From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

The two then split up and acted separately.

Bajie went to the palace, while Bajing went to the common people and used magic to make everyone grow hair overnight. They also stole all the clothes that resembled monks' robes.

Once everything was ready, Bajie and Bajing went to the meeting hall in Qinfa Kingdom, intending to meet the king the next morning.

Meanwhile, inside the prison cell...

Jiang Liu had seen everything Bajie and Bajing had done and said with a grin, "As expected of my two good junior brothers, they really have some of my style."

At this moment, the jailer guarding the cell entered the cell, looked Jiang Liu up and down, and, unfazed by his appearance, asked, "Do you have any treasures? Give them to me, so that I can collect your body after you are beheaded tomorrow."

"Brother, your intentions are kind, but I am penniless. However, I do have a treasure, which is this cassock I wear as a sleeve for both civil and military affairs. If you like it, I will show it to you."

Jiang Liu chuckled, took off his civil and military sleeves, returned them to their original form as a cassock, and handed them to the jailer without any hesitation.

If one must wear this robe to become a Buddha, then this Buddha is merely someone worshipped by others, not someone who attained enlightenment on their own; it's better to do without it.

The jailer was overjoyed to see the cassock embroidered with bright red and gold thread and adorned with seven precious jewels. He took it, draped it over his shoulders, and said to Jiang Liu, "You monkey-faced outsider are quite honest, actually possessing such treasures? When I see the King of Hell tomorrow, I will definitely buy you a coffin and bury you properly."

"Then thank you very much, brother."

Jiang Liu clasped his hands in thanks, stretched, and leaned against the corner of the wall to fall asleep.

She's really asleep!

Since being conceived and born, and after being granted the title of Body God and comprehending the Great Dao, Jiang Liu has been cultivating even when he is sleeping.

This time, only.

He was resting like an ordinary person.

"wack."

Seeing that Jiang Liu showed no reluctance whatsoever towards the cassock, the jailer felt relieved, muttered something, and then left the prison.

Before he even left his cell, he was spotted by the prison guards, who immediately noticed the robe he was wearing and questioned him, "Where did you get this robe?"

"It was that monkey-faced man who gave me this favor."

The jailer cursed his bad luck, knowing he couldn't keep the robe, so he took it off and handed it to the supervisor, smiling broadly, "Sir, I'm happy to give it to you."

"sensible."

The supervisor nodded in satisfaction, took the robe, and examined it closely. He noticed that the robe was made of a peculiar material that was neither cotton nor silk, and couldn't help but become suspicious. He asked, "Was it really taken from that monkey?"

"Sir, it wasn't taken off; he gave it to me."

The jailer corrected him.

But the regulators wouldn't believe it. They scolded, "You've caused trouble! This kind of robe is a Buddhist treasure, extremely rare in the world. Even thieves wouldn't dare to steal it."

He must be a highly respected monk from abroad, who was probably unaware of our country's rules and was thus mistakenly arrested.

"No mistaken arrest, no mistaken arrest. Today the king ordered that anyone with hair be arrested. The soldiers guarding the city were unaware of this order. Letting him in is his bad luck. How can you say it was a mistaken arrest?"

The jailer, however, had a different opinion: "The king has killed 9,999 hairy people, just one short of 10,000. He's already mentally ill, so killing him is just right."

Upon hearing this, the supervisor shut his mouth, because what the jailer said was true. The king always felt that the number nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine was not perfect. If this one was not killed, another one would be killed, and then they would have to work hard. However, they would just use this unlucky guy as a scapegoat.

So the supervisor stopped trying to dissuade him, took the robe home, and prepared to present it to the king the next morning in hopes of gaining a promotion and a higher rank...

Silent all night.

Day two.

The King of France awoke from his sleep, feeling an itch on his head. He noticed that the concubine who had slept with him the previous night had grown hair. He exclaimed in surprise, "Why have you grown hair?"

The concubine opened her eyes and saw the king's hair, exclaiming, "Your Majesty, you have grown hair too!"

"nonsense!"

The king didn't believe it, so he touched his head and found that instead of being bald, he had grown a head of dry, black hair. He was so frightened that he hurriedly rolled off the bed, knelt down, and kowtowed, much more devoutly than the king of Chechi Kingdom: "Buddha, forgive me! Buddha, forgive me! Buddha, forgive me!"

He called out three times, but his hair didn't fall out. The king panicked even more: "Could it be that Buddha punished me for killing so many people, and that's why he made me grow hair?"

"Your Majesty, please rise. You still have to attend court today. As for the matter of the incident, why not subtly probe the ministers and see their reaction?"

The concubine was intelligent. Although her hair had grown back, she was not angry. However, she did not want to show her joy in front of the king, so she offered this advice.

"Yes!"

The king regained his senses, got up, washed, and had breakfast. He was shocked to notice that the palace eunuchs and maids had also grown hair.

Enter the palace, ascend the golden steps, and sit on the dragon throne.

A courtier stepped forward and said, "I beg Your Majesty's forgiveness."

"What crime?"

The king asked in a trembling voice.

The honest official took off his hat, revealing a thick head of long hair, and lamented, "When I woke up this morning, I found that I had suddenly grown hair. My wife, children, and servants at home have also grown black hair. When I went out, everyone on the street was wearing a hat, but their hair was showing underneath... The whole country has grown hair overnight!"

