Tang Empire, outside Chang'an City.
On the banks of the Jinghe River in the wind and rain, a very tragic battle took place not long ago.
The corpses of dragons were mixed in the flood water, either floating on the water, sinking to the bottom of the river, or stranded on the shore.
The originally clear Jinghe River was dyed scarlet red by the dragon's blood.
A young monk in white clothes was standing in this bloody tidal flat.
I saw that his face was elegant and handsome, and a golden halo lingered behind him, like a true Buddha coming to the world.
But his white clothes were stained with blood, and his murderous gaze was incompatible with his holy temperament, making him look more like someone possessed by a god of death.
"I want to be compassionate, but why do you keep violating me and force me to kill?"
Tang Sanzang wiped the dragon's blood from the monk's robe and let out a cold sigh.
He said these words to a dragon at his feet.
This is the only one alive among all the dragons, but it is not much different from death.
The dragon was dying, black dragon scales splashed all over the ground, white broken bones protruded from under the flesh, and the oozing blood formed a stream on the bank.
It squirmed with its broken body, trying to crawl back to the Jinghe River, but Tang Sanzang looked at it coldly, as if looking at a dying ant.
“It’s been really uneventful along the way!”
Tang Sanzang shook his head, and then stepped on the dragon's head into the mud again amid its whine.
In fact, he is not an enlightened holy monk, but a time traveler whose soul has penetrated into Tang Sanzang's body.
Half a month ago, Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict, inviting him to come to Chang'an to meet the saint.
But as soon as he stepped out of Jinshan Temple, he encountered a white snake that had been practicing for thousands of years, causing trouble and almost flooding Jinshan.
While passing through the Yellow River, I encountered a crocodile and nearly died in the belly of the fish.
Now he is about to arrive in Chang'an, but he is intercepted and killed by a nine-headed dragon in Jinghe River...
What a ghost! Why am I being targeted by so many demons and ghosts before I go to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures?
"Forget it, it's better to hurry up first!"
After pondering for a moment, Tang Sanzang was ready to continue his journey, but he stopped again not far away.
I saw the dying dragon struggling out of the mud again.
"You evil beast, are you so anxious to seek death?"
Tang Sanzang turned around with an angry voice, his voice was like the source of darkness, which made the latter shudder.
"Destiny...is hard to disobey!"
The dragon uttered human words, its eyes were clearly full of fear, but it still put on an offensive posture.
"For the sake of destiny, why don't you give up your own life?"
Tang Sanzang looked at it with great interest, mocking its moths flying into the flames.
In response, the dragon did not respond. Instead, it opened its bloody mouth and let out a hissing roar toward the sky!
As the dragon roared, the Jinghe River, which had been calm, flooded again.
Under its influence, waves of water surged forward one after another. When they arrived in front of Tang Sanzang, they turned into a turbulent wave as high as ten feet high!
"It's so reckless!"
Seeing this, Tang Sanzang showed no mercy and punched hard!
Following this movement, Sanskrit sounds suddenly floated around him, and a golden Buddha light burst out from the palm of his hand.
This Buddha's light showed no mercy at all. On the contrary, it was overbearing and cruel, and it actually tore apart the monstrous flood!
Then it broke through the layers of water waves and directly attacked the dragon's body!
Peng!
The dragon didn't even have time to react before his body was crushed by the sharp Buddha's light, turning into flesh and blood splattering on the spot!
After killing him with one punch, Tang Sanzang didn't take another look at the corpses in the sky. He just shook the blood on his clothes and continued his unfinished journey...
"Shouldn't the Buddhist scripture seeker in this life be a mortal? How did he manage to slay the dragon with one punch from the Buddha's light!"
"Could it be that...he has become a Buddha in the physical body?"
"It's impossible. He's always under our watch. How could such a big change happen out of thin air?"
"This matter is not trivial, please report it to heaven immediately!"
At this moment, waves of startled whispers suddenly sounded from the clouds.
I saw dazzling stars twinkling in the sky covered with dark clouds.
These stars are gods and Buddhas from the sky, and they have been secretly monitoring Tang Sanzang's every move.
