Chapter 368: Lingshan Monsters Come to the Mortal World to Harm People, and the Celestial Monsters Come to the Mortal World to Fall in Love
"Wukong, pack up your things and put the cassock aside. We're going to watch a play."
At night, after showing off the Jinlan cassock to Elder Jinchi, Tang Sanzang prepared to go to the game house with Sun Wukong. The Zen temple would catch fire later, so he needed to bring his clothes with him.
If he came back tomorrow morning, he would have experienced the two difficulties of being burned by the night fire and losing the cassock.
"Master, don't worry!"
Sun Wukong pulled out a monkey hair and blew it on the bed. Tang Sanzang lay on the bed to rest, and then cast a spell to protect the bed from being burned by the flames.
"Hehe, in this case, there should be no problem."
Tang Sanzang nodded repeatedly and praised: "You are still thoughtful."
If they came the next day, the whole house was burned black, but they were not seen, even Elder Jinchi would guess that they were not in the house.
At that time, it might not be considered a difficulty, and the follow-up would become troublesome.
After they were done, they went to the game room, and everyone warmly invited them to sit down and watch the second part.
It was about Tang Monk and his four disciples who returned to the Tang Dynasty after obtaining Buddhist scriptures. They used memories to tell about the things on the road.
Because of the success of the first part, the second part had sufficient funds, whether it was special effects or fighting, and even more group actors.
They even spent a huge amount of money to make the opening song. You should know that the opening song of the first part was just pure music without lyrics, and only the ending song was "Where is the Road?"
The beginning of the second part was a catchy song "The Avenue to Heaven is Wide and Broad", which was interspersed with the voice of Sun Wukong, which made him very happy to listen to it.
But as the first episode was being played, everyone felt something was wrong, and the atmosphere began to become subtle.
The name of this episode is "Danger Crossing the Tongtian River", and the monster is the King of Inspiration, that is, the goldfish raised by Guanyin Bodhisattva.
The story does not need to be explained in detail. Chenjiazhuang provides it with boys and girls every year to bless the next year with good weather and good harvests.
Seeing this, everyone fell silent.
Because even if there were no monsters, many villages had actually done similar things.
However, the sacrifices were usually livestock, not children.
Even a fool knows what a newborn means to a village. People would only go to extremes if they encountered a disaster and had no way out.
But as long as there is a way out, they will never do anything to cut off their own path.
From the plot, we can guess that Chenjiazhuang offered boys and girls as sacrifices because the King of Inspiration was behind the scenes. Otherwise, how could the village have no harvest every year.
"Isn't this also the mount of some god?" Xiao Feng said coldly.
"It shouldn't be. This is a goldfish. It can't be a mount, but... it may be a pet."
When they were analyzing, Li En didn't spoil the plot. Spoiling the plot while watching a drama is not a good habit.
As the plot developed, everyone couldn't help but take a breath.
Knowing that the King of Inspiration was a goldfish in the lotus pond of Guanyin Bodhisattva, it didn't come out to worship this morning. After counting with fingers, it was found that it had escaped to the lower world as a demon, harming the people.
This explanation sounded a bit far-fetched to everyone, because one day in heaven equals one year on earth, and the King of Inspiration definitely stayed in Chenjiazhuang for more than one year.
If the Bodhisattva hadn't discovered it for just one day, it would be fine, but it's a bit unreasonable that he hadn't discovered it for so long.
And the King of Inspiration, like the previous monsters, was taken back again instead of being killed on the spot.
"Hmph! If you can't learn well even if you listen to Guanyin Bodhisattva chanting every day, what's the use of Buddhism!" Xiao Feng drank a bowl of wine angrily, and he wanted to persuade his father to return to secular life.
Others also had complaints. If this goldfish was originally a monster, everyone wouldn't say much, after all, it's not a species.
However, the goldfish learned its skills by listening to the Bodhisattva's lectures. After it learned it, it went directly to the lower world to make trouble, which is a direct relationship.
Just look at Sun Wukong and you will know that although he has done bad things, he has never bullied the weak.
