A Bodhi leaf slowly fell in front of his eyes. A pair of hairy hands held the gold-plated Jingu Bang and placed it on his knees. The dark golden patterned kasaya was draped over his left shoulder. Although he was short, he had a natural bearing. The Bodhi leaf was blown up by the wind, and the golden hair on his body also danced in the wind.
From the front, the Buddha looked exactly the same as Wukong. It was just that his face was less vicious and lively, and more peaceful and detached.
The six-foot-tall monkey sat facing the Bodhi tree, surrounded by green mountains and clear waters. A monk came forward and put his palms together, "The Victorious Fighting Buddha has reached perfection, the Revered One of the World has decreed!"
The Victorious Fighting Buddha stared at the Golden Cudgel that he brought back from the Great Thunderclap Monastery. After a long silence, he said, "Is it perfection?"
The monk smiled, "How is it not perfection when my obsession has been eliminated?"
The Victorious Fighting Buddha said in disappointment, "Why perfection?"
"The Revered One of the World helped me re-enter the Three Realms and helped me eliminate my obsession, so that I wouldn't fall from my position. In the end, he brought this cudgel back to me. But obsession is obsession, why do I have to eliminate it by force?"
The monk was puzzled, not knowing why the Victorious Fighting Buddha didn't show any joy when he achieved enlightenment. He could only reply, "The cause and effect have been achieved. Only when all frustrations have been eliminated can I attain Bodhi. Why doesn't the Victorious Fighting Buddha look happy? "
"The Revered One of the World has instructed me to attain enlightenment, named Victorious Fighting. It's because selfishness is hard to eliminate on the path of enlightenment, and self-obsession is very deep. In the path of cultivation, one must constantly uphold the right view of 'non-self', and fight against 'I want, I think, I hate, and I fear' until all selfishness and preferences are overcome. Only then can one attain enlightenment and attain enlightenment. "
The Victorious Fighting Buddha heaved a sigh. "But today, after witnessing that stubbornness of mine, I finally understand why there is no other possibility apart from attaining enlightenment. Why can't I persist in what I cling to, want what I want, think what I want, hate what I loathe, fear what I dread, and live a different life? Three thousand frustrations arise from nameless causes. Why seek enlightenment? Why seek enlightenment? "
"Back when I attained enlightenment, I was unwilling, so I cut off that obsession and placed it in the past. He was already a new 'me'. Why correct 'me'? Why not have 'me'? "
The Bhikkhu was puzzled. Just as he was about to mention the Buddha's decree, the Victorious Fighting Buddha raised his hand to stop him. The Victorious Fighting Buddha placed it on his palm and smiled before blowing it away. That bit of hair flew with the wind. The Jingu Bang on the Victorious Fighting Buddha's knees turned into a beam of golden light and landed on that hair. It was like the flowing light on the tip of the hair, falling into the unseen world.
Watching the hair fly away, the Victorious Fighting Buddha smiled and gestured to the Bhikkhu, "Don't talk about a dharmic decree. The Revered One of the World's decree, but before you say it, let me know my true heart!"
The Bhikkhu stared blankly at the strands of hair as they flew away. When he looked at the Victorious Fighting Buddha again, the round light had already disappeared and he had fallen out of his trance.
Only after the Victorious Fighting Buddha fell from the Dao Realm did a look of joy appear on his face. This was the true joy and peace that came from having his thoughts cleared. As he watched the hair fly away, he felt as if a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders …
The instant the hair landed, Chen Ang raised his head as if he sensed something and looked into the distance. However, he only smiled.
Wukong opened his eyes and saw all kinds of colors surging toward him, becoming vivid. Suddenly, it seemed as if the world had changed. Even the earthy and fishy smell coming from his mouth and nose became especially vivid. He scratched his head, but he wasn't surprised. He looked around and saw that he was covered in mud.
Although he still looked like a hobo, it was as if he hadn't taken a bath for the past three to four years.
He raised his head and saw that there was only a piece of sky the size of a washbasin above him. It was even half blocked by a Lianhua. The rest of the sky was covered by thick rock walls with vines crawling all over them. This was a cave about the size of two rooms. The entrance of the cave was at the top. It was the small piece of sky that was blocked by the Lianhua.
The Monkey King crawled up from the ground and saw a stone tablet at the side. On it was written: Ma Zai Padmi Hum.
The Monkey King looked at it carefully for a while and went up to the stone tablet. He smiled and said, "Who wrote this? The structure of this six-syllable mantra is weak, the strokes are shallow, the structure is not beautiful at all, and the structure is extremely stiff. Other than being upright, there's nothing special about it. It's obviously too mediocre … mediocre! "
"No matter who left it here, I, Old Sun, will write a new one for you!"
After he finished speaking, he took down the stone tablet. Just as the surrounding vines floated up and were about to whip him, Goku bared his teeth and smiled. With a point of his finger, all the vines were fixed in place. They stiffened from the inside out and stuck to the rock wall as if they had been petrified.
The Monkey King erased the six-syllable mantra on the stone tablet and used his finger as a brush to carve it again.
When he placed it on the stone tablet again, the muscles and bones were indeed strong, the structure was strict, and the strokes were extraordinary. It was all thanks to the hundreds of years of hard work he had learned from Zi Lu on how to carve bamboo slips.
After Wukong finished carving, it looked left and right and discovered that there was really nothing growing in this cave. It was extremely poor, but it didn't care. It shrank its body and leaped out of the cave entrance. It came to a lotus pond surrounded by mountain rocks. It used its hand to find a few lotus heads and lay on the protruding rocks. It admired the bright moonlight while nibbling on the lotus heads and peeling off the lotus seeds to eat.
