Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start.

Chapter 426 The Vanished Stone Monkey: The Buddhist Sect is in a panic!

Outside of Flower Fruit Mountain, on a remote island, Ananda and Kasyapa have been watching Flower Fruit Mountain day after day for decades.

Suddenly, Ananda opened his eyes wide, as if he had realized something. "That stone monkey from Flower Fruit Mountain has gone out to sea!"

"Going to sea?"

Kasyapa was taken aback. "My teacher said that the stone monkey shouldn't have set sail until hundreds of years later."

Ah, can you believe it? "Just look!"

Kasyapa looked in the direction Ananda pointed and saw a stone monkey riding a wooden boat on the vast sea, unafraid of wind and rain.

Kasyapa's expression turned serious. "The stone monkey has set sail. We must report to our teacher. You stay here and watch over the stone monkey. I'm going back to the West."

"it is good."

Kasyapa nodded. The stone monkey is only a mortal, and the East Sea is so vast. Even if the stone monkey runs for three years at all costs, it won't get very far. Everything is under control.

Ananda transformed into a streak of light and flew towards the western land.

Kasyapa turned back and continued to stare at the stone monkey, but soon, Kasyapa's expression changed drastically. The stone monkey was gone; it had disappeared from sight!

"boom!"

An unparalleled power of a Great Luo Golden Immortal suddenly erupted from the island, startling all the birds and terrifying all the beasts!

The stone monkey was the most important piece in his grand scheme of things in the West, yet it was lost right under his nose?

Kasyapa flew up and suddenly arrived near Flower Fruit Mountain, where he began to search carefully along the mountain.

The stone monkey was just here a moment ago, how could it have disappeared without a trace in such a short time? It must be hiding somewhere, and I just didn't see it!

Just as Kasyapa was frantically searching, in a secluded and damp cave in a corner of Flower Fruit Mountain, the stone monkey grinned, revealing a happy smile!

At this moment, a pure, crystal-clear inner fire was burning on the stone monkey's body!

As long as the fire in one's heart burns, the Great Dao endures; as long as the fire in one's heart burns, all causes and effects will not touch one. This is what the stone monkey discovered from the fire in his heart when he was in the Water Curtain Cave.

As long as one activates that wisp of inner fire, one can immediately conceal the secrets of heaven and hide one's tracks, making it impossible for even a sage to detect.

The stone monkey stared at the figure constantly flying back and forth on Flower Fruit Mountain, a chilling expression on his face. "The West."

In mid-air, Kasyapa went back and forth, turning Flower Fruit Mountain and the Flower Fruit Mountain sea upside down, but still couldn't find the stone monkey!

Now, Kasyapa panicked completely. He didn't care about anything else and transformed into a streak of light, flying westward!

Kasyapa could imagine the fury his teacher and uncle would feel if they found out that the thief had disappeared without a trace!

As Kasyapa flew away, the sense of being watched over the stone monkey vanished completely.

"Now, I, Old Sun, am finally free!"

The feeling of being spied on disappeared, meaning that no one was secretly watching him anymore.

The stone monkey dared not be careless. He knew that with his disappearance, a large number of people would soon appear on Flower Fruit Mountain.

The stone monkey, without stopping, pushed the wooden boat into the sea again.

He looked at Flower Fruit Mountain carefully, as if trying to memorize its appearance.

Then he leaped onto the boat, rowed vigorously, and the wooden boat cut through the waves and quickly disappeared from sight.

In the Thirty-Three Heavens, within the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, Ananda was reporting to Kasyapa and Amitabha, "Reporting to our teacher and uncle, the stone monkey has already set sail. We can now begin the next phase of our Western expedition."

Jieyin nodded. "Junior brother, are you ready on your end?"

The other side of the guide naturally refers to the Patriarch Subhuti of Xiniu Hezhou, who was transformed from the good corpse of Zhunti.

"Everything is ready, just waiting for the monkey to come up the mountain."

Zhunti looked on with anticipation. The stone monkey had unparalleled talent; even in the prehistoric world before the Three Realms were broken, he would be considered a top-tier individual.

