Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch
Chapter 145: The gods and Buddhas in the sky cannot be taken, and the real person is seen in the Tus
Chapter 145: The gods and Buddhas in the sky cannot be taken, and the real person is seen in the Tushita Palace (asking for monthly tickets)
It is said that the traveler broke into the Golden Gourd Cave at night and did his thing. He transformed himself into a cricket and jumped into the cave.
When they entered the palace, the Monkey King lay prone on the ground and looked inside. He saw demons dancing wildly, drinking and having fun. The blue ox sat on a high platform, with many delicacies in front of it, including deer jerky, bear paws, camel humps, snake meat, etc.
The Green Ox treated the delicacies as nothing, and only took an orange to eat, while he played with the monsters in the mansion and enjoyed himself.
The Monkey King thought to himself, "What a thief! He was not moved by such a delicacy in front of him. He just ate the fruit. I guess he has eaten many kinds of delicacies before, so he is not moved. Besides, the thief recognized me. Which demon is he? Stop, stop, stop. Let me find my weapon."
The traveler jumped around in Taichung for a long time and finally found where the treasure was.
It turned out that all the treasures were in the back hall of the cave. The fire dragon was hung there, the fire horse was tied there, and the white jade bowl and other items were placed aside. The one hanging on the wall was the golden hoop.
The Monkey King was delighted to see this, and went into the back hall, revealing his true form, and took the golden cudgel. He also took away the treasures of the God of Fire, the God of Water, and the Third Prince.
"Who was it that was touched?"
A little demon saw the traveler and cried out in surprise.
The traveler smiled and said, "It's your grandpa Sun."
Say it.
The Monkey King threw away all his tricks, started hitting people with his golden hoop, then rode on his flaming horse and a flaming dragon, carrying all kinds of weapons, and went out, straight out of the palace.
The gods outside the palace came forward to greet him, took the weapons, smiled happily, and said with great joy: "Great Sage, great Sage! You are indeed the god who has been famous for a long time, with great magical powers."
The traveler said, "Put away your weapons for now. That thief will surely chase us. Let's have a fight with him."
The gods held their weapons, ready for battle.
Not long after, Qing Niu, armed with guns and accompanied by fifty or sixty demons, walked out of the mansion.
The Blue Ox pointed the spear at the Monkey King and cursed him, "You great thief, I've heard that you're a famous thief in the Three Realms. You stole weapons, so why did you destroy my house and disturb my pleasure of eating fruit?"
The Monkey King rode on the clouds, swinging his golden cudgel. It was the Monkey King who had received the help of the Golden Master again. With his magical powers, he wanted to defeat the evil. He shouted, "Thief! Now we have weapons again. The gods and soldiers are all here. Return them to my master quickly. I see that you have some ability, so I will let you go."
Qingniu said, "You naughty monkey, I don't think you have any other skills except for stealing."
The Monkey King said, "Your grandpa is very capable. Just wait and see."
Say it.
The traveler swung up the iron rod and hit him on the head.
The green ox raised his spear to meet the enemy.
The clash of sticks shook the sky, and they fought for more than ten rounds. The great sage, knowing the theory of hardness and softness, had improved his martial arts and was slightly better, and almost hit the blue ox several times.
When the gods in the clouds saw that the Great Sage was about to win, they all came out to help him. The Third Prince chopped away all six kinds of demon-killing weapons. The Fire God mobilized the fire soldiers to call on the Green Ox. The two Thunder Generals used thunder to help. Li Tianwang raised his Tiangang Sword to help. The gods in the sky really came together to fight.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Qingniu fired a feint and retreated. He took out the Vajra Cutter and threw it up to the sky, letting the golden hoop stick, six kinds of demon-subduing weapons, the Tiangang Sword, the fire department's magic weapons, etc. all go away.
Qingniu shouted, "Young men, take down this immortal!"
Fifty or sixty demons followed his orders, raised their weapons, attacked and killed the traveler, and frightened the gods so much that they flew away on the clouds.
