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Chapter 1453 The Last Difficulty

[After this, Tang Seng will also reach his true peak in India.

The King Harsha mentioned above, who was crazy about throwing money, had unified half of India at that time. You must not think that he was a idiot who only knew how to throw money. In fact, this was a very clever way for King Harsha to tell the whole of India that wealth was just sand in his hands, and he didn't know how much sand had slipped through his fingers.

Since I can give money to all ordinary citizens and let them enjoy endless wealth, how much wealth can those who surrender to me, King Harsha, and obey my leadership and command get?
Understand the applause!

As a result, King Harsha successfully unified the entire northern India by means of this method of throwing money, plus several victories in the war, and became one of the few dynasties in Indian history. King Harsha also understood that in addition to the need for political unity, ideological unity was also needed, so King Harsha needed to find a religion that could help him integrate his thoughts, rule India, and gain the support of the vast majority of Indians as his support.

However, King Harsha did not know how to choose between Buddhism and Brahmanism, so he held an unprecedented debate conference in Kusutama and invited all the religious masters in India to participate. The winner would be named Liberation Deity, which is the highest religious status that a mortal monk can achieve.

The method of debate is very simple, that is, to set up a ring, any invited master can go on the ring, and other masters can debate with him below the stage. The loser must leave the ring, and the winner can go on. If anyone can sit on the ring for 18 days without moving, he will win, and the religion he represents will become the country of the Harsha Dynasty, and he will be named the God of Liberation.

As a result, after Tang Seng stepped onto the stage, although countless people came to debate, he refuted them one by one, and everyone was convinced by his rebuttal and had nothing to say. In the end, there were 18 days, but no one came to the stage for 10 days. Tang Seng could only explain the doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism to everyone on the stage, which became his stage for preaching.

This miraculous experience made Tang Seng famous throughout India and he became the religious leader of India. He not only got the title of Jietuo Tian, ​​but also got the title of Mahayana Tian because he taught Mahayana Buddhism. He became one of the few people in Indian history who could get two supreme titles.

Unfortunately, the Indian religious leader was unwilling to stay in India. He was eager to return home. No one could stop him, and no one dared to stop him. In the end, he set off for home with seven Buddha statues and 657 precious Buddhist scriptures.

King Harsha originally suggested that Tang Seng return home by sea because it was easier and faster. However, Tang Seng remembered his contribution to the death of King Gaochang Ju Wentai and his promise to stay in Gaochang to preach for three years. So he declined King Harsha's kindness and returned home by his original route.

Therefore, King Harsha arranged a team that was even more grand than the one that Tang Seng brought back to the Tang Dynasty. The total number of people in the entire team reached hundreds. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for Tang Seng to take away 657 Buddhist scriptures alone.

Although there are only 657 volumes, these are books rather than volumes. Each Buddhist scripture is composed of a large number of different volumes, which add up to thousands of volumes. Just to transport these Buddhist scriptures, 500 mules and horses are needed.

However, the way back was also full of dangers. When crossing the Indus River, 50 scriptures fell into the river and could never be found again. Fortunately, the guide provided by King Harsha had traveled back and forth between the Tang Dynasty and India many times and knew a shorter and safer route. Therefore, it took only half the time to return to the Western Regions.

It was only when he arrived at the Kingdom of Yifa that he learned that Gaochang had been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, Gaochang King Ju Wentai had been frightened to death, and the entire Gaochang had become the territory of the Tang Dynasty.

Tang Seng sighed and continued to move forward until he arrived at Khotan, which was already the territory of the Tang Dynasty. The border guard was surprised to see Tang Seng and detained him without hesitation, because Tang Seng was still a wanted criminal of the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, Tang Seng's name had spread throughout the Western Regions. He was like the Buddha in the world, and no one dared to embarrass Tang Seng. Tang Seng also took this opportunity to write a letter to Emperor Taizong of Tang.

In the letter, Tang Seng said that his success in going to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures was entirely due to Emperor Taizong of Tang. It was Emperor Taizong's glorious image and the fact that the people of the Tang Dynasty could endure more suffering that made him go west. And he was able to turn danger into safety along the way, all thanks to the reputation of Emperor Taizong and the Tang Dynasty. Now that the Buddhist teachings of India have arrived, he is willing to confess his crime, but he only hopes that the Buddhist scriptures he brought back from India can be translated into Chinese characters before he dies.

After reading the letter, Emperor Taizong of Tang laughed out loud and stopped blaming Tang Seng. He also sent a welcoming team to welcome him back to Chang'an from the Western Regions. Thus, the story of the Great Tang Records on the Western Regions ended.

"Is it over? I still feel like I haven't heard enough!"

"Don't leave me wanting more. I'm almost giving up after listening to this. Does this count as water words?"

"What a ridiculous number of words! This is the most exciting novel, okay? It sounds even more exciting than Journey to the West."

"Yeah, I think it sounds cooler than Journey to the West, but I don't know why."

"Because Journey to the West is fake, and this is real... No, this is a story that could have happened to a real person, while in Journey to the West, you can only hope that there is really a Monkey King waiting for you under the mountain ahead."

"No, it's not that simple. I think the main reason is that the protagonists of the two books are different. The protagonist of Journey to the West is Sun Wukong, and the real protagonist, Tang Sanzang, is just an unimportant supporting role. On the contrary, Tang Sanzang is the absolute protagonist in Journey to the West, and there is not even a supporting role."

"Yes, the key is that he is unhappy in Journey to the West. Apart from the beginning when he made trouble in Heaven, although Sun Wukong was fighting monsters everywhere and showing off his power, he was actually just a prisoner. He was no different from the monkeys wearing collars on the streets, performing various acrobatics under the whip of monkey trainers."

"Sun Wukong in Journey to the West is a thoroughly pitiful man, while Tang Seng in Journey to the West is just the opposite!"

"That's right. If Tang Seng wasn't exaggerating when he was telling the story, then his experience would definitely be the best template for a cool novel. Even authors in our world wouldn't dare to write like this. He encountered robbers dozens of times, but he was able to escape safely every time, and even made these robbers convert. When there was really no other way, there were thunder and lightning to help him scare people. This is the real son of destiny!"

(End of this chapter)