The Monkey King

"There is Xuanzang, a wandering monk of the Tang Dynasty, who has made a great wish to travel 18,000 miles to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Now he has come to Leiyin County to pray to heaven..."

Xuanzang sang slowly on the high platform, following the path of his predecessors.

Under the stage, countless people kowtowed to the ground one by one, forming a huge circle. The whole world was so quiet that only the monotonous sound of wooden fish accompanied Xuanzang's singing.

More than ten civilians disguised as monsters had already moved to the front closest to Xuanzang for various reasons, just in case. The flying insects transformed from the canopy have also landed on the platform not far from Xuanzang, waiting with bated breath.

"First, I pray that all living beings will be good, and everyone will be happy to support themselves; second, I pray that the world will be good, and all living beings will be happy to live in harmony. Third, I pray that the three realms will be good, and all things will be harmonious, harmonious, and happy. Fourth, I pray that reincarnation will be good, and the six paths will be harmonious and good. All evil will be punished. Five prayers..."

"What is Master Xuanzang singing? Why have you never heard it before?"

"Perhaps it is a Buddhist scripture from an eminent monk we have never seen before. After all, he is an eminent monk appointed by the Buddha."

"Yes, yes, how can an eminent monk be wrong? If he is wrong, is he still an eminent monk?"

After a brief discussion, silence returned to the square again.

Faced with this new rhetoric, it was difficult for the people to understand, but the monsters were a little moved.

Xiao Bailong frowned slightly and said: "The Six Paths are unified, and good and evil will be rewarded... This is a way. Maybe, Purdue will be realized just like this. It's a pity that Heavenly Court is not interested, and Buddhism will not listen. We say this and do it, but we don’t do it.”

After singing one verse, Xuanzang picked up the hammer on the side and tapped the gong lightly. The clear sound instantly spread to every corner, and the people lying on the ground raised their heads one by one.

"Master Xuanzang is really great." The prince couldn't help but sigh: "These days, I have read all the Buddhist scriptures, but I have never heard of it. No wonder the Buddha asked him to pray for Leiyin County. It turned out to have a deeper meaning. ah."

The old prince on the side frowned slightly and was in a daze.

"Father, what's wrong with you?"

"No." The old prince was surprised and quickly replied: "It's nothing, it's just..."

"Just what?"

"Nothing, nothing." He shook his head and waved his hands, and the old prince looked at Xuanzang even more surprised.

…

A monk hurriedly entered the back hall and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, Master Xuanzang's blessing ceremony is almost over."

Lingji nodded slightly, indicating that he understood. The six-eared macaque on the side was a little stunned and asked doubtfully: "You asked Master Xuanzang to pray for blessings?"

"right."

"What's the point?"

"The meaning is just..." Lingji raised his head slightly and sighed: "It's profound. Doesn't he want to prove the Tao and promote his way of doing good? Poor monk, give him this opportunity."

The six-eared macaque was stunned for a moment, and his eyes flickered slightly.

…

High in the sky, the monkey is still waiting quietly, its attention constantly going back and forth between Leiyin Temple and Xuanzang's prayer platform in the distance.

"Is everything going well?"

"It went well, but it was a little... too smooth." Canopy's voice came from the other end of the jade slip.

"In short, be vigilant."

"knew."

Putting down the jade slip, the monkey steeled himself again and stared at Leiyin Temple. He tried to use his spiritual consciousness to directly invade Leiyin Temple to investigate. However, Lingji's magic circle is not that simple. What's more important is that the monkey doesn't understand the Buddhist formation, so he keeps trying, but with almost no results.

Faintly, the monkeys were a little anxious. His intuition told him that Xuanzang prayed for blessings and Lingji must have used some means. But after finally trapping the murderer in Leiyin Temple, he was unwilling to let go.

Beads of sweat slowly fell from his forehead.

Gritting his teeth, he could only say to himself: "Try again, try again, give up if it doesn't work. Anyway, isn't this bald donkey still in Leiyin Temple? With just a few shrimp soldiers and crab generals, Tianpeng should be able to Cope with it.”

…

With a clear sound of gongs and a cup of tea, Xuanzang's prayers began again.

The people around him were still listening quietly.

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"I don't understand." The six-eared macaque said with half-squinted eyes: "You are here, how can you interfere and pray for blessings?"

"Can it be said that since the poor monk is gone, he can intervene?" Lingji pursed his lips and chuckled: "You are too underestimated your opponent, right? Lingji would have no confidence in a head-to-head confrontation with the Monkey King. If he hadn't been the Buddha at the time, If we take action in time, maybe the three realms will really be buried with the little girl named Feng Chime."

Glancing at the six-eared macaque, Lingji pretended to be suddenly enlightened and said, "Sorry, I almost forgot that you are also the Monkey King."

The word "ye" is specially emphasized.

The six-eared macaque frowned slowly and continued to stare at Lingji.

Lingji lowered his head and continued to make tea, and said casually: "Speaking of which, the master of Agarwood is called Qing Xin, and he seems to be the reincarnation of Feng Chime."

