I am submissive in Journey to the West, I strike hard at the gods

The black bamboo monster seems to care a lot about its birth.

However, when he mentioned that it was not the human race but the Lingshan Light Buddha who opened his spiritual intelligence, Jiang Wang showed some confusion.

Mozhu was indeed born because of the great sage of the human race, so why is it related to Lingshan?
A black bamboo monster is born and grows in a bamboo forest. If the great sage who raised them dies, the black bamboo will never have the chance to transform.

So what is the Buddha of Light?
Jiang Wang knew that the ancient Buddha Dipamkara had a title similar to the Buddha of Light, that is, Dingguang Tathagata!

Oh, there is also the present Tathagata Buddha, who is somewhat related to the Buddha of Light, because his title is not actually “Tathagata Buddha”, His title is “Mahavairocana Tathagata”.

But is there really a Buddha who possesses a bright Buddha name?
To be honest, Jiang Wang has never heard of it.

so.
"Where did the Buddha of Light come from Lingshan?" Jiang Wang asked a soul-searching question.

The Mozhu Monster frowned and said, "Lingshan Guangming Buddha is one of the Buddhas. His name may not be well-known in the Southern Continent."

Buddha of Light?
Jiang Wang smiled and looked at the other demons and fairies: "Have you heard the name of the Buddha of Light? If you have, can you tell me about it? Perhaps as a reward, the small bell in my hand can help you gain some enlightenment, how about it?"

The demons and fairies looked at each other in bewilderment.

The number of Buddhas in Lingshan is not constant. From the beginning of the Conferred God Tribulation to the present, the number of Buddhas has been increasing rather than decreasing.

Although many Buddhas have said that in the past Buddhas would withdraw from the stage of history at a certain time, enter Guixu, and pass away, but if this is said too many times, no one will believe it.

Because up to now, no past Buddha has entered Guixu and passed away.

All Lingshan’s words are just for listening and should not be taken seriously.

However, there is one thing that Lingshan people care about very much, and that is the Buddha's name.

The Buddha's name of Lingshan is not given casually. Every time a Buddha's name is given, a reason for the title must be given and announced to the entire prehistoric world. No matter whether the prehistoric creatures are willing to listen to your nonsense from Lingshan, these words must be said. It is like a declaration. This declaration represents that another Buddha has come to the prehistoric world, so the prehistoric creatures should pay attention.

We have a new Buddha in Lingshan, and our power has increased a bit. You must not act recklessly in my Lingshan territory, otherwise I am not kidding about having so many Buddhas.

That's the intention.

But the demons and fairies really can’t remember any Buddha whose title is Guangming.

The titles of Buddhas may contain the meaning of light, but most of the time, the title of Buddha cannot be so straightforwardly called light.

For example, the title of Vairocana Buddha represents light.

The four honorable titles of the ancient Buddha Dipamkara, Dingguang Tathagata, Dingguang Tathagata, Puguang Tathagata and Dengguang Tathagata all contain the meaning of light.

But these bright titles do not mean that these Buddhas are the Buddhas of Light.

At Lingshan, if the title of the Buddha is wrong, the matter will be very serious.

"Fellow Daoist Mozhu, when did the Buddha of Light come to Lingshan?" Xingxian, who was kneeling on the ground, was stunned for a long time and could not figure out when a Buddha of Light had descended to Lingshan.

The other demon fairies were also puzzled as they had never heard of the Buddha of Light.

The Demon Immortal Mozhu was so angry at the words of the demon immortals that he lost his voice. He never expected that his fellow Taoists, who usually treated him as brothers, would be so servile when they saw this unknown human race, and even denied the title of Lingshan Buddha.

"You guys! You guys!" Mozhu Fairy's face flushed. "In order to curry favor with this human race, are you going to deny even the Buddha of Lingshan? You guys must not forget that we have agreed that if the Great Emperor Zhenwu drives us away, we will go to Xiniu Hezhou to make a living. How can Lingshan accommodate you if even the title of Buddha is denied?"

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This time, it was not just Jiang Wang, several demon fairies also clearly discovered that something was wrong.

