My timeless tavern

Chapter 395 One thought becomes a Buddha, one thought becomes a devil

Guanyin was about to speak when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the change in Tathagata's eyes and quickly shut her mouth, remaining silent.

She subconsciously clenched her hands.

The story of how the Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree and became a Buddha in one thought has always been talked about by people, but Guanyin knew very well that everything has an opposite side, and as the saying goes, everything will turn into its opposite when it reaches its extreme.

One thought can make you a Buddha, or another thought can make you a devil!
As she looked anxiously, she suddenly saw a flash of red in Tathagata's eyes, and then it returned to normal.

She breathed a sigh of relief quietly, and then she noticed that many eyes were looking in one direction.

She turned her head and suddenly saw several familiar figures appear at the palace gate.

Three monkeys!

Those three guys are here again?

Guanyin was surprised.

When she saw Ye Fan and Xiao Yan behind the three Sun Wukongs, she narrowed her eyes suspiciously again.

She couldn't even see through the strength of these two people!
This suddenly gave her a bad feeling.

She had originally wanted to get her jade bottle back, but now she felt that a mere bottle was not that important.

In The Return of the Great Sage, Sun Wukong has spoken.

Holding the golden cudgel in his hand, he pointed directly at the Buddha on the lotus platform and asked, "Old Tathagata, what have you thought about? Do you want to compensate my brother?"

Sun Wukong, the Magic Lotus Lantern, then spoke up: "One hundred magic weapons, not one can be missing!"

Zhizunbao crossed his arms over his chest but looked around.

When some Buddhas and Bodhisattvas saw him coming, they hurriedly hid their magic weapons.

They had all heard about the evil deeds of the three monkeys and were worried that their treasures would also be stolen.

Looking at the actions of the crowd, Zhizunbao curled his lips in disdain, and then turned his gaze to the Buddha in front of him.

He was very curious about how his eldest brother compared to Tathagata after his sudden increase in strength.

The Buddha smiled and shook his head, saying, "You ungrateful monkey, I value his talent and want to teach him something, but you're here to settle accounts with me?"

Hearing the compromise in his tone, Zhizunbao breathed a sigh of relief, yet also felt a little disappointed.

Sun Wukong, the Magic Lotus Lantern, glanced at Ye Fan and Xiao Yan.

He caught the look Tathagata gave the two of them.

The softening of Buddha's attitude must have a lot to do with these two people.

The Monkey King Returns Sun Wukong sneered: "Stop talking nonsense and just tell me whether you will pay or not!"

He came with the intention of fighting and had no mood to argue with the other party.

If he had not calmed down after entering the tavern and realized that he had to find a reason to fight and stand on the moral high ground, he would have rushed forward with his golden cudgel.

The Buddha smiled and said, "The Lingming Stone Monkey is a different species by nature, and is full of disasters. If there is no one to guide him, he will surely suffer many hardships, and it is not surprising that he will die!"

"I was trying to save him, so how could I have committed a crime?"

"But," he changed the subject and continued, "Now it seems that he is blessed with great fortune and has another opportunity, so let's forget about this matter. You are all guests from afar, so why not stay in Lingshan for a few more days and look around."

"It's been a long time since we have had such guests on Lingshan Mountain." Tathagata's gaze swept across Ye Fan and Xiao Yan, and finally stopped on Sun Wukong.

What surprised and even horrified him the most was the monkey in front of him.

The last time he fought with him, he already realized that his strength was not bad, but he was also under control.

But when he saw the other person again, he suddenly found that he couldn't see through him.

Could it be that he has some kind of precious treasure that can hide his strength?

Or is it that this is just his inherent strength?
The others were unaware of the series of thoughts in Tathagata's mind.

But everyone was quite surprised to hear his words.

The entire Buddhist temple suddenly became quiet for a moment.

Guanyin quietly observed Tathagata's expression, thinking something in her mind.

Zhizunbao blinked in surprise, almost thinking he had heard it wrong.

Is Tathagata so easy to talk to?

Seeing the sneers from his two brothers, he suddenly woke up.

It’s not that Tathagata has changed his nature, nor is it for his own good as he claims; it’s simply because he is afraid.

Being able to make even the Buddha Tathagata feel fearful, Zhizun Bao felt a sense of pride.

He straightened his chest and thought to himself that all this was caused by himself!
He suddenly regretted not bringing Zixia with him.

When she sees how majestic I am, won’t she be so happy that she will burst into tears?
"Don't do this nonsense!" Monkey King said impatiently, "Just tell me whether you will compensate me or not!"

He raised his golden cudgel and threatened, "Or should I take it myself?"

Tathagata's right hand trembled, and he was obviously angry.