Green Ox laughed triumphantly, led the demons back to the mansion, ordered them to move stones to build the gate, and told the two little demons guarding the gate, "That naughty monkey is a thief, very good at changing his ways. You must remember, if that naughty monkey steals weapons again, open the door and let him go, don't let him damage the mansion gate."
The two little demons both answered, "Yes, my king."
The green ox entered the palace.
……
The traveler and the gods were among the clouds and mist. They looked at each other and were troubled by the regret for their defeat.
Li Tianwang said: "Everyone, do you know the whereabouts of this demon? This kind of magical power is unprecedented."
The gods replied, "The Great Celestial Venerable has issued an order to investigate the heavens and found that no one wants to descend to the mortal world. This demon is as if it appeared out of thin air, which makes us angry."
The prince said, "Great monsters like that often appear in the four continents of the earth. Since this monster did not come from the sky, it must have been born from the earth."
The Monkey King said, "What the Third Prince said is very true. Just like me, I was born from a stone. If I have such a skill, it is not uncommon. Besides, this thief monster cannot beat me in martial arts, so he must have a treasure."
The Heavenly King said, "That's exactly the truth. When I watched the fight earlier, the thief monster's martial arts were not as good as the Great Sage's. The thief monster's spear skills were too strong but not flexible enough, while the Great Sage's stick skills were both strong and flexible, which was very brave. If it weren't for that treasure, he would definitely not be the Great Sage's opponent."
The prince said, "Now our weapons have been taken away, what shall we do?"
The Heavenly King said, "His hoop is amazing. Even if he gets weapons, we are no match for him. All he needs to do is throw the hoop away and we will be left with nothing."
The traveler said, "It is said that 'victory and defeat are common in the military'. Don't lose heart. This thief must have been born of the earth. I will go and find out where he came from."
The prince asked, "Where is the Great Sage going?"
The traveler said, "I am going to the West to ask the Buddha. I have heard that the Buddha has wisdom eyes and can see all three realms. I would like to ask him to look at the earth, find out where the thieves and monsters are, and then find out the principle of mutual restraint."
The gods said, "Go away, Great Sage. Go away."
The traveler said no more, and rode on his somersault cloud to the Sacred Mountain in the West.
It won't take long.
The traveler followed the cloud all the way to the Lingshan scenic spot, the Great Leiyin Temple. In front of the mountain gate, there were eight Vajras guarding and stopping the traveler.
The Vajra shouted, "Who is coming?"
The Monkey King dispersed the cloud and light and said, "I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong."
King Kong looked carefully and saw that it was this fellow. He asked, "Great Sage, I heard that you escorted Tang Monk on his journey to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures from the Buddha. Could it be that you have come here?"
The Monkey King said, "It's early, it's early. On the way, I came across a mountain and a demon blocked my way. Tang Monk didn't listen to me and told me to capture him. Now I asked the Heavenly General to send the demon away but he didn't work. I don't know where he came from, so I came to see Tathagata."
The Vajra said, "You stay here for a while. We will go into the palace to report. Don't be naughty when you are in the Buddha's place. Just wait patiently."
The traveler said, "I have my own way of sitting, how can I be unruly?"
King Kong said: "I have heard of your name for a long time, how could I not know whether you have the nature of sitting."
The traveler said, "This time is different from that time. It is not the same as it was in the past."
Vajra did not answer any more and went into the hall to inform Tathagata.
Upon hearing this, the Tathagata sent a golden decree to summon the traveler to come inside. The Eight Vajras obeyed the order and made way for him to come.
Pedestrians enter to pay homage.
The Tathagata sat on the lotus platform and asked, "Wukong, I heard from Guanyin that you converted to our sect and escorted Tang Monk on his journey to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Why are you here now?"
The Monkey King recounted what had happened and said, "Please tell me where this demon came from so that I can defeat him, save Tang Monk, and continue my journey westward."
