Chapter 207 Nezha's Mermaid Mentor ()
Chapter 207 Nezha's Mermaid Mentor ()
"If there is no exam, there are only two positions, one is Bi Ma Wen, and the other is Pan Tao Yuan Guardian. I wonder which one you want?" As a wandering immortal, Nezha knows these small positions best.
"Well, I, Old Sun, don't know either. Kid, what are these for?"
"How rude! Bi Ma Wen is in charge of raising the celestial horses. He takes them for a walk every day, lets them drink water and eat grass." This is what Nezha does every day.
"This is good, I want this one." The monkey also found it very interesting. It sounds very free.
But the monkey didn't expect that there was only a small area for strolling. Looking at the listless Pegasus, the monkey decided to take them to find freedom.
Shi Yi never expected that the monkey could bring the Pegasus from heaven to the East China Sea. Under the effect of the water-avoiding spell, the Pegasus was almost turning into a seahorse, but the one that followed along was smiling happily.
“Woo woo woo, how can this horse eat my coral? It can’t eat that!” The shrimp soldiers and crab generals suffered the heaviest blow in history and shouted one by one.
"Hahaha, after all these years, they are still so interesting" Nezha clapped his hands and the monkey rode his horse to swim freely in the sea.
That day, every soldier got a great training, so much so that when Monkey King and Nezha left, Shiyi was a little reluctant to let them go.
For a long time afterwards, Nezha hung out with the monkeys, and occasionally brought Erlang Shen along. The three of them would do things together to displease the Jade Emperor. Finally, one day, the monkey said that he wanted to rebel.
"Ah? What rebellion?" Nezha was a little confused.
"Do you want to be the Jade Emperor yourself? This is not very reliable, right?" Erlang Shen hesitated.
"There's no point in being the Jade Emperor. I want you to be the Jade Emperor. In this way, can't you save your mother?" The monkey was puzzled. He was born and raised without parents, but it was obvious that Erlang Shen and Nezha both cared about their family very much.
"One day, I will rescue my mother, and I will definitely not succeed by becoming the Jade Emperor through you." Erlang Shen's words made Nezha feel a light, and the next second, the light disappeared.
"It would be even better if we could kill the Jade Emperor. After all, my mother is his sister. What can I do if he is so cruel?" Nezha felt the same way after hearing this.
"I really want to kill my father, but I can't, alas."
"You two, I didn't say I wanted to kill anyone. I just felt that Heaven was so boring and wanted to have some fun." The monkey scratched his head, always feeling that he was so kind.
"Have fun? Haven't we had enough fun?" Nezha was puzzled, but he was still very excited: "What kind of fun?"
"I heard that the Heavenly Court and the West are planning to cooperate and do some missionary work. Why don't we get involved?" The monkey looked well behaved and everyone in the Heavenly Court liked him, so naturally he heard some gossip.
"I know a thing or two about this matter." Yang Jian shook his head: "This is a big matter, I can't get involved casually, I don't know what kind of cause and effect I will be involved in."
The three of them did not come to a conclusion. Instead, a few days later, Yin Shiniang found Nezha and said, "My child, the Heavenly Court has something for the monkey to do. If you can't bear it, go and help him."
Yin Shiniang's explanation was not very clear, and Nezha said that he would definitely help the monkey, but he did not expect that he would actually help the monkey make trouble in Heaven. Nezha was excited and thrilled.
"This is really too much!" The monkey came back angrily. Nezha was very puzzled. After asking, he found out that the Jade Emperor did not allow the monkey to leave the heaven with the Pegasus.
This is a great harm to a monkey who longs for freedom and a group of Pegasus who also longs for freedom. I won’t talk about what happened to the monkey, but the Pegasus will quit.
On the first day when they were not allowed to go out, the celestial horses went on a hunger strike in protest, and the Jade Emperor reprimanded the monkey; on the second day, the celestial horses ate the lotus flowers in the Yaochi Lake, and the Queen Mother reprimanded the monkey; on the third day, the celestial horses stole Laojun's elixir, and Laojun hugged the monkey and cried.
Yang Jian just wanted to laugh when he saw this: "They want to force the monkey to rebel and cause havoc in the Heavenly Palace, but they are reluctant to punish the monkey severely."
When the monkey heard this, he understood. Combining it with the various rumors he had heard, he thought that the Heavenly Court wanted to send him on a journey to the West to make some money, so he should have said so earlier.
On an ordinary morning, just when everyone was thinking about what other ways they could use to force the monkey to take action, the monkey came to the Lingxiao Palace carrying his golden cudgel.
"Here it comes!" Jin Zha shouted excitedly. The next second, his face changed because he saw Nezha behind the monkey. His eyes immediately turned black.
