Seeing a holy monk misses life

The three of Monkey King continued to move forward, and in the subsequent murals, Monkey King saw himself again.

However, Monkey King in the mural still wears a golden hoop on his head, which is obviously a hoop to restrain his behavior.If he himself does not listen to persuasion, once Tang Sanzang in the mural recites the mantra, it will give him a headache.

Seeing this, Monkey King couldn't help but think of the hat he saw from his luggage earlier.The timing of that hat appeared was right after he killed those bandits in front of his master for the first time.

The Monkey King in the mural is bound by a magic spell and caught by Tang Sanzang.

But his master didn't do that.

Yes, his master.

Up to now, Monkey King has been able to completely separate the master from the monks in the murals.

Sun Wukong stretched out his hand and caressed the monk in the mural.

They are not the same person.

Not only Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing also silently separated the monks in the murals from their masters.

They know that the Master they meet is unique.

The three continued to walk in.

The further you go in, the more content on the murals you see.The characters on the murals have also changed from Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong to Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing.

The four masters and apprentices, together with five people, experienced various hardships.

Among these ordeals, there are those they are familiar with and have experienced, and some are completely strange and have never encountered them.

But whether it is familiar or unfamiliar, all the hardships add up to exactly 81 difficulties.

Behind the mural, the four masters and apprentices trekked mountains and rivers, went through untold hardships, spent about 14 years, arrived at the Leiyin Temple in Xitian, and finally obtained the scriptures and achieved positive results.

Tang Sanzang was named Zhantan Gongde Buddha, Sun Wukong was named the Fighting Saint Buddha, Zhu Bajie was named the Messenger of the Pure Altar, Drifting Monk was named the Golden Body Arhat, and Bailongma was named the Eight Dragons.

The four masters and apprentices joined forces with five horses, and all of them got good results.

However, seeing this, the three of Monkey King didn't feel a little bit of joy, but felt a little unreal.Even if the faces are similar, the people in the murals are them and not them.

For a moment, the three of them even felt a sense of bewilderment.

They are not sure whether what is portrayed in the murals should be real, or what they have experienced themselves should be real.

But this feeling of regret was only for a moment.

Soon, the three of Monkey King adjusted their emotions.

As Sun Wukong said before, the monks in the murals are not their masters, so they will not be them in the murals.

Even if what is depicted in the murals is real and what they should experience, so what.That doesn't mean that what they've been through is unreal.

Sha Wujing looked at Sun Wukong: "Brother..."

Sun Wukong said: "I only listen to the voice in my heart." Only obey my heart.

When Sha Wujing heard the words, he suddenly laughed.

Yes, just listen to your inner voice.The elder brother is so determined, why does he bother to struggle.

Sun Wukong looked at the four masters and apprentices who were conferred in the Lingshan Treasure Hall on the mural, and a razor-like chill flashed in his dark eyes: "Maybe we should think about why we see these things."

Sun Wukong's words made the smile on Sha Wujing's face fade away a lot in an instant, his hands hanging by his side were tightened, and a smear of obscurity appeared on his face.

And Zhu Bajie also frowned slightly, with a serious expression.The usual lack of focus disappeared at this moment, replaced by a kind of seriousness that had never been seen before, and there was a chill in the calmness.

This appearance is very similar to the calmness he once had when he was in charge of a hundred thousand generals in the heavenly court.

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of copper bells in the air.

The rhythm of the copper bell is very special. It seems to be chanting during the pause. If you listen carefully, you can still hear the sound made by monks beating wooden fish in the copper bell.

Things have developed to the present, whether it is Monkey King, Zhu Bajie or Sha Wujing, they are very clear in their hearts that their every move this time is being watched by the gods and Buddhas above.

Although he already knew that it was the arrangement of the gods and Buddhas to learn from the Western Paradise, but he knew it, and now he found himself being watched in a disguised form, and he still felt somewhat angry.

The last time the gods and Buddhas intervened, the three venerables and the old mother of Li Shan pretended to be mother and daughter to test the Zen mind of their master and disciples, but this time, as Sun Wukong said before, it is not as simple as a simple test of Zen mind .

The soldiers came to cover the water and the earth, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing thought so in their hearts, and their lips were tightly pressed together.

boom boom boom...

After the copper bell stopped, there were bursts of dull roars like earthquakes in the entire tunnel.

In the next second, the stone wall on Sun Wukong's right began to split to both sides, and the three of them looked at the split stone wall at the same time.But in the blink of an eye, two doors appeared behind the split stone door.

A door is on the left, under bright candlelight.Another door is on the right, in the darkness.

In the middle of the two doors is a stone table.

There is an incense burner on the stone table, and two sticks of incense are inserted in the back of the incense burner, one on the left and one on the right.These two sticks of incense are surrounded by two strings of Buddhist beads.

Zhu Bajie looked at the door on the left, then at the door on the right, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Is this for us to make a choice?"

Sha Wujing murmured: "It should be." He glanced around: "There should be some hints about this choice."

Monkey King stared at the censer in the middle for two seconds, then stepped forward and lit the censer with magic.

The flames sparkled, and a faint sandalwood fragrance permeated the air.

The three of Monkey King watched the curling white smoke slowly drift out from the incense burner, and then formed a Buddha statue in front of them.

