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

Chapter 94: Smiling Maitreya Buddha

"It's even more miserable than the lives of humans on the three continents."

After the primeval world was broken into pieces, not only four continents were formed. In fact, four continents plus twenty-eight small continents were formed. In addition, there were countless small fragments.

The size of those small fragments is extremely terrifying.

Any piece of debris has an area as large as several Earths.

The larger fragments are as large as several solar systems.

Many races also live on these small fragments. The difference from the four continents is that these small continents are inhabited by strange and primitive tribes.

What about the big human race, the small human race, the heartless race, the spirit race, etc.

They were all races that were famous in the ancient times.

But after the great wilderness was shattered, these races did not dare to compete with humans and demons for the Southern Continent and the Western Continent. As for the Northern Continent, no race would be willing to go there unless they wanted to be used as food. As for the Eastern Continent, there was no need to even think about it. When the great wilderness was shattered, how many races dared to compete with the people of the Xuanmen for territory?

At that time, the three religions of Human, Chan and Jie were still at odds with each other. If you dared to grab the territory, they would work together to fight you. In addition, those practitioners who were vassals of the three religions, when they stood shoulder to shoulder, how many primitive tribes dared to compete?
The twenty-eight small continents are inhabited by various races. Some ethnic groups that do not want to live together have sought out smaller fragments and have lived comfortably there over the years.

On the contrary, the 28 small islands where various ethnic groups live together are plagued by endless wars and bloody incidents every year.

Although the human race is a race destined to prosper, no matter how prosperous it is, it cannot change the fact that the human race itself is weak.

The human race is indeed very strong in the later stages of cultivation, and there are quite a few human practitioners in heaven.

Even the present Great Celestial Being has once experienced the life of a “human”.

However, the development period of the human race is too long, so long that even the humans themselves cannot accept it. Most of the humans are killed before they even become powerful.

Except for the human race’s stronghold in the Southern Continent, the human race in other places does not live a very comfortable life.

The human race in some places is no different from those in Xiniu Hezhou. Most of the human race in Xiniu Hezhou are treated as "food" by the monsters. They are kept in captivity in cities and eaten when they are hungry.

The monsters in places like Lion Camel Ridge are even more direct. They are too lazy to even keep the animals in captivity and just eat them directly. They have eaten up several human cities completely.

The human race living in these places has always been a pain in the heart of Master Xuandu.

He was sad that he was unable to save the human beings in this place, and that countless human beings were still living in dire straits.

"Teacher, the people in these places don't live well."

After a moment of silence, Master Xuandu finally told him the truth that he could not accept.

Saint Taiqing originally founded the Human Religion and became a saint relying on the good fortune of the human race. Later, it seemed that he did not take much care of the human race, but in fact, he took good care of the human race.

Master Xuandu is even better than his teacher, Saint Taiqing. He lives and walks directly in the mortal world.

However, even so, Master Xuandu could not guarantee that all human beings were the same as those in the Southern Continent.

After all, the concept of the human race is too huge. Although the Xuandu realm is high, in the world view after the chaos was shattered, it is really impossible for one person to lead all the human race.

If one could change the rise and fall of a race with one's own strength, then wouldn't the Demon Emperor Di Jun and his brother Donghuang Taiyi have made the demon race the greatest race of all time?

Laojun opened his eyes and slowly closed them again. He did not mention anything about the human race again.

"How is he?"

"Are you talking about that young Daoist fellow Jiang Wang?"

Master Xuandu thought for a moment before saying, "My little Taoist friend is loyal to his duties, but he is a little too vigilant."

"Did you give him the elixir you made?"

"Yes, teacher. The pills I refined earlier happened to be distributed to him and several of his colleagues."

"That's good. Let's go back to your palace for now. The Great Heavenly Venerable will probably come to look for you later." Laojun threw away his wide Taoist robe, and gusts of breeze flowed in the Tushita Palace.

Master Xuandu was about to leave the Tushita Palace, but just as he turned around, he seemed to think of something: "Teacher, what happened in the Heavenly Palace? When I came here today, I saw many heavenly soldiers rushing to the mortal world in an orderly manner."

Heaven is a place where the secrets of God are severely obscured.

Apart from Emperor Fuxi, there are few people who can calculate the hexagrams in heaven.

This is also the reason why Dhritarashtra is often ridiculed.

