I am submissive in Journey to the West, I strike hard at the gods

Chapter 181 The Conflict between Yang Jian and the Great Celestial Lord

If it is a young friend, Taibai Jinxing sighed.

Maybe the Buddha will come to heaven to have a good talk with the Great Celestial Lord.

Just as he was about to report, the two gods, Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Ears, hurried to the Lingxiao Palace.

"See the Great God!"

Qianliyan and Shunfenger are the most loyal gods in the lineage of Da Tianzun.

Seeing the two of them coming together, the Great Heavenly Venerable stopped smiling and asked, "What do you two want to do?"

"Report to the Great Heavenly Venerable, a demon monkey was born on the Flower and Fruit Mountain in the Dongsheng Divine Continent. This demon monkey is very sharp. When it was born, a divine light rushed straight towards the Bull Fighting. This offends the majesty of the Heavenly Court. Should we capture it and put it in the Heavenly Prison?"

The birth of a monkey does cause a lot of noise.

It's absolutely correct to say that he was furious.

Therefore, it is indeed an offense to the Heavenly Court.

After all, in a sense, Bullfighting is the palace where the Great Celestial Lord rests.

The Great Celestial Venerable just waved his hand and said, "Why bother? It's just a little demon. You two don't need to worry about it. Please leave."

Catch the monkey?
Why catch?
Even if it is not the Spirit Stone Monkey, but just a demon monkey, the Great Heavenly Venerable would not want to interfere.

If he caught the monkey because of this, who knows how many people would say behind his back that he was stingy and that he caught the monkey to take revenge on the demon clan.

The Great Heavenly Venerable is very familiar with this kind of thing.

After he inherited the Heavenly Palace, he killed demons many times according to the Heavenly Rules, but was secretly mocked by various forces behind his back, saying that he took the Heavenly Palace from Emperor Jun because he was afraid of the demons.

Is he afraid of the demons?

He's so scared!
In order to test whether he was afraid or not, with his tacit consent, the subordinate of Emperor Ziwei, the once unknown Yousheng, became the Zhenwu Dangmo Tianzun.

Now that the Spiritual Stone Monkey has been born, Lingshan must be in chaos.

If we try to catch the demon monkey now, not only will we be criticized behind our backs, but we will also not be able to enjoy the fun of Lingshan. Why bother?

"Yes, Your Majesty." Thousand-Li Eyes and Swift-Ears looked at each other in surprise.

In fact, when they reported to the Great Heavenly Master, they deliberately concealed some information.

Just some irrelevant information.

They thought this shouldn't be a big deal.

They saw that Taoist Jiang Wang and an unfamiliar Taoist had gone to Huaguo Mountain some time before the stone monkey was born.

Fellow Daoist Jiang Wang also had a few words with the Qilin who was guarding the birth of the stone monkey.

As for the specific content, out of respect for Jiang Wang, Shunfenger did not listen too carefully.

Just from the Qilin's subsequent attitude, it seems that Daoist Brother Jiang Wang took the Qilin as his mount with just a few words, which is really enviable.

After leaving the Lingxiao Palace, Qianliyan sent a message to Shunfenger: "Brother, should it be okay for us to keep it a secret just now?"

"It should be fine. Even if the Great Venerable knew that Fellow Jiang Wang went to the Flower-Fruit Mountain, could he still blame you?" Shunfenger didn't care.

"Too."

Previously, Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Ears were entrusted by the Great Celestial Venerable to be taken to see Jiang Wang. Until now, this matter is still one of the top three secrets that cannot be revealed in the hearts of the two brothers Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Ears.

If the gods in heaven knew what the Great Lord did, he would probably be so angry that his face would turn black.

"I really envy Brother Jiang Wang. I don't know what's wrong with his mouth, but with just a few words, he was able to coax the Qilin into recognizing him as its master."

"Yes, yes. After the Conferred God Tribulation, my brother and I haven't seen a Qilin many times, not to mention the rare event of a Qilin recognizing its master. I didn't expect that Brother Jiang would catch up with it. I'm really envious."

"Who do you think the fellow Taoist next to Jiang Wang is? When I first looked at him, I couldn't even tell where he came from." Qianliyan changed the subject and mentioned Bai Ze who was following Jiang Wang.

Shunfenger shook his head: "I have actually heard this fellow Taoist speak in the Heavenly Palace, but I couldn't hear his voice clearly at that time. When I wanted to listen again, he had already gone to the lower world. When did a stranger fellow Taoist come to the Heavenly Palace? How could he hide it from us brothers?"

