Chapter 132: Gods and Buddhas who break the law are guilty of the same crime as mortals!
The golden and silver boys followed Li Anran obediently, completely unaware that everything they did had been known by Li Anran.
They were still somewhat uneasy about being imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
But, compared to killing monkeys or being killed by monkeys, this is the best outcome for them.
"Come in. You're C324, you're C325."
Li Anran did not make things difficult for them. He locked them up in two adjacent cells and ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to exempt them from the daily doses of copper juice and iron pills.
One reason is that the sin value of the Golden and Silver Boys is only one star. Apart from accidentally injuring many lives during the fight, he has not done anything bad.
Secondly, it’s because Li Anran admires them very much.
Although the four words "know how to repay kindness" are what we should do, not many people in this world can do it, and those who can do it like the Golden and Silver Boys are even rarer.
The monkey just casually created a good relationship, but in return the two brothers fought to the death to repay them.
I can only say that Monkey is worthy of being the protagonist and is blessed by heaven!
However, this is also related to the fact that the Gold and Silver Boys did not know the inside story of the journey to the West.
If they knew that the success of the journey to the West was related to the fortune of the Xuanmen, even if they would show mercy to the Monkey King, they would definitely kill Zhu Bajie and his men.
Afterwards, Li Anran rode a cloud to the Temple of Justice and told Yang Jian that the evil method of refining demons into elixirs came from Taishang Laojun, and that it was the method that Taishang Laojun used to refine monkeys.
The Jade Emperor has never liked the demon clan because the demon clan has always remembered the kindness of the ancient demon emperor Donghuang Taiyi. As long as the Heavenly Court does not have such elixirs that are harmful to the harmony of nature, he does not bother to care about the lives of the monsters.
However, Yang Jian has been investigating secretly over the years.
When Li Anran told Yang Jian all this, Yang Jian did not act too surprised. Instead, he showed an expression that said "It's him".
The monkey was originally captured and brought back to heaven by Yang Jian. When Taishang Laojun volunteered to refine the medicinal power from the monkey's body, Yang Jian was also present.
Coupled with the sporadic evidence found over the years, he had long suspected that the method of refining elixirs was related to Taishang Laojun.
But there has been no definite evidence!
Li Anran's visit this time helped him confirm this point!
Yang Jian's eyes flashed with coldness, and his tone revealed a bit of dissatisfaction: "You have already taken the title of the Supreme Dao Ancestor, and are high above the Thirty-three Heavens, yet you are still not satisfied!"
Li Anran asked: "Second brother, what is the relationship between the Supreme Lord Lao and the Supreme Saint?"
Yang Jian explained, “During the Conferred Gods calamity, Sage Tongtian set up the Ten Thousand Immortals Formation and broke the Primordial Continent into four pieces, which are now the four major continents. After being defeated, he tried to recreate the chaos and reopen the world.”
"Fortunately, Daozu intervened and stopped the Saint Tongtian, allowing all living beings to avoid this world-destroying catastrophe. In order to prevent this kind of situation from happening again in the future, Daozu took the saints away from the Three Realms and went to the Zixiao Palace in the chaos. Since then, the saints have not appeared in the world."
"Except for Saint Nuwa, all other saints used their great magical powers to cut off a wisp of their thoughts before leaving the Three Realms, leaving them in the Three Realms. They are today's Jade Pure Yuanshi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, as well as Amitabha Buddha and Jieying Buddha in the West."
"They are descended from saints, have the name of saints, and even have some of the saints' memories, but they are not saints. Especially after so many years, they have been tainted by worldly thoughts and are getting further and further away from being saints."
"So that's how it is." Li Anran nodded slightly, a look of sudden realization appearing.
To put it simply, these thoughts that are cut out are equivalent to the spokespersons left by the saints in the Three Realms.
When they were first slain, they were no different from the Supreme Saints, except that they did not have the saints' magical powers.
However, because they do not have the ability of saints to stay away from cause and effect and avoid being stained by the dust of the world, as time goes by, they drift further and further away from the saints, and begin to have their own selfishness, greed, etc.
Yang Jian, Nezha and Taiyi Zhenren respected Taishang Laojun as a saint at the beginning, but when they discovered this, their respect for Taishang Laojun was reduced a lot.
Today, he is no longer regarded as the incarnation of the Supreme Sage, but only as the Taishang Laojun in the Tushita Palace.
Li Anran asked again: "Second brother, do you mean that Laojun deliberately spread this evil method?"
Yang Jian said, "The Lord Lao's Tushita Palace is in Lihentian, and even the Heavenly Court rarely has anyone there. If he hadn't spread it on purpose, who else could have learned this evil method? And who has the ability to cut off all the clues and leave me without a single piece of evidence related to him?"
Li Anran asked: "Why did he do this?"
