I want to embrace the moon for nine days

"here it is……"

Su Hanshan appeared on a city wall, took out the token, and tried to contact Shu Daonan, but was interrupted and could not get through.

Looking out, all I could see was the desert in the distance, an oasis nearby, and hundreds of miles of blue lakes, chilly air, and rolling waves.

He placed his hand on the battlement and instantly knew where this place was.

This is the Kingdom of Suiye, a small country built near Lake Balkhash with a total of dozens of cities in the country.

The locals mainly grow wheat and grapes. The woodlands are sparse and the climate is cold, so they often wear felt hats and thick clothes.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, because this place is where two main lines of the Silk Road intersect, merchants from various countries live together, there are many markets, and there is a kind of wild prosperity.

But now, these markets are empty, the streets are filled with wind and cold fog, and every household stays indoors. The sound of clumsy chanting can be faintly heard within hundreds of miles.

Apparently, many people who are not familiar with the scriptures hide at home, stumbling and learning to recite under the guidance of a kind of mental power.

This mental power also discovered Su Hanshan's existence.

There was a flash of golden light in the sky, and the figure of a young man appeared on the top of the city wall.

He had a white cloth wrapped around his head. His eyes were small but bright, making him look very energetic. His skin was a dark brown. His clothes covered his chest and back but left his arms completely exposed. He wore a pair of loose trousers and had several gold and silver rings on his ankles.

"Is the distinguished guest from the Central Plains? He looks like a very powerful person."

The young man made a fist salute and said, "I am Harsha from India."

Su Hanshan introduced himself and said, "This place is far away from Tianzhu, right?"

"We wanted to go to the Central Plains. We passed by here yesterday. It happened to be the time when the demon star appeared. A big demon came out to cause trouble in the lake, so we stayed here."

As Harsha spoke, he looked up at the sky.

It is daytime and the sky is bright, but you cannot see the sun directly when you look up.

The most conspicuous thing in the sky is the faint red glow. It is rather strange that this glow is not in the east or the west, but extends from the middle of the sky.

It was as if it was rushing across the sky, crushing a road and dividing the sky into two parts, north and south.

Su Hanshan also noticed this trajectory.

After he suppressed the Five Spirit Demons, even after so long, there were still five fist-sized demon seeds that had not been destroyed. The immortal demon energy contained in them was not much, and it was mainly the karma of the cosmic light.

It is different from the situation in "The Road to Shu is Difficult" where one has been blessed by the karma of the Universe since he was in obscurity.

Su Hanshan came into contact with this kind of power only after he had achieved success in his cultivation. He suppressed five related things in the secret realm. After arriving at this historical node, he felt the karmic blessing brought by the Chaos Light Brain.

He is much more sensitive to this kind of power than Shu Daonan.

Within a few breaths, he was certain that the so-called evil star track in the sky was caused by the karma of cosmic light.

But the main body of this force was not in this space and had long gone away, so Su Hanshan could not grasp too many clues.

He asked: "Why is that track in the sky called a demon star?"

"Are you really from the Central Plains? You don't even know this."

Two more figures flew out of the city and landed on the wall.

Both of them were not very old. One was wearing a white suit and had his hair tied up tightly. He was quite handsome and had a smile on his face.

The other one had slightly darker skin, a stronger build, a long sword on his waist, and looked very heroic. He was the one who spoke just now.

The Sun Harserer introduced: "These two are my companions. The one with the sword is Kou Zhong, and the other one is Xu Ziling."

Su Hanshan's heart moved slightly. It turned out to be these two people. He wondered whether the fate of these two people would be similar to the rumors, or would it be a big change like Ning Caichen's.

Kou Zhong clenched his fist.

Xu Ziling cupped his hands and said, "The demon star is also called the Chiyou flag. It is mentioned many times in the classics of the Central Plains."

"Every time the evil star streaks across the sky, many evil demons appear on earth to cause trouble, going wild and mad, as if they were summoned by the king of demons."

"There are also some secret prophecies that claim that when the demon star is born, the demon king will descend."

