The Great Wei Music Bureau

Chapter 197 Reincarnation of Arhat

Last time, we talked about a monk who suddenly appeared behind Xia Houying and grabbed her neck. Who was this monk? Let’s read on.

The monk who pinched Xiahou Ying's neck was Luo Yan's second disciple Deguan. If he had reached Poyang Lake, would Luo Yan be far behind?

Li Yi said nervously: "Let her go! We can discuss anything!"

Deguan chuckled and said, "If I let her go, how can I survive? I have experienced your angry eyes before!"

Li Yi asked: "What do you want?"

Deguan smiled and said, "Let's just stay here and wait for my master to come!"

Li Yi said, "If your master comes, I will be dead! Let's make a deal. Aren't you looking for the measuring ruler? If I find it, can I use it to exchange her life?"

Deguan shook his head and said, "Humph, don't try to trick me! Let's wait for my master here!"

Just when the situation was at a stalemate, Luo Yan's apprentice Deli arrived. Deguan asked, "Little apprentice brother, why are you here?"

Deli bowed and said, "Master heard that the Dao Sect's Di Zong was also involved in the Xiahou family's plan, and was worried that something might happen to you, Senior Brother, so he specially asked me to come and help."

Deguan nodded and said, "Okay, you're here. When will the master arrive?"

Deli replied, "Master has already arrived in Hongzhou and is handling the matter of the Jingfa Division."

Li Yi said, "Deguan, since Deli is here, how about this? You let Deli guard Miss Xiahou, and I'll give you the measuring ruler. Then you can take the measuring ruler and leave. I promise not to chase you. How do you think?"

Deguan shook his head and said, "When Master comes, I'll kill you and the ruler will be ours!"

Li Yi said coldly: "If you kill me, you won't be able to find the Ruler of Heaven, so Luo Yan won't kill me! However, we can change our thinking. Do you think Luo Yan cares more about you or the Ruler of Heaven?"

Deguan asked, "What do you mean by that?"

Li Yi replied: "If I tell Luo Yan that he will hand over the ruler if I kill him, what do you think he will do?"

Deguan hesitated, and Li Yi immediately fanned the flames, saying, "Have you forgotten your senior brother Dexuan? Luo Yan watched me kill him, so if Luo Yan comes, I will definitely die, but I can guarantee that you will not survive either! Rather than both of us dying, why don't we each take a step back and leave the other a way to live!

The ruler is yours, and I will take Miss Xiahou away. If you are worried, you can leave Miss Xiahou to your junior brother, and you can take the ruler and go first. Do you think this is feasible?"

Deguan looked at Deli. Among the four brothers, only this junior brother was a normal person and the only one he could trust, so he said, "Give the measuring ruler to my junior brother first!"

Li Yi took out the ruler from the sack. De Guan looked at the bronze handle and asked in surprise, "This is just an ordinary bronze handle! Is it really a ruler?"

Li Yi transformed the measuring ruler in his hand into a sword and said, "It's genuine!"

Deguan said to his junior brother, "Little junior brother, give me the measuring ruler!"

Deli nodded and took the measuring ruler from Li Yi. Deguan shouted, "Hurry up and take it over. Don't let this kid do anything bad again!"

De Li nodded and walked quickly towards De Guan. The latter saw that he had got the measuring ruler. He said happily: "I'll leave this woman to you. Give me the measuring ruler quickly!" After that, he pushed Xia Hou Ying towards De Li.

At the moment when Deguan let go, Xiahou Ying suddenly disappeared and came behind Li Yi. At the same time, the measuring ruler in Deli's hand pierced Deguan's chest. Before Xiahou Ying had time to be surprised, Li Yi used the Vajra Magic Power to leap in front of Deguan and punched Deguan's head directly!

Deli looked at his brother's miserable state, bowed, and handed the measuring ruler back to Li Yi. Li Yi put away the measuring ruler and returned the greeting. He was about to use the Red Lotus Karma Fire to deal with the body, but was stopped by Deli. Li Yi asked, "What do you mean?"

