I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

That night.

The silver moon shines brightly, and the stars are dazzling.

Qin Yao slowly pushed open the wooden door of the guest room, strolled to the courtyard of the Zen temple, looked up at the distant Milky Way, and silently waited for Chen Guangrui's soul to appear in the well.

That's right.

It was not the King of Wuji Kingdom from the original Journey to the West, but Chen Guangrui, the biological father of Tang Xuanzang.

In the TV series "The Monkey King: Quest for the Glory," the plot of the Wuji Kingdom was drastically altered. Chen Guangrui became an envoy sent by the Tang Dynasty to Wuji Kingdom to exchange and spread Tang culture. However, he was killed by a rhinoceros demon after saving the Dragon King of the Clear Water River. He was then saved by the Dragon King of the Clear Water River, which allowed his spirit to remain intact...

"Master, Master~~"

Just as he was recalling this scene, shouts suddenly rang out as expected.

Qin Yao snapped out of his daze and looked in the direction of the sound. He saw a middle-aged man in tattered clothes, but with a square face and elegant demeanor, standing in front of him in spirit form, with an expression of great anticipation on his face.

"What kind of monster are you? Take this!"

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out from the void, followed by a golden light that pierced through the courtyard and went straight for Chen Guangrui's face.

Qin Yao reacted swiftly and was prepared, so he quickly grasped the golden light in his palm, transforming it into the form of the Golden Cudgel. He turned back and asked, "Wukong, without knowing the details, how could you use such force?"

In the original story, it was because Sun Wukong acted rashly that Chen Guangrui's soul was scattered. Only people with blood ties could perform the soul-summoning ritual, so they had to find a way to trick the crown prince of Wuji Kingdom, but unexpectedly, the crown prince was also a rhinoceros demon.

In the end, Tang Xuanzang personally chanted sutras to summon Chen Guangrui's soul, which brought his shattered spirit back and confirmed their relationship.

Qin Yao had no intention of recognizing Chen Guangrui as Chen Xuanzang; he wanted to leave such a heartwarming moment for the original body.

Once the journey to the West was over and he received his reward, he was ready to leave immediately. After all, he was just a passerby, so why bother with more karma?
"Master, I'm just afraid he'll hurt you."

Before long, under his gaze, Sun Wukong walked into the courtyard dejectedly and said apologetically.

Qin Yao shook his head and tossed the Ruyi Jingu Bang back to him: "With my current strength, let alone a single ghost, even if all ten Ghost Kings came together, they wouldn't be able to touch me in the slightest."

Sun Wukong raised his hand and caught the golden cudgel, speechless for a moment.

His master's personal strength improved far faster than he expected, to the point that he still hasn't fully accepted the fact that his master is already a powerful figure!

Standing before the well, Chen Guangrui's anticipation surged to its peak upon witnessing this scene. He knelt down with a thud and kowtowed heavily, pleading, "Master, please grant me justice!"

Qin Yao immediately helped him up and said gently, "Benefactor, please tell us what grievances you have. If it is the work of evil people or demons, we will do our duty without hesitation."

Chen Guangrui was moved to tears, and then slowly said, "My name is Chen Guangrui, a man from the Tang Dynasty. My wife's name is Yin Wenjiao, and her nickname is Mantangjiao..."

He then recounted in detail his life story, including how he bought the goldfish from a vendor disguised as a rhinoceros demon, released it, provoked the rhinoceros demon's revenge, and was eventually abandoned in the Clear Water River.

After listening silently, Sun Wukong felt both secretly relieved and terrified.

If what this vengeful ghost said is true, then if it weren't for my master's intervention, I would have mistakenly killed the victim...

"Wait a minute, didn't you say that the rhinoceros demon abandoned your body in the Clear Water River? How come your soul is in this Zen temple?" After a moment, he suddenly realized what he meant and questioned him with a serious expression.

Chen Guangrui let out a soft breath and explained, "The reason still lies with that goldfish..."

In fact, he was the Dragon King of the Clear Water River. After being defeated by the Rhinoceros Demon, he transformed into the shape of a carp and sold it on the street, just to make it a food for mortals.

After I released him and after I was murdered, he found my body and soul, and then placed me in this well.

Sun Wukong: "..."

Therefore, the cause and effect are indeed impeccable.

"Where is the rhinoceros demon now?" Qin Yao asked, taking the initiative to guide the conversation in the silence.

If Wukong keeps asking questions, we might not get to the point for at least an hour!

Chen Guangrui took a deep breath and said, "After that beast killed me, he impersonated me and took my wife to continue his mission to Wuji Kingdom. Later, he even used sorcery to make the king pass the throne to him..."

"I understand now! This is why the current emperor wants to fill in the Clear Water River. He wants to kill the Dragon King of the Clear Water River!" Sun Wukong exclaimed in realization.

Chen Guangrui nodded and pleaded, "Masters, please slay the demons and save my wife."

