Too much fruit

Chapter 744: King Kong's Wheel of Inquiry, the True and False Monkey King

"Dangdangdang——"

On Lingtai Mountain, the bells ring incessantly.

Although Master Taibai was stopped when he came this time, the uproar he caused would not end with the disappearance of the two parties involved.

Although Sun Wukong's identity is unknown, when we see that he can compete with Master Taibai, we can assume that he is a third-rank person. A third-rank person, no matter when or where, can become the center of attention and cause quite a stir.

The arrival of Master Taibai and the appearance of the unknown third rank caused a stir in Lingtai Mountain.

It was just strange that the area around the Wufo Temple, which was supposed to be the most popular, was completely quiet, even though the unknown Sanpin had entered the Wufo Temple. Even the monks on Lingtai Mountain tacitly avoided the Wufo Temple.

This resulted in the situation that even though there were crowds of people in other places, the area around Wufo Temple was empty.

Even the fourth level of the Buddhist country guarding Lingtai Mountain has never been seen approaching the Wufo Temple.

However, in a field of vision that is difficult for ordinary people to perceive, divine thoughts are patrolling around the golden circle outside the Wufo Temple, observing secretly.

"You have trained another third-rank cultivator without our noticing. First Master, haven't you been in seclusion all these years..."

On a peak of Lingtai Mountain, a tall monk in a red robe stood in front of the cliff. There was a gloomy look on his marble-carved face. He looked at the glittering golden circle in the distance and whispered.

Behind the monk is a palace complex that covers most of the mountain. Its overall layout is in the shape of a mandala, representing that the school it belongs to is the Tantric Buddhism among the eight branches of Buddhism.

The only place that can occupy such a place on Lingtai Mountain is Linggan Temple, the ancestral home of Tantric Buddhism.

The monk was observing the Buddhist temple in the distance. His gloomy mood brought an invisible solemnity to his surroundings, which was depressing. Even the young man who was approaching not far away felt depressed.

"Vajra-Garbha Bodhisattva."

The young man in the Lieshan robe called out, and when he felt the invisible heaviness dissipate a little, he walked closer and said, "There is no movement from the other sects. Over at Jiuhua Temple, the two brothers Huilun and Huineng are still listening to the Dharma in front of the Bodhisattva of the Wheel of Dharma."

The red-robed monk was none other than Vajrapani, one of the six great Bodhisattvas of Buddhism, who was in charge of the Tantric Buddhism. The young man was Jiang Zhuliu, the second son of the former head of the Jiang family, who had represented the Jiang family to meet Manjusri and Guanyin.

Of course, that meeting was just a superficial effort. In fact, the Jiang family had already established roots in the Buddhist Kingdom. Jiang Zhuliu entered the Buddhist Kingdom after that and became a member of Manjusri's seat, and was also responsible for leading the Jiang clan members in the Buddhist Kingdom.

And this Vajrapani Bodhisattva is the member of Manjushri's seat who is not from the Jiang family.

He is Manjushri's direct descendant and is the one most trusted by Manjushri, so he serves as Manjushri's backup to stabilize the rear.

But now it seems that Vajra Zang may not be able to maintain stability in the rear of the Buddha Kingdom.

“Turning Wheel was once the most favored Buddhist disciple by the abbot. A hundred years ago, we even thought that he would become the abbot’s direct disciple, until the appearance of Karma Tathagata…” Vajra said.

Until today, there are still many people in the Buddhist world who believe that Karma Tathagata was a disciple secretly accepted by the Awakened One. In particular, Vajra Zang learned from Manjushri that the skills of Karma Tathagata and the Awakened One are of the same origin, which made him even more certain of this.

That was why he was somewhat uncertain about the stance of the Chakravartin.

The Chakra-Turning Bodhisattva should actually be called the Chakra-Turning King. What he contains is not the fruit of the Bodhisattva's path, but the fruit of the path of the Chakra-Turning King among the Ten Kings of Hell.

He was originally considered to be the future disciple of the Awakened One, but a Karma Tathagata appeared. The war between the Karma Tathagata and the Awakened One even resulted in the death of more than 200,000 lives in the Buddha Kingdom. In order to relieve the resentment, the Wheel-Turning King gave up his future and killed himself, turned to the path of ghosts, and was promoted to the Dao Fruit of the King of Hell.

Because of this, the future of the Chakravartin, who could have been expected to be the first king, was cut short. There was no path suitable for the Chakravartin to achieve further enlightenment in the Buddha's kingdom, nor was there a method suitable for ghost cultivation. The Chakravartin was a half-way cultivator, and he needed to explore his own method of cultivation on the new path.

If he had not transformed his cultivation this time, with the talent of the Chakravartin, after a hundred years, he might have already reached the third level.

I thought he would be a direct disciple of the enlightened one, but there turned out to be a Karma Tathagata, and his future was cut off. Vajra Gautama put himself in his shoes and felt that the Chakravartin must be feeling resentful.

