Honghuang: I am Kuiniu, and I instructed Nuwa to create humans at the beginning.

For a moment, the entire Leiyin Temple was hidden in the white mist, and even a saint could not see anything inside.

Even Gao Ming and Gao Jue were unable to find out anything about the situation in the Great Leiyin Temple at this moment.

He immediately reported the situation to Emperor Xin. After hearing this, Emperor Xin couldn't help but look solemn.

But now, if you want to find Niu Kui, you have to go to the Pingxin Palace in the Nine Netherworld. Because after Niu Kui told Emperor Xin, he took Nuwa to the Nine Netherworld.

In desperation, Emperor Xin could only ask the brothers Gao Ming and Gao Jue to go to the Nine Netherworld in person to tell Niu Kui about the situation of the Great Leiyin Temple in Lingshan Mountain in the West.

At the same time, other forces have also discovered that the secret of the Great Leiyin Temple in Lingshan Mountain in the West has been completely blocked.

As for Qu Bodhi and Jie Yin Buddha, they naturally knew that even if they tried to block the secrets of heaven, they would not be able to conceal them from the saint.

The reason why he did this even though he knew it was because the two saints from the West had already told him that Daozu Hongjun would take action at the critical moment, so he didn't have to worry.

So at this time, Subhuti took out the five-colored magic stone with great confidence and presented it to Duobao Tathagata.

"This is a five-colored divine stone, which gave birth to a new spiritual stone monkey. You can put it in the Eight Treasures Merit Pond and nurture it with the magical power of Buddhism every day..."

Afterwards, Subhuti conveyed Hongjun Daozu's instructions to Duobao Tathagata without any omissions.

After hearing this, Duobao Tathagata was filled with shock, because he had never dreamed that even Hongjun Daozu was involved in this matter.

If he was not worried that Niu Kui's plan would be exposed, Duobao Tathagata would definitely go to see Niu Kui as soon as possible to let Niu Kui know that Hongjun Daozu had taken action.

It’s a pity that Niu Kui once told Duobao Tathagata that no matter at any time or under any circumstances, Duobao Tathagata can only be Duobao Tathagata and cannot be Duobao Taoist.

In other words, no matter how reluctant Tathagata was, everything he did had to be for the sake of Buddhism.

He must not do anything that is detrimental to Buddhism. Otherwise, he, Duobao Tathagata, will not be qualified to use Buddhism to prove his truth and become a saint.

It is even more impossible for him to replace the two saints in the West and become the spokesperson of Buddhism while achieving enlightenment and becoming a saint.

Therefore, even if Duobao Tathagata was worried, he could only suppress it in his heart and not show it at all.

At the same time, Bodhisattva Cihang was also the same. At this moment, he didn't even look at Duobao Tathagata, for fear of accidentally revealing his true identity.

At this time, Duobao Tathagata had already reached out to take the five-colored sacred stone, and asked Subhuti: "Bodhi Patriarch, I wonder if the two holy Buddhas have other arrangements."

"After all, it will take a lot of calculations to replace the real Lingming Stone Monkey with our Buddhist Lingming Stone Monkey. If we are not careful, our Buddhist sect will lose everything."

Subhuti said, "So we must paralyze all the forces. We must not let them know our Buddhist plan no matter what."

"The human race wants to participate in the Journey to the West, so give them a chance. Even if the Heavenly Court wants to participate, you can agree to it."

"After all, the result that our Buddhist sect wants is not just the prosperity of Buddhism. It is to let Buddhism awaken with the help of the Journey to the West."

"As long as Buddhism can be revived, our Buddhist sect will flourish. As for other things, they are not important."

After hearing this, the Buddha Donglai said, "I will go to Huoyun Cave right now and agree to the request of the human race." The Buddha Donglai, who was about to leave, was stopped by Duobao Tathagata. He said, "We need to think about this matter carefully. If we agree to the human race easily, it will inevitably make them suspicious."

"When you go to see the Human Saint Master this time, you must remember one thing. Even if other humans want to participate in the Journey to the West, they must make a promise that is beneficial to our Buddhist sect."

"First, the human race must ensure that the Spiritual Stone Monkey follows his original destiny and completes the path he should take."

"And Jin Chanzi, who is about to reincarnate, must also be protected by the human race. Let him spread Buddhism among the human race during his reincarnation."

"In addition, the extent to which the human race can participate must also be determined by our Buddhist sect. Of the eighty-one difficulties, they can only go through eighteen at most."

Hearing that Tathagata Buddha was only willing to use the Eighteen Difficulties as bargaining chips to negotiate with the human race, Donglai Buddha couldn't help but feel a little worried, fearing that the human race would not agree.

But on second thought, twenty-seven of the eighty-one difficulties have already been given to the Jiejiao, and now eighteen more difficulties are given to the human race, which adds up to forty-five difficulties.

By then, the Heavenly Court would inevitably have to share some of the difficulties. Even the Chan Sect might not be unwilling to take a piece of the pie.

By then, it is easy to imagine how many difficulties the Western Buddhist sect will have left. Therefore, these eighteen difficulties are almost the maximum level that the Buddhist sect can endure.

So he said immediately: "Buddha, let's not talk about whether the human race will agree. First of all, for my Buddhist sect, this is not a good thing."

"By then, if the Heavenly Palace and the Chan Sect each have to go through the Eighteen Tribulations, then our Buddhist sect won't have even one tribulation left."

Duobao Tathagata shook his head. "Even if I give them all the eighty-one tribulations, what can it do? After all, the people who need to go through these eighty-one tribulations are from my Western Buddhist sect."

"As long as the pilgrim team goes through the complete eighty-one trials, no matter who set up these eighty-one trials, it won't have a big impact on our Buddhist sect."

"At most, I'll let them share some of the merits. But in the end, most of the merits will still belong to my Western Buddhist sect."

As soon as Duobao Tathagata finished speaking, Jieyin Buddha nodded and said, "What my Buddha said is right. The merits that can be obtained by setting up disasters only account for 30% of the disasters in the Journey to the West."

"And this is the limit that other forces can obtain. As for the remaining 70%, no one can take it away from our Buddhist sect."

After hearing this, the Buddha of the East nodded and was about to say goodbye and leave, but was stopped by the Bodhisattva Cihang.

This inevitably made Donglai Buddha feel a little depressed. He thought to himself, why is it so difficult to do something by myself?

At this time, Bodhisattva Cihang also spoke, "Buddha, since you want to leave the eighty-one difficulties to other forces to arrange."

"Why not directly invite all forces to come to the Great Leiyin Temple to discuss the Journey to the West, just like the Taoist Ancestor discussed the Conferred Gods in the Zixiao Palace back then."

As soon as Bodhisattva Cihang said this, he instantly received support from Subhuti and Jieyin Buddha. Even Tathagata Duobao could not help but nod his head.

Then he said directly: "Buddha from the East, please go to the Fire Cloud Cave of the Human Race and invite them to my Great Leiyin Temple to discuss the journey to the West."

Buddha Donglai nodded, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he left the Great Leiyin Temple with peace of mind when he saw that no one was trying to stop him.

Afterwards, Duobao Tathagata asked the Bodhisattva Daxing to go to Kunlun Mountain. The Bodhisattva Dazhi went to the Heavenly Palace. He even asked someone to notify the Bodhisattva Dayuan to ask if the Nine Netherworld had this idea. (End of this chapter)