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

Let each of these residents have thirty-two marks and eighty virtues.

This makes all living beings and spirits look upright and dignified, without any distinction, and everyone is equal...

There are a total of forty-eight major vows and aspirations!

It’s simply whimsical!

Even more cruel than Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who vowed not to attain Buddhahood until hell is empty!
I don’t even consider whether I can actually achieve it…

It’s just that the two saints in the West made their vows early, and the Way of Heaven had just been born at that time, and had not yet experienced the evil of human hearts and had not been deceived.

So the loan was given to Zhunti, with payment to be made after use, and he was granted enormous merits.

Later, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva wanted to learn from the two founding masters, so he also joined the loan army. However, he did not expect that the Heavenly Dao was already aware of the evil of human hearts and would not allow any bug-blocking behavior.

Make a great wish and seek merit from heaven?
you can!

But pay first and use later.

So Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was deceived.

I can only stay in hell, saving the souls of the wronged and the ghosts, and trying to figure out how to realize the ambition I made in a whim...

"The saint has put in a lot of effort and has been planning for many years in order to repay the merits of Heaven!"

"I hope that this journey to the West can fulfill the saint's wish and the vow he made to the Heavenly Dao."

While watching Jin Chanzi teasing the Spirit Stone Monkey, Jiang Wang talked to Master Subhuti.

"Ugh!"

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Subhuti sighed, a trace of sorrow appeared on his face, and he said, "If I had known that this would be so difficult to repay, I would not have made the forty-eight great vows!"

"So much so that even now, after so many years, I still owe a lot of debt."

"Sometimes I want to travel back in time and give myself some advice, but unfortunately..."

"Ugh!"

Speaking of which.

He sighed deeply again.

Heaven had already given a deadline years ago.

If you fail to pay back the debt, you will be punished by heaven and will have to vomit out everything you have eaten!

As a result, his own status as a saint and that of his senior brother will fall to the level of a quasi-saint.

Even escaping from the primitive times is not possible!
Because the Sage of Heavenly Dao is not simply a realm of cultivation, but also a status like the Supreme Emperor of Man!

In the chaos outside the prehistoric world, the saint of heaven is still a saint.

But if you go too far away and are out of the influence of the Honghuang Heavenly Dao, you will directly fall to become a quasi-saint!

Unless one truly kills the three corpses - the past, present and future - to attain enlightenment.

Instead of cutting off the good and evil self, one can use the purple energy of Hongmeng and the merits of the heaven to prove the truth.

The former is the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, a great sage, invincible in the same level!

Even if he leaves the ancient times, he is still a saint!
Just like the ancestor Yangmei, even if he stays in the chaos for a long time, he is not afraid of erosion or losing his way.

No matter which world he goes to, his realm and combat power will still be at the peak.

The latter is far inferior. Once they leave the influence range of the Great Desolation Heavenly Dao, their combat power will decline severely...

"hehe!"

Jiang Wang looked at Master Subhuti, shaking his head and sighing, feeling disdain in his heart, but he did not dare to show it on his face, and remained as usual.

"Pack!"

"Keep pretending!"

He complained in his heart in dissatisfaction.

"Even if it were to start over again, you two Western saints would still do the same thing!"

"After all, that is the position of a saint. Although not as great as the Great Dao Saint like the Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, it is also an invincible existence in the prehistoric world!"

"Moreover, from the ancient times to now, I don't know how many epochs have passed. It's like freeloading, and I don't have to pay it back."

"That's it, why are you still complaining about the bitterness?"

"If you really don't want to do this, give me the position of Saint?"

“If I could travel back to the beginning of the universe and obtain the primordial purple energy, I could also obtain the heavenly way for free and become a saint through merit…”

Even if I need to pay it back now, at least I had fun before!
At this time.

boom!
There was a loud bang.

Jiang Wang was startled and came to his senses, looking in the direction of the sound.

I saw...

Crackling.

Lightning and thunder!

The Spiritual Stone Monkey was knocked flying by Jin Chanzi's punch and fell heavily on a rock more than ten feet away.

Click!
In an instant, rocks were shattered and dust was flying.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The stone monkey lay on the ground, twitching in pain.

Lightning and electricity flowed, and the shiny golden fur became smelly, charred, and curled up, with blood flowing from the corners of the mouth.

The invisible inside of the body, the broken bones and tendons...

The situation is extremely miserable.

Jiang Wang looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but frowning, and asked Master Subhuti beside him.

"Saint, isn't this kind of testing and tempering a bit too much?"

"Are you really not afraid that Jin Chanzi will chase this Lingming Stone Monkey away or kill him, leaving you without a leading actor?"

"How will the Journey to the West proceed when the catastrophe comes?"

Although there is a backup or replacement Six-Eared Macaque.

