[Lotus Lantern] Free Sky

"Master, calm down, calm down—" Ashura hugged Patriarch Styx from behind, refusing to let go.Other disciples also pushed and pulled. "Master, just be patient, patience is victory!"

"I quit, I want to scratch this monk to death!!!!!!"

The urge to scratch Tangtang to death continued.

In Qingyuan Palace, beside the lotus pond in front of Yang Jian's sleeping hall, the owner of the hall is sitting around a stone table with all the golden immortals, watching a play.The Kunlun mirror hangs over the lotus pond, and what appears in the mirror is the scene of Patriarch Minghe jumping in anger at Zhan Tan Gongde Buddha.

"Hit it, why don't you hit it? Hurry up!" Filiusun held a fly whisk in his left hand and a big fairy peach in his right hand.The other golden immortals are similar.

"I heard that when outsiders enter his Nether Blood Sea, their mana will be restricted, and they will be suppressed and beaten by Styx Patriarch. And once Styx Patriarch leaves the Nether Blood Sea, his mana will be greatly reduced. It seems that the rumors are true. " Yang Jian sat at the stone table, looking at the picture in the Kunlun realm in his spare time, swaying his ink fan lightly, sipping ginseng tea leisurely, and said calmly.

"What the head teacher said is very true." At this time, a golden light suddenly flew in from outside. It turned out to be a Taoist with white beard and white hair. The last blast of Primordial Purple Qi was given to Hong Yun, and he had long been intent on killing him. He feared that it would be difficult for him to capture the Primal Purple Qi and kill Hong Yun with his own strength. So Styx mobilized the Kunpeng, and chased and killed Hong Yun with the strength of the two of them. .It can be seen the ability of the ancestor Styx."

Yang Jian acted as if suddenly enlightened, he didn't know whether it was because of the Taoist's words or his subtle identity, he got up and nodded slightly, and said: "I don't know if the Tathagata Lord Buddha is coming, Yang Jian is far away to welcome."

Hearing this, the Taoist was a little embarrassed, but quickly recovered his calm and solemn state, and said, "Duobaote, the chief disciple of Tongtian Sect Master of Biyou Palace on Jin'ao Island, is here to pay homage to the head teacher. May the head teacher be in good health."

Everyone was very puzzled, what is this person doing here at this time?

"Taoist Duobao, what are you doing here?" Nanji Xianweng, as the senior brother of this group of people, asked first.

"To be honest, Duobao was entrusted by the two Buddhist masters, Zhunti and Zhunti, to accompany Zhantan Gongde Buddha to find his great disciple, Sun Wukong, who defeated the Buddha. I heard that the four masters and disciples would go to the Buddha every ten years. Let’s discuss the Tao together. Now the ten-year agreement is in sight.”

"Duobao, back then the Second Sage of the West sent me and other disciples to many people, and you intercepted a large number of disciples, but now it's just a monkey running over, and the Second Sage actually sent the master Buddha to drive here. Still have "shame?Two words "" Antarctic Immortal asked sharply.

As for the monkey, if no one mentions it, Yang Jian is really going to keep ignoring it.But now that someone has mentioned it, they can no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb.I don't know if Master forgave that monkey?If the master-student relationship has been recognized, and Duobao wants to take the monkey away again, Chanjiao can justifiably intervene in it, and Liang Duobao dare not do anything in Kunlun.Even if the Second Saint of the West came in person, it would not help.

"Taoist Duobao, if you still consider the master of Tongtian sect as your master, just listen to Yang Jian."

"Teacher, please explain." Duobao saluted with one hand, very respectful.

"I know you are in a difficult situation. How about this, the Victory Buddha is somewhere in Kunlun, see if it is willing to go down the mountain with you. If it is willing to go, we will never stay with you; if the Victory Buddha refuses to leave, the Buddhist school pays attention to it." A predestined word, it is useless to force."

"So good."

Taoist Duobao was thanking Yang Jian with joy, when a voice suddenly appeared in the corridor beside the lotus pond. "Hey, Yang Xiaosheng, it turned out that you stole our grandson's mirror. I said I couldn't find it no matter what I looked for!" From a piebald butterfly.When I said that, the piebald butterfly had turned into a person, ah no, a monkey.

The monkey landed on the ground, took two steps forward, and said: "This mirror is mine, and I have been looking for it for a long time."