"Speaking of which, this is only your side of the story. Do you dare to come with us to the palace and confront that rhinoceros demon?" Qin Yao asked rhetorically.

He had no intention of going through the plot once; he was only thinking about how to "speed through Wuji Kingdom".

Therefore, once a problem is discovered, we should immediately start working on solving it, rather than following any procedures or routines...

Opposite him, Chen Guangrui silently clenched his fists and said solemnly, "I dare!"

He had waited a full twenty years for this opportunity, and he simply couldn't wait any longer.

If even these two masters cannot defeat the rhinoceros demon and rescue his wife, then perhaps it is fate, beyond human control...

In the blink of an eye.

A golden cloud carried a human, a demon, and a ghost to the sky above the palace. Sun Wukong sensed it for a moment, then rode the cloud to land in front of a palace gate.

"who?"

At the main gate, a guard caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of his eye and immediately shouted.

In an instant, a group of guards drew their spears and swords, surrounding the man, the demon, and the ghost, ready for battle.

"Certainly!"

Sun Wukong formed a hand seal, and countless golden lights suddenly flew out from his palms, freezing all the surrounding guards in place.

"Who are you, and what brings you here?" At this moment, a rough voice suddenly came from inside the palace.

"Stop pretending to be a ghost, come out and talk, or I'll smash this palace to pieces!" Sun Wukong waved his hand, knocking away all the soldiers around him, and then raised his golden cudgel, pointing it at the palace gate.

With a bang, the door opened automatically inward, and a middle-aged man dressed in royal robes, with a thin face and gloomy eyes, slowly walked out. After his gaze swept from Sun Wukong to Chen Guangrui, his eyebrows suddenly twitched.

"So it was you. These two are your accomplices? What, are you here to take revenge on me?"

"You can say that."

Chen Guangrui shouted, "Demon, you took my life, seized my wife, and even used sorcery to usurp the kingdom of Wuji. Your crimes are unforgivable. Today is your day of reckoning!"

The rhinoceros demon scoffed and summoned a long sword with a flick of his hand: "These two wild monks who came from who-knows-where?"

"Wukong, the truth has come to light," Qin Yao said in a deep voice.

Sun Wukong nodded, understanding perfectly, and charged towards the rhinoceros demon.

The rhinoceros demon didn't take him seriously. After all, if Chen Guangrui really had some powerful backer, he wouldn't have hidden away for twenty years before finally seeking revenge.

It's highly likely that this guy couldn't resist any longer. He encountered two monks with magical powers and saw them as his lifeline, promising them some great benefits to drive them to become his enemies.

However, after the fight, he realized he was wrong. Not only was he wrong, but he was terribly wrong.

This monk wielding a staff was terrifyingly strong. He had overwhelmed him from the very first move, and after thirty rounds, his arms were numb and his breathing was disordered. If this continued, he would be defeated in at most twenty more rounds!

"Father, I'm here to help you."

Suddenly, a loud shout rang out through the night sky. Qin Yao looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly young man wielding a nine-ringed broadsword, charging menacingly towards him.

"Don't come any closer, get out of here!" the rhinoceros demon cried out in alarm.

But the little rhinoceros demon, focused solely on saving his father, would never turn back. He continued charging forward relentlessly until a white-robed monk appeared before him.

"Go away!"

The little rhinoceros demon brandished his nine-ringed sword and shouted amidst the crisp clanging sound.

Qin Yao slowly raised his right hand, and rays of Buddhist light emerged from it. He then fanned the opponent through the air.

"Snapped!"

The little rhinoceros demon, which was moving at full speed, tilted its head and flew directly to the left, crashing heavily to the ground.

"My son." The rhinoceros shuddered, then was struck in the chest by a club, flying dozens of steps backward and crashing heavily into a white railing, breaking it in two.

“Even Erlang Shen wouldn’t dare to be distracted when fighting me, you’re just being arrogant.” Sun Wukong twirled his golden cudgel and walked step by step toward the rhinoceros demon.

Qin Yao did not urge him, nor did he directly attack the rhinoceros demon.

He was waiting for Manjushri to arrive, since in the original story, the rhinoceros demon was the other party's spirit pet.

In the past, he had done things like killing without mercy on several occasions, but that was always when facing the enemy.

From the perspective of allegiances, Manjushri is also a member of the present-day Buddha lineage, so he is not considered an enemy.

Therefore, he was able to kill Linggan Dawang after communicating with Guanyin, but he could not kill the rhinoceros demon without communicating with Manjushri.

As for Chen Guangrui's grievances...

That's all we can do if we rely on others.

Qin Yao couldn't possibly offend Manjushri to death just to uphold so-called justice, could he?
Of course, on the other hand, if Manjushri had any sense of human relationships, he wouldn't have just taken the rhinoceros demon. Chen Guangrui's losses would naturally have to be compensated by him…

"Great Sage, wait a moment."