But the six-eared macaque does not have the great fortune and merit of the clever stone monkey!
Of course he could tell.

Jin Chanzi did not kill the monkey. Master Subhuti was also trying to train the stone monkey and test his character and his determination to pursue the truth.

But this kind of humiliation and beating is too much...

"Not urgent!"

Upon hearing this, Master Subhuti stroked his long beard, chuckled softly, and looked at the stone monkey meaningfully, as if he was looking at a piece of beautiful jade.

"If we want this monkey to start trouble as soon as possible and arrange the Journey to the West, we must humiliate and suppress him!"

"Let this monkey know how insignificant he is. Only after I accept him as my disciple and teach him the way of cultivation, can I let him practice diligently."

"Just like a beautiful jade, it needs to be carved before it can become a useful object..."

Listen to what Master Subhuti said.

"..."

Jiang Wang didn't know what to say.

Although jade cannot be made into a useful object without being carved, could you at least accept him as your apprentice?
Who can stand the beating that starts right off?

"Little pony, you are so weak!"

Jin Chanzi stepped into the air and walked in front of the Spirit Stone Monkey.

boom!
He stepped hard on his face, spat, and said sarcastically, "I have a kind heart. I can't stand seeing dead people or dead monkeys!"

"So I won't kill you!"

"But you'd better not show up near the mountain gate again, otherwise I will beat you every time I see you!"

The words fell.

The figure disappeared.

Watching Jin Chanzi's figure going away.

Lying on the ground, the stone monkey, with severe pain in his internal organs, clenched his fists, with a fierce light flashing in his eyes.

He swears!
One day, learn a skill!

I must take revenge and beat the shit out of this thug...

Jiang Wang looked at the miserable Lingming Stone Monkey, shook his head, and thought to himself: "No wonder more than 800 years later, when Sun Wukong was on the journey to obtain the scriptures, he wanted to attack Tang Monk at the beginning and wanted to kill him!"

"Tang Seng also recited the Tightening Curse to torture Sun Wukong whenever he had nothing to do."

"The hatred between these two people is huge. It's hard to avoid saying that they are taking advantage of the situation to settle their personal grudges..."

Within the group chat.

Wandering Earth: "I can only say that this Jin Chanzi is worthy of being a six-winged fierce cicada, so domineering?" "Although I know he is acting, and he was ordered to do it, he didn't know he was acting."

"But this is too much. Logically speaking, Jin Chanzi is also a Buddhist!"

"Shouldn't we be merciful? At least we should hold back our hands..."

Waste Prophet: "The monkey now is actually quite well-behaved and cute. He was humble and respectful to Jin Chanzi at the beginning, and was very polite."

"But this fellow Jin Chanzi, just because I don't know whether it was the order of Tathagata Buddha or Subhuti, he bullied and suppressed me without any psychological counseling. It's really..."

Ye Xiaoheizi: "I hope we can fast forward to the exciting part where Monkey King learns his martial arts and makes a scene in Heaven."

"I hope that Tang Seng will suffer more on his journey to the West..."

Old Taoist Priest: "This Jin Chanzi really has no mercy at all. He is even worse than the 86 version..."

Even he, who was usually indifferent to worldly matters, was furious when he saw this.

What is the great disciple of the Buddhist Buddha Vairocana?

This is such an insult to the horse.

No kindness at all!
Snake Queen: "+1!"

King of Mountains and Land: "+2!"

The mosquito's lifelong enemy: "This is really too much of a bully. Is Buddhism all this kind of crap?"

"I need this monkey to help me gain merit, and I also keep bullying and suppressing him, calling it testing, to strengthen his heart, to make him realize how insignificant he is, so that he can work hard..."

"It's just both right and wrong!"

Wandering Earth: "It's a bit like PUA. Hundreds of years ago, a people's entrepreneur on Earth said something similar. It's impossible to raise wages, but overtime is a must!"

"Because high wages are not conducive to hard work, overtime is because the cattle and horses are hardworking and can display their traditional virtues..."

Jiang Wang stared at the group chat, and when he saw this, he finally realized why something was wrong before.

This Subhuti Patriarch wanted to pua the Spiritual Stone Monkey so that he would have a goal of revenge in his heart!

This way, he can maintain his ambition and practice quickly without spending any effort...

This is like wanting the horse to run fast but not giving it grass to eat...

What a clever move!

therefore.

Jiang Wang also thought of a novel he had read on Blue Star before.

It tells the story of a time traveler who arrived in a parallel time and it took him several decades to awaken the system.

The system crashed due to unknown reasons, and the protagonist only got a book on small Zhoutian practice and became an elderly immortal cultivator.

Seeing that time is running out, the skills can only be practiced to the small circulation, at most, it can be used to refine Qi and prolong life.

It is impossible to build a foundation, let alone obtain the golden elixir and achieve immortality.

