Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 490: The Buddha Treasure is Stolen
After passing the Flaming Mountain, An Yan and his companions traveled another 800 miles west.

Finally we came across another big city.

The city was surrounded by dragons and tigers, and it was full of royal aura. It was obviously the capital of a country and a place where dragon energy gathered.

After crossing the moat and entering the city gate, I saw six streets and three markets, with pedestrians and horses coming and going in an endless stream. It was worthy of being the capital of a country.

But when those passers-by saw Tang Sanzang, they all gave him strange looks.

If he was looking at Sun Wukong and the others like that, that would be normal, but for a monk like him, what's so strange about that?

Tang Sanzang was keenly aware of this scene and couldn't help but ask An Yan: "An Yan, do you feel that there is something wrong with the way they look at me?"

An Yan nodded, indeed.

Suddenly he remembered that behind the Flaming Mountain was the Jisai Kingdom.

This explains why these people looked at Tang Sanzang strangely.

Just as An Yan was about to speak, a dozen monks suddenly appeared in the street ahead. They were all ragged and shackled, begging along the street.

Seeing this familiar scene, Tang Sanzang couldn't help but recall the events of Chechi Kingdom and said, "Could it be possible that Buddhism is also being destroyed here?"

"Master, let me go up and ask and we'll know." Sun Wukong also felt strange, so he volunteered to go forward.

Those monks were a little afraid when they saw the appearance of Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong waved his hands and said, "Don't be afraid. I won't harm you. I just came to ask you a few questions."

"I wonder what grandpa wants to ask?" the leading monk said timidly.

"Which temple are you from? What have you done to deserve to be shackled?"

Upon hearing this, the leading monk was overwhelmed with grief and said, "We are all monks from the Jinguang Temple. We have all been wronged!"

"Injustice?"

"Come with me to see my master."

Sun Wukong's eyes flashed. After all, he had read Journey to the West.

After throwing this group of monks to his master Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong came to An Yan's side and said with his spiritual consciousness: "Brother An, is it the nine-headed monster from the Bi Bo Tan in Luan Shi Mountain that is causing trouble?"

Hearing Wukong's sudden message to him, An Yan saw Wukong's expression and immediately understood what Wukong was thinking.

"What? Goku, you want to fight that nine-headed monster?"

"The book says that I, Sun, can't defeat the Nine-headed Insect and I have to ask Erlang Shen for help. I don't believe it. How can a Nine-headed Insect turn the world upside down?"

He had fought with Erlang Shen once, and he was indeed one step behind.

But he was not convinced.

Now he is asked to ask Erlang Shen for help. Isn't that equivalent to asking him to admit that he is not as good as Erlang Shen?
How could Sun Wukong, who has always been proud and arrogant, accept this?
So, he wanted to meet the Nine-headed Insect to see if he could defeat it.

Seeing that Wukong couldn't wait to fight the Nine-headed Insect, An Yan, who was happy and relaxed, didn't care, so he said: "Then the Nine-headed Insect will be left to you. I also want to see if this Nine-headed Insect is really that powerful."

Seeing the greatly increased strength of Monkey King without the golden hoop, An Yan was also curious.

With the Nine-Headed Insect, can he still overpower Wukong as the book says and force him to ask for help?

At this time, Tang Sanzang also learned about the situation of the Jinguang Temple and sighed, "Amitabha! This Buddhist treasure was stolen, why don't you report it to the court and explain the reason?"

"I think if the king knew the reason, he would not blame you."

The leading monk said aggrievedly: "Even my abbot can't see him, how can we, the little monks, see him?"

An Yan interrupted and said, "Just now I heard you say that the Jisai Kingdom is preparing to conquer the four barbarians?"

Seeing that An Yan had an extraordinary demeanor and was traveling with the holy monk, the monk did not dare to look down on him and nodded, saying, "Because the pagoda has lost its auspicious light in the past two years, the barbarians no longer come to pay tribute, so my king wants to conquer them." "I think the country of Jisai is rich and its people are strong, but I'm afraid the old man has other intentions." An Yan shook his head.

Tang Sanzang was not stupid, he understood it immediately and asked in surprise: "An Yan, are you saying that the king actually wants to annex the surrounding small countries?"

"Isn't this normal? As the saying goes, how can you allow others to snore beside your bed?"

"In addition, if the country is rich and the people are strong, any monarch with a little ambition will definitely want to make his territory more vast and eliminate potential enemies around him."

"Of course, whether it is true or not will be clear when we go to court tomorrow to exchange the customs documents."

"Tomorrow?" Tang Sanzang was puzzled.

An Yan smiled and said, "Sanzang, don't you want to know whether this bloody rain is a natural disaster or a man-made disaster?"

After these words were spoken, Tang Sanzang's expression changed.

Since An Yan said this, it must not be groundless.

So he said to the monk, "Take me to the Jinguang Temple, maybe I can clear your name."

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He couldn't bear to see his fellow disciples living such a miserable life.

Seeing that Tang Sanzang wanted to help them, the monk thought that the other party came from the Tang Dynasty in the East, and perhaps the king would agree to meet them because they were envoys from a superior country.

In this way, perhaps they can be cleared of all charges.

So the monk said, "Holy monk, please follow me."

When we arrived at the mountain gate, we saw seven big characters written across the gate: "The Jinguan Temple was built to protect the country."

After entering the mountain gate, although the Jinguan Temple has declined, you can still vaguely see its former splendor from the ancient halls and pagodas.

An Yan said, "Take us directly to the pagoda where the Buddhist beads are stored."

An Yan knew that there were surprises waiting for them there, so he didn't want to waste time here.

The place where the Buddhist beads are placed is also called the Five-Colored Glazed Pagoda and the Thousand Gold Relics Peak. It was originally used to hold the relics of eminent monks from past dynasties.

Logically speaking, a place like this, shrouded in Buddha's light, would not be easily offended by ordinary demons.

Unfortunately, he encountered the Nine-Headed Insect, which polluted the pagoda with a bloody rain, successfully stole the Buddhist beads, and left people to guard it.

I saw that on the thirteenth floor of the pagoda, the place originally used to place Buddhist treasures has now become a monster's den and there is a strong smell of fish.

There were two monsters sitting inside, both with fish heads and human bodies. They were playing rock-paper-scissors and drinking with fried peanuts on the table, looking very comfortable.

"Benboerba, why do you think the Prince Consort cares so much about the monk named Tang Seng? He even asked us to wait for him here."

"Ba Bo'er Ben, I usually tell you to pay more attention to current affairs, but don't you know that eating a piece of Tang Monk's meat is equivalent to ten thousand years of hard practice?"

"If we were to have a bite, we might be able to break through and become a golden immortal demon right away!"

Benboerba was daydreaming.

Ba Boer Ben suddenly realized what was going on, and then he laughed at him, "Ben Boer Ba, I think you are drunk. I don't think one Tang Monk is enough for the Prince Consort and the Dragon King's family to share, so how can it be our turn?"

"It's really not your turn!"

With a bang, the tower door opened from the outside. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie led the way, and An Yan and the others entered one after another.

Tang Sanzang looked at the two monsters coldly, "Are you looking for me?"

Babolben and Benbolba, who were a little drunk, shuddered and sobered up instantly.

(End of this chapter)