In the Heavens

The Buddhist scriptures team went on the road again. Tang Sanzang was still the same Tang Sanzang, but his body swelled a few times, and his appearance dropped a little bit.

These are small problems, and it is only a matter of time before I lose weight due to the hardships on the journey to the west.

Everything was as usual, Monkey King opened the way ahead, Zhu Bajie was in charge of leading the horse, and Sha Wujing continued to carry the luggage, as if nothing had changed, and everything had changed.

Tang Sanzang felt physically and mentally exhausted after only a day's journey, especially when he saw the pile of wild fruits brought back by Monkey King, he felt like vomiting.

In fact, this is the result of Monkey King's deliberate care. In the beginning, Sun Wukong picked "peaches" every time he went out to pick them. Now, although they are still wild fruits, at least several choices have been added.

Naturally, you can't count on the taste. It's not easy to fill your stomach.

Picking a large nameless fruit and stuffing it into his mouth, a bitter and sour taste came to his heart, and Tang Sanzang, who was greatly stimulated, spit out the fruit in a hurry.

After being fooled once, Tang Sanzang decisively chose to change to a different wild fruit and put it in his mouth to chew.

This time the taste was much more normal, leaving pure bitterness. The kind with bitter eyebrows is the most suitable for treating tooth decay.

Several times in a row, it was a wild fruit that was difficult to swallow.

After several tosses and tribulations, the good-tempered Tang Sanzang also got a little annoyed, and immediately asked Sun Wukong: "You monkey, I asked you to go out and find some wild fruits to satisfy your hunger, why did you find such weird flavors?"

Deliberately doing things, it is purely wronging Monkey King. . There are few wild fruits that taste good. Most of the widely circulated fruits are cultivated slowly through artificial training.

"Master, as the saying goes: One side of water and soil nurtures one side of people. The land here is barren and there is little rainfall, so the wild fruits that grow are naturally dry, bitter and spicy.

Master, let's bear with him for three to five days, after staying on these few hills, the situation will improve later on. "

Sun Wukong persuaded earnestly.

There is only one truth, and that is - laziness. As a passive sabotage monkey, Sun Wukong learned to be perfunctory early on.

As for whether the mortal Tang Sanzang could withstand it, it was never in his consideration. Anyway, if he was hungry, he could eat anything.

It is enough to ensure that the wild fruit is non-toxic and can fill the stomach. To learn scriptures, one is doomed to exhaust one's muscles and bones, starve one's skin, and empty one's body...

Zhu Bajie at the side glanced at it, picked up a wild fruit and gave it to his mouth, only heard two "clicks", and it was done.

"Master, what Brother Hou said is right, there are no people living in this area for a hundred miles, and we can only find these wild fruits to satisfy our hunger, let's deal with them first!

Although the taste is a bit worse, but didn't we all come here like this before?

Just stick to it first, and when the treatment reaches the place where people live, I, the old pig, will give you a vegetarian meal to improve it. "

Watching Tang Sanzang's jokes is one of the few joys in the scripture learning team. The three apprentices, Long Ma, are all immortals, and they have long since got rid of the five grains.

Eating, it is usually made for Tang Sanzang. It seems that Zhu Bajie threw the wild fruit into his mouth, but in fact he doesn't know where he threw it.

For the people in the immortal way, these mundane foods exist only to satisfy their appetites and have no real meaning.

"Master, what the elder brother and the second elder brother said is correct, this is a wilderness, master, you should make do with it first!

Otherwise, we will accompany you for a round of setbacks, which can distract you from the poker table, and you may not feel the bitterness of the wild fruit. "

Sha Wujing took advantage of the situation to make up for it.

With a result of one to three, it is clear that Tang Sanzang is sure to eat these wild fruits. Although Wufang Jiedi who accompanied them felt that they were playing too much, it was impossible for those who learned the scriptures to obtain the scriptures without going through hardships.

Anyway, he just ate a few wild fruits, and Tang Sanzang couldn't be killed, so he simply turned a blind eye.

It was all caused by Jin Chanzi before his reincarnation. As the second existence among the top ten evil insects in ancient times, the Six-Winged Cicada is known for his gluttony. As long as the heavens, earth, people, gods, Buddhas, ghosts and demons exist in the six reincarnations, they are all his recipes.

This way of eating is not acceptable without offending others. Even after being enlightened by the Tathagata Buddha, Jin Chanzi, who entered the Lingshan Mountain, improved his food from time to time, and many disciples and grandchildren of the Buddha entered his belly.

No matter how awesome it is, Jin Chanzi has not escaped the reincarnation of heaven. "He who eats people, people will eat them forever."

The six-winged golden cicada devours everything, and it is also a great tonic in itself. It is one of its effects that mortals and demons can live forever.

"Cicada" is also connected with "Zen", "gold" represents the West, and "Golden Cicada" implies the nobility of the West. If it weren't for the golden cicada born in response to the great fortune of the West, he would have been the son of Lingshan's luck, and he would have been on the table of the Buddhas long ago.

