The Monkey King

Lingshan, Daleiyin Temple.

There were only a few sparsely standing Buddhas left in the main hall. It was empty, and it felt like the building was deserted. The golden Sanskrit characters carved on the wall looked even colder under the bright light.

On the lotus platform in the center, Tathagata sat quietly, opened his eyes slightly and stared ahead. The line of sight passed through the main entrance of the hall, passed through the pagoda forest in front, and reached hundreds of miles away.

At this moment, there, Xuanzang was holding the horse's neck tightly and running wildly. Behind that, the canopy, the black bear spirit, and the roller blinds followed closely. All around, the fight between the two monkeys continued. Everything in its path was torn to pieces. The rolled up sand and dust covered the sky and the sun, just like a huge tornado covering a hundred miles in radius swept through. At the eye of the storm was Xuanzang.

Amidst the ups and downs, Xuanzang opened his eyes slightly and saw the vegetation being uprooted and lifted into the sky. When he saw the houses passing by, they were swept up into the sky together with their houses before they even had time to escape, and his body was missing. He saw the steep mountains being leveled off in an instant...

As he got closer to Lingshan, he saw more and more temples and more and more people. However, it was just a glance. The next moment, everything he could see would be destroyed, and it would be torn to pieces before he could even cry out.

A voice sounded in his mind, a deafening voice that seemed to come from every corner of the world.

"Where's your Pudu?"

"Pudu?" Xuanzang suddenly opened his eyes.

"Aren't you here to argue with me? You want to attain the enlightenment of Purdue. It's a thousand miles, only the last few hundred miles are left. Where is your Purdue?"

Xuanzang's eyes flashed through every detail of his journey over the past few years. Everything exploded in an instant, intertwined in my mind, and flashed before my eyes. Every face of every person is either painful, laughing, or ferocious.

Xuanzang was in a daze for a moment and almost fell off his horse. But it was only for a moment. The next moment, Xuanzang suddenly woke up. He endured the severe pain that kept coming from the depths of his soul and still hugged the horse's neck tightly.

Beneath him, the white dragon horse was still running wildly in the direction of Lingshan Mountain.

In the Lingshan Mountain, Tathagata could not help but be slightly stunned. All the Buddhas around him were watching him quietly.

After a while, Tathagata once again narrowed his eyes slightly and stared in the direction of Xuanzang, sitting motionless.

Everyone understands that the time for debate has arrived...

However, what should Xuanzang use to argue with Tathagata?

On the horseback, Xuanzang hugged the horse's neck tightly, closed his eyes, and kept reciting the Heart Sutra silently, trying to dispel the illusion. However, the hallucination is getting worse.

The results of the chaos of reincarnation in the underworld have gradually emerged. Compared with the time more than 600 years ago, the damage to the Three Realms this time is temporarily much lighter. But it's still deadly.

More than six hundred years ago, monkeys almost razed the underworld to the ground. At that time, it was not only the administrative center of the underworld that was injured, but also the countless ghosts. This time, the administrative center of the underworld was also almost collapsed, but the ghosts in the eighteenth level of hell were not seriously harmed. So, they began to flee to the mortal world. At this moment, the mortal world has already completely lost the protection of heaven.

Horrible screams and wails rang in Xuanzang's ears. There were the cries of the innocent souls, the screams of the people being chased by the innocent souls, and the screams of the evil spirits demanding their lives... It was deafening and breathtaking. .

At the same time, the reincarnation mechanism of the Six Paths has also been disrupted. The new life does not receive the soul from the underworld and dies as soon as it is born. The crops that were about to mature all turned into withered grass overnight, and the people were crying without tears.

Tragedy has unfolded in every corner of the Three Realms. Even though the sun is shining brightly, without the reincarnation of the underworld, the vitality of the entire world is still being withdrawn bit by bit, and it is gradually dying.

All the scenes were thrust into Xuanzang's mind. For a moment, Xuanzang felt as if his whole head was about to explode.