After all, apart from the saints and Fuxi, who else in the world can tell fortunes in heaven?
Not to mention that Master Xuandu is more inclined towards the abilities of spiritual practice and alchemy.

Naturally, it is impossible to know what happened in heaven that required so much trouble.

Just now on his way here, he briefly observed the "military situation" in Heaven.

That "military force" was like an overwhelming tidal wave or upside-down stars. If mortals or demons saw it, they would probably be frightened to death.

Two words: spectacular!

Laojun did not answer this question.

Without even opening his eyes, he swept the whisk in his hand.

The next second, before Master Xuandu could react, he was already standing at the gate of Tushita Palace.

Just like when he came, it was as if he had never entered the Tushita Palace.

The great master Xuandu and the heavenly generals standing at the gate of Tushita Palace looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

"The teacher is still the same as before, kicking people out at the slightest provocation."

The great master Xuandu smiled at the heavenly general, and it was unclear whether he was complaining about Laojun or making fun of himself.

The general didn't dare to answer him and just smiled awkwardly.

The Great Master Xuandu did not make things difficult for the Heavenly General. He glanced at the Heavenly General and strode away with a smile.

After leaving the Tushita Palace, the smile on Master Xuandu's face gradually faded.

A look of doubt flashed across his face.

This hint of doubt comes from the teacher's attitude and behavior.

In Xuandu's impression, his teacher, the Taiqing Saint (including the saint incarnation Laozi) rarely paid attention to the affairs of other living beings.

The way of the sage Taiqing is the way of forgetting emotions.

The so-called forgetting love does not mean being heartless.

Forgetting feelings does not mean having no feelings, but rather having feelings but putting them at a level where it seems as if you have forgotten them!
There are not many practitioners of the Supreme Forgetfulness Way at present, at most no more than one can be counted on one hand.

Although Master Xuandu did not reach the same realm as Taishang Laojun, he also had his own understanding of Taishang Wangqingdao.

Forget about feelings and be fair!
Forget about emotions so that you won’t be moved by them or disturbed by them!
Therefore, the Taiqing Sage (Taishang Laojun) rarely does anything "special".

For example, pay attention to a little heavenly soldier, oh, no, it’s a little temporary heavenly general.

"Why would the teacher pay attention to a little celestial general? And a temporary one at that!"

Master Xuandu couldn't understand.

He had stayed in the Southern Continent for a long time. This time he returned to the Heavenly Palace, one because he was summoned by the Great Heavenly Venerable, and the other because he wanted to ask the Jade Emperor for advice on how to make elixirs.

As soon as he entered Lihentian, his teacher sent him a message, asking him to help meet a temporary heavenly general named Jiang Wang and test the character of this little heavenly general.

At that time, Xuan Du was stunned for a moment.

After so many years, the teacher is finally going to accept a junior apprentice? He thought so.

Don't blame him for thinking that.

Since the ancient times, Saint Taiqing has had extremely high standards for accepting disciples.

For example, Master Xuandu, his qualifications and conduct are among the best in the three religions of Human, Chan and Jie. However, with such excellent qualifications, if it were not for the establishment of the Human Religion by the Saint Taiqing, he would not have been accepted at all, because the Saint Taiqing looked down on him.

The vision of Saint Taiqing is too high, far higher than that of Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu.

Although he founded the Human Religion, he simply looked down upon the qualifications of many people among the human race.

After looking left and right, he finally chose Master Xuandu as his disciple, and his only disciple.

This is no secret in heaven, and most of the immortals and gods know about it.

Even Master Xuandu himself often talked about this matter with his teacher.

For the development of the human race, he asked the Supreme Sage more than once, hoping that the Sage could accept a few more human disciples.

But from the ancient times to the present day, the Supreme Sage has never thought of accepting disciples.

Over a long period of time, the Supreme Sage seemed to have disappeared. Apart from the Great Tribulation of the Conferred Gods, his presence was infinitely weakened.

This time he suddenly said he wanted to examine the character of a young celestial general. Master Xuandu not only had the intention of completing the task, but also had a bit of scrutiny in his mind.

After all, the little general that the teacher asked him to observe might very well be his future junior fellow apprentice.

Of course, we have to observe it carefully.

What’s the use of having a junior fellow student with a bad character?
Master Xuandu doesn't care about the qualifications of his fellow disciples, he only cares about their character.