But his meditation skills had already reached perfection, and the anger on his face was only a flash. He smiled and said, "You all have a destiny with the Western Paradise. If you are willing to join the Buddhist sect, you will naturally be able to choose from a variety of magic weapons!"

None of the three monkeys appreciated the olive branch he extended.

"Then let's have a fight!"

The Monkey King, who had been unable to hold back any longer, grabbed the golden cudgel and rushed towards Tathagata with the force of thunder.

The Tathagata blocked it with his flower-picking finger.

A golden light emerged from his fingertips, forming a dazzling halo.

Illuminated by the halo, Zhizunbao felt dizzy.

The sound of Sanskrit in his ears gave him an inexplicable urge to kowtow.

However, as the Monkey King returns and Sun Wukong swings his golden cudgel, the halo immediately melts away like snow.

Zhizunbao trembled all over and quickly left the hall.

He exchanged glances with Sun Wukong, the Magic Lotus Lantern, who had also left at the same time.

The two of them conveyed the same thought in their eyes.

grab!
Just as they were about to take action, they suddenly heard a hair-raising roar and a loud bang from behind.

"The evildoer must die!"

They turned around and immediately saw that the Buddhist temple was shaking and then collapsed!

A giant monkey a thousand feet tall appeared in the ruins.

Law heaven and earth!

The two recognized him.

They naturally have this magical power, but it is not as powerful as it seems when they use it.

When they saw the giant palm that followed, they felt that the heaven and earth began to shake.

The palm of his hand seemed to contain the entire world, and the terrifying force caused the ground to begin to collapse.

With one palm strike, the Monkey King Sun Wukong, who was in the state of Fa Tian Xiang Di, was knocked away and disappeared into the clouds.

After a moment, a hint of gold appeared from the clouds.

It turned out to be the enlarged golden hoop!

Tathagata revealed his figure.

He sat cross-legged in the air and suddenly put his palms together.

In an instant, he grasped the golden cudgel in his palm and tried to pull it into his arms.

Just at this moment, a big foot fell from the clouds and stepped towards Tathagata's head.

Zhizunbao clenched his fists and looked nervously.

He just felt that this kick could make a hole in the sky, and his heart was filled with longing.

However, facing this foot falling from the sky, Tathagata simply extended a finger and pointed into the air.

The ground shook, and the roar caused Zhizunbao to retreat a thousand meters.

Taking the opportunity to take back the golden cudgel, the Monkey King Sun Wukong appeared and swung it at Tathagata again. Thunderclouds rolled in the sky, as if the end of the world was coming.

From time to time, on the sacred mountain that had been peaceful for tens of millions of years, loud noises that made people tremble with fear could be heard.

The Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, and believers living here were all terrified and fled as far as they could.

There were also some curious glances cast from far away.

These beings were quite surprised to see that a stone monkey of unknown origin could confront Tathagata.

Although Sun Wukong's strength was still suppressed by Tathagata in "The Return of the Great Sage", and continuous attacks failed to make him stand up from the lotus platform, but the fact that he could deal with him for so long and even made Tathagata look like an angry Vajra was enough to prove his extraordinaryness.

Before long, the offensive and defensive positions of the two sides switched.

In The Return of the Great Sage, Sun Wukong began to jump up and down to dodge Tathagata's attacks.

The devastated Lingshan Mountain had already aroused Tathagata's anger.

There was a layer of red in his eyes, and there were mountains of corpses and seas of blood floating up and down.

He claimed that he wanted to save all living beings and preached that one could become a Buddha instantly by laying down the butcher knife, but in the end, he had to bear the consequences of all the desires and sins of killing of all living beings.

In order to bear the faith, he accepted it calmly.

Originally, he thought that he could suppress these with his own strength, but as time went by, the huge amount of negative emotions had already become as vast as the ocean, gradually eroding him.

He even had a crazy idea.

Since the emotions of these mortals are so intense, why not use this as a foundation, go a step further, and use the corpses of all living beings to pave your own path to transcendence?

Facing the Monkey King Returns Sun Wukong who was as slippery as a loach, Tathagata's cruelty became more and more intense.

The light red in his eyes gradually intensified, and his methods became more violent.

He slapped out with one palm, with unparalleled power, crushing an entire city into a deep pit!
In The Return of the Great Sage, Sun Wukong let out a roar, touched his injured tail, and yelled at Tathagata: "Old Tathagata, you are so good at killing people that you dare to call yourself the Buddha!"

The Tathagata said nothing, but chanted Buddhist scriptures, and the Buddhist mantras appeared one by one.

Looking at those almost tangible Buddhist mantras from afar, the Monkey King and Zhizunbao both had solemn expressions.

The originally golden runes now had a hint of blood in them.

Even though they were far away, they could still sense the strong bloody aura.

