Chapter 167 I've been waiting for you for a long time!
"He made the mistake on purpose!"
Guanyin's eyes focused, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that her guess was correct.
Sun Wukong went to heaven many times to ask Li Anran to come down to earth for help, even more diligently than he had ever been to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea.
Obviously, he and Li Anran have a close relationship and are very familiar with each other.
In this case, even if Li Anran would be deceived by the Monkey King, he would never mistake the real Sun Wukong for a fake one!
Guanyin looked at the self-satisfied Monkey King, and a fire rose in her heart: "This idiot, can't you see that you've been fooled?"
Thinking of Sun Wukong, he became even more furious: "This evil creature is really fickle and untrustworthy! He promised me that he would convert to Buddhism and escort Jin Chanzi to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, but now he is teaming up with Li Anran to plot against me. He is so abominable!"
Guanyin did not think that all this was done by Li Anran on his own initiative. She was more inclined to believe that the monkey, Li Anran and even Xuanmen were secretly colluding with each other, taking advantage of the opportunity of the real and fake Monkey King to jointly perform a double act.
The purpose is to remove the monkey from the journey to the West and from Buddhism!
Guanyin could not help but complain in her heart: "Buddha should not have released this evil creature from under the Five Elements Mountain in the first place, let alone let him be the one to obtain the scriptures."
From the very beginning, Guanyin was opposed to letting Sun Wukong be the one to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
She doesn't trust Sun Wukong!
Because Sun Wukong is really capricious and has a lot of bad deeds!
He had once sworn brotherhood with the other six saints to rebel, and then accepted the amnesty from Heaven alone, only to turn around and rebel again.
Guanyin has always believed that if someone could offer better conditions than Lingshan, Sun Wukong would definitely betray Lingshan without hesitation!
Just like he had forgotten about his six sworn brothers!
Regardless of whether he did it on purpose or unintentionally, this incident shows that Sun Wukong is a willful, selfish person at heart!
Letting such a person be the pilgrim is too risky!
However, Tathagata was determined and insisted that Sun Wukong be the one to obtain the scriptures, so Guanyin had no choice but to agree.
What happened later proved that her worries were correct!
Sun Wukong left Jin Chanzi alone after being scolded by Jin Chanzi for killing mortals indiscriminately.
Although he was persuaded to come back by the Dragon King of the East Sea later, Guanyin distrusted him even more, so she tricked Sun Wukong into wearing the golden hoop through Tang Monk.
In comparison, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng have a high reputation with Guanyin.
Tathagata bestowed upon Sun Wukong a pair of tight golden hoops, but Guanyin only took out one and gave it to Sun Wukong to wear, and kept the other two for her own use.
The forbidden hoop was put on the head of the black bear demon, making him the guardian god of the mountain for her; the golden hoop was put on the head of Red Boy, making him the good fortune boy for her.
Of course, in this world, because of Li Anran, Red Boy was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
There is still one unused golden hoop in Guanyin's hand.
However, her distrust of monkeys has not changed!
On the contrary, because of the incident between Li Anran and Che Chiguo, he became even more dissatisfied and distrustful of Monkey.
At this time, when Guanyin heard that the matter was related to Li Anran and the monkey, her first reaction was that the monkey had defected to Xuanmen!
Especially when he heard the Monkey King say that Li Anran did not allow the Monkey King to kill the real Sun Wukong on the grounds that although the fake Sun Wukong broke into the Heavenly Prison, it did not cause any serious consequences.
Guanyin became even more convinced that the whole thing was a joint performance by Li Anran and the monkey!
"That's enough!" Guanyin interrupted the Monkey King and said coldly, "Come with me to Lingshan ."
"Uh..." The Monkey King was stunned, but he was very good at observing people's expressions. He noticed that Guanyin's expression was not right, so he did not dare to ask more questions. He just straightened his attitude and said respectfully: "Disciple obeys your command."
The two of them immediately rode on the auspicious clouds and flew to Lingshan.
In just a moment, they arrived outside the Lingshan Leiyin Temple.
Tathagata was preaching to a group of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the main hall. When he noticed Guanyin coming with the Monkey King, he stopped immediately and let the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas meditate on their own.
He got up and went to the back hall, and asked Venerable Kashyapa to bring Guanyin and the monkey.
The ceremony is over.
Guanyin told her speculations about Li Anran and the monkey one by one, and said: "I suspect that the prison god intends to make the false become true and wants to recruit Sun Wukong to Xuanmen."
“This is impossible!”
The Monkey King was kneeling before the Tathagata's throne. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head and glared at Guanyin. The respect and piety on his face disappeared completely, and he was only angry: "It's obvious that Li Anran was deceived by me! How could he be plotting against me!"
Guanyin didn't even look at him, but just stood respectfully by the side, waiting for Tathagata to speak, but a hint of annoyance flashed in her eyes.
Even the lawless Monkey King behaved respectfully in front of her, observing the etiquette of a disciple.
However, the Monkey King dared to yell at her in front of the Buddha, without any respect at all. It can only be said that he lacked some training and became a little ignorant of his own limitations.