He would never accept junior brothers and sisters with bad character.

If the teacher insists on accepting a disciple, he will do his best to persuade him.

This is the determination of a disciple!
However, after Master Xuandu examined Jiang Wang, he felt that this little heavenly general was not bad.

He was cautious in character and not only did he repeatedly refuse the elixir he offered, but he also did not act too humble out of awe because he was the famous Miaole Tianzun. His attitude was neither humble nor arrogant, which was very good.

If it weren't for his colleagues whispering behind him, the little general that the teacher valued would probably not choose to accept the elixir he gave him.

"Oh, the teacher has really changed his temper. He actually wants to teach new people for me." Master Xuandu was a little happy for a moment.

Not long after Nuwa created humans, he became a disciple of the Supreme Saint. After so many eons, he has always been "alone". Look at Yun Zhongzi and Nan Ji Xian Weng of the Chan Sect, who not only have junior brothers, but also a group of disciples. Look at Duo Bao of the Jie Sect, who is called "senior brother" by all the immortals! Only Xuan Du has always been alone, without junior brothers or disciples. How miserable he is.

"Xuandu, stop gossiping behind my back."

A faint voice sounded in the ears of Master Xuandu.

He quickly bowed deeply in the direction of Tushita Palace: "Yes, teacher, Xuandu knows his mistake."

"good."

Master Xuandu didn't dare to have any more random thoughts and flew quickly towards his own palace.

After Jiang Wang led the heavenly soldiers away from Lihentian, they rushed to the next patrol location.

If Lihentian has already made Jiang Wang and others too much to bear.

So, when Yang Jian later arranged patrol locations for Jiang Wang and others, they were a little hesitant to even enter.

Daluotian!
The heaven where the great gods such as the Great Celestial Lord and Queen Mother reside!
"Does the God of Justice have any opinion about me?" Jiang Wang stood outside Daluotian with a strange look in his eyes.

Logically speaking, he and Yang Jian had never met each other.

The other party has no reason to target him.

But if it is not aimed at him, would it be fun to let him be a temporary heavenly general and go to Lihentian first and then to Daluotian?

Not fun at all!
"General, are we really going to enter Daluo Heaven?"

A heavenly soldier asked timidly.

You can’t go anywhere in heaven!
Just like the Lihentian before.

Lihentian was better off, at least he was only teased by the great gods, and not all great gods were so idle as to tease the little heavenly soldiers.

According to the words in the circle of heavenly soldiers, it is your blessing if the great gods are willing to play tricks on you.

The difference from Lihentian is that if you go to Lihentian, you may get teased, but you will just be caught as an example by the god of justice.

But Daluotian is not just the God of Justice who catches typical cases!
Question: 'Who is the most powerful deity in charge of criminal law in heaven?'
Jiang Wang could only say that the God of Justice Yang Jian was only responsible for catching typical cases and establishing his authority!
The immortal god who truly controls the laws of heaven is not the god of justice, but the Queen Mother, the second most powerful person in heaven.

"Come in, why not?"

Jiang Wang felt a little panicked.

But in front of several heavenly soldiers, he did not show any panic at all.

Let’s go in first.

If I really violated any regulations, I will explain it later.

If he doesn't go in now, Yang Jian will immediately send his grass-roots soldiers to arrest him without waiting for him to violate any regulations. Especially when the Heavenly Court is short of military force, the grass-roots soldiers' actions will only be more swift.

Daluo Heaven is the nominal highest heaven in the heavens.

All the great gods would gather here during court meetings.

Sometimes, the Queen Mother would set up a peach banquet and invite various gods to come.

At that time, Daluotian was the busiest.

Those who come and go are all great gods, and any one you greet will prove to be a well-known figure in the heavenly court.

Of course, that was during special times.

It is true that the heaven is bustling during special periods, but at this moment in heaven, it is so quiet that it makes people feel cold.

This is the Daluotian in daily life.

It was peaceful and quiet, with no gods coming and going. Only some fairies would ride on clouds to other heavens to deliver some fairy wine.

These fairies often carried out the orders of the Queen Mother and went to reward various immortals and gods.

In fact, Queen Mother Queen Mother has more convenient means to reward these immortals and gods.

