Chapter 351 Taking Advantage of the Situation and Fishing in Troubled Waters

Not far from leaving Chang'an City, Xuanzang encountered a tiger. He used his magical powers to kill it directly, which shocked the guards who were accompanying him.

"Elder Tang!"

The two guards couldn't help swallowing their saliva, their legs trembling slightly. With the strength Xuanzang had displayed, why did he need their protection?
Upon seeing this, Xuanzang immediately said, "I have the magical power bestowed by the Buddha, and I am invulnerable to all attacks. My two warriors, please return to Chang'an City!"

It is thousands of miles from here to the West. Since the primitive world has not been broken up, the journey from the East to the West is more than just 180,000 miles.

Naturally, he didn't want to take the two burdens with him.

Because he was planning to fight all the way, and he was not going to share the merits of the Journey to the West with the Heavenly Court and the Xuanmen. He planned to take the vast majority of the merits.

Only in this way could he kill with a borrowed knife, stir up conflicts between the Xuanmen and the Buddhist sects, and use the power of the Xuanmen to prevent the Taoist Hongjun from repaying his karma.

He didn't intend to completely anger Hongjun!
"Yes!"

The two guards hurriedly bowed and said, "Then Elder Tang, take care on your journey!"

They didn't want to leave their homeland, but the King of Tang gave the order and they had to obey!
Now, since Xuanzang took the initiative to speak and demonstrated such amazing strength, they were happy to see it happen and immediately returned to Chang'an to report.

Xuanzang continued his journey westward.

But Taibai Jinxing, who arrived late, couldn't help but frown. He remembered that the tiger demon was a calamity, and Haotian specifically asked him to share the merit!
But now that Xuanzang has killed the tiger demon with one strike, how could he have any chance to take action?

He could only return to heaven and report everything he had seen.

"what?"

In the Lingxiao Palace, Haotian was also surprised after hearing Taibai Jinxing's report: "You said that Jin Chanzi has already achieved cultivation?"

"Every word I said is true!" Taibai Jinxing explained, "However, from what I have seen of Jin Chanzi, his current strength is only at the level of a Golden Immortal. I guess he has not yet recovered all his memories and abilities!"

Haotian frowned when he heard this: "Then let's observe for a while! Buddhism should not break its promise, otherwise it will only offend the three sects of Xuanmen and the Heavenly Court! This should be just an accident! Besides, the cultivation of the Golden Immortal will not affect the disasters that follow! You can arrange for the Clairvoyance to keep an eye on Jin Chanzi!"

"Yes!"

Taibai Jinxing immediately accepted the order.

At this moment, Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was observing secretly, couldn't help but frown. She didn't understand why Jin Chanzi suddenly had the cultivation level of Golden Immortal?
She could only guess: "Perhaps, seeing the tiger demon between life and death awakened part of his true spirit! After all, there is great terror between life and death!"

There were changes in the Journey to the West, and Jin Chanzi recovered some of her skills. Naturally, she wanted to tell the current Buddha Maitreya, and immediately flew towards Lingshan on a auspicious cloud.

Xuanzang took advantage of this opportunity and quickly rushed to the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.

As soon as he arrived at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, he heard Sun Wukong calling out, "Little monk, you are the pilgrim, please rescue me quickly!"

Seeing this, Han Yi immediately signaled Jin Chanzi to take control of Xuanzang's body. He came directly in front of Sun Wukong and asked knowingly, "How come you, monkey, are being pressed down here?"

Sun Wukong's hair was disheveled and covered with dead leaves. He didn't look like the man who had caused havoc in Heaven five hundred years ago. I was suppressed here by the Buddha because I committed the crime of lying to my superiors. A few days ago, the Buddha's Avalokitesvara came here and asked me to protect you and take the scriptures to the West. I will be your disciple so that I can atone for my sins!"

Upon hearing this, Han Yi laughed and said, "You are just a Taiyi Golden Immortal, how can you cause such a commotion in the Heavenly Palace? I'm afraid the gods and Buddhas in the heavens are playing you."

As he said that, he punched directly on the Five Elements Mountain, secretly using his magic power to break the seal on it, and directly blasted the entire Five Elements Mountain into a pile of powder.

He looked contemptuous and said in a mocking tone: "You are pinned down by such a broken mountain. I don't think you have any ability. How dare you call yourself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven?"

Sun Wukong was stunned.

But he didn't know that Han Yi also had the magical powers of the Buddha in his palm, and was even stronger than Maitreya. A small Five Elements Mountain could naturally be broken with a snap of his fingers.

The speaker has intention, and the listener takes it to heart. Sun Wukong couldn't help but suspect that when he broke into the Dragon Palace, entered the underworld, and made trouble in Heaven, it was the gods and Buddhas who were working together to trick him!
"Let's go!"

Han Yi casually threw the luggage to Sun Wukong and said, "Although your strength is a little lacking, since it is the Bodhisattva's wish, then follow me to the West!"

Soon, the two came to a manor. The old farmer there was the cowherd boy who had given peaches to Sun Wukong in Huaguo Mountain decades ago.

However, the tree wanted to be still but the wind did not stop. Just as the two of them settled down, six robbers came, namely Eyes See Joy, Ears Hear Wrath, Nose Sniff Love, Tongue Tastes Thoughts, Opinions Desire, and Body Worry. In order to repay the kindness of the cowherd boy, Sun Wukong beat the six robbers to death with a stick!
After doing all this, Sun Wukong remembered that Xuanzang in front of him was a monk. It might be inappropriate for him to kill people in front of him!
But when he looked at Xuanzang, he saw that Xuanzang's expression did not change, so he immediately asked curiously: "Master, aren't you a monk? How come you are indifferent when you see me killing people?"

