Reborn Jinshan Temple

Chapter 169 Tongtian Riverside
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When Li Yi reappeared in Che Chiguo, Sanqing Temple had become Guanyin Temple.

That Bodhisattva did not let go of the opportunity to enrich himself, except for the Guanyin Temple where Elder Jinchi was, he had already seen no less than ten Guanyin Temples along the way.

And the most peculiar thing is that the Guanyin Buddha statues enshrined in each Guanyin temple are different. For example, the newly built one in Che Chiguo is a dragon-headed Guanyin statue, which is related to the local people's enthusiasm for praying for blessings and rain.

Li Yi only thought it was a means for Avalokitesvara to spread his beliefs, and didn't think much about it.

Less than two months have passed, with the end of spring and the end of summer, Xuanzang and his disciples are still on their way to Tongtian River.

Everyone has long been familiar with Li Yi's disappearance.

The group of five continued to go west, and when autumn came, they finally came to a big river.

The water is mighty, endless.

Zhu Bajie picked up a stone and threw it into the water, only heard a gurgling sound, and then disappeared without a trace. He even showed a sad face: "This water is deeper than Liusha River and Heishui River." There are many..."

Li Yi naturally knew what he was worried about. Along the way, whenever he encountered a big river, it would be a great test for Xuanzang.

The so-called "Send Mount Tai as light as a mustard seed, and it is difficult to get out of the world of mortals with ordinary people" does not mean that monkeys and others cannot fly with Xuanzang. On a ladder tens of meters high.

The point is, this Journey to the West itself is Xuanzang's practice.When he left Datang that year, he made a great wish to go to Daleiyin Temple in Xitian step by step.But he is a mortal body after all, if he really wants to go on like this, he will be crippled even if he doesn't die, that's why Avalokitesvara matched him with a white dragon horse.

The dragon ball of this white dragon horse was picked, it was just a horse with superb endurance, at most it was just taking advantage of the loophole of the ambition.But if monkeys and others are really asked to fly through the clouds with their backs on their backs, it would be a broken ambition and ruined practice.

In fact, it was not until Lingyundu at the foot of the Lingshan Mountain that Xuanzang achieved his great wish that he could get rid of this kind of shackles in practice.

Thinking about it, the monkey had already found a stone tablet in a pile of weeds in front of it, engraved with three large ancient seal characters "Tongtianhe", and next to it were two lines of small characters in block letters "Across eight hundred miles, few people have traveled in ancient times." .

"It's only [-] miles. Maybe there are ferry boats on this river. If it's not possible, we can build a boat by ourselves..." Seeing Xuanzang's bitter face, Li Yi couldn't help but said.

Since you can ride a horse, you can take a boat. The Tongtian River is wide, but there is no problem with the water quality.

Of course, he knew that there was a carp spirit in this river, but compared to this carp spirit, he was more curious about the old turtle that had been cultivating for more than 300 years and hadn't transformed. Since he was able to fight that carp spirit for a few rounds, his strength is not really scumbag, and he has no transformation form. Could it be that he has some kind of powerful bloodline?
Li Yi's words brightened the eyes of Hou Zi and others, but before they could take any action, there was a faint sound of drums and cymbals in the distance.

Zhu Bajie whispered: "Master, Master, people there are doing fasting, let's go to melt some fasting to fill our stomachs, and then ask for a ferry, and we will cross the river tomorrow..."

The monkey glared at him, but it was getting late, and the idiot's words were not unreasonable.

A group of people walked upstream in the direction of the sound, and after a while, they saw a village with about four to five hundred households.

"Are these people doing rituals?" Xuanzang murmured, since he left Jinshan Temple, he hasn't done rituals for others for many years, and his skills are a little rusty... Thinking, he walked forward and looked See if there's anything I can do to help.

Li Yi didn't know what this junior was thinking, but through the noisy crowd, he saw two boys who were put on the wooden boat.

At the same time, a noisy conversation came.

"River God, please let my child go!"

"Baby and mother, this is life!"

"That's right, Xiaofang, this is a matter of life and death for our entire village, just accept the reality, don't worry, we will all make it up to you!"

"That's right, and you two are still young, there will be plenty of opportunities to regenerate in the future..."

The monkey moved away from the crowd, and what he saw with Xuanzang was such a scene of parting from life and death.

The two boys on the wooden boat were only three or four years old, with innocent faces, and even giggled when they saw the strange costumes of Xuanzang and others.

Some of the surrounding villagers finally noticed the arrival of these foreigners, and one of them, who looked a bit burly, shouted: "Where did you come from, leave quickly!"

"Wukong, save these two children." Seeing a villager start to cut off the anchor tied to the boat, Li Yi said.

These are two living ordinary children. Perhaps in Guanshiyin's view, these children who died because of the Westward Journey will have a better birth in the future, but in his view, this is blatant disregard for human life.

He can't change the idea that these gods and Buddhas treat mortals like ants, but at least he can maintain his original heart. Now that he encounters them, he won't watch them helplessly and refuse to save them.

"What are you going to do? This is a sacrifice to the Lord River God. If you do this, you will draw the wrath of the River God, and we will all die by then!"

"Outsiders, please get out of the way, otherwise don't blame me for being rude."

The villagers didn't dare to get angry at the three "monsters" Monkey, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing. They just picked up sticks, poles and other things to surround Li Yi and Xuanzang.

"There is no river god that cannibalize people in this world. The poor monk thinks it might be a monster..." Xuanzang bit the bullet and explained, but no matter how he explained, these people didn't want to stop at all.

Li Yi smiled coldly: "Is this the evil of human nature~" As he spoke, he pointed out that the sticks and poles in everyone's hands were turned into fly ash.

The whole scene was silent, and the monkey over there also saved the two children.

"mother……"

"my child!"

The monkey returned the two children to their mother.

The eyes of the surrounding villagers flickered, and it took a long time to see someone courageously step forward and ask, "You, who are you?"

Xuanzang was afraid that Li Yi would fight in a fit of anger, put his hands together and said: "Amitabha Buddha, the poor monk and others are monks who came from the Eastern Tang Dynasty and went to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and ask for scriptures..."

"Dongtu Datang is here for more than ten thousand miles, how can you come?" An old man couldn't help asking.

"The three apprentices of the poor monk all have the ability to soar through the clouds and ride the fog, and to subdue demons and eliminate demons..."

(End of this chapter)