Upon hearing this, Tathagata used his profound magical powers to look through the three realms and understand the causes and consequences. He said, "I already know about the demon, but I cannot tell you. First, the demon has some tricks. If I tell you, it will definitely cause trouble to Lingshan. Second, the demon has some affinity with you, so it is not appropriate to tell you directly. So, I will send the Eighteen Arhats to hold the golden elixir sand and go with you to defeat the demon. How about that?"
The traveler asked, "What do you mean by golden elixir sand?"
The Tathagata said, "It has extraordinary effects. Just fight it. The Arhats will help you. I will release the cinnabar, and the demon will be trapped and unable to move."
The traveler laughed and said, "Great!" The Tathagata said, "If the Eighteen Arhats cannot subdue him, then you can ask the Arhats again, and they will tell you what method can be used to subdue him."
He summoned the Eighteen Arhats to the Main Hall and gave them instructions one by one. He asked the Arhat Subduing the Dragon and the Arhat Subduing the Tiger to stay behind, and sent Monkey and the others out to prepare to go to Jindou Mountain.
The Dragon-Subduing Arhat and the Tiger-Subduing Arhat stayed in the palace, clasped their hands in front of their chests, and asked, "Please let me give you my instructions, Buddha."
Tathagata said: "I don't think the golden elixir sand can hold the demon. You are no match for it."
The two Arhats asked in astonishment, "May I ask my Buddha, what kind of demon is that? How can it have such great powers?"
Tathagata said: "No need to ask more questions. You two must remember that if the golden elixir sand cannot be subdued, you should talk to Wukong and tell him to subdue the demon in two ways."
The two Arhats clasped their hands and said, "Please let the Buddha tell me."
Tathagata said: "You and Wukong will talk about it separately. One way is at Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and the other way is at Lihentian Tushita Palace."
The two Arhats took note and left the Mahavira Hall, going to the Jindou Mountain with the others.
……
Not long after, the group went to Jindou Mountain again. Monkey challenged Green Bull to a duel. There, the Eighteen Arhats came to help, and they trapped Green Bull with golden elixir sand. However, Green Bull took out the Vajra Cutter and threw it away. No matter how much treasure it was, it was all trapped. If Monkey had not been quick, Green Bull would have captured him.
The gods were speechless, as they didn't know when they would be able to subdue the thief and the monster and return all the credit to heaven.
The Monkey King said, "That circle really has divine power. It cannot be subdued. It cannot be subdued."
The gods said, "You cannot descend, you cannot descend."
This is the place where all the gods in the sky are helpless, and only King Si shows his divine power.
The two Arhats, Subduing Dragon and Subduing Tiger, stepped forward and said, "Great Sage, Tathagata has already predicted that the golden elixir sand cannot trap the demons, and he has other plans for us two."
The Monkey King asked, "You two stayed in the temple at that time. But did I give you any instructions?"
The second Arhat said, "That's right, that's right. Tathagata said, if you can't subdue it, I'll give you two ways to capture this demon, one in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, the other in Lihentian Tushita Palace."
When the Monkey King heard this, he was shocked and thought to himself, "Is Fangcun Mountain asking me to look for my elder brother? I am ashamed, ashamed. It would be better for me to go to Tushita Palace. I have always wanted to pay my respects to the old official. It is OK for me to go there now."
He then said, "You wait here, I will go to Tushita Palace for a visit."
Li Tianwang said: "In that case, Great Sage, please go ahead, and we will wait here."
The Monkey King said no more, and rode his somersault cloud into the heaven. The four great marshals came forward to pay their respects and ask about how to subdue the demon.
The traveler said, "It has never been achieved."
The four marshals asked in astonishment, "That demon is so powerful? The Heavenly King, the Third Prince, the Fire Star Lord, the Water Star Lord, and the two Thunder Generals are all unable to capture him?"
The Monkey King said, "I have never been able to catch it. I have even asked the Eighteen Arhats from Heaven to help me, but they still couldn't catch it."
The four marshals said: "Good Demon King, good Demon King!"
The traveler waved his hand and said, "I won't talk any more with you. I'm going to Tushita Palace now."
Say it.
