Journey to the West: I am the fiercest bird under Bodhi's seat

Since Amitabha Buddha attained enlightenment, most of the Bodhisattvas and Buddhas in the Western Pure Land have moved to the Tathagata's Saha Pure Land.

Therefore, when this person appeared, no high-ranking monks greeted him.

With his hands clasped together, Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva sighed softly, a bitter smile appearing on his face.

This trip to Huaguo Mountain was a complete financial loss, costing us dearly.

Not only did he fail to subdue the golden crow as a mount, he also sacrificed the Buddha body that he had painstakingly cultivated for countless years.

Even the golden cymbals lent by Maitreya Buddha were lost and their whereabouts are unknown.

He frowned slightly, pondering how to explain this matter to Maitreya Buddha.

Although he hasn't fallen below the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, he has lost his Buddha body, causing his combat power to plummet, almost falling to the weakest among the Great Luo Golden Immortals. Let alone fighting against someone of the same level, even encountering a top-tier Taiyi Golden Immortal, the outcome is uncertain.

Flower Fruit Mountain? I would never dare to set foot there again.

After pondering for a long time, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration—

What does this matter of the golden cymbals have to do with me?

It was clearly Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who lent it out; in the end, I am the one who suffered.

Not holding him accountable is already a sign of great magnanimity.

What's more, he actually concealed the fact that the Golden Crow possessed a top-grade innate spiritual sword!

Isn't this blatantly pushing me into a fire pit?

The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed, and Mahasthamaprapta felt relieved: even if Maitreya Buddha pursued the matter, he should go to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva to reason with him.

With his inner knot untied, he felt instantly relieved and immediately decided to return to his family's monastery for secluded cultivation, intending to meditate for a thousand years before making any further moves.

On second thought, although this matter arose because of Ksitigarbha, Maitreya Buddha had ultimately lost his magic weapon, so he should still be made aware of the truth.

So he summoned a novice monk and ordered him to go to Maitreya Buddha and report the truth.

What happens after that is none of my business.

The matter of Buddhism will be left aside for now.

Let's talk about Flower and Fruit Mountain.

Huaguo Mountain has now been restored to its former appearance, and is even more vibrant than before.

When the body of the Bodhisattva Mahasthamaprapta was severed, his blood fell on the mountains and fields. Every drop contained extremely pure energy, which was absorbed by the mountains and nourished the land.

As for the remaining Buddha body, it was later recovered.

This is the result of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva's countless years of secluded cultivation, containing immense Buddhist power, and is truly a rare treasure.

Ye Feng quietly accepted it and secretly put it into the Dutian Shensha Banner when the opportunity arose.

The phantom of the ancestral witch on the flag became even more lifelike after it devoured the Buddha's body.

Among them, the Xuanming Ancestral Witch benefited the most, and four-quarters of her body has already solidified into a tangible form.

According to Ye Feng's deduction, if he were to devour a few more high-level energy items, he would most likely be able to completely transform into human form, just like Di Jiang.

At that time, there will be another powerful warrior at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

In addition, Ye Feng has been focusing on comprehending the Seven Swords of Primordial Chaos these days.

Although he had only mastered one move, he felt that it contained boundless sword intent, which was unfathomable.

He can no longer replicate even a fraction of the Taoist's original spirit, but even so, his understanding of swordsmanship has advanced by leaps and bounds.

When he wielded the Primordial Chaos Heaven-Slaying Sword again, his aura was completely different, and his power was even greater than before.

Overall combat capability has risen to a new level.

He knew in his heart that if he encountered Chisongzi again, he could kill him with a single sword strike even without using the Dutian Shensha Grand Formation.

With increased strength comes greater confidence.

He would patrol the mountains every day, and then enter a meditative state to cultivate himself.

First, he comprehended the Primordial Sword Intent, then he practiced the Thirty-Six Transformations, and finally he studied the Vertical and Horizontal Techniques left by Emperor Jiang.

After Dijiang took human form, the divine powers of the ancestral witches that appeared in his mind increased day by day. So he decided to organize and summarize them and compile them into a secret book, which he named "Dijiang Scroll".

However, there are many supernatural abilities to be cultivated at present. Apart from the most important technique of flying, there is no time to delve into the others.