"Strange." Qianliyan sighed: "Forget it, forget it, we two brothers should try not to make any mistakes. When there is a court meeting one day, we should report this matter to the Great Heavenly Venerable. I believe that Daoist Jiang Wang will not blame us brothers. We brothers also have duties to perform."

"That's true."

Shunfenger nodded.

The two gods of the inspection department returned to their posts leisurely.

And in the Lingxiao Palace.

Taibai Jinxing's words made the Great Heavenly Venerable fall into deep thought.

After a long while, the Great Celestial Venerable frowned and asked, "Old man, did you say that my friend Jiang Wang had been to the Flower-Fruit Mountain before the Stone Monkey was born?"

"Yes, Great Celestial Lord, he chatted with the Qilin who was guarding the stone monkey. I don't know what they talked about. Then he seemed to have gone to the East China Sea again. Not long after he went to the East China Sea." Taibai Jinxing originally wanted to tell Bai Ze's affairs as well. In fact, he knew more about worldly affairs than Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Hearing Ears.

After hesitating for a moment, he still did not mention Bai Ze's name, but directly ignored Bai Ze, saying that Jiang Wang and the Dragon King went to the East China Sea together to see the precious treasure of mankind, the Dinghai Shenzhen Iron.

"Oops."

The Great Heavenly Venerable slapped the table in front of him, showing a trace of distress and helplessness.

"I'm afraid Lingshan will take this opportunity to cause trouble."

"Lingshan?" Taibai Jinxing quickly tried to comfort him, "Don't worry, Great Celestial Venerable. Lingshan knows that Jiang Wang is one of ours, so they won't dare to turn against us openly. The birth of the stone monkey has arrived, and the critical moment has come. They won't dare to do that."

When Taibai Jinxing was obviously unaware of Lingming Stone Monkey, the Great Celestial Venerable smiled bitterly and said, "Old man, old man, it is because Jiang Wang is one of ours that Lingshan wants to take the opportunity to attack! Do you know how long Tathagata has been patient? Lingshan's factions are equally complicated. If he doesn't take this opportunity to contact Jiang Wang, he will not be the same Duobao as before."

Taibai Jinxing was a little surprised by the seriousness of the Great Celestial Lord.

Because in a sense, Lingshan is not worthy of such seriousness from the Heavenly Court.

The two saints behind Lingshan have long stopped caring about worldly affairs.

It cannot be said that these two saints do not care about worldly affairs.

However, they were deceived by the Saint Taiqing's method of converting Buddhism into Buddhism, and they lost control of Western religion.

Originally, they were able to allow the Western religion, which had become Buddhism, to continue to flourish in their own hands.

Unfortunately, after the great calamity of the Conferred Gods, the Taoist Ancestor issued a ban to all saints.

The saints are not allowed to interfere in the affairs of the ancient world anymore.

This means that they can only interfere with the development of Honghuang through their disciples or factions.

But Western religions have become Buddhism, so can the disciples of the two saints still be their disciples?
In a primitive world where saints cannot interfere and where the orthodox teachings have been changed, it is natural that the former disciples of these two saints would unite with Buddhism.

The most crucial thing is that Duobao, who later became the Tathagata Buddha, and the original Dipankara Buddha, jointly formulated a rule that made the two saints helpless.

That is the system that is causing quite a bit of chaos in Lingshan right now.

Lingshan is divided into three Buddhist systems: past, present and future.

In addition to these three Buddhist systems, there are many Bodhisattvas and Buddhas who have not participated in the Buddhist system.

There are countless Bodhisattvas and Buddhas outside of these three Buddhist systems, and they are also a huge force.

The power and status of the two saints, Zhunti and Jie Yin, did not disappear overnight.

After being tricked by Saint Taiqing, with their status, even if they could not control Buddhism, they were at least the spiritual symbol of Buddhism.

But nowadays Buddhism basically no longer mentions these two saints.

This is completely different from Jiejiao.

The saint behind the Jiejiao is Tongtian Taoist.

His experiences and those of the two saints Zhunti and Jie Yin are not exactly the same, but at least they are somewhat similar.

During the Conferred God Tribulation, a total of two sects were actually destroyed.

One is Western religion.

Western religion is peaceful evolution.

There were two saints, one of them was not paying attention and was tricked, which changed the Taoist tradition.

From then on, there was no more side door in the West, only the Western Sacred Mountain.

The only sect that was actually destroyed physically was the Jiejiao.

