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Chapter 1069 Tathagata's clone, the mighty dragon? Something seems to be wrong! (Please subscribe!)

Time goes back to when Hua Twelve slipped out of the restaurant. He walked out of the restaurant, turned around and looked towards the second floor, and smiled:
"You still want to convert the monster? You should convert that restaurant first so that they won't charge you any money!"

When Chen Xuanzang was bathing in the stream, he discovered that this guy didn't have a single copper coin on him. The meal cost more than two hundred taels of silver, and he didn't believe that the restaurant would be so easily influenced to waive the bill.

As for why the banquet costs more than two hundred taels of silver?

Well, when he left, he also packed two jars of 30-year-old Huadiao wine.

Hua Shier had no psychological burden at all about tricking Chen Xuanzang. When he was subduing demons, this guy was whining beside him. Moreover, he was a magnanimous person and did not bear grudges. He saved this chatterbox from Miss Duan once.

Under the circumstances at that time, if he really didn't stop it, even if Miss Duan didn't beat Chen Xuanzang to death, she would most likely cripple him. It's not too much to ask this girl to treat him to a meal, right?
Humming the Peking opera "Stealing the Imperial Horse", Hua Shier happily went to find an inn to stay. He planned to spend the night in this town and inquire about the whereabouts of the pig demon.

"Young man, stay!"

A call sounded behind him, but Hua Twelve kept walking.

"Taoist Master, stay!"

Hua Twelve pretended not to hear!

"That elegant, handsome young man, please stay!"

Hua Twelve turned around: "Are you calling me?"

He keeps calling when people call him young man, he keeps calling when people call him Taoist priest, and he stops when people call him handsome young man. It's not that he is vain, in fact, he doesn't want to stop no matter what the other person calls him.

But three times is not enough, he understood the rule. The other party had called him three times, and it seemed that he was not willing to give up. He was not willing to refuse his toast and then drink a forfeit.

Turning around, he saw a fat man with the same ramen hairstyle as Chen Xuanzang, waving at him with a smile in front of a roast goose stall.

Hua Twelve didn't want to stop before because he had already discovered this fat man.

The fat man is Chen Xuanzang's master. Most of the audiences who have watched "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" believe that the fat man is most likely the incarnation of Tathagata.

Hua Shier had just killed the fish demon from the Journey to the West group and tricked Chen Xuanzang. Now he met this big BOSS. How could he not be nervous? So when he saw the fat man, he pretended not to see him and wanted to run away as if nothing had happened.

Who would have thought that this guy was so persistent, he called out three times in a row, and he couldn't help but stop.

Hua Twelve pretended to be calm, walked over and greeted, "Hey, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

The fat man picked up a goose leg from the roast goose stall: "Want to eat it? I'll treat you. This goose leg is delicious!"

As he said this, he took a bite.

Hua Twelve suddenly shouted, "Whose roast goose stall is this? Someone is eating goose legs without paying!"

The fat man was stunned by Hua Twelve's action. The next moment, his sleeve was grabbed by a middle-aged woman selling roast goose:
"Why are you eating my goose leg? Did you pay me?"

The fat man answered honestly: "No money!"

The middle-aged woman jumped up and slapped him on the back of the head, and slapped the fat man on the back of the head, blowing his ramen hair up, and it turned out to be a wig.

The fat man picked up the wig and covered his bald head with it, then ran away, turning around and waving to Hua Twelve:

"I have something to do now, let's talk later!"

The female stall owner chased after him and said, "Stop right there! You have no money and you want to eat goose legs."

Hua Twelve looked at the fat man's back, touched his hair, and suddenly thought of a melody. He couldn't help but hum it subconsciously:

"My hair is real hair. If it were a wig, I would have thrown it away long ago. I would have thrown it away long ago."

He turned around and walked in the opposite direction, and then turned around to talk to you, a big-headed ghost. I left the city overnight because I was ashamed to associate with a bald head like you who stole goose legs.

He didn't want to see the fat man again. Who knew what this man was thinking? If it was really Tathagata, even if it was an incarnation, and he saw that he had killed the fish monster and ruined the plan of Journey to the West, and was displeased and gave him a real Tathagata Palm, he would not be able to bear it.

Just after walking two blocks, Hua Twelve's heart tightened, and he saw the fat man panting and waving at him under a mud wall covered with graffiti:

"Here, I went through a long circle before I finally got rid of that woman. I was so tired!"

Hua Twelve sneered in his heart, what do you mean by going around in a big circle? I don't believe you. Although he was walking just now, it was as if he could shrink the distance into an inch. Every step he took was two or three meters. If this fat man was an ordinary person, it would be strange if he could catch up with him by going around in a circle.

He walked over with a half-smile and said:
"Just now I took a quick glimpse and found that the gentleman was actually a master. The master is a monk. Not only did he break the rules of Buddhism by eating goose legs, but he also refused to pay. Isn't this not good?"