As one of the rulers of Daluotian, she could obviously just wave her hand and send the immortal wine or other things directly to the palaces of various immortals and gods.

But she still wanted the fairies to deliver the wine, mainly because it was an honor to have the fairies deliver the wine.

Just imagine, if a bottle of immortal wine suddenly appeared out of thin air in the temple of some immortal god, what would that feel like?
For immortals and gods, this is not a reward.

Instead, it is a blatant derogation.

Therefore, in the heaven, many fairies have the task of rewarding various immortals and gods.

There is no need for them to do anything else.

These fairies have all undergone special training, and their manners and appearance are top-notch.

You should know that although immortals can change their appearance, in order to follow the "Tao", generally speaking, not many immortals are willing to give up their original appearance.

Just like ghost immortals, many of them maintain their previous postures.

Some ghosts die when their life span comes to an end and turn into ghosts. These things can no longer be called "spirits", but even these things that cannot be called "spirits" still retain the appearance of the ghosts before they die.

Even if they are demons or fairies, they will still retain some of their appearance before transforming into human form.

Therefore, the fairies who can be called "beautiful" in heaven are truly beautiful!
After all, there are few ugly fairies. Among a bunch of equally beautiful fairies, the one who deserves to be called the most beautiful one is truly stunning.

When Jiang Wang led the heavenly soldiers into Daluo Heaven, they happened to meet a few fairies holding fairy wine in their hands, but he didn't know where they were taking them.

When the leading fairy saw Jiang Wang and others, she was stunned.

"Hey, are you here for inspection?" said the fairy.

When several heavenly soldiers saw the beautiful fairies, they immediately lowered their heads and dared not look at them any longer.

When immortals practice cultivation, they cultivate their mind and their Tao.

But the heavenly soldiers are only at the level of celestial beings, and their cultivation is not yet complete.

What's more, most of the heavenly soldiers do not follow the path of forgetfulness or ruthlessness, but are still affectionate people.

How can a sentient being not have seven emotions and six desires?

Jiang Wang was not as unbearable as the heavenly soldiers behind him. He bowed to the fairies and said with a smile: "Hello, sisters. I am here on patrol under the order of the God of Justice."

When the leading fairy heard the order from the God of Justice, her expression changed a little, and she hurriedly said, "Then you guys go ahead and do your work."

After saying this, several fairies left in a hurry.

Jiang Wang shook his head.

The name Yang Jian is really useful.

From Lihentian to Daluotian, when Yang Jian is mentioned, everyone is scared to death as if they have seen the Demon Ancestor Rāhu.

"If I can become as successful as Yang Jian in Heaven, that would be enough."

In the Heavenly Palace, with a status like Huncheng Yang Jian, even if he is not a great god, it is enough for him to live freely and at ease.

Look at Yang Jian, he is in Guanjiangkou, but his reputation is still there in the Heavenly Palace.

Every time he came to the Heavenly Palace, many immortals would be terrified, fearing that they would be caught by this god of justice and severely punished.

"What a shame, little fairy, you should stop thinking too much."

Jiang Wang sighed again.

He is still some distance away from being a true immortal. How can he become the God of Justice in Heaven?
The reason why Yang Jian could become the God of Justice is because he was good at fighting.

As the most capable fighter among the third generation disciples of the three religions of Human, Chan and Jie, Yang Jian has been invincible since his debut, often fighting several opponents at once. This is the main reason why he was able to become the god of justice after ascending to heaven.

Among the other Taiyi Golden Immortals, who can fight as well as Yang Jian?
Even Nezha, who had a friendship with Yang Jian, was far inferior to Yang Jian in terms of fighting ability.

One day in the future, when the monkey appears out of nowhere, we will be able to see it.

After Monkey King was born, he cultivated himself to the level of Taiyi Golden Immortal at the fastest speed. Even Nezha was no match for him, and he was helpless against Yang Jian.

This is enough to prove that when it comes to fighting, there is absolutely no problem with Yang Jian's strength.

"Heavenly General, do we need to go deeper?" A heavenly soldier whispered a reminder when he saw Jiang Wang standing there in a daze.

Jiang Wang was shocked.

The pressure Yang Jian brought to him was too great.

His transfer order was like a demon in his heart, always haunting Jiang Wang's heart. He was afraid that if he did something wrong, he would be caught by Yang Jian and demoted to the mortal world.

