It is said that after the Zhenwu Emperor ascended to the throne of the gods, his strength was weak, and under the guidance of his master Miaole Tianzun, he clarified the mission goal - to eliminate the black qi in the human world and capture the thirty-six generals of the Sun Palace who had privately descended.
Emperor Zhenwu only relied on one person and one sword, zhi collected the second general of the turtle and snake, and counted Zhao Gongming, and finally had three followers. But human demons are rampant, and this time he encountered the biggest crisis in the Battle of the Northern Journey!
On this day, Emperor Tianwu (hereinafter referred to as the Ancestor) led the second general of the turtle and snake and Zhao Gongming through Tiantai Mountain. The ancestor checked it out and found that there must be big demons in this place.
It turned out that there was a sand knife spirit on Tiantai Mountain, who called himself General Yanyue. This demon is very powerful, he loves to drink blood the most in his life, and when pedestrians pass by, they will catch and bleed, and eat for hundreds of miles and no one will be inhabited.
The ancestor had the heart to show off his mana in front of his followers, so he went to the sand knife cave to call out.
The ancestor said, "Demons listen, I am the innocent martial spirit of the upper realm town to bless the Saint Emperor, and now that the Heavenly Soldiers have arrived, they will quickly surrender and avoid moving." ”
Seeing that the ancestor was just dressed as an ordinary Daoist, he smiled and said, "I have lived for three hundred years, and I have never heard of such an emperor, I think you sealed it yourself, but to scare people!" After saying that, he shook his body and emitted a golden light.
When the ancestor saw that this demon had a long body, a small head, and a golden light all over his body, it was a Taoist magic golden light spell, and he knew that he was a great demon who had attained enlightenment, and did not dare to slack off. The sand knife essence drew out an ordinary sand knife to split the face, and the ancestor took out three seven-star swords to hold it, one was the Xuantian God True Martial, the other was the magic weapon evil heart into a demon, the two swords came and went, the killing shook the mountain, the smoke and dust were everywhere, and there was no victory or defeat in a hundred rounds.
Seeing that the sand knife is difficult to defeat by force, he shook the knife falsely, pulled his leg and fled. The Ancestor did not know what the plan was, and followed closely behind, mistakenly entering the spell casting circle.
The sand knife saw the ancestor approaching, and there were words in his mouth: "At this time, do not change when to stay!" ”
Three thousand knives mutinied into flying knives, all over the sky, assassinated!
Zushi was able to resist at first, but he could not withstand a thousand blades, and finally he was exhausted, unable to dodge, and was stabbed by a flying knife. He screamed and fell backwards.
The second general of the turtle and snake and Zhao Gongming woke up like a dream and went to the rescue, but the ancestor was already dead on the ground, and the three of them were remorseful.
The sand knife essence won this battle, seeing that the second general of the turtle and snake and Zhao Gongming were murderous, they did not dare to push forward, and collected the knife back to the hole.
Just at the beginning of the northern journey to the demon road, the main heart bone was lost, and the second general of the turtle and snake stayed in the local area with Zhao Gongming, helpless.
The turtle general sighed and said to Zhao Gongming, "For the sake of the present, only me and the snake brother can go to find Miaole Tianzun's idea, he is the master of the master, he will not ignore it, you guard the master." ”
After the discussion has been decided, the second turtle and snake will take advantage of the foot wind and go to the Sanqing Temple.
Not long after, the two had reached the Three Qing Temple.
The Three Qing Temples were in the thirty-three days, but they saw the smoke and clouds, the glazed lighting, the dazzling dazzling, a thousand old pines and cypresses, ten thousand knots of reed bamboo, strange flowers and incense, Yao grass offerings, and a grand view of the moment.
A man with a child's face and crane hair sat on the stage, it was Taishang Laojun, Lao Jun opened his eyes and said, "It turned out to be fire and water, I heard that you followed the true martial god North Wandering Demon, what are you doing here today?" ”
The second general of the turtle and snake will meet and tell about the death of the ancestor, and the snot will flow.
Lao Jun shouted to Miaole Tianzun, "You quickly go to the nether realm to save people, otherwise if you miss the hour, Emperor Zhenwu will turn into pus and disappear into a god, and I will not be able to save him at that time." ”
Miaole Tianzun only took the order, and went to Tiantai Mountain with the second general to save people.
Miaole Tianzun spat out three immortal breaths at Emperor Zhenwu and shouted, "If the disciple doesn't wake up again, when will he stay?" ”
Emperor Zhenwu opened his eyes, saw that Master had arrived, and hurriedly turned over and sat up to thank him.
Emperor Zhenwu asked about the origin of the demon, and Miao Lotte Tianzun said, "Speaking of this sand knife essence, Guan Yu used a treasure sword when he was in the Three Kingdoms, which was forged by the blacksmith of Zhuo County, because he could kill the dragon and cut the moon, so it was called the Green Dragon Yanyue Knife."