However, it seems that the enlightened one still trusts the Wheel-Turning King. Among the two disciples he later accepted, the eldest disciple Huilun was taught the skills by the Wheel-Turning King, and the second disciple Huineng also often listened to the teachings under the Wheel-Turning King's seat.

Judging from the current situation, the Chakravartin should be in a neutral position between Manjushri and the Awakened One.

And the meaning of Vajra-Zang is—

"Bodhisattva thinks that the Chakravartin can be won over?" As the son of the head of the Jiang family, Jiang Zhuliu naturally had political sensitivity. He immediately understood Vajra Zang's meaning.

"You can take this opportunity to test it out."

Vajra Zang said in a deep voice: "What happened today must be made known to Manjusri Bodhisattva as soon as possible. Asking the Chakravartin to open the passage to the underworld is the fastest and most secret way to communicate."

The old man of the Jiang family was once the ruler of the Yinlusi. Naturally, the main family of the Jiang family also had ghost-attributed Taoist fruits, and he took away a lot of ghost-attributed Taoist fruits when he left the Divine Capital.

The Jiang family's head was able to preserve some of his vitality, thanks also to the ghost-type Taoist fruit.

At present, the fastest and most secret way to communicate is to open the channel to the underworld, allowing the ghost cultivators to use the underworld as a hub to quickly go to Manjusri and convey the message. At the same time, we can also see the specific position of the Wheel King from this matter.

“You go there yourself,” Vajra Zang added.

Jiang Zhuliu, wearing a Lieshan robe, went to pay a visit, and his meaning could not be more clear.

"Okay, I'll go there myself." Jiang Zhuliu nodded.

Without further ado, he agreed and left immediately, hurried to Jiuhua Temple where the Chakravartin was.

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The sound of the bell outside was accurately transmitted into the Wufo Temple, and even the conversation between Vajra Zang and Jiang Zhuliu was heard by the awakened people, Jiang Li and Sun Wukong in the temple.

Although Vajra Zang was on guard and did not even utter the word "Enlightened One", these three people wanted to listen, and Vajra Zang could not stop them alone.

Let alone other things, just the six-ear magical power that Sun Wukong possesses now is enough to allow him to hear sounds thousands of miles away, which can be regarded as an essential magical power for eavesdropping.

As for Jueren and Jiang Li, they each have their own unique skills.

"Manjusri will soon know what happened today." The enlightened one said slowly.

"Why don't you stop us, monk?" Jiang Li looked at the white-haired monk under the tree.

After many meetings and conversations, Jiang Li has come to realize the powerful means of this supreme being. Although he is not as unscrupulous as the Great Lord and the Heavenly Monarch, he is no less efficient than them.

The attainment in the law of cause and effect makes the enlightened one's style of action more inclined to take advantage of opportunities and be more meticulous and delicate. He can take advantage of any gap.

If he wanted to intercept the communication, he had at least a hundred ways to do it.

However, the Awakened One shook his head and said, "It is not appropriate for the Confused One to attack again now. The last time he fought with the Taoist Master, he was almost exposed. If he attacks again, that person will notice it."

The one he was referring to was naturally Karma Tathagata.

The enlightened one seemed to be quite shy about addressing him, not even mentioning his name.

When Jiang Li saw this, he secretly took note of it.

He knew that Karma Tathagata and Zhenru Layman had the same face. Zhenru Layman could feel what he thought, and Karma Tathagata might be able to do the same. Zhenru Layman also had the title of Awakened One, which allowed him to avoid his real name. Karma Tathagata was most likely Karma Tathagata, and he had no other name. "Karma Tathagata" was his real name.

"I, Sun Wukong, still have to guard this place, so it's not easy to leave." Sun Wukong said, scratching his ear.

If he left, Taibai Zhenjun would definitely strike down Wufo Temple with a sword.

From this point of view, Taibai Zhenjun's goal was achieved in disguise. Although he did not force the awakened one to come out of retreat, he also let Wenshu know that the rear was unstable. After the news spread, it also let Jiang Li know the situation and rush over here.

Jiang Li is now on the side of the awakened one, so of course he is unwilling to let Master Taibai succeed.

Therefore, Jiang Li's side, which was supposed to avoid the opponent, had to take the initiative to find this side.

Whether Manjusri was forced to retreat or Jiang Li offered himself to him, it was beneficial to Master Taibai. The former could cause a civil war in Buddhism, while the latter gave Master Taibai the opportunity to kill Jiang Li.

After beheading Jiang Li, the imperial court may not be able to stop the Buddhist Kingdom, and the war will spread throughout the Great Zhou.

No matter what the result is, it will be beneficial to Master Taibai.

So, just leave it to Jiang Li.

But Jiang Li also shook his head and said, "I will come and stop Master Taibai."