The physical destruction of Jiejiao means that the sect completely disappeared in the prehistoric world. Even if its leader and followers are still there, Jiejiao will never appear again from now on.

This does not mean that Master Tongtian cannot rebuild the Jiejiao.

But someone as proud as him would never allow himself to rebuild a completely identical sect after his failure.

If Master Tongtian continues to preach in the future, it will definitely not be called Jiejiao.

Although this is what they said, unlike the two saints in the West, Master Tongtian is still the great teacher and master in the minds of the former followers of the Jiejiao sect.

In other words, today's Master Tongtian can still command the response of his disciples and followers.

Even if he said now that he wanted to establish a new Jiejiao, his disciples and followers would definitely respond to him in the shortest time possible.

Even if he cannot rejoin Jiejiao, he will tell him various reasons.

This is the biggest difference between Master Tongtian and the two Western saints.

Speaking of which, the one who is more similar to the two saints in Western religions is Nuwa.

From being the Holy Mother of the human race to being the "Holy Mother" in human legends today, although the prefix "human" has been lost for Nuwa, it can be said that her status has plummeted.

In addition, unlike in ancient times, humans today hardly ever admire Nuwa anymore.

The Wahuang Temple, which was everywhere in ancient times, is a rarity among humans today.

Because there are too many temples for human worship today.

Not to mention the various Buddhist temples and Taoist temples, just the small gods and fairies that can be seen everywhere on the roadside will be worshipped.

For example, the land gods, mountain gods, and even some small monsters who brought blessings to the nearby people during their lifetime can also enjoy the incense after death.

With so many gods and immortals sharing the incense, the original sacred Nuwa goddess naturally did not have much faith.

But compared with the two Western saints, Nuwa is a little different.

That is, human beings have never, and dare not, forget that Nuwa is the Holy Mother of human beings.

Unlike the two saints in Western religions.

If they don't take action now, they will most likely be abandoned by their former followers.

After all, Lingshan is developing so well nowadays. It is full of vitality and everything is moving in a good direction.

Basically, it is inferior to the heaven.

But being inferior to the heaven, is that a bad thing?

If something happens, there will naturally be the tall Heaven above to support it, and nothing will happen to Lingshan below. Even if something does happen, as long as Heaven doesn't fall, how can it be Lingshan's turn to resist?
Unless the incident is directed at Lingshan and has nothing to do with Heaven, Lingshan needs to step up and face it.

But everything in the world develops under the guidance of Heaven. What could be targeting Lingshan?
All things are equal in the law of nature. Saints have their own plans but will not interfere in the wildness. In this case, the only one who can make Lingshan take action is the Heavenly Court.

In other words, even if the followers of Lingshan today have traces of the former Western religions, they have now almost washed away all of them. Who can blame Lingshan for developing so well that it can compete with the Heavenly Court?
Western religion?
We are not familiar with each other. Before the Conferred Gods Tribulation, the Western religion was not doing well in the West, but it had little presence.

The followers of the sect were not strong enough, so it was the two saintly leaders who were running around during the Conferred God Tribulation. Throughout the entire Conferred God Tribulation, it was these two saintly leaders who were working hard to recruit people to join their sect.

As for the followers of the Western religion? With the efforts of the leader, we don't have much power or status, so we just lie down.

How is it like now?

Every Buddha and every Bodhisattva in Lingshan can spread the Dharma in the world! With status and identity, no one would want to return to the Western religion era.

However, it is precisely because of this that, in the eyes of Heaven, the affairs of Lingshan are not worthy of attention.

Because compared with the competition with the Heavenly Palace, the conflict among "believers" within Lingshan is more serious.

It is so serious that almost every Bodhisattva and Buddha has his own territory. If other Bodhisattvas and Buddhas want to enter other Bodhisattvas’ or Buddhas’ territories to preach, they need permission, otherwise disputes will arise.

In addition, the era of ancient Buddhas has ended, and the theories they preached are no longer important today, causing their believers to be completely eroded by the two lineages of present Buddhas and past Buddhas. The ancient Buddhas naturally want to take these believers back, which results in a bad relationship between the ancient Buddhas and the two lineages of present Buddhas and past Buddhas.

Of course, the relationship between the Buddhas of the past and the Buddhas of the present is not very good.

Because sooner or later the present will become the past, and the future Buddha will be the new Buddha of Lingshan.

The competition among the three veins is already fierce, so why should Heaven take it so seriously?

"Your Majesty, you worry too much." Taibai Jinxing thought for a long time, and in the end, he could only say that the Great Heavenly Venerable was worrying too much.