The Tathagata only glanced at the monkey king calmly, and the monkey king was so frightened that he shuddered all over. He realized that he had been disrespectful in front of the Buddha, and he knelt on the ground and said, "My disciple was in a hurry and lost his manners. I beg the Buddha to forgive me."
The Tathagata said: "If the six senses are not pure and the seven emotions are not abandoned, even if you are lucky enough to achieve the right result, it is difficult to achieve great freedom. You must always keep this in mind."
The Monkey King said: "I will remember the Buddha's teachings."
Tathagata nodded slightly and said to Guanyin, "Venerable Guanyin, you are right. The prison god did it on purpose, and the monkey must have known about it."
The Monkey King was shocked all over and found it a little unbelievable, but since Tathagata said so, he naturally would not doubt it. He just made a note of Li Anran and the monkey in his heart.
But soon, he no longer cared about hating Li Anran and the monkey, but started to worry about his own fate.
He was found out for pretending to be Sun Wukong, and was tricked by others. So...
"Will the Buddha let me replace Sun Wukong?" The Monkey King trembled all over, and his hands and feet became weak.
Tathagata saw all this and felt a little disappointed, but he also knew that it would be difficult for the Monkey King to compare himself with Sun Wukong, an innate creature that had been nurtured for billions of years.
Moreover, even though the Monkey King had many faults, he also had one very good thing -
Focus on Buddhism and be steadfast!
This is something that Sun Wukong can never compare to!
Even more determined than many Arhats, Bodhisattvas and Buddhas who have already attained enlightenment!
The Tathagata said, "Sun Wukong no longer has a heart in our Buddhist sect. His fate has come to an end. We cannot keep him here, so let him go." Pointing at the Monkey King, he said, "From today on, you are Sun Xingzhe, the eldest disciple of Jin Chanzi."
"Disciple obeys your command." The Monkey King was overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly.
Tathagata gently raised his hand and helped him up: "You have been away from Jin Chanzi for some time, so go back quickly and escort your master to the West to obtain the scriptures."
"Wait a minute." Guanyin suddenly stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Tathagata: "Buddha, Sun Wukong has something that this Sun Xingzhe doesn't have."
Guanyin took out the last golden hoop from her arms, waved it in the wind, and threw it towards the Monkey King.
"you!"
The Monkey King's face changed. He wanted to hide but found that he could not move at all. He could only watch the golden hoop fall on his head.
"good."
Tathagata settled the matter with just one word, and the Monkey King's anger and resentment turned into a somewhat stiff sentence: "Thank you, Bodhisattva, for giving me the golden hoop."
After saying this, the Monkey King fled away from Lingshan and flew towards Xiniu Hezhou. However, he felt that he had lost all face and was too embarrassed to stay there any longer.
The Tathagata said, "This monkey has not yet gotten rid of its viciousness and wildness. I will have to trouble you to take more care of it."
Seeing that Guanyin was a little doubtful, he added: "When the false is made true, the true becomes false; when the true is made false, the false becomes true. Since Xuanmen has acknowledged this matter, you don't have to worry."
"Disciple understands." Guanyin clasped his hands together.
The journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures was a battle of wits between the Taoist sect and the Buddhist sect.
Whether Sun Wukong is real or fake is actually not important. What matters is whether Xuanmen recognizes him.
As long as Xuanmen recognizes it, then the fake will become real!
The only loss of Lingshan was the loss of Sun Wukong.
But it’s not a big deal!
Not to mention that Sun Wukong is only a Taiyi Golden Immortal now. Even if he is a Daluo Golden Immortal, it is nothing considering the foundation of Lingshan!
As long as the journey to the West can proceed smoothly, as long as Buddhism can spread to the East and flourish, all of this is acceptable!
"Li Anran, is he really fake?"
Tianlao, outside cell No. 318.
Nezha stared at the monkey inside for a long time, then turned to look at Li Anran next to him with a look of doubt: "Why do I feel like he is real?"
When the two monkeys broke into the Heavenly Palace, Nezha was subduing demons in the mortal world. After he came back, he immediately rushed to the Heavenly Prison to join in the fun.
But, I was still too late.
When he arrived at the Heavenly Prison, this was the only real monkey left.
During this time, Monkey guessed Li Anran's intentions and felt very complicated.
There is the worry that the Monkey King will harm Tang Seng, the desire to make the best of a bad situation and take this opportunity to regain his freedom, the gratitude towards Li Anran, and the expectation that Tang Seng will find out that his returning self is a fake and rescue him from prison.
With all kinds of thoughts mixed together, the monkey finally chose to accept the matter.
At the same time, I also set two plans for myself.
——If Master and the others can find out that the monster is fake, then he will continue to escort Master to the West to obtain the Buddhist scriptures, convert to Buddhism, and achieve enlightenment!
If they couldn't recognize him, it meant they didn't understand him at all, and there was no need for him to continue to be a pilgrim. He could take this opportunity to be reborn!
At this moment, Nezha seemed to be looking at the monkey...
Well, it was like watching a monkey show. The monkey kept staring at him back and forth for a long time. The monkey felt quite uncomfortable and simply turned its back and ignored Nezha!