Kou Zhong laughed: "The Chiyou flag has appeared so many times before. If there was a Demon Lord every time, this Demon Lord would be worthless."

"However, the magnitude of the Chiyou flag phenomenon yesterday was far greater than any other recorded in history. If there really was a demon king, I'm afraid this was the only time..."

As Kou Zhong spoke further, his tone gradually became more serious.

"The demon star summoned the demons and caused them to go crazy?"

Su Hanshan looked towards the big lake with a distant vision, and saw a huge shadow at the bottom of the lake that seemed to be several snakes and pythons tied together.

"This great demon has untapped potential. It seems to have been brewing in secret for a long time, but it has not yet fully developed and has been born prematurely."

"Perhaps, the Chiyou Banner is not their king, but their nemesis. So when the Chiyou Banner appeared, their potential was reduced, and they became frightened and crazy."

Karma did not naturally integrate into the entire historical node, but was forced to form the Chiyou flag and could not be completely born into the world. This must be the work of the devil.

If he had come to this historical node yesterday and witnessed the evil star streaking across the sky with his own eyes, he would have gained more.

Kou Zhong asked curiously, "The upper limit of the demon's potential, can you still see something like this?"

Xu Ziling was also somewhat suspicious: "The understanding of Chiyou Flag by masters of all generations seems to be somewhat different from yours."

Su Hanshan was still pondering the glow of the sunset, and said nonchalantly, "Haha, my lineage is more knowledgeable about subduing demons, so I'll just say it casually."

Kou Zhong and Xu exchanged glances inadvertently. Kou Zhong maintained his smile and said, "Speaking of which, Brother Su's aura is deep and unfathomable. We have never heard of your name in the Central Plains. Could it be that you are from the Saint Sect who always acts in secret?"

Su Hanshan suddenly said, "You three have been leading the people of Suiye in chanting sutras for so long, not just to protect them, right?"

"What treasure do you have that was left in the belly of the big demon? Do you want to rely on the unity of the people to make the treasure work hard and give the big demon a severe blow? Then you can take advantage of the situation and attack?"

He pointed to the lake, "Your plan will soon take effect, so you'd better act quickly and don't miss the opportunity."

As he pointed his finger, the waves in the center of the lake began to boil.

Thin golden Buddha light shone through from the bottom of the lake, and Chinese scriptures flew out on the water, with Buddhist music playing loudly.

Kou Zhong turned his head and shouted.

The sound waves were like knives, creating a nearly two hundred mile long crack on the lake surface that led straight to the bottom of the lake.

The water waves parted, and the monster lurking in the lake revealed its true appearance.

At first glance, there were hundreds of haggard old men, scattered in different heights, suspended in the air, like forming a city wall, with all of them facing outwards.

But if you observe from above, you can easily see that all the old men have long fleshy tentacles connected to their backs. The color of the tentacles is similar to that of leeches, and they are as sticky as leeches.

At the end of hundreds of tentacles is a blue-black flesh mound like a hill, and the Buddha's light is now shining from the inside of that flesh mound.

Feeling the lake water being parted, the flesh on the monster's body trembled, and a sharp sound erupted from somewhere.

Kou Zhong took a step forward and his figure flew away. The knife in his hand was already unsheathed, his hands were raised high, and his body instantly blasted out hundreds of sonic boom air rings in the air. The wind and thunder were raging, and the torrents were roaring, resisting the monster's violent roar.

At a glance, when he held the knife up and flew at high speed, the trajectory was a straight line.

But anyone with a keen eye could see that the trajectory of his flight actually matched the curvature of the sky almost perfectly.

"Kill me!"

He looks cheerful and rude, and rather talkative, but once he has the opportunity to attack, his movements are decisive without a trace of redundancy, and he draws his sword as if acting on behalf of God.

When the monster was hit by the knife, wrinkles appeared on its flesh ball, and it collapsed downwards. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a flat state like a shadow.

Along with all its tentacles and the body of the old man connected to the tentacles, there was a state of falling from three-dimensional space to a flat surface.

