Buddha is the Tao

The main hall of the Crystal Palace was magnificent, with misty curtains, colorful clouds, and music. A dozen beautiful women of the Water Tribe in palace dresses and light gauze were dancing in the middle. On both sides were several large crystal jade tables with fine wine, delicacies, and rare fruits displayed on them. The aroma was so fragrant that it made people salivate. Beautiful women, good wine, delicacies, and spiritual fruits were really a life that only gods could enjoy.

Outside the main hall, there were teams of mighty Water Tribe soldiers guarding the hall. They were on high alert and strictly prohibited from entering or leaving. These Water Tribe soldiers were majestic and powerful, with a loud and majestic demeanor. They did not look like monsters at all. Their figures and appearances were no different from those of ordinary people. They were holding long halberds, axes, or spears. They were all bright and auspicious. They were all first-class divine weapons. If they were placed in the human world, they would be smashed in the head by cultivators.

Especially the guards at the door and the leaders of the teams of soldiers, with runes flowing on their armor and bright eyes, they were all water monsters who had survived several great calamities. The atmosphere in the main hall of the Crystal Palace was joyful and full of laughter, but outside it was tense. There was no idle person, only the beautiful water beauties, carrying identification tokens, shuttled between them, and the beautiful women were all singing and dancing, and the fragrance was blowing. However, the soldiers who paid attention did not look sideways. The soldiers with the worst cultivation level had the strength of the late stage of the transformation of spirits. Several of them were obviously generals, and in terms of Taoism, they were comparable to the six-eyed toad that Zhou Qing had subdued.

This Crystal Palace was located at the bottom of the sea, a palace that stretched for thousands of miles. There were countless water soldiers patrolling back and forth, at least more than 10,000. In the distance, the bottom of the water was a vast flat land, in which it seemed that countless military camps were built, densely packed, and it was unknown how many sailors were stationed.

"Fellow Taoists, I invited you all here today just to get together and have fun. Let's eat and drink well, so that you won't say that I am petty! Haha! Haha!"

A middle-aged man with a dignified look on his face laughed at the banquet, raised the golden cup, and drank the nectar in the cup.

This dignified middle-aged man was wearing a royal robe and a purple gold crown on his head. He was gorgeous and luxurious, like an emperor in the secular world. But the difference is that as long as you are a master of Taoism, you can faintly feel that the middle-aged man's waves of powerful true energy flow in the area three feet around his body, slightly rotating and dividing into countless small vortices. As long as someone attacks, these vortices will rotate rapidly and crush the attacking magic weapon. It is very domineering.

This person is the eldest brother of the four sea dragon kings, Ao Guang, the East Sea Dragon King who commands nearly 10 million sailors in the East China Sea. He is powerful in himself. He was a master of immortality thousands of years ago and was personally canonized as the Dragon God of the Rain Department by God.

Below were all the distinguished guests invited by the Dragon King of the East China Sea today. There were about ten of them, most of them were wearing Taoist robes, but the styles of the robes were varied, some wore Taoist hats, some wore Taoist hats without Taoist hats, but there was a monster sitting above the chief seat on the left, with golden hair and a monkey face, tall and big, sitting on the purple jade chair, about 15 or 16 feet tall, wearing black iron tight armor and a silver heart mirror. Behind him, next to the crystal pillar more than ten feet away, there were two giant apes standing, also with golden hair, one holding a cloak pendant, and the other holding a bowl-thick, golden stick.

This monkey monster seemed to be the most distinguished guest of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, sitting in the chief seat, and none of the Taoists below showed any unpleasant expressions, as if it was natural.

The other person sitting on the same level with the monkey was a Taoist priest wearing a purple-gold Bagua hair robe. He looked like an immortal, but if you blinked his eyelids from time to time, you would find that his eyelids were actually light gold, which was a bit weird. Like the monkey, there were two Taoist children with white teeth and bright eyes standing behind him. One of them held a whisk, and the other held a one-foot-long, jade-shaped object, which was just an ordinary white jade jade, not a magic weapon, like the jade sheng that ministers held when they went to court.

Compared with the golden-haired monkey, one seemed to be a general in battle, and the other seemed to be a hermit. Since they were the chiefs, they both seemed to be of extraordinary status.

