Chapter 192: Cage
The Abyss of Darkness is a rift between the three realms. It is originally a chaos and may be eroded by strong winds and torn apart by space at any time. Nothing can survive.
However, Wujitani used his great magical powers to create a piece of flat land in the abyss of darkness, built his own cave, and converted a large number of demons and monsters.
These demons have all survived the corrosion of weak water. Their cultivation levels vary, but their bodies are all very strong, and their strength is no weaker than that of ordinary Golden Immortals.
The strongest among them is Wujitian's direct disciple, the great guardian python spirit in black robe. Although he has only practiced for a few hundred years, his cultivation has reached the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal.
The others, such as Giant Scorpion, Ying Yao, and Liu Ling, are all outstanding disciples as well!
Even though they were vulnerable in front of monkeys in the original time and space.
That’s because after the Monkey King arrived at Lingshan and achieved enlightenment, he not only broke through his inner demons and recovered to his peak state, breaking through from Taiyi Golden Immortal to Daluo Golden Immortal, but also directly broke through to the middle level of Daluo Golden Immortal!
If it were anyone else, even Nezha or Giant Scorpion, they would have to fight for hundreds of moves before being defeated!
When the monkey followed the man in black robe into the cave.
Wutan was sitting casually on the black lotus of destruction in the center of the cave, with his disciples standing respectfully on his left and right. Outside were a large group of ferocious demons and monsters with bared fangs and claws.
Yang Jian, dressed in black clothes and silver armor, stood in the center of the hall with a calm and composed expression.
Roaring Sky Dog stood in front of him, with its tail raised high, its teeth bared, and it glared fiercely at the demons around it.
It looks no different from the past.
However, the monkey noticed at a glance Yang Jian's almost invisible aura and the fist-sized black lotus above his head!
It is obvious that Yang Jian did not come here voluntarily, but was captured by monsters!
The monkey's heart suddenly started to tremble, and alarm bells rang.
After the battle at Cuiyun Mountain, he had already seen clearly that the gap between his strength and that of Yang Jian had widened greatly during the five hundred years when he had been suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain.
The two sides were fighting for life and death, and he was probably no match for Yang Jian.
But now, Yang Jian was actually captured alive by this Buddha Wu Tian!
The power of this Buddha Wu Tian is probably much stronger than he expected!
"Sun Wukong, I should be the one asking you this!"
Yang Jian was surprised to see the monkey.
The man in black robe went out to pick someone up and did not avoid him, but he never expected that the person he picked up would be the monkey!
"What did you promise to Junior Brother Li Anran before? You would stay indoors after returning to Huaguo Mountain, strictly abide by the rules of heaven, and stop causing trouble. Why? It's only been a few months, and you're going to break your promise again?"
"Yang Jian! Don't look down on me!" The monkey suddenly got anxious and shouted, "This is my first time here, and I have never seen this damn Buddha Wu Tian before! He said he had a way to take off the tight hoop on my head, so I came here!"
The demons were shocked and shouted angrily, "How dare you be so rude to Buddha Wu Tian! You are courting death!"
The giant scorpion had the most vicious mind. Without saying a word, it simply flicked its fingers and shot out two cold rays.
The monkey had long been paying attention to the movements of these monsters, so he just turned his body and hid to the side.
Ding! Ding!
Two cold rays missed the target and hit the ground nearby.
The extremely hard ground was like tofu, and was pierced directly, leaving two bottomless small holes. Soon, bursts of hissing sounds were heard, and the small holes quickly became larger, corroded into large holes more than three feet deep.
It is the giant scorpion's natural scorpion tail sting!
After Wutan's instruction and training, this scorpion tail needle has become incredibly fast and extremely poisonous, and its lethality is just as strong as the horse-falling poison stake of the Scorpion Demon in the Poison Die Mountain!
"What a vicious monster! Take this blow from me, Old Sun!"
The monkey reached into his ears, took out the golden cudgel, and shook it until it became as thick as his wrist. He seemed to be furious and wanted to settle accounts with the giant scorpion, but in fact he was secretly calculating the distance between himself and Yang Jian, hoping to take the opportunity to make Yang Jian escape.
"Sun Wukong, I've heard of your great reputation for a long time! Today is a good opportunity to test your abilities!"
