There were many demons on the journey to the west, and this black bear spirit was considered to be quite unjust, comparable to the three national masters of Chechi Kingdom. Some people might say that the black bear spirit himself knew Buddhism and would join Buddhism sooner or later, but Cheng Long scoffed.
The black bear spirit originally lived a good life in Luzhou, Beiju. He wanted strength and territory, and he was completely a Qing Xiuxian who lived in the cave.
The method of practice is the righteous and peaceful Xuanmen method. Among the many demons on the westward journey, it is also one of the best in terms of combat power.
Because he was targeted by Guanyin, he was forced to move here, which was a disaster on his journey to the West.
Fortunately, after completing the task, Guanyin will give him an organization. Although he is not a majestic immortal official, just an ordinary mountain god of Luojia Mountain, he can still practice peacefully with Buddhism as his back. If you go on, you no longer have to worry about an interesting character suddenly appearing one day and becoming a stepping stone for others.
When Tang Monk led the horse and followed Cheng Long to the door of Guanyin Temple, a monk happened to walk out. The young monk's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw the nine-ring tin staff and the shiny cassock in Tang Monk's hand.
"Master, where are you from and where are you going?"
"Amitabha, a poor monk came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and wants to go to the Great Leiyin Temple in the West. Please ask for help. "Take my Buddha's Mahayana Sutra." Tang Monk replied respectfully.
"It turns out that he is a monk from the Tang Dynasty in the East. Please wait a moment..."
The young monk bowed and then returned to the Taoist temple.
Not long after...
Elder Jinchi, the abbot of Guanyin Zen Monastery, wore a gorgeous cassock and walked out of the Zen Monastery with the support of a group of monks.
Arriving outside the temple, Elder Jinchi immediately saw Cheng Long and Tang Sanzang outside the door, as well as the divine white horse behind them.
The white dragon horse looks very good, and it looks like a very expensive breed. However, Elder Jinchi was just surprised when he saw such a magical dragon horse.
Then there will be no more.
After all, he has lived for more than two hundred years and has known many monsters. Even the black bear spirit who moved to Black Wind Ridge not long ago has become his friend.
In the past few years, Elder Jinchi can definitely be said to be well-informed.
In his life, he only loved all kinds of precious cassocks, as well as the gorgeous Buddhist staffs and alms bowls.
Although Tang Monk was not wearing a brocade cassock at this time, the nine-ring tin staff in his hand was also made by Guanyin, so it was naturally very gorgeous in appearance.
As soon as he saw the Zen staff, Jin Chi looked at the Zen staff in Tang Monk's hand like a little devil looking at a flower girl.
Feeling Elder Jinchi's hot eyes, Tang Seng couldn't help but feel a chill and discomfort in his heart.
This look was definitely the hottest look he had ever seen in his life. His heart went numb when he saw it, and he subconsciously took two steps back.
"Ahem~~Master, Master..." Seeing the miserable appearance of his host, the young monk on the side quickly pulled his sleeves and reminded him in a low voice.
After being awakened by the young monk, Elder Jinchi regained consciousness and immediately took his eyes off the nine-ringed tin staff.
With a smile on his face, he bowed and said slowly: "Amitabha, poor monk Jinchi, I wonder where the master came from? Where are he going?"
"The poor monk Tang Sanzang came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty..." Tang Monk repeated what he had just said. This would also be a sentence that he would need to keep talking about in the future.
"It turns out that he is an eminent monk from the Tang Dynasty. Please come in quickly, please come in quickly..." Elder Jinchi immediately brought the person into the monastery and gave him the highest level of courtesy.
Neither Cheng Long nor Tang Seng was polite, and they ate the vegetarian meal without ceremony as soon as it was served.
Of course, you must put incense sticks on Guanyin before eating. Going to the temple to worship the gods and asking their names when meeting are the most basic etiquette between people.
After some time.
Zen courtyard reception room.
Elder Jinchi asked the disciples beside him to prepare some tea.
"Two eminent monks, please have some tea."
Looking at Jinchi who looked polite, Tang Monk looked back at Cheng Long. Seeing that the other party had taken the tea, he also quickly reached out his hand. catch.
In the past month, Cheng Long's various help and decisions have made Tang Seng dependent on him. It was Cheng Long who basically made the decision when camping at night, stopping to ask for fast food, etc.
"Yes, a good cup goes with good tea."
Cheng Long looked at the tea cup in his hand. It was golden and jade, warm and moist in hand. It was polished from fine jade, and he obviously spent a lot of thought on it.
After hearing this, Tang Monk opened the tea lid and smelled a refreshing fragrance of tea, and he couldn't help but praise it.
“Good tea, good tea!”
“This can be considered a spiritual tea!”