MiaoLe Tianzun continued, "This Guan Yu was loyal and righteous all his life, but unfortunately he was murdered by Lü Meng's treacherous plan, and after his death, his soul was unyielding, and he was later ordered by the ancestor of Pu'an to take refuge in Buddhism. One day, Pu'an became enlightened and ascended to heaven and brought Guan Yu into Tiancao. The Jade Emperor was very important, and made Guan Yu a loyal general, guarding the South Heavenly Gate during the day and managing the capital at night. ”
"One day, Guan Yu heard that Xi Tian rulai was holding an open class in Lingshan, and the theme was the method of reincarnation, so he had the heart to listen to it, because this time he was going to listen to the Buddhist big man's saying, and it was inconvenient to bring a sword, so he left the sword in the palace and instructed the boy to take care of it."
"It's just that the Green Dragon Blade is uncomfortable without drinking blood for a day, he cultivated into a sand knife essence, bounced two sleepy worms onto the boy, and sneaked down the mortal world, counting that it has been three days."
"When the sand knife spirit came to Tiantai Mountain, he also obtained the Heaven and Earth Spirit Root Immortal Qi, the Dao Fa made great progress, cultivated into three thousand sword arrays, ate countless people, and many mages could not stop him."
"If you want to collect the sand knife essence, unless Guan Yu comes in person, you can go to the Spirit Mountain and invite him to come, remember to remember." Without saying a word, MiaoLe Tianzun drifted away.
Emperor Zhenwu traveled day and night to the Western Heavenly Spirit Mountain.
In the Lei Yin Temple, Rulai was explaining the mysteries of the path of reincarnation, talking about the wonderful place, the holy light was radiant, the fragrant flowers and golden lotuses in the air fell to the ground, and Guan Yuduan sat down below, listening to it with relish.
Ru Lai suddenly said, "Emperor Guan, Emperor Zhenwu is in trouble and is looking for you." ”
Guan Yu asked, "I don't know what happened?" ”
Rulai said, "I'll find out later." ”
As soon as the words fell, Emperor Zhenwu had already entered the temple, met Rulai, and talked about the sand knife essence.
Guan Yu said, "I didn't expect this evil beast to be so bold, the emperor came to summon Guan Mou, it was not easy to resign, but my Buddha's saying is in a wonderful place, Guan Mou has not yet been enlightened, and he is not willing to leave." ”
Ru Lai said, "Emperor Jun doesn't know that Emperor Zhenwu is one of the three souls of the Jade Emperor, not others." You can worship under the emperor and cultivate your mind, even if you don't listen to the scriptures, you can not go into the world to work, and get rid of the suffering of samsara. ”
Guan Yu listened to the great joy, and he arranged for Zhou Cang and Guan Ping to continue to take notes on the lectures, and he himself followed the ancestors to descend the demon.
Zushi led the three generals and went to the sand knife cave to shout and fight.
The sand knife spirit was drinking, and when he heard that yesterday's opponent was not dead, he was horrified and went out to meet the battle.
Sha Daojing said, "You thief, how do you escape from death?" ”
The ancestor smiled and did not answer, and the sand knife slashed with a sword.
ZuShi knew that Guan Yu was secretly rescuing him, and his heart was solid, and he fought a vicious battle with the goblins.
He pretended to be invincible, and the sand knife refined the same trick, summoning a thousand flying knives to kill, shining with sword light in the sky, and the momentum was overwhelming.
At this moment, Guan Yu fell from the clouds and shouted, "Evil beast, do you dare to commit murder?" The sand knife spirit was too frightened to come closer, and the flying knives saw that the boss had come, lost the golden light, and fell to the dust.
Sha Daojing knelt in front of Guan Yu and prostrated his head continuously, and Guan Yu shouted angrily: "Don't quickly show the prototype!" ”
The sand knife was lying on the ground, the bones were soft as cotton, and wisps of green smoke were emitted, which turned out to be a green dragon crescent knife.
Emperor Zhenwu reported the matter to the Jade Emperor, who was overjoyed and crowned Guan Yu as "Marshal of Langlingguan, King Dao of Chongning".
The Jade Emperor also gave Guan Yu the magic weapon, and from then on, Guan Yu held the Green Dragon Sword in his left hand, the Ziwei Treasure Seal in his right hand, the Thunder God with his left foot, the train with his right foot, and helped the Zhenwu Emperor to travel north to descend demons, making countless contributions.
(End)
This issue of the story is adapted from the Ming Dynasty Yu Xiangdou's "Journey to the North" fragment, although the book is a bookseller's whimsical graffiti, but also collected a lot of information, you can see some folklore, Journey to the West, Fengshen Yanyi shadow. The illustrations are the work of Hong Kong painter Wang Zuyuan.
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