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Sun Wukong was not interested, but Bai Gui was curious.
The nun from Ganye Temple who went to meet Tang Monk was undoubtedly Wu Wei, who had become a monk. Why did Wu Wei go to see Tang Monk? A person who preaches scriptures goes to see a person who seeks scriptures. He got the guidance of immortals and Buddhas, or it could be said that going to see was just Wu Wei's own idea...
Tang Monk's current status should not be underestimated, relying on the Buddhist sect in the West. Even if Li Shimin knew that Tang Monk did not ask for the Changsheng Sutra for him, he had to take into account the Buddhist sect and had to pretend to be submissive.
"Great Sage, why don't you and I go to Linggan Temple together to meet this nun."
Bai Gui stood up and said.
Although Wu Wei is just an ordinary person now, he will be a person who stirs up the world like Tang Monk in the future, and he must not be careless. And from Wu Wei's mouth now, perhaps some secret information can be obtained. For him, it may affect part of the plan.
Sun Wukong nodded.
The two immediately turned into a wisp of breeze and left Bai's house. There was a curfew in Chang'an, but the Wuhous of Wuhoupu were obviously unable to detect Bai Gui and Sun Wukong.
After a few breaths, they arrived at Linggan Temple.
In the Zen room behind the temple, Tang Seng and Wu Wei sat opposite each other, one was a handsome monk with red lips and white teeth, and the other was also a beautiful woman. If they had not had no evil thoughts, and Bai Gui knew their personalities, they would probably have mistaken them for a monk and a nun having a secret meeting here.
Bai Gui and Sun Wukong paused at the door.
Sun Wukong wanted to break in, but Bai Gui stopped him. Then he knocked on the door several times.
Sun Wukong and Tang Seng were familiar with each other, and they were master and apprentice. Besides, Sun Wukong was a man from the mountains, so it was understandable that he didn't know etiquette. And since he had a name, it was better to talk about etiquette.
There were knocks on the door.
Tang Seng apologized to Wu Wei and unlocked the door.
"Master Bai, you and Wukong?"
Tang Seng looked puzzled.
Before he opened the door, he thought it was a monk from Linggan Temple knocking on the door to ask for an audience. And it was unlikely that Bai Gui would disturb him rashly at night.
"I heard that the people from Ganye Temple met Master Xuanzang late at night, and I came here to see him out of curiosity."
Bai Gui held his whisk in his arms, his face calm and composed.
With his status and identity, although he was not unscrupulous, he could still do whatever he wanted. Moreover, his relationship with Tang Seng was not shallow, and disturbing him late at night was not an offense.
"Please don't blame Master Xuanzang."
He apologized.
"Master Bai is willing to meet with me, this is my honor."
Tang Seng put his hands together and nodded.
He would not blame ordinary people for disturbing him. What's more, Bai Gui is a man of great knowledge who is proficient in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. He would only be happy to have a long chat with Bai Gui late at night.
"Please come in, Taoist Bai."
Tang Seng made an invitation.
Bai Gui followed him in, and Sun Wukong followed closely.
"Meet Taoist Bai."
Wu Wei stepped forward and bowed.
A trace of surprise flashed across her face. She had a deep memory of Bai Gui, who changed her fate. If it weren't for Bai Gui, she might have become the concubine of Wei Wang Li Tai. She wouldn't have fallen into Ganye Temple to become a monk and wasted five or six years of her youth.
It's impossible not to hate Bai Gui.
But she didn't dare to hate him. Even when she met Bai Gui in her private house, she didn't know who Bai Gui was. Bai Gui deliberately concealed his identity. But then, she thought about it carefully and understood. How could the King of Wei be so respectful to a Taoist priest? Then this Taoist priest was the former chief clerk of the Wei Wang Mansion, who was said to have ascended to heaven and attended a banquet in the Moon Palace, and the teacher of Wei Wang Li Tai.
"Madam Wu."
Bai Gui returned the greeting.
The four of them sat in the meditation room. However, because of his and Sun Wukong's interference, Wu Wei and Tang Seng did not have the conversation they had just now, and their words were few and far between.
"The four of us, being guests in Linggan Temple late at night, are a little dull."
He took the initiative to open the conversation.
"Great Sage, follow me to the Heavenly Palace to get some food, so that we can entertain Madam Wu."
Bai Gui glanced at Wu Wei and knew what Wu Wei was thinking. However, he could not say it directly. It was certain that Wu Wei hated him. Of course, he did not mind such things.
It's just that... Wu Wei is a sutra preacher, a Buddhist son of Vairocana Buddha, and it would not be worth it if he did something bad in the future. Going to the Heavenly Palace to get food, on the one hand, means resolving the hatred, and on the other hand, it is to declare one's strength, so that Wu Wei can't even have hatred.
Once a person's strength is strong to a certain extent.
The slight hatred naturally disappeared.
"What?"
Sun Wukong was stunned for a moment, then he came to his senses, shook his head and waved his hands, saying: "I was cheated in the Heavenly Palace and broke into the Yaochi Banquet. These immortals hate me. Every time I go to ask for help, they don't mention giving me some wine and food to taste. Now I go to the Heavenly Palace to ask for it..."
