the heavens

Chapter 417
When Tang Seng set off from Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, he made a great wish that he would not return to the Tang Dynasty unless he obtained the Mahayana scriptures.

Along the way, you have to see Buddhas, worship Buddhas, and visit temples.

Whether it is the Guanyin Temple or the Xiaoleiyin Temple, it is a doom that Tang monks and disciples must pass through.

At this time, Lu Fengqiu's Dharma eyes had already seen Tang Seng and his disciples.

Tang Seng in this world is still pious, with a heart of great wisdom, courage and universal salvation.

At this moment, monk Tang and his disciples came to Xiaoleiyin Temple.

Zhu Bajie looked at the plaque and laughed loudly: "Master, Master, we have arrived, we have arrived at Leiyin Temple!"

Tang Seng looked at the plaque of Leiyin Temple with joy on his face, and said: "This is really Leiyin Temple!"

Sun Wukong looked at the plaque of the Little Leiyin Temple, and said helplessly, "Master, you have to see clearly, this is the Little Leiyin Temple, not the Big Leiyin Temple!"

"Bajie, have you ever heard that there is a small Leiyin Temple in the Three Realms?"

Monkey King turned his head and asked a plate of Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie smashed his mouth, swung his arms, and said, "Of course not, but since it is the Little Leiyin Temple, it must have something to do with the Great Leiyin Temple!"

"Maybe the Buddha just replaced the Big Leiyin Temple with the Little Leiyin Temple, as long as it is the Leiyin Temple, wouldn't it be fine?"

"Brother Monkey, let's go in quickly. We might have a good meal after we go in. I've been hungry for a long time!"

Sun Wukong frowned, feeling that something was wrong with Little Leiyin Temple, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.

Because this little Leiyin Temple has no evil spirit, and the Buddha's light is very pure, which is no worse than the big Leiyin Temple.

Tang Seng on the side looked devoutly at the plaque of Xiaoleiyin Temple, and said: "Where the Buddha's light shines everywhere, it must be a place of profound Buddhism."

"Whether it is the Big Leiyin Temple or the Little Leiyin Temple, it must be the place where Buddhas and Bodhisattvas live."

"It is said that there are Buddhas and scriptures, but there is no place and no treasure. Let's go in and see where the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are here!"

Monkey King stopped from the side: "Master, it's better not to go in, this place is too weird."

Tang Seng said: "As a teacher, you are a member of the Buddhist sect. When you meet the Buddha and worship the Buddha, how can you pass the precious temple and not enter?"

Monkey King's dissuasion was ineffective, so the group walked towards the temple.

……

The four masters and apprentices entered the temple, and saw monks, arhats, and Bodhisattvas everywhere in the temple.

Soon, they came to Lu Fengqiu.

Looking at the tall Buddha with a golden body, and all the bodhisattvas around him.

Zhu Bajie said happily from the side: "Master, Master, it's really Leiyin Temple!"

"Look, isn't that Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

"Buddha, Buddha is here!"

Tang Monk immediately fell to the ground, put his hands together, and said reverently: "Disciple Tang Xuanzang pays homage to the Tathagata Buddha!"

Zhu Bajie and Sand Monk also bowed to the ground and said in unison: "We pay homage to the Tathagata Buddha!"

Only Sun Wukong was still standing there, looking at Lu Fengqiu above him with a puzzled face, and said to Lu Fengqiu, "Father Buddha, my grandson and you have not met for 500 years, why do you look different from 500 years ago?" It's the same!"

Lu Fengqiu smiled slightly and said, "Why is it different?"

Sun Wukong's eyes shone with golden light. He looked at Lu Fengqiu with fiery eyes, but found nothing changed.

Sun Wukong said: "500 years ago, when the Tathagata Buddha suppressed my old grandson, he didn't look like this kindly."

Lu Fengqiu said: "Sun Wukong, you secretly arranged the Tathagata, aren't you afraid that the Tathagata will punish you?"

