Chapter 426 The Mission Is Almost Completed

"Okay, come down quickly. It's safe here. I chopped one of the two wild wolves that came just now to death, and the other ran away after seeing his partner dead."

Jiang Liu'er just picked up the firewood and wanted to leave here. Then he remembered something and called to the man hiding in the tree.

"Is it safe now? I'll come down right away."

The man opened his eyes, looked around below, confirmed that it was safe, and then jumped down from the tree.

He followed Jiang Liuer's footsteps, followed him closely, and left here.

"Thank you, thank you so much. If it weren't for you today, I would probably have been buried in the mouth of this wild boar or those two wild wolves."

After leaving the forest, the man grabbed Jiang Liuer's hand and shook it to express his gratitude.

"You don't have to be polite to me. It's just a little effort. Besides, my master told me that saving one life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. It's my duty to save you."

After Jiang Liuer saw this man expressing his gratitude to him enthusiastically, he smiled and began to be humble with him.

After thanking Jiang Liuer, this person waved to him and said goodbye.

Then the two people parted ways. The man rushed towards the town where he was, while Jiang Liuer rushed towards the temple where he was.

"Jiang Liu'er, why did you come back so late today?"

"Usually you arrive here before the sun sets. Did something happen on the way?"

As soon as he entered the gate of the temple, Jiang Liu'er heard the voice of concern for him from the old monk who was the abbot of the temple.

"I came back so late today entirely because I rescued a man on my way back from chopping wood."

"When I came back, I saw him trapped in a tree by a wild boar, and the wild boar couldn't stop hitting the tree, trying to shake it down."

"Finally, I put down the firewood, attacked the wild boar with an axe, and killed the wild boar with three blows, and saved the man hiding in the tree."

"Then I escorted him out of the forest, but just as he was about to leave the forest, two more wild wolves surrounded him."

"I only saw him quickly climb up the tree, then hug the trunk and tremble."

"Finally, I took out the wood-cutting ax and killed a wild wolf, scared away a wild wolf, and successfully rescued the man hiding in the tree."

"Because I had to save him, I came back late today."

In the end, Jiang Liuer revealed the reason why he was late tonight.

"Okay, Jiang Liu'er, you did a very good job. Saving one life is better than building a 7-level pagoda. Now you can be regarded as building a 14-level pagoda."

The old monk, who was the abbot of the temple, excitedly patted Jiang Liuer on the shoulder and praised him.

On the other side, on the morning of the second day, the man who had been rescued by Jiang Liuer went around the streets to publicize how he had been rescued.

There, I tried my best to describe Jiang Liuer's majestic appearance and superb martial arts.

Gradually, everyone in this town knew that Jiang Liuer was not only strong in Buddhism, but also had first-class martial arts. Then the news spread wider and wider, and more and more people knew about it. Jiang Liuer is a person with both Dharma and strength.

Two or three years later, the emperor at that time issued an edict to the world to find a person with profound Buddhist teachings to go to the Western Heaven to obtain the Tripitaka Sutra.

So a competition arena for Buddhist teachings was set up in the capital. The winner would represent the Tang Dynasty as an envoy to the Western Regions and obtain the Tripitaka Sutra after arriving in Tianzhu.

Of course, the winner is not without rewards. Tang Taizong will reward him with a very generous amount of money, which he can use at his disposal, and Tang Taizong will also agree to his small request.

Recently, Taizong sent people to notify monks in temples across the country, asking each temple to select the one with the strongest Dharma for debate.

After the old abbot of the temple learned the news, he immediately put down what he was doing and took Jiang Liu'er to the arena set up by his family, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

"Oh, the competition has started. Are you selecting candidates to go to the West to learn from the experience?"

"This is a good sign. It seems that the person we are waiting for will show up soon."

When Guanyin Bodhisattva heard the news from his disciple Gray Walker, he knew that the person he had been waiting for for hundreds of years was about to appear.

"Master, you mean that as long as we hand over the cassock and tin staff given by Tathagata Buddha to this person, we can retire, right?"

After listening to what Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said, the practitioner went straight to the point and asked Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva if this could be done.

"Okay, after we give the cassock given by the Buddha and this tin staff to the monk who is going to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, the two of us can leave here."

After seeing the impatient look of his disciple, Guanshiyin Bodhisattva quickly gave him a positive answer to reassure him.

"That's good, that's good, we can finally leave this place."

After Hui'anxingzhe took the reassurance pill given to him by Guanshiyin, the big stone in his heart seemed to have fallen. He slumped down on a chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

When Emperor Taizong of Tang told the whole country about the competition, he directly asked these monks to start debating with each other.

After spending a few days and going through many selections, Jiang Liuer stood out from tens of thousands of people and became the monk with the most profound Buddhist knowledge recognized by everyone in the entire Tang Dynasty.

After learning about this, Emperor Taizong of Tang was so happy that he couldn't sleep for several days. He directly took Jiang Liuer back to his palace and asked him to preach Buddhism for him.

After a few days after the competition, Emperor Taizong of Tang held another grand meeting and asked Jiang Liuer to preach Buddhism.

Jiang Liuer agreed without thinking when he thought about spreading Buddhism.

After Guanyin Bodhisattva learned that Jiang Liuer was going to preach today, he appeared on their way with the two treasures given to him by Tathagata Buddha and sold them there.

A passing monk took a fancy to the two treasures of Guanyin Bodhisattva and asked what the price was.

However, when Guanyin Bodhisattva said the price, he regretted it.

Guanyin Bodhisattva said that the cassock and the staff were both worth five thousand taels, and if anyone liked them, they could just pay the money and take them.