Hearing this, Elder Jinchi smiled and said: "The two eminent monks came all the way from the great country of the East, and passed by this poor monk. How can we neglect them."
As he said this, Jinchi couldn't help but look at it. Look at the nine-ring tin staff beside Tang Monk.
Tang Seng noticed Jin Chi’s gaze. No matter how stupid he was, he could see at a glance why this old guy was so generous.
It turned out that I came here for the Jiuxi Zen Staff.
This thing cannot be given. The Zen staff given by Guanyin Bodhisattva must be worn on the Lingshan Mountain.
Thinking of this, Tang Monk couldn't help but smile and responded: "Elder Jinchi, if this poor monk successfully arrives at Daleiyin Temple one day and sees my Buddha, he will definitely say a few good words for you."
Elder Jinchi He shook his head and said: "Master, forget the good words. Old monk, I don't love anything else in my life. I only love treasures and cassocks. You are an eminent monk from a wealthy country. I don't know what to do except In addition to this Zen staff, there is also a beautiful cassock. If you have it, you can lend it to me for a night.”
“Elder, the poor monk has a cassock, but it is a treasure given by Guanyin Bodhisattva. Sorry for the inconvenience of displaying it." A nine-ring tin staff made Jinchi unable to take his eyes off it. It was hard for Tang Monk to imagine how happy he would make Elder Jinchi when he took out the colorful brocade cassock.
Sometimes, being a monk also requires being more diplomatic.
If you don’t cause trouble for yourself, don’t cause trouble for yourself.
In the original play, Sun Wukong would randomly interrupt here and pull out the brocade cassock to draw out the greed of Elder Jinchi.
Cheng Long, who was replaced, was like a normal person at this time, sipping tea leisurely, not even caring about being treated as a monk by Jin Chi. On the way to escort Tang Monk, something similar would inevitably happen. It is really unnecessary It's unnecessary and puts too much emphasis on identity.
This will easily dispel Buddhists’ vigilance.
Don't try to find ways to get him to return to Buddhism and accept various Buddhist influences.
"Master, if it is an ordinary cassock, forget it if you don't want to show it. But when you come to Guanyin Temple, you are not even willing to show me the cassock given to you by the Bodhisattva. That is a bit unreasonable. ”
Elder Jinchi stared straight at Tang Seng, who was speechless after some words. The abbot of Guanyin Zen Temple wanted the cassock gifted by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and it was really difficult to refuse.
"Brother Sun, what do you think?"
Tang Monk couldn't make up his mind for a moment and could only look back at Cheng Long.
"This is your cassock, you make the decision."
Cheng Long looked at Tang Seng who had softened his heart and did not say anything to stop him. This difficulty started with borrowing the cassock, forcing him to Stopping him would eliminate the reason to kill Elder Jinchi.
As for why he wanted to kill Elder Jinchi?
Naturally because most of Elder Jinchi’s hundreds of collections were obtained by assassinating monks who came to stay overnight.
He was full of evil spirits. If Sister Guanyin had not wanted to keep the golden pool as a disaster for the journey to the West, I would not be alive today. "Elder, I can lend you the cassock, but it must be returned to me early tomorrow morning. After all, the poor monk needs to get up early and go on his way, so there is no time to delay." In the end, Tang Monk couldn't bear the pressure from Jin Chi's eyes, so he chose to take out the brocade cassock and lend it to him. Pay homage.
A brocade cassock, embedded with seven treasures, is invulnerable to water and fire, and can protect oneself and repel insects. Wearing cassock, you will not fall into perdition, hell, evil suffering, or encounter tigers and wolves.
As soon as it was spread out, it deeply attracted the eyes of Elder Jinchi and the two monks behind Jinchi.
Elder Jinchi quickly reached out to pick it up.
"Okay, what a treasure. It is indeed a cassock given by Guanyin Bodhisattva. One piece is worth the thousands I have collected..."
Looking at the precious cassock in his hand, Elder Jinchi said His heart was beating with excitement. As the abbot of Guanyin Temple, he was not a good monk.
But he has worshiped Guanyin for more than two hundred years and is definitely a firm believer in Guanyin Bodhisattva.
After knowing that the cassock in his hand was given by Guanshiyin himself, the first thought in his mind was to possess it.
The greed in my heart began to burn quickly like a spark of fire.
Cheng Long saw the greed in Jin Chi's eyes and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly. There was something good to watch tonight.
……
Night
In the room, looking at the glittering brocade cassock in front of him, inlaid with many gems, the greed in Elder Jinchi's eyes almost overflowed.
At this time, a wave of malice could not help but arise in his heart.
The desire to possess the brocade cassock and the nine-ring tin staff became more and more intense.
