The Journey to the West is over, and the Perfect Life System is here

Chapter 18 What is the significance of obtaining the true scriptures?
Sun Wukong smiled even more, not because he was attracted by 70% of the Jinghe Dragon Clan's property, which was of no use to him.

The main reason was that after he killed the Demon King last time, he had been looking for a suitable opportunity to investigate Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea.

Now that these two things have happened together, there is a perfect excuse.

But he was also curious about what the Four Blasphemous Scepters were.

The Four Rivers are not difficult to understand.

There are four major rivers in the Southern Continent: Yangtze, Yellow River, Huai River and Ji River, whose status is comparable to that of the Five Mountains.

The Five Mountains have five great emperors in the east, west, south, north and center, and it can be said that they all hold high positions and great power.

Among them, the Emperor of Dongyue is also the Lord of Mount Tai, and once held the power of the underworld for a period of time on behalf of the Heavenly Court.

In comparison, the Four Rivers are far inferior, with only the Four Rivers Dragon Kings in charge.

Their status is higher than that of ordinary mountain gods and land gods.

And with the death of the Jinghe Dragon King, the status of the Four Rivers Dragon Kings is probably now in jeopardy.

Because the four dragon kings who rule over the Yangtze, Yellow, Huai and Ji rivers are all sons of the Jinghe Dragon King.

Among them, the eldest son, Xiaohuanglong, is in charge of Huaidu, the second son, Xiaolilong, is in charge of Jidu, the third son, Qingbeilong, is in charge of Jiangdu, and the fourth son, Chiranlong, is in charge of Hedu.

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong also understood that this should be the reason why the Red Bearded Dragon was eager to take back the Four Rivers Scepter, and even did not hesitate to give away 70% of the entire Jinghe Dragon Clan's property.

At this moment, he had a new plan in mind. His smart eyes turned and he said, "You two, in my name, go to the East China Sea to pay a visit to Ao Guang and ask him to quickly beat the iron drum and strike the golden bell to summon the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas."

The Red Bearded Dragon asked doubtfully, "Great Sage, the Iron Drum and Golden Bell of the Four Seas Dragon Clan can only be struck when something urgent happens. What excuse should we use?"

Little White Dragon Ao Lie laughed and said, "My eldest brother wants to see the Four Sea Dragon Kings. What do you want to say?"

Sun Wukong put his hands behind his back and took up the stance.

The two dragons said no more and immediately headed for the East China Sea.

After they left, the Monkey King fell into deep thought, thinking carefully about the conversation just now, with many thoughts swirling in his mind.

The Dragon King of Jinghe River died fourteen years ago, which was the time when Master Tang set out on his journey west.

The King of Tang was frightened by the ghost of the Dragon King of Jing River and suspected to be dead once. Later, when he came back to life, he held a water and land conference, and from then on supported the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and Buddhism was introduced to Jambudvīpa on a large scale.

Based on this inference, could the pumpkin in Liu Quanjin's melon refer to Nanshanbuzhou?

After all, the underworld is now headed by Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, one of the four great Bodhisattvas in Buddhism.

If these things are connected, then it is entirely possible to make such a guess: the Buddhist sect made a deal with the Tang King in the underworld, using the opportunity of returning to life and increasing lifespan in exchange for the opportunity to spread Buddhism to the East!

Because if you want to spread the Dharma in Jambudvīpa, it will definitely not work without obtaining the consent of the Tang Dynasty.

"Calculation and deception..." Sun Wukong's eyes grew colder.

Although Little White Dragon and Red Bearded Dragon both have no evidence to support their claims, it does not mean that what they said are all lies.

The death of the Dragon King of Jinghe River is indeed related to the journey to the West!

But the problem is that the Dragon King of Jinghe died due to scheming.

This means that the journey to the West started with a calculation and may have been full of deception!
If this is the case, what is the point of obtaining the true scriptures?
Thinking of this, the golden light in Sun Wukong's eyes gradually faded and no longer flickered.