Where did Jin Chanzi's body go, let's not mention it for now. The golden cicada reincarnated in the tenth life is a great tonic in the eyes of demons anyway.

All the demon kings are focusing on Tang Monk Meat, in addition to the effect of immortality, the most important thing is to obtain the magical power of "escape the shell of the golden cicada".

A large part of the reason why the five directions reveal the truth and not stand up for Tang Sanzang is that Buddhists believe in the cycle of karma. Tang Sanzang's sad experience now, in their eyes, is the redemption of the six-winged golden cicada before the tenth life.

The crackling mahjong sound sounded, and Tang Sanzang felt much better after stuffing the wild fruit into his mouth again.

It was late at night after playing, and there was no reason for the accident. The exhausted Tang Sanzang woke up a big night the next day.

It was just a lazy sleep, and no one took it seriously. I just don't know that once Pandora's box is opened, it can never be closed again.

Lazy and cool, always lazy and cool. Unknowingly, the addicted learning team quietly shortened the traveling time.

If this is clocking in, that's typical late arrival and early departure. Fortunately, the immortals and Buddhas don't have a good concept of time. They are used to calculating time with Yuanhui, and they don't care about the changes of the hour.

With an extra set of mahjong, the sutra learning team had more fun on the westbound road. If the sun is too strong, stop and set two, if it rains, stop and set two, if it is windy, stop and set two...

Before he knew it, Tang Sanzang's most frequent words were not scriptures, but exchanging mahjong games with his disciples.

The benefits are also great. The four-person team of mentors and apprentices who played mahjong together quickly warmed up.

Even the fruit Sun Wukong found was not so sour, and occasionally he would give Tang Sanzang a bowl of vegetarian food when he was in a good mood.

Stopping and stopping along the way, after more than a month of eating and sleeping in the wind, a mysterious Taoist building entered the eyes of the master and apprentice group.

"Immortal Mansion of Immortality, a family with the same longevity as the sky."

After reading the couplet on the plaque, the four masters and apprentices gasped in unison.

Different from the ignorant and fearless in the original book, Sun Wukong at this moment, like Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, are masters who have heard the name of Zhen Yuanzi.

Knowing is knowing, but for Monkey King who wants to add obstacles to Buddhism, pretending to be confused is also a choice.

"Master, don't take it seriously. This Taoist priest is just talking big words to bluff people. When my grandson was working in Tiangong five hundred years ago, the head of the Taishang Laojun's sect never saw such words."

The appearance of an arrogant and domineering monkey is vividly portrayed in the Monkey King's novel. If you don't know him well, you might be fooled by this expression.

"Wukong, it doesn't bother us if the master engraves words on his door. As a monk, how can we criticize others behind his back?"

Obviously, Tang Sanzang also expressed doubts about the contents on the plaque. There are many immortal Buddhas who live forever, but this is the first time I have encountered one who dares to claim the same life as the world.

"Master, don't worry about him so much, let's go in and have a look first, maybe this Taoist priest has some virtues, and we don't know."

Zhu Bajie tentatively reminded.

To be able to say so much is because everyone has a good relationship these days. If something happens, he won't stop it.

Although he didn't know the specific catastrophe in Journey to the West, his intuition told Zhu Bajie that as long as he could encounter it, it would be a trouble for the Buddhist scriptures team.

The calculations of the big shots are not something that a pawn like him can know. But Zhu Bajie still won't do it if he offends Zhenyuanzi in order to learn from the team.

Not to mention Sha Wujing behind him, he stood there motionless like a wooden man, waiting for Tang Sanzang to give orders.

The four masters and apprentices stepped into the second-floor door of the temple, only to see two boys bouncing up to meet them, bowing their backs to Tang Sanzang and saying, "Teacher, I'm sorry, please sit down."

Seeing this, Tang Sanzang was overjoyed. Looking at the treatment, not only is there a place to rest tonight, but a sumptuous fast meal is also indispensable.

It is also Huazhai, and it is also treated differently when encountering rich families and ordinary people. Even if ordinary people are willing to give alms, they have to see if there is rice in the tank.

Following the two fairy boys into the hall, they saw the two characters of "Heaven and Earth" in colorful decorations hanging in the middle of the wall, and there was a vermilion carved lacquer incense table with a pair of gold furnace bottles on the table, and there were whole incense placed beside the furnace.

Tang Sanzang stepped forward, held incense with his left hand, poured incense into the burner, and prostrated three times. After the worship, he turned his head and said, "Xiantong, your Wuzhuang Temple is really a western fairy world. Why don't you make offerings to the Sanqing, Liuyu, and Luotian masters, and only use the word "heaven and earth"?" Serving incense?"

The boy laughed loudly and said: "San Qing is a friend of the family teacher, Liu Yu is an old friend of the family teacher, Jiu Yao is the junior of the family teacher, Yuan Chen is the guest of the family teacher..."

