Chapter 557 Tianpeng, I will save you after I kill you! [Requesting monthly tickets]
“Is Fuling Mountain ahead?”
After walking forward for another two hours, Xuanzang saw a towering mountain appearing in front of him, still shrouded in The clouds look like a place where good people live.
Wukong put up a pergola with his hands and looked forward:
"It's Fuling Mountain. We passed the fork in the road just now, and walking along it is Gao Laozhuang, but since this old pig We don’t have to occupy Gao Cuilan, so we don’t need to stay overnight.”
Unlike in the original work where he was always begging for alms and staying overnight, Xuanzang now has a lightweight and practical outdoor tent, a warm and comfortable sleeping bag, and a cassette stove for food, so he does not need to disturb the people too much.
Of course, if there is any injustice happening nearby, then we, the eminent monks of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, should take care of it.
The black bear spirit carrying the luggage asked:
"Master, the Buddha said that he would immediately become a Buddha immediately after putting down his butcher knife. Although the pig-gang hyena cannibalizes people, in the original work, he became a vegetarian after meeting Guanyin. , shouldn’t we be given a chance?”
Before Xuanzang could answer, Erlang Shen said:
"That's wrong. According to the files I checked in the underworld, that pig spirit ate at least more than 20,000 people. Such a huge killing cannot be ended by putting down the butcher knife. And although he no longer eats people, he still He violated the lust warning again and imprisoned Gao Cuilan to prevent his family from seeing him. He deserves to be punished."
Wukong nodded in agreement and said:
"He deserves to be punished. Now let's kill the pig demon and let Tianpeng go. His soul has been liberated, he will have to thank us in the future."
Xuan Zang took a sip of mineral water and explained the true meaning of letting go to the two disciples:
"Put down the butcher knife. It’s not just a matter of not killing people anymore or setting fires anymore, but letting go of everything, fame, wealth, weapons, martial arts, magic, emotions, desires... Only when you let go of everything can you put down the butcher knife and be forgiven, just like Ruo Shao. , it’s not about putting down the butcher’s knife, but having an obsession.”
Since there is an obsession, it is natural to fight to death.
Xiao Tian raised his head and asked:
"If you let go of everything, then there is no difference between living and dying, right?"
"Those who can let go of everything, I don’t care about life and death at all... The butcher knife is not a knife, but all kinds of obsessions and desires. If you can really let go of all of them, you will naturally achieve the state of true Buddhahood."
Wukong thought about it and immediately became happy:
"Isn't this just a false and empty slogan? When it comes to letting go of all obsessions and desires, even the Buddha himself couldn't do it, let alone other Buddhas."
Xuan Zang nodded, no. Denial:
"The Confucian Hengqu Four Sentences have a similar effect. It is just a theoretical goal and no one has been able to achieve it yet."
Black Bear Spirit looks like he has been educated. , put down his burden and clasped his hands together and said:
"Thank you, Master, for teaching me the true meaning of Buddhist scriptures. Thank you, senior brother and Erlang Zhenjun for enlightening me... Only now that I can meet a real eminent monk can I understand the true meaning of Buddhism."
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Previously, I always hung out with Elder Jinchi, and the Buddhist principles he expounded were not correct at all, or even completely wrong.
Now that he meets Xuanzang, Black Bear Spirit feels enlightened.
The group continued to walk forward, and the closer they got to Fuling Mountain, the more eerie they felt. Xiao Tian repeatedly said that the smell of death was too strong, making it uncomfortable to smell.
Xuan Zang originally wanted to eat something before going into the mountain, but now he has no appetite. He only feels that the ghosts of the dead are lingering on the mountain, and the yin is strong. He pondered for a moment and said:
"Kill the Pig Demon Queen. , Wukong and Erlang Zhenjun went to the Doumu Palace in Taishan to send Marshal Tianpeng’s soul and weapons. Wu Ming stayed and worked with me to transform the innocent souls here.”