The power of Kou Zhong's sword didn't hurt the monster at all, it just blasted a huge pit at the bottom of the lake, ten miles in radius, and that was because he retracted his power quickly. "Damn it, why is it still like this?!"

Kou Zhong showed annoyance on his face.

When they passed by here yesterday, they noticed that the big demon was causing trouble. Originally, the three of them worked together and thought they could easily wipe it out.

Unexpectedly, this great demon could transform into a shadow with no thickness at all, and unexpectedly swallowed up the relics of Huike, the second patriarch of Zen Buddhism, which Kou Zhong was carrying.

The attacks of the three men were ineffective against it, so they tried to take the great demon into the realm of ghosts and gods, and use that place where the laws of heaven and earth were originally unbalanced to destroy it.

But after the great demon transformed into a shadow, he became extremely alert and was able to come and go freely, without entering their realm of ghosts and gods at all.

There was no other way, so they thought of gathering everyone to chant scriptures, hoping to work together inside and outside, and with the help of the relics of the Second Patriarch of Zen Buddhism, to hinder the innate supernatural powers of this great demon.

Xu Ziling said worriedly, "Prince Harsha, you are the wisest among the many kings and princes of India. This demon is also related to India. Do you have any other way to deal with it?"

Prince Harsha shook his head.

"When the Buddha was alive, although he preached the Dharma and made friends with many kings, attracting many people to follow and respect him, Buddhism could not be compared with the ancient Brahmanism."

"But after the Buddha passed away, his disciples used his relics and his life stories to compile the secret scriptures. They accidentally obtained the guidance left by the Buddha and forged nine great Buddha soldiers. They were extremely powerful and their reputation shook thousands of countries. Brahmanism gradually fell into a disadvantage."

"Hundreds of years ago, during the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains, a great sage emerged from the Brahman religion and taught a large group of masters. After learning from their mistakes, they decided that in order to defeat Buddhism, they must steal the Buddha's weapons and use them for their own benefit."

"That Brahma leader made the monks at that time willing to discuss the Dao with him, but he tricked them into stealing four of the nine Buddha weapons in one go."

"The Buddhist sect started a war with him because of this. Before he could figure out how to use Buddhist weapons, they brought four Buddhist weapons to chase him. They fought and retreated, and suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the few remaining people from both sides entered the Central Plains."

"The Brahma sect only managed to keep two Buddhist weapons in the end. They changed their appearance in the Central Plains and are now called the Pure Land Sect."

"The other six Buddhist weapons have all been circulated among Buddhist sects in the Central Plains."

Harsha said solemnly, "Lake Balkhash was originally a plain. It was the last battlefield before the two sides entered the Central Plains. The lake was created by the battle."

"A large number of monks and priests were buried here. Their bodies stood at the bottom of the lake, which was colder than ice but never froze. I don't know when they all became part of this great demon."

"If it was just the methods of Buddhism or Brahma, I might be able to find a way to crack it, but Buddhism and Brahma mixed together is difficult enough, not to mention that in addition to these two, there is also the power of demons."

Xu Ziling couldn't help but look at Su Hanshan: "Brother, how much potential do you have in being able to see through this demon at a glance? Do you have a way to defeat it?"

"Since the relics in its belly are from the second ancestor of Zen Buddhism, then the two kinds of relics in your body should be from the first ancestor Bodhidharma and the third ancestor Sengcan."

Su Hanshan said without hesitation, "Feed those two to it as well, and you will naturally be able to break its magical power."

Xu Ziling's face froze, and he forced a smile, "Brother Su, you are joking."

"I'm not kidding."

Su Hanshan looked at the battlefield and shook his head. "You clearly had a plan long ago, but you just couldn't make a decision. How can you achieve anything great?"

The monster's shadow was already close to the bottom of the lake and was heading south in an instant.

It seems that the relics that were disturbing its stomach made it decide to give up the place of its birth.

"Someone come and help!"

Kou Zhong hurriedly chased after him and shouted loudly.

Originally, Prince Harsha and Xu Ziling stayed on the top of the city wall, and the ghost and god domain was ready to go, enough to ensure that the monster could not enter the inhabited city.

