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Chapter 1316 The Monkey King is not what it used to be!
"You idiot, gossip behind your back again!"

Bajie was still in a daze, his big ears suddenly hurt, he had already been pulled up by a hairy hand, and he raised it high, and he immediately called out: "Brother Monkey, let go! Let go!"

Wukong had suffered enough, so he snorted refreshedly, turned over and returned to the original place, and said to Xuanzang with a smile, "Master, you are here!"

Xuanzang stared blankly: "Wukong, do you really know this Wu Neng?"

"Of course I do. This idiot has made Master suffer a lot..."

Wukong glared at Bajie, grinning his teeth: "The lower realm should be a thousand years old, and it hasn't progressed yet. No wonder the Tathagata made you purify the altar!"

Bajie was still in pain, muttering, while Xuanzang asked, "The lower realm?"

Wukong turned to Li Yan: "Didn't he come from the lower realm?"

Li Yan nodded slightly, and after introducing himself, he said: "The Lingshan here is compared to the 'New Territory', and the original Three Realms is called the 'Old World'. Do you understand the battle against Buddha?"

"Old Sun is not subject to fighting and defeating the Buddha, so you don't need to call me that, but this old world and the new world... hey!"

Wukong sneered again and again: "My master and apprentice have gone through untold hardships. They have taken the important texts of the Mahayana, translated them to the middle land, and transcended the troubles. The world of saving all living beings has become the old world? But this heaven is looking forward to occupying a place. , really ridiculous!"

It can be seen that the previous speculation is indeed correct.

The New Territory is not a new world, but a new heaven, a Buddhist holy land promoted from the human world...

"The poor monk lived in Lingshan for hundreds of days, and it has been hundreds of years in the Three Realms?"

Xuanzang thinks of this period of intensive study of Consciousness-only scriptures, not knowing that the outside world has been thousands of years, quite dazed, and finally believes that Ba Jie, Drifting Monk and Little White Dragon he found before are all disciples who once protected him from the west to learn scriptures.

But after searching in his mind for a while, there was still no memory. He murmured and couldn't help being very sad: "It's absolutely wrong for a teacher to forget all his apprentices..."

Bajie muttered: "Yes, yes, why did Master forget us, just remember Brother Monkey!"

"This is Tathagata's way to keep Master. If you knew that you are still in the old world, Master would not be in Lingshan long ago..."

Wukong rolled his eyes: "What's more, you and Junior Brother Sha were both divine generals in the Heavenly Court in your previous life. Although you converted to Buddhism, you have a biased heart in the end. It is for this reason that the Tathagata will not let Master remember..."

Xuanzang couldn't accept it: "I, Buddha Tathagata, why is this so?"

Wukong said with a smile: "Back then, the old grandson made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, and there was a saying that the emperors would take turns to do it. When he came to my house next year, he wanted the Jade Emperor to move out. The Heavenly Palace gave way. It was the Tathagata who led the order to rescue him. Made a lie..."

"If a somersault turns out of the palm of the right hand, it will be counted as Lao Sun's victory. There is no need to use swords and soldiers to fight hard. The Tathagata invited the Jade Emperor to live in the west and give up the heavenly palace. If the palm cannot be hit, I will return to the lower realm as a demon. However, the Tathagata did not keep his promise, and turned his hand on the old grandson under the Five Elements Mountain..."

"That's all right, the Tathagata is probably looking at the position of the Jade Emperor and wants to be the Lord of the Heavenly Palace, and he will be the Lord of the Three Realms. There will be no more Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss!"

Ba Jie was obviously a little frightened when he heard Brother Hou keep saying bad things about the Buddha. He shrank his head and kept silent, but Xuanzang shook his head slightly, his brows furrowed more and more. It was obviously hard to understand why the Tathagata Buddha became like this...

Li Yan watched from the sidelines, and noticed that although Wukong mentioned the riots in the Heavenly Palace in the past and was suppressed by the Buddha, there was no hatred or resentment in his tone. feel.

This Great Sage Equaling Heaven did not defeat the Buddha for the sake of fighting, but he possessed a deep Buddha-nature.

Not surprising.

Among the scripture-learning team of Journey to the West, monkeys have always been the ones who have the most understanding of Buddhism. On the way to learn scriptures, when Tang Seng was tired and slack, and when he wavered, it was monkeys who always gave him advice and encouragement.

However, the monkey's temperament is always easily irritated, and it has not been perfected. Now it seems that even this point has been made up...

"Is this the scene of being so carefree at the bottom of Mount Sumeru?"

When Li Yan was thinking, Xuanzang also came back to his senses: "Wukong, let alone those things, you are sealed here, we will rescue you right now!"

Wukong said: "Master, don't worry, if you don't have time to take care of yourself, you can't suppress me!"

Xuanzang looked at the top of Mount Sumeru, the upside-down area, and wondered, "Then why are you here?"