If such a gloomy and terrifying place is left alone, within a hundred years, evil creatures such as ghosts and demons will appear and harm the people. Therefore, the best way is to use Buddhism to transcend it and make this place a peaceful place.
Entering the mountain, the little white dragon made a special noise in order to attract the pig hyena. Xiaotian also barked several times, with uneasiness and fear in his voice. Obviously, this guy followed Erlang Shen. , often playing the role of attracting monsters.
Not long after the sound came out, a fishy wind blew from the valley in the distance.
The black bear spirit put down his luggage and stood in front of Tang Monk with his bare hands, protecting his master personally.
Wukong secretly shouted that it was a good time, took out the golden cudgel from his ear, silently held it in his hand, intending to give the opponent a blow on the head.
However, this fishy wind neither came towards Xuanzang nor attacked Wukong. Instead, it flew straight towards Erlang Shen, a handsome man in white.
Hey, are you trying to pick a weak persimmon? Erlangshen took two steps forward calmly, so as not to make too much noise and affect Xuanzang.
While walking, a small mountain-like pig-headed monster suddenly appeared in its original shape, suddenly opened its mouth more than a foot long, and bit Erlang Shen's head.
Wukong: "..."
Xiao Erlang is the most powerful in the whole audience, and you actually picked him out. No one else has such eyes.
When the pig demon was about to feast, Erlang Shen's figure flashed and changed from the appearance of a young master in white to a three-eyed god with golden helmet and golden armor. Even Xiao Tian, who was following next to him, also showed his mythical form.
When the pig demon saw that it was Erlang Xian Sheng Zhenjun, he shouted something bad and turned around to run away, but the three-pointed two-edged knife was already slashing at him quickly. Zhu Ganghe panicked and quickly took out the nine-teethed sword. Nail the rake, hit it hard on the three-pointed two-edged knife, and then take the opportunity to fly away.
Wukong, Xiaotian, and Erlang Shen quickly flew up and chased towards the valley.
The black bear spirit glanced at it with greedy eyes, Bai Huahua’s merits, but it’s a pity that the black tassel gun is still upgraded at the Bajing Palace and cannot participate in the battle group.
Feeling that the old bear was a little anxious, Xuanzang got off his horse and calmly took out his cassock from his baggage and put it on.
After the colorful cassock appeared, the surrounding Yin Qi melted visibly to the naked eye, and some gray grass and trees also became green and verdant, radiating life again.
"Wu Ming, protect me!"
Xuan Zang sat down on the spot, then knocked on the wooden fish and began to chant sutras.
The black bear spirit stood aside holding a nine-ring tin staff, feeling that the world around him gradually became clearer, and the previous irritability also dissipated a lot.
In the valley, Zhugang Hyena grabbed the nine-toothed rake and blocked the menacing Ruyi Golden Cudgel:
"You Bi Ma Wen, if you don't stay well in Huaguo Mountain, why do you come to bring trouble on me?"
Ever since he read the list of hundreds of names that Zhu Gang had eaten, Erlang Shen was filled with anger. There are tens of thousands of people, which together have the population of at least one town.
How dare you pretend to be innocent after eating so many common people.
Erlang Shen shouted:
“You are an evil beast, you eat people and drink human blood. You are an unforgivable heinous person. If we don’t capture you, heaven and earth will not tolerate you!”
Zhu Ganghye retreated while fighting:
"Since the true king wants to take me, do you have the Jade Emperor's decree?"
"I am a human god, and I should clear away the evil obstacles in the world and communicate with the heaven. What does it have to do with it?”
Wukong responded:
“It’s very true, your Qingyuan Miaodao True Lord and Erlang Xiansheng True Lord are both conferred by the common people in the world and have nothing to do with heaven. It has nothing to do with it... You pig monster, don’t confuse the public anymore, die quickly, we are in a hurry!”