Yang Jian was not annoyed when he was said to be "stealing". Shi Shiran sat down and said with a smile: "The Great Sage may have made a mistake. Yang Jian only heard that in the hands of the Great Sage, there is a mirror that the Lord Buddha used before he became a Buddha." , where is this side?"

"This, this—"

Seeing the monkey's hesitation, everyone believed that the monkey was back to his old profession.This time, everyone wronged the monkey.In fact, this mirror was shown to the monkeys by Master Yuding.

This has to start with Yang Jian accompanying his mother down the mountain to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In other words, since the master handover ceremony, the monkey has lived in Kunlun Mountain.At the beginning, it was quiet, but after Yang Jian accompanied his mother down the mountain, the monkey became more and more irritable and had nowhere to vent, so he fought with the disciples of the two religions every three days and two days a day, and he was not idle anyway.One day, the monkey competed with Huang Tianhua, Huang Tianhua ran away in anger, the monkey laughed triumphantly and pointed at Huang Tianhua who was running away, saying: "You still don't admit you lost, how did your parents teach you?"

The monkey laughed wantonly, but he didn't realize that there was someone behind him, it was the real Yuding.

"monkey."

"Master!" Seeing that it was his old mentor, the monkey leaped forward and knelt down to kowtow. "Disciple pays respects to Master."

"Wukong, you go."

"Master! What should the disciple do for the master to forgive the disciple?"

"You have entered the Buddhist gate, why bother to find me?"

"Master!" He kowtowed again and again.

"Unless you sever your master-student relationship with Jin Chanzi, then recognize me as your master again."

"Master Rong. The disciple was young and vigorous. He made troubles in the heavenly palace, caused great disasters, and was crushed under the Five Elements Mountain. It was the Tang monk who pleaded with the Lord Buddha to remove the seal, so that the disciple was free. With such a great kindness, how could the disciple abandon him? Go?" Wukong bowed again, "Master, apart from this, disciples will obey whatever Master says."

"Da En? Hmph, you will know what to do after reading this."

After Yuding left, he threw a mirror into the monkey's hand, and the mirror contained the whole story of his journey to the west.

A mountain that stretches for thousands of miles, towering into the clouds, surrounded by clouds, often hears the sound of bells and chimes, and bursts of Sanskrit sounds.It is the "Lingshan Scenic Spot" that the world yearns for.

Deep in the clouds, next to the ancient pine, a game of chess, two jugs of wine, the two are playing chess on the cliff.

One of them was wearing a yellow monk's robe and sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed. He was Duobao Tathagata.He holds a string of Buddhist beads in his right hand, and lightly holds a black chess piece in his left hand, hanging but not falling.

The other person was sitting across from him in white. His face looked about 30 to [-] years old, but there was a sense of vicissitudes in his expression that did not belong to this age.The mountain breeze blew gently, and his white clothes and black hair looked more ethereal and picturesque under the cover of mist.There is a golden mark in the middle of this person's forehead, his eyes are like lightning, and the corners of his mouth are pursed slightly upwards.

The monk opened his eyes and said with a slight smile, "True Lord Erlang is really good at chess, I am ashamed of this poor monk."

Erlang Shen Yang Jian who was sitting across from him smiled slightly, and that bit of cold breath disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Yang Jian was lucky enough to win because of the Lord Buddha's acceptance."

Tathagata Buddha flicked his sleeves slightly, and restarted a game of chess.

"It's been a while since Zhenjun came to Lingshan, shouldn't he just play a few games of chess with the old monk?"

Hearing what Tathagata said, Yang Jian couldn't help raising his head, took a look at Tathagata, and then lowered his head to watch the chess game carefully.

Tathagata couldn't help secretly admiring Erlang's magnanimity, and said with a light smile, "If a real gentleman likes to play chess, he will live in Lingshan and practice with the poor monk. How about it? As for——"

Yang Jian just stared at the chessboard leisurely, unmoved.

The sound of Zhong Xin came from a distance, and the lingering sound was faint and endless.The mountain breeze blows gently, bringing the fragrance of the leaves, which floats in the mist.At the foot of the mountain, tigers roar and monkeys cry, and phoenixes cry and cranes cry, one after another in the misty clouds.With a wave of the Tathagata's hand, the clouds and mists in the sky cleared away, and the sun burst into golden light, illuminating the sky.Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are bathed in the sun, and the water is gurgling under the cliffs.

Yang Jian looked around at the surrounding scenery and said, "Although Lingshan is beautiful, it is not a place where Yang Jian will stay for a long time."

