Journey to the West: The Rise of Martial Arts

Chapter 209
After crossing the Heishui River, the group continued westward despite the wind and snow.

While practicing, Ren Qinglian encountered various rare and rare herbs along the way, and would always move them into her dantian world with great interest.

Many of these were discovered by Ren Qinglian herself, but most of them were due to Boer's bird eyes.

I don't know which species of parrot it is. Apart from the ability not to be afraid of flames, the biggest specialty of this bird is that it can easily sense all kinds of magical flowers and plants.

After walking for more than a month, the weather has gradually warmed up, everything is shining, and Boer has become more and more busy.

"That dead starling went to collect flowers and plants again?"

Zhu just came back from Huazhai, but he didn't see Ren Qinglian and the parrot, so he asked.

Ren Qinglian didn't explain to them that she had a dantian world, so, in the eyes of Zhu Gangli and the others, the parrot spirit was so devoted to collecting all kinds of rare and exotic herbs, mostly to please his master.

Little did they know, for Boer, it was one thing to please Ren Qinglian, and he himself was more keen to make his birdhouse look better.

Ren Qinglian has agreed to divide a large area around the huoyun fruit tree to Boer. After being a bird for so many years, Boer finally got his head around and has his own territory~ Although Ren Qinglian's dantian world can move creatures It and the blue sky plant Jade Gu, but it still enjoys decorating its own homeland.

It happened to be early spring, after Xuanzang and the others finished their fast, they walked slowly to enjoy the scenery while chasing Ren Qinglian and the bird demon.

Suddenly, there was a sound of shouting in the distance, and it sounded like there were tens of millions of people.

Xuanzang was frightened, he pulled his horse in front of him, turned around and asked, "Wukong, what's that sound, like the earth cracking and mountains falling apart?"

The monkey smiled and said: "Master, don't worry, you will know when Layman Ren comes back and ask later."

Every time Ren Qinglian's master and servant went out to pick flowers, the monkey would be able to relax for a while, instead of continuing to be busy exploring the road ahead.

After speaking, the group continued to enjoy the spring scenery along the way slowly.

On the other side, Ren Qinglian naturally also heard the noise, and after thinking for a while, she guessed that not far ahead should be the place of the next catastrophe, Che Chiguo.

"These three monsters should be pawns arranged by the Heavenly Court on the way to learn the Buddhist scriptures!" Ren Qinglian grinned when she thought that the monks in the original book could dream of Taibai Jinxing in their dreams, and specifically instructed them to wait for the Buddhist scriptures to come to rescue them. The acting was too fake, but when he thought about what the three monkeys did in the Sanqing Temple in the original book, he couldn't help laughing, and at the same time, he was a little suspicious that these three guys really dared to be so presumptuous in front of the Sanqing statue.

With a thought, stepping on the sky, the person has already walked in the direction where the voice came from.

It was a group of ragged monks who were being scolded and whipped by a few Taoist priests, shouting chant non-stop, dragging carts, resisting wood and stones to do hard labor.

But Ren Qinglian didn't look at them, looking at the building they built, she was a little surprised and said: "Sancai Gathering Formation?"

The three monsters of Chechi Kingdom are fanatics of Taoism and Sanqing. Apart from keeping the country peaceful and the people safe and the weather going well, they seem to have never done anything evil. Now it seems that although they enjoy the glory and wealth, they have never forgotten their practice .

It's a pity that an ant is an ant after all, without enough strength, it's just a pawn in the hands of others that can be sacrificed at any time.

Ren Qinglian shook her head, only from the unrealistic Spirit Gathering Formation in front of him, he could tell that the three monsters in Che Chiguo had limited abilities.

"Forget it, let's leave the limelight to the monkeys!" Compared with the monks, he was more curious about the performance of Xuanzang and others for a while.

Soon, Ren Qinglian returned to Xuanzang and the others in a parrot.

"Layman Ren, what's going on?" Xuanzang and the others immediately looked at Ren Qinglian.

Ren Qinglian said with a smile: "There is Chechi Kingdom in front of you. There are many temples in the country, countless monks, and incense burns continuously every day. It's just that there was a severe drought 20 years ago, and the whole country fell into a desperate situation. The king and the people donated money and incense to monks. I hoped that these monks could pray for rain to solve their problems, but they found nothing. At that time, three Taoist priests passed by here. They had the method of calling wind and rain, and they solved the crisis.

Speaking of this, Ren Qinglian subconsciously glanced at Xuanzang.

"Poor monks don't know how to call the wind and rain, but sincerity can lead to success, maybe the three Taoist priests appeared because of the prayers of the monks!" Xuanzang said indifferently.

Ren Qinglian curled her lips, this monk is really capable of nonsense, and continued: "But the people of Chechi Kingdom, and even the king and queen, don't think this way. These years, they have changed to worship Taoism, demolished temples, and cut off incense. Those monks in the area have all been reduced to the coolies of Taoist priests, and the shouts just now are that they are building Taoist temples and serving Quanzhen."

Xuanzang frowned. There is no harm if there is no comparison. In the eyes of the people and officials of the Chechi Kingdom, monks and Taoists are polarized. It made him a little hard to understand, and even a little angry. For a while, he recited the Heart Sutra silently.

The monkey suddenly said: "Those three Taoist priests came here by coincidence, and their methods are not small, maybe they are some monsters!"

"Eldest brother is right!" Sha Wujing seconded.

Zhu Ganglian was busy talking to Bo Erdu, so he didn't interrupt.

Xuanzang was silent. Although he was a monk since he was a child, he also read a lot of poetry and books. After listening to Ren Qinglian's words, he understood that the real root of the disease did not lie with the Taoist priests, but with the king of the Chechi Kingdom and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty. On the body, even on the body of every commoner in Chechi country.

After a long time, he said: "Layman Ren, can we just watch them suffer?"

Ren Qinglian shrugged, "Master wants to save those 500 monks from the sea of ​​suffering, I'm afraid it's impossible to do it with lip service alone."

Although he didn't intervene in this matter just now, he searched the memories of those Taoist priests with the help of the Liuhe Desire Lotus Formation, and he naturally understood that not only these Taoist priests were crazy believers of the Three Purities, but also the entire Che Chi Kingdom. Fanatics of Sanqing, in their eyes, those monks are a group of liars, the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred, and punishing those monks to build Taoist temples for Taoist priests is actually considered light, after all, those monks At the beginning, they did not accept their money and incense.

It is almost impossible to save those monks without bloodshed. In the original book, monkeys beat and killed those Taoist priests before releasing those monks.

Xuanzang was stunned for a moment, and noticed Ren Qinglian's gaze on the monkey, and soon he suddenly realized, "Go and see the specific situation first, Wukong, you must not hurt people's lives when the time comes!"

After finishing speaking, the group of people continued to travel westward, and after walking for several hours, they finally saw the group of monks shouting chant.

Monkey remembered Xuanzang's instructions, after saving those monks, he didn't kill those Taoist priests, but shaved their heads, changed their monk's robes, and pushed several Taoist priests into the group of monks to influence them.

Those monks who were doing coolies knew that they were finally looking forward to the Buddhist scriptures, so naturally they thanked them a thousand words and told about their misfortunes.

Ren Qinglian was not a monk and did not feel the same way. Xuanzang repeatedly called Amitabha, but the three monkeys were very angry when they heard it. They were very angry at the persecution of the monk and the three demons, so they decided to play tricks on them at night.

(End of this chapter)