Honghuang: The Golden Crow Emperor, starts by robbing the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 287: Saving Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong

"I don't know. I saw my disciple being bullied before. How could I, as a master, stand by and watch? I got anxious and suddenly a lot of memories appeared in my mind. Then, I don't know how a very powerful force burst out."

"Then the power dissipated, and I passed out from exhaustion."

Tang Seng said very calmly.

"Oh, what additional memories are there?" Randeng frowned.

"A lot, very messy, mostly memories of Chang'an City, which seem to be from several past lives. I seem to have two other names - Jin Chanzi and Liuchi Jin Chan."

"May I ask the Buddha, who exactly am I?"

Tang Seng pretended not to know and asked back.

Ran Deng frowned even more tightly. It seemed that due to the stimulation, Tang Seng's memories were awakened, but they were too messy.

"Sanzang, you were originally a six-winged golden cicada, one of the five ancient insects. After committing a serious mistake, you entered Buddhism to save all living beings and atone for your sins. Because you bear the destiny, you must go through ten reincarnations to wash away the karma of your past and take on the important task of traveling to the West to obtain the scriptures."

"When you were Jin Chanzi, you were a disciple of Tathagata Buddha. You traveled to the West to obtain the scriptures in order to preach to sentient beings and save them from suffering. You were also awakening Buddhism and benefiting the world."

"This journey is of great importance. You have caused trouble in the past. This is your chance to atone for your sins and wash away your karmic debt. Do not let your emotions get too intense or you will explode with powerful force and ruin your great cause."

Randeng tried his best to brainwash Tang Seng.

"That Erlang Shen has gone too far. Bajie calls me master, and Honghong should be my disciple. Erlang Shen killed my disciple, so how can I not take revenge?" said Tang Seng dissatisfiedly.

"Then go on your journey to the West to obtain the scriptures. You cannot defeat Yang Jian now, and you cannot take revenge. Once you complete the journey to the West, Buddhism will revive and bestow merits upon you. You will all gain powerful strength, and then you will be able to take revenge." Ran Deng said.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you for your guidance, Buddha." Tang Seng bowed.

Randeng breathed a sigh of relief. If he couldn't convince Tang Seng, he could only seal Tang Seng's memory and bring him back to the Tang Dynasty, and also seal the memory of Sun Wukong and others and restart the Journey to the West.

However, who knows if doing so will affect the revival of Buddhism.

Perhaps, these are all tests given by Buddhism and Taoism, and they have tampered with them privately, and the Journey to the West will fail.

After all, they have never experienced it before. The revival of Buddhism is vital to Buddhism, so they really dare not act recklessly.

Just as he finished speaking, Xuan Du came and injected the Tianpeng spirit that he and Laojun had taken away into Zhu Bajie's body.

With his soul returning, Zhu Bajie's aura surged, directly soaring to the middle stage of Daluo Jinxian, and he also woke up.

"Thank you, senior brother."

Zhu Bajie's eyes were dim, like stagnant water without any ripples, as if his heart was dead.

"Oh, Tianpeng, cheer up. Do you want to be so negative and not avenge your wife and daughter?" Xuandu sighed.

Hearing this, Zhu Bajie's eyes began to light up again and he looked at Guanyin angrily.

"Cough, Bajie, I just want to sever your romantic roots and allow you to convert to Buddhism more easily. I just want to lead your wife and daughter to Lingshan. I never wanted to harm their lives." Guanyin coughed awkwardly.

"Yes, Bajie, although Lingshan wants to force you to travel west, it also wants to cure your daughter. The cause and effect are cleared. Guanyin Bodhisattva was also seriously injured in trying to save your wife and daughter." Randeng helped to comfort him.

Zhu Bajie looked away and closed his eyes. Did he really think he was a fool? If it weren't for what happened in Lingshan, if it weren't for Guanyin forcing Yang Jian into a dilemma, how could his wife and daughter have died?

But after this incident, he has matured. Now he does not have the strength to seek revenge and can only endure it for the time being.

