Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 199 Guanyin Reappears
After the monkey finished negotiating the deal, it chuckled and its body shone with golden light. Instantly, eight thousand hairs of its body scattered and transformed into eight thousand Great Sages, each wielding a thousand clubs, covering the entire mountain range within an eight-thousand-meter radius.

Those Nascent Soul Realm demons and cultivators had never seen such supernatural power before. Finding themselves surrounded in the blink of an eye, they were all terrified and drenched in sweat.

The leader of the Buddhist sect immediately began reciting the Tightening-Headband Mantra, but finding it ineffective, he forced himself to remain calm and immediately shouted:

"Don't panic! The Great Sage Equaling Heaven has been suppressed by Buddha for five hundred years. His lifespan is about to end, and his cultivation is no longer what it used to be."

"These avatars are just bluffing; most of them only have a few thousand pounds of strength."
“You’ll know once you try it.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the monkey smashed half of his body with a single blow.

……

Deep in the valley.

After several periods of unconsciousness, Li Shimin slowly regained consciousness once more.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Tang Xuanci stuffing the reattached intestines back into his abdominal cavity, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.

A chilling sound echoed through the mountains, sounding distant yet deafening, causing the ground to tremble slightly.

However, since things had come to this point, Li Shimin calmed down. After taking a few deep breaths, he finally spoke in a hoarse voice:

"Royal brother, were those... gods and demons all here to capture you? What have you been through this past year?"

Tang Xuanci finished settling his internal organs, letting the wound slowly heal, then took the cigarette from his mouth, exhaled smoke, and coldly snorted:
"Of course, we should fight against Buddha and Guanyin!"

"I told you long ago, as long as you dare to fight, you have a chance to win, but you chickened out and ran out of energy."

"Now you see, I'm not going on the pilgrimage anymore. I've come back to kill that damned bald monk and smash that filthy Buddha statue. What can they do to me?"

"Look at yourself now, do you still resemble a saint or some kind of Heavenly Khan?"

Li Shimin was speechless, his heart filled with bitterness.

Yes, he once boasted of being the greatest emperor of all time, but now it seems he was nothing more than a frog in a well.

Looking up at the dark sky, he turned and asked, "Speak, what do you want from me that you brought me out of the city?"

"Do you even know that Xiao Ke is dead? It's all your fault! I really want to slap you to death!"

Tang Xuanci said:

"We can no longer be brothers."

"However, Xianbao is not dead yet. For her sake, I will give you another chance."

"How do you recite the mantra that Guanyin taught you?"

Tell me, and I'll still call you brother-in-law; if you don't, I'll bury you right now!

Upon hearing that his third sister was still alive, Li Shimin was dumbfounded. But remembering the threatening words of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he dared not utter the incantation.

After all, that was a Bodhisattva with great supernatural powers and all abilities!

"That spell no longer works on you, why are you still doing it?"

"Stop talking nonsense. Just tell me, I need your help!"

"Oh, just kill me! I cannot destroy the foundation of the Tang Dynasty with my own hands and bring ruin to the Li family!"

After saying this, Li Shimin forced himself to stand up and offered his neck for execution.

Tang Xuanci nodded repeatedly in anger, and said furiously:

"Fine, so you're such a devout Buddhist, then I'll send you to the Western Paradise right now!"

After saying that, he threw a punch at Li Shimin.

Li Shimin's pupils contracted, and he closed his eyes in shock.

However, after one, two, or three seconds, he felt that he was still alive. He opened his eyes in surprise and saw that the giant iron fist that had killed tens of thousands of people was blocked in front of him by a thin layer of water.

Tang Xuanci struggled to pull his hand out, but couldn't manage it; he glared angrily at the air and cursed loudly. Li Shimin followed his gaze and was astonished to see Guanyin Bodhisattva standing suspended in mid-air, with dazzling Buddhist light shining behind her.

"You wicked disciple, you are ignorant of the immensity of heaven and earth. Do you think that just because you drank the blood of the Qilin, ate the ginseng fruit, and used the hands of heretics and evil spirits to break the first layer of my Buddha's magic spell, you can act with impunity?"

Guanyin spoke in a gentle voice, raised her hand, made a hand gesture, and began chanting a mantra.

Tang Xuanci froze, his face contorted in a grimace, and he looked down in disbelief at a halo of light that shone through his skin beneath his eight-pack abs.

"Ahhhh-"

He couldn't last more than two seconds before collapsing to the ground in agony, just like before, thrashing about like a fish on a chopping board, making loud thuds on the ground.

Soon, he fainted.

Li Shimin stared in disbelief at the scene before him. While shocked, he was also extremely glad that he hadn't uttered the incantation aloud, otherwise he dared not even imagine the consequences.

But then Guanyin Bodhisattva descended from the clouds, telling him not to worry, that someone would come to his rescue soon and take Tang Xuanci, this madman, back to continue the journey to the West.

Before leaving, he also passed on the second layer of the magic spell to him—that is, adding "Maharuha Nahong He" before the first layer of the spell, and then adding a "He" mantra at the end of each sentence—and made him recite it three times to make sure it was correct.

Li Shimin was extremely grateful and did as he was told.

However, after reciting it only two and a half times, he suddenly saw a blur and Guanyin Bodhisattva was gone, replaced by... Tang Xuanci standing in front of him smoking.

Ah this?

Ah this! ?
Ah this!!?

He was stunned again, his brain completely shut down, and he had no idea what was happening.

The mountains had returned to tranquility, and a gentle breeze carrying the scent of earth brushed past the two of them.

Tang Xuanci took out another "Lishan Chunju" cigarette from the sandalwood box, lit it directly, put it in Li Shimin's mouth, and patted him on the shoulder, saying:
"Someone will find you. Take care of yourself and live a few more years. I hope you will witness me kill Buddha and defeat Guanyin!"

Having said that, he shook his limbs and strode away.

……

An uproar erupted in the Tianxian Hall.

Because of the huge time difference between Heaven and Earth, the meeting had not even entered the voting stage when news from Chang'an was urgently interrupted.

After all, this will have a significant impact on the outcome of this revision of the Heavenly Laws.

When I heard—

Tang Xuanci abducted Emperor Tai Tang from Chang'an and fled to Mount Li, where he has now completely disappeared.
For the sake of a single Golden Elixir, Sun Wukong slaughtered his way through the land, killing nearly fifty scattered immortals and demons.

Most of the immortals lost control of their expressions, displaying a variety of emotions from shock and solemnity to depression, sorrow, and strangeness... their faces were quite a sight to behold.

Even Guanyin Bodhisattva's unchanging smile changed; her jade-like face turned indifferent, and she chose to ignore the questioning gazes cast upon her by the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of the West.

She knew that the headband was definitely no longer effective, and the magic headband would most likely also malfunction. Tang Xuanci and Sun Wukong, the "master and disciple" pair, had already lost control.

"Does anyone have anything to say about revising the regulations for identifying immortals and mortals?"

Emperor Gouchen smiled mockingly as he glanced at the immortals who had just voiced their objections.

Those people fell silent; to be precise, they had lost interest in the matter.

Soon enough, the immortals began to vote.

"Immortals who agree, please raise your tablets... Immortals who disagree, please raise your tablets... Passed!"

(笏: a narrow jade tablet held by the emperor and his officials when attending court in ancient times)

Unsurprisingly, the new bill passed with a majority vote.

This means that people and animals who only train their muscles will also be recognized as cultivators, or even immortals, by the Heavenly Court in the future.

(End of this chapter)