Time flies in the mountains; more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Ye Feng had been waiting for a response from the Heavenly Court, but there was no response for a long time.

Upon closer examination, it was discovered that only an hour had passed in the sky. Even with the fastest reaction, it would take at least ten days to half a month for any action to be taken.

I decided to stop worrying about it and live a carefree life.

Recently, he has been diligently studying a new technique from the Thirty-Six Transformations of the Heavenly Gang—"Reverse Prediction of the Future".

This technique is an innate method of divine calculation. Once mastered, it allows one to observe the past, present, and future, discern the secrets of heaven, and predict good and bad fortune.

If one's cultivation is profound, one can even perceive the fate of all beings, and all things will be revealed before one's eyes.

Legend has it that those who cultivate to the peak can understand all cause and effect, reincarnation, and have their thoughts encompass the past and future.

Ye Feng studied this supernatural ability with great care.

In this treacherous and unpredictable world of Journey to the West, only by grasping the secrets of heaven can one truly establish oneself.

If one cannot predict and calculate, one might be assassinated and killed without ever knowing who the enemy is.

As his cultivation deepened, his understanding of the world became clearer and clearer.

He realized that the entire world was like a giant spider web, with each living being a thread, intertwined and entangled, with causes and effects that were complex and almost infinite.

Looking back on the past is still possible; the experiences of an ordinary person's life are vivid and clearly outlined.

However, if we extrapolate to the future, it involves countless factors. Even an ordinary person will experience numerous variables due to their choices, circumstances, and external forces, making it impossible to exhaust all possibilities.

If mortals are like this, how much more so are those immortals and gods with supernatural powers?

The more Ye Feng practiced, the more he realized that the intricate web of cause and effect in this world far exceeded his imagination.

However, he also realized that the closer the person was to him and the deeper his understanding of them, the easier it was for them to be deduced.

For example, although the monkey was a Taiyi Golden Immortal, Ye Feng knew him very well, and the cause and effect were clear and traceable, so it was actually easier to make calculations.

He tried to glimpse the future of monkeys, but all he saw was a hazy, blurry image.

Most of the time, one only sees a monkey sitting upright on a lotus platform, wearing a kasaya, silent as a Buddha.

He was silent for a long time.

He knew that it was the appearance of the "Victorious Fighting Buddha".

However, the future is full of possibilities, and while this is the most likely outcome, it is not necessarily destined to come true.

He also used this method to calculate his own situation, but the result was complete chaos; the road ahead was invisible, and the way he came was also unclear.

After several attempts, I finally gave up.

Perhaps this is just as the old saying goes: "He who schemes against others will find it hard to scheme against himself."

On this day, while he was cultivating the secrets of heaven, he suddenly felt a wisp of divine will flowing between his half-dreaming and half-awake state. In the hazy light, he seemed to see a white dragon breaking through the clouds and soaring into the sky, eventually landing in front of him.

He suddenly woke up with a start, only to find that he had fallen into a dream without realizing it.

He frowned slightly and muttered to himself, "White Dragon?"

By calculating with my fingers, I could only vaguely catch a trace of it, knowing only that this dragon was related to a great secret and had a karmic connection with me.

Furthermore, through deduction, he realized that when he emptied the Dragon Palace's treasure vault and the monkey took the golden cudgel, a karmic connection had already been formed in the dark.

This world believes in reincarnation and retribution, so this matter should not be taken lightly.

Meanwhile, in the Dragon Palace...

Ao Guang has been in a great mood lately, and has even put the matter of Flower Fruit Mountain out of his mind for the time being.

All this was because his third daughter returned from the forbidden land of the Ancestral Dragon, not only cultivating to become a Taiyi Golden Immortal, but also obtaining the Ancestral Dragon's remnant weapon—the Kunwu Sword.

This sword contains the breath of the ancestral dragon and is an unparalleled divine weapon, its power no less than that of the Demon Emperor Sword wielded by Emperor Jun in his time.

With this sword in hand, Ao Luan's combat power surged, allowing him to join the ranks of the strongest even within the Heavenly Court.

From this point on, the dragon clans of the four seas may have a chance to rise again.