It was the Dragon King of the East China Sea who looked down on him and thought he couldn't take the Dinghai Shenzhen.
When the Book of Life and Death was destroyed, it was the Black and White Impermanence who first went to Huaguo Mountain to capture him, and then he went to the underworld to settle accounts with the King of Hell.
When the Heavenly Court released the horse, it was the Wu Qu Star Lord who humiliated him first, and then he rebelled against the Heavenly Court for the first time and proclaimed himself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.
There is a world of difference between the two, and most of the people in the game house are like this, proud of the superiors but not humiliating the inferiors, or in other words, they disdain to bully the weak.
Therefore, the actions of the King of Inspiration not only make people hate it, but also make people's impression of Guanyin Bodhisattva much less.
Tang Sanzang's face was not very good either. When he arrived at Tongtian River and met Guanyin Bodhisattva, he would definitely ask her:
"Is this the monster taught by Mahayana Buddhism?"
The real and fake Monkey King made the atmosphere a little better, and it was more fun to watch, but when they arrived at Lion Camel Ridge, everyone's faces fell again.
The blue lion and white elephant are the mounts of Manjusri and Samantabhadra, and the golden-winged roc is related to the Buddha. In addition, in the ending of the first part, the monk who asked Tang Sanzang for benefits suddenly lowered the image of Lingshan in the West Heaven.
Tang Sanzang's breathing was also a little heavy. So far, he has not seen that the Mahayana Buddhist scriptures have taught anything good.
In the first part, although there were monsters from heaven who came to the world, what did they do?
Kuimu Wolf robbed his wife, the white-haired mouse robbed his man, and the jade rabbit robbed his man. They did not do anything that harmed the heaven and completely inherited the unique love brain of the heaven.
The difference is particularly obvious when the two are compared. The monsters of Lingshan came to the world to harm people, while the monsters of heaven came to the world to fall in love.
As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked. The gods in heaven often go down to the mortal world to fall in love. What about the Buddha in Lingshan?
Tang Sanzang did not dare to think about it, but the seeds had been planted, and it was just a matter of time before they sprouted.
In the eighth episode, the green bull monster appeared, which was the mount of Taishang Laojun.
This guy's behavior can be described as polite. He always used the word "please" when talking to Tang Sanzang, and he also clearly said that he did not want to eat Tang Sanzang's meat. Even if the little ones were greedy, they would go to steam Zhu Bajie instead of Tang Sanzang.
It feels that his purpose is to fight with Sun Wukong to relieve boredom. Compared with the previous monsters, his pattern has improved a lot.
I was going to end after watching the eighth episode, but because I was stuck at the end, I watched half of the ninth episode.
The power of the diamond cutter is too strong, and all the gods can't do anything to him. Sun Wukong asked the Buddha for help, but the Buddha did not clearly tell the origin of the green bull monster, but just asked him to find Taishang Laojun.
Only then did he realize that the Green Bull Demon had been in the lower world for seven years, and Taishang Laojun hurriedly went with Sun Wukong to subdue him, unlike Guanyin Bodhisattva, who had to spend time weaving a bamboo basket.
After watching, everyone was ready to leave. Tang Sanzang sighed silently, found Li En, and told him his thoughts.
"Do you want to end the 81 difficulties as soon as possible?" Li En asked in surprise.
"Yes!" Tang Sanzang nodded and said solemnly: "If it ends as soon as possible, the pets or mounts of the gods and Buddhas in the sky should all leave, right?"
"Uh... I can't say."
Li En didn't dare to guarantee it, unless those monsters were really arranged in advance, it would be possible.
Hearing that Li En was not sure, Tang Sanzang hesitated for a while and said: "Let's give it a try, just in case... it works."
"Then you try it, you know the process."
Since Tang Sanzang had this intention, Li En would naturally not say anything to spoil the fun.
It's better to make mistakes than to do nothing.
"Yes!"
Tang Sanzang nodded solemnly, ready to start with the black bear monster!