The Taoist priests at the lower seats were also full of immortality. There were disciples behind them, helping to hold cloaks, Taoist crowns, flower baskets, etc. Each of them was very pompous.

"Haha, Brother Ao, you are too polite. To be honest, we are all from the demon clan, and we are a family. Only Brother Ao's water dragon clan is blessed by nature. God personally appointed him as the Dragon God of the Fish Tribe. He is in a high position and has great power. We are very envious of him." The chief Taoist priest also drank half a cup of fine wine, smacked his lips, and sighed: "The wine of the Dragon Palace is still very delicious!"

"Hehe, you old eagle, why don't you practice well in Gandang Mountain, and go to Laozi Dasheng Kingdom to be a national teacher? You think that the best winemaking in the secular world is not better than the wine of the Dragon Palace?" The golden monkey laughed strangely, and the big hand with golden hair, as big as a palm leaf fan, picked up a green jade bowl and drank it all in one gulp. A beautiful water tribe woman who was waiting for the banquet next to him hurriedly came up and filled the golden wine pot carefully.

"Haha, General Ba is still so bold and straightforward! Think about the wine in the mortal world, which has no spiritual energy at all, how can it compare to the jade liquid of the Dragon Palace." The Taoist heard the monkey's words, but he didn't care at all. Instead, he spoke happily to the Taoists below.

The Taoists below laughed together, and the monkey called General Ba also laughed together. The atmosphere was very harmonious for a while.

This Taoist lives in Gandang Mountain, thousands of miles away from the East China Sea. His original form is an eagle, but he also has the blood of the ancient bird of prey, the Golden Winged Dapeng. He has been free and easy for thousands of years. Later, he wanted to promote the Taoist tradition, so he went down the mountain and became a Taoist. In the Dasheng Kingdom under Gandang Mountain, he used some magical powers and was respected as a celestial being by the emperor and canonized as a national teacher. After three generations of emperors, it has been more than two hundred years. He has developed countless Taoist temples in Dasheng Kingdom, with tens of thousands of disciples and quite a lot of power. In addition, this eagle has some origins with its ancestor, the Golden Winged Dapeng Eagle. He dominates the Gandang Mountain of 400,000 miles, commands the monsters in the mountain, and no monster disobeys him. Even the Taoists practicing in the mountain have to obey his orders.

However, the eagle's own strength is also strong. It has long been cultivated to the position of a celestial being, otherwise the Dragon King of the East China Sea would not have invited it to a banquet.

The following Taoists are also the overlords of the major mountains in Dongsheng Shenzhou, commanding the monsters in the mountains. Those who can be invited by the Dragon King must be strong.

"Brother Ao, what exactly do you want to invite us for today? Don't keep us in suspense. My king is not at home, and the second king is also out. Marshals Ma and Liu have to train the 72 cave monster kings and millions of monster soldiers in the mountains. General Beng and I have to manage the big and small things in Aolai Kingdom. Today, we finally have time to spare."

General Ba's golden monkey laughed and drank repeatedly. It turned out that this Huaguo Mountain not only established itself as the king of the mountain, but also established monster countries all around. The residents of Aolai Kingdom are all monsters.

"Oh! Sun Dasheng has no calamity and is free and easy. He has a wide range of friends, from the thirty-three heavens, to the netherworld, and as far as the Western Paradise. Where did you go to visit friends this time?" The Dragon King laughed and was also a little curious. The Taoists present also pricked up their ears, with a look of reverence. Even the Eagle Immortal was no exception.

"This time it was not a visit to a friend. My king went to the headmaster of the Wuzhuang Temple on Wanshou Mountain in Niuzhou, Xihe, to help organize the ginseng fruit party! The second king went to Jilei Mountain. Last time, the Bull Demon King of Jilei Mountain went to the second king to borrow the Nine-toothed Rake, and it has not been returned yet. The second king is anxious." General Ba said.

"Ginseng fruit party! We are not qualified to participate. I wonder which Bodhisattvas, Buddhas, and immortals Zhenyuan Daxian invited this time?" asked the Dragon King.

"This time the king said that it is a gathering of brothers, and no Bodhisattvas and Buddhas will be invited. Those guys in the Western Paradise are very cunning. They pat their butts and leave after eating. They still don't talk about friendship when they meet in the future."

