Chapter 124 - 121: Bodhisattva Descends the Mountain to Meet Zhuangzi_2
Guanyin could only swing the rattan in her hand, creating a barrier so dense not even water could penetrate, nor fire enter, ultimately keeping countless swords at bay.
"Are you the Zhuang Zhou of the Daoist Sect?" Guanyin asked loudly.
"It is indeed I." Zhuang Zhou answered, but his hands continued to not let her go, commanding Kunpeng to claw at the Bodhisattva.
This was the first time Guanyin had faced someone who had become an immortal through studying the principles of the Human Sage. She hadn’t realized their might before, but now she had learned it firsthand. She had heard that Confucius had once beaten the Buddha of Immeasurable Life so badly he fled Luoyang City in a disgraceful state, a story she hadn’t quite believed, but now she believed it almost entirely.
Zhuang Zhou was also a scholar who had transcended the worldly, his achievements no less than Confucius. But to study was to continually question, so he had recently been inquiring into the teachings of Confucius from Confucianism.
Behind Guanyin, a giant Buddha rose to protect her, but Kunpeng’s sharp claws struck down, shattering the Buddha’s Dharma Body. Guanyin had to block it, but how could she withstand the immense power of Kunpeng? With one blow, she felt a sweetness in her throat, internal organs injured, and she was sent flying.
"Buddha Ancestor, save me!" Guanyin cried out, in a moment of grave danger, not caring whether Tathagata could hear her.
No sooner had the words left her mouth than a huge Hand Seal came down, repelling Kunpeng with a single strike, its wings flapping like a hurricane.
The one who intervened was not Tathagata, but Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the chief of the Four Great Bodhisattvas. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, riding Di Ting from afar, called out, "Zhuangzi, hold your hand! This is my sect’s affair."