"Your Excellency, the Minister."
On the morning of two days after the celebration of the eight Great Saints of Qianjin being conferred the title of Great Saint by the Heavenly Court, the messenger hurried into the Hongde Hall.
"Your Excellency, the Minister, all the immortal officials from all over Xiniu Hezhou have reported that eight beams of Buddha's light descended two days ago. It is suspected that eight Bodhisattvas of Buddhism have descended into the world." The envoy forwarded the letter to Fang Jian and reported.
Fang Jian's expression brightened upon hearing this, and he asked, "Which eight Bodhisattvas are they?"
The messenger shook his head and said, "We don't know yet, but after these eight Bodhisattvas descended into the world, they issued a decree to all Buddhist disciples everywhere, ordering them to immediately obey the order of the Western Heaven Palace and eliminate the demons in Xi Niu Hezhou."
"Wait." Fang Jian realized something was wrong when he heard this. "Follow the order from Xitian Mansion?"
"Yes." The messenger nodded and said, "When the demons gathered in Banjie Mountain earlier, you ordered Buddhist temples and disciples everywhere to exorcise the demons. Now they have already taken action."
Fang Jian narrowed his eyes after hearing this and said, "Didn't they say at the time that they couldn't defeat the demon tribe?"
"But they have started to take action again. I have seen from the Heavenly Eye Mirror that a large number of demon cultivators in various places in Xiniu Hezhou have been wiped out by the Buddhist sect." said the messenger.
"Hmph!" Fang Jian snorted coldly, "How ridiculous! They didn't kill the demon cultivators who followed the Ten Demon Kings in rebellion, but now they're killing those demon cultivators who have been obedient and haven't rebelled. This is clearly a case of crossing the river and destroying the donkey."
When the messenger heard Fang Jian's words, he immediately asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
Fang Jian said, "These demon cultivators who have been law-abiding and have not joined the ten demon kings in rebellion are the children of our Heavenly Court. How can we allow the Buddhist sect to kill them at will?"
At this point, Fang Jian immediately said to the messenger, "You must immediately pass on my imperial edict, ordering all immortal officials and divine mansions to unconditionally accept all fleeing demon cultivators and provide them with shelter. I wonder if the Buddhist sect dares to attack the immortal officials and divine mansions."
"Yes." The messenger immediately bowed and took the order and left.
Then Fang Jian said to the outside of the palace: "Send the general who captured and killed me to see me."
When Tang Yu walked into Hongde Hall, he saw Fang Jian sitting there with a serious face, writing an imperial edict. He immediately stepped forward and bowed, "Sir, are you looking for me?"
Fang Jian nodded to Tang Yu and said, "There is something I want you to do."
Upon hearing this, Tang Yu immediately bowed and said, "Please give your instructions, Lord Shangshu."
Fang Jian said, "You must immediately select several thousand divine generals and have them carry my talisman to various places in Xiniu Hezhou to stop the Buddhist sect from killing the demon cultivators."
"Buddhists killing demon cultivators?" Tang Yu was stunned when he heard this and asked quickly, "Sir Shangshu, what happened?"
Fang Jian then told Tang Yu the news from the messenger. Tang Yu flew into a rage after hearing it and said, "How dare you!" Then he said to Fang Jian, "Please rest assured, Master Hongqing. I will make arrangements right away and personally go to the lower realm."
Fang Jian nodded and said, "Yes, you can personally go down to the lower realms to inspect. If there are any Buddhist disciples who disobey my edict, you can kill them as a warning to others."
"Follow the law!"
Upon hearing this, Tang Yu immediately nodded and left.
...
Xiniu Hezhou, Jingfa Kingdom, Shiqiu County.
Two demons, a man and a woman, who were in the Yangshen realm, were desperately fleeing through the mountains and forests with a little demon. The little demon had a pair of mottled white fur ears and the same mottled white fur on its body. It was obvious that it had just transformed into a spirit and had not yet completely shed its demon body.
At this moment, their faces were filled with fear. Two demon cultivators, a man and a woman, were running away with the little demon, their faces filled with terror.
They were originally snow leopards that cultivated into spirits in the snow-capped mountains in northern France. This man and woman were a couple. The man was called Bao Yun and the woman was called Bao Xin. They were also demon cultivators who obeyed the orders of the King of Diguang Cave, and this little demon Bao Mi was their child.
Originally, they followed the King of Diguang Cave to practice quietly in the mountains, and their lives were peaceful and happy.
But starting from yesterday morning, everything changed. The Buddhist monks who had originally ignored them suddenly appeared outside the Diguangdong Mountain, saying that they were following the order of the Western Paradise to eliminate the demon cultivators.
The King of Diguang Cave went out to negotiate, but was killed by the monks before he could say anything. Then the monks began to kill all the demon cultivators in the entire Diguang Cave.
Bao Yun and Bao Xin, a couple, reacted very quickly. They realized the moment the King of Diguang Cave was killed, and immediately fled back to their own cave and escaped from the Diguang Cave mountains with Bao Mi.
But their escape was soon discovered by the monks, so they sent six monks in the Yangshen realm to hunt down Bao Yun and his family.
So Bao Yun's family has been running away for a whole day and night from yesterday to today. The couple is almost exhausted. If they were not snow leopard spirits, who are naturally good at hiding and running, they would have been liberated by the monks by now.
But if they continued to run like this, they would be caught up sooner or later, because Bao Yun and Bao Xin's magic power was almost exhausted.
"Husband, what should we do?" Bao Xin asked Bao Yun with a tired and anxious look on her face.
Bao Yun panted and said, "Even if you and I die now, we won't have any regrets, but we still have Mi'er. We must persevere and at least let Mi'er escape."
Bao Xin said, "But our gang's magic power is about to run out. By then, even if we want to hold them back and save Mi'er's life, it won't be possible."
At this point, Bao Xin couldn't help but say with resentment, "If you rebel, you'll be killed by the Heavenly Court. If you don't rebel, you'll be killed by the Buddhist sect. Is this the fate of us demon cultivators?"
Bao Yun frowned. He and Bao Xin watched Bao Mi run away while they looked at a hill covered with strange rocks in the distance. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. "Is this Shiqiu County?"
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