Tathagata puzzled: "Why?"

"Wouldn't it be boring if everything in the world was like this wonderful place created by magic."

Yang Jian stood up, dressed in white, spotless, with black hair hanging down to his waist, adding a sense of aloof elegance.A piece popped out from the left hand and landed in the middle of the chessboard, so the black piece was cut off by the white piece, and there was no way to recover. "Heizi lost again."

Tathagata messed up the chess game: "Fortunately, we can do it all over again."

Yang Jian turned around and looked at the sea of ​​clouds, and said, "I wonder if the Buddha is interested in playing a unique chess game with Yang Jian?"

Tathagata also stood up and asked with interest: "What kind of chess game is it?"

"Journey to the West!"

A light flashed in Yang Jian's eyes, as if he had a plan in mind.

But these two words were humming and shocking in the ears of Monkey King outside the mirror.

"Go players, the game is square and quiet, the chess is round and moving, and the world is incomprehensible. Although the Buddha loves Go, he sticks to the rules, which is boring. The Go you and I play will end up dead. Dare the Buddha let it go?" Monkey King, find the golden cicada, use the two as chess pieces, the westbound road as the chessboard, and the people of the three worlds as the bet, and play a live chess game with Yang Jian! 1”

Just at this time, the chime sounded, accompanied by Yang Jian's voice, echoing in the mountains.The wind blew up and blew Yang Jian's hair. Yang Jian stood motionless, standing on the edge of the cliff with his hands behind his back, staring directly at Tathagata.

The clouds crawled under their feet, as if bowing their heads to them.

The two looked at each other for a long time, Tathagata seemed to have thought of something interesting, smiled, and Yang Jian also laughed.The two laughed together: "Hahaha..." The sound shook Heyue, and the birds and beasts were startled.

After a long time, the laughter stopped.

Thus, the Journey to the West plan officially began.Yang Jian publicizes that Jin Chanzi is the reincarnation of a benevolent man from the tenth generation, and that eating his flesh and blood will give him immortality, so he lures monsters to catch Jin Chanzi on the Westward Journey.At the same time, Buddhists, Bodhisattvas, and Bodhisattvas of various schools in the West have sent out their own mounts, boys, and Taoism also has Yang Jian in various ways.To make up for the ninety-nine and 81 difficulties.

On the West Road, all kinds of gods and ghosts showed their special abilities, making the Westward Journey lively.

For Tathagata, this is just a way of pastime in the long years.For Monkey King outside the Kunlun mirror, it is all kinds of dust.

It turns out that the four of them, the mentor and the apprentice, have gone through hardships and escaped death to learn the scriptures, which is just a chess game planned by others.

It turned out that the vigorous journey to the west was just a reason for Monkey King to go out of Wuzhi Mountain, a reason to stop the mouths of the immortals in the heaven.

The Journey to the West will set off a secret war between Buddhism and Taoism for believers, and Taoism will face the crisis of being replaced by Buddhism.

If the Journey to the West goes well, Tang Seng will promote Buddhism all the way, and finally return to the seat of the Lord Buddha, and Monkey King will also become a member of Buddhism.If Tang Seng is not determined and the journey to the west fails, Yang Jian will keep his promise and become the great Dharma protector in front of the Tathagata.

——In order to allow Tathagata to travel westward with peace of mind, Yang Jian took great pains.

Although this gamble turned out to be a win-win situation, when he thought of someone betting his freedom with his own freedom, and not long ago, that person was his rival, Sun Wukong felt that he owed Yang Jian a huge favor.Only this kind of tolerance, Sun Wukong feels that he can't compare.Originally planning to use the credit of teaching his uncle for him to coerce him to plead with Yuding, his thoughts suddenly disappeared.

It was secretly sad when the Kunlun Mirror suddenly flew away from its hand.The monkey followed the beam of light to the outside of the barrier of Qingyuan Palace.That enchantment has spirituality and did not stop it.But when it thought that this was the residence of Qingyuan Miaodao True Monarch, it tiptoed around and hesitated.But finally went in.

Because there are many palaces in Qingyuan Palace, the monkeys found here one by one.Although there is gratitude in his heart, his mouth is not tough.

"I don't care, anyway, it escaped from my hand, so I have to get it back from my hand."

Sun Wukong scratched his right hand with his left hand, and his right hand with his right hand, with an unreasonable and strong posture.

Anyway, it is difficult to make the monkey bow its head.