Going to the West to obtain scriptures is a major event for Buddhism, so these immortals will give face to Sun Wukong when he asks for help. But this face is given to Buddhism, not to him, a monkey. Even if the immortals don't treat him coldly, how can this spiritual stone monkey not notice the slightest difference.
"This is a trivial matter."
Bai Gui laughed, "How about I go to the Heavenly Palace and treat you to peaches?"
"Peaches?"
Sun Wukong's mouth was full of saliva.
He eats a lot at ordinary immortal banquets. But how can this be compared with peaches. Besides, he was a monkey and loved to eat spiritual fruits. However, he had not tasted the delicious peaches for five hundred years after he was suppressed for causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace. It would be fine if he had never tasted them, but he had not tasted them for five hundred years. As soon as he mentioned it, he felt itchy.
"I, Old Sun, will go with you."
Sun Wukong agreed.
"Please wait for a moment to burn the incense."
Bai Gui chuckled.
After saying this, the two souls left their bodies and went straight to Qingming.
Compared to traveling in the air with the physical body, it is undoubtedly faster for the soul to leave the body. For example, Monk Tang didn't even have any magic, but with the nature of his soul, he could ride the wind and rush from Lingshan Mountain in the west to the Tang Dynasty in the east. Both Bai Gui and Sun Wukong are immortals, and the immortal spirits are extraordinary.
In an instant, it turned into a rainbow and rose to the thirty-third level.
"I've seen Inspector Bai."
The four heavenly kings guarding Nantianmen paid tribute.
The same goes for being able to listen to the wind and having clairvoyance.
After Bai Gui and Sun Wukong passed by, several people whispered.
"Why did this monkey get mixed up with Inspector Bai? I remember that Qingyuan Miaodao Zhenjun disliked this hozen the most. Logically speaking, Inspector Bai and this monkey should not have a good relationship..."
"Why do you and I get involved in the affairs of the Immortal?"
Moli Qing curled his lips.
"..."
Although the official positions of the Four Heavenly Kings are equal to those of Bai Gui. But the Four Heavenly Kings are gods and their future prospects are limited. Thousands of years ago, when the gods were enshrined, the Four Heavenly Kings were the Four Heavenly Kings. Now, thousands of years have passed, and the Four Heavenly Kings are still the Four Heavenly Kings. But Bai Gui was just a villain Cao Guan decades ago, but now, his official position is almost the same as theirs.
Furthermore, Bai Gui has a strong background and there are people in the court...
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Lean less.
Bai Gui and Sun Wukong came to the Golden Palace of Yaochi.
Yaochi is not just a palace, but a palace complex in heaven, which is extremely vast. Although Bai Gui didn't know the palace where the seven fairies were, he found the addresses of the seven of them with just a few calculations.
"Brother Bai, you are here."
Feeling Bai Gui's aura, the fourth princess Lu'er walked out of the palace first and greeted him.
But when she saw Bai Gui accompanied by Sun Wukong, her expression became a little unhappy.
"Fourth Princess, I have never offended you, so this shouldn't be the case."
Sun Wukong felt this difference in treatment, and he immediately complained.
It's not that he doesn't have scheming, it's just that in heaven, fairies like the Seven Fairies are not worthy of his scheming. In fact, he was also familiar with the Seven Fairies. The Seven Fairies picked flat peaches, and he was the guard of the flat peach orchard at the time.
"What a good thing you did, and you still ask me."
"You ruined the peaches in the peach garden, causing seven of my sisters to be punished by the Queen Mother and grounded for a hundred years. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have received this punishment."
The fourth princess Lu'er glared at Sun Wukong.
Although Sun Wukong is also an immortal god, he has the body of a monkey, so when he talks, he is less bound by some rules. Otherwise, other immortal gods, even if they have gaps, would not speak so casually.
"By the way, Brother Bai, you..., why did your soul come to me out of body?"
After arguing with Sun Wukong for a few words, the fourth princess Lu'er asked Bai Guidao.
Immortals are different from gods. In the heavenly court, they can still distinguish between the ghostly bodies of gods and the mortal bodies of immortals. Generally speaking, unless something happens, immortals rarely leave their bodies.
"It's not a big deal."
Bai Gui shook his head, "Firstly, I am a guest in the lower world and have nothing to eat, so I thought of coming to the Heavenly Palace to ask for some from you. Secondly..."
He tugged on his sleeve.
A white rabbit jumped out from his sleeve.
It is Chang'e's Jade Rabbit.
"This jade rabbit is causing trouble in the lower world and has replaced the reincarnation of Fairy Su'e. Well..., Fairy Chang'e and I have an old relationship, so I discipline this jade rabbit on her behalf. But these days, I have other important matters. It’s not a good idea to go to Guanghan Palace. I’ll trouble Fourth Princess to send this jade rabbit to Guanghan Palace.”
Bai Gui said.
