From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

Although the King of Chechi revered Buddhism, he was still an emperor, not a monk. If he could truly determine life and death at a glance, wouldn't people call him a foolish ruler?

So he didn't mention the matter, but asked the princess, "My child, I taught you to herd cattle, but you actually colluded with that bull demon, broke into the court, disturbed me, and offended the Imperial Preceptor, making such a big fuss. What is the reason for this?"

"These three wicked monks have wreaked havoc in Chechi. If they are allowed to live, the country will surely be ruined!"

The princess, with her fiery temperament, glared at the three imperial advisors and declared resolutely, "To restore order and appease the people, even if I am infamous for eternity, I will kill them!"

"..."

Chapter 1490 The Betting Battle Resumes, Striving for Victory

"you!"

Seeing the princess speak so rudely, the king's lips trembled, and faint golden runes appeared on his skin, making him look just like an immovable king.

"What's wrong with this emperor?"

Pigsy exclaimed in surprise, "Could it be that he has practiced some kind of evil magic?"

"The Taoist priests said that the king had received benefits from the three national teachers, and that his skin had golden patterns, making him invulnerable to swords and spears, and that he was showing signs of becoming a sixteen-foot-tall golden body."

Pingping hadn't forgotten the information Jiang Liu had gleaned from those five hundred Daoists yesterday. "Could it be these golden incantations?"

"That's probably it."

Ba Jing nodded and said, "That's the Vajra Mantra of Buddhism. When drawn on the body, it makes one invulnerable to swords and spears, but when used, it absorbs one's innate spiritual energy..."

However, it seems that this incantation is mixed with other spells...

Those three demons are probably trying to steal the king's innate vital energy.

While they were discussing it in private.

The king glared at the princess, called for his guards to take her away, and said, "This daughter is rebellious! Drag her out and behead her!"

But Jiang Liu jumped out again, blocking the princess's way, and laughed at the king, "As the ancients said, even a tiger doesn't eat its cubs. She is your own daughter, connected by blood, yet you want to kill her? Wouldn't that be unworthy of being a father?"

"This is my family matter, what's it to you?!"

The king was furious.

Jiang Liu remained unfazed and continued to smile: "If it's just a family matter, it's indeed none of my business, but if it results in someone's death, that would be bad."

This princess has disobeyed you and is an unfilial daughter. Now that you want to kill her, you must first sever your father-daughter relationship with her.

If so.

She was just an ordinary person.

Even if a commoner makes a mistake, they should be punished according to the law.

She rode an ox to court, and the ox, startled, bumped into the Imperial Preceptor. While this was indeed a fault, it did not warrant death. I humbly request Your Majesty to investigate thoroughly.

Such rhetoric—

The king was so angry that his three spirits exploded.

The imperial advisor was so angry he was practically fuming.

Hu Li said, "You monkey really have a silver tongue, and your ability to argue and twist things is truly remarkable."

But I'm not afraid of you!

You smashed the statues of the Three Buddhas in my Three Buddha Temple and let the Taoist priests who served us escape. Your crimes are unforgivable!

Having said this, he bowed to the king and said, "Your Majesty! They must not be spared!"

Seeing him perform such a grand ceremony, the king had never seen anything like it before. Startled, he immediately descended the golden steps, helped Huli up, and stammered, "Grand Preceptor, why are you doing this? I still need your help to pray to the Three Buddhas for an immortal life!"

"Hey! This emperor has lost all decorum!"

Seeing the king so muddle-headed, Pigsy sneered and said to Jiang Liu, "Brother Monkey, you may not remember, but on the last journey to the West, I met nine emperors, and none of them were well-behaved. After being rescued from their predicament by our eldest brother, they either wanted to abdicate the throne to a monk or share the throne with him."

Five hundred years have passed.

Old Pig had thought this emperor might have improved somewhat.

The sound was not loud, but it was clearly audible and was heard by all the civil and military officials, as well as the King of Chechi.

The king was both angry and ashamed. Just as he was about to order the troops in the city to be brought over, the princess shouted at Pigsy, "Are you the Pigsy monk from the four-person pilgrimage group back then?"

"Hehe! Exactly!"

Bajie listened to his stomach and felt smug.

Upon hearing his admission, all the civil and military officials were in an uproar!

This is because the story of the pilgrims' journey to the West was widely known in Chechi Kingdom, and for this reason, before the arrival of the three national teachers, Chechi Kingdom respected monks more than Taoists.

It wasn't until the arrival of the three national teachers that Chechi Kingdom changed its policy of respecting Buddhism and suppressing Taoism, causing the people in the city to return to the state of panic that existed when Taoism was respected and Buddhism was suppressed.

"Are you really that Pigsy?"

King Chechi felt a chill run down his spine.

"How could it be fake?"

Bajie snorted.

