Journey to the West: Heavenly Creation

Chapter 116
"In a place far away from here, there is a world where only ordinary people live."

At the beginning of the story, Tamamo-mae is introduced to a distant time and space.

"There are no gods or heavens there. They are all ordinary people who are subject to birth, old age, sickness and death. Naturally, there is no elixir."

Oh!
Tamamo sighed and blinked.

She knows better than others that the fragility of ordinary people's life, birth, old age, sickness and death, in the eyes of the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox with endless longevity, is just a short moment.

It was so fast that people were caught off guard, and it also made people feel helpless.

"Since there is birth, old age, sickness and death, there will always be people who love each other, and they cannot stay together forever,"

Layman Jingxuan has far-sighted eyes, and seems to have returned to the modern world. His parents, for example, have left him one after another without anyone being able to help him.

"But there is no elixir, but there is a quick-death elixir. People in that world invented a method called 'Ease', which allows people suffering from illnesses to die without pain."

There was a desolate but amazing smile on the face of Yu Zaoqian,

"The so-called elixir of immortality is just a legend. What I found back then was actually the elixir of life and death."

What are these two talking about? !

Sanzang, a stupid monk who doesn't know how to behave, was almost stunned by the strange talks of Lay Jingxuan and Yuzaoqian.

Are you and the poor monk really living under the same sky?
....
Oh!
Layman Jingxuan nodded,

"This can end the suffering of patients, but those who send them away will fall into self-blame and doubt for a long time-whether to watch them die in pain, or let them go cruelly, which one is right of?"

"Does the world you mentioned really exist?"

Yuzao had doubts in front of her eyes, the story told by Layman Jingxuan was so true, she suspected it was true.

"It's not important. What I want to say is that there are too many people in the world who have the same regrets. We are not born to love, we must constantly struggle with the evil in our hearts, learn to face up to our own thoughts, and understand others' difficulties , in the end, after a brief encounter, they will part ways—whether they are reincarnated or live forever, they will go their separate ways.”

Layman Jingxuan did not draw a conclusion.

Between life and death, the so-called right and wrong, there is no clear boundary.

At least Layman Jingxuan himself couldn't give an answer.

What Yuzao wanted was not an answer, she needed to talk, she needed someone to understand her heart, and that was enough.

Rightly or wrongly, she was punished.

"Also, if it is a curse, then this curse is not yours alone. Thousands of people have been cursed, so you are not alone."

Layman Jingxuan clapped his hands, "My story is finished, if you have any questions, this...poor monk can answer them for free."

snort!
Yuzaoqian's expression changed a few times, Emei raised slightly, and looked at Layman Jingxuan again and again several times,
"He begged me to kill him all the time, but I couldn't do it."

Ah!
It turned out to be so!
Sanzang, who was belatedly aware of it, understood the truth of the incident.

"It was indeed my intention to reveal his whereabouts. But it wasn't until after his death that I realized that my heart was also empty. It turns out that immortality only means eternal emptiness and endless torture. You say, this is Isn't it ironic?"

Yuzao looked at Layman Jingxuan before, and expressed his long-hidden heart knot.

It will not be easy because of this, but in the end, he said these few words very bluntly.

"He didn't blame me. It's better to die in the hands of outsiders than in my hands. As you said, this matter was brought about by the two of us, consciously or unconsciously."

"What really makes me regret is that for a moment, I even felt complacent about it, and felt that I had finally got rid of the fragile human being and gained a long-term freedom. In this love-hate entanglement, after all, he was right. After all, it was me. wrong."

Ugh!
Layman Jingxuan sighed.

How can it be equal to pay?Love is an inequality.

"It's good for him, after all, it's not his fault. Now that the question has been answered, can we return our Zen staff?"

"Clap clap clap!"

Layman Jingxuan had just finished speaking, and Yuzao hadn't responded yet, but there was applause in the distance.

"The poor monk always thought that Sanzang was too deserted and out of touch with the world. I didn't expect you to have such a person by your side. It's really impressive!"

Dressed in a red robe like fire, with nine red snakes coiled behind him, Nagarjuna Bodhisattva came from a distance.

"The monks are all empty, why do you need so much fireworks?"

Sanzang was a little unconvinced, and even more puzzled.

"You are extremely talented, but you are too cold. Do you know why the Buddha asked you to return to Chang'an - how can you be truly compassionate if you can't see all living beings in your heart?"

Nagarjuna's words made it clear that Layman Jingxuan had a little sense of identity.

Little Star Lord is...too purposeful, he can do anything for Xu Yuan.

But after turning into a Tripitaka, from the perspective of a person who learns Buddhist scriptures, he is really too far, too far away from the mortal world.

After hearing Nagarjuna's words, Sanzang fell silent.

If it was before hearing the story of Yuzaoqian and Layman Jingxuan, he would have a hundred arguments to refute Nagarjuna.

But the facts speak louder than words, and the story before Tamazamo is bizarre and tortuous, which is really beyond his imagination.

I never knew before that human love is such a complicated thing.

"The poor monk is not obstructing you from obtaining the scriptures, but just wants you to know that the Buddha and your actions have deviated from the original intention of all living beings. If you want to be the Buddhas and dragons, you must first be the cattle and horses of all living beings. If you don't walk in the world of mortals, You won't understand that."

Nagarjuna spread his hands, "Now, I have given the brocade cassock to the demon king in Luzhou, Beiju. If you want to get the cassock back, go to the demon king. Of course, if you just turn around and go on the road, the poor monk will not accept it." stop."

"The demon king of Beiju Luzhou?"

Sanzang was stunned for a moment, the light in his eyes turned slowly, as if he had thought of something, and he seemed to be in a daze.

In short, his current state makes everyone unable to figure out whether he is really confused or pretending to be confused.

Or maybe both.

"At this time, the demon king is about to start a war with the Asura Realm. The poor monk wants you to stop it, so as to feel the world of mortals. At that time, you will naturally understand that what the poor monk said is correct!"

"Amitabha!"

After hearing Nagarjuna's words, Sanzang finally came back to his senses, and said flatly,

"To stop the war and return the cassock and Zen staff, is this the intention?"

"Yes. Yuzaoqian can also assist you. I have made an agreement with her long ago. Regardless of whether the matter is successful or not, I will teach her the secret practice method as a thank you."

"it is good!"

Sanzang left quickly without looking back.

"Master, Master..."

Layman Jingxuan hurriedly chased after him, and asked in a low voice, "Why did you agree to him? Even if there is no cassock, the Buddha will not give us Buddhist scriptures?"

"The scriptures we ask for are not in the hands of the Buddha."

Sanzang took a deep look at Lay Jingxuan.

Only at this time did he recover a trace of unfathomable little star master.

So traveling around the world... making trouble?
Layman Jingxuan had a faint realization.

The previous word "benevolence" was also learned from the battle. Now that I go to Beiju Luzhou, maybe I can learn another word "demon"?

And when all the characters are gathered together, Taizong's scriptures will be completed.

If you don't say it is the emperor of the ages, if you want to talk about the deep scheming, it has to be Taizong you!
(End of this chapter)