"I didn't expect Old Lord to be here."
Buddha Tathagata quickly stood up from the golden lotus seat and walked outside.
If South Pole Immortal Weng and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li came to visit, he wouldn't need to welcome them personally. But now that Old Lord Tathagata was here, he had to welcome them personally.
"This …"
When Buddha Tathagata walked out of the Hall of Great Strength and saw the gloomy faces of Old Lord Tathagata and the others, the smile on his face froze. He didn't look like he was here to congratulate them at all. He looked more like he was angry and wanted to punish them.
"Fellow daoists, please."
Buddha Tathagata felt a bit uneasy. He felt that things had gone far beyond his expectations.
Old Lord Tathagata and the others didn't say anything and walked towards the Hall of Great Strength with cold expressions.
"Fellow Daoists, why have you come?"
After everyone sat down, Buddha Tathagata felt the pressure. As the host, he had to ask first.
"Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, West Sea Dragon King, why have you come?"
No one spoke. Buddha Tathagata couldn't help but look at West Sea Dragon King and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li.
Old Lord Tathagata and South Pole Immortal Weng dared to be rude to him, but Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and West Sea Dragon King dared to be rude to him as well.
Seeing Buddha Tathagata's sharp gaze, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and West Sea Dragon King shivered in fear. They were so angry that they forgot about the huge difference in strength and status between them and Buddha Tathagata.
"Buddha, on the way to the Western Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures, the Black River Dragon King of our West Sea's Water Race was killed by Sun Wukong. Although the Black River Dragon King was guilty, he should be punished by our West Sea."
West Sea Dragon King said carefully.
His anger from before had already dissipated. Fear rose in his heart. He actually dared to be rude to Buddha Tathagata. He was really courting death.
"Blackwater River Dragon King?"
Buddha Tathagata frowned. Blackwater River Dragon King was one of the eighty-one tribulations during the West Paradise.
As one of the tribulations, if he didn't die, he would obtain some merit. Otherwise, Old Lord Tathagata wouldn't have sent his fire boy and mount to the West Sea.
This was also one of the Great Leiyin Temple's plan to rope in West Sea. In the Great Leiyin Temple's plan, West Sea would send people to capture the Black Water River Dragon King and let them deal with him themselves.
Now that Sun Wukong had killed the Black River Dragon King, not only did he fail to rope in the West Sea's Water Tribe, but he also made them think that Buddhism was suppressing them.
"No! No! I seem to be thinking in the wrong direction! "
The Gautama Buddha thought about how to appease the Western Sea Dragon King. Soon, he realized that he was wrong.
Not long ago, Xuanzang and his disciples passed by Wu Zhuang Guan. He was very clear about this. From Wu Zhuang Guan to Heishui River, based on the speed of Xuanzang and his disciples, it would take them at least a year or two to reach there.
Now that Sun Wukong had killed the Black River Dragon King, this matter was very strange.
"Could it be that Sun Wukong has a grudge against the Black River Dragon King? He specifically went to kill the Blackwater River Dragon King? "
Gautama Buddha guessed inwardly. It was obvious that Gautama Buddha found it hard to believe that Tripiṭaka and his three disciples had already passed through all 81 tribulations.
"My adopted daughter was killed by Tripitaka and his disciples!"
Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li said cautiously.
Although he wanted to come to the Great Thunderclap Monastery to demand an explanation, he couldn't bring himself to say anything when he was standing in front of Gautama Buddha.
"That little rat who ate the Fragrant Flower Treasured Candles?"
Gautama Buddha had a slight impression of that little rat who ate the Fragrant Flower Treasured Candles on Mount Numinous. He seemed to have been subdued by Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li and Nezha.
That little rat seemed to have recognized Heavenly King Li as his adoptive father and Nezha as his adoptive brother.
"Yes."
Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li nodded. He had also sensed it after the death of the Golden-nosed White-Furred Rat Demon.
No matter what, the Golden-nosed White-Furred Rat Demon was his adopted daughter. She had been killed by Tripiṭaka and his disciples just like that. If he didn't demand an explanation, the gods of the Three Realms would probably think that he, Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, was a coward.
"Another one has been killed."