The protagonist plundered the classics of major sects of the time, improved his skills, and sought out extraordinary people to prolong his life.

The newly created exercises, whose specific effects are still unknown and have not yet been perfected, are given to others to practice as an experiment.

In order to make better use of those people and let them achieve success in their cultivation as quickly as possible, they deliberately killed their entire family, relatives and friends!
Using hatred as motivation for the experiment!
This is very similar to what Master Subhuti did, bullying and suppressing the Stone Monkey!
It has the same purpose...

Although the Saint Zhunti planted the seeds of hatred in the heart of the Lingming Stone Monkey, it deepened his desire to cultivate immortality and seek revenge through powerful forces.

This method is somewhat unethical.

But strictly speaking, it is really effective and the results are immediate.

After all, in the original novel, the Stone Monkey became a master in just seven or eight years...

"He is indeed a shameless and black-hearted old fellow!"

Jiang Wang silently took a few steps away from Master Subhuti.

If this old fox wanted to plot against me, I would probably not be able to detect it at all.

The other party wanted to pull him into Journey to the West, probably because they thought it was profitable.

After all, the two saints of the West have always been digging deep into the earth and looking for opportunities, treasures, and even talents when they come across them.

They all want to grab it, saying things like this is destined for me in the West, my fellow Taoists are destined for me in the West...

But now I have entered the human religion.

Zhunti probably doesn't have the guts to compete with the ancestor, Saint Taiqing, for people...

"But isn't the saint afraid that the monkey will run away in anger?"

Jiang Wang looked at the stone monkey lying on the ground, struggling to get up, and asked again.

"will not!"

Patriarch Subhuti shook his head, smiled confidently, and said, "Sun Wukong has paid too much."

"I have just arrived from Dongsheng Shenzhou after traveling across the oceans, through wind and rain, extreme cold and heat!"

"The sunk costs are too great. He will not give up on learning from a master and achieving immortality..."

After all, we have suffered so much and are about to succeed. We have already arrived at Xiniu Hezhou and found the Immortal Gate. How can we give up so easily? !
"Too……"

Jiang Wang nodded.

The clever stone monkey suffered countless hardships along the way and finally reached his destination.

Having paid too much and the cost is too high, it is natural that one is unwilling to give up.

Even if it were me, I would never give up.

Because this is no longer simply a matter of desire for a goal, but a matter of reluctance to give up the effort...

Just like a person, male or female.

I have liked someone for many years and gave my first time to him/her.

Spend all your money just to make your lover smile.

They also accompany each other day and night, coax each other, cook for each other, wash each other's feet, etc.

Investing countless time and emotions...

One day, even if the other person cheats on you and falls in love with someone else.

That person will also be reluctant to let go, crying and begging to stay, not to break up, and explain clearly what exactly is wrong with him/her, everything can be improved...

to be honest.

It's gotten to that point.

It's no longer like or love.

But the price paid is too great to give up!
The same is true of the Spirit Stone Monkey today.

Although he had just arrived at the mountain gate, he was bullied and beaten by Jin Chanzi.

But he struggled to get up, and still staggered towards the gate of Sanxing Cave in Fangcun Mountain.

He knelt in front of the mountain gate and shouted loudly: "The stone monkey from the Flower-Fruit Mountain in the Dongsheng Shenzhou came to learn from the master. I beg Master Subhuti to teach me!"

"If the master does not accept me as his disciple, I will not leave and will kneel in front of the mountain gate to show my devotion to the Tao..."

The words fell.

It echoed in the mountains for a long time.

But there was no sound behind the mountain gate.

They were too lazy to even send someone out to check it out.

Master Subhuti looked at the stone monkey kneeling on the ground with a determined and persistent look on his face, and his smile became even wider.

"Good good!"

He stroked his long beard and praised repeatedly.

Since the Spiritual Stone Monkey is so persistent, he will definitely not slack off in his practice in the future, and the great catastrophe of the Journey to the West can be brought forward instead of being delayed.

The sooner I and my senior brother Jieyin repay the loan of merit from the Heavenly Dao, the sooner we can feel at ease...

Jiang Wang watched from the side and mourned for the Lingming Stone Monkey.

Just because the saint wanted him to be firm in his faith, he was beaten up for no reason. How pitiful...

"Just a saint, what is the cost of silence?"

He was chatting with Master Subhuti and asked curiously, "Why have I never heard of this in the prehistoric world?"

Unexpectedly, Master Subhuti rolled his eyes at him and said with a smile, "My friend, why do you ask when you already know the answer?"

"I heard this word when I was traveling in a foreign land outside the Chaos."

“Although I cannot remember clearly most of the things outside of the Chaos, I can remember some of them.”

"My friend, there is no need to hide anything. Isn't it good to be honest with each other?" (End of this chapter)