"The Great Sage has many good brothers. I wonder which ones are particularly good?" The Eagle Immortal said curiously.

"Hehe, your ancestor Dapeng Mingwang is one, and my king's senior brother Kongque Mingwang. I don't know how many others there are." General Ba's eyes flickered, and his words were a little vague, but he still revealed some information. "

The Dragon King knew that his question was abrupt, so he quickly stopped talking and just urged people to drink. The other Taoists also toasted each other, and were just surprised and secretly calculating.

After three drinks, a Taoist priest at the bottom sighed: "Hey, although there are tens of thousands of disciples in my Guiqi Mountain, and they are independent, they are restrained by people from the Taoist sects all around. There is Qingzhu Sect in the south, Zhiyang Sect in the north, and Taiji Sect in the west. It's probably difficult for Taoist Fellow Cangying and General Ba to be free and easy! "

This Taoist priest is a ten-thousand-year-old ghost in the 200,000-mile Guiqi Mountain. His magic power is boundless. The Guiqi sect is very famous in the edge of Dongsheng Shenzhou, but there are several major sects around it. Although they don't interfere with each other, they can't act arbitrarily.

"Hey! Those immortals passed down the Taoist tradition in this world and spread it out. To put it bluntly, they want to supervise and restrain our demon clan. There are also several sects around Gandang Mountain. They started to kill my disciples. I used some tricks to destroy a sect called Ziyang Sect. I heard that it was the Taoist tradition of Zhang Ziyang, one of the four great heavenly masters. Zhang Ziyang appealed to the Heavenly Court and wanted to punish me. I went to the Great Snow Mountain in Niuzhou, Xihe, to ask my ancestor to come forward, so I was able to get away with it. Today, the Heavenly Court has a great influence in this world. Back then, when Emperor Gou Chen was still alive, he often took care of our demon clan. Unfortunately, Emperor Gou Chen fought with the great wizard Ying Zheng in the human world, and both of them were injured. Now all the power of the Heavenly Court belongs to the Jade Emperor, and even the two great Yanjings of Zhenwu and Ziwei are suppressed. Once the Heavenly Court is consolidated, our life will be even more difficult. "

Master Cang Ying sighed and said, "I know some news. Brother Ao, I'm afraid there are some things going on in your family, right?"

"Hey! There is something wrong at home. My brother in the South Sea has a daughter named Ao Luan. Have you Taoist friends heard of her?" Ao Guang sighed.

"Princess Ao Luan is a natural talent and the best master of the Dragon Clan. My king has heard of her name, so we naturally know her." General Ba said.

"Brother Ao, don't keep us in suspense. Tell us clearly. If there is anything, we can still help." Another Taoist priest in green silk feather clothes said.

Ao Guang told Ao Luan's story again: "The Queen Mother asked Chang Geng Xingjun to propose marriage, but my niece refused. Later, the Queen Mother called Xu Tianshi to come, but my niece refused again. The Queen Mother was furious and sent Nezha, the great god of the Three Altars Sea Assembly, to the lower world. In name, he was proposing marriage, but in fact, he was threatening. The great god of the Three Altars Sea Assembly and my dragon clan have had a grudge for a long time. My third son died in his hands. Although this grudge has passed for thousands of years, I am afraid that he still holds a grudge. Sure enough, just three days ago, Nezha was aggressive and my niece was so angry that the two sides made a battle agreement. Three days later, they gambled and fought in the gap between the three realms. If my niece won, Nezha would let it go and told the Queen Mother to give up the idea. If my niece lost, she had to obey the will."

"It's simply too much! The Queen Mother, that old vicious woman, has always been famous for protecting her shortcomings. Princess Ao Luan has good talent, but she is still too young. When Nezha was deified, he became a saint in the flesh. Whether it is magic power, martial arts, or magic weapons, even I may not be his opponent, how can Princess Ao Luan be his opponent."

When the Eagle Master heard this, he was furious. Only General Ba sneered and said, "Nezha is powerful, but I don't care about Huaguoshan. But the two parties have already made a bet. It's an open bet. Even my king can't intervene."