How dare they deny Buddha?
Just as the Mozhu Demon Fairy said, if they can't make it in Nanzhanbu Continent, they are ready to go to Xiniuhe Continent.

Xiniu Hezhou is the territory of Lingshan. How dare these demon fairies who are preparing to make a living in Lingshan speak ill of the Buddha behind his back?
Even if the Buddha really does exist, it does not belong to the Buddha!
But it’s not the case with these monsters.

However, the words of the Mozhu Fairy made the other fairies feel very strange, as there had never been a Buddha of Light in Lingshan.

You must know that after the great catastrophe of the Conferred Gods, Western religions were converted to Buddhism.

Whenever a Buddha comes, he will announce it to the world!

Therefore, even if the creatures in the ancient world do not pay attention to Lingshan, they are extremely familiar with the title of Buddha of Lingshan.

They can be sure and certain that there is absolutely no Buddha named Guangming in Lingshan.

"Mozhu Fairy, are you sure there is a Buddha of Light in Lingshan?" Xingxian, kneeling on the ground, stared at Mozhu Fairy with a strange look.

The Mozhu Fairy took a look at the other party and said with certainty: "Of course, I was born from the teachings of the Buddha of Light. How could I not remember the Buddha of Light?"

"Look! Is there a Buddha named Guangming in Lingshan?"

Just when the Mozhu Fairy was still proclaiming the existence of the Buddha of Light, a fairy suddenly took out something that made the Mozhu Fairy shut up abruptly.

That thing was a small Buddha statue. Seeing this object, several demon fairies were stunned. Then they looked at the demon fairy who took out the object, with jealousy and disbelief in their eyes.

"Where did you get this thing, Baixian!" Xingxian opened her eyes wide. It was hard to imagine what kind of object could make a demon fairy lose her composure like this.

Jiang Wang took a look at the Buddha statue. It was not a magical treasure, nor did it have any spirituality. There was only a little bit of Buddhist brilliance hidden in it.

What is this?

Why did Xingxian and other demon fairies lose their composure like this?
"I asked a fellow Taoist to give this to me. As long as I have this item, I can go anywhere in Xiniu Hezhou." The Baixian said, "I originally planned to wait for the Great Emperor Zhenwu to expel us, and then use this item to go to Lingshan to worship the mountain. But now that fellow Taoist Mozhu is like this, I begin to doubt whether Lingshan is a good place for us."

"Why do you say that?" Immortal Mozhu glared at Baixian.

"Look carefully!" Bai Xian threw the Buddha statue out.

The Buddha statue immediately shone brightly, and the titles of various Buddhas appeared on it.

The Buddha's titles kept flashing on the light curtain. Starting with Vairocana Tathagata, one title after another kept appearing and then disappearing.

Everyone present is an immortal, how could their memory be so extraordinary?
Memorized all the titles in a short period of time.

The word "light" does not exist at all in the Buddha's name.

Then the problem is coming.

As the Mozhu Fairy said, who was the Buddha of Light who opened his spiritual wisdom?

"How... How is it possible?" Mozhu Fairy was also shocked by this. "I clearly remember that after the venerable opened my spiritual wisdom, he specifically told me that he was the Buddha of Light, and told me that if I had the chance in the future, I could go to Lingshan to visit him! Why is there no Buddha of Light at all in Lingshan? Did some venerable lie to me? But he opened my spiritual wisdom, why would he lie to me?"

Jiang Wang saw that the Mozhu Demon Immortal really seemed to be unaware that the person who called himself the Buddha of Light had deceived him, and he began to think about it.

Is there any explanation here?
and many more.

Bamboo Fairy, Cypress Fairy, Apricot Fairy. Why does he feel a little weird? I feel like I've heard this group before.

Jiang Wang thought about it carefully, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind, and he remembered.

This combination, this configuration, aren’t they the same as those innocent people from Thorn Ridge?

Speaking of which, which is the most unlucky monster combination in Journey to the West?

That must be the Thorn Ridge combination!
How unlucky was the Thorn Ridge group? Apart from the King of the Kingdom of Women, they were probably the group of monsters who treated Tang Seng the most courteously among the 81 trials.

He did nothing but invite Tang Sanzang to have some tea, and then he was beaten to death by Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.