The traveler went to the Heaven of Separation and after a while, he arrived in front of the Tushita Palace, where two fairy children were guarding the door.
When the second fairy boy saw the Monkey King, he said anxiously, "The master has already told us to spread the news of seeing the Monkey King as soon as possible, and to guard the alchemy room to prevent it from being stolen."
The Monkey King grabbed the fairy boy and said, "I am not here to steal anything. I am only looking for Laojun. Please make way for me and I will go in and look for him."
The two fairies wanted to stop him, saying that Laojun was not there, but the monk was so focused on entering that he didn't listen.
……
The central hall of Tushita Palace.
Jiang Yuan saw Laojun off and left the palace of his sect, then went down to the mortal world to find the Green Ox and subdue it. Before he left, he saw Jinjiao and Yinjiao coming up to pay their respects. He had no choice but to stop and exchange a few words with them.
Jinjiao and Yinjiao bowed and said, "Brother, we did not come to visit you when we were successful. Please don't blame us."
Jiang Yuan shook his head and smiled, "No problem, no problem. I still don't know how the two junior brothers can teach those pilgrims to surrender."
Jinjiao and Yinjiao said, "Brother, the Great Sage was quite capable, but we were careless and were tricked into giving him our treasures. He then used our treasures to defeat us, and that's why we were defeated."
Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "It's actually like this."
Jinjiao and Yinjiao asked, "Brother, do you want us to make the elixir together with you?"
Jiang Yuan pondered for a long time and said, "To be honest with you, I haven't refined my external elixir yet. I would be happy if you two could help me. But I won't dare to take you two away without Lao Jun's permission."
Jinjiao and Yinjiao said, "In this case, Senior Brother, please wait for the master to return. We will explain the matter to the master and ask for his will."
Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "If that's the case, I would like to thank my two junior brothers first."
Jinjiao and Yinjiao said they dared not.
Jiang Yuan said, "I will talk about my friendship with the two junior brothers in my spare time tomorrow. Now I have received the order from Laojun to go to the lower world to collect the cattle."
Jinjiao and Yinjiao said, "I dare not stop you, but please be careful. That blue bull has great magical powers and is very capable. If it gets aggressive, it might hurt you."
Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, my two junior brothers. I have some shallow magical powers, so I'm sure that cow can't hurt me."
The two fairy boys said, "We two can rest assured. Senior brother, please go now."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan wanted to leave the palace.
The Golden Horn and the Silver Horn accompanied him and saw him off with full courtesy.
As the group was about to leave the palace, they suddenly saw chaos in the palace. An immortal child tried to stop them, but the person who came crashed into the palace.
"Don't stop me, I'm here to find your master, please let Daoer go."
When Jiang Yuan heard this, he knew that the monkey had found the Tushita Palace.
The Golden Horn and Silver Horn stood in front of the Immortal and shouted, "Who is coming? Don't act so presumptuously in front of the Immortal."
When the newcomer heard the word "real man", he paused, looked up and fell down in shock, and said, "Big Brother?"
The person who came was the monkey head.
Jiang Yuan asked, "Wukong, why are you being so naughty here?"
The monkey bowed deeply and said, "I didn't know that you, my dear senior brother, are here. I'm sorry for the interruption. I'm sorry for the interruption."
Jiang Yuan said, "Wukong, if you don't go west to help Tang Monk obtain the scriptures, why do you come to Tushita Palace?"
The monkey head said, "Big Brother, you don't know. I was protecting Tang Monk on his journey to the west. On the way, we passed a mountain. The demons were very fierce and captured Tang Monk and his followers, leaving me alone. I fought with them and tried hard to save Tang Monk. I asked the heavenly generals for help, and then the Arhats for help, but we couldn't catch the demon king. I heard that Tathagata said that I should go to Fangcun Mountain or Tushita Palace, and there must be a good way. I was afraid of disturbing Big Brother's meditation and disturbing the peace of my teacher, so I didn't go to Fangcun Mountain to find a way. I came to Tushita Palace, but I didn't expect to bump into Big Brother in Tushita Palace."
(End of this chapter)
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