The fat man smiled and shook his head: "I don't have the goose leg in my heart, so it's okay to eat it. But you, young man, still remember the goose leg. That goose leg has always been in your heart and you can't let it go!"

Hua Twelve rolled his eyes. He had said this misleading theory before, but he didn't believe it at all. Besides, he couldn't agree with the first half of the sentence. He laughed:
"I'm annoyed by your way of saying it. According to this, I killed people and set fire to things, and did all kinds of bad things, but I didn't have the concept of doing bad things in my heart, so it doesn't count as doing bad things, right?"

"Oh, yes, many temples do this, they recruit bad guys to become monks, and even make up a saying like 'Put down the butcher knife, and you will become a Buddha instantly' to deceive others and themselves!"

The fat man didn't care about Hua Twelve's statement. Instead, he smiled and explained:
"Everything in this world has a cause and an effect. Just like the goose leg just now, you only saw me eating it, but you didn't know that my bite was actually helping it to transcend its karma. In its next life, it doesn't have to be an animal, but can be reborn as a human!"

"And that lady boss, how do you know that she didn't owe me a piece of meat in her previous life and she just returned the meat to me!"

Hua Shier brought the fat man into the role of the incarnation of Tathagata. Hearing what he said, he suddenly remembered a Buddhist story, which was the story of Buddha cutting off his flesh to feed an eagle. If there was anyone who really owed the Buddha a piece of meat, it would probably be that eagle.

At this moment, a white dove fell from the sky. The fat man raised his hand and let the dove land on his arm. He laughed and said:
"Cause and effect are both eliminated, so just go and rest"

After he finished speaking, he raised his hand, and the white dove took off, circled in the air, and then flew away.

Hua Shier suddenly realized that he had guessed wrong before. The one who owed meat to the Buddha was not the eagle, but the pigeon!
The fat man pointed at the graffiti on the mud wall and said, "Young man, do you know this fish monster?"

Hua Twelve looked in the direction the fat man pointed and saw a picture pasted there. It was the fish monster he had killed today. Behind this picture, there were several more pictures, all of which seemed to be about the story of the fish monster.

The fat man looked compassionate, "This fish monster was once a human being. He was very kind. One day, he tried to save a child by the river, but was mistaken for a human trafficker by the villagers. They beat him to death and threw his body into the river, leaving the fish and wild animals to drink his blood and eat his flesh. He was filled with resentment, so he turned into a half-fish, half-beast water monster and came back to take revenge on the villagers. That's why everything has cause and effect."

Hua Twelve asked curiously, "Shouldn't a person who died unjustly and has a lot of resentment turn into a ghost? How could he turn into a half-fish, half-beast water monster? Your story is not true at all."

The fat man interrupted, "This is not the point. The point is that there is a cause before there is an effect. You killed him, which destroyed the cause and effect but did not solve the problem!" Hua Twelve clapped his hands, "Look, I agree with what you said about cause and effect. According to what you said, the fish monster was mistaken for a human trafficker before his death, and there must have been a cause, so there was such an effect. So how can we tell cause from effect, effect from cause, and effect from cause? Besides, I accepted the money from the village chief as the cause, and killed the fish monster on behalf of the villagers as the effect. He is the cause and effect!"

He snapped his fingers and gave himself a thumbs up: "Perfect closed loop!"

The fat man was very upset: "Wait for me to smooth it out."

Hua Twelve turned around and left without even looking back:

"There are government offices in the world of the living and the underworld in the underworld. There is always a place for him to be justified. Even if corrupt officials are in power and it is difficult to redress their wrongs, I am just a Taoist priest, not the father of the monster. Do I have to care whether the monster feels wronged when I exorcise monsters? When monsters harm people, I will kill them. This is called doing one's job!"

The fat man didn't chase him, but smiled inexplicably:
"Young man, your words are quite wise. The world is in chaos, and it is hard to distinguish between the clear and the turbid. There are so many injustices that are hard to redress. I have an important task that can save people from suffering, resolve all grievances, and eliminate unnecessary disasters. I wonder if you are willing to take on some of this for the sake of all living beings!"

"I'm not interested. I don't agree. I have frozen shoulder and can't bear the heavy burden!"

Hua Shier started running. This line sounded familiar, as if I had heard it somewhere before. It gave me chills. It was better to run away first!
He left the city overnight, fearing that he would be harassed by the fat man again.

After Hua Shier left the city, he flew directly into the air and flew far away. He landed in a bamboo forest a hundred miles away, took out a tent, and planned to spend the night there.

After lying down in the tent, Hua Shier slapped his head hard. How could he have forgotten the Zhanzhan card because of his stupid brain? If that fat man was really the incarnation of Tathagata, he must have a lot of extraordinary skills.

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Besides, even if you can't get anything good, you can still use the Zhanzhan card to see if the other party is the incarnation of Tathagata. What a pity.

I wanted to go back, but when I thought about the fat man’s last words, I was still scared, so I decided to give up.