It's a pure misfortune.

So the next question comes.

Why did such a combination appear in the Journey to the West, and why were they killed so easily by Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie when they clearly had not committed any serious crime?

The monster in Thorn Ridge left the deepest impression on Jiang Wang.

The reason might be that the monsters in Thorn Ridge had no real ill will towards Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

Looking back at the period before and after the great catastrophe of the Journey to the West, most of the monsters had a desire for Tang Sanzang and his disciples, and they wanted to eat his flesh and become immortal from then on.

Only a few monsters in Thorn Ridge were polite to Tang Sanzang.

They were originally plant monsters, which absorbed the essence of heaven and earth and did not care about meat.

Therefore, Tang Sanzang's flesh and blood are not important to these plant monsters.

What they valued was Tang Sanzang's knowledge.

So they invited Tang Sanzang to discuss Buddhist scriptures and ask questions.

This may be the most difficult challenge that Tang Sanzang cannot refuse, except for the one in the Kingdom of Women.

why?

With Tang Sanzang's determination, he could actually withstand the difficulty in the Kingdom of Women.

He was Jin Chanzi in his previous life. Although he has lost his memory in this life, losing his memory does not mean that Tang Sanzang has no connection with Jin Chanzi.

After practicing for so many years, even if he was reincarnated and started practicing again, it is impossible that he would not have any concentration at all.

but.
Unlike the Kingdom of Women, these plant monsters in Thorn Ridge really made Tang Sanzang want to stay.

Because to some extent, Jin Chanzi actually has one thing in common with Tang Sanzang, which is that they do not have the obsession with becoming a Buddha.

Before Jin Chanzi's reincarnation, he had no obsession with becoming a Buddha. It was precisely because he had no obsession that he was designated as the one to reincarnate and cultivate.

The present-day Buddha would not want his direct disciples to have no belief in becoming a Buddha. This would be a shame for him as a Buddha.

On the other hand, before becoming a young monk, Tang Sanzang actually dreamed of studying.

Because when he was born, it was the period of prosperity for the human race, especially he was born in the most prosperous country of the human race, the top power in the southern continent, the Tang Empire that was invincible in the surrounding areas.

As a result, Tang Sanzang yearned for human culture even more.

When he was a young novice monk, he had read many human scriptures. Through these human scriptures, he learned countless words. Later, he began to formally learn Sanskrit and read Buddhist scriptures.

Having such an experience, Tang Sanzang became too obsessed with reading.

The plant monsters of Thorn Ridge could easily trick him into taking the bait if they showed him a little courtesy as a scholar, and he would forget about his journey to the West.

Perhaps it was because the plant monsters' philosophy was too attractive to Tang Sanzang, which led to Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie not giving them a chance to live and slaughtering them all in a few moves.

If we only look at one of the eighty-one difficulties, it doesn't seem to be a big problem. But Jiang Wang found something wrong.

First of all, why did these plant demons stop Tang Sanzang and his disciples? They read books and understand human nature, and know how to communicate with humans. If so, don’t they know how big a deal it is to block someone’s future? This is a life-and-death feud.

Secondly, who told the plant monsters that Tang Sanzang and his disciples would pass through Thorn Ridge?

Since they had no intention of attacking Tang Sanzang and his disciples, why did they stop Tang Sanzang? It would be fine to stop Tang Sanzang, just treat him to a vegetarian meal and then let him go, why bother to keep him?

The behavior of Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie was equally strange.

Even if the grass and tree monsters wanted to keep Tang Sanzang, aren't they better than the Green Bull Monster and other monsters with backers?

You have to know that the big monsters such as the Green Bull Demon, the Green Lion, the White Elephant and the Dapeng Bird really want to eat Tang Sanzang! And they put it into action.

Sun Wukong didn't even dare to kill such a monster because of his background. So how could they kill a monster without any background but relatively kind?

Are Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie born bloodthirsty beings?
impossible.

Not to mention Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong is really not bloodthirsty. As a naturally clever monkey, he is not bloodthirsty at all, except for being unruly.

But during his journey to the West, there were several times when he took action and was really no different from a bloodthirsty demon.

So why is he like this?