When he first embarked on the journey to obtain the scriptures, he was resistant and only wanted to complete the task as quickly as possible to repay the kindness of the old monk of the Tang Dynasty and Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Later, as he traveled westward, he learned more about the Buddhist teachings of the Journey to the West, and began to recognize this matter, believing it to be a great act of kindness that would benefit all living beings.

So in the later stages of the journey to the West, he became more proactive and had fewer conflicts with Master Tang.

But the current discovery overturned everything he had originally believed!
Since it all started with calculations, can this Mahayana Buddhist scripture really save the world?

There is also a question from Mr. Shen Ke: Are Yuan Shoucheng, who participated in this conspiracy, the same person as Lan Cai?
If so, then we can continue to speculate whether Master Bodhi was involved?
"I'm so annoyed!" The Monkey King had more and more thoughts in his mind, which collided fiercely, making him scratch his head constantly.

Because according to the previous discovery in Fangcun Mountain, this is indeed possible. After all, Bodhi Patriarch is also playing a big game.

After calming down, Sun Wukong realized that being upset was useless. All he had to do was to investigate further and let the truth come to light!
"Then let's start with Old Sun's own experience. It's time to meet them."

"Ao Shun of the North Sea, Ao Guang of the East Sea..."

……

Although the North Sea Ocean appears black overall, the sea is not completely dark.

When the sounds of drums and bells arrived from the East Sea, Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea, frowned. "Brother, what urgent matter is there that requires you to strike the iron drums and golden bells?"

There seemed to be dissatisfaction in his tone, but he still put down what he was doing and rushed to the East China Sea.

He remembered that the last time Ao Guang struck the iron drum and golden bell was when Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to demand weapons.

It has been almost a thousand years.

Thinking of this, Ao Shun couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "I never thought that the lawless Monkey King back then would become the Fighting Buddha."

Then he remembered what happened some time ago.

"Ao Lie and Chi Ran will probably not give up. They might even ask Sun Wukong for help and continue to demand the Jinghe Dragon Clan's property from me."

"Humph, after all, this is a family matter. Even if Sun Wukong becomes the Fighting Buddha, there's no reason for him to interfere!"

Ao Shun was thinking as he hurried on, and soon he arrived at the border between the North Sea and the East Sea.

Suddenly, he heard someone calling him.

"Lord Dragon King, please stay!"

Turning around, I saw a tall, dark-faced man coming towards me.

When Ao Shun saw who was coming, his face darkened.

When the dark-faced man came closer, he shouted, "You ungrateful devil, didn't I tell you to go to Northern Julu Continent? Why are you still here?

The Monkey King might have already returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain. Do you want to die again?"

The Devil King cowered in fear, lowered his head and said, "Lord Dragon King, please calm down for a moment. I was originally going to leave, but now I think hiding like this is not a solution.

You also know that what happened back then had flaws and cannot stand up to scrutiny.

I'm worried that if Sun Wukong finds out about this one day, he'll pursue the matter.

So, Lord Dragon King, please tell me why you asked me to invade Huaguo Mountain in the first place?
If Sun Wukong were to pursue the matter, I would have a reason to beg for mercy."

Ao Shun said with a cold face: "This is not something you can know. It is already a great blessing for you to be able to live again.

Now that you know you might be discovered by Sun Wukong, why don’t you leave quickly and head for Uttarakuru?

If you continue to stay in Beihai, I will not let you off easily!"

The devil lowered his head and dared not say anything more.

Ao Shun snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left, continuing to rush to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea.

After he walked away, the devil smiled and revealed his true form as the Monkey King.

A simple test confirmed his previous guess.

Ao Shun, the Dragon King of the North Sea, really does not have the ability to plot the matter of destroying the demons and returning to his origin. There are other people behind him.

Otherwise, how could a mere Sea Dragon King dare not give face to Little White Dragon, the Bodhisattva Guangli?
"Well, in that case, we have no choice but to alert the enemy."

Only when there are big waves can we see who is hiding under the water!
(End of this chapter)