The six-eared macaque's eyes instantly showed strong hostility: "What do you want to say?"

"It's nothing." Lingji raised his head and smiled lightly, and said, "I just think it's logical for the Great Sage to ask for agarwood. After all, you are also the Great Sage, aren't you?"

The word "ye" was specially emphasized again.

The corners of the six-eared macaque's eyes twitched slightly, and his eyes looked as if he was about to swallow Lingji alive. However, at the same time, Lingji still looked as if nothing had happened.

"Calm down, calm down." For a long time, the six-eared macaque could only keep saying silently in his heart, telling himself: "Don't get angry, don't get angry. This guy obviously has intentions, he is provoking, he is provoking!"

…

In the blink of an eye, Xuanzang's prayer was coming to an end.

Unexpectedly, it was calm from beginning to end. Firstly, no one disturbed the scene, and secondly, Lingji was not seen coming out of Leiyin Temple.

"This is the end?"

Not just monkeys, but all monsters have such a question in their minds at this moment.

"Is it because we are heavily guarded that they changed their minds? If so, that would be for the best. But..."

The monkey hesitated whether to leave the sky above Leiyin Temple to escort Xuanzang on his last journey.

At this moment, Xuanzang had sounded the final gong.

He stood up slowly, clasped his hands and knelt in all directions, muttering something in his mouth.

All the common people followed Xuanzang and kowtowed in all directions.

The monsters, whose nerves had been stretched to the extreme, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It seems that it was just a false alarm." Xiao Bailong said with a smile: "Buddhism's tricks don't work every time. You see, they can't find a chance to take action this time."

The black bear spirit listened quietly on the side, still staring at Xuanzang.

At this moment, the prayer platform suddenly made a "creak" sound.

"What's the sound?" In the crowd, the hidden demon generals raised their heads and wondered.

Not only them, but also the ordinary people around them heard it, and they all looked at each other in shock.

Xiao Bailong was stunned for a moment, then became nervous, and murmured to himself: "No way... the prayer platform is really going to collapse, right? Who could come up with such a boring trick?"

The sound became more and more distinct.

Suddenly, there was a "pop" sound, and dozens of bamboos supporting the prayer platform exploded at the same location at the same time. The next moment, under everyone's gaze, the prayer platform tilted slightly and was about to collapse.

Xuanzang, who was standing on the stage, had to reach out to grab the fence on the side before he could barely stand.

High in the distance, the monkey couldn't help but be slightly startled, but it didn't make any substantial movement, it just stared at the crumbling Xuanzang with its eyes.

"No, the stage is going to collapse!" Someone in the crowd screamed instantly.

The unprepared old prince was stunned.

Soon enough, the entire prayer platform slowly tilted and crashed towards the crowd.

Probably because of the toughness of bamboo, the speed is not too fast.

…

In the back hall, Lingji took a sip of tea and sighed softly: "The show is about to begin."

…

Amidst the screams, the canopy transformed into flying insects kept flying around Xuanzang, blocking all the bamboos that stabbed Xuanzang in the chaos.

The people in the audience have quickly divided into two groups. Most of the people have fled in panic. However, there are a dozen or so people among them who do the opposite. They rushed towards the prayer platform quickly.

At this glance, Tianpeng suddenly felt a lot more at ease.

There are those lurking demon generals at the prayer platform, so there is no need for him to take direct action for the time being. Although the scene was chaotic, it was not a good thing after all that such a person that no one knew appeared for nothing.

Just when the prayer platform was about to fall to the ground, and Xuanzang, who was standing on it, was holding the fence and was already hanging in the air, all the demon generals had gathered under Xuanzang, and they all stretched out their hands, ready to catch him. Xuanzang.

The prayer platform fell heavily to the ground, and the whole thing quickly collapsed. In panic, Xuanzang let go and fell into the circle where the demon generals gathered and was caught firmly.

"Master Xuanzang, are you okay?"

"Are you okay?"

Greetings quickly rang in Xuanzang's ears. At this moment, he was still dazed, but instinctively stretched out his hands to catch everything he could catch.

There was nothing wrong with this scene in the eyes of the people around. If so, they probably just lamented the piety of these dozen people.

However, an incredible scene happened.

Just as the old prince, who had just woken up from his shock, started to jog, he was about to go check on Xuanzang's condition. Right next to Xuanzang, a demon general who transformed into a common person suddenly grew in size, reaching a height of one foot, and transformed into his original form!

Black scales, long upper and lower jaws dotted with sharp teeth, huge arms... it was a crocodile spirit.

For a moment, the people around who were worried about Xuanzang's injury were stunned, and their faces turned completely white.

Not only the people, but also the other demon generals, the canopy, and the monkeys were all stunned.

…

In the back hall, Lingji drank tea as if nothing had happened. He snapped his fingers and said, "Didn't the poor monk already use this trick in Gaolaozhuang? He really doesn't have a long memory. Hahahaha..."

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The next moment, screams quickly covered the entire Leiyin County! (To be continued ~^~)