and corridors were turned into mud and dust. More than a hundred monks turned into bloody mud.

The Tiger Vanguard flattened the front half of Xiangji Temple and walked inside with his tiger legs. At this time, Elder Wuxiang, along with three land gods and a group of Dharma monks, stood in front of the Tiger Vanguard.

Elder Wuxiang brought Queming, Queyan and Quesong to the front of Tiger Vanguard. Elder Wuxiang put his hands together, bowed and said, “Amitabha, wait a minute, God.”

Tiger Vanguard looked at Elder Wuxiang, his tiger mouth grinning, revealing his ferocity.

Elder Wuxiang was fearless. He looked at the word “king” with divine light flowing between Hu Xianfeng’s eyebrows and asked Hu Xianfeng, “May I ask, Lord God, in which palace do you take orders?”

Tiger Vanguard said, “I am Tiger Vanguard, a descendant of the Lingtai Xianmiaoyu Ji Zhenjun.”

A thunderclap rang out in Elder Wuxiang’s mind, and the next moment he understood everything. Lingtai Temple, Lingtai Temple, it turned out to be such a Lingtai Temple!
Elder Wuxiang asked, “Could it be that the Supreme God came from Lingtai Temple?”

Tiger Vanguard said: “Yes, the Lingtai Temple Master Jiu Ling Zhenren was killed by you, right?”

Elder Wuxiang sighed deeply, then nodded and said, “I killed him.”

“Okay.” Tiger Vanguard said, “I am sent by the True Lord to bring down the calamity and retribution. Your six senses are not pure, and your worldly hearts have not been cleared. Today I will destroy the altar and the temple, and exterminate all the monks in the temple.”

“You are so arrogant.” Elder Queming shouted angrily.

The Tiger Vanguard’s eyes flashed, and he opened his mouth and roared “Scare the group of spirits”. With just a tiger roar, Elder Queming was instantly stunned on the spot by the roar.

The next moment, the Tiger Vanguard stretched out his tiger claws and grabbed Elder Queming, while Elder Wuxiang flew back and said, “This Tiger God, I am sorry for my wrongdoing.”

After saying that, Elder Wuxiang formed a seal with his hands, performed the Three Thousand Great Compassion Palms and attacked Tiger Vanguard’s tiger claws.

Tiger Vanguard looked at the Three Thousand Great Compassion Palms attacking him and couldn’t help but sneered, “What the hell?” After saying that, he waved his tiger claws and directly flattened the Three Thousand Great Compassion Palms.

Elder Wuxiang’s expression changed drastically, but without giving it time to think, he immediately took out the Vajra Destroying Pestle and struck directly at Tiger Vanguard.

The Vajra Destroying Pestle arrived in front of Tiger Vanguard in an instant, and then hit Tiger Vanguard’s right shoulder with a “bang” with its destructive power.

However, Tiger Vanguard’s right shoulder didn’t even tremble as he sent the Vajra-Destroying Pestle flying.

Tiger Vanguard grabbed the flying Vajra Destruction Pestle and said with a smile: “How dare you show off this child’s toy?”

After saying that, Tiger Vanguard casually threw the Vajra Destroying Pestle out, and it hit Elder Queming right on the body. With a bang, Elder Queming’s body exploded, and his body and the relics were blown into a bloody dust all over the sky.

“Brother Queming.”

“Brother Queming!”

Que Yan and Quesong exclaimed, while Elder Wuxiang looked at Tiger Vanguard with horror. This was the first time that the Vajra Destroying Pestle failed, and probably also the last time.

At this time, Elder Wuxiang had no time to grieve for the death of his disciple. He immediately took out the purple gold bowl and attacked Tiger Vanguard head-on. Tiger Vanguard just snapped his fingers, and there was a “clang” sound. The purple gold bowl was instantly shattered by Tiger Vanguard.

Then Tiger Vanguard punched Elder Wuxiang, and with a loud bang, Elder Wuxiang’s body fell straight down like a meteor.

“Master!” Quesong and Queyan shouted, turned around and flew downwards, but Tiger Vanguard once again used ‘Scare the Group of Spirits’ to suppress Quesong, Queyan and the monks below.

Then, Tiger Vanguard clapped his giant palm, and Quesong, Queyan and dozens of monks who passed on the Dharma were all beaten into a pulp.

The falling Elder Wuxiang smashed through the roof of the Great Hall and landed heavily inside the hall. With a loud bang, smoke and dust rose up and the hall shook.

Elder Wuxiang spat out a mouthful of blood and climbed out of the pit with a pale face. But as soon as he got out of the pit, he saw a ray of light flashing in the right ear of the Buddha head lying on the ground in front of him.

Elder Wuxiang was startled when he saw this, then he forced himself to stand up, walked to the right ear of the Buddha’s head, and raised his hand to capture it with his magic power.

He saw a faint bright light being caught in his hand, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be an inner elixir.

“This…” Elder Wuxiang was stunned and speechless.

At this moment, the main hall suddenly lit up. It turned out that Tiger Vanguard had opened the roof of the hall. Elder Wuxiang looked up and saw Tiger Vanguard saying to him with a hint of sarcasm: “What is this? This is the inner elixir of the fox demon that Qin Yue cut open and took out. The monk in your temple hid it in the Buddha’s ear.”

When Elder Wuxiang heard this, he seemed to have aged tens of thousands of years. He fell to the ground helplessly, then smiled miserably and said, “I am confused.”

The next moment, Elder Wuxiang put his hands together, took a deep breath and said, “I have committed many sins and failed to live up to the Buddha’s teachings. I am willing to give all my merits, cultivation, and blessings to compensate the fox demon who died unjustly at the hands of Qin Yue. From now on, I am willing to suffer a hundred disasters and sufferings in reincarnation to atone for my sins. Namo Amitabha.”

After he finished speaking, Elder Wuxiang raised his hand and slapped his own forehead. Instantly his brain burst, blood splattered, and in a moment Elder Wuxiang’s body sat there and turned into a puff of green smoke that dissipated between heaven and earth.

“Well, he looked a bit like a great monk until the end.” Tiger Vanguard praised, then leaped up and flew into the sky.

The Tiger Vanguard who flew to the sky said loudly: “I am the Tiger Vanguard under the seat of Lingtai Xianmiaoyuji Zhenjun. I am following the order of Lingtai Zhenjun. I see that the monks of Xiangji Temple are not pure, their delusions have not been eliminated, they are greedy and oppress sentient beings, they harm the good and protect the evil, they cannot distinguish between right and wrong, and they are not clear. Therefore, I came here to bring disaster and retribution, and to destroy the altar and the temple. All sentient beings, listen to my true words, and take this as a warning from now on, do more good deeds, and do not have evil thoughts.”

After saying that, Tiger Vanguard stood in the sky, opened his mouth and roared towards the ground. Waves of sound spread out and instantly enveloped the entire Xiangji Temple.

Immediately afterwards, the ground within a thousand miles of Tianyao Prefecture shook like a small earthquake, but except for the collapse of Xiangji Temple, other houses were not damaged.

When the earthquake stopped, all the people looked towards the direction of Xiangji Temple and saw that in the midst of smoke and dust, the huge Xiangji Temple that had existed in Tianyao City for thousands of years had disappeared, and the area where the Xiangji Temple was originally located had turned into a huge sinkhole.

People looked up at the sky in shock, only to see a huge white cloud floating over and blocking the figure of the Tiger God. When the cloud dispersed, the Tiger God also disappeared.

The next moment, all the people in the city knelt on the ground and paid homage to the place where Tiger Vanguard disappeared.

(End of this chapter)