Yang Jian shook his head: "I haven't figured this out yet. However, his evil method uses interests to stir up people's hearts and instigate hatred between humans and demons. He must have ulterior motives and is plotting something bad."
Li Anran's mind suddenly moved, and an idea came to his mind: "Second brother, do you think he... has also violated the Heavenly Law?"
Yang Jian was startled, but soon realized what Li Anran meant. He was a little amused and said, "Do you want to put Laojun in the prison as well?"
"right."
Li Anran was very single, and he said righteously: "I once heard a saying in the mortal world, 'If the emperor breaks the law, he is guilty of the same crime as the common people.' This saying is also applicable to the Three Realms! All beings are equal, and if gods and Buddhas break the law, they are guilty of the same crime as mortals!"
"All beings are equal. If gods and Buddhas break the law, they are guilty just like ordinary people!"
Yang Jian kept repeating this in his mouth, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Isn't this exactly what he wanted!
However, he also wanted to add one more point before this, which is that he had to first compile fair and reasonable laws that were applicable to the three realms!
Yang Jian looked at Li Anran with burning eyes and said, "Brother Li, do you really think so?"
"Uh..." Li Anran was startled by Yang Jian's reaction and forgot to answer for a moment.
Yang Jian was a little disappointed when he saw this.
Li Anran was obviously just finding a high-sounding excuse for himself. What he was asking for was not equality of all beings before the laws of heaven, but just to lock Taishang Laojun up in the Heavenly Prison.
However, he soon became happy again.
Regardless of Li Anran's original intention, what Li Anran was seeking coincided with his.
After he has finished revising the Heavenly Rules, he will definitely have to find someone to sacrifice his life to establish the authority and credibility of the new Heavenly Rules.
The Laojun portion is more than enough!
If Laojun is imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, even for just one day...
No, even half an hour would be enough to shake the entire Three Realms and make no one dare to underestimate the laws of heaven!
Yang Jian said seriously: "If you want to put Laojun in the Heavenly Prison, you must have solid evidence, and he must have committed a serious crime. Just refining the demon into pills is far from enough."
Yang Jian's attitude was very clear in what he said.
Li Anran's eyes suddenly lit up. If Laojun can do it, then people like Guanyin will definitely have a chance as well.
He began to think about how to send these gods to the Heavenly Prison.
There are only so many strong people in the Three Realms, and most of them are in the Heavenly Palace and Lingshan, and they are all big bosses!
It is unlikely that Li Anran could capture them and put them in the Heavenly Prison, and he does not have the ability to do so.
However, he can use the Heavenly Law to send them to the Heavenly Prison with justification!
It is impossible to gain experience points by being imprisoned for a long time, but he can do so by watching the life stories of these gods and Buddhas.
What’s more, he will get extra rewards after they are released from prison!
This is also extremely precious to him!
After talking about this, the two started chatting about the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
Soon, the rumor that "eating Tang Monk's flesh can make you immortal" was mentioned.
Li Anran said: "I don't know where this rumor came from, but so many monsters actually believed it! I'm speechless!"
Yang Jian laughed and said, "Brother Li, you guessed wrong this time. Eating Tang Monk's flesh can indeed make one immortal. Moreover, if a female demon takes away Tang Monk's vital energy, she can attain the Dao of Taiyi."
Li Anran opened his mouth wide and cried out, "How is this possible?! Tang Seng is already the tenth reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. Even if Jin Chanzi is different from others, he is no different from ordinary people at this time! How can it be so effective?"
Yang Jian laughed and said, "Tang Seng himself does not have this effect, but what if someone lets him have it?"
Li Anran reacted instantly: "Are you talking about Taishang Laojun?"
Yang Jian nodded and said, "Laojun should have seen through Tathagata's intention of letting Zhu Bajie and others be the guardians."
"In order to prevent the gods and monsters from showing mercy for the sake of Emperor Donghua and his men, he secretly sent a message to the three realms, saying that if any monster ate Tang Monk's flesh, he would promise it a 9,000-year-old peach. After eating it, it would naturally live as long as the heaven and earth and be immortal."
"If a female demon absorbs a ray of Tang Monk's yang energy, he will grant her a Nine-Transformation Golden Pill, which will enable her to break through to the Taiyi realm."
"Ah?!" Li Anran was surprised.
He never expected that the secret of Tang Monk's meat would come out in this way!
"Old Master is quite generous."
Li Anran was a little curious and couldn't help asking, "What about Taiyi Tianzun? As the head of Xuanmen, didn't he do anything?"
Yang Jian said, "Master Taiyi and Laojun have a disagreement on this matter. Laojun believes that the later the rise of Buddhism, the better it will be for Xuanmen, but Master Taiyi feels that now that the catastrophe is about to happen, instead of trying hard to stop the inevitable rise of Buddhism, it is better to take the initiative to give in and let Buddhism take over."
