NFBE Chapter 554 Discussing the Journey to the West and the Tribulations of Obtaining the Scriptures
Chapter 554 Discussing the Journey to the West and the Tribulations of Obtaining the Scriptures
As a result, the entire Netherworld Blood Sea was bustling with activity.
Even a single drop of blood must be screened to ensure safety.
Yang Jiao searched diligently at the foot of Mount Ling...
As luck would have it, Lu Ya Daoist, who had just unearthed a fresh ley line, saw it, and his face immediately lit up with joy:
"Yang Jiao, you've also had your luck leaked and started digging into the earth's veins?"
Lu Ya Daoist was overjoyed:
"I was a little disappointed that I was the only one left digging ley lines in Buddhism, it was a bit lonely, but thankfully you came."
Yang Jiao looked at the area in front of her that she had almost completely plowed up, and felt dejected.
"Yang Jiao!"
In the distance, the figure of Ksitigarbha appeared just in time.
He looked at Yang Jiao squatting on the ground, her hands still covered in mud. Her actions and expression suggested she was plotting to take over his ley lines.
A startled cry rang out:
"What... what do you want to do to my ley lines?"
Yang Jiao stood up, looked at Ksitigarbha and Maitreya, whose shiny head appeared behind him, and curled her lip:
"Hidden!"
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva immediately thought of digging out the most orderly ley line to shut Yang Jiao up.
Yang Jiao took three steps in two, grabbing one of the people who tried to run away with each hand, her face showing a hint of guilt:
"This is what happened..."
Maitreya leaned back.
Cover your ears tightly, squat down on the spot, and repeat:
"I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen."
"Are you two really that scared?" Yang Jiao was speechless.
“Absolutely! Absolutely, extremely!” Maitreya looked up.
Even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva weighed the pros and cons of 'Yang Jiao's matter' and 'Yang Jiao digging up the earth's veins', and finally gritted his teeth and suggested:
"Why don't you just dig into the earth's veins?"
Yang Jiao watched helplessly as the two of them disregarded their sworn brotherhood, ultimately realizing she had misplaced her trust.
"I suggested that Ksitigarbha use the Breath Soil to build mountains, and I even wanted to help Maitreya seize territory, yet you treat me like this!"
In one sentence, he made the two future leaders of Western Buddhism feel guilty.
Maitreya pursed his lips tightly, and after a long while, he seemed to make a resolute decision and said in despair:
"You tell me, you tell me."
Yang Jiao was immediately overjoyed, her spirits returning instantly. She pulled their heads together and told them everything about how she wanted to gather the Creation Lotus to snatch the Creation Jade Disc from Hongjun Ancestor.
"What?!" Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva suddenly stood up.
Maitreya was filled with regret.
He would rather have hardened his heart than hear Yang Jiao talking about going against the will of Heaven.
This time is different from any other time. The only way for her to stop the Great Tribulation is to bring down Hongjun Laozu.
What does it mean?
Do you really think those saints are so obedient and compliant under the tutelage of Hongjun? It's just that they can't bypass the Creation Jade Disc that contains three thousand Dao laws.
Yang Jiao, on the other hand, was preparing to steal the Jade Disc of Creation.
This is what it means to defy the heavens!
Maitreya suddenly looked up at Mount Ling. He had thought that it was difficult enough to compete with Dipankara and Duobao for Buddhist territory.
Yang Jiao is ahead of them; she wants to seize territory from Heaven!
“Yang Jiao, sometimes your ambitions don’t have to be so lofty, really.” Maitreya was almost in tears.
“Your uncle is the Jade Emperor, your brother is the Manifestation Saint True Lord, and you have several saints protecting you. Your friends are all shining brightly in the Three Realms. With your status, as long as you don’t challenge the Heavenly Dao, no one dares to challenge you.” Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva paused for a moment before continuing, “Why do you insist on challenging the Heavenly Dao?”
"This great calamity is yours in the West. Do you really want to be marginalized in Buddhism in the future?" Yang Jiao asked. "Then what kind of good place is Buddhism, where even Kinnara will be forced to rebel against the Three Realms?"
