"My surname is Sun, do you recognize me?"
"Why don't I recognize you! You are the Great Compassionate and Compassionate Namo Guanyin Bodhisattva on Putuo Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea! The Tathagata coaxed me and kept me pressed on this mountain for more than five hundred years. Wanwang Bodhisattva can use one or two methods to save me from old age. Sun Yishu!"
"Your sins are very deep. I want to save you. I'm afraid you will cause trouble again, which is not a good thing."
"I already know that I was wrong. I hope the Great Compassion will show me a way and I am willing to practice."
…
Guanyin Bodhisattva stood on the top of the cloud, looking at the monkeys at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.
Compared with five hundred years ago, the monkeys at this time have completely lost their original ferocity, wildness, and unruly nature. They are full of compliments and flattery, just hoping to escape from the Five Elements Mountain.
"What's so special about this Sun Wukong? Can it allow the Buddha to indicate that he must be the disciple of a Buddhist monk?"
Guanyin was so confused in her heart, but she said: "Since you have this intention, when I go to the Eastern Land of the Tang Dynasty to find a Buddhist monk, I can teach him to save you. You can become his disciple and uphold his teachings." Enter my Buddhism. How about correcting the results again?"
The monkey was overjoyed and shouted repeatedly: "I wish to go! I wish to go! Thank you Bodhisattva for your great kindness and compassion for saving the suffering!"
Avalokitesvara was very satisfied when she saw that the monkey was so knowledgeable: "In that case, I won't say anything more. You can just wait here for the Buddhist monks. I'm going."
After saying that, Guanyin took Muzha and flew towards the Tang Dynasty in the east of Nanzhan Buzhou.
However, once the monkey was out of sight, Guanyin slowed down.
Not far away from the clouds, a group of heavenly soldiers and generals have been waiting for a long time.
The leader is a tall and mighty man with a handsome face and wearing silver armor. He is none other than Li Anran!
Among the disciples selected by Guanyin, except Zhu Bajie, who was released after serving his sentence, the rest of the disciples, Sha Seng, Xiao Bailong, and Monkey were all sinners imprisoned in the lower world by Heaven.
In order for Lingshan to clean them up and bring them ashore, not only did the Jade Emperor need to nod his approval, but he also had to inform Li Anran, the prison god.
Seeing Guanyin flying towards him, Li Anran asked knowingly: "Bodhisattva, is this Monkey King, the Monkey King, the last one?"
Avalokitesvara nodded slightly and thanked him: "The God of Prison, the God of War, has gone away."
"Bodhisattva's words are serious. Our responsibilities are as they should be."
Li Anran said a few polite words and then left.
After returning to the Heavenly Court, he went to the Judiciary Temple and reported the matter to Yang Jian.
The power of Yang Jian, the God of Justice, was not affected in the slightest by Yao Ji's incident.
On the contrary, after more than a hundred years of accumulation, he can be said to be under one immortal and above ten thousand immortals in the heaven. He is a truly powerful official who can manage almost all matters in the three realms.
"Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie, General Rolling Curtain, Ao Lie..."
Yang Jian frowned slightly and chewed these four names over and over again, thinking about what was special about them and why Tathagata chose them to be Jin Chanzi's protectors.
However, after thinking for a long time, Yang Jian could not come up with a reasonable explanation.
Among these four people, only Monkey Heel has deep magic power and strong power. Tathagata has a reason to choose. The other three, especially the curtain general, have nothing special at all.
Yang Jian looked up at Li Anran and asked, "Brother Li, why do you think Tathagata Buddha chose these four people to be the protectors of Buddhist scripture collectors?"
Li Anran did not answer directly, but asked: "Second Master, are there any restrictions on this gambling fight? How are wins and losses calculated?"
Yang Jian said: "There are four restrictions. First, the pilgrim must reach Lingshan by himself, and cannot use means such as flying in the clouds and mists to travel."
"Second, both parties can make plans, but they are not allowed to tell the gods or monsters who are directly involved in the bet about the content of the bet. To prevent someone from risking their lives for the sake of the sect, things will get out of hand."
“Third, the number of Dharma protectors of the Buddhist scripture seeker is four, which together with the number of the five elements of the Buddhist scripture seeker, the upper limit of the number of disasters on the way to Buddhist scriptures is ninety-nine, that is, the maximum number is eighty-one disasters.
"Once a pilgrim has overcome the eighty-one difficulties or reaches Lingshan, Lingshan will be considered a winner."
"If Jin Chanzi's reincarnated body touches the Pure Yang body with his thoughts, or dies in the middle, it will be regarded as Xuanmen's victory."
After hearing this, Li Anran confirmed a certain guess in his mind. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to tell Yang Jian: "Second Master, I have an idea, I don't know if it is right or not."
Yang Jian's eyes lit up. He just asked casually, but he didn't expect that Li Anran actually had an answer. He urged: "Brother Li, stop being so modest! Say it quickly!"
