The Monkey King

Walking slowly among the monks, the canopy gathered the spiritual power between his two fingers and injected it into the unconscious monk's eyebrows.

With just one tap from him, the already dying monk's breathing suddenly became much more steady.

Upon seeing this, the monks around him suddenly realized what they were doing. They quickly put their hands together and saluted Tianpeng and Xuanzang to express their gratitude. The eyes that looked at Xuanzang and his entourage suddenly became much kinder.

Xuanzang also clasped his hands and returned the greeting to them from a distance.

"Don't be too happy too early. Use your spiritual power to stay alive...be careful not to get us involved too." Xiao Bailong put the back of his hand against Miao Jie's forehead, then probed his own forehead, and said leisurely: "Spiritual power is It is the foundation of our life-saving. The most important thing to keep alive is spiritual energy. Once it is exhausted, we will have no choice but to be slaughtered by others."

"You talk a little too much today."

Looking back, Xiao Bailong saw the roller blind looking at him coldly.

"What? Did I say something wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

…

Hell.

In the attic, Ksitigarbha looked at the bamboo slips that read "Resentment and hatred will lead to suffering" placed in front of the Dharma Ming Tathagata, but he just kept laughing.

"Does this solve the problem of 'resentment will lead to suffering'?"

"No solution?" Zhengfa Ming Tathagata asked.

"If this is the solution, then traveling westward is a joke." Ksitigarbha raised his head slightly, closed his eyes and sighed: "If this is the solution, then the path to universal salvation should not be proved by my Buddhist sect. Let the Taoist sect prove it. Don’t forget, Marshal Tianpeng is a member of the Taoist sect. Is it possible to prove the Taoism only if you have a kind heart and have the courage to do it?"

Zhengfa Ming Tathagata just asked expressionlessly: "If it is according to your opinion, what should I do?"

At this question, Ksitigarbha frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, he looked at Zhengfa Ming Tathagata and shook his head and said: "If it is a group of robbers, it will be easy to handle. Unfortunately, these are just ordinary soldiers. If you want to protect the monks, you can only attack the soldiers. But the sword has no eyes. There were so many soldiers... In the final analysis, those soldiers were just following orders and had no fault in themselves. This is like a wolf eating a sheep, it is natural. If you save the sheep, the wolf will starve to death. If you want to save the wolf, the sheep How can we protect it? Things in this world cannot be explained by simple right and wrong."

"You don't know either?"

Ksitigarbha nodded: "I can't untie it, poor monk."

Hearing this, Zhengfa Ming Tathagata smiled and said: "Since we can't solve it, just watch quietly. No matter how many difficulties you want to set for him, I won't stop him. Send him on the westward journey. For He has arranged for the Dharma Protector, but what he does next, whether he succeeds or fails, all depends on him."

…

After walking around, there were already a few drops of cold sweat on Tianpeng's forehead. His face looked as if he had just gone through a big battle.

"Marshal, are you okay?"

Roller Blinds hurriedly stepped forward to help, but was stopped by Canopy.

"This is just the beginning. If I need help from someone, they will have to carry me in a while."

Roller Blind smiled awkwardly: "How about I go next time? Or, let's take turns?"

"No, you guys must conserve your strength." Tianpeng shook his head and said: "If everyone takes action to save their lives, if the other party suddenly takes action, we may not even have the strength to resist."

With a sigh, Tianpeng slowly sat down next to Xuanzang, still holding the jade slip that contacted the monkey in his hand.

Having taken this step, the monkey is already the only hope. but. According to the monkey's speed, no matter how far away it is, we should be able to reach it in an instant. Just like when he faced Kui Mulang.

Xuanzang clasped his hands together and bowed slightly toward the canopy: "The poor monk thanked the marshal on behalf of all the monks."

Canopy waved his hand gently and said nothing.

The monks on the opposite side looked at them cautiously.

Not long after, they walked over to Xuanzang and his companions in twos and threes, and saluted Xuanzang and Tianpeng.

"Disciple Miaodao, I would like to thank you all for your life-saving grace on behalf of my master."

"Disciple, I would like to thank everyone for saving my life."

"Disciple Pu Hui, I would like to thank you all for your life-saving grace on behalf of my senior brother."

For a time, the atmosphere in the fence became much better, and Xuanzang finally showed a smile. Tianpeng also smiled, but his brows still couldn't relax.

The little white dragon on the side looked at it, and his mouth moved slightly as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it out, he just shook his head and sighed.

An hour passed, and the breathing of the unconscious monks gradually became weaker.

Under the desire of those pairs of eyes, Tianpeng had no choice but to stand up and inject spiritual power into them one by one to sustain their lives.

The second life extension consumes more than four times the spiritual power of the first time. A total of sixty or seventy unconscious monks walked down two circles, and Tianpeng's face turned pale.

"marshal."

"I'm fine."

Tianpeng waved his hand, crossed his legs and sat aside, and began to concentrate on replenishing his spiritual power.

However, not to mention in such a place with thin spiritual energy, even in those fairy mountain blessed places with abundant spiritual energy, such a huge spiritual energy cannot be replenished in a short time.

"Hey." Rolling curtain gently kicked Xiao Bailong: "Where is your elixir?"

Xiao Bailong spread his hands and replied angrily: "If I still have the elixir, can I make my cousin lie down like this?"

