Chapter 102: The opportunity to become a saint, the conspiracy of Buddhism and Taoism, and the truth behind why Sun Wukong was replaced!

"Damn it, get out of here..."

Lei Zhenzi struggled desperately, trying to escape from Chen Li's mouth.

However, the corpse poison that spread from Chen Li's teeth paralyzed his body in an instant and imprisoned all his magical powers.

Chen Li knew very well that after the Heaven Beyond Heaven was pierced, the immortals and gods from the Heavenly Palace would soon send reinforcements.

then.

Before Lei Zhenzi's body was completely paralyzed by the corpse poison.

He simply devoured the other person's flesh, blood and soul mouthful after mouthful.

"Monster, stop!"

Just as the giant spirit was about to come up to help, he was stopped by Zhang Jue and Ying Zheng, who had sharp eyesight.

"Giant God General who guards the South Heaven Gate, let me learn how to use your double hammers today!"

Zhang Jue took the lead in launching the attack.

He was seen swiftly swinging the peach wood sword in his hand, drawing talismans in the air and attacking the giant spirit.

Ying Zheng was not willing to be outdone.

He transformed himself once again, becoming a powerful black dragon and engaging in a fight with the giant spirit.

Although this giant spirit is a legitimate god in heaven, he has immense power.

But the shortcomings are also obvious.

That is the lack of flexibility.

Ying Zheng and Zhang Jue saw this flaw in him.

Naturally, I won't confront him head-on.

The two men circled around each other, avoiding each other's sharp edges while constantly attacking from the side.

For a moment, he was able to fight the giant spirit on equal terms.

……

at the same time.

After leaving the Nantianmen, Sun Wukong and Yang Jian fought and retreated, and finally arrived outside the desolate Guanghan Palace.

However, just when the two of them arrived here.

A graceful and elegant figure suddenly flew out from the palace below and came in front of them.

Seeing the person coming, Yang Jian immediately stopped his attack.

Sun Wukong frowned and looked at the woman impatiently: "It turns out to be the fairy Chang'e, get out of the way quickly, or I will beat you too..."

Chang'e didn't speak immediately.

Instead, he raised his hand to open the forbidden seal outside the entire Guanghan Palace.

Then he bowed respectfully to Sun Wukong and said, "Great Sage, Erlang Shen deliberately brought you here. There are many eyes and ears in the Heavenly Palace. We have something very important to tell you, and it is not convenient to do it outside."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong's brows furrowed even more tightly.

In fact, he had already noticed some problems just now.

This Yang Jian's strength is about the same as mine.

But just now when I fought with myself.

But he has been deliberately avoiding me.

Obviously to lure himself here.

He waved the golden cudgel in his hand a few times, then turned around and looked at Yang Jian and asked, "Yang Jian, if you have something to say, please say it quickly. I, Sun, don't have time to waste here with you..."

Seeing the monkey speaking so rudely, Yang Jian also felt a little angry.

But when I think of the injustices the other party suffered in the past.

He still suppressed the urge.

Then he looked at Sun Wukong with a serious expression and said, "Sun Wukong, actually, I didn't mean to deceive you about that incident back then."

"Although I used my divine eyes to see your true form and that six-eared macaque's true form, I couldn't tell you."

These words have been in his heart for a long time.

And at this moment, he finally said it.

However, Sun Wukong was dismissive of this: "Hehe~ I have known this for a long time. In fact, it's not just you. Ksitigarbha and the others must have seen it back then, but you just won't tell me. You just want me to die..." Yang Jian hurriedly explained: "You are wrong, you will not die. Your body is a corner of the magic stone left behind by Nuwa when she repaired the sky. You have the merit of repairing the sky and are immortal. Even if the three realms and six paths disappear, you will not die. Otherwise, why do you think the Buddha only suppressed you instead of killing you?"

Chang'e continued, "But it is precisely because of this that the Jade Emperor and the Buddha do not want you to complete your mission of obtaining the scriptures."

Although Sun Wukong was extremely intelligent, he was a little confused for a moment after hearing what these two people said.

He is a piece of the sky-repairing stone left behind by the goddess Nuwa, and he has the merit of repairing the sky.

But what does this have to do with completing my mission of obtaining the scriptures?

Seeing the puzzled look on Sun Wukong's face, Yang Jian continued to ask: "Sun Wukong, have you ever heard of the concept of excessive calamity?"

Sun Wukong scratched the back of his hand and said without thinking: "Of course I have heard of this thing, but what does it have to do with my journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?"

Yang Jian continued to explain patiently, “Although the Great Calamity is a catastrophe that destroys the world, it is also accompanied by infinite merits. Merits are the key factor in becoming a saint. For example, Nuwa relied on her merits of repairing the sky and creating humans to ascend to become a saint.”

"And you have the merit of mending the sky. If you can accumulate enough merit during the Journey to the West, you will most likely become a saint right away."

"You usually act without restraint, and nothing can constrain you. The Jade Emperor and the Buddha are afraid that you will bring disaster to the Three Realms and Six Paths after you become a saint, so they replaced you with the Six-Eared Macaque in the middle of the journey."

Sun Wukong's face changed. "What did you say? I, Sun Wukong, accompanied Master to the West to obtain the scriptures, and it also took me a kalpa? How come I don't know about this?"

Yang Jian sighed and said, "Because someone blocked the secret, not many people knew about this catastrophe at the time, and we only found out about it later."

When he said this, his eyes involuntarily fell on the osmanthus tree outside Guanghan Palace.

"Actually, apart from those of us who have the ability to survey, the first people to know that you were replaced by the Buddha should be your master and your fellow apprentices..."

At this point, Yang Jian no longer hid anything from his old rival who he admired.

In one breath he told all that had happened after the catastrophe of Journey to the West.

It turns out that Sun Wukong was replaced by the Buddha.

Tang Sanzang soon realized that something was wrong.

To confirm what is in my heart.

He had secretly recited the spell several times.

The six-eared macaque was not wearing a real tight headband, so naturally he had no reaction to the tight headband curse.

It was at that moment.

He finally realized that his eldest disciple had been replaced by the Buddha.

He was very confused.

But because of his trust in the Buddha, he did not question anything.

Because he felt that the Buddha must have his own reasons for doing so.

He is definitely a loyal follower of Buddhism!
Compared with his blind loyalty.

Zhu Bajie is much more courageous.

Because he often stayed with Sun Wukong and spent every day with him, he soon discovered on his journey to obtain the scriptures that the 'Sun Wukong' beside him was not his own 'Monkey Brother'!
So much so that later on the journey to obtain the scriptures, he never called the other party "Monkey Brother"!
And after arriving at Lingshan Temple.

He even took advantage of the time when Tang Sanzang and others were sorting out the scriptures to question the Buddha in person.

He even cursed the Buddha in public.

In order to maintain the reputation of Buddhism, the Buddha slapped him to death with one palm.

Fortunately.

Zhu Bajie has experienced thousands of love tribulations.

The soul is missing.

And the missing soul happened to be in Guanghan Palace.

Guanghan Palace is a place of purity and emptiness, where the secrets of heaven cannot be glimpsed.

He also escaped with his life.

However, this matter could not be hidden from Chang'e who was in Guanghan Palace.

After Chang'e learned that Zhu Bajie was beaten into a residual soul, she immediately told the god of justice Yang Jian.

Perhaps it was out of guilt towards Sun Wukong.

Yang Jian did not report the matter to the Heavenly Palace, but instead sealed Zhu Bajie's remaining soul in the osmanthus tree in Guanghan Palace.

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(End of this chapter)