"The Bodhisattva Guanyin really treats you sincerely and has taught you so much Buddhist teachings!"
Upon learning that Guanyin Bodhisattva not only taught the little fox the Heart Sutra, but also gave the Buddha the Mahavairocana Sutra and some Buddhist secrets, Cheng Long, who knew the inside story, couldn't help but be less impressed with Guanyin.
He didn't mind the little fox becoming a Buddhist disciple, but he was afraid that Guanyin would ignore her after accepting her as a disciple, or just give her some inferior Buddhist teachings and let Xiaoyue fend for herself.
After fourteen years of separation, the little fox's cultivation has soared from the transformation stage to the tribulation stage, as if she could become an immortal at any time, which also proved that Guanyin had put some thought into her.
But if you ask me how big it is, it’s actually not that big.
With Guanyin's cultivation level of a mid-stage quasi-saint, if she is really determined to train him as a disciple, it is impossible for the little fox to only have the cultivation level of the Tribulation Crossing Realm. I dare not say he can become a celestial immortal or a true immortal, but he can definitely become an earthly immortal.
Just giving it a peach or providing some Three Lights Divine Water can help the little fox to be reborn.
No, it can only prove that Guanyin accepted Hua Yue as her disciple, but the focus is still on Cheng Long.
This is to make Huayue sacrifice to make the person who is destined to obtain the scriptures out of control in the future to make him afraid to act rashly...
"That's right, Master is very kind to me."
Hua Yue tilted her head and said with a smile: "Brother Sun, the Bodhisattva is not at home today. I will take you to the Purple Bamboo Forest. The scenery inside is beautiful, with hot springs, lotus ponds, and lots of bamboo."
"Is there anything to eat? I'm a little hungry."
"Yes, there are fish in the lotus pond. Let's catch a few and grill them."
Fourteen years ago, when Cheng Long took the little fox out to sea to visit immortals, the most common food they ate was grilled fish. After becoming Guanyin's disciple, the little fox didn't really follow the precepts and would secretly grill a fish every now and then. The spiritual fish in the lotus pond didn't have a fishy smell and they were delicious just by adding some salt.
It doesn't take a while.
The two came to the lotus pond in the northeast corner of the purple bamboo forest. From a distance, they could see the fish under the lotus leaves leisurely enjoying the sunbath.
However, when Huayue approached, the fish in the pond dived to the bottom of the pond and hid.
Apparently they were scared of being eaten by the little foxes.
Every time Huayue approached the lotus pond alone, it meant that one of his brothers would be in trouble.
"Ah, the fish are hiding. If you want to catch them, you can only go down to the pond and fish."
Looking at the school of carp diving into the bottom of the pond, Huayue's delicate face was filled with regret. She was so happy that she forgot that she had become the big devil in the eyes of the fish in the lotus pond.
The fish in the pond were scared when they saw her and ran around in panic. As a result, when the Bodhisattva was at home, she didn't dare to go near the lotus pond, for fear that her master would notice her.
Although she didn't think she was grilling fish secretly, the powerful Bodhisattva would not know about it.
But some things can only exist tacitly. Once caught in the act, the tacit understanding will be broken.
It will be difficult to eat fish then.
"No need to bother, just watch me."
Cheng Long raised the corner of his mouth slightly, took aim at the largest golden carp in the lotus pond, and then used the technique of controlling Qi and changing shape.
Suddenly, a giant golden hand appeared from the void and swooped into the pond like an eagle's claw. It grabbed the golden carp that was more than two feet in size and pulled it out of the water in the blink of an eye.
"Xiaoyue, this fish is the fattest. We will eat it today."
Done.
Without waiting for the little fox to reply.
Cheng Long grabbed the big golden carp and threw it to the ground, making the future "King of Inspiration" dizzy.
And this is just the beginning.
Otherwise the King of Inspiration would have a chance to survive.
He then used his magic power to conjure up a steel nail, which pierced directly through the fish's big, watery eyes and even the fish's head.
"Brother Sun, you, you..." When the little fox saw this scene, his pupils trembled and he pointed at the big golden carp, stammering, unable to utter a complete sentence.
Good luck!
Brother Sun actually stabbed the goldfish raised by the Bodhisattva to death.
This is a fish demon in the realm of true immortals. She was greedy... No, she had been afraid for a long time. Every time she tried to steal fish to eat, she had to avoid this big carp, for fear that catching the fish in front of it would anger the King of Inspiration.
After all, the thousands of carp in the lotus pond are all its offspring.
The only way is to avoid the King of Inspiration, sneakily catch a carp, and run away. The King of Inspiration will not care. He has so many descendants, and he won't care about sacrificing one or two. The big goldfish doesn't care, and Guanyin Bodhisattva will not care about such a trivial matter either.
But big goldfish are different.
This is the pet that the Bodhisattva has raised for tens of thousands of years!
Today, she was beaten to death by her elder brother Sun!
"Xiaoyue, what's wrong?"
