"Sun Dasheng, please don't destroy the boat and waste other people's property. I will send your masters and disciples there."
The old turtle's voice came from far away, like the thunder of an urn bell, making people's eardrums itch.
All the mortals by the river were so frightened that they trembled with fear. The timid ones fled home in a hurry, while the bold ones hid from a distance and watched what was going on there.
Soon, the water surface rolled, and the old turtle appeared in everyone's sight, with a pink-covered manly head, green eyes and sharp teeth, and a human and flattering smile on his turtle face.
The monkey picked up the golden cudgel and scolded sternly: "You evil beast, stop for me, Old Sun! If you dare to come forward again, I will beat you to death with a stick!"
Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng also looked on guard, picked up their weapons, and stood in front of Tang Seng.
No wonder they were so vigilant. Guanyin had just cast a spell to save the water tribe in the Tongtian River. In the blink of an eye, such an old turtle appeared. It was really weird!
Lao Yu said: "I am grateful for the great sage's grace, and I am willing to be your master and disciple. Why do you want to beat me?"
The monkey asked: "What favor do you have from me?"
The old turtle said: "Great Sage, you don't know that the house of the turtle below is my residence. It has been passed down to me by my ancestors throughout the ages. The great inspiration king came here to catch the tide of the tsunami nine years ago. Relying on his magic power, he injured many of my children, took away many of my Juan tribes, and occupied my cave."
"Now the Great Sage invited the Prison God and Guanyin Bodhisattva to take away the evildoer and return the cave to me. This kindness is as heavy as a mountain and as deep as the sea. How can I dare not repay it?"
The monkey's eyes were filled with divine light, but when he saw the clear air flowing around the old turtle's body, there was a faint surge of Buddha's light, which did not look like an evil spirit. He felt slightly less vigilant and said, "Are you telling the truth?"
The old turtle opened his red mouth and swore to the sky: "If I don't sincerely send Tang Monk across the Tongtian River, I will turn into blood and die without a burial place!"
This oath to heaven is not an oath to heaven, but an oath to heaven!
The higher the cultivation level, the greater the restraint. Once violated, the oath will be fulfilled immediately.
Although the old turtle in front of him has not transformed into a human form, it is not because of insufficient cultivation, but because he has deep roots and is a different species from heaven and earth, so it is difficult to transform into a human form.
If it dares to make this oath, what it says should be the truth!
The monkey put away the golden hoop and said, "Come up."
The old turtle then swam to the shore, jumped up onto the river cliff, and its back was like a white cover with a radius of four feet, showing a slight light.
The old turtle nodded to Tang Monk and said, "Master, come on top of me and I will carry you across."
Tang Monk hesitated and said worriedly: "This tortoise's shell is so slippery that it may be difficult to stand on. What should I do if I walk to the middle of the river and fall into the water?"
The old turtle said: "Master, don't worry, my tortoise shell only looks smooth, but in fact it is no different from the ground. It is very stable. This kind of thing will never happen."
Zhu Bajie also advised: "Master, don't worry! This old turtle has been in the Tongtian River for so many years, how could he make such a mistake? If you are not worried, I, the old pig, will give you a try first!"
With that said, Zhu Bajie led the White Dragon King onto the turtle's back. As expected, it was as stable as on the ground.
Upon seeing this, Tang Monk no longer hesitated and walked towards the old turtle.
Just as he was about to step onto the turtle's back, a voice suddenly came from beside him.
"etc!"
Tang Monk looked back and saw that it was a monkey, and asked doubtfully: "Wukong, what's wrong?"
The monkey frowned, but he didn't know what to say.
Just now, a feeling of uneasiness suddenly arose in his heart, and he subconsciously stopped Tang Seng.
But if he was asked to say there was a problem, he couldn't tell.
The monkey didn't speak, and the scene froze for a moment.
Sha Monk stepped forward and said: "Brother, since this old turtle dares to swear, there is nothing wrong with it. It may be sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva to give us a drink."
"Yeah." Monkey nodded.
What Sha Seng said was the most reasonable possibility he could think of.
However, the uneasiness in his heart could not be eliminated no matter what.
Turning his head and looking to both sides, he found that all the mortal boatmen were scared away by the old turtle. He couldn't even get on board with the old turtle at this time!
This old turtle is weird, I need to pay more attention!
The monkey took off the tiger tendon tape, put it into the old turtle's nose, and pulled it up like a rein. One foot stepped on the cover, one foot on the head, one hand held the iron rod, and the other hand pulled Holding the reins, he shouted: "Old turtle, walk slowly. If you stumble, just look at your head!"
"Don't dare! Don't dare!" The old turtle shook his head repeatedly and did not struggle or resist, letting the monkey do what he did.
