I am guarding the sky prison in Journey to the West

Chapter 285 God and Buddha
The gambling fight between Tathagata and Wutian is likely to be related to Tathagata's enlightenment.

Li Anran and Taiyi Tianzun both expected that Tathagata would be as fast as possible and would not delay for too long, but they did not expect that the progress would be so fast!

Just a month after the agreement was made, more than 20 years later, Tathagata had everything ready.

"What is the content of the bet you have set?" Li Anran asked.

Wutian said: "It's similar to what you and Tianzun said, in three years the Tathagata will be reincarnated as a mortal soul boy..."

Following Wutian's eloquent talk, Li Anran quickly figured out the specific content of the bet between the two.

On the whole, it is similar to the content in the sequel to Journey to the West.

Three years later, Wutian appeared and ruled the three realms. The Tathagata attained Nirvana and was reincarnated.

The other gods and Buddhas will also surrender without a fight, handing over the Three Realms to Wutian for 33 years.

This was the prerequisite for the gambling fight between the two. It could also be said that the stage was set up by Tathagata in order to get Wutian to agree to the bet, which put him in absolute passivity after having the advantage.

The core of the gambling battle has changed from the battle with the victorious Buddha Sun Wukong to the reincarnation of the dragon-subduing Arhat, the Daoji monk.

In these 33 years, if Daoji can find all seventeen relics and the reincarnated soul boy of the Tathagata located in the three realms, it will be regarded as the Tathagata's victory, Wutian will have to disperse the soul on his own, and he will never be reincarnated.

If Daoji fails to find all seventeen relics and the reincarnated soul boy, it will be considered a draw, and the battle will be postponed, and Wutian will be able to rule the three realms for another 33 years.

And if Wutian can persuade Monk Daoji to convert to him during these 33 years, then Wutian will be considered a victory, and the Tathagata will disperse his soul, truly pass away, and the body will die and the Tao will disappear.

"In addition, Tathagata also made three demands on me. First, during the 33 years that I have ruled the Three Realms, I cannot kill anyone with my own hands, otherwise I will lose."

"Second, I need to restrain my men and not offend any of the gods and Buddhas. Otherwise, the bet will stop immediately. I will be responsible for whatever the gods and Buddhas of the three realms will do."

"Third, the gambling battle must be kept secret and cannot be leaked to people like Daoji who participated in the catastrophe."

Li Anran was suddenly enlightened after hearing this, and some of the doubts in his heart were answered.

In the sequel to Journey to the West, it talks about the conditions for Tathagata's return - a soul boy and seventeen relics.

It talked about the conditions for Wutian to continue to rule the Three Realms 33 - the soul boy and the relics failed to gather at the last moment.

The only thing left out is how Wutian wants to rule the three realms forever.

Only now did he understand that the key lies with the monkey!
It’s no wonder that Wutian always wanted to recruit monkeys in the sequel to Journey to the West. For this reason, he even put down his body and took a curved route to save the country and recruited Tang Monk to surrender first.

Now, because of his operations, the monkey and the six-eared macaque have changed their identities.

The monkey became Wutian's Black Lotus Holy Envoy, and the six-eared macaque became the Lingshan Fighting and Victory Buddha.

The six-eared macaque has an aggressive, aggressive and greedy nature. Instead of fighting for the injustice of Little White Dragon and the unjust death of the Jinghe Dragon King like the monkeys in the original time and space, he accepted bribes from Wude Xingjun to help him cover up the death of the Jinghe Dragon King. the truth.

As a result, he was caught by Li Anran and imprisoned in the sky jail. He has not been released yet.

The Tathagata originally looked down upon the six-eared macaque. After this incident, he was even more disappointed with the six-eared macaque and gave up on him directly. He let the Venerable Kassapa, the Daoji monk who was reincarnated by the Dragon-subduing Arhat, take charge of the place in the original time and space. Monkey's duty.

And by setting the bet three years later, Tathagata probably wanted to use this time to improve Daoji's strength.

Venerable Kassapa had only been reincarnated for more than thirty years. Daoji could barely deal with the black-robed Yingyao, let alone the monkeys.

This kind of strength simply cannot bear such a heavy responsibility.

Daoji must at least be able to fight back and forth with monkeys in the realm of Daluo Jinxian.

This is unlikely for others, but for Lingshan, it is not impossible!

Under Monkey's training, Chenxiang was able to fight Yang Jian back and forth in just a few years.

Even if this is under the premise of Yang Jian's release to the sea, we can still see the rapid improvement of Chen Xiang's strength.

It is much easier for the Tathagata to devote his Buddhist power to cultivating a Taoist monk than for a monkey to cultivate agarwood.

In addition, Daoji is also the reincarnation of Arhat who subdues the dragon, and his own understanding of footwork is very outstanding, and his merits and luck are also very strong.

