The Monkey King

Turning slightly sideways, Subhuti made a "please" gesture towards Nuwa.

Before Nuwa could move forward, the golden cudgel in the monkey's hand had already been severely beaten.

Suddenly, everyone looked towards him.

Grinning his mouth to show his fangs, the monkey said coldly to Subhuti: "This is my territory, it's not your turn to do whatever you want."

"Your territory?" Nuwa snorted coldly.

For a moment, everyone stopped and stared at the monkey quietly.

After a while, Subhuti coughed twice and said leisurely: "Let Empress Nuwa and Master Xuanzang talk alone."

"Why? Why are you my master?"

Subhuti's face darkened slightly and said: "You want to continue traveling to the west. If Nuwa does not agree, I'm afraid... your journey will not be easy. Instead of doing this, it is better to sit down and have a good talk and discuss the matter. solve."

"If you want to talk, I'll do it. There's no need to let the helpless monk do it." The monkey raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Nuwa and said, "Besides, I really have no interest in letting someone who has just poisoned us Be alone with him."

For a moment, Nuwa and the monkey looked at each other quietly, and Subhuti on the side was also stunned.

The two sides are in a stalemate.

After a long time, Nuwa laughed softly: "It seems that you and your apprentice are not very happy."

Subhuti stroked his long beard and said: "Since I entered the teacher's school, I have neglected my education and it is inevitable that I will be a little rusty."

"Neglectful in upbringing?" When she said this, Nuwa suddenly laughed: "Neglectful in upbringing can still cultivate a 'Heavenly Realm'. Why can't I teach you? It seems that I will have to ask you for advice someday. Yes."

After saying that, Nuwa's expression softened slightly, she looked at the monkey coldly and said, "Then what should we do now? You and I should work together to subdue this monkey, or it's not convenient for you, the master, to do it. Should I do it alone?"

"It's not certain who will subdue whom!" Monkey lowered his body slightly, getting ready for a fight.

The surging spiritual power has begun to gather, and the aroused strong wind has swept past, flying sand and rocks.

Subhuti was still standing there, as if he was still hesitating.

At this moment, Xuanzang passed by the monkey and blocked the monkey's path.

For a while. Whether it's Nuwa or a monkey. Even Subhuti was slightly stunned.

Xuanzang clasped his hands together, bowed slightly and bowed solemnly to Nuwa, then turned to bow to Subhuti and said, "The conversation between Patriarch Subhuti and the empress just now was heard by the poor monk. It just so happens that the poor monk also has some unanswered questions. It is about saving others and saving oneself. I forgive the poor monk for being bold, and I sincerely ask you to discuss this in detail with the empress."

Suddenly, the strong wind around him gradually calmed down.

Nuwa looked Xuanzang up and down, her eyes slowly narrowed into a slit.

The monkey turned around and looked at Xuanzang in astonishment: "Are you okay? Do you want to talk to her?"

"As long as there is the slightest hope, we should not let it go." Xuanzang said calmly: "Besides, wasn't Patriarch Subhuti a good friend of the poor monk in his previous life? Since Patriarch Subhuti led Nuwa to see the poor monk, then. You should not harm the poor monk."

At this point, the monkey was also startled.

Taking a step back to the side, Xuanzang stretched out his hand and said, "My Lady, this place is deserted, why don't we talk in the cave?"

Nuwa was still looking at the monkey intentionally or unintentionally.

After a while, the monkey chuckled helplessly, put away his fighting posture and stood aside leisurely.

The monkeys all agreed. Naturally, no one else would object, and all of them put away their weapons and disarmed.

Xuanzang bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please."

Nuwa then lowered her guard and moved forward slowly. When she passed by the monkey, the two looked at each other coldly.

Between the interplay of light and shadow, a group of people walked slowly along the long tunnel.

Xiao Qi led the way, followed by Xuanzang, Nuwa again, and then Subhuti and others.

The monkey and Subhuti always kept within one foot of each other.

Not long after, the group arrived in front of the hall in the Water Curtain Cave.

The two little demons hurriedly pushed open the ajar door.

"Mother, please."

Nuwa nodded slightly and followed Xuanzang in.

The door slammed shut.

Others were standing quietly outside the door.

Subhuti straightened his body and said, "It would be nice to wait outside the cave. It's windy. It's very boring here."

The monkey glanced coldly at Subhuti.

Subhuti raised his eyelids slightly and looked at the monkey, and said leisurely: "If something really happens...if someone else does it, and Nuwa is here, you can rest assured that few people in the three realms can do it in front of Nuwa. Master Xuanzang was hurt. If she had done it herself...what difference would it make if you were outside the door or outside the cave? Not to mention stopping him, even if he had to collect his soul, there wouldn't be enough time."

