Inside the hall, the voice of his saintly master echoed in Dizang’s ears, and he felt completely confused.

In his opinion, the demands of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty were extremely excessive and his Saint Master would never agree to it.

He originally wanted to report the matter to Saint Master and let Saint Master make the decision, but he did not expect that Saint Master would take the initiative to send him a message and ask him to agree to this matter.

"Your Majesty, my Western Religion agrees to this!" Ksitigarbha replied.

Although he was full of doubts, under the current circumstances, he could only follow the arrangements of his Saint Master.

Upon hearing Dizang's answer, the civil and military officials were excited. They naturally knew what Dizang's answer meant.

The Western land has always been controlled by the Western Church. Once the Western Church agrees to this, it means that the human race will unify the ancient world.

For the human race, being able to unify the ancient world is definitely a great achievement.

“Your Majesty, if you want to obtain the true scriptures, you need to travel a long distance, experience the world, and have great wisdom and perseverance.

My Western religion has found a suitable reason. This person is Chen Xuanzang, the son of scholar Chen Guangrui, and his Dharma name is Sanzang! "Ksitigarbha spoke again.

In his opinion, the Human Emperor must have some connection with Lu Yuan and should know some of the truth about Journey to the West.

Since the Human Emperor has agreed to the journey to the West, he will go with the flow and put Tang Sanzang out in the open.

When Li Shimin heard Dizang's words, his expression did not change at all.

"Pass on my order and summon Xuanzang into the hall!" Li Shimin said.

He had already anticipated that the Western Church would agree to this matter, so it was not a surprise.

As for Chen Xuanzang, his master Lu Yuan had told him in advance long before his reincarnation that the Western Church wanted Jin Chanzi to reincarnate as Tang Sanzang, and thus become the one who would obtain the scriptures.

This person, like Sun Wukong, is the one who is destined to suffer the great calamity in the Journey to the West. Dizang took the initiative to mention this matter, obviously wanting to point out Tang Sanzang as the person who would obtain the scriptures.

Since this matter involved a great catastrophe, he knew very well that Journey to the West could not stop it. So, since he could not stop it, he simply agreed to it.

Of course, he took the initiative to accept this matter for other purposes.

After a while, Tang Sanzang mentioned by Dizang also entered the hall.

Seeing Tang Sanzang appear, Li Shimin asked, "Chen Xuanzang, someone recommended you to go to the Great Leiyin Temple in the West to seek the true scriptures. Are you willing?"

"Your Majesty, I am a humble monk, but I am willing to do my best to go to the Great Leiyin Temple to seek the true scriptures!" Tang Sanzang responded.

He had always been longing for Buddhism, so when he heard such a request, he naturally agreed to it.

"Master, you are truly loyal and virtuous. You are not afraid of the long journey. I appoint you as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty! I order you to travel to the West and seek the true scriptures!" Li Shimin said.

His real purpose was to appoint Tang Sanzang as an envoy of the Tang Dynasty.

The Western Church has agreed to incorporate the Western land into the human race, but the two sides are isolated from the world and are not that familiar with each other after all.

As an envoy of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Sanzang traveled to the West in advance to prepare for the incorporation of the human race into the Western lands.

For him, the journey to obtain the scriptures is not that important.

"Thank you, Human Emperor!" Xuanzang hurriedly replied.

However, when Dizang saw this scene, he did not feel happy at all, but frowned slightly.

According to their original plan, the Human Emperor should have taken the initiative to request that Buddhism be spread eastward, and Tang Sanzang, as the person who went on a journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures, should have had an extremely high status.

But now, it has become the Western religion that has taken the initiative to ask the Human Emperor for help, and Tang Sanzang, who is seeking scriptures, is just an envoy.

This move neither elevated the status of Tang Sanzang nor the status of Western religions.

But even so, he did not dare to complain. The smooth progress of the Journey to the West was already an excellent result.

Now, the Journey to the West has been recognized by the Emperor of Man, and Tang Sanzang has been appointed as the one to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Naturally, there is no need for him to stay in the capital of the Tang Dynasty any longer.

After leaving behind a few simplified Chinese characters and magic weapons and giving them to Tang Sanzang, Dizang also left the capital of the Tang Dynasty.

After leaving the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Dizang traveled westward and returned to the Great Leiyin Temple.

In the Great Leiyin Temple, after meeting Amitabha Buddha and Bodhi Patriarch, Dizang immediately reported what had happened.

"Master, Tang Sanzang has been appointed as the one to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and the journey to the West is about to officially begin!" Ksitigarbha said.

He was now full of doubts and wished to know the reason immediately.

"Ksitigarbha, do you know why we agreed to the request of the Human Emperor?" Amitabha said with a smile.