"What kind of Buddha is this!" Sun Wukong of the Lotus Lantern muttered, "He is simply an old devil!"

Zhizunbao also felt a little scared.

He knew very well that if the tavern had not appeared, he would have been wearing a tight headband and become a member of the Buddhist sect.

With such a boss, he couldn't imagine what the future would be like!

Ye Fan and Xiao Yan also looked at each other with surprise on their faces.

"If this continues, Tathagata will probably become completely possessed by the devil!" Ye Fan whispered.

Xiao Yan stared for two seconds and said, "Maybe this is his nature!"

"One thought can make you a Buddha, one thought can make you a devil. He has taken the wrong path," Ye Fan said thoughtfully, "How can the thoughts of all living beings be so easily imposed on one's body!"

"In the end, I still have to rely on myself!" Xiao Yan nodded, "Only my own strength is the most reliable!"

The two talked and watched silently.

They watched helplessly as the red in Tathagata's eyes grew increasingly intense, gradually turning into a heart-pounding black.

The lotus platform beneath him was also filled with red, and his movements became more and more fierce, easily turning the surrounding creatures into ashes!

In "The Monkey King: Return", it became increasingly difficult for Sun Wukong to dodge.

Originally, he could occasionally strike Tathagata with a stick out of nowhere, but now even dodging has become extremely difficult.

He is obviously at the end of his strength!
After all, Tathagata's strength cannot be compared to that of a stone monkey like him who has just entered the realm of Taoism for a million years!

Sun Wukong, the Monkey King in the Lotus Lantern, and Zhizunbao were horrified when they saw this scene.

They had originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to pick up some treasures from the sacred mountain, but now they found that there was no chance at all.

Several times they were affected by the battle, with their skin torn and flesh bruised, looking miserable.

This is also the case with them. If they were a little weaker, they would have been killed long ago.

"It's our turn to take action!" Ye Fan said suddenly.

There was a hint of excitement in his eyes.

He has been fighting since entering the Big Dipper star field.

Especially after his strength was sealed by a ruthless man, his desire to fight became even stronger in order to break the seal, causing those ancient clans in the holy land to complain bitterly.

Fortunately, everything is over.

The road to immortality is opened, and his seal is completely broken!
Seeing Tathagata's terrifying power that could almost annihilate the stars with just a wave of his hand, he couldn't wait any longer.

"Okay!" Xiao Yan nodded.

He was also full of expectations.

After entering the Great Thousand World, his strength underwent another transformation. He felt that he was much stronger than the former Dou Di and wanted to give it a try with the help of Tathagata.

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now.

The sacred mountain is shrouded in the sound of Sanskrit.

But in the rolling Sanskrit sounds, there was not a trace of the lively and holy Buddhist rhythm. Instead, it brought about gusts of cold wind, like evil falling into a den of ghosts.

The Buddhist mantras floating in the cold wind were each red as if they were dripping with blood, and were filled with an evil aura.

Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng hid in a ruin trembling with fear, looking in horror at the Buddha sitting on the blood-red lotus platform above them.

As they watched, the Buddha struck again.

He raised his palms, and a terrifying aura as dark as ink brought up a tornado and swept towards Sun Wukong.

A tornado arose, and the air was filled with shadows and the howling of evil spirits.

In The Return of the Great Sage, Sun Wukong clenched the golden cudgel in his hand and felt like retreating.

He had a strong intuition that if he was contaminated by this cold wind, he would probably suffer a disaster!

Tang Sanzang and others were even more shocked.

Although they were slightly weaker, they were not without experience and could clearly see that the tornado would affect them.

Several Buddhist arhats who were hiding with the three men were also trembling.

Everyone can only hope that Sun Wukong can stop this evil wind.

However, at this moment, The Monkey King Returns, Sun Wukong was hesitating whether to hide or just go back to the tavern.

He has already figured out the gap between himself and Tathagata.

As he expected, if he just wanted to avoid it from the beginning, there would not be any big problem.

It is now impossible for the other party to suppress him under the Five Finger Mountain as they did five hundred years ago.

In this way, the purpose of his trip has been achieved.

He could then go back and ask the Heaven and the Western Paradise to borrow treasures in a big way.

After gaining several million years of cultivation, it may not be impossible to suppress Tathagata under the Five Finger Mountain.

He glanced at Tathagata, whose eyes were as black as ink and whose posture was insane. Just as he was thinking of leaving, he suddenly felt a hot air coming from behind.

When the Great Sage Returns, Sun Wukong sensed something and quickly dodged.

Then, he saw a scorching fire lotus flying through the air and touching the tornado.

The sky was scorching hot and all the grass and trees turned to ashes!

With a loud bang, the tornado was finally cleared away.

Two figures appeared beside Sun Wukong.

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(End of this chapter)