In the broad sense, "being demoted to the mortal world" in heaven does not mean letting the immortals go to the mortal world to continue being immortals!
Being banished to the mortal world is basically equivalent to starting over again.

Even with the Jade Disc of Good Fortune, Jiang Wang was not sure that he could become an immortal again before his lifespan ran out if he started all over again. How many of the immortals and gods who were banished to the mortal world for violating the heavenly rules finally returned to heaven?

There are not many at all.

Look at the Tianpeng and the general who draws the curtain.

After they were banished to the mortal world, if it weren't for the fact that they were the chosen ones to suffer the calamity, logically speaking, they would never be able to return to heaven in their lifetime.

After being banished to the mortal world, General Juanlian lived as a monster in the Liusha River for thousands of years and ate the golden cicada nine times before he was finally tamed by Tang Sanzang.

Before being banished to the mortal world, he was an immortal!
But after being demoted to the mortal world, this former immortal started to eat humans.

It can be seen that being demoted to the mortal world is a terrible punishment for immortals.

Jiang Wang would rather be punished than be demoted to the mortal world.

Should he be asked to do such a cannibalistic thing? He couldn't do it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wang's expression became solemn. He knew that Yang Jian's transfer order this time must be completed.

"Everyone, please be careful with your words and actions in Daluo Heaven. Remember, we are here to inspect Daluo Heaven on the orders of Yang Jian, the God of Justice! Don't be anxious or panic when something happens. Do you understand?"

Jiang Wang turned and looked at the heavenly soldiers with a stern tone.

He doesn't want to have a bad teammate.

"Yes! General! We will keep it in mind."

Several heavenly soldiers hurriedly agreed.

Jiang Wang is afraid, so why shouldn't they be afraid too?
"Okay, come with me."

He began to patrol Daluo Heaven with the heavenly soldiers. Daluo Heaven was extremely quiet, and melodious music seemed to be coming from a very far distance.

Jiang Wang and others didn't take it seriously at all and carefully inspected every inch of the area in front of them.

At this moment, a bald man with a bare chest stepped on the clouds in the distance and walked towards them with a smile.

"Bald?"

Bald people are rarely seen in heaven.

Most of the time, a bald head means Buddha!

Seeing the bald man coming from afar, Jiang Wang subconsciously avoided him.

No matter what expression was on the other person's face, Jiang Wang did not want or was unwilling to deal with Lingshan or Buddha.

After the destruction of the primitive world, the greatest catastrophe that the world experienced was the Conferred God Catastrophe.

After this catastrophe, the forces in the world underwent tremendous changes.

The world today is one superpower and many strong countries!
Heaven is the most powerful existence.

There are also many forces guarding the Heavenly Palace.

Such as Lingshan, the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Underworld, Mount Tai... and so on.

These forces are complex and intertwined, and you are in me and I am in you.

For example, the underworld can be said to be a part of the six realms of reincarnation, but the six realms of reincarnation are not the underworld.

Even Lingshan has a presence in the underworld.

These forces all have their own territories, and nominally speaking, they are subordinate organizations of the Heavenly Court.

As long as there is an order from Heaven, they must obey.

Of course, it is not clear how this name can be implemented specifically. After all, each force has its own base and will never be led by the Heavenly Court.

The main reason why Jiang Wang didn't want to have anything to do with Buddha was that there was a very bad atmosphere in Lingshan! Very, very bad!

The mentality here is “This treasure is destined to be with me, why should it belong to me?”
Another trend is "Fellow Taoists have a connection with our Buddhist sect, so why should you join our sect?"
These two very bad trends have caused many practitioners to stay away from Buddhism.

As early as when Buddhism was still called Western religion, this trend of keeping people away had already begun to emerge.

Although Jiang Wang didn't think he had very good qualifications, he had a treasure on him, a fragment of a precious treasure!

This kind of thing is really attractive to practitioners of Western religions or Buddhism!

In Western religions, whether you are a person or a treasure, one of them must belong to me.

what?
You and your treasure don't want to stay either?

Okay.

"I think you are like a demon. I will enforce justice on behalf of the heavens and get rid of this evildoer like you!"

This is a phrase often said by Buddhist practitioners.

Unless they meet someone they cannot defeat, they will say something like "You and Buddha have a destiny. I hope you have figured it out when we meet next time" and so on.