However, when he heard that Nezha recognized him as real, the monkey was touched again and became more determined in his previous thoughts.
Even Nezha, who had only dealt with him a few times, could recognize that he was the real thing. There was no reason why Master and the others couldn't recognize him!
The monkey secretly swore in his heart that as long as the master sent someone to find me, I would treat him as my master wholeheartedly and never do anything against his wishes!
"That's because you haven't seen the real thing." Li Anran would not admit it, and then said perfunctorily to Nezha.
His attention was focused on the book of punishment for evil.
After the Monkey King was released from the Heavenly Prison, he did not give him an extra reward like the other criminals who were released after serving their sentences.
The identity information still remains in the punishment book.
Only the [status] changed from "in custody" to "escaping from prison".
The Book of Punishment for Evil obviously concluded that "he was deceived by the Monkey King and therefore released the Monkey King", so the Monkey King was judged to have escaped from prison instead of being released after serving his sentence.
Therefore, he was able to see some of the things that the Monkey King experienced after escaping from prison.
Although they were just some discontinuous images, they allowed him to infer a lot of useful information.
For example, Lingshan already knew that he was deliberately making the fake come true, so he released the Monkey King and locked the monkeys in jail.
It is understandable that after the Monkey King left the Heavenly Prison, his first stop was to visit Guanyin at Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea.
But after that, he did not return to Xiniu Hezhou, but went to Lingshan, which was a little unreasonable.
Guanyin must have discovered some clues.
And Tathagata could easily tell whether the monkey was real or fake in the original time and space, and he would definitely be able to tell it this time, which means that what he had done had been exposed.
Li Anran was prepared for Lingshan to come to him.
Unexpectedly, the Monkey King left Lingshan and returned to Tang Seng.
At the same time, he also heard a complete sentence among those intermittent images.
As the Tathagata said—
From today on, you are Golden Cicada's eldest disciple, Monkey King.
"Tathagata actually admitted it directly?!"
Li Anran was a little surprised.
But soon, I figured out the reason.
Only then did he realize that the monkey had a very important weight in his mind, but that was not the case in the eyes of Tathagata and Guanyin!
To a force like Buddhism that has been passed down for countless years, a congenital creature with great luck and extraordinary talent is nothing at all!
Even though he had once studied under the incarnation of the Bodhisattva Cundi, this was no exception!
There are many people with the same identity and circumstances in Lingshan!
"I guess it's the same with Master Taiyi. If I gain something, it's beneficial, but if I lose something, it's just a pity." Li Anran thought secretly.
On the other side, the Monkey King returned to Tang Seng, briefly told him what happened in Heaven, and pretended to be Sun Wukong.
Because he learned from Guanyin that Tang Seng was the reincarnation of Tathagata's disciple Jin Chanzi, his attitude towards Tang Seng changed 180 degrees and he served him wholeheartedly.
The monkey's expectation that Tang Seng would recognize that the Monkey King was a fake did not happen.
The monkey was grateful to Tang Seng for rescuing him from the Five Elements Mountain, and because of the teachings of Patriarch Bodhi before he attained enlightenment, he also had admiration for Tang Seng.
But Tang Seng disliked his bloodthirsty, aggressive and rude character, and felt disgusted and even wary of him.
This can be seen from the fact that even though Tang Seng knew that Sun Wukong had fire eyes, he still doubted Sun Wukong's judgment of the monsters.
Now that Sun Wukong has been replaced by the Monkey King, his attitude towards Tang Seng has suddenly become respectful, and he often asks Tang Seng about Buddhist scriptures and principles.
Tang Seng just felt that this naughty monkey had finally turned over a new leaf, and he was extremely happy and delighted. He didn't even bother to associate the Monkey King with the monster that hit him with a stick.
Not to mention, there is Guanyin Bodhisattva endorsing the Monkey King.
Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng are no exception.
It was only because the monkey realized his mistakes and corrected his attitude under the guidance of Guanyin Bodhisattva that he did not doubt the identity of the Monkey King at all.
The four masters and apprentices traveled westward, and half a month passed in a flash.
On this day , the four masters and apprentices were on their way as usual and walked into a canyon.
Tang Seng was explaining the Buddhist scriptures to the Monkey King when the Monkey King suddenly changed color and his hair stood up as if he had been electrocuted. He cried out, "Not good!"
Tang Seng and his two companions were startled. Before they could react, they saw the trees on the mountains on both sides twisting and changing.
One after another, hideous monsters appeared, waving swords and spears in their hands, waving flags and shouting at them, with murderous intent everywhere.
The sky, which had been bright and sunny just a moment ago, suddenly became covered with howling winds and dark clouds. The evil spirit rising into the sky merged into one, covering the area within a radius of hundreds of miles.
Dozens of figures also appeared on the mountain top in the distance.
The one in the center wore a polished silver iron helmet, a suit of velvet and golden armor, his eyes were as bright as mirrors, his eyebrows were as bright as red neon, his mouth was bloody, his teeth were as sharp as copper coins, and he roared viciously:
"Sun Wukong! I've been waiting for you for so long!"
