mtlumby2d Chapter 753: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 13
Chapter 753: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 13
"Huh?!!!" After learning the whole story from Sun Wukong, Ruyi was completely stunned. How could he be free so easily? !
I originally thought that Sun Wukong would have to at least wait until the true and false Monkey King appeared before he could take the opportunity to escape. I don’t know if Guanyin and the others will let him go just like that since there is no Six-Eared Macaque who can replace Sun Wukong to obtain the scriptures.
Ruyi wanted to remind Sun Wukong, but seeing how happy and relaxed he was, she ended up saying nothing. There is no point in saying many things.
"Since you, Great Sage, are back, I will not stay in my Flower-Fruit Mountain for the time being." If Sun Wukong is here, those people behind him will definitely come looking for him. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Ruyi standing there is Po Tian Fugui, a spirit who has become rich through merit and virtue. He does not want to be discovered by Guanyin and the others and then be plotted by them to become the next Sun Wukong, Jin Chanzi.
"I just came back and you want to leave, sister. What do you mean? Am I going to chase you away?" Sun Wukong was immediately unhappy because Ruyi said she wanted to leave just after he came back.
Ruyi tried her best to persuade Sun Wukong and let her go, even after swearing that it was really because of something and not because of the reasons that Sun Wukong misunderstood.
Before leaving, Ruyi thought for a moment and took out some elixirs, peaches and ginseng fruits from the space and handed them to Sun Wukong, "Great Sage, take these things to improve your cultivation."
"No, I can't accept it!" Sun Wukong refused to accept it.
"Great Sage, these things were obtained in your name. I would feel guilty if you didn't accept them." To be on the safe side, Ruyi still hoped that Sun Wukong could improve his cultivation as soon as possible and have the ability to defend himself before Western Buddhism could react. Otherwise, she was really worried that Sun Wukong, without the control of the golden hoop, would be killed directly by those shameless people in Western Buddhism.
After leaving Huaguo Mountain, Ruyi wanted to return to heaven to meditate in the Milky Way, but when he was flying in the air, he accidentally ran into Guanyin Bodhisattva who came to persuade Sun Wukong.
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara possesses a magical power that allows him to see the golden light of merit on others at a glance. When he was heading to the Flower-Fruit Mountain, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was angry and anxious, but he did not expect to see a figure in the distance. Before he could see the person's face clearly, he saw the dazzling golden light of merit on that figure.
"Who is that person? How did he possess so many merits? Could he be the reincarnation of a good person from hundreds, no, thousands of lifetimes?"
"If I can enlighten this person to my Buddhist sect, it will surely bring immeasurable merits to my Buddhist sect!" Thinking of this, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara immediately chased after Ruyi. Ruyi realized that someone was following him and did not want to be exposed, so he immediately mobilized the innate energy of creation in his body to cover up the aura of merits in his body.
After chasing and chasing the person but losing him, Bodhisattva Guanyin still refused to give up and kept looking around in the sky. Ruyi hid in the distance and waited for several days, but seeing that Guanyin just wouldn't leave, he had no choice but to give up and go to the sky to look for Ruoshui.
"Guanyin is blocking the way ahead and won't leave. It seems I can only find a way to go to another place for retreat."
"Why not...go to Huashan instead!"
Nowadays, Erlang Shen Yang Jian is still entangled with his fifth brother and his fox sister who want to secretly learn the Sky-Splitting Palm, and he has no time to pay attention to his sister San Sheng Mu, so San Sheng Mu's dojo Huashan is a very safe place.
As soon as Ruyi arrived at Huashan, the Three Holy Mothers sensed her presence and flew out of the Holy Mother Temple in surprise to greet her, "Ruyi, why are you here?"
"Why are you not welcome?" Ruyi hugged the Third Holy Mother who flew over and asked jokingly.
"No, how could that be." The Third Holy Mother quickly denied, "I have long wanted you to come to my temple to take a look. You don't know how bored I am staying alone in Huashan during this period of time!"
While taking Ruyi to visit the Holy Mother Temple, the Third Holy Mother enthusiastically told Ruyi about her life during this period. Seeing such a Third Holy Mother, Ruyi sighed silently that it seemed that it was really lonely to be stationed alone in Huashan. Perhaps the reason why the Third Holy Mother fell in love with the failed candidate Liu Yanchang was because she was too lonely on Huashan alone.
The composition of Tang Monk's meat in "Journey to the West" is similar to that in "A Chinese Odyssey", both of which are made up of the power of merit. The difference is that the quality of Tang Monk's meat in the two worlds is not quite the same.
After all, the flesh of Tang Monk in "Journey to the West" belongs to a product of a higher world, and the power of merit contained in it is much stronger than that in "A Chinese Odyssey". However, unlike the flesh of Tang Monk in "A Chinese Odyssey" which has enough merit and virtue that it can be refined almost immediately after being swallowed, the flesh of Tang Monk in "Journey to the West" has more impurities, and the power of merit and virtue in it is also different, as if it carries some kind of weak will.
"This kind of will... is a little bit wrong!" Ruyi always felt that this kind of will was very dangerous when she was refining it. Once it was contaminated, it would pollute her soul like a maggot on the tarsal bone. If it was polluted too much, it would change Ruyi's will one day.
"Why is there such a big difference between the original Jin Chanzi and the current Tang Sanzang? Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing are both reincarnated and can still keep their original memories, why can't Jin Chanzi?"
There are generally two theories about the true identity of Jin Chanzi. The first theory holds that Jin Chanzi is the ancient vicious beast Six-winged Silkworm. Its original form is a giant silkworm with six wings, cruel and greedy. Later, it was subdued and educated by the Tathagata Buddha, and was given the name Jin Chanzi and became a Buddhist disciple.
The second theory holds that the Golden Cicada is a cicada under a bodhi tree. After listening to the Buddha's sermons for a long time, he became enlightened, shed his insect body and transformed into a human, and was accepted as a disciple by the Buddha. The name "Golden Cicada" not only implies that the body is a cicada, but also symbolizes the brilliance of Buddha nature.
Ruyi remembered that it was recorded in "Journey to the West" that Tang Sanzang was originally the second disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha, "Golden Cicada". Because he was unwilling to listen to Buddhism, Tathagata made him reincarnate as Tang Monk, an eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty in the East. This metaphor means "a golden cicada shedding its shell". At the same time, because people regard the cicada that has shed its shell as a symbol of longevity and rebirth, there is a saying in "Journey to the West" that eating "Tang Monk's meat" can make one immortal.
According to the description in Journey to the West, it is obvious that Jin Chanzi is more in line with the first statement. And how could such an ancient beast who was forced by force to join Buddhism and become a disciple of Tathagata really become the hypocritical Tang Sanzang today?
"Is the tenth reincarnation a test for Jin Chanzi or is it to pollute the will of the ancient vicious beast, the six-winged silkworm, through reincarnation?"
Ruyi didn't know which one the correct answer was, but no matter which one it was, Ruyi had to carefully refine the merits absorbed from Tang Sanzang, and even abandon them if necessary, just for safety.