The thought that such outstanding talents would end up in his Western lands after his journey to the West filled Zhunti with excitement.

"Alright, let's proceed step by step and execute the plan."

The guide remained calm and composed. Whether he set sail a few years earlier or a few years later would not have any significant impact on the overall situation.

"Yes."

Ananda nodded and was about to leave when suddenly another figure hurriedly entered the Pure Land and appeared beside Ananda.

Ananda looked up and saw it was Kasyapa. He was very surprised. "Kasyapa, weren't you watching over the stone monkey at Flower Fruit Mountain? What are you doing here?"

Kasyapa looked anxious. "Teacher, Uncle-Master, Senior Brother, Stone Monkey, they've disappeared without a trace!"

"What?"

On the golden lotus platform, Zhunti and Jieyin gasped for breath and hurriedly asked, "How did the stone monkey disappear?"

Ananda, equally puzzled, said in disbelief, "How could this be? I saw the stone monkey's figure when I left."

Kasyapa shrugged, his face crestfallen. "Master, Uncle-Master, I don't know either. When Brother Ananda left, the stone monkey was clearly still there. But after Brother Ananda left, in the blink of an eye, the stone monkey was gone. I've searched Flower Fruit Mountain and the surrounding seas from top to bottom, but I still haven't found anything."

"Senior brother, Flower Fruit Mountain is located in the East Sea, and the Dragon Clan is in cahoots with the Intercepting Sect. Do you think the Dragon Clan was behind this?"

Zhunti's eyes were slightly red, and his body was filled with murderous aura. He was the enemy of his fellow disciples who was hindering the rise of the West!

After a moment of silence, Jieyin said, "We can't rule out that possibility."

But then, Jieyin slowly said, "The stone monkey is missing; we must still search for him, Ananda and Kasyapa!"

"Disciple is here."

Ananda and Kasyapa quickly stepped forward.

"Go to the Great Thunderclap Temple and command the Ancient Buddha Dipankara to lead all the Arhats and Dharma Protectors of the Great Thunderclap Temple to Flower Fruit Mountain to find the Stone Monkey. Do not fail."

"Yes."

Ananda and Kasyapa knew that they had committed a grave sin by losing the stone monkey, and it was time for them to atone for their sins through meritorious service.

After agreeing, he transformed into a streak of light and headed directly west towards the ancestral home of Buddhism, the Great Thunderclap Temple.

In the West, at the Great Thunder Temple, the ancient Buddha Dipankara received the decree from the sage and hurriedly began to gather his forces!

Today, Mahayana Buddhism is flourishing in the West, second only to the West in terms of its prosperity!

In a short time, hundreds of Arhats and thousands of Dharma protectors had gathered together!

Arhats are at least at the level of Golden Immortals in terms of cultivation.

The Dharma protectors also possess cultivation levels of True Immortals and Mystic Immortals.

Led by Dipankara, Ananda, and Kasyapa, the group of people headed towards the East Sea in a grand procession!

The news of the entire Buddhist community leaving the temple quickly spread throughout the Three Realms.

Since the end of the Investiture of the Gods, this was almost the first large-scale operation by the Buddhist sect.

The countless powerful beings of the primordial world were all speculating about what could be so important that the Buddhist sect would take it so seriously.

Deep in the East Sea, in the ancestral land of the dragon race, two figures stood together, exuding an aura of timelessness.

The two were none other than Ao Qing, the current patriarch of the Dragon Clan, and Zhulong, the younger brother of the Dragon Clan's ancestor, the Ancestral Dragon!

Ao Qing said, "Ancestor, now that the scoundrels on Flower Fruit Mountain have disappeared, it's time for our Dragon Clan to take action."

Zhulong laughed, "If it weren't for the help of the sage, where would my dragon clan be today? Since that's the case, let's get to work. I've been in the dragon clan for so many years, and it's been itching for a fight."

"Yes."

Ao Qing slowly withdrew from the ancestral land of the Dragon Clan.

(End of this chapter)