The Great Celestial Venerable said, "Over-worry? It is precisely because of the dispute among the three veins that I am worried."

"Ah?" Taibai Jinxing didn't understand.

The Great Celestial Venerable smiled bitterly: "Old man, old man, I see that you have been in Heaven for too long, and you don't know the situation in the prehistoric world. The internal strife in Lingshan is fierce. If Tathagata doesn't want to find a way to shock the Buddhas, does he still want to make Lingshan flourish through this catastrophe?"

"What does the Great Lord mean?"

"The Tathagata will definitely take action against Jiang Xiaoyou, either by bewitching him or by forcefully abducting him. In short, as long as Jiang Xiaoyou is in Lingshan, he will be safe."

"Your Majesty, do you want me to help you, my friend?"

"No need for now."

"Let's see what the Spiritual Stone Monkey plans to do. If he is not satisfied with his current situation, he might go looking for the Saint." The Great Celestial Venerable said, "But this Spiritual Stone Monkey is born knowing how to achieve immortality. I'm afraid immortality is no longer the reason for him to seek immortality. I just don't know what method the Saint will use to deceive the monkey this time."

The Great Celestial Master knew a lot about the newly born Spiritual Stone Monkey.

The four mischievous monkeys each have their own abilities.

The Spiritual Stone Monkey was born knowing the secret of immortality, and would definitely not act according to the original direction of the catastrophe.

In this case, the plans of the two saints...will definitely not be realized.

If the Spiritual Stone Monkey doesn't take the initiative to look for them, they have to find the Spiritual Stone Monkey.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Taibai Jinxing is a very good confidant.

Without the instructions of the Great Celestial Lord, he would be the kind of immortal god who would never have any thoughts of his own.

Unlike some immortals and gods in heaven, they have their own little thoughts.

"But we still have to keep an eye on Lingshan's movements. If they plan to kidnap Jiang Xiaoyou by force, let Yang Jian go."

"Yang Jian?"

Taibai Jinxing looked strange: "Your Majesty, Yang Jian..."

"I don't need Yang Jian to be loyal to me. He only needs to complete my orders." The Great Heavenly Venerable spoke coldly.

Taibai Jinxing nodded quickly: "I will go and inform Yang Jian right away."

"Go."

Taibai Jinxing left the Lingxiao Palace and rushed to Yang Jian's residence.

As the god of justice, Yang Jian is quite special.

In the Heavenly Palace, he is the type who only obeys orders but not announcements. Apart from orders issued by the Great Celestial Lord himself, he can ignore any orders from the immortals or gods.

However, even though he was the Great Celestial Lord, Yang Jian sometimes ignored his orders.

Even so, the Great Heavenly Venerable could do nothing about Yang Jian.

Because Yang Jian is quite special among all the immortals and gods. As the most capable immortal god of the third generation in the Chan sect, he is also one of the most ruthless immortal gods in the Heavenly Palace. We can even remove the number one and he is the most ruthless immortal god!

Except for those great gods in heaven who can suppress Yang Jian by their background, it is almost impossible for most gods to defeat Yang Jian by fighting.

Because Yang Jian practiced the Eight-Nine Mysterious Arts.

This practice method evolved from the practice method of the god Pangu. By practicing this method, one can achieve sanctification of the physical body and unparalleled combat power.

In today's prehistoric world, the most powerful person who practices the Eight-Nine Profound Art is none other than Yang Jian.

If we say that the monkey in the future is a gifted monster, and it is incredible that he can grow into a Taiyi Golden Immortal within a thousand years, then Yang Jian is a gifted monster even stronger than the monkey.

Not only is he the Taiyi Golden Immortal, he is also suspected to be chasing after the God Pangu, taking the most orthodox path of proving his truth through force.

And if this guy has the opportunity, he might really succeed.

Because up to now, Taiyi Jinxian has no concept of "quasi-saint" at all, and Yang Jian is going to break through the upper limit of Taiyi Jinxian and become a being on par with the quasi-saint.

When Taibai Jinxing came to Yang Jian's mansion, he was still a little nervous.

Unlike star gods like him, Yang Jian is an orthodox cultivator.

There has always been some "gap" between orthodox monks and star gods.

The grudge between them has a long history.

If it weren't for the reincarnation of the Star God, Taibai Jinxing really didn't want to see Yang Jian.

"Taibai Jinxing asks to see the God of Justice."

Taibai Jinxing puts himself in a very low position, otherwise, if he makes the God of Justice unhappy, he will directly refuse the order of the Great God and not give him any face.