Li Anran was slightly stunned. He didn't expect that Taiyi Zhenren would have this idea.
But on second thought, it seems to make sense to do so!
Every catastrophe since the beginning of the world has been caused by the most powerful forces in the three realms.
Now that the catastrophe has begun to appear, it would be a good idea to let the Buddhist sect be the first to take action!
Yang Jian said, "It's not just this matter. Even the gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms are working together to artificially trigger the calamity in advance. Uncle Taiyi disagreed with it at first."
"Uncle Taiyi has always felt that the essence of catastrophes is the entanglement of karma and cause and effect. In this kind of thing, the more you do, the more mistakes you make, and the less you do, the less mistakes you make. Not doing anything is not a bad thing."
"The Jie Sect did not listen to the words of the saints, closed the mountain gate, and sat in meditation to chant Huangting, which led to the disaster that almost destroyed the sect later."
"Now that the gods and Buddhas of the three realms have joined forces and actively triggered the calamity, it is very likely that they will end up making things worse and get caught in their own trap."
"However, there are too many gods who agree to this matter. Not only Lingshan, Tushita Palace, but even Wuzhuang Temple are involved . Uncle Taiyi had no choice but to agree to give it a try."
"When Laojun saw that Master Taiyi was unwilling, he took the initiative to take over the matter. Now, he is the one who is planning the journey to the West in Hezhou, Xiniu, and the journey to the Eight Immortals in the Upper Cave in Dongsheng Shenzhou."
At this point, Yang Jian showed a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, and continued: "Uncle Taiyi has issued a decree, ordering all Xuanmen disciples, including me and Nezha, to obey Laojun's orders and cooperate with Laojun's actions in this matter."
"But, Laojun saw this as a good opportunity to do good deeds, earn merit, improve his cultivation, and recruit disciples. He didn't want me to participate too much, so he excluded me."
After hearing what Yang Jian said, Li Anran finally understood the cause and effect of the whole matter.
No wonder Taiyi Zhenren only sent his mount, the nine-headed lion, to show his face in Xiniu Hezhou, and soon he came down to earth and took the nine-headed lion back. So that's how it is!
Yang Jian then talked about the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave in Dongsheng Shenzhou.
The Jade Emperor has basically decided on this matter, and the overall decision was based on the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
The five people who went to the West to obtain the scriptures were divided into eight forms according to the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. Laojun then divided the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave into eight forms of mortals: male, female, old, young, rich, noble, poor and humble.
The pilgrims to the West overcame 81 difficulties and obtained the true scriptures, while the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave overcame their own shortcomings and calamities and became immortals. Finally, the Eight Immortals crossed the sea and displayed their magical powers.
The journey to the West to obtain the scriptures used the lives of monsters to dispel the calamity, while the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave used the lives of the sea creatures from all over the world to dispel the calamity.
In addition, Laojun also had the idea of using the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave to compete with the Journey to the West.
Just as Lingshan used the journey to the West to promote the mysteries of Mahayana Buddhism, he used the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave to promote the teachings of Xuanmen and compete with Buddhism for believers.
In this way, even if the gamble for the journey to the West ended with Xuanmen's failure, Xuanmen would not lose too badly.
With this idea in mind, Taishang Laojun secretly played a trick. Before the journey to the West began, he had already begun to plan the matter of the Eight Immortals of the Upper Cave in Dongsheng Shenzhou.
Today, Li Tieguai and Han Zhongli, two of the Eight Immortals of Shangdong Cave, have both transcended their tribulations and become immortals.
As the Peony Fairy suffered nine lifetimes of love and torture, she came to the tenth and final lifetime——
In this life, if she still fails to realize the truth and cultivate to become an immortal, her wisdom and immortal bones will be basically broken, and it will be extremely difficult for her to become an immortal again.
Emperor Donghua also followed the agreement, entered the reincarnation tunnel, and reincarnated as a mortal in Dongsheng Shenzhou.
He wants to go through the emotional tribulation with the Peony Fairy in this life, and help the Peony Fairy's reincarnation to become an immortal, in order to prove that he is devoted to the Tao and has never been tempted by worldly desires.
At this point, Yang Jian hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Li, my third sister and I were hunted by the Heavenly Court. If it weren't for the help of Emperor Donghua, we would have died in the hands of the pursuers. Now that Emperor Donghua has reincarnated and experienced tribulations, I'm worried that he will be plotted against, so I would like to ask you to help take care of him for me."
He further explained: "Although Laojun is nominally the Supreme Taoist Ancestor and has the highest status in Xuanmen, the head of Xuanmen is Uncle Taiyi. He has been fighting for power with Uncle Taiyi openly and secretly over the years and regards me as a thorn in his side. It is really difficult for me to interfere in this matter."
