Yang Jian and Sun Wukong

Chapter 37

It is rumored that there is a Paradise in the West, where everyone who lives there is free from any worries, lives forever and enjoys boundless happiness.It is rumored that there is a mountain stretching for thousands of miles in the Paradise of Paradise, which is so beautiful that it is surrounded by immortals. It is called "Spiritual Mountain" by the world.It is rumored that there is a Leiyin Temple on Lingshan Mountain, in which live five hundred Arhats and three thousand Jiedi.There is the sound of bells and chimes in the morning, the sound of chanting scriptures at night, the solemn treasure hall, the fairy mountain and the blessed place, which are yearned for by ordinary people.

The rumors are unbelievable, but the rumors about Lingshan are true.

Lingshan, on the cliff, beside the clouds, an ancient pine tree, a game of chess, two people playing chess, two jugs of wine.

One of the two is a bald monk, wearing a yellow monk's robe, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his right hand resting on his knee, and his left hand lightly grasping a black chess piece, which hangs and does not fall.

The other person was sitting across from him in white. His face looked about 40 to [-] years old, but his head was full of white hair.The mountain breeze was blowing gently, and his white clothes and white hair seemed to flutter under the cover of mist.There is a golden mark on this person's forehead, his eyes are like lightning, his lips are pale, and the corners of his mouth are slightly drawn down. His appearance is extremely handsome, but it gives people a sense of desolation and loneliness.

The monk opened his eyes, flicked the chessboard with his wide sleeves, and let out a long sigh: "I lost again, Master Erlang is so skilled at chess, the poor monk feels ashamed."

Erlang God Yang Jian who was sitting opposite smiled slightly, and the desolation all over his body disappeared in an instant.

"Acceptance, the Buddha is too modest."

Tathagata Buddha reopened a game of chess.

"How many years has Zhenjun lived with me?"

"I don't know the years in the mountains. Yang Jian only vaguely remembers that when he first went up the mountain, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu stood together in the mortal world. Now it is the Tang Dynasty, and it may be more than [-] years."

Tathagata held black chess and said: "In the past 400 years, the first 100 years of the real king's chess skills were not as good as mine. In the middle 200 years, you and I were evenly matched. As for the next 100 years..." Tathagata looked at the chessboard and fell into deep thought. After a long time, he said, "But I It's a set not won."

"There is nothing in the mountains, Yang Jian has devoted himself to studying chess, and it is not surprising that he has made some progress." While Yang Jian was speaking, he dropped a few more pieces, in exchange for the Tathagata's longer-term hard thinking.

Tathagata said while playing chess: "How can nothing happen? Zhenjun secretly integrated the monsters from the lower realms and gathered dozens of monsters into three groups. Without the secret help of the real king, the poor monk would not be able to subdue King Dapeng so easily. In addition, the real king secretly assisted Liu Chenxiang to escape the pursuit of the heavens and forced the Jade Emperor and Queen Mother to pardon the three holy mothers. "

Yang Jian's expression didn't move, as if he expected that everything he did would be known by Tathagata, he took a white chess piece in his right hand, and with the first "pop", it landed in the middle of the chessboard.A strand of white hair fell down, and the tip of the hair just hung on the chess piece.

Tathagata sighed again when he saw it: "The hair of Zhenjun is so white so quickly... I still remember that when Monkey King made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, Zhenjun still had black hair."

Yang Jian heard Tathagata mention Sun Wukong, couldn't help but raised his head, looked at Tathagata for a while, but finally didn't say a word, lowered his head to watch the chess game carefully.

Tathagata couldn't help secretly admiring the city of Erlang God, and said clearly: "If the real king likes to play chess, he will always live in Lingshan. How about practicing with the poor monk?"

Yang Jian remained motionless, just staring at the chessboard.

A bell sounded from a distance, and the lingering sound was long and endless.The breeze brought the fragrance of the leaves, which wafted around.Tigers and leopards howled in the mountains and valleys, and cranes screamed on the cliffs.The mountain wall on the opposite side is covered with vines, looming in the dense fog, which is too beautiful to behold.

With a wave of the Tathagata's hand, the clouds and mists in the sky cleared away, and the sun burst into golden light, illuminating the sky.The trees are bathed in the sun, and the leaves are green and shiny.Under the cliff where the two of them were, the flowing water was murmuring, and the sound of the water was roaring.

"Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains are all under your feet, and all creatures in the world are in your hands."

Tathagata raised his right hand and made a fist suddenly, the sun receded immediately, clouds and mist surrounded him again, the sound of water faded away, birds and beasts disappeared, and the world was peaceful.

Yang Jian looked around at the surrounding scenery and said, "Although Lingshan is beautiful, it is not a place where Yang Jian will stay for a long time."

Tathagata frowned: "Why?"

Yang Jian suddenly opened the sky eye in the middle of his forehead, and the brilliance flashed for a moment, and the disappearing tiger, leopard and crane reappeared, continuing the previous movements, even making the same call. "Everything in Lingshan was created by you with magic. Beauty is beautiful, but there is no soul."

Yang Jian stood up, dressed in white, as cold as snow, with white hair hanging down to his waist, adding a sense of desolation and romance.A piece popped out from the left hand and landed on a corner of the board, so the black piece was tightly surrounded by the white piece, and there was no way out. "Heizi lost again." Yang Jian looked at the chess game and said, "Right and wrong, there will always be a winner or loser."

Tathagata messed up the chess game: "Fortunately, we can do it all over again."

Yang Jian said: "It's nothing new to do it again, I wonder if the Buddha would dare to play a unique game of chess with Yang Jian?"

Tathagata also stood up and asked with interest: "What kind of chess game is it?"

"Journey to the West!"

Yang Jian's eyes shone brightly, shockingly bright.

"Go players, the game is square and quiet, and the chess is round and moving. The world is incomprehensible. Although the Buddha loves Go, he sticks to the rules. It is boring. The Go you and I play will end up dead. Dare the Buddha let it go?" Sun Wukong, find the golden cicada, use the two as pawns, use the westward journey as the board, and bet on all beings in the three realms, and play a life-and-death chess game with Yang Jian!"

Just at this time, the chime sounded, accompanied by Yang Jian's voice, echoing in the mountains.The wind blew up and blew Yang Jian's white hair. Yang Jian stood motionless on the edge of the cliff, staring straight at the Tathagata with his clear eyes.

The clouds crawled under their feet, as if bowing their heads to them.

The two looked at each other for a long time, Tathagata reacted first, seemed to think of something interesting, smiled, and Yang Jian also laughed.The two laughed together: "Hahaha..." The sound shook Heyue, and the birds and beasts were startled.

After a long time, the laughter stopped.

Tathagata looked at the sea of ​​clouds and said calmly: "For 400 years, you have been lobbying me to agree to Journey to the West, but I can't see how doing so is good for me."

"The good thing is to win Jin Chanzi." Yang Jian also looked at the sea of ​​clouds and said, "Jin Chanzi made a bet with the Buddha. He destroyed his foundation and fell into reincarnation. Now it happens to be his last reincarnation." Yang Jian turned his head. Looking at Tathagata, "The Buddha is not afraid that Jin Chanzi will cause trouble after he wakes up? Why don't you find something for him to do."

Tathagata said: "I have already won."

Yang Jian shook his head: "As long as Sun Wukong doesn't die, the Buddha can't say he has won, and people like Sun Wukong will never perish."

"So only Journey to the West can restrain him?"

"Exactly!" Yang Jian nodded firmly, "Let Sun Wukong protect the golden cicada to go to the west to learn scriptures. The Buddha arranges difficulties on the westward journey. Where they go every day, what monsters they meet, and what happens are all set by the Buddha. It is really controlling the fate of Monkey King, this is called really winning Jin Chanzi's bet!"

Tathagata's eyes lit up and he was quite moved. "Then, Erlang Zhenjun, how do you want to play this game of chess with the poor monk? Why is it called life and death chess?"

"The Buddha set up ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties. He told them that after the eighty-one difficulties, they arrived in the West Paradise, obtained the scriptures, and achieved positive results. The Buddha placed barriers on the road, and they could not walk in other directions except the west. Yang Jian tried every means to let Monkey King control Own destiny, only if Sun Wukong does something beyond the calculation of Buddha, Yang Jian will win chess. Yang Jian will publicize that Jin Chanzi is the reincarnation of a good man from the tenth generation, and eating his flesh and blood will give him longevity. Once Jin Chanzi dies, Journey to the West will naturally end. You and I each show their abilities in this game of Journey to the West, and the chess pieces are Monkey King and others! Yang Jian personally led them on the way to Journey to the West. In this game of chess, Yang Jian bet all his wealth and life , I just wonder if the Tathagata Buddha, who is famous in the three worlds, dares to fight?"