But if the monster successfully escapes to another place, there will be big trouble in the future.

Prince Harsha had already set off, but Xu Ziling still hesitated.

He always felt that Su Hanshan was suspicious, not because of his words and actions, but because of some intuition. The Chiyou flag, the monster, Su Hanshan, the Demon Sect, the relic...

At that moment, thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind and he was undecided.

"Your mentality, oh, if I really want to kill you, you are in this state, I can slap you to death with one palm!"

The thought instantly entered Xu Ziling's mind, causing him to raise his hand in horror, trying to defend himself.

Su Hanshan also raised his hand at this time, but did not slap him. He just shook his sleeves towards the outside of the city.

In the cuffs, the twenty-eight stars of gold and white appeared together, arranged in an orderly manner, mediating the creation and expanding the void.

The space outside the city collapsed towards his cuffs layer by layer.

The three-dimensional dimension was unbalanced and reduced under the influence of his subversive rules.

Xu Ziling could clearly see that the space outside the city was compressed into pieces of transparent thin paper, so thin that it could not be seen from the side at all, and had no thickness.

Layer upon layer, they were thrown into Su Hanshan's sleeves.

The great demon that was fleeing into the distance was lifted up from the ground like a sticker, and stood upright in the air, flying involuntarily into the depths of the sleeves shining with stars.

Just when it was close to the cuffs, the big demon hissed and suddenly changed back to its original form, as if it was about to become three-dimensional, and then was pressed back into a flat surface.

After three repeated changes, it was delayed for a while and did not fall into the sleeve directly.

"As expected, you have a talent for this, and you're pretty tenacious!"

Su Hanshan stretched out his hand and grabbed the monster hanging at the cuff.

The big golem was like an octopus, struggling rapidly, its tentacles extending from between its fingers and waving wildly.

Xu Ziling couldn't help but take a few steps back. Prince Jie Ri and Kou Zhong also stared at Su Hanshan's hand solemnly.

If the three people's spiritual perception was not wrong, they clearly felt that the great demon expressed fear and even a feeling of wanting to surrender.

In fact, it was because this great demon sensed Su Hanshan’s secret realm.

With its potential, if it had fully developed, it should be no less powerful than any single one of the Five Spirit Demons.

However, the Five Elements Demon Gods had previously interacted with Monk Tian Jue, and Monk Tian Jue had once sensed the original demonic energy, which made the purity of the Five Elements Demon Gods' aura actually one level higher than their actual strength.

And now, all the remains of the Five Spirit Demon Gods were neatly pressed inside Su Hanshan’s secret realm.

"anyway……"

Kou Zhong heard his voice was a little dry, so he asked Prince Jie Ri, "Is it possible that the legendary Demon Lord looks like a normal person?"

Prince Harsha clasped his hands together, like an old monk in meditation: "I should have thought of this earlier. Wherever you go in India, trouble will arise... Now I regret going back to the Central Plains with you!"

The big demon was almost completely crushed into a ball by that person and put away, and the aura of the Chiyou flag was becoming more and more obvious from that person.

Su Hanshan had consciously restrained his karma before, or in other words, he wrapped his karma with a layer of mysterious aura to confuse others.

However, after all, he has not yet fully understood the mystery of karma. Once the secret realm is activated, it will be difficult to take care of both the inside and the outside. This kind of power... which has already had a terrifying reputation and preconceived power in this world, is bound to be revealed.

"Forget it. I guess Shu Dao Nan can't contain his aura. He will definitely be targeted."

"I will be the Demon Lord for a while and help him share some of the attention from others."

Su Hanshan glanced at the three people who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy, and thought about it.

As the Demon Lord, it doesn’t matter if he’s a little barbaric.

Bang! !

The demon's body was crushed, leaving only a ball of spiritual light and a relic.

"I think the relics of the Second Patriarch, the Third Patriarch, and the things that you have hidden on you, Prince Harsha, are all very problematic."

Su Hanshan spread out his five fingers and said with a smile, "Come on, take them all out. I'll keep them for you." (End of this chapter)