There was no small movement after that, and the four masters and disciples of Tang Seng, including their horses and luggage, were safely sent to the other side.
Only after landing ashore, when Tang Seng thanked him, he asked Tang Seng to help him ask Tathagata Buddha when he could turn into a human form.
"Is it really that I, the old grandson, am too worried?"
The monkey looked at the back of the old turtle disappearing into the river, always feeling a little uneasy, but he could never find the source.
In the end, I could only give up for the time being and head to the west with Tang Seng and the other three.
But he didn't know that after the old turtle saw them off and returned to the cave, a strange and evil purple light suddenly lit up on his body.
A black lotus rose from its body and floated in mid-air.
"Buddha." The old turtle knelt on the ground with his head and said respectfully, "This disciple has followed the Buddha's instructions and formed a cause and effect with that Tang monk."
"Goodness." A voice came from the black lotus platform.
The old turtle hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask: "Buddha, when will the disciples be able to transform into human form?"
Hei Lian said: "Just wait peacefully in this river that connects the sky. When Tang Monk and his disciples return from Lingshan Mountain and settle the cause and effect with you, that will be the day when you transform into a human form and cultivate into a positive fruit."
The old turtle was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, Buddha! Thank you, Buddha!"
Black Lotus said no more, and the light gradually dimmed and merged into the old turtle's body.
On the other side, Guanyin also obtained the order from the Jade Emperor to bring the Inspiration King back to Luojia Mountain for severe punishment, and took the Inspiration King out of the heavenly prison.
Silent all the way, I returned to the Purple Bamboo Forest of Luojia Mountain, took the Inspiration King out of the bamboo basket and put it in the lotus pond.
Guanyin then asked what Li Anran did after taking him away.
King Inspiration said: "After the prison god took the disciple back to the prison, he locked him in the cell. Apart from that, he never did anything else."
Guanyin breathed a sigh of relief and then warned: "Things in this world are in the past. Don't mention it to anyone again in the future. If you say even half a word, I will know it and I will skin you, file your bones, and educate you." You are beyond redemption!"
The King of Inspiration fearfully promised: "This disciple will never dare to reveal even a word."
Guanyin waved her hand and dismissed the King of Inspiration. She sat cross-legged on the lotus platform with her brows furrowed and thoughtful.
Whether Li Anran was really enforcing the law impartially, or in order to please Taiyi Tianzun, he deliberately caused trouble for her to lose face, and sent the Inspiration King to the sky prison for a while.
As long as she didn't discover that the Inspiration King was using the souls of boys and girls to make elixirs, it wouldn't be a big deal to her!
What really makes her sleepless and sleepless is——
"Who led Master Xuanzang and his disciples to Chenjiazhuang?"
The person directly responsible for the Buddhist scriptures in Lingshan is Guanyin!
She knew best that the route to the West for Buddhist scriptures should not pass through Chenjiazhuang!
But now, not only has it passed, but the time is also stuck on the eve of the festival. This is obviously someone plotting secretly!
This person must have known about the Inspiration King using the souls of boys and girls to make elixirs with the incense of their blood relatives, and even had conclusive evidence.
This time, he was merciful and did not expose the matter directly. He just led Tang Seng and his disciples to Chenjiazhuang as a warning to her!
But next time, or when the other party wants her to do something, that may not be the case!
The sword hanging above her head was too much of a threat to her!
"What should we do?" Guanyin clenched the bamboo basket in her hand, feeling really uneasy.
After she learned that the monkeys and the others had appeared in Chenjiazhuang, she immediately went to the purple bamboo forest to weave this watertight bamboo basket, just to sift through all the creatures in the Tongtian River and find the person who secretly plotted against her.
At least some clues should be found.
But the result is that nothing was found!
After that, he cast a spell to save all the water tribes in the Tongtian River. He was worried that the news would be exposed, but he also wanted to vent his anger!
Guanyin does have a few suspects in her heart, but there is no concrete evidence for this kind of thing. How can she dare to ask the other party for confirmation?
You can only bury this in your heart in advance and wait for the other party to come to your door.
Guanyin thought of the monkey again.
According to Lingshan's original plan, Monkey has great luck and is not weak in strength. If he is allowed to be Tang Monk's protector, he should be able to deal with Xuanmen's plans and turn danger into disaster!
In addition to Xuanmen's calculations, other disasters on the Xitian Road are the benefits provided by Lingshan to those gods and Buddhas who know the inside story of Xitian's Buddhist scriptures and agree to join forces to deal with the disaster!
They sent their disciples' mounts down to earth, and then went down to earth again to subdue them. It was considered that they had experienced a lot of calamity, and they could also obtain the humane merits of the spread of Buddhism to the east.