Sun Wukong showed a look of joy on his face, and said: "Heh, so you don't tell yourself, you are not Tathagata Buddha, who are you!"

"Why do you pretend to be the Tathagata Buddha here!"

Lu Fengqiu admitted generously, saying: "This deity is indeed not the Tathagata Buddha."

After the words fell, Lu Fengqiu's transformed Tathagata image disappeared, but changed into the appearance of a gibbon monkey.

The surrounding environment also changed accordingly, changing into a ruined temple.

A group of monks, arhats, and Bodhisattvas all disappeared.

Only the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who has changed from the Yellow Eyebrow King is still there.

Seeing this scene, Tang Seng, his master and his disciples immediately stood up from the ground.

Monkey King shouted loudly: "Where the hell are you monster!"

Lu Fengqiu said: "Take the sun and the moon, shrink thousands of mountains, distinguish between faults and faults, fiddle with the universe, and use arm-armed apes."

"In my previous life, I was the Monkey King. My temple was destroyed because of you. I came here to ask you, Monkey King, for an explanation."

Sun Wukong sneered and said: "Oh, who am I supposed to be? It turns out to be a gibbon monkey. No wonder my old grandson's golden eyes can't see your changes."

"How do you want an explanation?"

At this time, Sha Wujing on the side hurriedly said: "So you are the Monkey King, the Monkey King, you misunderstood."

Sun Wukong directly interrupted Sha Wujing's words, saying: "Junior Brother Sha, why bother talking nonsense with him, why explain more?"

"My old grandson is not afraid of anything, but you, the arm-armed ape, wants to make trouble for my old grandson. I don't know if you are capable enough!"

As a monkey, Sun Wukong has more arrogance than ordinary monkeys, so what about the arm-armed ape?
When he was causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace, he had never heard of any gibbon monkeys.

Hearing this, Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Sun Wukong, you are not afraid of anything, you have been suppressed by the Tathagata for 500 years."

"If you were not the chosen monkey, do you think you would still be alive?"

Monkey King said: "What do you want?"

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said: "I don't want to do anything, I just want you to suffer a little bit, so that you can survive the disaster that you deserve."

At this time, Tang Seng hurriedly said: "The arm-branched ape benefactor, there is a misunderstanding in this."

"The pavilion of the Monkey King was not demolished by Wukong, but the villagers took it upon themselves to get benefits from Wukong, so they demolished the pavilion of the Great General and rebuilt it into the Great Sage Pavilion."

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Sanzang, I already know the reason."

Hearing this, Tang Seng was stunned and said, "Then why does the benefactor still bother Wu Kong?"

Lu Fengqiu said: "Because this is a calamity, this is the calamity of the four of you, master and apprentice."

"Nine nine 81 difficulties, one difficulty is indispensable."

"Even if I don't come to embarrass you, you have to make up for this calamity."

Hearing this, Tang Seng sighed slightly, clasped his hands together and said, "Amitabha, this poor monk has spontaneously made a great wish to obtain the Mahayana scriptures, so he is not afraid of any difficulties and obstacles."

"Brother of the Armed Ape, thank you for telling the truth."

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Aren't you afraid that I'm here to eat Tang's monk meat?"

Tang Seng shook his head and said, "The poor monk didn't see a single bit of greed or malice in the eyes of the benefactor."

"The benefactor is magnanimous, and he must be a god monkey who has cultivated great supernatural powers."

"Besides, since the benefactor was the Monkey King General in his previous life, he must not be a monstrous evildoer."

Lu Fengqiu laughed, and said, "Sanzang, you are still so persistent and serious."

Hearing this, Tang Seng was a little surprised and said, "The almsgiver has seen the poor monk before?"

Lu Fengqiu smiled, and did not answer Tang Seng's question, but continued to say to Sun Wukong: "Sun Wukong, although you didn't kill Boren, Boren died because of you."