The monkey pursed his lips, looked up at Shimen and said, "I thought that if she really took action, I would kill you in front of her, tit for tat."

Hearing this, Subhuti immediately laughed.

Master and disciple for eight hundred years, this relationship... is really not that bad.

…

Inside the gate, Nuwa snake-like body slowly walked to the edge of the throne, turned around and sat down, and said softly: "Tell me about it. I want to hear how you plan to transfer people."

"I haven't thought about what to say back to you."

"You haven't thought about it yet?" Nuwa couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Xuanzang clasped his hands together, bowed slightly and said, "I have thought about it a lot, but I haven't thought it through yet."

"You, the monk, are quite honest." Nuwa sighed lightly, held on to the armrest, leaned back on the chair, and said, "Then just tell me what you have already thought about. How to save people and how to prove the Tao."

"Can I ask your Majesty a question first?"

Nuwa replied casually: "You can ask."

Xuanzang bowed slightly and saluted again, and said: "The poor monk would like to thank the empress in advance. The poor monk has always had an unanswered question in his mind, which is about the concept of Nuwa's creation of human beings as recorded in Buddhist scriptures, and the Buddhist bliss. Although the poor monk has doubts about this concept, he has no basis for it. Therefore, the poor monk wants to hear the empress’s original concept of constructing this world.”

Nuwa was stunned for a moment at this question, thought for a moment, and corrected her answer: "It's not just people, it's all living beings. When I created all beings, I originally wanted to create a happy and carefree world for all living beings. Wonderland on earth, but I never thought..."

Nuwa's words stopped here and she didn't say any more.

"In this case, the evil and suffering in this world are not caused by the hands of the empress?"

Nuwa nodded slightly.

Xuanzang pursed his lips and smiled lightly, and said: "Sure enough, human nature is inherently good. In this case, the poor monk understands. The five poisons and eight sufferings are not born with it, but are caused by the environment. Since all living beings can turn from good to evil, then You can go from evil to good.”

At this time, Nuwa's face was no longer as relaxed as she had been when she first entered, and was replaced by one full of doubts.

"Now that you know what you want to know, can you tell me what your path is?"

Raising his head, Xuanzang asked softly: "Have you ever understood Buddhism?"

"Know the basics."

"In this case, let me use Buddhist teachings to explain the way of the poor monk." After coughing twice, Xuanzang continued: "Today's Buddhism originated from the Buddha Tathagata, who was also Sakyamuni. Buddha. Its Buddhist teachings are nothing more than 'self-interest' and 'cultivation of one's body', removing the five poisons, eradicating the eight sufferings, becoming a Buddha, reaching the ultimate bliss, and cultivating the path of selflessness. It is its own reality. In the three realms, all disciples of Buddhism, It is regarded as a grand ceremony.”

Nuwa nodded slightly.

"But the poor monk thinks this method is ridiculous."

Hearing this, the corners of Nuwa's mouth raised slightly, but she did not smile. She lowered her eyebrows, looked at Xuanzang and asked softly: "It took Sakyamuni a lifetime to realize the way of cultivation, and finally achieved the way of heaven. The old man's 'inaction' has been lost, and the monkey's 'wuji' has also been lost." Sorry. You are the number one person in the Three Realms today, but you just use the word 'very absurd' to judge..."

"Your Majesty's words are wrong." Xuanzang said: "Who is right and who is wrong, who is right and who is wrong, can we just generalize based on the level of cultivation? It cannot be said that cultivating immortals is for immortality, but cultivating Buddhism is just for cultivation?"

Nuwa couldn't help but hesitated: "Then, what do you think Buddhism should be like?"

Slightly raising his chest and looking directly at Nuwa, Xuanzang said loudly: "There is a saying in the Buddhist scriptures, 'One grain of sand, one world.' , sand is sand after all. The Dharma that the poor monk seeks should be water."

"water?"

"Yes." Xuanzang clasped his hands together and said calmly: "Although it is not as wonderful as 'one sand, one world', it has the effect of gathering the vast ocean. Those who practice Buddhism should not be sand, but water. It stretches and flows, gathering together. The river and the sea seem like a drop, but they are actually one body. There is me in you, and you in me. Madam, isn’t this exactly what you envisioned when you created the world: people’s hearts will be good? Everyone will be good, and the world will be harmonious. "

For a moment, Nuwa was stunned. (To be continued ~^~)

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