"Who are they? Aren't they your six thieves?" Han Yi chuckled and said, "You call yourself a piercing eye, but you don't even recognize the six thieves in your body?"

The method of cultivation that Sun Wukong followed was somewhat peculiar. It was a Great Heavenly Immortal Technique created by Zhunti specifically for him. It could dodge the three disasters, avoid the nine difficulties, resist the ten calamities, and even turn Sun Wukong's inner demons into substance.

These six robbers were the six thieves that Subhuti helped Sun Wukong to lure out with his sage supernatural powers. Only by killing the six thieves could one achieve the purity of the six senses.

"What?" Sun Wukong was shocked when he heard that, and immediately used his flaming eyes to look, only to see that the bodies of the six bandits turned into six streams of black smoke and disappeared into the void.

Seeing this, Han Yi deliberately revealed a hint of sarcasm and sneered, "Is this what Subhuti taught you? No wonder you haven't been able to subdue your unruly mind for so many years?"

Sun Wukong was panicked and asked in disbelief: "How do you know my master Sun's name?"

He never told anyone that he was learning from Subhuti. Even when he was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, he did not reveal the name of Subhuti.

But the Xuanzang in front of him immediately said the name of Subhuti.

Han Yi smiled and said, "The Taoism in the world comes from Xuanmen. Even Buddhism is just a branch of Xuanmen. I can get a glimpse of it by looking at your skills! The spiritual platform is square, the moon is three stars, isn't it just the word heart? If you can't subdue your own heart, you naturally can't escape from the palm of the Buddha's hand!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong could not help but stand there in a daze, looking up at the starry sky.

Han Yi, on the other hand, revealed a smile. It was interesting to tease the monkey occasionally, but he was afraid of angering Subhuti!

He knew that Subhuti was probably secretly watching Sun Wukong, and it was because he had just tried to conceal the secret of cause and effect that he dared to say a few ambiguous words to Sun Wukong.

Suddenly, Sun Wukong bowed to Han Yi and said, "Master, please teach me!"

"I dare not compete with Subhuti for a disciple?" Han Yi dodged sideways and smiled slightly, "However, if you want to see the truth of the matter, you might as well join me in the fight to the Lingshan Mountain!"

"Attack Lingshan?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong was shocked and asked, "Aren't you a Buddhist disciple, destined to obtain Buddhist scriptures?"

"That's right!"

Han Yi nodded, then changed the subject and said, "But what does that have to do with my fight on Lingshan Mountain?"

He looked at the puzzled Sun Wukong, put his hands behind his back, and turned around: "I believe you can see that I am not a mortal who is powerless! In my previous life, I was a disciple of the Buddha Mahavairocana, named Jin Chanzi. It was only because my teacher was plotted against by the Heavenly Dao and the Taoist Ancestor that the current Buddha, Maitreya, came to power! But I think that Buddha should be me!"

For Han Yi, lies come out casually and are half true and half false. Someone like Sun Wukong cannot tell the truth from the falsehood in his words.

That's right!

The character he gave to Xuanzang is that of an ambitious man who wants to become a Buddhist pilgrim.

Most of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in Lingshan don’t actually care who leads Buddhism. If you are more capable, it’s okay to change a Buddha!

The original disciples of the Western Religion were divided into Maitreya, Medicine Master and Ksitigarbha. In addition, there were disciples from the Chan Religion such as Randeng, Cihang, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Kong Xuan and Dapeng from the Phoenix Clan, Qiu Shouxian, Lingyaxian, Jin Guangxian and others from the Jie Religion...

Nowadays, the saints have retreated to the second line, and the Buddhist community can be said to be a mixed bag of good and bad people.

This is his chance!
As long as he shows some abilities, he may be able to win some people's support and become the new leader of Buddhism under the identity of Jin Chanzi.

In addition, only when something happens in Buddhism can the Xuanmen take action, thus triggering a struggle between the Xuanmen and Buddhism, and delaying the speed at which Hongjun repays the cause and effect.

Therefore, he planned to let Jin Chanzi push forward all the way and not give the Heavenly Court and Xuanmen the opportunity to share the merits of the Journey to the West, thereby causing Xuanmen's dissatisfaction with Buddhism.

However, he must find a suitable reason to win the support of some Buddhist monks so as not to ask Maitreya to change the person who goes to obtain the scriptures.

That's right!

His reason was to compete with Maitreya for the Buddha, and he did it in an open and aboveboard manner, by directly putting Maitreya in a position of arrogance so that he would not dare to change Jin Chanzi's identity as the person seeking the Buddhist scriptures.

After all, the dispute over the Buddha is an internal matter of Buddhism. Jin Chanzi's suppression of Xuanmen is beneficial to Buddhism, so those Buddhist disciples will naturally speak for him.

If Maitreya were to exchange his identity as the Buddha for that of Jin Chanzi, out of fear of offending Xuanmen, he would inevitably lose the trust of countless Buddhist disciples.

This is a conspiracy!

This forced Maitreya to protect Jin Chanzi before he arrived at Lingshan, leaving him speechless, and also to make him confront Xuanmen and Heaven.

Only by muddying the waters could he take advantage of this opportunity to delay Hongjun's repayment for the cause and effect.

Han Yi did not say much to Sun Wukong, because too much talk would lead to mistakes. Besides, Sun Wukong was rebellious by nature and must have been holding his breath after being suppressed by Maitreya for five hundred years.

He only needs to take advantage of the situation and make Sun Wukong his own big man!
“Daozu, hehe!”

Han Yi returned the control of Xuanzang's body to Jin Chanzi, thinking to himself: "You want to eliminate your own karma, but I won't let you do so!"

(End of this chapter)