Nothing happened that night. In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning. Hua Twelve was still sleeping in when he heard someone singing outside:

"Lengligelang, lingligelang, the scenery is so beautiful on a sunny day, the flowers are red and the grass is green, I run forward happily, and I will never grow old even if I walk through the green mountains."

Hua Shier felt like he had heard this ballad somewhere before, so he put the tent into the storage space. Then he saw an old monk wearing a white cassock and holding a Zen stick, walking happily in the air a hundred feet away. The ballad came from the old monk's mouth.

At this time, another young monk in white also walked in the air, caught up with the old monk, and called out:

"Old Abbot, the air is refreshing."

The old monk turned around and saw that it was a fellow practitioner. He smiled and said, "Yes, morning exercises are very beneficial for cultivating inner alchemy!"

The young monk also had a smile on his face: "Senior, you have a youthful face but white hair, and you walk briskly, but your breathing is still calm and relaxed, and your practice has reached the pinnacle. May I ask how many years you have been practicing?"

The old monk kept walking and smiled modestly: "Time waits for no one. Two hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye. How about you, young man?"

"I am ashamed. I have only practiced for twenty years. I am not as good as you, Abbot. You can deceive people and pass off fake things as real. I can tell at a glance that you are not human!"

The young monk's first two sentences were fine, but his tone became harsh and he even turned hostile. He flew in front of the old monk and said:

"Bold monster, I want you to show your true colors!"

The young monk made a Buddhist seal with his hands: "Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon, Prajna Buddhas, Tathagata Ksitigarbha, Prajna Paramakong."

He changed the Buddhist seals in his hand several times, and finally he made a seal towards the old monk: "Show yourself!"

The old monk suddenly twisted his body and begged, "Master, spare me."

Seeing that the young monk had no intention of stopping, he turned his body into a ray of light and attached himself to the Zen staff. He used the tool to control the object and flew away. Coincidentally, he flew in the direction of Hua Twelve.

When Hua Shier heard the young monk shouting "Great and Mighty Heavenly Dragon" just now, he knew who the monk was. If it wasn't Fahai, who was known as the most powerful fighter in history, who else could it be?
He also thought that this scene was exactly the opening scene in "Green Snake". He originally thought that this happened in the Tang Dynasty and the Legend of the White Snake happened in the Song Dynasty, which seemed unlikely. But then he thought that the world was already very chaotic and nothing was impossible, so he felt relieved.

As for the old monk, Hua Shier certainly knew that he was innocent. He was thinking about whether to save him or not, but he didn't expect that trouble would come to him.

When the old monk saw Hua Twelve in front of him, he flew his staff over and transmitted a message:

"My fellow Taoist, please save me and intercede for me. I will definitely reward you handsomely!"

After saying this, he didn't wait for Hua Twelve's consent and went straight behind him.

Fahai had already flown in front of Hua Twelve and landed: "Taoist, are you in league with this monster?"

Hua Twelve smiled faintly: "Don't get me wrong, I don't know him!"

The old monk behind him said anxiously: "Master, Taoist priest, I have been worshipping at the foot of the great golden Buddha in Lingtai Temple for many years. I have been absorbing the Buddha's blessing for many years. I have a kind and peaceful temperament and have never harmed anyone. Master, please spare my life."

Fahai scolded: "Nonsense! You still dare to quibble when you are about to die!"

Hua Twelve coughed lightly and said, "I have an immature suggestion. Master, I think the old monk's words may not be untrustworthy. Why not go to Lingtai Temple to investigate before killing him? If he is really a monster who studies Buddhism and does good deeds as he said, it is better to let him go. If what he said is false, it will not be too late to kill him later!"

Fahai flicked his sleeves and said, "Taoist, are you teaching me how to do things?"

"Hey, here's to you, awesome!"

Hua Shier wanted to compare himself with Fahai, but suddenly he remembered that the man in front of him was a disciple of Tathagata. Thinking back to what happened yesterday, he had just rejected the fat man, and today he met Fahai. How could it be such a coincidence?
He immediately stepped aside and said, "You two are both disciples of the Buddhist sect. This is an internal fight. It is not convenient for me, a member of the sect, to intervene. Please do as you please!"

This made Fahai stunned. His eyes flickered and he pointed at him: "Don't retreat in order to advance!"

Hua Twelve turned around and ran away: "I'm really retreating, you two can do whatever you want, it's none of my business even if you make a mess of it!"

His feet were like the wind, flying over the land. In a blink of an eye, he ran over a hilltop and heard the voice of the old abbot in the distance:

"what"

Judging from the degree of misery, it is estimated that the old monk was suppressed by Fahai!

Hua Shier always felt that something was happening here, but he was not sure. It was not until he passed another hill and saw a young monk in white waiting not far ahead that he was sure that this monk was coming for him and there was no running away.

Who else could that young monk in white be but Fahai!
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