Li Anran said: "No need to say more about Sun Wukong. It only took him less than a thousand years to cultivate from a spiritual monkey to the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal. He also cultivated the Eighty-nine Mysterious Techniques. He has unlimited potential and extraordinary strength. Tathagata chose him. It is very appropriate and reasonable to be the apprentice of a Buddhist scripture seeker and to take him into Buddhism at the same time."
Yang Jian nodded in agreement and only corrected Li Anran: "Then Sun Wukong is more than just the Taiyi Golden Immortal. When he was making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he should have broken through to the Daluo Golden Immortal realm in a short time, but the realm has not been stable yet. He was pinned down by the Tathagata at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain. The Tathagata must have chosen him as his apprentice for a long time."
Li Anran continued: "Except for Sun Wukong, the remaining Zhu Ganglie, Ao Lie, and General Rolling Blinds can only be regarded as average in their cultivation, but they all have one common characteristic."
Yang Jian asked: "What?"
Li Anran said: "Profound background! Wide connections!"
With that said, Li Anran started talking to the three people one by one.
"Zhu Ganglie is the apprentice of Emperor Donghua, and Emperor Donghua himself has a high prestige and is the leader of the male immortals in the three realms. Zhu Ganglie has become the protector of Buddhist scripture seekers, and many people will give him a favor."
"Ao Lie is the third prince of the Dragon Clan in the West Sea. Although the Dragon Clan has declined now, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. From ancient times to the present, he must have formed many good relationships. With Ao Lie here, these people will also be his subordinates. Be merciful and give away face to the Buddhist monks."
"As for General Rolling Curtain...he is a member of the Jade Emperor!"
When Yang Jian heard the content of Zhu Ganglie and Ao Lie, he was already nodding secretly. He was suddenly surprised when he heard that the general rolling the curtain was actually a member of the Jade Emperor.
The general who rolled the curtain was demoted to the Liusha River by the Jade Emperor because he accidentally dropped the glass lamp. He suffered from thousands of swords piercing his heart every day. Even if he didn't resent the Jade Emperor, it would be a good thing. How could he still be one of the Jade Emperor's people?
"Second Master, this rolling curtain general is not simple."
Li Anran immediately told the story about Sha Monk eating all the nine previous lives of Jin Chanzi and stringing their heads into skull beads and wearing them around his neck.
"The eight-hundred-mile Liusha River is not floating, and countless people pass by it every day. However, this roller-curtain general can eat the reincarnation of the golden cicada every few decades and leave the skull behind. This is not true. Like a coincidence.”
Yang Jian's expression suddenly became serious.
It was impossible for Li Anran to lie to him, which meant that the Jade Emperor had reached some kind of agreement with Lingshan.
This means that Heaven is on the side of Buddhism in this dispute between Buddhism and Taoism.
It also means that in order not to offend the Jade Emperor, many gods in the heaven will also show some mercy to the pilgrims!
The Emperor of Donghua, the Ancient Dragon Clan, and the Jade Emperor of Heaven!
The favors of these three people include almost all the gods in the three realms!
"Tathagata's methods are really powerful!"
Yang Jian took a deep breath, horrified in his heart.
Both he and Taiyi Zhenren believed that Tathagata would choose his own monsters or sinners with powerful magic powers to act as protectors for Buddhist scripture seekers.
I also guessed that Sun Wukong would be among them.
However, they never expected that Tathagata would start from the perspective of disaster!
Among the four chosen protectors, only Sun Wukong is the real protector!
The other three are all well-connected households with average strength but deep backgrounds!
However, these three related households can minimize the forces that hinder Xitian's pursuit of scriptures.
In this way, the probability of success in seeking Buddhist scriptures from the West will naturally increase greatly!
Yang Jian soon figured out the purpose of General Roller Blind’s leaving the skull: “The eight-hundred-mile Liusha River is neither long nor short. They wanted Jin Chanzi to use his reincarnated skull to cross the river. Shahe?"
In this way, it can be considered that the pilgrims crossed the Liusha River on their own and did not violate the agreement between Lingshan and Xuanmen.
Li Anran nodded and said, "That should be the case."
"Brother Li, this matter is of great importance. I need to tell Uncle Taiyi immediately. Please wait here."
The more Yang Jian thought about it, the more he felt that what Li Anran said was the truth. He couldn't sit still at the moment. He got up and wanted to ride on the clouds to the Golden Light Cave in Qianyuan Mountain to tell Master Taiyi these things.
However, as soon as he reached the door, he stopped again and his expression changed.
Li Anran was a little strange and shouted: "Second Master?"
Yang Jian came back to his senses and said, "Brother Li, don't tell anyone what you just said to me."
Li Anran was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding what Yang Jian meant.
Yang Jian explained: "The great rise of Buddhism was decided by the sage at the beginning, but the sage did not leave a specific time, so it has been delayed until now. Even if I tell Uncle Taiyi this, it will only be the time for the great rise of Buddhism. It’s been pushed back five hundred years.”