Chang'e had been lonely for thousands of years, and he was more greedy for Chang'e's beauty. If you go to Guanghan Palace, one day will be short, and you will spend three or four days just doing nothing. However, one day in the sky and one year in the earth. If the delay had been too long, Wu Jue would have finished preaching.
The pretty face of the fourth princess Lu'er dimmed a lot. With a glance of her almond-shaped eyes, she could see the red thread wrapped around Bai Gui's wrist, the red thread held by Yue Lao. She knew this, and the red line was ordered by the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother is the head of the female immortals. Without the Queen Mother's approval, Yuelao cannot arbitrarily tie a red thread to the fairy family.
"I agree to this."
"The Jade Rabbit will be sent to Guanghan Palace the next day..."
The fourth princess Lu'er used her magic power to hold the Jade Rabbit in her arms and caressed the Jade Rabbit's supple back.
"It's just a small thing. When the fourth princess has some free time, it's not too late to send her off."
Bai Guidao.
"Brother Bai, please wait for a while. I will go to Yaochi to get some immortal banquet."
After the conversation, the fourth princess Lu'er also felt that the time was almost up, so she said.
Just when she was about to turn around and fly to the main hall of Yaochi, Bai Gui stopped her, "By the way, Fourth Princess, flat peach... Pindao promised the Great Sage to give him a taste of flat peach."
"It's not for nothing that I asked Fourth Princess to give you the flat peaches. At the next flat peach banquet, the flat peaches I got will be given to you, Fourth Princess. It's like receiving a flat peach first."
he said.
He is a sixth-rank official in heaven and has a distinguished seat at the peach banquet.
On the third day of March during the peach feast, the Queen Mother will give him flat peaches. However, due to the time difference between the thirty-three days and the earthly immortal world, it would take more than two hundred years to obtain this flat peach.
Last time the fourth princess Lu'er asked him to help Dong Yong with his homework, she brought out two large flat peaches.
Furthermore, it is just a three-thousand-year-old flat peach, which is not very precious.
It's just that the peaches are limited, so they seem hard to come by.
"This is a small matter, Brother Bai, you don't have to be polite. My sister and I have some remaining peaches. If you want to eat them in the future, just tell me as soon as possible..."
The fourth princess Lu'er's beautiful face blushed and she said softly.
She was not lying.
The peaches from Yaochi are definitely not lacking for the seven fairies. There may not be nine thousand year old peaches, but three thousand year old peaches are not rare. There are not many on her, but there are not few either. Just like her, she carries two big peaches with her.
As she spoke, she took out two peaches from her body and handed them to Bai Gui.
"The Great Sage will eat one of these peaches, and you, Brother Bai, can eat the other one."
"With your official position and Taoist lineage, Brother Bai, there should be three three-thousand-year-old peaches, one six-thousand-year-old peach, and one nine-thousand-year-old purple peach at the March 3rd Peach Banquet."
The arrangement of the Yaochi Banquet was handled by the Seven Fairies and others, and they knew which fairy official was given how many peaches at the Banquet.
"These nine-thousand-year-old purple peaches are because Brother Bai is the disciple of Laojun, so you have them. The direct line of the Daluo Taoist lineage will be rewarded with one nine-thousand-year-old peach, one six-thousand-year-old peach, and one three-thousand-year-old peach at each banquet."
"For the immortals with the cultivation of celestial immortals, one six-thousand-year-old peach and one three-thousand-year-old peach will be rewarded at each banquet."
"As for your official position, Brother Bai, you only get one three-thousand-year-old peach."
The fourth princess Lu'er explained.
The officials in the heavenly court were not necessarily noble. At least the sixth-rank immortal officials can only get one three-thousand-year-old peach. More peaches are due to Bai Gui's special identity.
"What about the Golden Immortal?"
Bai Gui asked curiously.
He was young in cultivation and had never participated in the Peach Banquet. The news of the Peach Banquet was not an important secret, so he had never deliberately learned about it. At this time, the fourth princess Lu'er mentioned it intentionally, and he was also very curious.
However, when the fourth princess Lu'er said this, Sun Wukong's face was a little unhappy, "When I was Bi Ma Wen, I was also a celestial immortal, how come I didn't get a peach feast."
"You are Taiyi Taoist."
The fourth princess Lu'er replied directly.
The Taoist sects that are not included in the Three Pure Ones are all Taiyi Taoist sects. Only the disciples of the Three Pure Ones can be called the Daluo Taoist sect. Celestial immortals are not noble, and the celestial immortals of the Daluo Taoist sect are the most supreme and noble.
After hearing this, Sun Wukong curled his lips and said no more.
The fourth princess Lu'er began to answer Bai Gui's questions, "Golden Immortal, these nine thousand years of purple peaches are useless. But the Queen Mother will give some purple peaches to you at every banquet."
Below the Golden Immortal, it is a gift. Above the Golden Immortal, it is a gift.
The gap between earthly immortals and heavenly immortals, and the difference between heavenly immortals and golden immortals. It's not just a realm. There are many heavenly immortals in the heavens, but only a handful of them can become golden immortals.
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I'm in a hurry, so this chapter is a bit boring. I don't know where to go in the next world.
Any suggestions...
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