Although there are suspicions of boasting, it is generally not bad. As both guests of Zixiao Palace, Zhen Yuanzi and Sanqing did have some kind of friendship.

I don't know what came to mind, Monkey King, who was pretending to be confused and wanted to make trouble, suddenly stopped at this moment.

Suddenly, he realized something was wrong. As a cautious and honest monkey, why did I have the idea of ​​doing things in front of the boss just now?

"Instigate a conflict between Buddhism and Zhenyuanzi", even if you think about it for a while, you know it's unreliable. In this world of immortals and Buddhas, no matter how secretive he is, he will inevitably cheat in the end.

Conflict may be provoked, but at the cost of a monkey's life. After a little analysis, Monkey King felt that this business could not be done.

After calming down, Monkey King directly chose to stand on the sidelines. Even if the fruit of life was delivered to his mouth, he resisted the temptation.

Sun Wukong didn't come out to make troubles, so the two salted fishes Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing wouldn't jump out to make troubles. They passed the night without incident, and the four masters and apprentices left directly the next day.

The catastrophe set in advance suddenly disappeared, and Zhen Yuanzi didn't care when he came back from listening to the sermon. For a master whose cultivation has reached his level, setting up a catastrophe to get some merit can only be icing on the cake.

But the impact on Buddhism is huge. The ninety-nine and eighty-one disasters are a joint agreement between Buddhism and the powers of the Three Realms, and each disaster is divided well.

If any catastrophe is missed in the middle, it may have an impact on the next great prosperity of Buddhism, which made Guanyin Bodhisattva rush to Wuzhuang Guantong Town Yuanzi to discuss.

After explaining his purpose, Zhen Yuanzi refused straight away: "Bodhisattva, it's not that the poor Taoist is unwilling to help. It's because the Tang monk and his disciples didn't do anything, so we can't let the poor Taoist make things difficult for them for no reason, right?"

As a good old man among the powers of the Three Realms, Zhen Yuanzi was able to live at ease until now, so he was naturally not a simple person.

It's a matter of cooperating with the great prosperity of Buddhism, but if you want to lose your own reputation, then it's out of the question.

Hearing this answer, Guanyin Bodhisattva secretly complained. According to the Buddhist plan, Wuguanzhuang is a very important part, not the kind of catastrophe that can be replaced at any time.

The reason is very simple. As the ancestor of the Earth Immortal, Zhen Yuanzi has a very unique position in the prehistoric world. Especially after Conferring the Gods and Killing Jie, he became the main force to reunite the prehistoric land, and pushed Zhen Yuanzi to the altar.

If it's just these things, it's fine, but Wuguanzhuang is still located at the gateway between the East and the West, and the lineage of the Earth Immortals has already become a force of its own.

It's not obvious in the short term, but with the continuous decline of the aura of heaven and earth, the role of Dixian Dao in the prehistoric world will become more and more important in the future.

If you don't take the opportunity to get involved with Zhen Yuanzi, how can Buddhism reach out to the earth immortal lineage in the future?

If it weren't for the Taoist ancestor's order to require the great powers of the three realms to cooperate with the great prosperity of Buddhism, I am afraid that the door of Wuzhuang Temple would not be open to Tang monks and disciples.

According to the established script, Tang Seng and his disciples were not recruited. Theoretically speaking, this catastrophe can barely be regarded as over.

But this kind of catastrophe without any movement is unacceptable to Buddhism. How can we reflect the magnificence of Buddhism without doing something?

Neither tainted with cause and effect, nor gained prestige, so how can the Buddhist sect pull people from the lineage of earth immortals in the future?

"The Immortal should not refuse in a hurry, since the poor monk dared to raise it, he would not let the Immortal do nothing for nothing, nor would he let this matter affect the reputation of the Immortal.

Everything in the world has its cause and effect. In the chaos, a demon ape fell into Pangu's creation of the world. Its origin was divided into four and turned into the four monkeys of heaven and earth. "

In the middle of speaking, Guanyin suddenly fell silent. But this hint is obvious enough.

Buddhism pretends to be Sun Wukong to do things, not once or twice, once acquainted, and second time, it doesn't matter if Sun Wukong takes the blame again.

As for the truth, unless Sun Wukong can prove Hunyuan one day and beat the two sages of the West, he can only carry this scapegoat all the time.

Even if the great powers of the Three Realms knew that he was wronged, it would be meaningless. No one is willing to offend the mighty Buddhist sect for a wild monkey.

Even if it is a competitor of Buddhism, it will not jump out at the moment when Buddhism is flourishing and ask for trouble.

After all, the bottoms of the major forces are not clean, and they all hold each other's black history, and it is not good for everyone to have a quarrel.

Buddhism looks even worse, just because they have been eager for quick success in recent years, and in order to strengthen their own strength, they have recruited all kinds of bad people into it, so that the dark history of Buddhism is plentiful.