Anyway, there are very few normal people among those who enter this field.

I guess there is no such thing as the so-called "Enlightened One" in Buddhism at Lingshan.

The only one who is close to the "Enlightened One" is not the Vairocana Buddha in Lingshan today, but the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the underworld.

If it was Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Jiang Wang would not be afraid.

But Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva has made a great vow that he will not leave hell until it is empty... Therefore, it is impossible to see Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva anywhere other than the underworld.

So it’s better to stay away from the bald guys in the sky.

Jiang Wang coughed lightly, and continued forward with the heavenly soldiers, looking straight ahead, trying his best not to look at the bald man with his chest exposed.

But the bald man was unwilling to follow Jiang Wang’s wish.

He walked straight towards Jiang Wang with a smile on his face.

Jiang Wang felt strange.

Of course he knew who was coming!
The visitor was a particularly special Buddha from the two forces of Lingshan and Heaven.

If most Buddhas live in Lingshan, then the existence of this Buddha who came to Jiang Wang is a bit special. He is the only Buddha who lives in heaven.

It is similar to the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the underworld.

However, his status in Lingshan is much higher than that of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!
This person is none other than the ever-smiling Maitreya Buddha.

Speaking of which, this is the second strange thing that Jiang Wang has encountered since he started his patrol. The previous strange thing was that the Great Master Xuandu took the initiative to come up and give him and each of his heavenly soldiers an elixir.

It is understandable that Master Xuandu did this!

After all, the Archmage is a friendly person who works constantly for the benefit of the human race.

Even now, he is still in the Southern Continent, teaching and answering questions for the human race.

Many human practitioners have received the kindness of Master Xuandu.

Jiang Wang and the other heavenly soldiers were also human cultivators who ascended to heaven and became heavenly soldiers.

It is not difficult to understand why Master Xuandu has such an attitude.

This smiling Maitreya Buddha does not have that much to do with the human race.

The specific origin of Maitreya Buddha cannot be verified. Anyway, he is a powerful being who has existed in ancient times. He is at least at the same level as the Taoist Duobao. Maybe he is a little bit different, but not much.

Otherwise, he would not have been able to become a Buddha.

You should know that Buddha is an extremely top practitioner in Western religions, or in today's Buddhism, and is also called an enlightened being by their believers.

Only Buddha can be called an enlightened one.

Bodhisattvas like Guanyin and Ksitigarbha cannot be called enlightened ones.

You can imagine how big the gap between them is.

But no matter what the origin of this Maitreya Buddha is, or how powerful he is, Jiang Wang just wants to keep his distance from him.

"Can't see me, can't see me."

Like a child, Jiang Wang silently repeated these words in his heart.

Unfortunately, Maitreya Buddha did not ignore him as he thought. Instead, he walked towards him with even more enthusiasm.

Are all these great gods in heaven crazy?

There is Master Xuantu in front and Maitreya Buddha behind. What are they looking for in me?
Jiang Wang couldn't understand the intentions of these two great immortals.

As a time traveler, Jiang Wang does not have the mindset that he is invincible just because he has traveled through time.

In his opinion, there is no gain without pain!

The immortals and gods who have no connection with you must have some purpose when they come to visit you.

But there was just one thing he couldn't figure out!
He is just a celestial being.

What realm are Maitreya Buddha and Xuandu Master at? What is the purpose of looking for a little celestial being like him?

Could it be that he was looking for a little celestial being like him to learn from him? How could it be possible?

If a mere celestial being had such great abilities, there wouldn't be so many soldiers in heaven unable to get promoted.

"Little Taoist friend, don't walk so fast."

Maitreya Buddha shouted with a smile.

Hearing the call of Maitreya Buddha, Jiang Wang, who originally did not want to move, had to stop.

If the other party hadn't shouted, he would have just left.

But since the other party has already called him, if he moves forward, it would be a lack of respect!
Jiang Wang was quite clear about the consequences of not giving face to a great immortal.

"Greetings to Maitreya Buddha. I wonder what advice Maitreya Buddha has for us?" Jiang Wang looked at Maitreya Buddha, his etiquette was impeccable.

A look of satisfaction flashed across Maitreya Buddha's face.

He smiled and said, "I don't have any advice. I just saw you coming from the east and I felt that we have a kindred spirit."