It is impossible to break through to Da Luo Jinxian in three years, but with strength comparable to Da Luo Jinxian, it can still be done!

Li Anran asked: "The Tathagata has made everything clear, how will the Buddha prepare to deal with it?"

Wutian said lightly: "I have sent people to find the relics. If Tathagata wants to win, he needs to collect seventeen relics and reincarnated soul boys. As long as I find one of them, I can be invincible. "

Li Anran asked: "Buddha came here today, does he want me to also search for the whereabouts of the relic?"

Wutian said: "Exactly. If I want to transform the Buddhist world, I need enough manpower. Wukong is currently running around the three realms, recruiting and training subordinates for me, and he can't get away."

"Black Robe Yingyao and the others are not capable of such things as searching for the relics. I have thought about it and found that only fellow Taoist Li can accomplish this. I also ask fellow Taoist to help me."

Li Anran shook his head and said, "This is inappropriate."

Wutian's method of coping was the same as he did in the original time and space.

In the original time and space, there was no variable like Li Anran. Yang Jian was not demoted to the earth because of the Golden-winged Dapeng Eagle, and he did not know the secrets hidden in Tongtian River. Therefore, he would not have followed the old turtle in Tongtian River to the abyss of darkness and was killed. Wu Tian calculated and captured him.

Without Yang Jian, Taiyi Tianzun would be even less likely to go to a place like the Dark Abyss, and Wutian would have no chance to connect with Xuanmen and gain Taiyi Tianzun's tacit support.

However, in the original time and space, Wu Tian had a relationship with Jie Jiao.

Just like in this world, Wutian asked Taiyi Tianzun for help in order to show his goodwill to Taiyi Tianzun, but he really didn't have anyone at his disposal.

Wutian should have also asked Jiejiao for help in the original time and space.

The people from the Jie Sect who went to help Wu Tian were the Bull Demon King and Huangya Laoxiang.

Everything after that is just like this world.

Tathagata persuaded the Three Realms to give a stage to him and Wutian, and told Wutian the content of the gambling fight in advance.

Wutian's response was the same as in this world, which was to send the Bull Demon King to find the relics.

As a result, Tathagata made a superior move and laid a trap in advance.

The Bull Demon King found the relics hidden in Longguang Temple in Hidden Mist Mountain, but was trapped and died in the cave where the relics were hidden, and died of exhaustion.Now, the Bull Demon King has just been replaced by Li Anran.

Li Anran said: "Buddha could think of finding relics in advance. Couldn't Tathagata have thought of this? Nowadays, Tathagata is still the World Honored One of Lingshan, with many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas under his command, and he is absolutely powerful. If we go to look for relics now, once we fall into In the trap, you will definitely die."

"The best time for us to search for relics should be after the Tathagata is reincarnated as a soul boy and when the Buddha rules the three realms, not now."

"Fellow Daoist Li is right. The poor monk is impatient."

Wutian thought for a moment and realized what Li Anran said was right. He clasped his hands together and said with shame, "The poor monk's careless thoughts almost put Fellow Daoist Li into danger. Please forgive me for that."

Li Anran said: "Buddha's words are serious."

In the original time and space, Wutian should have realized this after the death of the Bull Demon King and never sent anyone to find the relics.

It wasn't until the Tathagata reincarnated and ruled the three realms that he asked the six-eared macaque to pretend to be Zhu Bajie, hoping to find the remaining relics through the monkey, the chess piece selected by the Tathagata, which can also be said to be the person who deserves the disaster.

It's a pity that the six-eared macaque was so unsatisfactory. Even though he had the magical power of six ears and had been observing and imitating Zhu Bajie for decades, the monkey still saw the flaw and beat him to death in the underground stone chamber of Huaguo Mountain.

Later black robes became even more useless.

Being deceived by the yellow-tusked old elephant that the monkey turned into, he helped the monkey find the remaining relics and died in the Mongolian World's Ten Thousand Buddhas Array.

In the end, Wutian, the boss, had to take action himself, injured the monkey and took him back to the cave of the Dark Abyss. He sealed the monkey's soul with the world-destroying black lotus and refined the sixteen relics.

Li Anran added: "Buddha, now that I am not around, we can do far less than what Tathagata can do. It is better not to be still than to move. It is best not to rush to find the relic, and it is best for Sun Wukong to stop first." , after Tathagata reincarnates, we will do everything with half the effort."

"What Fellow Daoist Li said is absolutely true."

Wu Tian followed Shan Ruliu, closed his eyes immediately, and contacted Monkey and a group of subordinates through the World-Destroying Black Lotus, asking them to stop all actions and hide temporarily.

"I've told them to hide."

Soon, Wutian opened his eyes, his expression of admiration for Li Anran completely undisguised, and asked: "Do you have anything else to teach me, Fellow Daoist Li?"

Li Anran asked: "How does the Buddha plan to place the gods and Buddhas of the three realms?"