The Jade Emperor's eyes also turned dark because he saw his good nephew. Thinking of his sister who was still imprisoned under Peach Mountain, the Jade Emperor thought about how to get his sister out.
Just kidding, he didn't want to lock up his sister, but didn't the Heavenly Palace just add a new person for show? Who would have thought that taking good care of his nephew would be so stubborn.
I told him that his father was not dead, and his brothers and sisters were not dead, but he just didn't want to listen and went against me everywhere. What a joke.
"Old Jade Emperor, you make things difficult for me every day. I, Sun Wukong, will make sure that you experience the power of my golden cudgel!" The monkey sounded very fierce, but in fact he just rushed to the Jade Emperor and snatched the fairy peach in front of him and ate it.
Yang Jian was still a little too much. He directly knocked over the table in front of the Jade Emperor. Nezha also took the opportunity to slip to the sides of a few people who disliked him and snatched the immortal wine from their hands.
The originally planned earth-shattering rampage in Heaven has now turned into a naughty child throwing a tantrum. The Jade Emperor is too embarrassed to ask the Western gods and Buddhas to come to the rescue. In this situation, what is the point of asking for help?
"Your Majesty, in this case, why don't we wait five hundred years, and when the time is right, we will send the monkey directly to protect Jin Chanzi's reincarnation," Taibai Jinxing suggested quickly.
"This is a good idea. Then let General Juanlian and Tianpeng not come down to earth and just wait for time together." As long as the goal is achieved, the process is not that important.
The monkey didn't know what link he had skipped, but Laojun asked the monkey to go to Tushita Palace every day in the future.
"Laojun, why did you ask me, Sun, to come here to do this?" The monkey asked endless questions as soon as he arrived.
Laojun smiled mysteriously and did not answer.
Not long after, Shiyi, who was still playing in the world, saw a furnace falling from the sky, landing on the ground, and instantly became a volcano. At this time, a task appeared on the sky.
[Extinguish the Flame Mountain and be rewarded with the right to use the Samadhi True Fire]
The Rakshasa woman took her precious palm-leaf fan and went there with her husband and son. The fire on the Flaming Mountain burned intermittently, flickering on and off. The Rakshasa woman's son mastered the use of the Samadhi Fire.
A hundred years on earth passed quickly. The bored Shi Yi had taken on the responsibilities of the aquatic creatures early on and often patrolled the aquatic creatures in various waters. Today, she encountered a strange thing.
"This boatman is so evil that he actually wants to kill the new top scholar. Fortunately, this person is not destined to die, otherwise, he would have been drowned." The local Dragon King muttered to himself as he carried the unconscious Chen Guangrui.
"It is this man's fate. After his wife gives birth to the child and sends him away, you can expose him. If a man like this becomes an official, who knows how many disasters he will cause to the people."
"Yes, my lord"
The two men took Chen Guangrui and waited for several months. After his wife sent the child away, they helped Chen Guangrui restore his identity and punished the evildoers.
The tiny baby was placed in a bathtub and the water flowed toward the Jinguang Temple. Shiyi followed the child all the way to the Jinguang Temple, and soon the child was taken away by the abbot.
Thinking of Jin Chanzi's temperament, Shi Yi used magic to move all the aquatic products in the surrounding waters. There were no residents around, so it would not affect anyone.
Only the abbot found it strange, but since monks don't eat fish, he didn't think much about it.
Time flies, and the baby at that time has grown into a great monk. He came to the capital to participate in the water and land ceremony held by the contemporary emperor. The contemporary emperor was named Shimin. Yu Xuanzang hit it off at first sight, and they became brothers. The emperor sent Xuanzang on his journey to the west.
"Your Majesty, please stay. I, the monk Zhou Xuanzang, will definitely retrieve the true scripture."
"My dear brother, please take care. It doesn't matter if you can't get it back. I don't really need it." The emperor smiled politely and was poked in the waist by the queen beside him.
"Your Majesty, be careful with your words"
Xuanzang looked at the emperor and empress with emotion, then turned around and rode away.
As soon as Xuanzang left, the empress stopped acting and ordered all the monks to be sent back to where they came from: "Humph, Buddhism has been prevalent in the land of the Great Zhou for so long, and my imperial power has been greatly affected. If it were not for the cooperation of my ancestors, I would not do it."
"Your Majesty, the ancestors have given you so many benefits, please be patient for now," the queen advised. If someone observes carefully, they will find that this queen is the fox demon Daji reemployed.
It’s a pity that mortals don’t know the once famous Empress Daji, and those who know her have been in heaven for a long time.
As fate would have it, Daji became the Moon. People in the world have always liked to use the Moon to refer to the queen. As a result, Daji decided to become the queen of the world herself.
She happened to meet the emperor, who was still a prince at the time. The two of them fell in love with each other. In order not to affect the fortune of the world, Daji simply gave up her immortal body and came to the human world as a clone.
