Journey to the West: Interpretation and Teaching Disciples

Chapter 206 Returning to Chang’an through the Eastern Land 3
However, it is said that Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty sent Tang Seng and Zhang Xing out of the city three days before the September 13th year of Zhenguan, and in the 16th year, he sent officials from the Ministry of Industry to build the Wangjing Tower outside Xi'an Pass to receive the scriptures.Taizong went to visit him every year, but he never waited for Tang Seng and Zhang Xing to come back.

On this day, Emperor Taizong of Tang came to Wangjing Building again, seeing that there were still no figures of Tang Seng and Zhang Xing, he sighed secretly in his heart.Just as Tang Taizong was about to go down the Wangjing Tower, he suddenly saw the sky in the west full of auspicious mist and bursts of fragrant wind.

Seeing this scene, Tang Taizong had already realized something, so he stopped walking and turned to look towards the west where the mist filled the sky.

At this time, Xuanzang and his party had arrived at Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, under the protection of the Eight Great Vajras.

Xuanzang looked at the familiar city, and his eyes couldn't help getting a little moist. He didn't expect that what he thought could be completed in three to five years, or seven or eight years, took 14 years to retrieve the scriptures.Even if it was Xuanzang at this time, he couldn't help feeling a little emotional when thinking of his hardships along the way.

But thinking of this, Xuanzang looked at Zhang Xing, Monkey King, Ba Jie, and Drifting Monk beside him, thinking that if he hadn't been surrounded by these four immortals, he might have entered reincarnation long ago!
Although Xuanzang looked preoccupied, the rest of the people were all excited. Sun Wukong, Bajie, and Drifting all looked curiously at the well-deserved great country in front of them at that time, and at their master. The country where he was born, and the reason why Zhang Xing is excited is that he has completed the Westward Journey, which can be regarded as a participant in a big event. In addition, there will be great merit after completing the Westward Journey!For these merits, Zhang Xing, who is a book fan of later generations, knows very well. Think about the protagonists in those novels, and they look amazing when they get a little merit. Then how can they get less merits if they complete the journey to the West, a major event stipulated by heaven? ?Then I am not even better!

King Kong didn't pay attention to the individual thoughts of several people, and said to Xuanzang: "Master, we have already arrived in the Tang Dynasty, and it is difficult for us to go down! Hurry back after you pass the scriptures!"

King Kong sent Xuanzang and the others to the ground as soon as he said that, and this scene happened to be seen by Tang Taizong who hadn't left yet!

I don't know if it was King Kong's intention or it was just like this, Xuanzang and the others appeared downstairs in the Wangjing Tower as soon as they landed. As soon as Xuanzang got down on the ground, he saw Tang Taizong leading all the officials to welcome him.

"Brother! The national teachers are finally back!"

"Your Majesty! The poor monk and the national teacher lived up to everyone's expectations and finally got back the scriptures after 14 years!" Xuanzang said, looking at the obviously aging Tang Taizong in front of him.

"Good! Good! Good!" He said three good words in a row.Tang Taizong took Xuanzang's hand and said, "My dear brother! Thank you for your hard work!"

Then Tang Taizong looked at Zhang Xing and said, "Thank you, the national teacher, for protecting Yudi all the way, it's hard work!"

Zhang Xing just smiled and did not answer, and then Tang Taizong looked at Monkey King, Bajie, and Drifting Monk. Fortunately, Tang Taizong was not a simple person, but even so, he was also taken aback by the appearance of Monkey King!
At this moment, Xuanzang walked up to Emperor Taizong and said, "Your Majesty, don't be afraid! At this time, the poor monk accepted three apprentices on the road! Don't look at their evil faces, but they are all great people!"