"Do you know who caused this?" Tathagata's voice rang in Xuanzang's ears again: "If you hadn't gone against heaven and released the demon monkey, there wouldn't have been the result of the two monkeys fighting now. There would be no such disaster.”

"What are they fighting over?"

"What they are fighting over is who will escort you westward."

"I traveled west to attain enlightenment and attain enlightenment, but in the end, I was guarded by the most evil force in the world. Don't you think it's ridiculous?"

Immediately afterwards, bursts of laughter rang in Xuanzang's mind.

He heard the sound of monkeys, heard the sound of the canopy, heard the sound of rolling curtains, and even heard the voice of his old master in Jinshan Temple, Faming... Yes, the whole world, everything he could think of, remembered He heard everyone's voice, and everyone was laughing at him.

"Is this the result you want? To destroy the Three Realms to this extent in the name of Purdue?"

Another question came, like a huge hammer hitting his chest. Immediately, blood spurted out from Xuanzang's mouth.

In an instant, two monkeys were fighting fiercely in the sky, followed by canopies, roller blinds, and black bear spirits on the ground. The monsters watching from a distance, the hanging Buddhas, even the Jade Emperor in the Lingxiao Palace, the Laojun in the Tusita Palace, and Subhuti in the Nuwa Palace were all stunned.

While galloping, Xuanzang slowly released his hands and fell off the horse, hitting the sand everywhere.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to have stopped. Everyone stopped moving.

The white dragon horse, which ran a few feet away, suddenly turned around and saw Xuanzang lying motionless on the ground. He was completely stunned.

…

In the Nuwa Palace, Subhuti clenched his fists and trembled slightly.

In the Tushita Palace, Master Tongtian wanted to say something anxiously, but was stopped by Lao Jun.

In the Lingxiao Palace, the Jade Emperor looked in panic at the Immortal Family who bowed their heads and remained silent in the darkness.

Only Tathagata is smiling.

Yes, he laughed. That smile told everyone that he already had a chance to win.

However, isn’t this a matter of course? Along the way, what did Xuanzang achieve and what did he achieve? He had nothing but a universal heart. You can't even clean up the evil you sow, right?

Why should he argue with the Tathagata who is the Buddha?

He is not even as good as Jin Chanzi from eight hundred years ago! Isn't it?

…

Everyone was watching quietly, looking at the monk who had traveled thousands of miles to Lingshan Mountain for a single obsession, but now fell down from his horse and lay motionless.

At this moment, Tianpeng didn't even know whether he should help him, and Xiao Bailong didn't even know whether he should turn around and walk back, letting him ride him to the west.

How far is left?

Five hundred miles?

No!

Only a hundred miles left! Only a hundred miles left! Heading west, there are only a hundred miles left!

Everyone just watched quietly, silent.

At this moment, does anyone else think he can succeed?

Maybe, there is. But, who can imagine a Buddha in such a miserable state? Is this what it should be like on the eve of enlightenment?

After a long time, they saw Xuanzang's dusty hands trembling slightly. Suddenly, everyone held their breath and opened their eyes wide.

At this moment, the monkey hanging in mid-air was suddenly hit hard on the back of the head by something. The whole thing fell from the sky like a meteorite and landed next to Xuanzang.

Amid the roar, the dust stirred up crazily like a fountain.

Suddenly, everyone's eyes were attracted.

When the dust cleared, everyone saw the monkey lying on the ground in a large shape. Even the hardcore soldiers have fallen aside.

At this moment, he looked like he was dying.

He slowly turned his head with the remaining strength and saw the six-eared macaque standing beside him with a smile on his shoulder and a golden hoop. Through the figure, he saw Xuanzang in the distance slowly turning around and standing up bit by bit.

Seeing this scene, for some reason, the monkey suddenly wanted to laugh, but before he could laugh out loud, a mouthful of blood had already sprayed out.

Turning back, Xuanzang bowed gently in the direction of the two of them, and said with a slight trembling: "The great sage's... kindness. Xuanzang will remember it."

After saying that, he slowly turned around and took steps, still heading west. His eyes were so blurry that he seemed ready to faint at any moment.