"You really refuse to bow your head?"

Sun Wukong sneered and said, "What does it have to do with my grandson? Why should my grandson bow to you?"

Lu Fengqiu raised his hand, and a statue appeared in his hand, saying: "You don't need to apologize to me, but you have to apologize to her."

Zhu Bajie said from the side: "Ah, senior brother, it's the statue of the sparrow fairy. It turns out that you and the old pig are also of the same kind."

"Eldest brother, just lower your head and admit your mistake, what's the matter, the gibbon monkey is still very easy to talk to."

"Oh~~ Right, the arm-branched ape."

Saying that, Zhu Bajie winked at Lu Fengqiu and said with a smile.

Lu Fengqiu looked at Zhu Bajie's coquettish face, and couldn't help but secretly said: "Zhu Bajie's love for thousands of generations is also very interesting, this pig really does not change his nature."

Sun Wukong folded his arms and said, "Why do you make me bow my head?"

Sun Wukong looked arrogant, he had made up his mind not to bow his head to Lu Fengqiu.

At this time, Lu Fengqiu smiled slightly and said: "Sun Wukong, it doesn't matter if you refuse to bow your head to me, but if you don't apologize to Bird Fairy, then you won't be able to leave this little Leiyin Temple today."

Sun Wukong said: "If you have any ability, just show it!"

"Will my grandson be afraid of you?"

Tang Seng shook his head slightly and said, "Wukong, you are competitive."

Zhu Bajie curled his lips and said: "That's right, one more thing is worse than one less thing, and things that can be solved quickly must be made big."

Sun Wukong glared at Zhu Bajie and said, "Fat pig, what are you talking about!"

At this time, Lu Fengqiu said with a smile: "Sun Wukong, your ability is only mediocre in my eyes. Since you are so stubborn, I have no choice but to be rude."

Saying that, Lu Fengqiu raised his hand, and Jin Nao directly appeared in the ruined temple.

"Sun Wukong, if you can get out of this golden cymbal, then you will pass this calamity."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong waved the golden cudgel in his hand and threw it at the golden cymbal, and said with a sneer, "Look at my old grandson smashing your tattered golden cymbal first!"

The next moment, Sun Wukong found that his body could not move at all, and his magic power seemed to be imprisoned.

"Brother, send him in."

The King with Yellow Eyebrows on the side heard the words, and immediately walked behind Monkey King with a smile.

Jin Nao has already opened, like a monster with its mouth wide open.

At this moment, Sun Wukong shouted loudly: "Hey! Bajie, Junior Brother Sha, take action!"

Zhu Bajie said: "Damn monkey, don't bark, we can't move anymore, it's all your fault, just admit your mistake, now you have to suffer!"

The next moment, the Yellow-Browed King kicked Monkey King on the ass, directly kicking Monkey King into the golden cymbal.

After entering the golden cymbal, Monkey King found that his whole body could move again. He jumped up and down inside and smashed it back and forth with the golden cudgel, but found that he couldn't penetrate the golden cymbal at all.

Sun Wukong was horrified, and thought to himself: "Why is this arm-armed ape so powerful? My old grandson has already restrained him before he even made a move."

"This magical power is too weird!"

Sun Wukong knew that he had run into an iron plate, and he immediately shouted in the golden cymbal: "Ape, I admit my mistake, I apologize to you, please let me out!"

Lu Fengqiu smiled, this dead monkey really saw that something was wrong, so he changed his words.

Lu Fengqiu only said: "It's too late now, you can figure out a way by yourself, get out of the golden cymbal, and you will pass this calamity."

Sun Wukong heard the words and said, "Can I ask someone for help?"

Lu Fengqiu said: "You can do whatever you want."

Sun Wukong said: "Ape, don't you don't know what is good and what is bad, you are almost done. If I ask someone for help, I will go to the fairy Buddha in the heavenly court Buddha world. When that time comes, you will be in trouble!"

