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Chapter 716 Journey to Lingshan

In the void, Emperor Gou Chen's carriage moved slowly!

The monkey king who was driving the car said softly, "Your Majesty, we are close to the sacred mountain. Should we take a short rest or go straight into the sacred mountain?"

The Great Emperor Gou Chen opened his eyes slightly and said softly, "The envoy from Lingshan has arrived. Just follow his arrangements."

The Monkey King nodded and said no more.

During this period, the Gou Chen Imperial Palace was in turmoil, but the Gou Chen Great Emperor was calm and sat quietly on the high platform. Bai Ze was in charge of the internal and external affairs of the Gou Chen Imperial Palace, and the Gou Chen Great Emperor did not need to worry about it at all; although it was not easy for Wu Zhiqi to reorganize the heavenly army, with Yuan Hong's help, the process had some minor setbacks, but the result was still good. Now, Wu Zhiqi has 31 legions under his command, and with 3 million troops in hand, the Gou Chen Imperial Palace can barely cope with various affairs in the heavens and the worlds.

As the Heavenly Army of the Gou Chen Imperial Palace became active again in the heavens and myriad worlds, the name of the Great Emperor Gou Chen also spread widely in the heavens and myriad worlds. People fear power but not virtue. If the Great Emperor Gou Chen wants to broadcast his majesty in the heavens and myriad worlds, he must have the support of the Heavenly Army of Gou Chen.

The Gou Chen Palace was in good order and flourishing, and the Emperor Gou Chen was very happy. The Gou Chen Palace was run by two people, and the Emperor Gou Chen had actually been in a semi-secluded state during this period. The Emperor Gou Chen would only come out to meet with the talents recommended by the two people.

This time, Emperor Gou Chen came to Lingshan to attend the meeting, but it did not affect the development of the Gou Chen Imperial Palace in the slightest.

As the Great Emperor Gou Chen moved forward, a group of monks came to greet him in a moment.

The Monkey King looked around and saw that the Buddhist disciples who came to greet the Emperor Gou Chen were led by the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. The Monkey King was originally the commander of the imperial guards guarding the Emperor Gou Chen's palace, so it was very appropriate for the Emperor Gou Chen to bring him to Lingshan.

Looking at the respectful faces of Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Arhats, Vajra and the Monkey King couldn't help but feel dazed.

Back then, when he was still a demon king, he was called to be killed by Buddhism all day long. Although he is still the same as before, his identity has changed, and Buddhism's attitude towards him is completely different. Thinking of this, the Monkey King sighed in his heart; demons, ghosts, good and evil, are just different origins and positions. These days, with the change of the Monkey King's identity, the Monkey King's state of mind has also changed greatly. Those high-ranking immortals and gods in the past are now all submissive in front of the Monkey King, and even Bai Ze, the demon clan's great power, is now very polite to the Monkey King.

However, this was not the time for the Monkey King to sigh. As the commander of the guards of Emperor Gou Chen, he was also responsible for arranging exchanges with Buddhism.

"Amitabha!"

As the Buddhist chanting sounded, the emperor Gou Chen's carriage slowly stopped. Guanyin Bodhisattva has a very high status in Buddhism, and Emperor Gou Chen did not dare to despise him. However, both parties came with great goodwill this time, so the exchange was very pleasant!

The trip to Lingshan was originally an expression of goodwill from Buddhism to Emperor Gou Chen.

Therefore, the entire trip to Lingshan not only did not encounter any setbacks, but Emperor Gou Chen also gained a lot.

Holding the Bodhi seeds and golden lotus seeds in his hands, Emperor Gou Chen's mouth curled up.

He also didn't expect that Buddhism would pay such a huge price to win over him, the man destined to complete the great calamity of the Journey to the West.

On Mount Lingshan, the Buddhist celebration of canonizing the Great Power Bodhisattva was lively, but what Buddhism was most concerned about was the matter of the people who were destined to be robbed. With the current status of Emperor Gou Chen as the Emperor of Heaven, if his true body was robbed, Buddhism would not be able to control it at all. At that time, the direction of the entire Journey to the West calamity would be completely messed up. Therefore, the main purpose of Buddhism through this grand ceremony was to discuss with Emperor Gou Chen how to complete the Journey to the West calamity. Although the monkey clone had been refined by Emperor Gou Chen and was practicing in Mount Huaguo, but Buddhism had something to ask of him, so Emperor Gou Chen would naturally not be polite to ask for benefits from it.