While collecting the black bear essence, Wukong thought about using Zhu Gang Hye as a target to hone the fighting understanding between the brothers. Unfortunately, Xiong Er's black tassel gun was being upgraded, so that the fight became a cooperation with Erlang Shen.
The two of them had competed in battles and supernatural powers in Huaguo Mountain, and they had a high degree of tacit understanding.
Now that we are working together again, there is no need to say anything. With just one look, Erlang Shen understood instantly. He and Wukong started to attack the pig demon in tandem, while Xiao Tian rushed up to take a bite. , after a few rounds, the pig demon couldn't resist, and was ready to find an opportunity to escape back to Yunzhan Cave.
Of course Wukong would not let him get his wish, so he directly blocked the way with a golden cudgel.
Erlang Shen used one Qi to transform the Three Pure Ones, and created three Qingyuan Miao Dao True Monarchs. The five of them worked together to beat Zhu Gang and his hyenas, begging for mercy, and repeatedly expressed that they knew they were wrong.
Wukong said:
“You idiot, did you know that Lord Doumu Yuan asked me to save you?”
Zhu Gangxi was stunned for a moment:
“Save me? How? Come to save me?”
“I will save you by killing you!”
Erlangshen said disdainfully:
“You are addicted to wearing this pigskin, aren’t you?”
Taking advantage of Zhugang’s stunned state, Wukong hit him on the Tianling Cap with a stick, while Erlangshen swung He picked up a three-pointed two-edged sword, blessed with supreme divine power, and swung it hard at Zhu Ganghye, knocking out Tianpeng's soul.
The corpse of the pig demon fell heavily into the valley, throwing up countless smoke and dust, while the soul of the canopy stayed in place stupidly, a little confused and a little annoyed:
"I ...Eating so many people?”
Erlang Shen took out a red bead from his arms and said loudly:
"Your karma is gone. Wait until you see Doumu Yuanjun, and then explain to her about eating the people... Accept it!"< br>
The soul of the canopy was absorbed into the bead, and Wukong held the nine-tooth nail rake in his hand:
"It is half lighter than my golden hoop, so it is not easy to use."
Xiao Tian looked at the corpse of the pig demon in the valley and asked:
"How to deal with this?"
Erlang Shen thought for a while and said:
"The pig demon has committed a great sin. Eating his meat can strengthen your body and gain some merit, so you will give it to the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Let's improve our lives and contribute to the expansion of the territory." After saying that, he raised his hand and the huge corpse in the valley floated, getting smaller and smaller, and was finally picked up by Erlang Shen. in hand.
Wukong transformed the nail rake into the size of a tickle scratcher and scratched his back. Then he went to the Yunzhan Cave to take a look. There were countless bones and blood stains everywhere, similar to the black bear spirit. The cave is completely different.
He brought some firewood and burned the entire cave. Then he flew outside and returned to the white dragon horse with Erlang Shen.
Seeing that the master was busy reciting sutras to liberate the innocent souls here, the two of them did not interrupt and headed eastward.
Arrived near Hezhou Wei, and saw the army assembled by Qin Qiong and Liu Boqin, who was absorbed into the scout team and was leading people to build roads near Shuangcha Ridge.
"Marshal Qin, you are well!"
Old Qin Qiong was stunned for a moment by the appearance of Wukong, and then he raised his hands and saluted:
"I have seen the great sage, I have seen Erlang Xianzhenzhenjun!"
Erlang Shen smiled and threw the pig demon's corpse outside the camp. The huge corpse was even larger than the area of the camp:
"I strangled a pig demon and gave it to the marshal to improve his life!"
"Thank you both, the food and grass are still on the way. We are worried about this. With this pig demon, the army Don’t worry about meat for the time being, you can attack in advance.”
The entire army must be mobilized to quickly cut the meat and marinate it into portable dried meat to reduce the food pressure on the army.