"Become a Buddha in the physical body! Where did Jin Chanzi get this opportunity?"
"Could it be that the Buddha felt sorry for him that it was not easy for him to practice in the human world, so he secretly granted him a great blessing?"
"If something goes wrong, you should ask Bodhisattva for instructions first!"
"..."
After some exclamation, the gods and Buddhas turned into streams of light and left one after another, either running towards the nine heavens, or hiding in the west...
But besides them, there was a crane hovering in the wind and rain, and he had a panoramic view of all this.
"Your Majesty knows things like a god, and the tenth Buddhist scripture seeker from the Eastern Land has indeed become a Buddha in the physical body!"
The crane made a cry, then spread its wings and flew towards Chang'an City.
The crane flew through the streets, passed through the Daming Palace, and finally fell into the court hall, transforming into an old man in white robes with an immortal air.
"Your Majesty, the holy monks of Jinshan Temple are about to arrive in Chang'an."
"It's finally here!"
After hearing the words of the white-robed old man, Li Shimin, who was closing his eyes in meditation, opened his eyes and looked at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty who had been waiting for a long time.
"The pilgrims are coming. Whether the Eastern Tang Dynasty can change its destiny depends on today!"
As he spoke, he slowly pulled out the sword from his waist and pointed it at the sky.
"The three armies obey orders and prepare for war!"
As Li Shimin finished speaking, the loud sound of the trumpet resounded throughout Chang'an City...
Tang Sanzang didn't know that what he did by the Jinghe River had long been noticed by many forces.
After some twists and turns, he finally arrived in Chang'an as scheduled. A car to welcome him into the palace had been waiting outside the city gate for a long time.
Under the guidance of the guards, Tang Sanzang immediately boarded the car and continued moving forward.
Until this moment, his vigilance relaxed slightly.
This trip to Chang'an is really a fateful one!
If he hadn't become a Buddha in the physical body, I would have been eaten alive by those demons and ghosts...
Becoming a Buddha in the physical body means that you can live forever, and your flesh and blood body is as good as that of a god, but your soul is still a mortal.
Where this opportunity came from, even Tang Sanzang, a time traveler, was not very clear.
He only knew that before he came to this world, this body had been meditating in Jinshan Temple for three years, realizing the great truth.
But it was precisely because of this opportunity that he had the confidence to comply with the fate of the pilgrims and come to Chang'an to start Li Shimin's upcoming journey to the West.
However, the monsters that kept coming along the way forced him to commit suicide...
While thinking, the car drove into the Xuanwu Gate on the north side of Daming Palace.
Tang Sanzang immediately got out of the car and prepared to walk into the palace, but his attention was attracted by a bloody dragon head.
I saw this dragon head hanging on the tower of Xuanwu Gate. It was covered with maggots and looked like it had been dead for a long time.
But among the rotting flesh and blood, there are still bursts of immortal energy that only the gods can possess!
This is not an ordinary dragon, but a dragon king who has attained enlightenment and become an immortal!
"Reporting to the holy monk, this evil dragon is called Jinghe Dragon King."
"Half a month ago, he was sentenced to death by His Majesty for offending the Holy Power. He hangs his head here to thank the people!"
Sensing what he was looking at, the accompanying palace guard immediately explained.
This dragon head... is actually the Jinghe Dragon King!
According to the normal development of the situation, wasn't the Jinghe Dragon King violated the laws of heaven by hiding the rain from the sky, so he was beheaded by Prime Minister Wei Zheng in his dream?
How come it was Li Shimin's fault now, and he was even hung up on the Xuanwu Gate to show off to the public!
Could it be that the world line of Journey to the West also changed after I traveled through time?
After hearing this, Tang Sanzang was surprised.
But now it was important to meet the saint, so he didn't think much about it. After taking one more look at the dragon head, he walked away.
But as soon as he left, a dark wind blew inside the Xuanwu Gate.
And this long-rotted dragon head slowly opened its eyes in the wind!
He looked at Tang Sanzang's retreating figure, and a strange and fierce light flashed in his withered eyes...