Cheng Long looked at the little fox with an innocent face.
"No, it's nothing."
Now that things have come to this, what else can Huayue say?
A dead fish cannot be resurrected, so all you can do is eat your fill with tears and try your best to see Brother Sun off before the master comes back.
If there is any problem, she will take care of it.
"Come over and pick the fish scales if you have nothing to do. The material of fish scales is quite good. I will use them to sew a golden fish scale skirt for you later." Cheng Long said as he picked the fish scales with his hands, his eyes full of pampering.
The fish scales of the King of Inspiration are indeed good materials for refining tools, whether they can be used to sew skirts or melted into utensils.
If the golden fish scales were sewn into a skirt with rows of lines, it would definitely be very beautiful to wear.
But the little fox didn't dare!
This is the master's pet. Not only do I eat it, but I also use its scales to make a skirt.
When she thought of herself wearing a fish-scale skirt and hanging around in front of her master every day, she could imagine her own ending. Most likely, her white and flawless fur would be stripped off, and her master would make it into a scarf to vent her anger.
If you really want to make this skirt, it would be like riding on the head of a Bodhisattva and pooping in a spiral.
The little fox wants to live for a few thousand more years!
You must never do anything that provokes the Master.
"Brother Sun, you acted too quickly. This fish..." The little fox walked up to Cheng Long and hesitated to speak. Some things are better not to know, because if you know them, it will be difficult to continue.
The ordinary carp in the lotus pond are so delicious. The carp ancestors have been raised for tens of thousands of years, so their meat must be quite delicious. It is possible that eating them can help improve your cultivation, and maybe even help you transcend the calamity and become an immortal.
As I said before, since the master's pet has been killed, we must uphold the principle of not wasting it and cook it with tears...
"What happened to the fish?"
Cheng Long asked knowingly.
How could he not know the identity of this golden carp? What it was eating today was the King of Inspiration. Although this guy caused a lot of trouble after coming to the earth, and forced the people of Chenjia Village to sacrifice a pair of boys and girls to it every year!
If this happened one or two hundred years earlier, wouldn't it mean that two to four hundred children would suffer?
In order to prevent the children of Chenjia Village from suffering, he had no choice but to take preemptive action.
Eating a piece of fish can save hundreds of lives!
The more the better!
……
Lingshan.
At the Ullambana Festival, Tathagata summoned many Buddhas, Arhats, Jiedis, Bodhisattvas, Vajras, Nuns and others to discuss the upcoming Journey to the West.
After Sun Wukong left home, he did several major things, all of which were related to Buddhism.
Going to the neighboring East China Sea to borrow weapons, drawing up a book of life and death, and causing chaos in the Heavenly Palace were all the results of secret planning by the Buddhist sect.
It’s just that the original monkey has become Cheng Long, so some planned things need to be changed to a certain extent, such as drawing the book of life and death, which will definitely not be able to go on.
The Golden Immortal of Great Luo is beyond the Three Realms and is not within the Five Elements. Not only can the Underworld not control him, even the Heavenly Court has no jurisdiction over him. They can only be recruited by promising huge profits.
The pilgrim has reached the state of Da Luo, how many underworld gods dare to come up and take away his soul? Unless the Ten Kings of Hell come in person, perhaps they can take the soul of the pilgrim to the underworld without making a sound.
“…How brave!”
Guanyin suddenly uttered a light sigh, attracting everyone's attention.
"Guanyin, what's wrong?" asked Tathagata.
Guanyin took a deep breath, trying to keep herself calm, and then said, "My fish has been eaten, so one of the eighty-one difficulties has been reduced."
Tathagata Buddha: "..."
Buddhas: “…”
Bodhisattva, Arhat, and Bhikkhu: "..."
Guanyin raised a lot of carp in the Taoist temple, but the only one related to the disaster of Journey to the West was the big golden carp in the fish pond, the future king of inspiration.
The fish monster from the fairyland was suddenly eaten by someone!
Moreover, it was done by a person who was destined to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Such an unexpected incident caused the entire Ullambana Festival to be silent.
After a long time.
The Tathagata Buddha slowly said, "Guanyin, since your fish has been eaten, then this difficulty will have to be made up by others."
"Hey, that's all it can do."
Guanyin sighed quietly. She had wanted to arrange for her pet to come down to earth in advance so that she could gain more merits. However, she never expected that her fish would die before it could be born.
Before he even set out to obtain the scriptures, the fish was eaten by the pilgrim.
Besides, she couldn't lose her temper.
After all, before Sun Wukong killed the big carp and roasted it to eat, he didn't know that the big golden carp in the lotus pond could not be eaten. Xiaoyue didn't have time to say anything before the fish was killed.
Where are you going to make sense?
……
"Brother Sun, your grilled fish is much more delicious than mine."
While Guanyin was frowning, the little fox had already started eating the grilled fish that Cheng Long had baked himself. The skin was golden and crispy, and the meat inside was white, tender and translucent. Every bite was a pleasure.