Wukong explained: "Once I leave, Grandson, this Mount Sumeru will be taken away by Tathagata and turned into mustard seeds. I don't know where it is hidden. It will be hard to find it then!"

Bajie couldn't understand: "Brother Monkey, why do you care about this mountain, just run away first!"

Wukong laughed and scolded: "You idiot, once this Mount Sumeru is refined, how can I have a chance? I don't need to jump into the palm of the Tathagata, and I can suppress it with my backhand!"

Li Yan and Xuan Zang immediately understood what Wukong meant.

Turning Sumeru into mustard seeds, and Mount Sumeru should be hidden like that, is the most magical manifestation, rather than simply standing upside down under the spiritual mountain.

It was this great sage who restricted the refining of this sacred mountain and reduced it to a semi-finished product.

Combined with the rumors that the Great Wish Jiedou defeated the Buddha against Buddhism's eastward journey and was suppressed under the Lingshan Mountain, it is not so much that Wukong was suppressed, it is better to say that the monkey pinched the lifeblood of Buddhism's resurgence.

It can be seen that Wukong's growth has far surpassed that of the Monkey King in the past, and even formed some kind of check and balance with Tathagata.

At this time, Wukong refused to leave, and he pinched his fingers to make the calculation, and said clearly: "Junior Brother Sha and Junior Brother Bailong are trapped here, you idiot, go and rescue them..."

After finishing speaking, with a light blow, the vellus hair flew out and landed in front of Bajie, becoming a guide, marking the positions of Drifting Monk and Little White Dragon.

Bajie didn't dare to act alone, so he dawdled: "Brother Monkey, how can I go alone?"

The monkey stared: "Do you still need Master to protect you? Tathagata is not here, and there is nothing dangerous on the Lingshan Mountain. You just go and return quickly!"

Bajie looked at Xuanzang asking for help, but he also knew that Brother Hou would definitely not let Master go with him, so he hurriedly turned to Li Yan.

Li Yan thought for a while and asked, "Where is the Tathagata Buddha now?"

Wukong said: "If you are not in Lingshan, don't worry about it. One day, you will come here!"

Compared with the previous aggressiveness, Wukong at this time is more like a Tathagata, reading the scriptures, waiting for the enemy, and not doing unnecessary things.

However, although Li Yan was certain of some things, he still felt that the fog surrounding the truth had not diminished, and asked, "Where are Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"

Wukong said: "When this world was opened, the two Bodhisattvas were originally accompanying the Tathagata, but they disappeared later, or they were like the old grandson, and they did not want to see Buddhism like this. Which mountain was suppressed by the Tathagata..."

Li Yan continued: "As the great sage said, I already know a little about the situation on the Buddhist side, so what about the Jade Emperor? Was it harmed by the Tathagata?"

"The world has been robbed, and the old Jade Emperor can't hold back, so don't blame the Tathagata!"

Wukong shook his head, then asked with a smile, "What's the matter, are you going to escort?"

Li Yan narrated the situation of holding the Pearl and the Dragon Girl, and also stated Taibai Jinxing's determination: "Not to mention that the Jade Emperor is the co-lord of the three realms, but he should do his best to help his friends."

Thinking of Taibai Jinxing, Wukong's expression changed, and he felt nostalgic: "The old man is very loyal to the Jade Emperor. He knows that this place is dangerous, but he still comes to rescue him, no matter what..."

He looked at the gold thread on Li Yan's wrist: "You took the life-saving hair, since that's the case, here's this thing for you, if you can find the old lady, I'll save it!"

As he spoke, he reached out his furry hand to his ear, pulled out a golden thread like an embroidery needle, and threw it towards this side.

Li Yan watched the golden thread fly towards him in an instant, and with the help of the life-saving hair, he instantly merged with his own golden thread, and couldn't help but wondered: "Could it be the Great Sage's Ruyi Golden Cudgel, do you really want to lend it to me?" ?”

Just like a military commander needs a satisfactory weapon, without this Ruyi golden cudgel, the monkey's strength will be greatly reduced. This has been verified by several experiences on the westward journey, especially when King Kong Zhuo took away the golden cudgel , but Wukong was so anxious that he scratched his head and scratched his head. Didn't expect to take the initiative to lend it now?

Wukong looked at the golden thread made by Ruyi's golden cudgel and handed it over, and he seemed to feel a little distressed, and grinned: "I don't need it to gamble with the Tathagata, but you have to be kind, don't fall into the heaven, you can't get it." Come back, it’s cheap for the old Jade Emperor!”

Li Yan was even more impressed, so naturally he no longer refused, and bowed his hands: "Okay."

Seeing that they had finally finished speaking, Bajie even handed over the golden cudgel, and hurried over: "In that case, the Celestial Master and Laozhu will go to save people together!"

"Go, go, go!"