After seeing Amitabha's reaction, Dizang's doubts deepened.

"Please Master, help me solve my doubts!" ​​said Dizang.

Logically, it is not a good thing for the Western land to be incorporated into the human race, but he found that his master did not seem to think it was a bad thing.

After hearing what Ksitigarbha said, Patriarch Bodhi and Amitabha Buddha smiled at each other, and then began to explain.

“The reason why we agreed to this is naturally because it brings more benefits than disadvantages to our Western religion.

Firstly, the land in the West is barren and there are not many living creatures.

Secondly, under the rule of Western religions, the Western land has become an ironclad entity, and even if it surrenders to the human race, nothing will change.

Moreover, the Journey to the West is related to whether the Western religion can flourish? It is far more important than the current Western land! "Bodhi Patriarch said.

In their view, this matter did not cause any loss to the Western Church, which was why they agreed to the request of the Human Emperor.

He also understood that the human race would become more prosperous after unifying the vast land.

However, they can use this incident as a springboard to better spread Western religions.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of Buddhism spreading to the East, Western religions can spread rapidly among the human race and even swallow up the human race's beliefs.

They have always had greater ambitions, but they have never had such an opportunity. Fortunately, the rise of Western religion was decided by the Taoist Ancestor, and no one can stop it.

The right time, right place, and right people are all on the side of the Western religion. Even if the human race unifies the ancient world, it will only be paving the way for the Western religion.

He believed that in the future, among the human race, the number of followers of Western religions would inevitably increase rapidly, and even become the only dominant religion.

This has always been their ambition and the goal they have always wanted to achieve. When given such an opportunity, they naturally decided to do it immediately.

"Master is indeed far-sighted, and it is me who is too short-sighted!" Dizang's eyes lit up.

He instantly understood what Patriarch Bodhi meant, and he also knew that this matter would be of great benefit to Western religion.

"No need to reflect on yourself. Now that the Journey to the West has been decided, Sun Wukong and others are crucial. Go quickly to guide them!" Amitabha said.

After hearing what Amitabha said, Dizang hurriedly took the order and left the Great Leiyin Temple as soon as possible.

He was well aware of the importance of Sun Wukong to Western religions. The person who would obtain the scriptures had already been decided, and he still needed to guide the others on the journey to the West.

At the same time, under the Five Fingers Mountain, Sun Wukong continued to practice as usual. With the help of the power of the Five Fingers Mountain, he continued to sharpen himself, and another monkey particle in his body transformed into a Yuan Monkey.

However, after the transformation of this monkey particle, Sun Wukong did not show any joy at all.

"Senior, the speed of particle transformation in my body is becoming slower and slower." Sun Wukong sighed.

Over the years, he has not dared to slack off, and 700 million of the 840 million spirit monkey particles in his body have transformed into Yuan monkeys.

To this day, his cultivation has been improving day by day, but the speed of particle transformation in his body has been becoming slower and slower.

Before this, it took him several decades to break through to the realm of Daluo Jinxian, and after the breakthrough, the speed of particle transformation in his body did not slow down at all.

In the more than three hundred years after breaking through the Daluo Jinxian, 600 million spirit monkey particles transformed into Yuan monkeys.

But in the hundred years that followed, the speed of particle transformation began to slow down. Even though he practiced hard and used the power of the Five Finger Mountain to hone himself, he was only able to transform 100 million monkey particles.

Moreover, he could clearly feel that as time went on, the speed at which these particles were transforming was becoming slower and slower.

He originally thought that as long as he maintained his previous speed, he would be able to make rapid progress, but now this is the situation.

The speed at which the monkey's particles were transforming was far slower than before, and he couldn't even use the power of the Five Finger Mountain to temper himself.

"Little monkey, just be content, your speed is already very fast.

In the ancient world, the Daluo Golden Immortal is already extremely extraordinary. Even if countless Golden Immortals have practiced for tens of thousands of years, they are still unable to enter this realm.

Even among the saints' disciples, countless people remained at the Golden Immortal realm and could not advance any further.

The reason you were able to break through to the Golden Immortal level and make rapid progress towards the Golden Immortal level was because of those peaches and elixirs.

A hundred years ago, the power contained in the peaches and elixirs had been exhausted, so your cultivation speed would naturally be slower.

But even so, your cultivation speed is far faster than others!" Black Mist explained.

After hearing Black Mist's explanation, Sun Wukong fell silent.

He naturally knew that what Black Mist said made sense, but he was not willing to accept it.

From beginning to end, he never forgot his identity as a chess piece, nor did he forget that Ran Deng suppressed him.

He was eager to break through to the Quasi-Saint level. Only by breaking through to the Quasi-Saint level could he defeat Ran Deng and have a chance to get rid of his identity as a chess piece.

