Journey to the West Bandits: The Poor Monk Just Wants to Be a Godfather

Chapter 264 Meeting of the Eastern and Western Giants

Manjushri Bodhisattva is not stupid.

Don't say that he knows what Tang San's burial is like now. Even if he doesn't know the inside story, he can't accept this task under the current situation!

It can be inferred from the slap mark on Tathagata's face.

This time the saint didn’t even give Tathagata face!
If another problem occurs in Journey to the West, he will become the scapegoat of the World Honored One.

He doesn't have the reputation of Guanyin to be afraid of Tathagata!

What's more, is Tang Sanzong someone he can afford to offend?

There must be something wrong with this journey to the west!

"You... you won't go if you don't want to go. Why are you still trying to resign?"

Tathagata was also a little dumbfounded when he saw Manjushri Bodhisattva kneeling in the main hall on the spot.

Aren’t you all clamoring for the identity of the person in charge of the Journey to the West?
Why are everyone now trying to avoid it?

Is his punishment too severe?

"Okay, Manjusri, please get up first. Since you don't want to, I will find someone else."

Tathagata held his chin with his palm and glanced around the hall.

Everyone lowered their heads with worry on their faces, fearing that the Buddha would take a look at them if they were not careful.

Tathagata was also a little worried.

Journeying to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures is a major event in Buddhism. Naturally, the person in charge cannot have a low status, and must at least be at the level of a Bodhisattva.

This left him with few options to choose from.

"Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta, you have only been a Bodhisattva for a short time, and your foundation in the human world is still shallow. In my opinion, you will be responsible for traveling to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures in the future!"

Tathagata glanced around the hall, and finally set his sights on Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva in the corner.

As a recently promoted Bodhisattva in Buddhism, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva is not very well-known in Buddhism, and has not even had time to divide the monastery.

Being suddenly called upon by the Tathagata, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva could only stand up and stand up.

"World Honored One, I have just been promoted to Bodhisattva not long ago. For such a big thing, I..."

Before Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva could finish his words, Tathagata interrupted directly: "I give you this task because I want you to seize this opportunity!"

"Journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures is a grand event for our Buddhism to spread Buddhism in the world. If you can take this opportunity to show up in the world, it will be beneficial to your future cultivation!"

"And you can also accumulate enough merit and belief in the human world, and you may even be able to obtain the position of Buddha at your fingertips!"

The Tathagata looked around the hall and found that Mahasthmaprapta Bodhisattva could barely pull it out and use it, so he was not given a chance to refuse at all.

Especially the example of Manjushri Bodhisattva just now.

If Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva refuses again, what prestige will I have, the Lingshan Lord?

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva looked at each other with Tathagata, and naturally heard the undoubted determination in Tathagata's words, and could only nod helplessly.

"Abide by the decree of the World Honored One!"

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva agreed, and then said: "But how much merit is lacking in the journey to the west now, please let the World Honored One make it clear!"

Although I was forced to continue this life reluctantly.

But Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva can be promoted from such a big worker in Lingshan, so he is certainly not a mediocre person.

When joining a new project midway, the most important thing is to clearly define responsibilities!
In case something goes wrong with the task, you can't find the person responsible.

Upon hearing Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's question, Tathagata pondered for a moment and said, "Just act as if you haven't succeeded at all. No one knows the specific amount of merit until the end of the journey to the west."

After all, when I went to see Sage Zhunti, he told me how much I was missing.

In line with the principle of being able to do more, Tathagata simply assumed that all the previous disasters were in vain.

Everything starts from scratch.

Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva frowned tightly: "World Honored One, if this is the case, the current location of the sutra collector is not far from Lingshan. If there are more disasters in the meantime, I am afraid it will be too late..." "And this is not even looking for it. A waste of time suitable for monsters and the like.”

From the destruction of France to the Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan, the journey would only take more than 1 miles.

Even if Tang San was not given a chance to breathe, he still couldn't have managed this disaster.

What's more, he, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, is a newbie in the Buddhist sect, and his foundation in the Three Realms is still shallow. He has no place to find so many monsters to arrange things at the same time.
Tathagata pondered for a long time and felt that it was a bit tricky.

"This is a problem. Do you have any good ideas?"

"World Honored One, I do have an idea."

The Ancient Buddha of Ran Deng said slowly: "When we first agreed on the arrangements for the 81st Journey to the West, it was our Buddhist sect and the Heavenly Court who discussed it together. Now that there is a problem, we should discuss it together!"

"Even if we need to increase the catastrophe to ensure the merits of the 81st disaster, we still need help from heaven."

Tathagata Buddha's eyes lit up: "What the ancient Buddha said makes sense."

"Since Heaven wants to share half of the merits of Journey to the West, there is no reason to just take the money and do nothing!"

"Without further delay, Ancient Buddha and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva, you two will go with me to heaven to discuss countermeasures!"

The Tathagata touched his cheek. The pain caused by Saint Chunti's slap made him unable to rest, and he immediately came to the heaven with the ancient Buddha Randeneng and Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva.

After hearing the news, the Heavenly Court did not dare to neglect, and immediately summoned the serving gods to gather at the Lingxiao Palace.

He expressed great importance to Tathagata's visit.

After all, this is the giant of Western Buddhism, a future hegemon-level force determined by Heaven, and Heaven has no choice but to treat it with courtesy.

"Why does Tathagata Buddha come to my Lingxiao Palace today?"

After sitting down, the Jade Emperor was the first to ask.

The two sides have not met since they discussed the catastrophe of Journey to the West more than 500 years ago.

Now Tathagata came over in a hurry, making the Jade Emperor a little curious.

"To be honest with the Jade Emperor, my coming here this time actually caused a big problem in my journey to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures!"

Tathagata was not in the mood to chat with the Jade Emperor now, so he immediately narrated the whole story.

Of course, this omitted the fact that he was slapped by Saint Zhunti.

"How could this happen?!"

After hearing this, the Jade Emperor looked at Tathagata with shock on his face: "No wonder Tathagata Buddha's face was unusually rosy when I saw him today. It turned out that he was anxious and angry because of this matter?"

Tathagata was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the Jade Emperor was talking about the slap marks on his face. He immediately walked down the slope and nodded.

"Yes, there is something wrong with the merits of Journey to the West now, and the saint has held him accountable, and I am also anxious to get angry!"

"In my opinion, this matter is a bit difficult to handle?"

The Jade Emperor sighed and leaned on the back of the dragon chair in a relaxed posture.

If you have a problem with Journey to the West, please ask me for help?

I can’t wait for something to go wrong in Journey to the West!
Tathagata Buddha hurriedly said: "Although it is difficult to handle, we still have to handle it. After all, it is the biggest thing decided by God!"

"You, Heavenly Court, don't want Heavenly Dao to know that his planned journey to the west ended up being ruined because of us, right?"

The Jade Emperor looked stunned, cursed secretly in his mind and said, "In my opinion, this matter needs long-term consideration!"

"Last time, we both wanted to finalize the details of the catastrophe in the Journey to the West, but we started discussing it more than 500 years ago. This matter cannot be rushed..."

Now Tang San's funeral is almost to the Lingshan Mountain, and the fire is about to burn his buttocks. Are you telling me that you can't rush?
Tathagata was so angry that he wanted to curse others.

But after all, I came here to ask for something from someone, so Tathagata could only eat Coptis chinensis dumbly and said in a low voice: "This visit is an unexpected situation."

"We in Buddhism are willing to add money to this cooperation!"

(End of this chapter)