This made Huayue, who hadn't enjoyed herself for a long time, eat so much that her mouth was dripping with oil, and she couldn't stop even if she wanted to.
He ate with great relish, one chopstick after another.
Cheng Long eats relatively less, and the demon fish meat from the real fairyland is not of much help to him. If the little fox eats more demon fish meat, he will be able to cultivate and become a fairy.
A true fairyland demon fish, its effect will definitely not be less than that of a six thousand year old peach.
Cheng Long tore off a large piece of fish meat and handed it to Hua Yue, "If you like it, eat more. Your cultivation is too poor."
"Brother Sun, what is your current level of cultivation?"
"Me? Guess."
"No, tell me now, I'm so curious."
Hua Yue looked at Cheng Long eagerly. Her curiosity was aroused and the fish in her mouth no longer tasted good.
"It's not that I don't want to tell you, I'm just afraid of damaging your self-confidence."
What Cheng Long said is true. When the gap between two people is too great, the truth will only become a weapon to attack them.
He was indeed a little worried that the little fox might have indigestion.
"It's okay, Brother Sun."
"Then I said it."
After a short pause, Cheng Long slowly said: "I am now a Daluo Jinxian..."
"Ah~~" Huayue was so shocked that her jaw almost dropped.
How long has it been?
But how come Brother Sun managed to become a Daluo Jinxian in just over ten years?
Didn’t Master say that every Golden Immortal is a genius who has undergone at least ten thousand years of hard training?
Even when it comes to Brother Sun, it will only take more than ten years?
In the same fourteen years, I still haven’t become an immortal!
Such a horrific gap hit them hard, the gap was just too big.
At this moment, the fragrant grilled fish meat became like chewing wax in my mouth.
Fortunately, the little fox's jealousy came and went quickly, and he soon felt happy for Brother Sun from the bottom of his heart. The more he ate the grilled fish, the more delicious it became...
After the storm.
The King of Inspiration left behind a skeleton, which was stuck with wooden sticks next to the campfire.
Cheng Long chatted with Hua Yue for a long time, but after dark, Hua Yue asked him to leave, obviously worried that Guanyin Bodhisattva would come back to hold her accountable.
Cheng Long, who wanted to spend a few more days with Xiaoyue, had to return to the Water Curtain Cave in Huaguo Mountain.
It's been more than ten years since we last met.
Cuckoo Qingyi, who was in the Tribulation Realm, did not make any progress in his cultivation. On the contrary, Brother Dog Abao, who had the blood of Roaring Sky Dog, had some kind of bad luck that allowed him to cultivate from the Yang God Realm to the Tribulation Realm.
Their cultivation level is considered to be quite strong among the 72 caves in Mount Huaguo.
At least in the top 40.
When Abao and Qingyi saw Cheng Long teleporting to the Water Curtain Cave, their faces were filled with joy from the bottom of their hearts.
"Brother Sun, it's great that you're back. It's been fourteen years since we last met, and I thought I'd never see you again!" A Bao, who had become mature and steady, stepped forward and gave Cheng Long a hug.
This guy's transformation was not very complete. He had a dog's nose and a tail, and looked like an orc from a comic book.
"Master, where is Xiaoyue? Why didn't she come back with you?"
Aunt Qing and the little fox have a very deep relationship. When she saw Cheng Long coming back alone, she subconsciously became worried about him.
"Xiaoyue is fine. She is now practicing in the Purple Bamboo Forest of the South China Sea. It won't be long before she can overcome the calamity and become an immortal. You guys should also work hard and don't let Xiaoyue leave you too far behind."
Cheng Long is now looking forward to the upcoming plot. Without the monkeys holding him back, who would suggest that he go to the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea to borrow weapons from the Dragon King?
This possibility could be true for Po, Tsing Yi, or the monkeys near the Water Curtain Cave.
Qingyi's eyes widened when he heard this, and he asked in disbelief, "Sir, I heard that the Purple Bamboo Forest in the South China Sea is the dojo of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and Xiaoyue is practicing in the Purple Bamboo Forest. Are you all practicing under the Bodhisattva?"
"Xiao Yue is the disciple of Bodhisattva, but I am not..." Cheng Long shook his head and did not reveal the name of his master, although Patriarch Bodhi did not instruct him on this matter.
But he is still used to following the original work and hiding his own origins.
"Really? I can't quite believe it."
Qingyi was overjoyed. The reputation of Guanyin Bodhisattva was known throughout the world, just like that of the Jade Emperor and Buddha. Any human or monster who knew some secrets of the Three Realms must have heard of the name of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
She and Abao are no exception.
"Aunt Qing, is it necessary to lie about this?"
"That's right, Guanyin Bodhisattva has great magical powers. How dare an ordinary little demon try to establish a relationship with her?"
Qingyi thought about it and felt that this was true, so she slowly accepted this reality and felt happy for Xiaoyue and Chenglong from the bottom of her heart.
The same thing happened to Abao beside him. (End of this chapter)