Thinking of the fact that the Mozhu Fairy was deceived by the so-called Lingshan Guangming Buddha, Jiang Wang frowned. He always felt that something was interfering.

It was another force that was interfering with the Journey to the West.

First of all, the being who deceived the Mozhu Fairy should not be the Lingshan Buddha.

He didn't know what he used to deceive the Mozhu Demon Fairy, so that the Mozhu Demon Fairy never doubted his identity. He always believed that his spiritual wisdom was awakened by the Lingshan Bright Buddha, and that he had a new life as a demon from then on.

The reason why Jiang Wang did not think that the existence who deceived the Mozhu Fairy was not the Lingshan Buddha was because if He was really the Lingshan Buddha, then Lingshan was too shameless. It used a non-existent Buddha name to deceive a fairy for who knows how many years. What's more, Lingshan was not a fool, unless they regarded the Mozhu Fairy as a fool.

Although Jiang Wang glanced at the Mozhu Demon Fairy, this guy might really be a fool, and he didn't know how the other party had cultivated to this level.

It was indeed a great feat for the great sage of the human race back then to be able to cultivate such a black bamboo monster.

Even if Lingshan really didn't expect that the Mozhu Fairy was a fool, as time passed, no matter how big of a fool he was, he would be able to discover the truth.

What will happen to Lingshan then?

But if the one who deceived the Mozhu Fairy was not the Lingshan Immortal Buddha, then there would also be a problem.

If it is not Lingshan, why should we seek benefits for Lingshan?

Jiang Wang didn't believe that this person was just trying to deceive the Mozhu Fairy. It was very likely that the other party was going to do something to the Mozhu Fairy, such as causing a great calamity on the journey to the west.

He is not Lingshan, but he is related to Lingshan. At least he seems to be helping Lingshan.

Then Jiang Wang suddenly had an idea and thought of two certain existences.

If it really is these two, things will get interesting.

If he thought about it carefully, Jiang Wang could even understand why the Mozhu Fairy and other plant demons were killed by Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie at Thorn Ridge.

Because the one who tricked the Mozhu Fairy was most likely trying to do something to the Mozhu Fairy, but after he did it, he no longer needed the Mozhu Fairy and other plant monsters, so he arranged for Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to kill them.

"You have a difficulty, the difficulty is death."

Jiang Wang smiled as he looked at the Mozhu Fairy who was still in a daze, as well as several other Plant Fairies with different colors.

Since those two were planning to make a fuss about these plant monsters, he would just take advantage of the opportunity.

He didn't want to destroy the intentions of those two, but he protected these demon fairies.

There are not many monsters that can be seen in the monster clan. These plant and wood monsters are a minority among the minority, and they even have merits!
It is impossible for Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie to kill the meritorious demons and immortals. There is only one possibility: during the great calamity of the journey to the West, the merits of these plant and wood demons and immortals had long been gone.

Why not?

it goes without saying.

The great calamity of the journey to the west is actually a calamity of repaying one’s merits!

Several plant monsters seemed somewhat uninterested in Jiang Wang's change of topic.

They respected Jiang Wang as the guardian of the demon clan, but they could not really believe that Jiang Wang had the ability to predict the future.

What is the secret?
The secret of heaven is the trajectory of the future development of the way of heaven hidden in the fog.

Except for saints, no one, even the Golden Immortal, can see the secrets of heaven.

Even a saint cannot see the secrets hidden behind the fog when a catastrophe strikes.

So if a Xuanxian said that they would encounter a disaster, isn’t that nonsense?
"Master Protector, you are joking. Today, the world is at peace and all parties are at peace. How can there be any disaster? Besides..." Although Xingxian, who knelt on the ground, was the first demon fairy to kneel down, he also did not believe what Jiang Wang said.

Because these plant and tree monsters are not ordinary monsters.

What are ordinary monsters? Some kind of creatures that devour flesh and blood, full of foul air.

Who are they?

They are famous demon immortals with merits and virtues in the southern continent, and have great merits.

What does it mean to have merits and virtues?

In the land of Southern Continent, even a ruthless person like Emperor Zhenwu doesn't dare to attack them!
Once you take action, you will suffer a heavenly calamity.

