Southern Continent, Great Tang Kingdom, Shu County.

Spring is full of vibrant colors, and flowers are in full bloom. Peach and plum blossoms are in bloom, and hibiscus is fragrant.

The Shu County Plain, which stretches over a million miles, is in the midst of beautiful spring weather. The Minjiang River surges down, and thousands of rivers and springs nourish this land of abundance, moistening the countless lives within this million miles.

Mount Emei, with its emerald green clouds and distant black makeup, is just like the eyebrows on the top of the head, slender and long, beautiful and gorgeous.

On the Golden Summit of Mount Emei, the Buddha's light shines everywhere, and the golden light spreads across the clouds and mist on the mountain, making it a colorful sky.

Above the golden clouds of Sheshen Cliff, which is shrouded in rosy clouds, there stands a Buddhist temple that is completely enveloped in Buddha's light and hangs high in the clouds. It is invisible to those without cultivation.

This is Sheshen Temple, the Dharma Temple of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva. Mount Emei is also the dojo of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.

At this moment, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who was sitting cross-legged in the main hall of Sheshen Temple, suddenly opened his eyes and called out to the people below: "Jingna."

A monk dressed in a light yellow monk's robe, with a slender figure and a handsome face, stood up, put his hands together and bowed, saying, "Master."

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said to Jingna, "Go and fetch a cup of golden lotus seeds."

Jingna was startled when he heard this and asked, "Master, would you like one?"

Samantabhadra Bodhisattva nodded and said, "One lamp, 36 golden lotus seeds."

"I obey the order of the law." Jingna bowed and responded, then turned and left the hall.

After a while, Jingna returned to the hall holding a golden lotus seed. Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said, "Take the golden lotus seed with you and go to Feishayan to wait. When a celestial official wearing a Qingxia Yudou Qilin robe passes by, give him the golden lotus seed."

"Immortal official?" Jingna was puzzled. "Master, these golden lotus seeds are extremely precious. Only one is produced every three thousand years. When True Lord Erlang came here, he used 700,000 merits to exchange for seven. Which immortal official is giving away so many for free this time?"

"Don't ask too much, you will know when you see him. These golden lotus seeds are given by your master as a favor, you must not neglect them." Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said slowly.

"Yes." Jingna didn't dare to ask any more questions. He bowed and left Mount Emei, turning into a golden light and flying towards Feishayan.

...

A radiant sword light flashed across the sky, and in an instant it had flown across half of the Shu County Plain.

When the sword light reached the sky above Feishayan, it was stopped by a Buddhist chant, "Amitabha, benefactor, please stay."

The sword light slowly stopped, and a handsome man wearing a Qingxia Yudou Qilin robe stopped and looked behind him.

A tall, handsome monk in a pale yellow robe flew up on a golden cloud, looking at the young man with a puzzled look. A True Immortal? Why would a master do a favor for a True Immortal?

Fang Jian gathered his sleeves lightly, his gaze falling on the monk before him. He scanned the monk with his editor and saw Taiyi Xuanxian!

Fang Jian then asked, "Master, where are you from? Why did you call me?"

Jingna bowed eleven times and said, "Amitabha, I am a disciple of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva from Mount Emei. My Dharma name is Jingna. I have come here to wait for the Supreme God at the command of my master."

Fang Jian's eyes fixed on him, and he asked, "Oh? Wait for me? What instructions does the Bodhisattva have?"

Jingna bowed respectfully and said, "I haven't asked for your honorable title yet?"

Fang Jian bowed his head and said, "I am a fifth-rank judge of the Heavenly Court. I hold the 'Purple Star Mysterious Talisman' and oversee the immortal officials of the four continents. This is Fang Jian!"

Jingna was shocked when he heard this, and his expression changed immediately. He asked, "Master Hongqing Fang Jian?"

"That's right." Fang Jian nodded and said, "Master, is there something important that you called me to do?"

Jingna was speechless, looking at Fang Jian with a complicated look, even a hint of shock.

If it's this person, then it's understandable for the master to do a favor.

But Jingna was in a complicated mood. After all, Fang Jian was the one who drove Buddhism out of Dongsheng Shenzhou, suppressed Baotanhua Bodhisattva, and took away the magic weapon of Vairocana Tathagata.

In theory, such a person should be the enemy of Buddhism, but now Samantabhadra Bodhisattva is doing him a favor, which is really puzzling.

But after all, he had practiced for tens of thousands of years and had an extraordinary state of mind. Jingna knew that his master was one of the "Three Sages of Huayan" in Buddhism and had great supernatural powers. Naturally, his actions were beyond his imagination.

After Fang Jian introduced himself, Jing Na immediately took out the golden lotus seed and presented it to Fang Jian, saying, "This is a seed from the Three Wonderful Golden Lotus. It takes three thousand years for one to mature. My master has specially ordered me to deliver a total of thirty-six seeds to Master Hong Qing as a favor."

Fang Jian was slightly surprised. He looked at the golden, round lotus seed in Jingna's hand and said, "Is Samantabhadra Bodhisattva doing me a favor?"

"That's right." Jingna said respectfully.

Fang Jian stared at Jingna, but Jingna just looked at his nose with his eyes, his mouth with his nose, and his heart with his mouth. Nothing could be seen on his face.

After a moment, Fang Jian laughed and said, "So you're here to do me a favor. I thought you were here to bribe me."

After saying that, Fang Jian raised his hand and took the golden lotus seed from Jingna's hand, and then put it into the cloud-patterned Qingfeng sleeve bag.

Jingna was a little stunned by Fang Jian's words, but he quickly reacted and said with clasped hands, "Master Hongqing is joking."

Fang Jian waved his hand and said, "Please report this to Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and tell him that I appreciate your kindness. Once I finish my work, I will personally visit Mount Emei to express my gratitude."

"Yes, I will definitely bring it to you." Jingna bowed and said, "Then I will take my leave first."

Fang Jian nodded, then raised his hand and said, "Go ahead."

Then Jingna turned around and flew away on a cloud, disappearing into the clear blue sky in less than a moment.

...

After Jingna left, Fang Jian stood there quietly for a moment. He didn't know why Samantabhadra Bodhisattva suddenly came to do him a favor, but the word "favor" was a very special thing in the world of cultivation.

In the Heavenly Palace, the immortal officials themselves are also cultivators and immortals. If they have personal relationships with other cultivators and immortals and give them gifts, it is not considered as bribery.

In fact, the concept of bribery in the Heavenly Court is very vague. To put it bluntly, there is no clear crime of bribery.

Only after a certain immortal official is found to have neglected his duties and violated the heavenly rules, will you be investigated to see whether you have accepted things from others or used your public power for personal gain to do things for the person who gave you the gift.

Therefore, the term "human feelings" is very useful, and human feelings mostly refer to interactions between private relationships and have nothing to do with official business, so there is no taboo.

The only thing worth doubting is the purpose of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva doing such a precious favor to himself.

Fang Jian would not refuse such a benefit that came to his door, and he was not afraid. If Samantabhadra Bodhisattva used this favor as an excuse to ask him to help with his personal affairs, as long as it did not violate the laws of heaven and did not cross his bottom line, he would help if he could.

But if he uses this favor as an excuse to ask you to use the authority of the immortal official in your hand to do things for him, then I'm sorry, you are bribing the immortal official in heaven, and we will deal with you first!

What? You're saying I've already accepted your gift? Sorry, I have the right to interpret the rules. That's not called accepting a gift; that's called 'premature confiscation of stolen goods.'

So Fang Jian didn't worry about it for too long, and soon put it out of his mind. He continued to ride the sword towards Guanjiangkou.