Xuanzang walked up to Sun Wukong and said: "Your Majesty, at this time, the great apprentice of the poor monk is surnamed Sun, and his legal name is Wukong. I also call him Sun Xingzhe. He was originally from Huaguoshan, Aolai Country, Dongsheng Shenzhou. Water Curtain Caveman. Due to the disturbance in the Heavenly Palace 500 years ago, he was trapped by the Buddha in the stone box of the Liangjie Mountain in Xifan. He was persuaded by the Guanyin Bodhisattva and willing to convert. It was a minister who came there to save him, thanks to the protection of this disciple. Two The apprentice's surname is Zhu, his Dharma name is Wu Neng, and the officials call him Zhu Bajie. He was born in Yunzhandong, Fuling Mountain. Because he was doing mischief in the Gao Lao Village in Usi Zang, he was persuaded by the Bodhisattva to be good, and those who did bad deeds accepted him. The three apprentices were surnamed Sha, Dharma name Wujing, and the officials called him Monk Sha. He was born as a troublemaker in the Liusha River.

After finishing speaking, Xuanzang paused, pointed to the white dragon horse and said: "This horse was not given by Your Majesty either. This horse is the son of the Dragon King of the West Sea. He was rescued by the Bodhisattva because of his crimes, and taught him to walk with his ministers."

After some introductions, Emperor Taizong invited Xuanzang and others to a banquet. Xuanzang couldn't resist Taizong's enthusiasm, so he agreed. After the banquet, it was already late, so Xuanzang led Monkey King, Zhang Xing, Bajie, Sand Monk Going back to the temple where I became a monk before, Taizong originally arranged a place for Zhang Xing in Chang'an, but Zhang Xing refused to accept Taizong's kindness because he didn't want to be too far away from Xuanzang and the others.

As soon as Xuanzang returned to Hongfu Temple, he saw all the monks in the temple, led by the abbot, come out to welcome Xuanzang and the others. After exchanging pleasantries, Xuanzang returned to the original meditation room.

One night later, when Emperor Taizong was in court, he publicized the news that Xuanzang had retrieved the scriptures. Immediately, the officials were excited, and the hall seemed to be a lively market for a while!

After the many civil and military ministers calmed down, Taizong asked Xuanzang beside him: "My brother, can you recite the scriptures?"

Xuanzang nodded in response and said, "Your Majesty, if you want to perform the scriptures, you must find the Buddha's place. The treasure hall is not a place to recite."

Emperor Taizong was overjoyed when he heard Xuanzang's answer, and hurriedly ordered people to look for the Buddhist site. After a while, someone said that the Yanta Temple in Chang'an could be used as a Buddhist site, so all the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty rushed to the Yanta Temple.

Just when everyone was getting ready and Xuanzang was holding Buddhist scriptures in his hand and was about to recite Buddhist scriptures, the clouds and mist in the sky were suddenly cleared, and the Eight Great Vajras appeared and said, "The one who lectures, put down the scriptures and come back with me." Go west!"

After King Kong finished speaking, Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Zhang Xing, Bajie, Drifting Monk, and Bailongma suddenly flew into the sky and disappeared!
The Eight Great Vajras rode the divine wind to pick up Xuanzang and several people, a total of six people including men and horses, and they rushed back to Lingshan within eight days, and met the Tathagata to pay the Buddha's edict.

Tathagata looked at Xuanzang, who had five people and one horse under him, and said, "Chen Xuanzang, in your previous life, you were my second disciple named Jin Chanzi. Because you didn't listen to the Dharma and despised my great teaching, you were demoted. True spirit, reincarnated in the Eastern Land. Now I am happy to take refuge, uphold my blessings, and take advantage of my teachings to take away the scriptures, and you will have great merit and fruit, and you will be promoted to a great position. You are the Buddha of Zhantan Merit and Virtue."

"Sun Wukong, because you made a big disturbance in the heavenly palace, I used my profound magic power to press it under the Five Elements Mountain. Fortunately, the natural disasters were satisfied and I returned to Buddhism; I am also happy that you concealed evil and promoted good. Great job is right, you are fighting to defeat the Buddha."

"Zhang Xing, you are the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty. You protected Xuanzang all the way to avoid evil spirits. After going through hardships, refining demons and subduing demons, you finally arrived at Lingshan. Now you are enshrined as Sumeru Bodhisattva."

"Pig Wuneng, you are the god of water in the Tianhe River, Marshal of the Canopy. For you, at the Pantao Festival, you were drunk and played Xian'e, and you were demoted to the lower realm to reincarnate, and your body is like an animal. Fortunately, you remember loving the human body and committed crimes in the Yunzhan Cave of Fuling Mountain. Returning to the Great Religion, entering my Shamen, the guardian monk is on the way, but he has a stubborn heart, and his lust is not lost. Because of your merits in shouldering the burden, you will be promoted to be a messenger of the altar."