In the past few days, Goku would sometimes cruise in the surrounding mountain forests, picking peaches and wild fruits, traversing between the mountains, and sometimes lying in the empty cave, reviewing what he had learned and concluding his experience. He was quite free and unfettered.
He didn't think about why he was here. He only thought that the opportunity prepared by his master hadn't arrived, so he wouldn't leave this place. This allowed him to taste a trace of the carefree and unrestrained days in the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits.
Far away from the mountains, in a famous city, a fat man with big ears was explaining to a new exorcist, Chen Xuanzang, "This monster's original name is Zhu Ganglie. He is as ugly as a pig, but he is an affectionate person. He is extremely infatuated with his wife, but his wife despised him for being ugly and committed adultery with a beautiful man. She even conspired with a nine-toothed rake to beat him to death …"
"He loved her so much that he became a demon due to the accumulated resentment. He swore to kill all the women in the world who loved beautiful men."
Chen Xuanzang sighed, "So he is also a pitiful person."
Not far away from them, there was a group of people watching them coldly.
One of the coquettish women said to the man behind her, "Isn't this world a little too dangerous? That Zhu Ganglie is just a soul that was killed by a mortal. Because of his resentment, he actually became such a powerful monster. The Zhu Ganglie in this world isn't the reincarnation of Marshal Tian Peng. We six veterans can't even deal with him. How strong is the Monkey King? "
"With Chen Xuanzang here, we can't kill those three monsters." The man took a deep breath and slowly exhaled smoke rings, "I suspect that Chen Xuanzang's master is the Buddha … With his appearance, we can't help but be suspicious!"
"So, Chen Xuanzang must not be touched. He has comprehended the great love of the world. The main plot of the journey to the west to seek for Buddhist scriptures must not be messed up. Otherwise, I'm afraid there will be an earth-shattering Buddha's Palm slapping on us. "
"The main mission for us to enter the plot world using the hunter examination invitation letter is to become an exorcist and gain the recognition of the three great exorcists. Then, we will become mercenaries (exorcists, hunters, witch hunters, and Grimm are all mercenaries). In the future, when we do western fantasy plot missions, we will gain the friendship of the mercenary camp."
"Don't think about participating in Chen Xuanzang's main mission. If I'm not wrong, only by gaining the recognition of the great exorcists and becoming exorcists can we come into contact with Chen Xuanzang and participate in his mission to subdue the three monsters. "
"Last time, when we helped him deal with the fish monster, we were still interrupted by Miss Duan. Our relationship with him didn't increase at all … If we want to participate in the main plot, we have to gain the recognition of the exorcists. "
"Speaking of which, the timing of this batch of mercenary profession certification is a little strange!" A young man dressed like a scholar stroked his chin and said, "There are so many missions for the mercenary profession certification. The Chunin exam, the Hunter exam, and even the Van Helsing series of the Church's Exorcist certification aren't difficult. Why did so many mercenary profession certification props appear when the Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons mission came out?"
"The difficulty of the Westward Journey Exorcists Mission is a little too much!"
"For such a difficult mission item, it's either ridiculously cheap or ridiculously expensive. Usually, when it's cheap, someone will deliberately release it to trick some cannon fodder to come and die. But there are many people who come in, and no one disturbs Monk Sha and Zhu Ganglie's mission. "
"Who said there is no one? Aren't those Reincarnators who are competing with us for the fish monster, Monk Sha, humans?" a ruffian young man retorted.
The young man dressed like a scholar shook his head and said, "This kind of intense competition is not interference at all."
"There must be a powerful force suppressing those restless Reincarnators who want to interfere with the main storyline." He concluded, "Then what is their goal?"
"To attract a large group of cannon fodder and suppress them from interfering with the first two storylines … Could it be that they want to attack the Monkey King?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"The Monkey King?"
"Impossible, that's impossible. The Monkey King in the Westward Journey Exorcists Mission is probably stronger than the original. Who would dare to attack such a monster? Do they want to die? That's the King of Demons, the Monkey King. "
"It seems like the original story doesn't exist in the Realm at all!"
"The Monkey King is strong, but it's not impossible if the monsters in the Realm join in!" The coquettish woman retorted, "And the rewards are huge. I remember that the Demoness of Team Beauty became as strong as a monster in the Tang Dynasty."
"You mean the Tang Dynasty that the Primordial Demon invaded in the Divine Armament World?" The young man dressed like a scholar sneered, "The Wind Chasers' Kirin Warrior God Lu Li used the small Holy Grail to create the War of the Heshibi and used the Nine Blood Battles as a sacrifice to change the entire world. This triggered the hidden background of the Divine Armament in the Tang Dynasty and created the Demoness and Kirin Warrior God."
"The War of the Heshibi is known as one of the three classic cases where the wise used tools to create the plot. How could I not study it … "The young man's eyes sparkled with wisdom. He thought intensely while organizing his thoughts," Speaking of which … this world also seems to have a hidden background. And it's obvious that the clue is the plot of the Westward Journey. "
"But the monsters in the Westward Journey Exorcists are much stronger than the original Westward Journey. So what's the purpose of triggering this hidden background? The Exorcists in the Westward Journey Exorcists Mission are very special. The Monkey King is the ultimate villain and one of the main characters. Logically speaking, it's impossible to touch him. Otherwise, the Buddha's Palm might have landed on you! "
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