I start by accepting Sun Wukong as my disciple and reshape the Journey to the West

Chapter 85 Where is the Mercy of the South China Sea?
"Special request: Taiqing Daode Tianzun to take action!"

Erlang Shen's voice instantly wiped the smile from Guanyin Bodhisattva's face. Taishang Laojun stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, what do you think?"

The Jade Emperor looked at the stunned look on Guanyin Bodhisattva’s face and thought to himself, “Let me eat some melon and see!”

Buddhism and Taoism have been fighting each other since ancient times. Emperor Haotian is certainly aware of this. Even though the six ancient saints came from the same sect, there are still differences between them. Even the Three Pure Ones have different sects. Otherwise, how could there be the Human Sect, the Orthodox Sect, and the Demon Sect?

On the contrary, although the two saints in the West are shameless, they are of the same blood.

When the Queen Mother interrupted Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva today, he had a feeling. If he had just acted casually before, now it seemed a bit straightforward. The Jade Emperor naturally wished for this. After all, if the two parties joined hands, whether his position would be stable or not was another matter.

The Jade Emperor's thoughts were turning over in his mind and he did not want to elaborate. He looked at Taishang Laojun and said, "Since you have asked for it, Laojun should take action."

Taishang Laojun nodded slightly: "I will obey the Jade Emperor's order!"

The Jade Emperor's chest unconsciously straightened a little.

The Supreme Lord Laojun said to Bodhisattva Guanyin: "It must be that the True Lord Erlang Xiansheng did not know that Bodhisattva Guanyin was here, so he let me steal the limelight. I hope Bodhisattva Guanyin will not blame you!"

Guanyin Bodhisattva replied with a forced smile, "Your Excellency, you are too kind. I am only trying to relieve Your Majesty's worries. I just wonder what weapons Laojun has that could help you capture the demon monkey?"

"I have a diamond cutter, made of Kunwu gold. It's very versatile, impervious to water and fire, and can fit any object. It's quite impressive!"

"Laojun, please be careful. After all, the True Lord has asked for help. Although this diamond cutter is powerful, it has no owner in the lower world. At most, it can hit the monkey once. Can it really help the True Lord capture the demon monkey?"

Laojun responded calmly: "Of course!"

"Please help me, Laojun, so that I can learn how to subdue the demon with an iron ring!" Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva replied coldly.

"Okay!" Laojun just threw it away without even looking at it.

The gods looked at Laojun in disbelief: "Is this even possible? It's good enough that he can even beat him."

Didi yo yo!
It is said that the Vajra flew out of the South Heaven Gate and fell directly towards the Flower-Fruit Mountain. However, even though Sun Wukong's Dharma image was extremely huge, the direction in which the Vajra flew was still very far away.

At this time, Sun Wukong was fighting fiercely with Erlang Shen when he suddenly saw a shiny object flying out from the sky.

"Great Sage, it's Laojun's treasure!"

"The way this old man threw it was too crooked. How could it hit me?" Sun Wukong could see it clearly with his peripheral vision. After seeing where the diamond cutter landed, he felt like a thousand horses were galloping in his heart.

"Great Sage, now is not the time to complain, go answer it!"

"Ah? Isn't that an over-act?" Sun Wukong blocked the punch casually. Although he said it was too much, his body was very honest. He immediately retracted his Dharma image and flew towards the Vajra.

"Demon monkey, where are you going!" Yang Jian was chasing after him.

Seeing that the diamond cutter was about to fall to the ground, the Great Sage made up his mind and immediately transformed into a monkey, running quickly on the ground.

boom!
"Caught up!" Sun Wukong was hit hard by the Vajra and passed out.

The gods watching this scene almost dropped their jaws to the ground.

Dongfang Shuo even held his forehead with his hands: "I feel like I'm sitting on pins and needles, like a fishbone stuck in my throat, like a thorn in my back!"

At this moment, only Yang Jian was the happiest person in his heart: "Oh my God, I almost got caught, Laojun is so unreliable!"

With a wave of his hand, the Six Saints of Meishan appeared and pinned down the Great Sage.

The fourth lieutenant's hook knife emerged, and was about to pierce the Great Sage's scapula, but Yang Jian stopped him, "No! Just tie him up."

"Here!"