The so-called ancestors were Bo Yikaofu and his wife. Although they did not become immortals, they had profound cultivation and had many connections with the heavenly court. That was why the emperor tacitly approved the prevalence of Buddhism.
Outside the territory of the Great Zhou, Buddhism would be linked to power. Even the succession of imperial power in some countries was controlled by Buddhism, which shows that the influence of religion was profound.
Before Xuanzang left Chang'an, he met Guanyin who was giving him gifts. Xuanzang accepted the gifts with surprise. Then he heard Guanyin say that he would meet three disciples with high levels of cultivation, so he happily set off immediately.
At the same time, Guanyin posted a task on the sky curtain: [Protect Xuanzang on his journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and reward him with a position in the West]
Unfortunately, they are all local residents and have no interest in positions in the Western Paradise. Fortunately, the Heavenly Court had arranged the personnel early on so as not to embarrass Guanyin.
Monkey, Tianting, Juanlian and Ao Lie all accepted the mission. Unexpectedly, it was a serial mission. Shi Yi, out of friendship towards Monkey, also took on some daily tasks, which were all simple little things.
For example, [Prepare a suitable area for a picnic and get a vegetarian hot pot as a reward]
[Complete a meditation session and receive a large portable tent as a reward]
[Give Tianpeng two brain explosions and get ten fruit plates as a reward]
The purpose of small tasks and small rewards like these is to enrich the lives of the people on the road and make the monkey live comfortably. After all, anyone who has watched Journey to the West countless times knows the grievances that the monkey has endured along the way. Even if this is not that monkey, everyone wants him to be more comfortable.
The first time Zhou Xuanzang met a monkey was at the foot of a mountain. The monkey did not recognize Xuanzang because he was not wearing the cassock given by Guanyin. Xuanzang also did not recognize the monkey because the monkey used invisibility.
After Xuanzang had walked a long way away, Guanyin realized something was wrong and quickly asked the monkey to chase him. So the monkey caught up with Xuanzang not far from Yingchoujian.
"Master, Master, wait for me." The monkey was asked not to use magic, and the monkey ran all the way here.
When Xuanzang saw a monkey chasing him, he was immediately startled and ran away, crawling and rolling. The white horse was almost exhausted to death. He was running away and she was chasing him, so they could not escape even if they had wings.
Finally, the two stopped the chase because a small white dragon rushed out from Yingchou Gorge and swallowed both the man and the horse. The monkey's eyes immediately turned red.
"It's over, it's over, the monk is gone, and I, Old Sun, will have to wait for many more years."
"Ao Lie! Get out here!" Monkey originally planned to go up to the sky to call for help, but he didn't expect Ao Bing to come suddenly, so the situation became what it is now.
Ao Lie knelt on the ground and induced vomiting, intending to make Xuanzang and the white horse vomit out. Ao Bing muttered to himself while making a decoction to induce vomiting. The monkey was spinning in circles on the ground in a hurry.
The final result was still good. Ao Lie successfully spit out Xuanzang, but he was still not digested. The whole Xuanzang was gone. The other party no longer looked like a monk and looked very embarrassed.
"Wow, Master, you almost died." The monkey pretended to cry while casting a spell. The smell was really disgusting.
The clever Shi Yi had already hidden away as far away as possible. Just kidding, she had foreseen the result the moment Xuanzang was swallowed. It would be either vomiting or defecating. Fortunately, it was better than she imagined.
In the end, Xuanzang accepted Monkey as his eldest disciple and Ao Lie as his mount. Ao Lie transformed into a white dragon horse for Xuanzang to ride, and Monkey's mount was the little white horse that escaped from the belly of Xinglong.
The monkey secretly adjusted the little white horse and the Pegasus, and took his Pegasus friend for a walk at public expense. Everyone got what they wanted, except Xuanzang, who felt fear.
By the time they reached Gao Laozhuang, they had already experienced several hardships. The proud and stubborn Xuanzang refused the reward the monkey got and just ate his dry food every day. The monkey ate vegetarian hotpot with the white dragon horse and the celestial horse, which was so delicious.
Tianpeng in Gao Village can hardly hold back any longer. Cuilan is already pregnant with her third child, but these people still haven't come. He has to take care of the children and be scolded by his wife at the same time. How pitiful.
"My wife, I have washed the clothes and the child has fallen asleep. Isn't it time for us to take a rest?" Tianpeng smiled earnestly.
"You are so beautiful. I am going to accompany my parents tonight. You just take care of the third child. I will bring the eldest and the second child to my parents. We haven't seen them for several days."
"My wife, I will be traveling west with my master in a few days. Can't you stay with me more?" Tianpeng said coquettishly.
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