Once you have passed the Liangjie Mountains and reached the Tatar territory, you can support your war with war and provide enough food to the enemy.
Farewell to Qin Qiong, Wukong and Erlang Shen flew away again.
While passing by Chang'an, the two saw that Li Shimin had returned from Yanchi and was inspecting the construction site of Nuwa Temple, so they landed and chatted with Li Shimin for a while.
In the days when Li Shimin was away from Chang'an, Qin Qiong's son Qin Huaidao, Cheng Yaojin's son Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Gong's son Yuchi Baolin, Li Ji's son Li Zhen and other top second-generation officials were having dinner in a restaurant. He had a verbal conflict with the Tibetan envoys, and then beat three Tibetan officials to death.
Li Ke, the king of Shu, happened to be passing by and quickly led people to rescue the injured, but because he was not familiar with the rescue process, he killed two more.
After Li Shimin returned to Chang'an, he became furious and scolded these second-generation officials. He punished each of them to copy Sun Tzu's Art of War a hundred times, and ordered Li Ke to go back to his fiefdom and stop wandering around the capital.
Wukong laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up:
"Does the minister of the DPRK object to such blatant acting?"
Li Shimin patted his general's belly, happy Hehe said:
"Fang Xuanling wrote to say that Qin Xian's nephew's wrist seemed to be swollen, and he hoped that Tubo would pay for some decoction and medicine. Cheng Zhijie took a look and said that Chu Mo's whole body was broken and all the muscles and veins were severed. The Tubo side also paid ten cents for the decoction and medicine.”
Good guy, not only did you kill the officials, but you also asked them to pay for the soup and medicine. Your intention to actively provoke a war is too obvious, right?
Erlang Shen is proficient in the art of war and frowned and said:
"With such a commotion, everyone in the missions in Chang'an is in danger. Will it alert the snake and give them a chance to unite?"
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“Don’t worry about this. The Tang Dynasty has nothing but strong soldiers and horses... It’s just that after this matter spread, everyone is now focusing on foreign missions and causing them to go. They have to stay together in the latrine for fear of being beaten.”
It is indeed the dynasty with the most martial virtues in China... Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen did not stay long, and flew east again after bidding farewell to Li Shimin.
While passing by the Hedong Salt Pond, the two of them saw that the salt factory was working overtime to produce salt. Packets of salt as white as snow became the top product in the Tang Dynasty, and both the common people and the princes and nobles ate it. Official salt is a matter of pride.
“His Royal Highness the Holy Son always changes the human race inadvertently. Once this salt comes out, it will be difficult for other table salts to get into the eyes of the people.”
Wukong sighed with emotion. The more he understands His Royal Highness the Holy Son, the more he will understand. The more I feel that the other party’s pattern is higher.
Erlang Shen echoed:
"I heard from Zhang Tianshi that in the future there will be mineral salts specially used for pickling food, livestock salts used with livestock feed, large-grained sea salts more suitable for barbecues, and bath salts for bathing... There are so many salts in just one salt The classification is really impressive!”
The two chatted while flying and soon arrived at Mount Tai.
The Doumu Palace on Mount Tai is the ashram of Doumu Yuanjun. All emperors who come to Mount Tai to enshrine Zen must pay homage to Doumu Yuanjun, because according to the description in Taoist classics, Ziwei Emperor Star is Doumu. Yuanjun's son.
When they arrived at Mount Tai, before landing, a group of female fairies came to greet them. After greeting each other, the two followed the group of female fairies and slowly descended from the clouds.
When you walk into Doumu Palace, Our Lady of Golden Spirit is already waiting.
In the original work of "The Romance of the Gods", after her death, she became Lord Doumu, in charge of the Big Dipper and all the stars, and held a high and powerful position.
After the world of Fengshen opened, her identity as Da Luo automatically overlapped with her identity here and became the same person.
Duobao in the Fengshen world and Tathagata in the Journey to the West world are also the same person.