When he opened his eyes again, the hatred in Zhu Bajie's eyes had been hidden, and he said: "Thank you, Bodhisattva, please make sure to cure Monkey Brother."

After hearing what Zhu Bajie said, Guanyin and Randeng both breathed a sigh of relief.

Xuandu took out a lot of Nine-Transformation Creation Pills and distributed them to Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng and Xiao Bailong for healing.

Guanyin used Xiantian Renshui to heal Sun Wukong, and the treatment lasted for 49 days. Sun Wukong's limbs and meridians were finally connected. However, Sun Wukong was still in a coma.

After checking, Ran Deng said, "Wukong's mind seems to have fallen into a deep sleep. Perhaps he was inspired by the battle and fell into enlightenment; or perhaps he suffered a severe blow and felt that he was useless and could not face reality, so he fell into a deep sleep."

"Then what should we do now to wake up Monkey King?" Zhu Bajie was very anxious.

“We can only find someone that Wukong trusts very much to enter Wukong’s consciousness space and wake him up.” Ran Deng said.

After saying that, he went back to Lingshan to find the three-eyed monkey. However, the three-eyed monkey's divine consciousness could not enter Sun Wukong's consciousness space.

This shows that Sun Wukong does not trust the Three-Eyed Monkey that much, and the atmosphere was very awkward for a while.

"Sanzang, why don't you give it a try?" said Randeng.

Then, Tang Seng can’t do it either.

"Let me try." Zhu Bajie volunteered. This time, his spiritual thoughts easily entered Sun Wukong's consciousness space.

In the space of consciousness, Sun Wukong's soul was sitting cross-legged on the ground, and above him was the scene of the battle between Yang Jian and Guanyin.

Zhu Bajie's eyes were wet with tears. They fought and cheated each other every day, but he never expected that the person Monkey King trusted the most was him.

How could Monkey King admit defeat? He had gained some insights after watching Yang Jian fight using the rules of combat.

He did not disturb Monkey Brother and stepped back slightly.

"Brother Monkey is in enlightenment, it's okay." Zhu Bajie wiped his tears.

Hearing this, Tang Seng, Sha Seng and Xiao Bailong felt relieved, but Guanyin and Randeng looked unhappy.

If Sun Wukong breaks through to the level of a quasi-saint, that would be troublesome. How could we create more difficulties later? We couldn't ask the Buddhas of Lingshan and the gods of heaven to send out troops.

Then who can solve the problem?

Guanyin and Randeng communicated via telepathy, intending to destroy Sun Wukong's enlightenment.

However, Zhu Bajie was prepared and signaled Tang Seng and his companions with his eyes, protecting Sun Wukong in the middle to guard against Guanyin and Randang.

Guanyin and Randeng were embarrassed. If they teased Sun Wukong in front of Tang Seng, Tang Seng would probably turn around and go back to Tang Dynasty.

"You watch here. I will go back to Lingshan to discuss this with the Buddhas."

Rāhādīng transmitted the message to Avalokitesvara and transformed into a golden rainbow and flew westward.

After returning to Lingshan, Randeng told the story again.

"No, we can't let Sun Wukong break through to Quasi-Sage. The four mischievous monkeys are good at fighting. Even if Sun Wukong doesn't have a powerful magic weapon, he can't be defeated unless he is in the middle stage of Quasi-Sage."

"Besides, Monkey King still has Laojun's diamond cutter in his hand. It will be troublesome to refine it when the time comes. We don't have so many quasi-saints to solve the problem."

"It's all Guanyin's fault. If the Journey to the West fails, you three religions will be punished."

Maitreya took the opportunity to put pressure on.

In order to grab the merits, the three religions, the Western religion, had no say in the matter of Journey to the West.

"Sun Wukong's entry into the Quasi-Saint category may not be a bad thing. Now we are being suppressed by the Heavenly Court, the Three Religions, and the demon race, and we only have the merit of solving thirty difficulties."

"We have the most Quasi-Saints in Lingshan now. If we plan carefully, we may be able to gain more merits than the Thirty Difficulties."

Tathagata said cunningly.

(End of this chapter)