"For the sake of everyone being of the same kind, you let me go. Let's shake hands and make peace, how about it!"

Lu Fengqiu smiled and said, "Not so good!"

Sun Wukong said: "Ape with arms, you are half immortal and half Buddha, and it is not easy to practice, so why bother to make things difficult for yourself."

"If Maitreya Buddha is alarmed, Maitreya Buddha will definitely punish you. If it cuts off your immortal status and prevents you from becoming a Buddha, then it is too worthless."

Lu Fengqiu said: "I am no longer a Buddhist disciple, I am neither a fairy nor a Buddha, nor a monster nor a monster."

"Let me travel in the Three Realms, even the Tathagata, the Jade Emperor, would not dare to do anything to me."

Sun Wukong heard the words and secretly said: "This dead monkey is even more arrogant than my grandson!"

Immediately he said again: "Ape-armed monkey, my old grandson also thought the same as you 500 years ago, but I was not finally suppressed by the Tathagata under the Five Elements Mountain for 500 years."

"You have to know what's good or bad!"

Lu Fengqiu said: "Sun Wukong, you don't need to waste your time, I won't let you out."

Sun Wukong played for a long time in the golden cymbal, but he heard that Lu Fengqiu would not enter, so he had to shout outside:

"Master, I'm going to ask someone for help. This golden bowl cannot be opened from inside, so be careful."

"Ape-armed monkey, if you dare to hurt my master and junior brother, my old grandson will not spare you!"

After all, Jin Nao flew directly towards the outside of the ruined temple.

……

Tang Seng watched Jin Nao fly away, held his hand towards Lu Fengqiu, and said, "Benefactor of the arm-armed ape, why do you do this? Don't you want to become a Buddha?"

Lu Fengqiu smiled, and said, "Sanzang, do you think that things in this world are preordained, or happen randomly."

When Tang Seng heard this, although he didn't know why Lu Fengqiu asked such a question, he still replied, "Of course it's the latter."

Lu Fengqiu said again: "Sanzang, do you believe in fate?"

Tang Seng frowned and asked doubtfully, "Fate?"

Lu Fengqiu nodded, and said: "A person's fate is already doomed since birth, and no matter how you change it, you can't get rid of that final fate."

Tang Seng thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "How could it be? We live in this world, and every choice we make is our own. What does it have to do with fate?"

Lu Fengqiu shook his head slightly, and said: "I, the arm-armed ape, is dedicated to goodness. I have done good deeds and accumulated virtues since I practiced. After more than ten lifetimes, I have cultivated into a half-immortal and half-Buddha. I dare not make a wrong step. Every step is on thin ice."

"Although I am a disciple of Maitreya Buddha, I don't know when I will become a Buddha and get rid of my half-immortal and half-Buddha status."

"Although I and Sun Wukong are both monkeys, but he caused disturbances in the Heavenly Palace and the Underworld 500 years ago, and was known as the Monkey King. He was suppressed by Tathagata for 500 years, and he can still become a Buddhist scripture learner."

"Ninety-nine and 81 difficulties, journey to the west to learn scriptures, once the learning of scriptures is over, Sun Wukong is destined to become a Buddha, and he is destined to achieve positive results in cultivation."

"And what about me? I have worked so hard for more than a dozen lifetimes, and what have I gained?"

"Half immortal, half Buddha?"

"Is it really a golden belt for killing people and setting fires, and building bridges and paving roads without corpses?"

"Is the fate of my gibbon monkey supposed to be like this?"

"Maybe this is fate?"

What Lu Fengqiu expounded was the inner voice of the arm-armed ape, and also the personal feelings that his incarnation realized.

If you don't go through the cold, how can the plum blossoms be fragrant.

Lu Fengqiu felt the helplessness from the arm-armed monkey. The shackles of fate not only imprisoned him, but also all living beings.

(End of this chapter)