In this way, they always want to think of the goodness of the West and give Lingshan some thin noodles.
Even if there is an accident and the disciple's mount dies, it will only be the death of the disciple's mount without any harm to himself!
Unexpectedly, the monkey identified Li Anran. Whenever something happened, he would go to the sky prison to find Li Anran!
First it was Red Boy, then Che Chiguo, and then the Tongtian River!
However, the reason Monkey came up with was so legitimate that Guanyin couldn't stop him openly!
This caused her a lot of trouble!
This time Tongtianhe, if Monkey hadn't suddenly come to heaven and invited Li Anran to come down to earth to subdue the demon, she wouldn't have to be so anxious!
"That rogue monkey has always been unruly and unruly, but now he goes to heaven again and again to seek help from the prison god in the name of being evil and violating the laws of heaven. What on earth is he thinking? Is he trying to Is this a way to seek refuge in Xuanmen?"
"And the prison god, does he know about the Buddhist scriptures and gambling in the West?"
Guanyin frowned slightly.
If Li Anran knew about Buddhist and Taoist gambling and deliberately made friends with monkeys, then she would have to pay more attention!
The monkey is the core of the four guardians of the Buddhist scriptures in the West!
If Li Anran pries the monkey away in front of the gods and Buddhas of the three realms, her fake will not be able to replace the monkey, and then it will be difficult to learn the scriptures!
"Things in this world can be done once or twice, not over and over again! I will give that monkey two more chances!"
Guanyin made a decision quickly.
Then, she calmed down her mind and started practicing cross-legged.
Her trip to capture the King of Inspiration back to Luojia Mountain was considered as a way out of a disaster. At this time, her cultivation efficiency was a hundred times and a thousand times higher than before, but it could not be wasted.
At the same time, Li Anran was also practicing in the Tianlao.
Guanyin came to mention him with the Jade Emperor's decree, but he could only hand over the King of Inspiration. Fortunately, he was fast enough and had already read the life of the King of Inspiration.
After thinking over and over again about the old turtle, he decided to stay away from it.
The old turtle first plotted against Guanyin and led the four masters and disciples of Tang Monk to Tongtian River.
Later, after Tang Seng and his disciples returned from studying for scriptures, they were overturned in the Tongtian River on the grounds that Tang Seng did not help him ask Tathagata when he would become a human being.
After that, the demon snatched the scriptures.
This courage can be said to be unparalleled!
Although according to the records in Journey to the West, the monkey relied on his own cultivation to protect the scriptures.
But at that time, the monkey had already achieved Zhengguo, and his cultivation level was at least that of Daluo Jinxian!
Li Anran was only entering the realm of Taiyi Golden Immortal for the first time at this time, but he didn't want to cause trouble.
For the next half month, Li Anran practiced peacefully in the prison.
During this period, Nezha completed his official mission of subduing demons and came back from the mortal world. He immediately went to Tianlao to find him.
If not for anything else, just to show off his identity as senior brother!
"Junior Brother Li Anran, Junior Brother Li Anran" kept shouting, making Li Anran roll his eyes.
Only a brat like Nezha who doesn't grow up likes to take advantage of others in terms of seniority!
Even though this little kid is already over ten thousand years old!
However, the mind is still childish and immature!
Naturally, these words made Nezha angry. He took out his spear and had a big fight with Li Anran. He drank hard again, and then——
Success was rewarded with two failures!
During this process, Li Anran was surprised to find that Nezha seemed to look away and let go of Li Jing.
In the past, whenever Nezha drank too much and mentioned Li Jing, he would grit his teeth and want to rush over and kill Li Jing immediately.
This time, after he drank too much, he talked to Li Anran about the rules of heaven.
Li Anran: "???"
Is it popular nowadays to say that heaven rules everything?
Why do everyone from Yang Jian to Monkey to Nezha start talking about the rules of heaven?
Li Anran was confused.
He didn't know that Yang Jian and Nezha had already had a showdown. After Nezha learned about Yang Jian's ambition to modify the rules of heaven and implement them, he couldn't help but pay attention to the rules of heaven. This is how he is today. A scene of drunken discussion about heavenly rules.
As for Li Jing, Nezha had already thought about how to deal with him, and now he was just waiting for the opportunity to come.
Nezha took Li Anran and talked drunkenly for a long time before staggering back to Yunlou Palace.
Not long after Nezha left, another Taoist boy from Tushita Palace came to Tianlao.
"Prison God, Taishang Daozu invites you to go to Tushita Palace to talk about it."
"good."
Li Anran was not surprised.
Assuming that Tongtian is still in his hands, Taishang Laojun wants to complete the plan against the Eight Immortals of Shangdong, so it would be strange not to come to him!
(End of chapter)