This answer made Roller Blind speechless.

Xuanzang took a deep breath, faced the canopy and said, "It's all the fault of the poor monk, so..."

Before he finished speaking, Tianpeng waved his hand gently and sighed: "Master Xuanzang doesn't need to say anything, Tianpeng understands. Traveling to the west is just a form, and enlightenment is the god. If you lose your god, even if you walk to Lingshan Mountain, you will not be able to return. What’s the use? We’ve tried to dissuade the mage again and again, just because we can’t afford the risk.”

Xuanzang clasped his hands together, bowed slightly and said, "The poor monk thanks the marshal for his consideration."

Late at night, there was silence in the square.

Time passed bit by bit again, and in the blink of an eye, another hour passed.

Helpless, Tianpeng had to get up again and go to save the lives of the monks.

The monks gave way respectfully one by one and thanked Tianpeng again and again.

To this. Tianpeng just smiled helplessly and said: "My own spiritual power, plus what I have just accumulated, can only be enough for one time at most. From now on, I just hope you don't blame me."

After saying this, the smiles on the monks' faces suddenly froze.

People who practice Buddhism. Especially it seems that Buddhist disciples at the bottom like them didn't know before that spiritual power is limited, and extending one's life is extremely draining of spiritual power.

One of the monks asked cautiously: "Your spiritual power is exhausted, don't you still have them?"

The monk was referring to Roller Blind, Black Bear Spirit and others.

"They can't. If their spiritual power is exhausted, how can we protect Master Xuanzang?"

"But... but..." The monk frowned and hesitated for a long time, then emphasized his tone and whispered: "Didn't Master Xuanzang tell us in the quarry that all living beings are equal? ​​In order to protect him, he can sacrifice us Don't you care?"

Canopy didn't answer, but still concentrated his spiritual power carefully to extend the monk's life.

Seeing that Canopy didn't answer, the monk became more confident and shouted loudly: "Everyone can see this. It happened because of you. If you hadn't come here, we would have been working fine in the quarry. There is no need to do corvee service..."

Before he could finish speaking, someone had already covered his mouth and pulled him away.

Another monk took the place where he originally stood and said with a smile: "Don't mind the Great Immortal, he is talking nonsense. The poor monk thanked the Great Immortal for everyone."

Canopy still didn't speak, not even wanting to say polite words. Because, he clearly heard someone in the distance scolding the monk who had just accused him in a low voice: "You idiot! Now break up with them, what if they die? If you want to make trouble, you have to wait for his spiritual power. Don’t make trouble again until you’re really exhausted!”

"Resentment will cause suffering." This term that he had seen in Buddhist scriptures suddenly appeared in Tianpeng's mind.

Even if the monks who are familiar with Buddhist scriptures are like this, how can the sentient beings in the three realms fare better?

The road to enlightenment is really long. I hope this road really works.

With a helpless smile, Canopy lowered his head. Continue to extend the lives of monks.

Not long after, another round was completed.

When he returned to Xuanzang, the canopy stepped on the air and almost fell down. The rolling curtain and Xuanzang went up almost at the same time, each holding one side.

Lowering his head slightly, Tianpeng whispered to Xuanzang: "I tried my best. Now there is not much spiritual power left. Next, either let the monkey come back quickly, or... we can only watch them die."

Xuanzang nodded silently.

At this moment, a trumpet sound sounded.

All the monks started to stir and looked around.

In the distance, they heard the sound of neat footsteps coming from the darkness. Through the soldiers arrayed around them, they could clearly see the dots of light gathering in the darkness in the distance.

"That's a torch... No, they're going to take action."

Canopy trembled slightly and reached out from his waist to take out the jade slip used to communicate with the monkey. Suddenly, he suddenly discovered that the jade slip in his hand had turned black!

"No, they did something!"

Hearing this, several people took out the jade slips left by the monkey and found that every piece had turned black!

When they looked up again, they saw that a large number of sergeants had surrounded the place on three levels, inside and outside. Several soldiers were untying the chains tied around them. Countless bows were fully drawn, and under the moonlight, dense arrows were pointed at them.

"What do you want to do? What mistake did we make?"

"His Majesty said that we would do corvee service, but he didn't say that he would kill us!"

Countless monks screamed and huddled tightly. When they discovered that the main arrows were pointing in the direction of Xuanzang, they quickly began to keep their distance from Xuanzang.

Rows of soldiers holding various weapons and wearing heavy armor, so burly that they stood out in the military formation as if standing out from the crowd, came to the front.

The corners of Juanlian's eyes twitched slightly, and he whispered: "These... are all monsters..."

"What...are they all monsters?" Xiao Bailong was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.

"We... still underestimated each other's strength. If I had known better, we should have recalled the monkey from the beginning." Tianpeng smiled helplessly.

At this time, the army had slowly made way for an aisle.

At the end of the corridor, the multi-eyed monster and the three Taoist priests were swinging toward them on tall horses.

"Don't be afraid, I only want one person's life." He raised his riding whip and pointed it at Xuanzang. The multi-eyed monster Youyou said: "Master Xuanzang, as long as you die, nothing will happen. Either you commit suicide, or, We'll kill you. Or..."

The multi-eyed monster slowly looked at the monks and chuckled: "Or, will you kill him for me?" (To be continued ~^~)

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