“I’ve met Uncle Jinling!”
Erlang Shen saluted and took out the red bead from his arms.
Wukong presented the rake and bowed accordingly.
Jin Ling took the red ball and the nine-tooth rake and said with a smile:
"The soul-raising beads given by Queen Houtu are really useful. Thank you for helping Tianpeng remove the cause and effect. Here. When he nourishes his soul, I will explain clearly to him the ideas of the Wa Palace, and when he regains his physical body, he will join the human world to do good deeds and make up for his mistakes."
Just as he was talking, several female fairies came over. One person was carrying a tray, which contained longan-like fruits. They were small and round, but unlike longan, these fruits were all sparkling, and they were not ordinary at first glance.
"This is the fruit that grows in my star palace. If you eat one, you can recognize the stars and identify the direction. You will no longer have to worry about getting lost. You can exchange it for some merit."
What about this kind of fruit?
Wukong liked the fruit so much when he saw it. He picked up one and tasted it:
"The taste is different from the longan given by His Highness the Holy Son. Xiaoerlang, you can also eat one. Give the rest to the generals of the Tang Dynasty to prevent them from getting lost in the grassland and desert."
"Okay!"
After thanking the Holy Mother of the Golden Spirit, they took these fruits with them. leave.
Wukong gave one each to Xuanzang and the black bear spirit Xiaobailong, while Erlangshen gave some to Xiaotian and his six sworn brothers, and then gave another fifty to Li Shimin to reward the leader of the expedition.
There are still hundreds of pills left, and Erlang Shen plans to ask Xuanzang to send them to the real world so that His Highness the Holy Son can have a taste.
The two of them went all the way west, returned to Chang'an again, and gave fifty fruits to Li Shimin. Then they went to the camp near Hezhou Wei and gave one to Qin Qiong, Li Jing, and Su Dingfang. This saves you from having to travel thousands of miles to deliver it to Chang'an.
When the two of them returned to Fuling Mountain, it was already getting late, and the dark clouds covering the mountain had completely disappeared. There was even a brilliant sunset on the west mountain, which looked very beautiful.
Xuan Zang took off his cassock, took out the cassette stove, and prepared to cook a pot of mushroom noodles.
He only ate one bowl, and the rest was filled with black bear essence.
As for Erlang Shen, this guy has been obsessed with self-heating hot pot recently and plans to eat three or five buckets of him later to appetize. Wukong continues to nibble fruits and become a healthy monkey.
“After Gaolaozhuang, we have to walk for another month before we meet Zen Master Wuchao. We have to find a way to speed up our journey and try our best to move forward.”
Xuan Zang was eating noodles. After reading the original work, I started planning the subsequent arrangements.
His body tastes great and he is very good. Not to mention Wukong and Black Bear, he doesn’t even know what tiredness is. As for the little white dragon...he can go back and forth to Lingshan Mountain in one breath without any problem.
Since everyone is fine, we can no longer stop and go. We must speed up when we need to.
After the meal, Xuanzang ate a star fruit, and then carried the remaining fruit through the time and space gate built by Wukong and came to the real world.
As soon as he arrived here, he saw everyone holding big bones and eating Korean cold noodles. Lu Bu saw Xuanzang holding a bag of fruits in his hand, and immediately came over:
"Xuan Zang Zang, what are you talking about? Isn’t it the fairy fruit from Journey to the West?”
He was joking, but Xuanzang actually nodded:
"The star fruit given by Doumu Yuanjun. If you eat it, you can recognize the stars and identify the direction... Don't grab it. Just eat one of these. It's useless if you eat more!"
Lu Bu laughed:
"I will take two more and go back to show them in front of the tomb of the Lost Marquis Li Guang... If there had been such a fruit back then, Li Guang would not have committed suicide in shame and anger!"
Xuan Zang: "... ”
Aren’t you afraid that Li Guang will show up and fight with you?
(End of this chapter)