All the Taoists nodded. Ao Guang sighed, "This is what worries me. My niece is a genius of the dragon clan. With time, her achievements are limitless. How can she be trapped in the Heavenly Palace and marry that dandy boy? I invited all the Taoist friends here today to think of a good idea. After listening to General Ba's words, this matter is really difficult to deal with."

The Taoists sighed repeatedly. Neither Nezha nor the Dragon Girl were arrogant and would definitely not break the contract. No matter how powerful they were, they could not intervene.

At this moment, the body of the Eagle Master suddenly shook, knocking off a white jade wine glass. With a clang, it fell on the crystal jade ground and broke into powder. The Eagle Master quickly counted with his fingers and cried out, "Not good!"

"Old Eagle, what are you making a fuss about!" General Ba asked hurriedly.

"When I became a Taoist, I took off my body and refined all the feathers on my body into magic weapons. They are infinitely changeable and have a subtle connection with the mind. I once gave them to several of my most proud disciples to protect them. My mind was shaken just now. I counted with my fingers and found that they were destroyed by someone. I guess something big happened to my apprentice. I have to go back quickly. Everyone, I am sorry for being rude. I will leave now!" The Eagle Master was very anxious. He took the boy and the whisk. The Dragon King did not keep him. Obviously, something happened to the other party at home.

"The Eagle's home is impregnable, how could something happen to his disciple?" Everyone was puzzled.

Just as the Eagle Master left the main hall, a muffled thunder suddenly sounded from the sea surface to the bottom of the sea. The bottom of the sea was shaking rapidly, the sea water was turbulent, and even the entire Crystal Palace was shaking. Some beautiful women of the aquatic tribe were unstable, and there were constant crackling sounds in the hall. Some jade plates were smashed to pieces.

It turned out that Zhou Qing and Bai Qi were fighting, and the sky collapsed and the earth cracked, and the sun and moon were dark. Zhou Qing was now gradually proficient in hand-to-hand combat, and he could fight Bai Qi to a draw without showing his Dharma body. Bai Qi attacked fiercely without stopping, but Zhou Qing was unmoved and as stable as a mountain, but the ordinary people below suffered. Zhou Qing hurriedly led Bai Qi away, and the two fought farther and farther, gradually fighting above the East China Sea. It was unknown how many monsters and Taoists were alarmed along the way, but the fight between the two was really terrifying, and the scene was too big. Even some cultivators who had cultivated to the heavenly immortal level did not dare to come out to cause trouble. They all closed the mountain gates and each took care of the snow in front of their own door.

"Pan Huan Yaksha, go and see what happened, who dares to make trouble in the East China Sea!" A young man with a spear in his hand came out of the water tribe barracks. He was wearing bright white armor. It was Ao Cheng, the eldest son of the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

At this time, the Dragon King and a group of Taoists could no longer sit still. They came out of the palace, opened the ban, and suppressed the Crystal Palace so that it would no longer shake. General Ba picked up a big stick, put on his armor, and followed him out.

A Yaksha parted the sea water, brought a young Taoist priest, and a Yuanshen wrapped in white light. Landed in front of the Dragon King.

"This, this, what is going on, how can you even destroy your physical body!" The Eagle Master was shocked. He collected the feathers and put the disciple's Yuanshen into his sleeves. The remaining young Taoist priest hurriedly explained the situation.

"Dragon King, there are two powerful people fighting on the sea from the Gandang Mountain of Dasheng Country, and these two Taoist brothers are affected." The patrolling sea Yaksha knelt in front of the Dragon King and said.

"Ao Cheng, you lead 200,000 elite soldiers to capture the two people fighting. It just so happens that Master Cang Ying doesn't have to go back. Let's continue drinking to avoid getting into trouble. When I capture the two troublemakers, I'll hand them over to Master to deal with." Ao Guang laughed and ordered to reopen the banquet.

However, he was a little surprised when he knew the situation. Those who could fight up there and alarm the Crystal Palace must be at least immortals. However, with 200,000 sailors, even the Three Altars Sea Assembly God Nezha would be in a mess, so how could the Dragon King care?

Master Cang Ying was puzzled for a while, and hesitantly said: "Brother Ao, it's better for us to go up there ourselves. I'm afraid that neither of the two people fighting up there is inferior to the Three Altars Sea Assembly God Nezha, and may even be better."