Ao Guang even secretly thought that if his daughter were to attain the status of a Great Luo Golden Immortal in the future, the status of the Dragon Clan would surely rise, and she would be able to hold her head high when meeting the gods, no longer having to rely on others.

For this reason, he doted on Ao Luan even more, and within a month of her return, he bestowed upon her countless underwater treasures.

On this day, he sent someone to invite his daughter to a banquet, but unexpectedly, a shrimp soldier rushed over and knelt down.

"Dragon King! Something terrible has happened! The Third Princess has learned that Flower Fruit Mountain has stolen the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl and emptied their treasure vault. She is furious and has already drawn her sword to attack Flower Fruit Mountain!"

Meanwhile, inside the Yiyuan Palace, Ye Feng listened to the monkey spirit's report, his expression shifting slightly, a meaningful smile appearing on his lips.

He had just received a divine warning, seeing a white dragon break through the mist and arrive, and in the blink of an eye, a dragon maiden came from the East Sea to kill him. The mystery of cause and effect is indeed hard to describe.

He remained calm and asked in a low voice, "Do you know who this person is? What is their strength?"

The monkey spirit pondered for a moment and replied, "She claims to be the Third Princess of the East Sea Dragon King, dressed in white and wielding a sword, with a fierce aura. Bengba and his two generals met her in battle, but her weapons were cut down in a single move. I cannot discern her strength, but judging from her moves, they are exquisite and unparalleled, definitely not an ordinary person."

Ye Feng had already made up his mind. He stood up and said with a smile, "So that's how it is. It turns out to be an unresolved cause and effect. Lead the way."

After saying this, he followed the monkey spirit away from the Yiyuan Palace and descended along the mountain path. On the side, waterfalls cascaded down like ribbons, resembling the Milky Way pouring down.

That monkey spirit was no ordinary opponent; it possessed the cultivation of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, and its movements were swift.

Although this world is not as prosperous as the primordial world, its overall power level is still extremely high, and its cultivation system is based on the immortal path.

However, most beings in the world are not destined to ascend to immortality, so the path to immortality is further divided into many realms.

In the early years, different schools of cultivation practiced differently. Demon cultivators, Taoist cultivators, Buddhists, and demonic cultivators each followed their own methods, resulting in a complex and unpredictable system.

Until Zhang Ziyang of the Southern Continent founded the Southern School, unifying the cultivation paths of the human race and establishing four major barriers: refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit to return to emptiness, and refining emptiness to unite with the Dao.

From then on, all the various schools of thought could be compared, and Zhang Ziyang thus secured a place in the Heavenly Court and gained considerable prestige.

As the man and the monkey walked to the mountainside, they could already hear the sounds of weapons clashing in the distance.

Ye Feng flicked his sleeves, grabbed the monkey spirit, and flashed forward, instantly closing in on the battlefield.

Soon, two figures were seen locked in fierce combat in a patch of shallow grass ahead.

Surrounded by fruit trees, monkeys gathered on and under the trees and in the grass, squeaking and shouting as if cheering for the animals.

The two monkey generals, Ma and Liu, were also standing outside the field.

Behind them, Sun Wukong, wearing golden scale chainmail, scratched his ears and cheeks, eager to try, his face showing an itchy expression.

As Ye Feng approached, the monkey immediately turned its head, grinned, and said, "Senior brother, you've come."

Ye Feng nodded slightly and asked, "How long has it been going on?"

The monkey scratched his head and replied, "It was only a little over half an hour. That dragon girl called herself Ao Luan, claiming to be the third princess of Ao Guang, the Dragon King of the East Sea. She came to demand the return of the Golden Cudgel and the treasures from the Dragon Palace. It's utterly absurd!"

"This golden cudgel is destined for me, Old Sun; it was personally presented to me by Ao Guang back then. And the treasure trove was won through our own skill; why should we return it?"

Ye Feng coughed lightly twice, inwardly agreeing with the monkey's "justified" monster logic.

However, he has a bit more face than a monkey, so he would still feel slightly ashamed if he said such a thing in a serious manner.

But one thing is beyond doubt—

I absolutely cannot pay it back. I could never pay it back in this lifetime.