Gautama Buddha couldn't help but gulp. He could already sense the severity of the matter.
He couldn't help but look towards Old Lord Taishang and Immortal Hermit of the South Pole. He felt a deep sense of unease.
Could it be that their mounts or disciples were also killed by Tripiṭaka and his disciples?
"Buddha, shouldn't you give us an explanation?"
Old Lord Taishang asked.
Only someone of his status and strength could completely suppress Gautama Buddha.
"Could it be that the two people you arranged to intercept Tripiṭaka and his disciples on the Journey to the West were also killed?"
Gautama Buddha's voice was hoarse.
The matter of the West Sea Dragon King and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li was easily resolved. However, if Old Lord Taishang and Immortal Hermit of the South Pole's mounts or disciples were killed, it would be troublesome.
"Buddha, you allowed your subordinates to steal my Dharma treasures and kill my mounts. Do you think the Tempest Monastery is going to rule over the Three Realms?"
Old Lord Taishang's expression was cold and his gaze sharp. Gautama Buddha even felt a faint prickling pain on his skin.
"Mounts?"
Gautama Buddha's voice trembled.
The worst-case scenario had still happened.
Killing Old Lord Taishang's mount was equivalent to humiliating Old Lord Taishang in front of all the deities of the Three Realms. How could Old Lord Taishang not be angry?
The West Sea Dragon King and Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li's strength was limited. They could only appease them with some compensation.
However, Old Lord Taishang was different. His strength, cultivation, and status had reached the peak. It was too difficult to appease Old Lord Taishang.
"Where's Immortal Hermit?"
Gautama Buddha's neck stiffened. He slowly turned to Immortal Hermit of the South Pole, his voice trembling slightly.
"My White Deer mount was killed as well."
Immortal Hermit of the South Pole said coldly.
Three Pure Ones, Four Imperials, Five Elders. Although he was the last of the Four Imperials, his status was still higher than one of the Five Elders, Gautama Buddha.
Gautama Buddha's actions gave him the feeling that Gautama Buddha was dissatisfied with his ranking in the Three Realms and wanted to replace him.
"Sun Wukong isn't …"
Gautama Buddha wanted to argue that Sun Wukong wasn't Green Bull Demon's match, but he swallowed his words halfway.
He finally knew why Old Lord Taishang and Immortal Hermit of the South Pole were so angry. They suspected that the Tempest Temple was using the Western Paradise as an excuse to show off the status of Buddhism and suppress them to establish their position as the number one sect of Buddhism.
However, he didn't have such a thought. If Buddhism was too strong when it was at its peak, then once the world's momentum passed, the various sects would probably join forces to suppress the Tempest Temple.
That was why he arranged for the Three Realms' powerhouses to participate on the Buddhist Journey. It was to rope them in.
"Could there be a mastermind in the Three Realms manipulating all this?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva was in trouble, and now the Western Paradise encountered a shocking change on the Buddhist Journey. This wasn't something Tripitaka and his disciples could do.
If there wasn't an external power interfering, such a huge change wouldn't happen.
"Buddha, it's not good. On the way to the West Paradise to obtain scriptures, apart from a few demons who escaped death, the rest were all killed."
At this moment, Manjushri and Samantabhadra ran to the Tempest Temple with pale faces and said anxiously.
Such a huge change happened on the Buddhist Journey, and Tripitaka and his disciples came to the Tempest Temple. No matter how one looked at it, there was a shocking conspiracy.
"Hurry up and call Tripitaka and his disciples over. I want to know the situation."
Gautama Buddha roared with a livid face.
Old Lord Taishang and the other three looked on coldly. It was hard to determine whether Buddhism was self-directed or there was a mastermind behind it.
"It's bad. Tripitaka and his disciples are missing, and they took away the sutra."
As soon as Buddha Tathagata's voice fell, Manjushri disappeared from the Great Buddha's Hall in an instant. His mount was also killed. When he was about to question Tang Monk and his three disciples, he found that they were no longer in the side hall.
Moreover, Ananda and Mahayana Kasyapa had passed the Mahayana sutra to Tripitaka and his disciples.
Gautama Buddha was speechless.
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