Then, the other ministers also took off their hats, revealing their heads with long hair, and begged the king for mercy.

The king was shocked and rose to his feet, removing the oval hat from his head to reveal a head of dry, black hair. He said to his ministers, "I will not punish you, for I also grew hair last night! I suppose it is because I killed so many people with hair that I angered Buddha, and thus he made us all 'return to secular life'!"

"His Majesty!"

At this moment, someone came to report, "Yesterday, a foreigner who had not shaved his head was arrested and executed today. Your Majesty is requested to set a time to personally witness the execution, so as to fulfill the number of ten thousand in your heart."

Chapter 1558 There is no object outside the mind, a vacuum

"Release that person immediately!"

Upon hearing the report from below that a foreigner with unbound hair had been captured the day before, how could the king dare to kill him? He immediately ordered, "After releasing him, treat him with courtesy and invite him into the palace. I wish to host a banquet for him."

They arrested an outsider yesterday!

Overnight, hair grew all over the country!

Although the King of France was tyrannical, he was not stupid. He realized that there must be a reason behind this, so he personally ordered someone to invite the foreigner over.

Not long after.

Jiang Liu then entered the imperial court.

Simultaneously.

The postmaster and the eunuch of the Imperial Palace led Bajie and Bajing to the meeting place.

When the civil and military officials of the court saw that Pigsy and Bajie were bald and had no hair, they were greatly surprised and suspected that the two were Buddhas incarnate.

The king was so frightened that he knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, crying out, "Buddha, spare my life! Buddha, spare my life!"

"You have no manners, king! How dare you kneel before two monks?"

Bajie laughed heartily.

"We hope that Buddha knows that since our country changed its name five hundred years ago, all the kings of Qinfa have respected Buddha and monks, which is why it has continued to this day. Yesterday, the people of our country, not knowing right from wrong, arrested Buddha and made the whole country grow hair and return to secular life... We beg Buddhas to withdraw their supernatural powers and accept us into the sect again!"

The king continued to kowtow and prostrate himself.

"If you're going to start practicing cultivation, why not learn from Zhenhai Chanlin Temple? They have 4,800 monks who grow their own food, work together, and don't need anyone else's support. Why be an emperor? Why have civil and military ranks?" Jiang Liu looked at the emperor kneeling and kowtowing to him, and without helping him up, he teased.

"I was wrong! I was truly wrong!"

How could the king dare to say anything?

All I can do is keep admitting my mistakes!

This is precisely:

The Dharma King's adherence to the Dharma has its limits, and it cannot encompass the entire universe. One must return to one's original nature and realize the wondrous unity of the Three Vehicles.

Bajie, with his pure and clear mind, his primordial spirit arose and flourished. The Dharma King, having relinquished the Dharma, found nothing outside his mind, a true void.

Although this king was tyrannical and killed 9,999 people who had grown their hair long, he was barely qualified in terms of the duties of an emperor.

Besides, Jiang Liu was a foreigner, so there was no reason to kill the king to appease the people. He could only be instructed to go and offer incense to the dead one by one.

"I will certainly do as you say!"

The king dared not refuse, and accepted the imperial decree, ordering that everyone in the country could keep their hair and not shave their heads.

"It is good that Your Majesty can admit your mistakes and correct them. However, the name 'Qinfa' in Qinfa is not good. If you want to attain Nirvana, you must abandon the Dharma. If you just stick to the Dharma and worship it, you will become a monk. Even if you go to the Western Paradise, you will not see the sacred mountain in your heart."

Jiang Liu said with a smile.

"Yes! Yes, yes! Grandpa Buddha is right!"

How could the king dare to say "no"?

He simply nodded in response.

"His Majesty!"

At that moment, another sound came from outside the hall.

It turned out that the supervisor had come to offer the cassock.

"Xuan!"

The king straightened his dragon robe and ordered his men to bring in the supervisor.

Upon seeing Jiang Liu, the supervisor was greatly surprised and immediately knelt down, trembling all over.

What are you doing?

Seeing his timidity, the king was furious, especially since he was showing such behavior in front of the three Buddhas. Wasn't that a disgrace to him as the ruler of the country?

"I beg Your Majesty to spare my life!"

The guard was terrified the moment he saw Jiang Liu, and dared not hide anything. He recounted in detail how the jailer had taken the cassock from Jiang Liu the night before, and how he had taken the cassock from the jailer, begging the king to spare his life.

Upon hearing what had happened, the king was so enraged that he was practically bursting with rage, cursing, "You damned jailer, do you even know the enormity of your crime that has caused my country to suffer the 'sin of hair growth' overnight!"

"Let him go for now. If a person is selfless, he is a saint. In truth, it is because you, the king, are not virtuous that your subordinates have been cunning, corrupt, and bribed, which has led to this disaster."

Jiang Liu pleaded for the head jailer and then severely belittled the king.

The king was already terrified, so he agreed and spared the head jailer.

Then, Jiang Liu took the kasaya and put it on, but unlike a monk's robe, he still wore it with a civil and military style sleeve and a belt, which made him look quite dashing.

"Would you Buddhas be willing to stay? I would gladly relinquish the throne to you!"