Wukong waved his hand impatiently, pulled Xuanzang and said with a smile: "Master is here, let's talk, and we can discuss some of the difficulties in the scriptures!"

Not to mention that Xuanzang stayed by Wukong's side to comprehend the Tripitaka together, and Li Yan took Bajie back to Lingshan along the way.

"If you can't even take back Mount Sumeru, you must be very weak. I'm afraid that you and the Jade Emperor will suffer..."

"Buddhism wants to take advantage of the calamity of the world and raise Lingshan into the heavenly realm. Laojun will not stand by and watch, maybe Laojun made the move..."

"In any case, this is a great opportunity for us to rescue the ancestor!"

This trip was originally intended to rescue the suppressed monkey, let the great sage Equaling Heaven come out, mess up Lingshan, and take advantage of the confrontation with Tathagata to find the spirit of the ancestor and rescue it.

However, Wukong is not being suppressed now, on the contrary, he is suppressing the Great Sumeru Mountain, waiting for the Tathagata to come to his door.

Although the monkey could not be used in this way, it could get a glimpse of the truth. All the spirits agreed that the Tathagata Buddha's current strength was definitely not as strong as imagined, and taking advantage of his weakness was naturally the best time to strike.

As a result, Li Yan's mind projection appeared in front of all the spirits, and their expectant eyes immediately gathered: "What do you think, the Holy King?"

"As you all said, this is the God Blessing Spirit Race."

Li Yan nodded slightly: "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven also lent you the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. I want to use everyone's strength to wipe out the enemies outside the Buddhist sect!"

All the spirits were overjoyed, and Lei Yin and others who deeply hated Buddhism were the first to express their support, and were willing to pour their own strength into it: "I'm going to do something like this!"

Li Yan didn't blindly fool around. Judging from the current situation, even he had to admit that the possibility of Tathagata being weak was extremely high. In addition, the Monkey King is not what he used to be. Dominate Mount Sumeru and prevent Buddhism from taking it back.

But according to his judgment, the reason for Tathagata's poor state should not be the internal strife between the Jade Emperor, the Supreme Master, and the Buddha for their own selfish desires, but that the first ancestor borrowed the great calamity of heaven and earth early on to promote all this behind the scenes.

Therefore, the rescue plan of the Spirit Race was just a misunderstanding caused by not understanding the situation of the ancestors.

At first they thought that the ancestor glory above the Lingxiao Temple was supreme, and they only needed to wait for it to wake up, and the Spirit Race would be able to rule the Three Realms logically, but when they found that it was just an empty shell, they panicked for a while.

Under the guidance of Li Yan, he wholeheartedly wanted to save the first ancestor, but he never thought that the first ancestor might have awakened long ago. Behind all the abnormal outbreaks of the ancestors of the three religions, it was the influence of the first ancestor.

In any case, this is the development he would like to see.

If the ancestor is indeed the real culprit leading all this, it would be great if the Spirit Race mistakenly thought that it was helping the ancestor, but in fact it would destroy its plan to subvert the Three Realms.

If the first ancestor was really asleep, or simply a fabricated lie, then using the power of the spirit race to sweep away the shadows of the past and reset the order of the Three Realms would be the best thing.

"Tianshi, look, there is Junior Brother Sha in front of you!"

After setting the rules, under the guidance of Mao Mao, the two have shuttled into a space, and Bajie's loud voice began to mutter.

Indeed, in the temple just ahead, Drifting Monk has also been turned into a stone sculpture, surrounded by layers of Venerable Arhats headed by Anuo and Kaye, shouting loudly: "Namo Amitabha!"

"Junior Brother Sha, don't panic, I'll save you!"

Ba Jie has always been a bully, and seeing that the lineup was still the same as before, he smiled confidently, spit twice at his left and right hands, picked up the rake, and rushed over.

But this time, when the mantra was sung, Bajie's footsteps stopped immediately.

Just because along with the chanting, the pressure from all directions increased sharply, and the majestic, heavy and continuous force suppressed it, forming a deep and thick barrier, which actually restricted the supernatural power from the outside to the inside.

The most important thing is that on the top of the heads of the Arhats, an immeasurably large silhouette of the Buddha slowly emerged. It seemed to be in the infinite distance, existing forever, and emitting infinite brilliance from a short distance away.

"Tathagata? Didn't he say he wasn't in Lingshan? It's all because of the monkey, he didn't have a right word!"

Bajie's face turned pale, and he was about to run away, but he heard a slightly excited voice from the side: "This is not the Buddha, but it is not bad, and I am going to try this awesome power!"

As soon as he spoke, Li Yan raised his hand, and the gold thread on his wrist turned into an iron rod in the wind.

The precious aura is gorgeous, and the brilliance is myriad. Holding the wishful golden cudgel in his hand, it has another kind of majesty, gathering immeasurable power, and hitting it straight towards the phantom of the Buddha.

(End of this chapter)