ebookland Chapter 755: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 15
Chapter 755: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 15
The affair between Kuimu and the Fairy of Flowers suddenly brought to light the issue of gods' desire to become mortals, which was against the laws of heaven. For a time, even Western Buddhism could not help but attribute the main reason for Sun Wukong's departure from the journey to the West to personal love.
Guanyin went to the West to report the progress of the journey to the West. When Tathagata Buddha heard Guanyin mention that Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang had settled their master-disciple relationship and had not returned yet, he suddenly remembered the gossip he had heard before and asked, "I remember that there seemed to be a second king on the Flower-Fruit Mountain before. I heard from Nezha the Third Prince, who was sent by the Jade Emperor to check the news, that the second king was a female monkey and had an affair with Sun Wukong, the stone monkey?"
"Is this true or false?"
"This poor monk has indeed heard of it, but..." As the person in charge of the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was held accountable on the spot by Buddha Tathagata, and he did not know how to explain it at that time.
Guanyin had also heard about the matter of the Second King of the Flower-Fruit Mountain, but because he firmly believed that Sun Wukong was just a simple stone monkey who was easily fooled and had no idea about love between men and women, he naturally ignored the matter as a rumor.
"Great Master Guanyin, the pilgrimage to the West is a major event. I think such a major event should not have these accidents. Do you think so?"
The tone of Tathagata Buddha's voice was still as peaceful and majestic as ever, but when Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva heard it, it felt like a mountain was pressing down on his back, so heavy that he couldn't lift his head.
"Yes, what the Buddha said is absolutely true."
“Those who seek the scriptures are all monks. As monks, they should naturally keep their six senses pure. If there are any monsters deliberately tempting monks to break the precepts, I should help to exorcise the monsters.” Since the accidents that should not have happened have occurred and have delayed the journey to the West, we must find a way to resolve these accidents and get everything back on track.
After making sure that Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara understood the meaning of his words, Tathagata Buddha withdrew his pressure on Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara. "Well, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara is right. In this case, I hope that you can bring back good news when you come back later."
"Go away." After saying this, Tathagata Buddha closed his eyes and stopped talking. Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva immediately bowed and quietly went away.
In Heaven, Yang Jian had completely brought shame upon Queen Mother Wang, so she went to find the Jade Emperor and asked for some manpower to begin a thorough investigation of all the fairies and gods in Heaven.
The good news is that currently in Heaven, except for those gods who are listed in the List of Gods and are already husband and wife, the rest of the gods do not have any private affairs with other gods.
But the bad news is that the gods in heaven did not have affairs with each other, but many gods and fairies came down to earth and had affairs with mortals. Among them were not only the Seventh Fairy and the Purple Fairy, but also the Eighth Fairy and the Eighth Sister who came down to earth and married a man named Bater. In addition to these, the Weaver Girl and some less famous fairies also came down to earth and married mortals.
"Asshole, asshole, absolute asshole!" After the Queen Mother checked the situation of the fairies under her command, she was so angry that she wanted to smash everything she could see.
The Jade Emperor standing by couldn't help but feel embarrassed at this moment. In order to maintain the laws of Heaven, the Jade Emperor forced himself to execute his sister Yao Ji who violated the laws of Heaven. He also killed his nephew Yang Jian's father and brother. For this, he lost the Nine Golden Crows and endured the pain of losing his son.
I never expected that, after such a short time, my daughters would start to embark on the path of becoming an ordinary person again.
"Alas——" sighed the Jade Emperor. He had no idea what to do at this moment. The Queen Mother was firm enough and devoted herself to upholding the laws of Heaven. She immediately stated that she would capture all the fairies who had come down to earth to get married, and then imprison those who should be imprisoned and kill those who should be killed.
“This loophole must not be opened, otherwise how can you and I sit firmly on the throne of the Emperor of Heaven and Queen Mother?” Even if it is her own daughter, she will be punished. The Queen Mother will never let the gods ignore the rules of heaven. Otherwise, if this continues, the whole world will become lawless, and everything will be ruined.
"There are laws between heaven and earth. Gods have their duties, and mortals have their fates. We must not allow gods to ignore the laws of heaven, otherwise sooner or later they will become neither human nor immortal!"
The Jade Emperor could understand the Queen Mother's concerns, and even though he was reluctant, he still agreed with the Queen Mother's decision. Soon afterwards, the heavenly soldiers and generals began to descend to earth on the orders of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother to capture the Seven Fairies and others.
Bodhisattva Guanyin took advantage of the chaos and transformed herself into a demon woman to sneak into the Flower-Fruit Mountain, trying to take advantage of the chaos to get rid of the Second King who had confused Sun Wukong's mind and prevented him from becoming a monk.
The Second King himself - Ruyi was currently studying the will in his hand in the training room behind the Huashan Taoist temple. This will was created by Ruyi, using the innate energy of creation as a barrier, and was spitting out bit by bit from the flesh of Tang Monk that he had sucked in earlier.
To be honest, Ruyi didn't expect that the energy of heaven and earth could actually block the erosion of that will. Although Ruyi still couldn't figure out what this will was, she keenly discovered that this will and the innate energy of creation she extracted from the Sky-Buying Stone were natural enemies.
"I don't know why I always feel that there is more to this world than this." When Ruyi thought of the Sky-Repairing Stone, she naturally thought of Sun Wukong. She suddenly had a premonition that this world was definitely not just about the end of "Journey to the West" or "The Lotus Lantern".
"The Lotus Lantern..."
"In the plot, did Chenxiang also worship Sun Wukong, who had become the Fighting Buddha after the journey to the West, as his master?"
"Isn't this related to the Journey to the West Sequel?"
Not only should we ask about the relationship between Tathagata Buddha or Western Buddhism and Sun Wukong, but what impressed Ruyi the most was Sun Wukong who transformed into the last relic in "The Sequel to Journey to the West".
All this is just Ruyi's guess, and she doesn't know what the truth is. Now the only thing Ruyi can do is to let nature take its course and wait for the plot to develop.
"So, let's practice first." The flesh of Tang Monk that had been free of the evil will could finally be absorbed without burden. Ruyi spent half a month refining the merits in the previous mouthful of Tang Monk's flesh into cultivation, allowing his cultivation to reach the peak of the middle stage of the god level, but there was no way to go any further.
Ruyi could clearly feel that in order to break through the middle stage of the God level, that is, to break through the Earthly Immortal and become a Heavenly Immortal, in addition to merit, something else was needed. However, Ruyi only had a vague feeling about this kind of thing and was not sure what it was.
"State of mind or what? Thoughts?"
Ruyi couldn't explain it clearly, but she could sense that it was the same change as when she suddenly grew flesh and blood. Perhaps it could be called 'perception'!