This Buddha statue has a square face, with a cinnabar imprinted between the eyebrows, and a kind of wisdom and solemnity accumulated in the eyes. Although it is just a phantom without entity, it still exudes an inviolable power.

This Buddha statue is the Tathagata Buddha that the three of them are most familiar with, the supreme ruler of Buddhism.

At this moment, the best ruler was staring at the three of Monkey King quietly, with compassion and pity, but also with an invisible sense of oppression.

There was a shallow and scattered smile in the Buddha's eyes, unpredictable and immeasurable, with his lips parted slightly, he slowly read out the Dharma names of Monkey King, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing.

Sha Wujing clasped his palms together, bowed to the Tathagata Buddha and performed Buddhist rituals.

Zhu Bajie followed closely behind.

Only Monkey King stood in place without any movement.

For the ruler of the Western Heaven who tricked him into pressing him under the Five Elements Mountain, the Great Holy Lord didn't like him at all.I don't even want to bow down and surrender at all.

Tathagata was not surprised by Sun Wukong's rebellious attitude.His expression remained unchanged, and even the smile in his eyes did not diminish in the slightest.

Sun Wukong crossed his arms and looked at Tathagata, with coldness in his eyes: "Tathagata, what play are you singing?" Hypocrisy and submissive politeness.

Sun Wukong's attitude and blunt words made Sha Wujing's forehead sweat a little, and he couldn't help but muttered in his heart that he is indeed a big brother who dares to make trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

Tathagata said slowly, "Behind me, there are two gates."

He glanced at the faces of Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing one by one: "This is the gate of choice that I made for the three of you after thinking about it with all the Buddhas."

He raised his hand: "Push open the door on the left, and you will go directly to the Leiyin Temple in the West Heaven, obtain the scriptures, and complete your merits and virtues."

Monkey King said: "What about the door on the right?"

Tathagata smiled and only replied two words: "Unknown."

Sha Wujing was stunned: "Unknown?"

Zhu Bajie also said: "Why is it unknown?"

He obviously didn't believe Tathagata's words: "Since these are all set by you, how can it be unknown where the door will lead?"

And Sun Wukong, although he didn't speak, was staring at Tathagata's eyes, trying to read more useful information from these eyes.However, when he looked at it for a while, he could only see a piece of calm, which seemed to be a calm sea.

Tathagata met Sun Wukong's gaze, and said in a low tone, "You should know that there is a sky beyond the mountains, and there should be a more mysterious realm beyond the sky."

Sun Wukong sneered when he heard the words, and didn't dwell on the topic any longer, but said: "If the three of us choose the door on the left, things shouldn't be as simple as they appear on the surface."

The four masters and apprentices they saw in the murals went through ninety-nine and eighty-one hardships before they arrived at Leiyin Temple to obtain the scriptures.But the three of them and their master did not experience so many hardships.

The choice given by Tathagata is equivalent to a shortcut in disguise, which does not allow Monkey King not to think too much.

Zhu Bajie also said: "Buddha, your choice really makes me feel a little uneasy." After all, there is no free lunch in this world, and Xitian Leiyin Temple is still far away from here.

Tathagata said: "Ninety-nine 81 difficulties, same as ninety-nine return to one, you have gone through eight ordeals, this choice is the last hurdle."

Tathagata's words made the three of Monkey King fall into deep thought.

After all, they and Master have experienced many things along the way.Putting aside those small tribulations, starting from meeting Mo Sheng at Zijie Temple, and then ending with the strangulation vine, adding up all the back and forth, there were exactly eight tribulations, no more, no less.

Tathagata saw the three Sun Wukong below who were lost in thought, his expression was not obvious, but he had his own thoughts in his heart.

In fact, the reason why he chose the choice of three people as the final test of the scripture learning was because the scripture learning team of four masters and apprentices was not peaceful.

Tang Sanzang no longer followed the rules and became the master who completely needed to be protected by the three disciples.And Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, the three apprentices, also had two hearts.

Two minds are demons.

Even more evil thoughts.

It is an emotion that should not arise deep in the heart.

It is a taboo of Buddhism.

There is no need to continue such a pilgrimage team.

Because if you continue to let it go, once the calm appearance is broken, things will develop in an uncontrollable direction.This is not what the Tathagata wants to see, nor is it his original intention to plan for the four masters and apprentices to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures.

Let the four masters and apprentices go through hardships to the West to learn scriptures, in order to promote Buddhism, expand the influence of Buddhism, and at the same time, attract more people to purify their hearts, meditate, and get close to Buddhist Zen, the true meaning of Buddhist Zen.

It is precisely because of this that if you continue to let it go, for the two-hearted Buddhist scriptures team, the subsequent hardships will have no effect.

That being the case, only timely correction.

After nine hardships, he returned to his heart.

Only then can ninety-nine return to one, and draw a perfect ending for this.

And the reason why Tathagata is so decisive is because this Tang Sanzang is much better than he thought.

Because he is better, he has done a good job all the way.

Therefore, the influence brought about is also greater.

The effect of promoting Buddhism has been achieved.

So enough.

But right now, the three of Monkey King need to pass the last level.

This test was performed by him personally, which is not only a test for Monkey King and the other three, but also an agreement with Tang Sanzang.

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