In the blink of an eye, as Sun Wukong arrived in front of the rhinoceros demon and raised his golden cudgel high, a voice suddenly came from afar, resounding throughout the heavens and earth.

Sun Wukong recognized the voice, so he didn't rush to kill the rhinoceros demon. Looking back, he saw a Buddha's light shining brightly, and an old monk in a white robe slowly descended with a compassionate smile on his face.

"Manjushri Bodhisattva, could this demon be your mount?"

“It’s not a mount, but it’s related to me. It’s a spirit beast from my mountain that descended to the mortal realm because it longed for the mortal world, but unexpectedly it committed such a heinous act,” Manjushri replied.

"Greetings, Bodhisattva." At this moment, Qin Yao put his hands together and bowed slightly.

"No need for formalities." Manjushri waved his hand, then said lightly to the rhinoceros demon, "You beast, do you know your crime?"

"I know my crime, I know my crime," the rhinoceros demon said repeatedly, as if he had been granted a pardon.

Qin Yao suddenly turned to look at Chen Guangrui and gently reminded him, "Benefactor Chen, now that you have seen the Bodhisattva, why don't you bow?"

Chen Guangrui said with a complicated expression, "I'm so frustrated that I can't bend down."

Manjushri gave Qin Yao a meaningful look, then asked Chen Guangrui, "If I use magic to help you return to life, will this pent-up anger dissipate?"

He wasn't sure if Xuanzang knew that the ghost before him was his biological father, but he was certain that if the other master and disciple hadn't killed the rhinoceros demon and his son, he would have to pay a price to exonerate them!

"I'm afraid not," Chen Guangrui said. "No matter what, I've lost twenty years, and that villain also defiled my wife."

Manjushri asked, "Can you still accept your wife?"

Without hesitation, Chen Guangrui replied, "Of course, Gillian is the love of my life."

“If that’s the case, after I revive you, I will give you and your husband a pair of golden pills, which will each add five hundred years to your lifespan. What do you say?” Manjushri said.

Chen Guangrui: "..."

These conditions are already quite generous; if we refuse, we'll likely end up with nothing.

"Thank you, Bodhisattva." After a moment, he finally succumbed to reality and bowed.

Looking at Chen Guangrui bending over, Qin Yao's mood suddenly became somewhat complicated.

If he were Chen Guangrui, he probably wouldn't be able to accept this outcome.

If someone takes his wife for twenty years, only one of them can live.

But for Chen Guangrui, this result was already much better than fate.

In his destiny, the rhinoceros demon and his son also did not die. Although he inherited the throne of the Wuji Kingdom, he had not enjoyed a few good days before the soul-reaping messengers from the underworld came to take him to be judged and reincarnated.

Sun Wukong and the others tried their best to stop him, but were stopped by Tang Xuanzang. In the end, it was the son who personally sent his father to reincarnation. The reason was that Tang Xuanzang believed that the cycle of life and death was the cycle of cause and effect, and that they should follow the way of heaven.

Ok……

how to say.

Xuanzang was a saintly monk with great love in his heart, but he was not a good son.

When he made this decision, he did not consider Chen Guangrui's feelings or Mantangjiao's feelings at all, in order to show that he only had great love and no personal feelings!

Just as he was silently contemplating this destiny, Manjushri Bodhisattva took out three golden pills and presented them to Chen Guangrui.

Chen Guangrui took the golden pills and turned to Qin Yao, saying, "Thank you so much, benefactor! If it weren't for your help, I would have had no chance of being resurrected, let alone obtaining these three golden pills."

Qin Yao waved his hand and said, "I'm glad you're satisfied with this result... By the way, since the rhinoceros demon impersonated you and became the king of Wuji Kingdom, from now on, you shall take over the throne from him and bring prosperity to the region."

This was the last thing he could do for the other person, and it was a way of honoring the original owner of this body.

"Thank you, Holy Monk," Chen Guangrui said happily.

Judging from the level of respect Manjushri Bodhisattva showed to this holy monk, if he said he could become king, then there would be no obstacle to this matter.

“Rhino Demon, the evil deeds you have committed cannot be erased. I hereby punish you by making you revert to your original form and dig the Clear Water River again. Do you accept this punishment?” Manjushri nodded slightly and then asked the Rhino Demon.

"This little demon is convinced," the rhinoceros demon said meekly.

The little rhinoceros demon hurriedly said, "Bodhisattva, my father is old. Could you please hand over this job to me so that I can atone for my father's sins?"

Manjushri thought for a moment and said, "Then you two, father and son, can dig together."

The little rhinoceros spirit secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly thanked them without further ado.

Qin Yao flipped his hand and took out the travel document, saying to Chen Guangrui beside him, "Please have the new emperor affix the national seal to this travel document. My master and I will not come to see him tomorrow..." (End of this chapter)