Journey to the West: Don’t mess with that monster

No one expected that Emperor Zhang Qing would dare to speak to the Buddha like this...

Old monk: You have never heard anything more outrageous than this!
"Sanzang, what do you want me to do?" the old monk asked kindly.

He seemed to have not heard what Zhang Qingdi said just now. The monkeys could not help but sigh at the profound Buddhist teachings of the ancient Buddha Dipankara. If they said this about Tang Monk, Elder Tang would definitely be furious.

In fact, Elder Tang is quite unhappy now.

How could a man like me who came to seek Buddhist scriptures from the Tang Dynasty become a nobody? However, no matter how arrogant Elder Tang was, he didn't dare to turn his face away from Master Qing.

So he pretended to be well versed in Buddhism and acted as if he had not heard it.

"Have you seen my past life?" Tang Seng asked straight to the point.

"Yes!" The old monk knew what Tang Seng was going to ask before he came.

A finger from the ancient Buddha Dipankara that is full of style!
The air in front of everyone fluctuated, and then the scene of the old monk meeting Xiao Yan appeared.

"Amitabha, Xiao Yan pays homage to the Master." In the picture, Xiao Yan stood up, still with a strong imperial aura.

Xiao Yan was naturally very knowledgeable about Buddhism, and the questions he asked the old monk about Buddhism were all very profound.

Hearing the old monk's questions and answers, Tang Seng outside the picture nodded repeatedly.

The Xiao Yan in the picture completely recognized the old monk's identity.

So he asked as if showing off.

"I have built many temples, ordained many people to become monks, and spared no effort in writing Buddhist scriptures and making Buddha statues. What merits have I gained from all these?"

The old monk replied: "There is no merit."

"Amitabha!" Tang Seng put his hands together.

"It is obvious that the merits are great, why does the master say that there are no merits?"

"Your merits may seem great, but they are all leaky, so your blessings are also leaky, and therefore they are only the small fruits of heavenly beings, without substantial merits, but only empty appearances."

The monkey had seen Zhang Qingdi before, an old monk who was always sarcastic, so he couldn't help but feel a little disrespectful towards the ancient Buddha Dipankara.

But after hearing this conversation today, the monkey had a little more respect for the ancient Buddha.

“Then what is true merit?”

Xiao Yan in the picture and Tang Monk outside the picture asked together.

“One should not be attached to the appearance of merit and virtue, but purify one’s mind, empty one’s body, and not be attached to the appearance of greed, nor seek in the world.”

Xiao Yan in the picture was furious!

Tang Monk outside the screen put his hands together and chanted the Buddha's name, "Ancient Buddha Dipankara! As expected, Buddha saves those who are destined to be saved!"

In the past, Zhang Qingdi felt that it was unreliable for Buddha to save those who were destined to be saved.

How to determine whether there is fate?

You can't just look at who looks good.

But after meeting Xiao Yan and Tang Monk, Emperor Zhang Qing probably understood something.

The same words, when spoken to different people, will have different results. Tang Seng seemed to have a thousand words to say, but he didn't know where to start.

The old monk continued with a kind look, "If it's not fate, it's useless to say anything.

Sanzang, when we get to Lingshan, I will tell you something, and then you will understand."

"Then I will wait until I arrive at Lingshan to listen to the Buddha's teachings." Tang Seng now respects the old monk from the bottom of his heart.

The old monk smiled and nodded, and left without even looking at Zhang Qingdi.

"I have become the one that everyone hates." Zhang Qingdi, who stayed where he was, complained.

"Master Qing, what are you doing here?"

"I encountered a little problem in my practice, and the old monk suggested that I come here to take a look." Zhang Qingdi said bluntly, "You won't stop me from following you because you hate me, right?"

When Zhang Qingdi scolds people, you really need to listen carefully.

Otherwise you won’t even know you’ve been scolded…

"We are not dogs, how could we hate you?" Sha Seng said with a wry smile.

Tang Seng finally reacted...

"What are your plans?" Although Zhang Qingdi asked this, he was still looking at Tang Seng.

The decision on this difficult issue lies in Tang Sanzang's hands.

"I want to stay here for a while and see how the French state is destroyed." Tang Seng said.

Tang Seng was watching the various aspects of human life in the Kingdom of Destruction, and Zhang Qingdi was just watching Tang Seng.

"Let's find a place to stay." The monkey said with a smile.

"There are no temples in this country of destruction. I'm afraid we'll have to stay in an inn."

When everyone thought about it, they realized that it was indeed the case. This country had destroyed Buddhism.

How could the temple be left behind?

"Then let's stay in an inn." Elder Tang suggested.

"Master, all my money was taken by my senior brother to buy clothes. I, Old Pig, really have no money left." As he said this, the guy glanced at Zhang Qingdi.

"It's obvious that they have no life experience. With so many of us, we need to book at least three rooms, and we don't know how many days we can stay.

Why don't we rent it from a family for a month? It not only has a yard but is also spacious." Zhang Qingdi said to them.

The four masters and apprentices nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

The people in this country had a hard time living, and many of them fled with their entire families.

There are many empty houses, but no one takes care of them when they are idle.

As soon as you move in, people will come to ask for money.