Rulai was aroused by Yang Jian's words, and he looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Why don't you dare!"

"Om..." The bell sounded again, and the Tathagata's words were drowned in the bell.His laughter became louder and louder, and finally overwhelmed the bell, deafening.

Unaffected by Tathagata's magical laughter, Yang Jian bowed and said in disrespect: "Since the Buddha promised to play chess, I will leave now." Yang Jian's tone was obviously much lighter, "Time is not waiting for me, Yang Jian is going to make preparations."

"Wait a minute," Tathagata said, "Jin Chanzi is just an ordinary person after reincarnation. Unless he remembers the past and shows up, even I will not know where he is. How can we play chess without Jin Chanzi?"

Yang Jian said: "It's okay, give me three days, I can find him."

Tathagata narrowed his eyes: "There is a vast sea of ​​people, the real king should not lie."

Yang Jian said: "Three days in the mortal world are three years, Yang Jian is sure."

Tathagata smiled cunningly: "If you can't find it, the real king will lose this game of chess."

Yang Jian gritted his teeth: "Okay! If you find it, the Buddha should not be dishonest."

"If Jin Chanzi is found within three days, the poor monk will send Avalokitesvara down to the realm and order the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty to start a journey to the west."

"A word is settled!"

After Yang Jian left, Tathagata called the Eight Great Vajras who obeyed his orders and said, "Keep an eye on Yang Jian. If you see a golden cicada, kill him without mercy." The Eight Great Vajras flew away.Tathagata called Guanyin again, and he was relieved when he learned that the scriptures written by Jin Chanzi were indeed destroyed.

Let's not mention how the Tathagata will arrange it for the time being, but it is said that Yang Jian went down the Lingshan Mountain, contacted his subordinates, and first ordered the Meishan brothers to lead a hundred grass head gods to intercept the people sent by the Tathagata to follow.Yang Jian knew that the only weakness of the Tathagata Buddha was that he loved to bet with others. He spent nearly 400 years in Lingshan to persuade the Tathagata to agree to release Sun Wukong to go westward.At that time, Jin Chanzi's life will be in danger.So Yang Jian first sent people to intercept the Eight Great King Kongs who were following him, and then took Xiao Tiangou and others to go down to find Jin Chanzi himself.I didn't want to look for it, but there was no news.

Jin Chanzi voluntarily fell into the path of reincarnation, and his date of birth is not recorded, and even the king of the Ten Temples of Hades doesn't know who he reincarnated into.Ten lifetimes have passed, who knows who Jin Chanzi is and what he looks like now?Jin Chanzi has completely forgotten his past and lost all his mana, making him no different from an ordinary person.When Yang Jian found it, it was like finding a needle in a haystack, no, it might be easier to find a needle in a haystack.

Time slipped by little by little, and nothing was gained in the first year.

Only then did Yang Jian understand why Tathagata agreed to the chess game of Journey to the West without hesitation-even if the gods cannot find the golden cicada within three years, Tathagata is confident.However, it is impossible to defeat Yang Jian with such a small setback.In the spring of the next year, Yang Jian gave up looking for Jin Chanzi and began to look for someone who was similar to Jin Chanzi.That's right, what Yang Jian thought was, instead of finding someone who is impossible to find, it's better to create a fake one!Yang Jian didn't know what Jin Chanzi would look like after his reincarnation, and Tathagata didn't know either. No one knew at all, and no one could expose it.Besides, so what if it is exposed?As long as the Journey to the West can be carried out as scheduled and the Monkey King who has been suppressed for 500 years is rescued, the goal will be achieved.

Yang Jian ordered [-] grass-headed gods to stop the pursuers, and led his confidants to look for young people with the same age and face as Jin Chanzi.

Time flies, and it is the third year in a blink of an eye.

In the past three years, Yang Jian traveled all over the four major continents, and although he found many people who resembled Jin Chanzi, he was not completely satisfied.On this day, I came to Xiniu Hezhou, remembering the days when I was with Monkey King in Wangjiacun, and stopped Yuntou in Dongliang City near Wangjiacun.