Hearing Tathagata's words, Bajie murmured: "Why are they all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and how come my old pig has become a messenger?"

Bajie murmured this sentence, but Tathagata couldn't hear it, so Tathagata said: "Because your mouth is strong and your body is lazy, and your intestines are wide. Covering the four major continents of the world, there are many people who pay homage to my teaching. I will teach you everything about the Buddha. The clean altar is a useful grade. Why not?"

After the Tathagata finished speaking, without waiting for Bajie to speak, he went on to say: "Sha Wujing, you are a great general of rolling curtains. First, you were demoted to the lower realm because of the smashed glass cup at the Pantao Festival. You fell into the Liusha River and hurt you. I am guilty of man-made crimes, fortunately converted to my religion, sincerely respect the blessings, protect the holy monks, have meritorious service in climbing mountains and leading horses, and have been promoted to a high position to become a golden arhat."

"Little Bailong, you were originally the son of the Dragon King of Guangjin in the Western Ocean. Because you disobeyed your father's order and committed the crime of unfilial piety, you were fortunate enough to convert yourself to the Dharma and my Samana. Every day, the family owes you to carrying the holy monk to the West." , and thanks to you carrying the Bible to the East, and those who have meritorious service, you will be promoted to be the eight-part heavenly dragon."

With the completion of the entrustment of the Tathagata, a large group of merits fell from the sky. During the process of falling, the merits were divided into three parts, one part was about [-]% of the total, and it was divided into countless parts and flew towards different places. Of the remaining two copies, one was about [-]% of the total. It flew towards Tathagata on Lingshan, and was finally collected by Tathagata.

The remaining share, which is also the largest share, is about [-]% of the total share, and it is divided into six shares, flying towards Xuanzang and the other six.

When a group of merit flew into Zhang Xing's body, Zhang Xing felt that there was no breakthrough mana in his body, and it ran rampant in his body like a flood from a floodgate. However, although this mana was very fierce, it did not cause any damage to the tendons. .Zhang Xing felt that at the moment when this magic power suddenly appeared, he was about to break through to the bottleneck of Jinxian, but was broken through by this "torrent"!

But this is not over yet. After arriving at Jinxian, the "torrent" in Zhang Xing's body has not stopped, and continues to run rampant in Zhang Xing's body, and Zhang Xing's realm has successively broken through. In the later period, Jinxian peaked.

It wasn't until the golden fairy peak that the sudden mana in Zhang Xing's body slowed down, but although it slowed down, there was still some, so Zhang Xing's realm was still improving.

In the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, in the middle stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, the magic power in Zhang Xing's body began to disappear until the middle stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal!
Just when Zhang Xing's realm skyrocketed, Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, Bajie, Sand Monk and others also experienced this skyrocketing realm.

Zhang Xing looked at the people around him and found that Xuanzang's aura had reached the early stage of Taiyi Sword Immortal. It seemed that he had recovered to the cultivation level before reincarnation with the help of Journey to the West merit, and Monkey King was even more powerful. It was only when he had just improved his aura that he felt that Sun Wukong's realm was about at the peak of Taiyi Jinxian to the realm of Daluo Jinxian. It is estimated that if it weren't for Daluo's realm to understand the way of heaven, Sun Wukong at this time is already a big A strong man in the Luo realm!

Bajie's aura has reached the early stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal at this time, and the aura from him also has the aura of the Marshal of the Heavenly Court and Canopy.The reason why Zhu Bajie's performance in Journey to the West is so poor is because he deliberately hides his clumsiness, and the other is because he hurt his original source when he experienced the six rounds of reincarnation. His mana, by the way, also increased a little bit, so that the original cultivation base of the peak golden immortal became a Taiyi golden immortal all of a sudden.

Drifting Monk and Bailongma also have their own improvements. Drifting Monk used the power of merit to bring his cultivation to the late stage of Golden Immortal, while Bailongma only mentioned the early stage of Golden Immortal because of his weak foundation.

(End of this chapter)