I think he has lived for more than two hundred and seventy years, and he thinks he has collected all the precious cassocks in the world.
However, compared with this cassock, the cassocks I collected in the past are simply coarse linen clothes passed down by poor people for three generations, and they are completely worthless.
"What a treasure, what a treasure. Why did Guanyin Bodhisattva give it to the monks of the Tang Dynasty and not to me? Do you think I am not pious enough?"
Jin Chi murmured and put the brocade cassock on himself.
After putting it on, he could not help but spin around happily.
The cassock given by the Bodhisattva is comfortable and has the effect of repelling insects. The mosquitoes that used to buzz incessantly when it gets dark seemed to be dead tonight, and not a single sound could be heard.
This is just one of its functions. He doesn't know how many functions it has, but it is definitely a rare Buddhist treasure that can only be found.
When he thought that this cassock could only be worn for one night and would be returned tomorrow morning, Elder Jinchi felt his heart bleed, and tears of reluctance flowed from the corners of his eyes.
“Hey~~”
Elder Jinchi sat dejectedly on the chair in the room, his eyes staggering with tears.
I don’t know how long it took, but a young monk walked in from outside. Looking at the hopeless elder, he couldn’t help but smile.
“Master, what’s wrong with you?”
"Hey, after being a monk all my life, I can only wear such a precious cassock for one night! When I think that this precious cassock was given by the Bodhisattva himself, I feel very uncomfortable. I am obviously a devout believer in her for more than two hundred years, so why should I give this cassock to others? If I can always wear this cassock, I will die without regrets."
Little monk. Hearing this, there was a hint of ruthlessness on his face, and he thought for a while and said: "Master, if you really want to keep this cassock, there is no way out. You just need to kill those two monks, and the golden cassock It's yours, but it's a gift from the Bodhisattva. If the Bodhisattva sees it, he might hold you accountable."
"This..."
Elder Jinchi was shocked. .
He subconsciously looked at the Guanyin Buddha statue in the room, for fear that his little thoughts would be known to Guanyin.
Little did he know that everything he did was really seen by Guanyin Bodhisattva.
“No matter what, I’m going to settle this cassock. I won’t even think about taking it back when the Bodhisattva comes.”
Jin Chi’s palm gently caressed the cassock, but after all, he couldn’t resist the pain in his heart. Greed.
His obsession with cassocks is just like criminals in modern society who are obsessed with money. For money, they will not hesitate to embark on the road of crime.
With greed in your heart, you can never look back.
Waved at the young monk, Jin Chi looked at him seriously and warned: "Be careful, you can arrange the monks in the temple at will. If it is done, you will be the next abbot of the Zen Temple."
"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely do it."
The young monk exited the room with excitement under the cake painted by Jin Chi.
……
Midnight.
Seven or eight monks, carrying firewood and suppressing the sound of footsteps, carefully arrived at the guest room of the Zen monastery and placed the firewood around the wing in an orderly manner.
When the wing was surrounded by the firewood shed, the young monk immediately ran to the door of the wing and locked the door with a chain.
"Boom~~"
Pour a ladle of kerosene on the firewood, and then use a fire starter to ignite it. A raging fire immediately ignited around the room. Bai Bai, who watched the whole scene, Longma Ao Lie, as if nothing happened, lay quietly under the tree, watching the fire in the wing.
“As expected, these monks set a fire.”
In the wing room, Cheng Long's eyes bloomed with a trace of evil spirit. This is really what kind of presiding officer there is, and what kind of monks are there. One by one, they practiced Buddhism and became living Shura.
In order to prevent this group of people from going deeper into crime, he directly released a majestic power of thought, knocking out all the monks in the monastery, including Elder Jinchi.
"Huhu..."
The next moment, a hurricane swept from the east, and the burning sparks around the wing instantly spread everywhere, so that the entire building Guanyin Temple was set on fire.
At this time, if the monks had not been knocked unconscious by Cheng Long's mental power, they could still have saved some houses by fetching water.
Unfortunately, all these monks lost their ability to move.
“Avalokitesvara Temple actually caught fire?”
Heifengling, the black bear spirit who was forced to come here to be the king of the mountain, saw the huge fire rising in Guanyin Temple, and his eyes were spinning. , immediately turned into a black light and rushed to the Zen courtyard.
Arrived outside the host's meditation room, opened the window and looked inside.
Following the black bear spirit, a dazzling golden light flashed.
"What a beautiful cassock, it's actually an acquired spiritual treasure..."
At this moment, Black Bear Spirit's eyes were completely attracted by the brocade cassock on Jin Chi's body, like the flames in the courtyard and on the roof. In nothing.
Then with a wave of his hand, he picked up Elder Jinchi in the room and flew towards Black Wind Ridge. (End of this chapter)