At the same time, a gust of yellow wind howled off into the distance, with a beam of Buddha Light pursuing relentlessly behind it.
"Impudent fiend! This poor monk showed great mercy and kindly set you free, allowing you to go to Yellow Wind Ridge to cultivate your heart and nurture your nature."
Lingji angrily rebuked him, "Yet you secretly harmed the Scripture Seeker there. Truly, your crime cannot be pardoned. Now you still refuse to stop at once—do you know that fleeing to escape guilt only adds another degree to your crime?"
"Bodhisattva Lingji, didn't I just drink a couple mouthfuls of lamp oil from Tathagata's Glazed Lamp?"
The Yellow Wind Monster shouted, "Your Buddhist Sect has a great house and great enterprise. Could you not be so petty?"
"The Glazed Lamp is Buddha's treasure, yet you stole and ate the oil of the precious lamp. Now you show no thought of repentance and still dare to boast shamelessly."
Lingji suppressed his anger. "If this poor monk does not capture you, vile beast, and take you before Buddha to receive your punishment today, I swear I will not rest. Where do you think you're going... Flying Dragon Staff, go!"
He threw out the precious Flying Dragon Staff in his hand and chanted an incantation. In the next instant, golden light blazed from the staff, and a Five-Clawed Golden Dragon a hundred zhang long burst out, tossing its head and swaying its tail.
Lingji leaped and landed atop the golden dragon's head, pressed his palms together, and charged toward that gust of yellow wind.
"Bullshit! Without that lamp oil, could I have cultivated the Samadhi Divine Wind?"
The Yellow Wind Monster shouted, "The reason you people didn't kill me—isn't it because you took a fancy to my divine ability?"
"Fiend,