So what disaster could they have?
Even if they point their fingers at the Heavenly Court and curse at them now, the Heavenly Court can at most teach them a lesson. It would not dare to send the gods of thunder to deal with them!

"You don't believe it?" Jiang Wang saw that several plant monsters clearly didn't believe it. He knew that they were relying on their merits and were not afraid of the so-called disaster at all.

In the ancient times, merits are really useful.

Only if you have merits, even if countless immortals hate and dislike you, they can't do anything to you.

"I don't believe it."

The demons and fairies didn't believe it at all.

Jiang Wang was not angry, but smiled and said: "You think the reason you have no disasters is because you have merits. Can you tell me where your merits come from? As far as I know, since the split of the prehistoric world, merits have been extremely difficult to obtain. You should not have been born before the split of the prehistoric world. If so, where did your merits come from?"

Several demon fairies immediately looked confused.

How do I describe the way they gain merit? It's somewhat bizarre, yet also somewhat reasonable.

"It's hard to speak out? Is it that the way to gain merit is hard to talk about?" Seeing that several demon fairies were hesitating, Jiang Wang had basically guessed how they gained merit.

In this day and age, how can we gain merit the fastest?
That goes without saying.

It must be something related to the "human race".

Nowadays, humanity and heaven's way almost coexist. For some unknown reason, heaven's way is constantly adding weight to humanity. This also leads to the fact that anything related to humanity is likely to gain the favor of heaven's way.

It would naturally be easier to gain merit if you gain the favor of heaven.

"of course not!"

It was the Mozhu Fairy with the most explosive temper who spoke up: "We are the patron saints of the human race. The Heavenly Court has given us a formal decree. In our land, those humans call us mountain gods!"

"Humph, the lifespan of those humans is only a hundred years. A hundred years passed in the blink of an eye. Protecting them is just a piece of cake, but they are grateful. A small favor can win their hearts. The human race... is not worth mentioning!"

The Mozhu Fairy clearly protected a group of humans, but between the lines he wrote he looked down upon the humans.

It was as if the human race was nothing to him.

Jiang Wang curled his lips. This demon fairy was too dishonest.
If you really look down on the human race, then is it possible that this rich golden light of merit and virtue on your body is fake?

"Since you are the patron saint of the human race, why are you so malicious towards me?"

"The demon race and the human race are inherently incompatible."

"Then why do you still work so hard for the human race? Is it just to gain merit?"

Of course, merit cannot be obtained just by wanting it. Even if these monsters are extremely kind to humans, it is impossible for them to gain merit easily. It must be because they have done great deeds that merit is bestowed upon them.

"This..." Several plant monsters were stunned.

Seeing that they were silent, Jiang Wang sighed, "Have you ever thought that the merits you have gained are not because your own abilities are enough to make the Heavenly Dao bestow merits upon you, but because someone designed it so that you could gain merits that do not belong to you."

Merit is hard to come by.

Even if these plant monsters treat humans as their own fathers and serve them, they still cannot get the merits that they are not supposed to get.

No matter how much God favors humanity, we can never be taken advantage of.

If one could gain merits by taking care of the human race, then the merits of Master Xuandu should have been able to shine upon the world long ago. Therefore, the merits gained by these plant and wood monsters must be due to some other reasons.

And this "reason" should have been made up by the person who deceived the Mozhu Fairy.

"What does the guardian mean?"

"What I mean is that you have been plotted against. Ask yourself, can you really gain merit with your abilities? If you take care of the human race, then my master, the Great Master Xuandu, would have become a saint long ago." Jiang Wang teased.

Several demon fairies were stunned.

They have always thought that they are special. How special are they? The merits that other monster races cannot obtain are just rewards for them for taking care of the human race.

They never thought that they could get merit not because they had enough ability, but because someone was helping them.

After all, who could be so kind?

To gain merits for others? If you have the ability, wouldn't it be better to gain more merits for yourself?
But Jiang Wang's words inexplicably made the demons and immortals believe it a little.

Because they know their own abilities... In today's primitive world, it is impossible to gain merit.

There are so many immortals and gods in the sky, how many of them can have the merits to protect? (End of this chapter)