"Five hundred years from now, this kind of gambling battle will have to happen again. Since it is destined to be unchangeable, why should I waste this energy? It is better to let this matter be settled as soon as possible and end as soon as possible, so as to save these gods and Buddhas from tossing the lower world again. of creatures.”
But in Yang Jian's heart, the creatures of the Three Realms are more important than the great prosperity of Taoism.
Yang Jian said this, and Li Anran naturally nodded in agreement, then left and returned to the prison, burying these things in his heart.
But in the mortal world, the matter of learning scriptures from the Western Heaven is still going on unhurriedly.
After Guanyin left Wuxing Mountain, he went to Nanzhan Buzhou and Dongtu Tang Dynasty, and began to implement Lingshan's plan to obtain scriptures from the West.
Everything is as recorded in Journey to the West.
Chen Guangrui encountered disaster when he took office, Tang Xuanzang took revenge, Wei Zheng killed the Dragon King in his dream, Jinghe River ghost dragon haunted the palace, Emperor Taizong returned to the underworld, and was frightened to hold a land and water conference...
Li Anran saw all this in his eyes, but felt very sad in his heart.
Compared with ancient times, although the human race is still the protagonist of heaven, the status of the human emperor is completely different!
In ancient times, heaven could only rule the three realms in name, and it was difficult for the Jade Emperor to interfere in the human world, especially the affairs of the human race!
Especially during the Yin and Shang Dynasties, the destiny of the human race reached its peak.
A group of Jiejiao disciples would rather hold official positions in the Yin and Shang dynasties than go to heaven and become the Jade Emperor's ministers.
It can be seen.
But at this time, the catastrophe of the Conferred Gods began.
The Human Emperor has since become history, and only the Emperor remains in the world.
Actually, it was fine at that time.
After all, Emperor Zhou was also the Son of Heaven. Although his status was below Haotian, he was also above the gods and Buddhas in the sky. When performing sacrifices, he only needed to sacrifice to heaven and earth, and he also had the power to canonize mortal gods.
But now, the emperor only has one title left, and the human emperor is just a mortal emperor.
As Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, he was haunted by the ghost of the Jinghe Dragon King and could not sleep at night.
Wei Zheng, an important minister under his command, could kill the Dragon King in his dream and send a message to the judge of the underworld, but at this time he was powerless against a mere dragon soul, forcing Emperor Taizong to let two powerful generals, Yuchi Gong and Qin Qiong, guard the gate.
With the help of their murderous aura, they were able to barely block the soul of the Jinghe Dragon King.
But because he was eroded by Yin Qi, he became terminally ill, and his soul left his body and entered the underworld.
Then, another good show began.
As the emperor, Taizong's status was higher than that of the Ten Palaces of Hell in the underworld.
Yama of the Tenth Hall was also very polite at this point. He held his back and bowed, stepped down to greet him, and did everything in place.
But, that’s all!
They themselves did not want to leave any clues to others, so they left everything to their subordinate Judge Cui and asked him to cooperate with Lingshan in a big show.
First, he extended the life of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty by twenty years and promised to revive him and return to the mortal world.
However, on the way to resurrection, he deliberately released the seventy-two resentful souls who rebelled against the king to intimidate him, and forced Taizong to visit the eighteen levels of hell. This frightened Tang Taizong to the point of trembling, and he completely lost the bearing of an emperor.
After that, he half-forced Tang Taizong to agree to return to his soul, and immediately held a land and water conference before letting him go.
After this operation, Tang Taizong, a warrior on the battlefield who had been fighting for many years, frightened the human emperor out of fear, and he was full of awe of gods and Buddhas.
Lingshan's goal was achieved, but the face of the human race was thrown to the ground and stepped on countless times!
After that, everything continued to move forward according to the script of Lingshan, or the sky full of gods and Buddhas.
Jin Chanzi's tenth reincarnation stood out in the Land and Water Conference.
Guanyin Bodhisattva presented a cassock and Zen staff, and performed a miracle in public, advertising Mahayana Buddhism. The deceived King Tang and Tang Monk made up their minds to go to Lingshan to obtain scriptures.
In the beginning, Li Anran had been paying attention to the Buddhist scriptures in the West, treating it as watching a live version of Journey to the West.
But when he realized all this——
Whether Tang Monk encountered danger in Liangjie Mountain, was eaten by the tiger spirit and bison spirit, and then was rescued by Liu Boqin, the Taibao of Zhenshan, and then released monkeys in Five Elements Mountain and accepted the little white dragon as a mount...
After all the scripts were arranged by Lingshan, I suddenly felt boring.
After that, Li Anran no longer cared about the four people from Xitian.
Three years passed in a flash.
this day.
Li Anran was practicing in the heavenly prison. Suddenly, a heavenly soldier came to report that the grass-headed god under Yang Jianling, the god of justice, had sent two sinners who secretly descended to earth.
Li Anran went out to take a look and found that these two Sin Immortals were the two Taoist boys of Taishang Laojun, the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King.
(End of chapter)