However, even if Emperor Gou Chen had the intention of blackmailing Buddhism, he did not expect that Buddhism would be so willing to do so.

Bodhi seeds are the spiritual fruit of the Bodhi tree, one of the ten innate spiritual roots of the Bodhisattva Cundi. They have the ability to help people attain enlightenment and are extremely rare spiritual objects in the heavens and myriad worlds.

What a pity! Since the Saint Zhunti took most of the essence of the Bodhi tree and transformed it into a human form, the Bodhi tree has stopped bearing fruit. Therefore, even the Saint Zhunti does not have many Bodhi seeds. Therefore, the Bodhi seeds are extremely precious in the heavens and myriad worlds, and are even more precious than the peaches in the heavenly palace.

Emperor Gou Chen did not expect that Buddhism would be willing to give away the Bodhi seeds.

However, although this Bodhi seed is extraordinary, the other golden lotus seeds are even rarer.

During the catastrophe of the creation of the world, the origin of the Chaos Green Lotus was shattered, and its six lotus seeds turned into six innate lotus flowers, namely; the Green Lotus of Creation, the Red Lotus of Karma, the Golden Lotus of Merit, the Black Lotus of Destruction, the White Lotus of Purification, and the Purple Lotus of Reincarnation.

Among them, the Golden Lotus of Merit was obtained by Patriarch Hongjun, who later gave it to the Saint Jieyin when he was preaching in Zixiao Palace. In the end, the Golden Lotus of Merit not only became the most precious treasure for the Saint Jieyin to prove his truth, but also became the most precious treasure for the fortune of Buddhism.

Golden Lotus Seeds are the result of the Golden Lotus of Merit, but the Golden Lotus of Merit needs to consume its essence to produce Golden Lotus Seeds. Therefore, the Guiding Saints rarely let the Golden Lotus of Merit produce Golden Lotus Seeds.

During the Conferred God Tribulation, the Guide Saint was not careful and the Blood Sea Mosquito Taoist sucked away the third-grade essence of the twelve-grade golden lotus, which caused it to decline greatly. Since then, the Guide Saint has been even more reluctant to use the essence of the Merit Golden Lotus to breed golden lotus seeds. Therefore, the golden lotus seeds are more precious than Bodhi seeds. Moreover, I am afraid that even the Guide Saint does not have many golden lotus seeds now.

Playing with the Bodhi seeds and golden lotus seeds in his hands, Emperor Gou Chen glanced at the Lingshan Mountain behind the imperial carriage from afar and closed his eyes again.

Emperor Gou Chen understood that the reason why Buddhism offered the Bodhi seeds and the Golden Lotus seeds was that they hoped that Emperor Gou Chen could use these two items to refine an incarnation to complete the Journey to the West. These two items are the most precious treasures of Buddhism, and the incarnation refined based on them is naturally full of Buddha nature. A person who has Buddha nature is definitely a good thing for Buddhism to lead the Journey to the West. However, although Emperor Gou Chen accepted the incarnation requested by Buddhism, this incarnation was the monkey clone of the Flower and Fruit Mountain. It was not the Bodhi seeds and the Golden Lotus seeds planned by Buddhism.

As for the Bodhi seeds and golden lotus seeds, Emperor Gou Chen also had other arrangements.

Although the bodhi seeds and golden lotus seeds are precious, they are not very helpful to the cultivation of the Great Emperor Gou Chen. Therefore, after getting these two spiritual objects, the Great Emperor Gou Chen prepared to give them to the gourd clone and let the gourd clone send these two objects to the inner world.

Bodhi seeds and golden lotus seeds, one is born from the innate Bodhi tree, and the other is nurtured by the Buddhist treasure, the golden lotus of merit. Because of their origins, the two objects have extraordinary spiritual charm. If they are put into the inner world, they will definitely be a great benefit to the inner world.

Moreover, Zhu Qi's original plan for the Spiritual Stone Monkey was to plunder resources to help the inner world grow. Although Zhu Qi, who has now escaped from the chaos, no longer looks down on ordinary spiritual objects in the heavens and the worlds, but for the inner world, rare treasures like bodhi seeds and golden lotus seeds are still the more the better.

Emperor Gou Chen's journey to Lingshan was both extremely noisy and peaceful.

(End of this chapter)