He originally thought that before escaping the imprisonment of the Five Finger Mountain, he would even have a chance to break through to the Quasi-Saint level.

But now it seems that he was taking it for granted. Now his cultivation speed has slowed down, and he doesn’t know when he will be able to break through?
If he cannot break through, how can he defeat Ran Deng and how can he get rid of his status as a chess piece?
Just as Sun Wukong was deep in thought, the voice of the black fog sounded in his ears.

"Little monkey, don't worry too much, your chance has come!

Five hundred years have passed and the Journey to the West is about to begin. People from the Western religion will definitely let you follow someone on the journey to the West.

There are many opportunities in the journey to the West. You just need to follow that person on the journey to the West, and you may have the opportunity to go further!"

When Sun Wukong heard what Hei Wu said, his eyes lit up.

If there is good fortune in Journey to the West, what would it matter if he just acts as a pawn for a while?
As long as he could gain enough luck in the Journey to the West, he believed that he would be able to break through to the Quasi-Sage level.

Before this, he was just pretending to be in good terms with the person behind the scenes. When he breaks through to the quasi-saint level, that will be the day he gets rid of his status as a pawn.

"Thank you for clearing up my doubts!" ​​said Sun Wukong.

At this moment, he was already looking forward to the day when the Western religion would come to visit him.

On this day, a figure arrived at the foot of the Five Finger Mountain. This person was none other than Ksitigarbha who had left the Great Leiyin Temple.

"Sun Wukong, do you recognize me?" Dizang said.

The purpose of his coming here, of course, was to guide Sun Wukong and let him follow Jin Chanzi on the journey to the west.

In his opinion, Sun Wukong had been suppressed for five hundred years. As long as he put forward the conditions to help Sun Wukong escape from trouble, Sun Wukong would definitely agree to it.

"Who are you?" Sun Wukong asked.

Having said that, he already had a guess about this person's identity.

Before this, Senior Heiwu once told him that people from the Western Church would definitely come to visit.

This person has a strong aura, similar to that of Fire Star Lord and Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable. He must be a member of the Western Religion.

"I am Ksitigarbha. Following the Buddha's command, I am going to the East to find someone to obtain Buddhist scriptures. I am passing by this place and would like to give you a chance.

A few days later, a man will come from the Tang Dynasty to seek Buddhist scriptures. He has the ability to help you escape from the Five Finger Mountain.

All I need is for you to take him as your master, follow his teachings, join my Buddhist sect, and help him go to the Great Leiyin Temple to obtain the scriptures. Do you agree?" Ksitigarbha said.

He was well aware of Sun Wukong's talent. He had recently broken through to the Golden Immortal level. If he could make use of the good fortune during the Journey to the West, he would most likely be able to reach a higher level in time.

The reason why he asked Sun Wukong to become Jin Chanzi's disciple was to completely stamp Sun Wukong with the mark of Western religion.

Sun Wukong is already a disciple of Bodhi Patriarch. If he becomes a disciple of Jin Chanzi, he will never be able to get rid of his identity as a Western religion.

In his opinion, as long as Sun Wukong wanted to escape, he could not refuse his conditions, and becoming Jin Chanzi's disciple was a foregone conclusion.

"You can go to get the scriptures, but if you want to become his disciple, I don't agree!" said Sun Wukong.

Based on his understanding of the person behind the scenes, it would definitely not be that easy to get him to become his disciple.

What's more, he already had a grudge against Western religions, so naturally he was unwilling to join them.

If Senior Black Mist had not informed him in advance, he would most likely have agreed to do it after learning that he could escape.

But now that he already knew about the Journey to the West, he naturally wouldn't agree easily.

Dizang originally thought that Sun Wukong would agree without hesitation, but after hearing Sun Wukong's answer, he was a little confused. He never expected that Sun Wukong would not agree immediately, but instead put forward conditions to him.

Sun Wukong is extremely important to Western religion, so he naturally could not agree to this.

"If you don't become my disciple, the person who goes to obtain the scriptures will definitely not help you escape from your predicament. Don't you want to escape from your predicament?" Dizang said.

Although he was somewhat surprised by Sun Wukong's answer, it was just a surprise.

In his opinion, Sun Wukong had been trapped for five hundred years, and he would definitely not refuse such conditions for escaping.

However, Sun Wukong's answer left him stunned.

"It doesn't matter. I've been practicing here for many years and I've already gotten used to it. I'm too lazy to move!" Sun Wukong said loudly.

From what Senior Black Mist said, he had already understood part of the true meaning of Journey to the West and understood its importance to Western religions.

The initiative is in his hands. If he cannot leave the Five Finger Mountain, it is not him who will be anxious, but the Western Church. (End of this chapter)

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