Deli shook his head and said, "Amitabha, after all, we are brothers. Let me take care of Brother Deguan's funeral."

Li Yi asked doubtfully, "Do you want to send him into reincarnation?"

Deli nodded, and then he meditated and chanted, and saw Buddha light emanating from his body, slowly wrapping up Deguan's body. First, a green soul flew into the sky, which was Deguan's heavenly soul, and then a light blue soul rose up and slowly opened its eyes.

Deguan's soul glared at Deli and cursed, "You traitor! I thought you were the only brother I could trust in this world, but you ended up hurting me!"

Deli shook his head and sighed, "Brother, you are already dead, why are you still so stubborn?" He drew a big circle, and another world appeared in the circle. It was the 800-mile Yellow Spring Road, where ghosts could be seen walking towards the netherworld. Those ghosts had expressionless faces and dull eyes, but they just walked forward tirelessly.

The scene changed to the underworld, and those souls walked into the gate of the underworld. A Shura man holding a steel fork stretched out the fork and stabbed directly through three souls, and then threw them into a deep pit.

As they fell to the bottom of the pit, countless ghosts surrounded them, with flames burning on their bodies. Each of them had a ferocious expression, as if they were enduring the torment of being burned by the flames.

The ghosts tore the three "newcomers" apart, ate them, and then showed a trace of relief on their faces. However, a moment later, the ghosts of the three "newcomers" regrouped, but a flame appeared on their bodies. The ghosts pounced on the "newcomers" again and bit them, repeating several times until the three "newcomers" became like them, covered in flames and with hideous expressions.

The scene changed back to the Yellow Springs Road, with endless yellow sand, no sunlight, and ghosts walking towards the underworld.

De Li said: "That was just one of the eighteen levels of hell, the Fire Pit in the Blazing Hell. I will not show you the sufferings in the Endless Hell. Brother, with your sins in this life, I'm afraid you will be punished in hell for three hundred years." De Guan showed fear on his face and did not answer.

Deli said: "Brother, you and I are brothers. I am willing to use my life's cultivation to help you transcend suffering, but if you persist in your mistakes, you will only fall into a deeper hell."

Deguan asked, "If you lose your cultivation, Master will not keep you any longer."

Deli smiled and said, "My life or death is no longer important. If I can persuade my senior brother to repent, then that will be meaningful."

Deguan said: "If you were alive, you might be able to persuade more people."

Deli shook his head and said, "If I can't even persuade my closest brother, how can I persuade others? Brother, as long as you can sincerely repent, all my years of persuasion will not be in vain."

Deguan recalled that Deli had always advised him to cultivate Buddhism and be kind, and not to hurt others, but he always laughed at him, saying that cultivating Buddhism was useless and that no matter how powerful the Buddha and Bodhisattva were, they could not save the ignorant people. But now, looking at Deli in front of him, he really didn't know what to say.

Suddenly, Deguan jumped into the circle and turned into one of the ghosts heading to the underworld, walking tirelessly with an expressionless face and dull eyes.

Deli smiled, and more Buddha light emanated from his body and floated into the circle. The Buddha light surrounded Deguan, and his eyes suddenly regained their brightness, and his face showed expression, but he could not find the way he came. Deguan's legs were still walking towards the netherworld, but he kept looking around, as if he was looking for his fellow apprentice.

Deli waved his hand again, and the circle disappeared, but at the same time, a backlight lit up behind him, and he broke through! He became a Buddhist Vajra of the extraordinary realm!

But his backlight seemed to be a little strange. Li Yi had seen the backlights of Zhengyuan and Jiyun, which were like the light of Buddha shining everywhere. However, the backlight of Deli seemed to be about to dissipate. Li Yi was about to speak, but Deli stretched out his hand to stop him. Suddenly, a golden light shone from the sky, engulfing Deli and dissipating after a moment.

Deli stood up, looked at Li Yi and said with a smile: "I never thought that you and I would meet in this way. This is really fate!"

Hearing this, Li Yi knelt down on the spot and saluted, "Master!"

Deli reached out his hand to help Li Yi up, waved his hand and smiled, "I'm afraid I'm not a very qualified master. Xiuyuan, is Zhengyuan okay?"