"I've heard that the master and his disciples have long since become Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, enjoying the offerings on Mount Ling. Why would they come to the mortal world? They must be imposters!"

Tiger Power was furious. He knew that this pig was really Zhu Bajie, but he couldn't admit it now, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take revenge by using the king's power!

"Your Majesty, I remember that there are shadow images of the master and his disciples in my home. Please allow me to retrieve them and compare them with the images."

Many civil and military officials in the court had long suffered under the influence of these three imperial tutors and were even more unwilling for these three demons to continue to harm the people of Chechi Kingdom, so they stepped forward to petition the emperor.

"allow!"

The king couldn't figure it out, so he could only allow them to send someone home to retrieve the image of the god.

Because the capital of Chechi Kingdom was not large, the portrait of the four people who went on their pilgrimage was delivered in the time it takes to drink a cup of tea. When it was unfolded, it was a portrait of the four people who went on their pilgrimage.

After comparing the images, everyone discovered that Jiang Liu and Bajie were 99% similar to the Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie in the portraits.

"It really is that holy monk from back then!"

All the civil and military officials were dumbfounded.

Hu Li, his face contorted with rage, exuding a hint of tigerish power, forced himself to say to the king, “Your Majesty! Do not trust them! There are many people in the world who look alike.”

Not to mention, one of them is a monkey spirit, and the other is a wild boar causing trouble; they look similar to Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie from back then, so what's so strange about that?

Upon hearing this, the king immediately came to his senses and hesitated for a moment.

Hu Li then said, "If Your Majesty is in a difficult position, why don't we have a match with them?"

If they are truly Buddhas or Bodhisattvas descended to earth, their methods must be many times more advanced than ours.

If they are not as good as us—

These are evil spirits falsely claiming to be Buddha or Bodhisattva, trying to deceive Your Majesty. We urge Your Majesty to send troops to join us in surrounding and killing them! This is to ensure the safety and well-being of the nation!

"it is good!"

The king was indeed muddle-headed, overjoyed, and disregarding the advice of his other civil and military officials, he spoke only to Jiang Liu, his tone dismissive: "Are you willing to gamble with the Grand Preceptor to prove your identity?"

"Why not?"

Jiang Liu decided to indulge the emperor's vanity one last time, and then asked Hu Li, "I wonder what this Grand Preceptor wants to compete with us in?"

Although Hu Li believed himself to have achieved profound enlightenment through the dual cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism in this life, seeing Jiang Liu's casual demeanor made him uneasy. He muttered to himself, "This monkey was once a worthy opponent for the three of us, a match of equals. Now that he's become a chosen one, he might also possess those abilities..."

We can't directly gamble with him!

With this thought in mind, his eyes darted around and landed on the princess. He said, "If you really are that Sun Wukong, then we are all monks, and we should be at peace and not fight. Why don't we have our disciples spar a bit? What do you think?"

"disciple?"

Jiang Liu asked, "We traveled west to this point, where did we bring any disciples?"

"With Sun Wukong's abilities, it wouldn't be difficult for him to directly take on a disciple and teach him his skills, would it?"

Hu Li chuckled, "Why don't we take the princess as your disciple?"

"If that's the case—"

Jiang Liu's smile remained unchanged as he said to the princess, "Princess, would you be willing to become my disciple and spar with the apprentice of this Tiger Power Immortal?"

Without saying a word, the princess kowtowed three times and bowed nine times to Jiang Liu, acknowledging him as her master.

"But he's quite clever!"

Jiang Liu smiled, helped the princess up, and then said to the Imperial Advisor, "The princess has just become an apprentice; it will take at least three years to learn her skills..."

"It won't be successful in three years."

Hu Li sneered, "With the abilities of Master Sun Wukong, he could probably transform an ordinary person in just three days!"

"Just three days!"

The king agreed, saying, "If you lose in three days, I will execute you all."

Upon hearing this, the princess lowered her head, utterly heartbroken.

"Since His Majesty has spoken, his word is law, so let's make it three days."

Jiang Liu remained unperturbed, simply responding with a faint smile.

after all--

He's such a good person!

Chapter 1491 Abandoning the Form to Gain the Intangible

"Master, what kind of magic will you teach me?"

Leaving the palace and arriving beyond the pass, the princess's eyes were full of anticipation.

Jiang Liu, however, did not intend to directly connect her Ren and Du meridians. Instead, he looked at the blue ox, which was also known as the unicorn.

Although the character 兕 has only one horn, it is not vertically elongated, but rather grows horizontally, just like the two horns of a water buffalo joined together at the base, resembling a crescent moon. If we consider its shape as a character, it would be the character “凹” (āo), hence the character “一角” (yī jiǎo).

"This old ox is still strong and powerful, but it is clumsy and inflexible, and needs a clever master."