Journey to the West: Great Sage, please release the Tathagata child

Chapter 168 No one can be alone
"Look at what you said!" Taishang Laojun frowned, and said with a calm smile: "Tang San hid himself and died, it was the fault of the Huangfeng monster, what have you got to do with Lingji?"

"Besides, Lingji, weren't you there at the scene? In the end, the Yellow Wind Monster was fine. Tang Sanzang was still alive, and the journey to the west continued. The only difference may be that Buddhism will no longer trust you in the future. What have you got to lose?"

When he said these words, the Taishang Laojun's tone was full of taking it for granted. At the end, he looked at Lingji Bodhisattva with a look full of sarcasm, which suddenly deeply hurt Lingji Bodhisattva's heart.

"You..." Lingji Bodhisattva was furious, but the next moment, he suddenly understood.

It turned out that from the beginning to the end, what Taishang Laojun was targeting was not Huangfeng Monster or Tang Sanzang at all, but himself.

Bodhisattva Lingji clenched his fists tightly, but he didn't immediately question the other party. He knew the intention of the person in front of him too well.

Who told him that he used to be the Daoist Du'er, who was obviously a powerful Taoist, but finally turned to Buddhism. He thought he could seek a higher status in Buddhism, but he was dispatched to Mount Sumeru in the end!

Now even Tathagata and Guanyin, who are his juniors, are quasi-sages, but he is still stagnant in the realm of cultivation a million years ago.

It is no exaggeration to say that almost no one in the Buddhist sect remembers his name, even in the Heavenly Court, I am afraid few remember the former Daoist Du'er.

"Your Majesty, don't bully others too much. Do you believe that I have made everyone know what you did today?" Lingji gritted his teeth and roared with a ferocious face.

"Why, do you want to die?" Taishang Laojun shook his head slightly, as if he didn't care at all, "You said that you have been living in mediocrity until now, are you really willing?"

A rhetorical question made Lingji stunned. The Taishang Laojun was right. It was not a secret that Lingji cherished his life.

That's why he gave up his status as a senior in West Kunlun and took refuge in Buddhism. Even though he was not welcome, he still endured the humiliation and chose to stay on Mount Small Sumeru. Others might not understand him, but he couldn't hide it from the Supreme Lord.

"Buddhism has no way out, do you still want to continue to endure humiliation like this? Why don't you go another way and insist on hanging yourself on that tree? Don't you see anything other than the shitty things about me today?" ?”

Taishang Laojun looked at Lingji Bodhisattva with piercing eyes, and Lingji Bodhisattva suddenly understood.

In his mind, the little Taoist priest hiding in the clouds above Huangfengling suddenly flashed.

Originally Bodhisattva Lingji thought that the Taoist priest was a pawn arranged by the Supreme Lord earlier in the morning, but now hearing what the Supreme Lord said, Bodhisattva Lingji obviously realized that he might have got it wrong.

"Who is that Taoist priest?" Lingji Bodhisattva did not believe that the Supreme Lord would mention a Taoist priest to himself for no reason.

However, when Lingji asked such a question, the Taishang Laojun was slightly surprised.

Even a veteran powerhouse like Lingji Bodhisattva can't see through Sun Xingzhe's transformation, so the future planning is really worth calculating.

"You should know his identity. For so many years, Buddhism and Heavenly Court have tried their best to win him over."

Taishang Laojun's words made Bodhisattva Lingji frowned, and several names appeared in his mind instantly, but soon, most of these names were eliminated, leaving only the last one.

"Sun Wukong? It's him!" Lingji Bodhisattva blurted out, but his face was full of doubts. That Taoist priest, could it be Sun Wukong?
"Lingji Bodhisattva should understand." Taishang Laojun answered irrelevantly. "On the way to learn the scriptures, both the learner and the protector are indispensable. The canopy and the rolling curtain are chess pieces given to Buddhism by the heavens, so we won't mention them for now."

"But Sun Wukong is different. He is a spirit monkey conceived by heaven and earth. He is determined by the way of heaven and cannot be violated. He also represents thousands of living beings in the four places of China. If he converts to Buddhism, he will definitely be able to bring the supreme power of karma."

When Taishang Laojun said these words, he kept looking at Lingji Bodhisattva, but Lingji Bodhisattva's face did not give him much information.

It's all because the things Taishang Laojun said are open secrets that everyone in the Buddhist sect knows, and Bodhisattva Lingji also knows that there are many variables on the way of learning the scriptures today.

None of the four protectors participated until now, and they even had conflicts with the heavenly court and the Buddhist sect, but Bodhisattva Lingji didn't understand, why did these things have anything to do with him?

"Lingji, can't you say that you have never deduced the final trend of the westward journey?" Taishang Laojun looked curious.

"Yes, so what?" Lingji Bodhisattva asked back, but the Taishang Laojun burst into a long laugh.

"Hahaha... No wonder, you are only focused on cultivation and don't want to meddle in the affairs of the Three Realms, but you clearly know that you are involved in the journey to the west. If you want to be alone, can you really do it?"

"Hmph!" Lingji Bodhisattva gritted his teeth, but couldn't find anything to refute the Supreme Lord.

"It's better to deduce one or two, it's good for you!" The corner of Taishang Laojun's mouth curled up a strange arc.

"It's just a deduction, so what can it do? The trend of the westward journey is determined by the way of heaven, isn't it the same in the past..." When Lingji said this, he couldn't help thinking about the past in his mind, and suddenly felt upset and depressed.

"Forget it, it's as you say." Lingji gritted his teeth, counted with his fingers, and after a while, he frowned.

"How could this be?" Lingji looked at Taishang Laojun in disbelief, as if he wanted Taishang Laojun to give him a definite answer.

"Some things, it's too one-sided to just listen to the old man. I'm afraid that the seven people in Zixiao Palace can't answer the puzzles in your mind, but haven't you ever thought about it? irreversible?"

The Taishang Laojun's words silenced Bodhisattva Lingji. Just now he firmly believed in the irreversible trend of going west, but in the blink of an eye, he wanted to slap himself in the face.

"Hmph, even if the heavenly secrets block it, what does it mean? Didn't the final outcome of the God Conferred Tribulation be beyond everyone's expectations? It is impossible to reverse the westbound calamity. With that stone monkey, why change the general trend of the westward journey?" Lingji gritted his teeth. Die hard.

"But it's that stone monkey, one that has persisted until now, and if you don't try, how do you know that the result can't be changed?" The Taishang Laojun laughed, then glanced at Lingji Bodhisattva lightly, and then closed his eyes Silent.

"What the hell are you..." Lingji's complexion darkened, and he was about to say something, but there was no trace of Taishang Laojun.

He actually issued an order to expel himself!Lingji Bodhisattva gritted his teeth, "What a good old man, he would actually believe in a stone monkey. I want to see what is so special about that monkey!"

(End of this chapter)