Zhang Qingdi was most reluctant to owe such a small karma, so he paid a broker to help him rent a yard. The broker was frightened when he saw Tang Seng and his four friends.

The king killed the monks, so how come there are still monks who dare to run around so openly?
The broker did not want to rent to them anymore, because if they were caught and implicated, it would be troublesome. The officials in the government were eager to get some money from everyone.

By then, not only will you lose money, you may not even be able to save your life.

But looking at how the three monkeys have grown, he was afraid that if he didn't rent them, they would cause trouble for him.

So he said, "I don't have a suitable yard..."

The gloomy-faced Sha Seng looked at him, and the broker quickly added, "But there is a yard where you can stay, but it's a little weird. If you are willing to stay, I don't want any money."

"How strange is it?" Zhang Qingdi asked curiously.

"It's a haunted house!" the broker replied with a wry smile. "A very haunted one!"

After he finished talking about the hairy-faced one with a thunder god's mouth, the one with a dirty lotus-shaped mouth, and the one with a gloomy face, they all laughed together. The brothel owner trembled all over, how could these three look more terrifying than a haunted house?

Finally, Zhang Qingdi and his men appeared in front of a dilapidated courtyard. The broker did not even enter the alley, but just gave them the key and left.

"Do you feel that it is exceptionally cool here?" Elder Tang asked them.

"Master, that is Yin energy!" said the monkey with a smile.

To be honest, this haunted house can’t even scare Elder Tang now.

Zhang Qingdi pushed open the door. There were four or five houses in the yard, but the yard was overgrown with weeds.

The monkey asked Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng to clean up the yard, while he curiously searched around in each room.

"Master Qing, Master, come and take a look!"

The monkey didn't know what he had found and laughed excitedly.

Zhang Qingdi and Tang Seng walked into the room. There was no dust in the room, but the walls were covered with various runes.

These runes are surprisingly new and look like they were drawn recently.

"Master, you, Bajie and Junior Brother Sha live in the house next door, and I, Sun Wukong, will live in this house!" the monkey said excitedly.

Elder Tang naturally knew that something was wrong in this room.

He did not refuse, but just said, "Wukong, I want to take a look around this city at dawn!"

"Okay, then I'll accompany Master." The monkey naturally agreed.

Zhang Qingdi yawned and said, "You guys go ahead. I'll take a nap in this yard."

The monkey led Tang Seng out of the courtyard. Zhu Bajie wanted to be lazy, but Zhang Qingdi moved a stool and sat under the eaves. He said nothing, but just closed his eyes, as if he was half asleep.

Zhu Bajie did not dare to be lazy, and he and Sha Seng spent more than half an hour cleaning the yard.

When Tang Seng and the Monkey King came back, night had fallen.

It can be seen that Elder Tang is in a low mood. Zhu Bajie deliberately tries to make his master happy, but Tang Seng does not react at all.

Zhang Qingdi looked as if it had nothing to do with him.

So everyone went back to their rooms, and Zhang Qingdi's room was the cleanest one.

But this room is the coolest!

It's not even late yet, but Zhang Qingdi's room is getting colder...

I don't know where the wind came from, but there was a sound of wind in the room.

Horse manure is a ghost!

A serious ghost...

This yard was originally his home, and his mother was kind by nature.

After the king started killing monks, his mother kindly took in a monk. But she was reported and beaten to death by soldiers in this yard.

Because of his resistance, Ma Fen was chopped off his limbs and thrown into the well.

When he woke up, he found that someone else was living in his house again. That person was the neighbor who reported his mother.

In the end, the man also died. Ma Fen performed the head-falling trick in front of him, and the neighbor was frightened to death.

Since then, horse manure has loved scaring people!
However, because of his mother's teachings, he did not kill innocent people. But tonight, four monks moved in here, and Ma Fen hated monks.

He was ready to scare these guys away, but the four monks seemed ordinary, and the only thing that frightened him was the white horse.

He finally decided to scare Zhang Qingdi first, because this guy looked the easiest to bully!
Well, he chose the fastest soul-smashing meal.

Zhang Qingdi was lying on the bed, and he moved closer to Zhang Qingdi.

Suddenly Zhang Qingdi opened his eyes!
Ma Fen was frightened. He pinched his head with both hands and picked it off gently, and the head fell off!
Zhang Qingdi looked at him and said, "Do you have any other talents?"

Ma Fen didn't know why the man in front of him was not afraid at all.

"If you don't have any other talents, I will kill you!" Zhang Qingdi said lightly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a thunderous sound was heard.

Ma Fen was trembling with fear.

"I'm very curious, why don't you go find the monkey in that room, why do you come to me?" Zhang Qingdi asked with a sneer.

Suddenly, there was a sound of fighting coming from the monkey's room.

Sun Wukong was holding a monster that looked like both a wolf and a fox.

"Master Qing, have you got any harvest here too?" The monkey smiled and went into Zhang Qingdi's house.

Ma Fen saw that Zhang Qingdi seemed to be waiting for his answer.

He was also an honest ghost, so he said to Zhang Qingdi, "I think you are the most frightening!"

The monkey laughed uncontrollably upon hearing this, and Zhang Qingdi snorted coldly, not wanting to argue with him. If Zhang Qingdi showed a little more pressure, the evil ghost wouldn't even have a chance to be shattered.

(End of this chapter)