Wu Tian said: "Although the gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms agreed to Tathagata's request, they gave the Three Realms to me for 33 years, giving me and Tathagata a chance to have a bet."

"However, they don't believe me. They're just pretending to be captured. They won't really let me seal their magic power. If I break my promise and violate the agreement, they can take action at any time and stop the gambling fight."

Li Anran nodded slightly, not surprised by this.

The gambling fight between Wutian and Tathagata is a disaster for the beings of the three realms and the unknowing gods, but for those gods and Buddhas who are above and know about it in advance, it is just another farce, just like the previous Xitian Learning Buddhist scriptures is like the Eight Immortals crossing the sea.

The only difference is that this time Tathagata will be an actor himself.

They agreed to this matter for the sake of Tathagata's face and the benefits from Lingshan's transfer, but they would not really put themselves in danger.

This is also the original time and space. These gods and Buddhas who were imprisoned by Wutian in the Netherworld, untied Wutian's seal as a joke, and were defeated by Wutian's army as a joke, allowing Wutian to capture the monkey alive.

The reason why it is said to be "joking" is because the performances of the gods and Buddhas are too perfunctory!
With the same military strength and the same people and horses, when they were on Donghua Mountain, the gods and Buddhas had almost no resistance, so they gave up and let Monkey and Wutian fight single-handedly, allowing Monkey to be captured by Wutian.

When they attacked Tianting, which was heavily guarded by Wutian troops, and rescued the reincarnated soul boy, they entered easily. Moreover, the main force was not these powerful men, but juniors like Tang Monk, Xiaobailong, Sha Monk, Zhu Bajie Nezha.

This is similar to the monkeys causing havoc in heaven!

It looks like a lively fight, but in fact the real powerful people are rowing in the water and watching the show!
Wutian also knew this and continued: "After the gambling battle begins, I will send them to the Netherworld. As long as they can not help each other."

Li Anran asked: "What if Daoji rescues them?"

Wutian was startled: "Rescued?"

Li Anran nodded and said: "The bet between Buddha and Tathagata should be similar to the previous gathering of Buddhist scriptures in the West and the gathering of eight immortals. Only a few people know about it, and more people don't know the truth."

"As a person who is in trouble, Daoji must not know about this. He will also definitely find a way to find helpers and go to the netherworld to rescue the gods and Buddhas of the three realms. What will happen then? Will the gods and Buddhas of the three realms help him or not? Don’t want to help?”

Wutian was silent for a moment.

indeed!

If Daoji rescues all the gods and Buddhas of the three realms, in order not to expose the gambling and fighting, the gods and Buddhas of the three realms will definitely not stand idly by and will definitely help Daoji!
Even if it's just superficial help, it will cause him a lot of trouble!
These gods and Buddhas were all captured under false pretenses, and their cultivation and strength are all there!

He neither dared to actually hurt them nor provoke them!
If they break up, he is really no match!

The more Wutian thought about it, the more headache he got, and he asked, "What do you think, Fellow Daoist Li?"

Li Anran said: "Instead of putting them in the underworld, it is better to put them directly in the heavenly prison and let me take care of them. The heavenly prison has many institutions and countless passes, and I am guarding them. Daoji will not be asked to rescue them." .”

Wutian was taken aback.

He didn't know the plan of Li Anran and Yang Jian, let alone the book of punishment in Li Anran's hand. Naturally, he didn't expect that Li Anran imprisoned these gods in the prison in order to check their lives through the book of punishment and get benefits from it. It is also to prepare for further making everything false with Yang Jian and subverting the heaven.

However, he didn't believe what Li Anran said either.

There are so many agencies and so many barriers, these are all excuses!

The mechanism of Tianlao is of no use to Daluo Jinxian!

Li Anran himself is the key to the indestructibility of the heavenly prison!

Wu Tian thought about it secretly, but he felt that Li Anran was worried about him and was wary of him by doing this, and at the same time he was trying to show his goodwill to the gods and Buddhas.

Li Anran is a disciple of Taiyi Tianzun, and all the gods and Buddhas know that this catastrophe is just a show, a gambling battle between him and Tathagata!
Even if Li Anran surrendered to him and he was defeated in the end, Li Anran would be deprived of his immortal status, grounded and imprisoned for a thousand or eight hundred years at most.

And if Li Anran was "forced to defect to Wutian in order to protect a group of captured immortals", and if he "awakened" at the last moment and "abandoned evil and followed good", he might have been promoted to another official position!

This Li Anran is really a good calculator!

Wutian sneered in his heart, but did not refuse.

Li Anran was right. With the Tianlao he was guarding, it was indeed impossible for Daoji to let people go!
And as long as he can win against Tathagata, Li Anran will be his most loyal supporter, without having to worry about betrayal!

Wutian nodded in agreement and said, "Okay, I'll lock you in the sky prison."

(End of this chapter)