Journey to the West: The Eighty-One Tribulations of Being Hairless

Hearing this, Zhou Yi was also filled with emotion. If he hadn't been so reluctant to part with the crystallized essence of the River of Time and Destiny, joining Buddhism would definitely have been a good choice.

After all, the Sage of Guidance said that the only reliable method for attaining the Primordial Chaos in the Three Realms is his dream world!

With the cultivation of a sage, one has a name in the Great Dao, and it is impossible for such a thing to be lied about. In fact, a sage would never lie about anything!

Because lies would affect their spiritual practice, and they disdain lying!

In other words, the words of the guiding sage are absolutely true!

Pity!

Zhou Yi still felt a little regretful. In a mythical world like the Journey to the West, if there were a sage to rely on, the Three Realms would be a place where one could roam freely.

Even in Heaven, they get promoted faster than others!

After all, this world is still ruled by saints.

Moreover, the method of the Primordial Dao!

With such a treasure as the Primordial Dao Tree, Zhou Yi believed he could evolve the Dao Embryo Dao into a lineage that led directly to the Primordial Chaos Dao. Therefore, Zhou Yi was not particularly concerned about the methods of the Primordial Chaos Dao.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you have accumulated enough merit!

Merit...

"The merit gained from the Journey to the West calamity might be a good opportunity, but we must be careful..."

As long as you participate in the Journey to the West calamity, you can gain a lot of merit, provided that you do not perish. Think about the Journey to the West, those monsters who had no backing or were not favored have basically all perished!

With Zhou Yi's current Celestial Immortal cultivation level, if he were to get involved in the Journey to the West tribulation, he would definitely die!

"Luckily, there's still time to prepare. I need to improve my cultivation level quickly! Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't even get a sip of the Journey to the West merit!"

Zhou Yi was secretly plotting something in his mind.

"I apologize, Your Majesty, for your kindness is too much. I have entered the Heavenly Court and will forever remain a celestial being there; I will never switch allegiance to another realm!"

Zhou Yi shook his head again, still insisting on his original intention!

"Young friend, you..."

Upon hearing Zhou Yi's words, the Sage of Guidance was momentarily flustered, but he calmed down and sighed, "Alas, well then, since you have made this choice, young friend, this humble monk will respect your opinion!"

"As I said, whether you agree or not, I will give you a gift, and I will not go back on my word!"

Say it!

Then, the Guide pointed at the void in front of Zhou Yi, and a golden light flashed, revealing a scroll of Buddhist scriptures compiled from the leaves of the top-grade innate spiritual root, the Bitter Bamboo!

A golden lotus seed the size of a fist.

The lotus seeds shimmered with a faint golden light, and their rich innate Daoist charm revealed their extraordinary nature—the Golden Lotus Seed of Innate Merit!

The moment Zhou Yi saw the golden lotus seed, he sensed its profound mystery and connection to the primordial energy through the twelfth-grade green lotus within his body.

The twelve-grade Chaos Green Lotus within Zhou Yi's body, like the four great lotus platforms, is a second-generation lotus seed of the thirty-six-grade Chaos Creation Green Lotus, a Chaos Treasure-level Chaos Spiritual Root.

The difference is that the lotus seed of Zhouyi inherited the most original source from the Chaos Creation Lotus. Among the other four lotus platforms, the Creation Lotus received the second most original source, while the remaining three lotus platforms inherited roughly the same amount of original source.

Although the Chaos Green Lotus within Zhou Yi's body inherited the most of the original essence, it was still incomplete!

Zhou Yi's idea was to collect the origins of the other four lotus platforms, then cultivate and absorb them to make the Chaos Green Lotus of even higher quality, since the Chaos Green Lotus had become the foundation of Zhou Yi's cultivation!

Of course, the higher the level, the better!

Therefore, in addition to showcasing the quality of his divine pills, he also came to the Pill Gathering for the lotus seed of the Golden Lotus of Merit!

Unexpectedly, the sage has now directly gifted me this golden lotus seed of merit!

Is the West really that generous?

Zhou Yi was puzzled by this. As far as he knew, the Golden Lotus of Merit was the most precious treasure of Buddhism. Although it could nurture second-generation innate lotus seeds, those innate lotus seeds could grow into innate spiritual roots and be refined into innate spiritual treasures.

However, nurturing a lotus seed imbued with innate merit requires consuming merit!

This is not in line with the Buddhist way of doing things!

"Your Excellency, this gift is far too generous; I cannot accept it!"

Although the contents of that innate bamboo leaf Buddhist scroll are unknown, it is unlikely to be simple. Coupled with a merit golden lotus seed, Zhou Yi doesn't think he's that shameless!

It's enough to get even saints to fawn over you!

There must be some other reason behind this, so Zhou Yi quickly refused.

"Alas, I dare not refuse the gift from my elders!"

"I apologize for summoning you here without prior notice. Please accept these two items as an apology."

The Sage who guided us said with a smile.

"In that case, it would be impolite of me to refuse. Thank you, Your Majesty, for bestowing this treasure!"

Reaching out to catch the two treasures, the merit lotus seed seemed to possess a spirit, transforming into a golden light that entered Zhou Yi's body directly. At that very moment, Zhou Yi felt as if he had sensed boundless compassion!

Yes, it is compassion!

At this moment, Zhou Yi was "at peace"!

However, in an instant, within Zhou Yi's Golden Core Primordial Space, the Primordial Great Dao Tree trembled slightly, and the influence of the golden lotus instantly dissipated, returning to normal from that 'Buddhist' state!

Zhou Yi's expression remained a kind and polite smile!

A smile of kindness, a smile of compassion, a smile of equality for all beings, a smile of boundless love for heaven and earth!

But his inner state was so normal that his expression hadn't quite caught up yet!

fear!

At this moment, Zhou Yi was filled with immense fear. He never expected that this Golden Lotus of Merit would be so strange. If it weren't for the Primordial Great Dao Tree, his temperament would probably have been completely changed by this innate Golden Lotus of Merit!

Assimilated!

Yes, that's assimilation!

What a bizarre method!

But the Guide Daoist saw all of this!

The golden lotus seed of merit contained immeasurable good intentions that he poured into it with the great love of a benevolent corpse, which is in line with the good intentions of Buddhism. When the golden lotus seed entered Zhou Yi's body, it should have affected his emotions!

Under the influence of such good intentions, as long as one has not attained the status of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, one's personality will be changed over time!

To develop an affinity for Buddhist teachings!

The lotus was initially affected, but it was able to break free from the influence of this benevolent thought in the blink of an eye, which is definitely abnormal.

"This child harbors a great secret!"

The Guide Taoist sighed!

"Enough, enough. This child's affinity with Buddhism and Taoism has not yet arrived, and we cannot force it!"

As a supreme saint, it was already shameless of Jieyin to personally take action, but unexpectedly he still failed, and against someone who hadn't even become a Golden Immortal!

If this gets out, his reputation as the Guide Saint among all the saints in the Three Realms will be in jeopardy.

"Many thanks to the sage for his teachings, which have allowed me to experience the boundless love, equality of all beings, and compassion of humanity found in Buddhist doctrines. I have benefited greatly from this."

Upon hearing Zhou Yi's words, Jieyin looked slightly embarrassed...

(Fellow Daoists, please continue reading! I beg you to continue reading!)