We get along very well... I'm still confused.

Jiang Wang was secretly complaining in his heart, and he really predicted it right!
Maitreya Buddha really called him out because he had a "connection" with him.

But this reason of “fate” is so lame!

What does “coming from the east” mean? Does it mean it’s fate?
"The Buddha is joking." Jiang Wang hurriedly shook his head: "I am loyal to the Heavenly Court, please don't tease me, Buddha."

Facing Maitreya Buddha, Jiang Wang's attitude was extremely humble.

He dared to chat and laugh with several gods, but he did not dare to have too much contact with Maitreya Buddha. If possible, it would be best not to say a word.

After all, from a certain perspective, Maitreya Buddha is not a deity from heaven at all.

He was just a permanent resident sent from Lingshan to Heaven, similar to a diplomat.

As a celestial soldier of the heavenly court, Jiang Wang, a temporary celestial general, went to flirt with the diplomats of Lingshan. Is this appropriate?
What's more, this "diplomat" came up and said to Jiang Wang that they "had a connection" and was trying to poach him in front of the Great Heavenly Venerable?

You know, Daluotian is the residence of the Great Heavenly Venerable and the Queen Mother.

When Maitreya Buddha heard Jiang Wang's name, he was stunned for a moment, then he put his big hands on his stomach and burst into laughter.

"Little Taoist friend, you are overthinking. You have also called me the wrong name. I am just a Bodhisattva. How can I deserve the title of Buddha? I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." Maitreya Buddha smiled and waved his hands. He did not agree with the title of Buddha.

You're overthinking it, you called it the wrong name, what does it mean?
Jiang Wang looked at Maitreya Buddha, very puzzled.

He remembered very clearly that in Buddhism, Buddha is the enlightened one, the most superior practitioner, and the practitioner at the highest level.

Only those who have reached the highest level of cultivation can be called Buddhas.

The next level down is Bodhisattva, and below that there are Arhats and so on.

You, Maitreya Buddha, are called Buddha, so why are you not a Buddha, but a Bodhisattva instead?
This is not a joke!
"My friend seems a little confused." Seeing Jiang Wang's puzzled look, Maitreya Buddha said with a smile: "Today, my friend is patrolling Daluo Heaven, which is a big matter. I will not delay my friend's work. How about this, if you are free one day, my friend can come to my temple, and we can discuss the Buddhist truth. What do you think?"

Jiang Wang thought, I just don’t want to go. Can I just tell you directly that I don’t want to go?

He hurriedly said, "The Buddha has invited me, so I will do my best."

It is impossible to refuse, so I can only say nice things. As for whether to go or not, we will talk about it later!
The current turmoil in Heaven is obviously not a good time to visit the immortals and gods.

Maitreya Buddha wanted him to go and pay him a visit, but he didn't know when it would be possible, so Jiang Wang felt relieved.

What he is mainly afraid of is that if Maitreya Buddha invites him today, he will have to go there tomorrow. That would be really scary!
Things like Buddha can be viewed from a distance, but cannot be approached.

Once you get into the rhythm of Buddha, you're doomed.

Even if they are not converted into Buddhists, they will definitely accept Buddhist philosophy silently. One day in the future, because of some experience or something else, they will become true Buddhists!
It's not impossible.

Some time after the great catastrophe of the Journey to the West, Wu Tian from Lingshan created such a great catastrophe in the three realms.

That catastrophe can basically be said to be of the same origin as the catastrophe during the Journey to the West.

And the fundamental cause of this catastrophe, to put it bluntly, isn't it that there is something wrong with the Buddhist philosophy?

Wu Tian, ​​who was originally a Buddha, turned evil and eventually caused a catastrophe that swept across the three realms and was even more terrifying than the great catastrophe of the journey to the west.

It can be said that the great catastrophe caused by Wu Tian and the great catastrophe caused by the journey to the west, when put together, form a complete catastrophe.

If there was nothing wrong with the Buddhist philosophy, how could such a catastrophe occur?

How could Wu Tian, ​​who was a Buddha, eventually have his soul split because of his confusion about Buddhist principles?

Even an authentic Buddha had a wrong self-perception due to ideological problems. Jiang Wang, a mere heavenly soldier, would certainly not be able to handle it.

Maitreya Buddha is gone.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

It seemed as if he came here just to have a chat with Jiang Wang.