Li Yi replied, "Both Senior Brothers Zhengyuan and Zhengjue are doing well! Xishan Temple has now been renamed Vajra Temple, a name bestowed by the Buddha! Because Senior Brother Zhengyuan's disciple Jiyun was enlightened by Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and also became a Vajra! The temple is doing well too!"

Deli nodded and said, "That's good, that's good, then I can leave with peace of mind."

Li Yi was surprised and asked, "Go? Where are you going, Master?"

De Li smiled and said, "You are entering the cycle of reincarnation again! Because your foundation was damaged in the previous life, and too much of Buddhism was taken away from you in this life. It is already your limit to have cultivated to this Vajra realm." Hearing this, Li Yi was silent.

De Li smiled and said, "Don't be so sad. You and I are Buddhists, so how can we care about life and death? The most important thing is to be kind and save all living beings."

Li Yi nodded, and then asked: "Master, when will you leave?"

Deli looked up at the sky and said, "It's almost time. The divine message is coming soon. Oh, Xiuyuan, you and I are master and disciple after all. Although I didn't teach you any skills, I must leave you something. After all, you are about to fight Luo Yan. Although this can't help you much, it's better than nothing!"

As he spoke, Deli pointed his fingers at Li Yi's brow. That was the information he had investigated about Luo Yan. It not only included the evil skills that Luo Yan practiced, but also his teachers, experiences, and the relationship between him and the Shura Palace.

Li Yi bowed to Deli and said, "Thank you, Master!"

Deli waved his hand and smiled, "I'm glad I can help you." He turned to look at Xiahou Ying, then waved and smiled, "It is said that a teacher is a father for life, but we haven't even been a master and disciple for a stick of incense. That's it! I will be a father again with a thick face! Girl, are you willing to be my disciple's wife?"

Xia Houying nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course I am willing!"

Deli looked at the eighteen-seed rosary on Xia Houying's wrist and said with a smile: "Well, this is a good thing. Since you are willing to be my daughter-in-law, I have to show my appreciation!" As he spoke, Deli stretched out his hand to gather the backlight in his palm, took Xia Houying's hand, and injected all the backlight into the rosary.

Li Yi stopped him and said, "Master, this is not allowed!"

Deli shook his head and smiled, "What's wrong with that? This cultivation level of the Vajra Realm cannot be taken away by the master, so it is better to give it to my daughter-in-law to keep her safe."

Li Yi's inner thoughts were: If you can't take it away, give it to me. Why give it to her? It's me who has to fight Luo Yan, not her! Of course, this is just Li Yi's complaint. Even if he really wants it, Deli won't give it to him! If he really gives it to him, it will harm him.

After doing all this, De Li looked up at the sky again, and then said: "The opportunity has arrived, and it is time for me to set off. Xiuyuan, and Miss Xiahou, please take care." After saying this, he sat in meditation on the spot, with Buddha's light lighting up all around him. When the Buddha's light faded away, he also sat in meditation and ascended to heaven.

Li Yi and Xia Houying buried the bodies of Deli and Deguan. In front of Deli's simple grave, Li Yi hugged Xia Houying and said, "I never thought that you would become the daughter-in-law of the master! It's a great honor!"

Xia Houying asked, "Is he really the reincarnation of your master, the Laughing Lion Arhat?"

Li Yi replied: "There is nothing to be false about this. I felt close to him when I first met him, but at that time he had not yet entered the extraordinary realm, nor had he recovered his memories of his past lives, so he did not know many things."

Xia Houying asked again: "Since he has become a Buddhist Vajra, why didn't he help you kill Luo Yan and then sit in meditation?"

Li Yi was stunned on the spot, then he said: "Yes! If Master and Zhu Zi join forces, then they will surely win!" After that, Li Yi cursed at the wooden sign in front of Deli's tomb: "You are too rude! We finally meet each other! You don't teach me the skills, you don't pass on your skills, and you don't help me kill the evil monk! How can you be a master like this! Bah! You are a very bad monk!"