Over the years, Yang Jian has rejected the Great Heavenly Venerable more than once or twice. It is entirely up to him whether to work or not.

As for the fact that he did his best to fulfill his duties as the God of Justice, it was not because the Great God asked him to do so.

The god of justice is linked to the laws of heaven.

The Heavenly Rules are linked to the Way of Heaven, so Yang Jian is not serving the Great Heavenly Venerable, he is working for the Way of Heaven.

"No need to be polite, Mr. Xing. Please come in."

Yang Jian's voice rang in Taibai Jinxing's ears.

Taibai Jinxing then met Yang Jian. As soon as they met, Taibai Jinxing did not exchange too many pleasantries. Yang Jian was not used to being intimate, so it was the other person's style to just say whatever he wanted.

"God of Justice, Great Celestial Venerable, please do me a favor." Taibai Jinxing has been in heaven for so many years that he has learned the art of language.

Logically speaking, for ordinary immortals and gods, as long as it is an order from the Great Celestial Lord, Taibai Jinxing will definitely say "I will obey your orders" first.

But facing Yang Jian, Taibai Jinxing would never say such words.

Once such words were spoken, Yang Jian would definitely refuse to obey. That was his character.

"You're welcome, Mr. Xing. Go on."

There was no sign of joy or anger in Yang Jian's voice.

All the gods in heaven knew that Yang Jian actually didn’t have a very good relationship with the Great Heavenly Venerable.

It was not just a superficial incompatibility, but a real incompatibility. Normally, Yang Jian would not even bow when he met the Great Heavenly Master.

So, Taibai Jinxing explained the will of the Great Heavenly Venerable to Yang Jian in detail.

After he finished speaking, Taibai Jinxing also reminded him: "If Lingshan doesn't take action on this matter, you, the God of Justice, don't have to take action."

"Oh?"

Yang Jian glanced at Taibai Jinxing.

He knew Jiang Wang's identity, which was no secret in Heaven.

Heaven is not a place where secrets can be hidden.

The gods are not fools.

"Where is that Daoist friend Jiang Wang now? Why did he wait until Lingshan took action before showing up? I will come down to earth to protect him now."

Yang Jian had an extraordinary demeanor, and the content of his words was extremely wild.

It seemed that as long as he took action, Lingshan would not dare to touch Jiang Wang.

Taibai Jinxing nodded repeatedly.

If it was an ordinary immortal or god, he might have secretly despised him, but... since he was Yang Jian, what he said must be true.

As a third-generation disciple of the Chan sect, Yang Jian's fighting ability is even stronger than that of the second-generation disciples of the Chan sect. With this level, few Buddhas in Lingshan dare to challenge him.

Although it was true that he admired Yang Jian, Taibai Jinxing still advised: "However, Lingshan will not take action. If we take the initiative to protect Jiang Xiaoyou, won't Lingshan look down on us? It's not right, it's not right."

Yang Jian sneered, "Old man, you and the Great Celestial Venerable just don't want to offend Brother Jiang. After all, he must have felt bad for being watched by you guys after coming to the lower world. You are really trying to save face but end up suffering in vain."

"Yes, yes, yes." Taibai Jinxing smiled awkwardly.

Yang Jian stopped making sarcastic remarks. He glanced at Taibai Jinxing and said bluntly, "I know about this matter. Please go back, Star Lord."

Taibai Jinxing hurriedly took his leave.

After Taibai Jinxing left, Yang Jian returned to his mansion and immediately summoned a treasure.

After a moment, a message was recorded into the treasure.

"Master, Lingshan may take action against Daoist Fellow Jiang."

In Kunlun Mountain, a Taoist priest was working hard to travel through the mountains.

After receiving the message from his disciple, he hurried to Kunlun Mountain.

However, Kunlun Mountain is different from other sacred mountains. Here, all escape techniques are nominally banned.

Therefore, this Taoist could only travel through Kunlun Mountains on foot.

Even though he became an immortal, he was exhausted.

It was really that Kunlun Mountain brought him too much pressure. His Taoism skills were almost useless here, and he was no different from ordinary people.

But this does not mean that Kunlun Mountains are no longer viable.

In fact, Kunlun Mountain is a rare super paradise in Dongsheng Continent.

Ordinary immortals and gods who go to Kunlun Mountain will have a similar state of mind as Granny Liu when she entered the Grand View Garden.

The reason is that Kunlun Mountain is truly extraordinary.

(End of this chapter)