As for what to do specifically, there is no sign at all.

Could it be that he really was attracted by my qualifications? An unlikely reason popped up in Jiang Wang's mind.

The reason why Jiang Wang felt that this reason was unlikely was that his qualifications were indeed not that good.

In the era after the destruction of the primitive world, there were very few practitioners who could be favored by Lingshan.

Most of the current practitioners in Lingshan came from the mortal world and practiced Buddhism. There are very few practitioners who switched from Xuanmen to Lingshan.

In the past, many practitioners who switched from Xuanmen to Lingshan were people with excellent qualifications, and only such practitioners would be valued.

Just like Sun Wukong.

It jumped out from the spiritual stone that was born and raised by nature, and instantly became the "apple of the palm" of the Buddhists, who would do anything to get it.

Even the great calamity of the journey to the west, which cannot be called a "calamity", was designed to make Sun Wukong return home.

Sun Wukong's talent is truly invincible!
How many years had this monkey spent practicing under Patriarch Bodhi after he jumped out of the stone? As a result, when he came out of the mountain, he was already a Taiyi Golden Immortal! He was on par with great gods and demon kings like Yang Jian and Bull Demon King.

If Jiang Wang had half his speed of cultivation, he would have found a cave in the mortal world and practiced in peace. Why would he waste his time in heaven?

Isn’t it because of poor aptitude and slow cultivation speed that he needs the protection of Heaven?

Watching Maitreya Buddha leave, Jiang Wang sighed.

The situation is stronger than people. It is better not to offend Maitreya Buddha for the time being. Find a chance to visit him.

As long as you don't listen to his nonsense, you won't be brainwashed by Buddhist ideas.

After thinking about it for a while, although he felt that today's patrol was a bit strange, Jiang Wang didn't think too much about it.

Maybe it's because he has the Jade Disc of Creation, so he always exudes something unusual, which is why he attracts many great gods to make friends with him.

As for whether the fragments of the Jade Disc of Creation were exposed, Jiang Wang was not afraid. If this thing was exposed, wouldn't Daozu be the first to come to him? Why did these great gods have to ask in a roundabout way!

"Let's go, everyone." Jiang Wang called out, and then he and the heavenly soldiers stepped into Daluo Heaven and began their patrol.

Daluo Heaven is silent.

Jiang Wang flew for a while on the clouds and found nothing unusual.

As for the Lingxiao Palace in the center of Daluotian, Jiang Wang and others didn't even look there.

The Lingxiao Palace is not only where the Great Heavenly Venerable handles official business, but also where he practices daily.

According to the Heavenly Law, spying on the Lingxiao Palace is a heinous crime.

Few immortals and gods dare to spy on the Lingxiao Palace without reporting.

When Jiang Wang was patrolling the sky with the heavenly soldiers, in a smaller palace not far from the Lingxiao Palace, two female fairies were looking at the direction where Jiang Wang was from afar.

One of the female fairies smiled and said, "Is that heavenly general the wooden man who had no idea about my seventh sister?"

"Sister, please stop teasing me!" The fairy who looked a little younger said dissatisfiedly, "This celestial general is devoted to cultivation. Isn't it normal that he has no thoughts about me?"

"Okay, okay, I won't say anything more." The older fairy was still laughing: "I'm just curious. In this heaven, besides those old-fashioned people, there are actually fairies who are not attracted to you, my little sister. It's really rare."

The younger fairy snorted: "What's the big deal? Isn't the heart of seeking the Tao precious?"

"Precious, precious. But in today's world, what's the use of having a heart for the Tao? Even if you have a heart for the Tao, what's the use of having no resources?"

"He was a heavenly soldier before! Hasn't he become a heavenly general now? Sister, your idea is wrong." The younger fairy looked at her sister and seemed to see through her sister's thoughts: "Sister, are you tired of life in heaven?"

"More than boredom, I really want to leave Heaven if I have the chance."

The older fairy sighed.

"This heaven is really boring. What I do every day is not what I like! Every day I am busy with cultivation and tasks! How I want some free time! I want to see the mountains and rivers of the mortal world, and see the magnificent world. But I can't do these! Just because I am an immortal and the daughter of the Queen Mother."

The smaller fairy fell silent.

Rather than being her sister's thoughts, what she said was also hers.

(End of this chapter)