Maitreya suddenly stood up confidently: "That's unlikely. Kinnara's personality makes it absolutely impossible."
After he finished speaking, he saw Kinnara carrying a hoe and with his long, flowing hair—a unique feature of Buddhism—planting grass.
Maitreya laughed:
"See? Things can't possibly be as serious as you're making them out to be."
The voice just fell.
Then I saw Kinnara effortlessly dig open a large patch of earth veins with his hoe and slowly scatter a handful of seeds inside.
Ksitigarbha felt a lump in his throat.
"Perhaps...it really is possible."
Kinnara is no longer the Kinnara she once was!
The moment he started planting people in the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation, the seed in his heart began to sprout.
Maitreya belatedly realized what was happening and twitched his fingers, then suddenly grabbed Yang Jiao's hand and said earnestly:
"Tell me, what should we do?"
Yang Jiao gave a "That's more like it" smile and began to describe it with her head down:
"Do you remember that god-slaying spear from the last illusion?"
……
I originally thought that finding the God-Slaying Spear, which was lost in the western region, would be easy with the help of the two groups.
But the reality far exceeded Yang Jiao's estimated time.
The blood waves in the Netherworld Blood Sea were filtered through without exception. Maitreya and Ksitigarbha led their people to turn over every inch of the Buddhist mud every day, which benefited Kinnara, who only needed to follow behind these people and sow seeds all day long.
Much more convenient.
A whole decade.
Yang Jiao searched for ten whole years at the foot of the Buddha statue but could not find the God-Slaying Spear.
She was so desperate that she almost despaired, wondering if what she had seen was just an illusion, and that the God-Slaying Spear had already self-destructed along with Rahu.
The Heavenly Palace at that time.
The Heavenly Dao has officially decreed that the Great Tribulation has entered its initiation phase.
It is euphemistically called resolving the karmic burdens of the East to restore the order of the Three Realms, thereby achieving balance between East and West.
The Jade Emperor lowered his head, looked at the hundreds of gods in the hall, and asked:
"For this great calamity of the Journey to the West, we need immortals to travel from east to west. Does anyone here have the courage to volunteer?"
The immortals all buried their heads in their work.
Having finally secured a stable job in Heaven, why would they be willing to go down to the grassroots and suffer?
Besides, most of them were those whose souls were added to the Investiture of the Gods after their deaths. If they encountered any accidents, let alone returning to Heaven to be promoted, the possibility of them being reincarnated in the Underworld was very slim.
They didn't say a word.
The Jade Emperor said calmly:
"It's merely eighty-one tribulations; are you, my esteemed ministers, incapable of handling it?"
To put it bluntly, the immortals who went out of Heaven this time were just there to get a prestigious makeover.
However, the risk factor is also quite high.
A slight mishap could really lead to disaster.
This time, it was a joint operation between Buddhism and the Heavenly Court, using the pretext of converting people to spread the religion from east to west.
Venus, however, was clear about the reason.
Firstly, the previous kalpa failed, so another kalpa is needed to fill the Jade Disc of Creation.
Secondly, the Western religion has just established Buddhism, and it is not yet prosperous enough. It needs to build up the reputation of Buddhism.
These immortals had all died once, so they were naturally jealous of those who had achieved sainthood in the physical body.
From somewhere among the ethereal immortals, a voice rang out, strongly recommending:
"I believe that the Manifested Sage True Lord is extremely capable, and he will surely be able to safely pass through the eighty-one tribulations on this journey to the west."
Upon hearing this, not only did the Jade Emperor look in that direction, but even Taibai Jinxing secretly cursed him as 'foolish'.
He stared intently in the direction of the voice and coldly shouted:
"How did you come up with this idea? The purpose of this trip is to convert, to convert!"
"If Erlang Shen went, would it be eighty-one tribulations? No, it would be eighty-one victims in the mortal realm."
Furthermore, Erlang Shen is His Majesty's own nephew; it shouldn't be him who goes down to the grassroots level.
Then someone else looked at the fiery red figure deep in thought on the other side and said:
"Then let Nezha go on the journey to the West."
Upon hearing his own name, Nezha seemed to snap out of his daze.
"Tendon removal? Whose tendons should be removed?"