What this means is that he will do as Master Taibai intended and come forward on his own initiative.

"Jiang Tanyue, although Master Taibai has taken an unconventional approach, he has already achieved the initial stage of transforming one qi into three pure ones," the enlightened one reminded.

Moreover, True Lord Taibai also practiced the Nine Heavens Demon-Exterminating Secret.

Even the current Jiang Li may not be able to defeat Master Taibai.

"My target is not Master Taibai," Jiang Li denied this target, and said, "My real target is the Sun-Shooting Bow. The Sun-Shooting Bow is enough to threaten me. If it was Manjusri who wielded the bow, I might not be able to suppress the injury."

Even if it was just Jiang Zhuyang, Jiang Li had to work on the Yin-Yang Creation for a whole day before he recovered from his injuries, instead of recovering immediately.

The Sun-Shooting Bow's power to suppress the sun is truly too great.

Therefore, Jiang Li had to put himself in an unfavorable situation and use himself as bait to catch this big fish.

"Jiang Zhuyang is indeed in the Western Land now. Guangli and Wei Tuo have seen him."

Upon hearing this, the Awakened One nodded slightly, but then reminded: "However, the Great Sage has been exposed. With Manjusri's wisdom, he will doubt his relationship with Wuzhiqi."

True Lord Taibai didn’t know much about Wuzhiqi and didn’t recognize him directly, but the same may be true for Manjusri.

Moreover, if Sun Wukong had stayed in Wufo Temple to protect the Buddha, how would Wuzhiqi appear? There was only one monkey, and he couldn't take care of both parties.

Sun Wukong did not practice "One Qi Transformed into Three Pure Ones", so his clones could not be as powerful as his original body, nor could they maintain their power for a long time.

However, a certain Lao Liu already had a way to deal with this.

"This is easy," Jiang Li chuckled, "Just conjure up another monkey."

After hearing what Master Taibai said, Jiang Li already had an idea. Now he let the man and the monkey taste it.

Jiang Li's body changed. His clothes turned into white armor, white hair grew on his hands and face, and there was a golden hoop on his head.

He stretched out his hand again, and an iron rod with hoops on both sides appeared in his hand. He moved the rod with him and performed a set of rod techniques.

This appearance is exactly the same as Wuzhiqi.

"Is Old Sun a substitute?" Sun Wukong grinned, feeling indescribably weird.

After Liu'er Mihou, someone else impersonated him.

It is obvious that Liu'er Mihou has achieved the fruit of Taoism, and this fruit is still in his possession, but there are still people pretending to be him.

The memory of the death caught up with him again, making Sun Wukong feel itchy and want to give Jiang Li a stick.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. Sun Wukong, who is good at changing his appearance and often impersonates others, hates others impersonating him the most, not to mention that this guy previously called himself "Bimawen".

Even the Six-Eared Macaque never called Sun Yat-sen "Bimawen" at the beginning, but you did. Add the two together, you are even more unlucky than the Six-Eared Macaque.

"Old Sun has become a substitute?" The white-haired monkey grinned and said so.

Sun Wukong immediately clenched his golden cudgel so tightly that his palms made noises.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He couldn't help but yell, "Hey! Monster, take this stick from me."

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On Kunxu Mountain, the two sides confronted each other.

The three people from the Buddhist kingdom sat cross-legged on the lotus platform, with the Buddha's light reaching the sky. They were facing the two Taoists and one layman on the opposite blue cloud from a distance. Their auras were locked on each other, and their momentums were constantly at odds with each other.

If nothing unexpected happens, they will continue to confront each other until the outcome of the battle in Daxing City, Yongzhou, or until Jiang Li and Tian Xuan return from the West.

Now, the unexpected happens.

A cold wind blew by, causing the Buddha's light to react. The Buddha's energy poured down and forced out a ghost shadow.

"Jiang's Sun-Watching God?" Manjusri glanced over.

He sensed the breath of the innate Qi from this ghost. Although it had been completely transformed into ghost Qi, a little bit of the foundation still remained, which was still visible to a strong man like Wenshu who practiced the "Qi Tomb".

That day, Youshen also fully revealed his aura and drew out a divine thought, which turned into a stream of light and sent up.

Wenshu took over the flowing light, and his eyes darkened slightly. Taibai Zhenjun's actions made him angry, and the appearance of the third-rank strong man made Wenshu feel infinitely fearful.

Even if the enlightened one is in seclusion, can he still cultivate a third-grade one?
Being an enemy of such a person, even if he is a potential enemy, still makes Manjusri extremely fearful.

"But do you think you can stump me like this?"

Manjusri clenched his palm and crushed the divine thought, "I will not retreat, nor will I lose. Jinwu, it's time to move."

As if in response to Manjusri's thoughts, a fiery red glow appeared in the eastern sky, and the scorching heat was gradually spreading.

In the three-on-three situation, a variable will be added.

(End of this chapter)