Although they didn't know why Yang Jian was so merciful, they never liked to ask too many questions, so they immediately tied up the Monkey King with a rope and flew upwards.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and other gods immediately stepped forward and said, "True Lord, you are truly very skillful. You actually managed to capture this demonic monkey."

"It is all due to the great blessing of Your Majesty and the authority of the saints. What credit have I given?"

"Leave the Great Sage to Nezha, and you all go back to the mountain and wait for your reward!" Yang Jian looked at his brothers again.

As soon as these words were spoken, the six men handed Sun Wukong over to Nezha, then bowed to Yang Jian and the gods, and headed straight for Guanjiangkou with a group of grass-headed gods.

"Ah?" Nezha looked at Sun Wukong in his hand with a confused look on his face.

"Thank you, Master Zhenjun!" All the heavenly kings and stars here bowed.

"You all have worked hard and made great contributions. It is not easy for me to take all the credit. But you all have seen that my Guanjiangkou is located in a remote area and the fiefdom is small, but now there are many grass-headed gods. If Your Majesty talks about rewards, please say a few good words." Erlang Shen felt the merit and virtue in his body and knew that the Heavenly Dao had bestowed the merit on him. Then the next step was to follow Ye Xuantian's instructions.

But rewarding according to merit is no small matter. Now that he has merits in hand and some face-saving projects, with Laojun in front, I believe the gods can make their own judgments. He does not care about some false reputations. Instead, he needs to hold the fiefdom of Xiniu Hezhou in his hands, manage the fiefdom, and protect the human race.

"I wonder which scenery you think is better?" Li Tianwang asked.

"Recently, I've heard people in Xiniu Hezhou reciting my real name!"

"True Lord, now that Guanyin Bodhisattva is in Lingxiao Palace, it may be difficult to ask for such credit." Wenquxingjun stepped forward and asked.

"It is precisely because Guanyin Bodhisattva is here in person that we can let you put pressure on him and bear witness to avoid making things difficult for His Majesty." Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then they realized that, yes, Erlang Shen has made such great contributions now, not to mention how much of it is exaggerated, just looking at the heavenly soldiers and generals in the sky can show how powerful he is.

"You don't need to speak up, just say a few words of gratitude."

Hearing this, the gods agreed.

Immediately, Li Tianwang waved his battle flag and said, "Return to the capital!"

The hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals vanished before the eyes of the demons. Dongfang Shuo immediately descended into mid-air and shouted, "The myriad causes and effects of the past have brought me a name as great as the heavens. The seventy-two caves are kings, and the twenty-eight constellations have surrendered!"

"Thanks to the Great Sage's protection, I was able to put down the Lesser Sage's absurdity. Thanks to the intervention of the Heavenly Lord, I was able to capture the Monkey King. The Heavenly King removed the Heavenly Net, and the True Lord dispersed the Grass-Headed God. I ask you all to recite together: The Great Sage Equaling Heaven will never die!"

Dongfang Shuo has been in Huaguo Mountain for a long time and has long been the number one person under the Great Sage. Now he heard that all the monsters in the mountain were shouting: The Great Sage Equaling Heaven will never die!

The recitation sounded so real that a tear appeared in the corner of the eyes of the Monkey King who was still unconscious in Nezha's hands. Nezha unnoticeably summoned the Wind Art to blow away all the crystals.

Dongfang Shuo took out another wisp of divine consciousness and passed it to Qiu Shouxian: "Master said that you are a disciple of Jiejiao after all, and now you have proved your determination. From now on, please take care of yourself, Immortal Lord."

"I don't know what else I can do for the Saint!"

"The Bodhisattvas of the West will not sit idly by and watch the calamity of the journey to the west. So if there is a chance, they will definitely take action. Master said that you can do whatever you want. As long as you don't harm innocent people, it will be a merit."

"The Qiushou Immortal will strictly follow the saint's order!" The Qiushou Immortal collected his thoughts and saluted Dongfang Shuo. Dongfang Shuo did not avoid it because this salute was for Ye Xuantian.

"Please take care, Immortal Lord!" Dongfang Shuo raised his head slightly, and the Qiushou Immortal stood up, bowed, and flew away.

"Saint, give me back my lofty ambitions, and I will take merits for you." The Qiushou Immortal laughed loudly, but for some reason, there was a hint of crying in his voice.

