Rather than calling Mount Penglai a mountain, it would be more appropriate to call it a super-large island.
The Celestial Island was filled with green mountains, blue water, and colorful lights. Floating islands floated in the air. The trees were lush and green, and thousands of palaces and towers were scattered all over the Celestial Island. Exotic flowers and plants were scattered all over the island. In the center of the Celestial Island, a Celestial Mountain towered into the sky. Phantoms of real dragons and divine phoenixes lingered on it.
Cheng Hao stood on the peak of the Celestial Mountain. Gusts of wind blew, stirring up clouds of Celestial Qi, making the Penglai Celestial Island look even more celestial.
Suddenly, the originally calm Cheng Hao raised his head slightly and said softly, "Fellow Daoist, since you've come, why don't you show yourself?"
Buzz!
As soon as he said that, a white projection appeared on the Celestial Mountain. It was covered in white sand and stepped on white lotuses. It held the Purifying Jade Bottle in its left hand and formed a mysterious seal with its right hand. It slowly walked out of the white light.
"I'm Guanyin. Greetings, Almsgiver!"
Cheng Hao's expression didn't change. He didn't even bother to exchange pleasantries.
"Is it just a projection?"
"Almsgiver, please don't be angry. Monks don't lie. Almsgiver, I don't dare to enter your dojo in my true form!" The eldest disciple of Tathagata, Guan Yin Bodhisattva, was magnanimous.
Cheng Hao nodded. His impression of Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was more famous than all the Buddhas on Spirited Mountain, had changed a little.
"What brings you to my place, Almsgiver?"
"I'm here on the orders of the World Revered One. I have a few questions to ask you, Almsgiver." Guanyin Bodhisattva raised one hand in front of him and lowered his head slightly.
"Let's hear it." Cheng Hao smiled. If he wanted to take Sun Wukong as his disciple, he had to go through Spirited Mountain. To be honest, he was already prepared to fight with Tathagata.
The world of Journey to the West was a high-level Xianxia world. In the past few years, Cheng Hao hadn't been idle in this world. He used his divine consciousness to explore the three realms and learned about some plots that weren't recorded in novels.
The Journey to the West was divided into three major realms: the Heaven Realm, the Human Realm, and the Underworld.
The Lord of the Three Realms was the Jade Emperor. Even Tathagata, who wasn't any weaker than the Jade Emperor, acknowledged the Jade Emperor's position as the Great Heavenly Venerate of the Three Realms.
The Three Realms was the main body of the Journey to the West plane. Outside of the Three Realms, there were three thousand Middle Worlds that relied on the void of the Three Realms to form the entire Journey to the West plane.
The 3,000 Middle Worlds were similar to the projected worlds of the Journey to the West. Almost every world had the Heavenly Court, the Jade Emperor, the Buddhas of Numinous Mountain, and the monkeys of Flowerfruit Mountain.
Cheng Hao's mind traveled to dozens of Middle Worlds. He discovered that almost half of the worlds had already reached the point where the plot of Journey to the West started. It was the stage where the Stone Monkey was born, following closely behind the main Journey to the West.
The Jade Emperor and Buddha of the ordinary Middle Worlds were only at the level of an ordinary fourth-stage. However, Tathagata Buddha of the Journey to the West main plane had a fifth-stage cultivation. He was very powerful.
Even so, Cheng Hao wasn't afraid. Although the Haotian Tower hadn't completely advanced to the fifth-stage, its power was comparable to an ordinary fifth-stage true treasure. Especially his inner world, which had absorbed the nutrients of the 20 Universe Masters of the Devouring Star Dimension, had been completely transformed into a Middle Universe. In his own inner world, even if Tathagata came in person, it would be difficult for him to gain any advantage.
Moreover, he had two Original Godly Powers, "Three Feet Above My Head" and "Three Inches in the Palm of My Hand". If he really fought with his life, it was hard to say who would win.
Therefore, Cheng Hao wasn't afraid of Numinous Mountain and the Heavenly Court.
Guanyin Bodhisattva didn't beat around the bush and asked directly, "Benefactor, are you opening a dojo here to accept the Stone Monkey as your disciple?"
"That's my intention!"
"Fellow cultivator, do you know that the Stone Monkey is the guardian of the sutra that both the Heavenly Court and Numinous Mountain have agreed on?"
"So what? As the leader of the number one sect in the world, do I need the approval of Numinous Mountain to accept anyone as my disciple? "Cheng Hao put his hands behind his back and looked unruly.
"The number one sect in the world?" Guanyin Bodhisattva was stunned. He looked around and seemed to find it hard to believe. "There are no traces of a sect on this mountain other than you, Benefactor?"
"Fellow cultivator, you're seeing things. Look again!"
Cheng Hao smiled and waved his sleeve. A giant stone that was a thousand feet long fell from the sky and sat on the top of the cliff of the Celestial Mountain. There were five shining golden words on it — Number One Sect in the World!
"Today is the opening day of the number one sect in the world. Fellow cultivator, as a witness, you're considered to be fated with the sect. Why don't you come here in your true body to drink tea and discuss Taoism?"
Looking at the five shining golden words on the giant stone, Guanyin Bodhisattva was speechless. His chest heaved up and down as if he was trying to suppress the anger in his heart. After a long while, he regained his calm expression.
"Benefactor, are you determined to interfere with the spread of Buddhism to the East?"
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want. Today, the opening of the sect is just to recruit a few disciples that are pleasing to the eye. I don't need the approval of Numinous Mountain, do I?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva was silent. Then, he looked deeply at Cheng Hao, as if he wanted to see through his thoughts.
"Fellow cultivator, you should know that the Journey to the West is a joint decision made by the Heavenly Court and Numinous Mountain. I'm not sure if you're from the Heavenly Court, but there's one thing I have to warn you. Don't ruin your cultivation for a moment of anger!"
"I don't need you to remind me of how to do things!" Cheng Hao's expression was cold and his tone was not as gentle as before.
"Let's not talk about your Guanyin Bodhisattva's projected avatar. Even if Numinous Mountain's Gautama Buddha came personally, I'm confident that I can handle him! Today, I'll make it clear that I'll take the Stone Monkey of Huaguo Mountain! "
"You!" Guanyin Bodhisattva's face was filled with anger. Then, he put his palms together and his figure dissipated.
"Very good, very good … I hope you can still be so determined in the future!"
.....
In the sky above the Great Thunderclap Temple of Numinous Mountain, the true body of Guanyin Bodhisattva suddenly appeared amidst the endless Buddhist light.
"Numinous Mountain, that person is determined to take the Stone Monkey as his disciple. I can't handle this matter anymore!"
"It's fine. Whoever the Stone Monkey takes as his master won't affect the overall situation. Now that the Journey to the West is a foregone conclusion, no one in the Three Realms can stop it. I'm sure that person wants to get some benefits from this."
In the endless Buddhist light, a golden Buddha was hidden within it. He sat cross-legged in the void, his hands forming seals as if everything was under his control.
"I hope so. I have a feeling that that person is a little special. It seems that he wants more than just some benefits!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva sighed. Although she was the eldest disciple of Numinous Mountain, she still couldn't understand the true meaning behind the Journey to the West. She didn't understand why Numinous Mountain and Jade Exalted Heavenly Venerate Emperor were pushing for the Journey to the West.
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