"Shuo'er, how do you plan to deal with these seventy-two cave demon kings?" Lu Ya appeared beside Dongfang Shuo, looking at the demons below who were all sitting cross-legged and chanting Qi Tian's name, with a bit of strangeness in his eyes.

"Master said that the demon race are natural warriors and will be needed in the future. Now that everyone has agreed that Senior Brother will shoulder all the consequences, this group will be the vanguard of Master's future defeat of the Heavens. I will train them into true warriors."

"That's great. In that case, Master Uncle will practice in the small cave. If you need anything, please call me anytime."

"Yes, Uncle Master! But Man Qian has something I would like to ask Uncle Master to help me with."

"But it doesn't matter!"

"Is it true that Senior Brother will not die? Now Senior Brother has been taken to the Heavenly Palace. Isn't there the Heavenly Dao watching over him? Isn't it true that Master cannot fall into the hands of the Heavenly Dao?"

"No, didn't you follow your master's instructions and have them recite Wukong's true name?"

"What does it matter?"

"Haha, all you need to know is that everything has its own arrangements!"

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It only says that the True Lord and his men suppressed Sun Wukong and entered the Lingxiao Palace.

The joy on the face of Emperor Haotian on the main seat was hard to hide. He immediately said: "You have all made great contributions in subduing the demon monkey. I will reward you according to your merits! Taibai Jinxing!"

As Emperor Haotian's voice fell, Taibai Jinxing hurriedly appeared, holding the imperial edict.

"By the Jade Emperor's decree, Li Tianwang and the Four Heavenly Kings, for their meritorious service in capturing the demonic monkey, are hereby appointed Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King as the Grand Marshal of Demon Subjugation, and Nezha the Third Prince as the Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly! Thirty golden flowers and thirty bottles of imperial wine are awarded to the Four Heavenly Kings and all the stars."

"Thank you so much!!"

The gods hurriedly shouted "Long live the emperor" and thanked him without saying a word.

Emperor Haotian looked at Erlang Shen again and said, "Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun has made the greatest contribution on this trip. I have granted official positions to all the sworn brothers at Guanjiangkou. When they enter the immortal realm in the future, you must strictly control them."

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian immediately expressed his gratitude.

"What reward do you want? Tell me!" The joy in Emperor Haotian's tone was still unconcealed, but his eyes fell on Guanyin from time to time.

Guanyin naturally noticed it and felt a little uneasy. As expected, she heard Erlang Shen say from below.

"Your Majesty, there are many grass-headed gods in my Guanjiangkou now. Now that my sworn brother has entered the immortal realm, we must recruit more people. I ask Your Majesty to reward me with some wasteland so that I can settle the generals." Yang Jian said lightly.

As soon as he finished speaking, Taibai Jinxing stepped forward and said quickly, "Your Majesty, among the four continents, only Xiniu Hezhou has the least number of gods. The people in Guanjiangkou are all grass-roots gods, so they are most suitable for Xiniu Hezhou."

"Taibai Jinxing, you are so presumptuous! Guanyin Bodhisattva is right here, how can you speak nonsense!" Emperor Haotian frowned.

Just as Guanyin was about to speak, the Queen Mother stood up and said, "Your Majesty, in the past, I went to the South Sea to discuss the Dao with Guanyin Bodhisattva. Guanyin Bodhisattva once said: 'Now that the journey to the West is limited, the Buddhist sect will temporarily ignore the human race of Xiniu Hezhou in order to help the Buddha's disciples to enlighten their minds and see their true natures.' Now that Erlang Zhenjun has made such great contributions, and the Buddhas of Xiniu Hezhou are busy with their affairs and not concerned with the suffering of the human world, I beg Your Majesty to be merciful and grant the human race of Xiniu Hezhou a divine position."

Guanyin frowned and said, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother also said that this is for the Buddha's disciples to enlighten their minds and see their true nature. This matter is related to the cause and effect of the journey to the West. Please think twice."

Just as Guanyin finished speaking, a man stepped out from below holding a golden whip, his voice as loud as a bell.

"For the sake of Buddha's enlightenment, you let the human race suffer for thousands of years? I dare to ask where the compassion of the South Sea has fallen!"

　Today's chapter is to make up for the one I owe. There will be another 2k chapter tonight, hehehe.

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