The giant scorpion had no idea what the monkey was planning. He stretched out his hand, took out a black stick and rushed forward.
Wutan has been praising Monkey in their ears for a long time. Including Heipao, Giant Scorpion and Ying Yao are very dissatisfied with Monkey and want to win favor in front of Wutan.
Buzz!
Just as the two were about to come to blows, a black light suddenly appeared.
The person who took action was Wutan!
not good!
The monkey suddenly felt a premonition of extreme danger and retreated rapidly, but it was too late.
A black lotus had appeared above his head at some point, spinning around and shedding a black light that covered him and the giant scorpion.
The monkey's body stiffened and he was fixed in the distance. A layer of black and purple light surrounded him, as if a chain locked him tightly.
The giant scorpion was no exception. It was fixed in place, and its body even maintained a forward-moving posture.
However, the giant scorpion was only immobilized for a moment before being freed by Wutan.
The monkey tried desperately to break free, only to have its face flush red. However, the black halo only trembled twice and showed no signs of breaking.
In the original time and space, Monkey King could still fight with Wu Tian for a few moves, but now, he has not been able to achieve enlightenment, take off the tight hoop on his head, and use the merits of his journey to the West to resolve the disaster he has suffered.
His cultivation level is only at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal and he is no match for Wu Tian at all.
"Buddha."
The giant scorpion saw Wu Tian's gaze sweeping over, as if he had seen through her thoughts. She trembled with fear and knelt on the ground to apologize: "My disciple should not have been blinded by jealousy and hatred. I have lost my manners in front of the Buddha. Please punish me, Buddha."
"Don't let it happen again next time." Wutan said lightly, and then waved his sleeves, and the black light on the monkey's body suddenly disappeared.
The monkey regained his freedom, but did not dare to act rashly again. He held the golden cudgel across his chest and looked at Wutan with caution.
"Goku, I have no ill will towards you. On the contrary, I admire you."
Wu Tian's tone was calm. He had neither the ferocity and viciousness of demons and monsters nor the solemnity and majesty of Buddhas and gods. He was more like an ordinary mortal, giving people a very sincere feeling.
The monkey sneered: "Then I have to thank you very much!"
Such a contemptuous and defiant attitude made all the demons and monsters glare at him and gnash their teeth. They only refrained from taking action because of the example of the giant scorpion.
Wu Tian seemed to have not heard the sarcasm in Monkey's tone at all, and said with a smile: "No need to thank me. I see a lot of my past self in you."
All the monsters were shocked and looked at Wutan in disbelief.
Yang Jian also pricked up his ears.
Monkey’s guess was not wrong, he was indeed Wujitian’s prisoner.
Half a month, or to be more precise, twelve days ago.
After Xiaotian Dog smelled the presence of Tang Monk and his disciples and many demons and monsters near the old turtle in Tongtian River, he immediately reported the matter to Yang Jian.
Yang Jian immediately left Mount Hua and came to Tongtian River, where he happened to run into the man in black robe leading a group of demons and monsters trying to snatch the true scriptures.
——Although the Monkey King possessed the magical power of Six Ears, it was not unsolvable. Wu Tian only used a little trick to deceive the world.
Yang Jian did not rush to take action, but hid his body and hid aside, ready to see the situation before deciding whether to take action.
Soon, Yang Jian discovered that something was wrong.
There are three masters and disciples of Tang Monk, plus Little White Dragon. Except for Tang Monk, who has just shed his mortal body and has not yet started practicing, the others have no magical powers.
The other four, after gaining merit from the journey to the West and achieving their goals, have greatly improved their strength!
Especially the Monkey King. After being named Fighting and Victory Buddha by Tathagata and blessed by the fortune of Buddhism, his cultivation level directly broke through from the seventh level of Taiyi Golden Immortal to the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal, and he also touched the threshold of Daluo Golden Immortal. It will take at most a thousand years for him to break through to Daluo Golden Immortal!
Logically speaking, the man in black robe is no match for the Monkey King!
But the actual situation was that the demons and monsters led by the black robe gained the upper hand and forced the Monkey King to retreat again and again!
because--
The Monkey King is deliberately letting the game go!
Yang Jian was a little confused at first.
Later, when Black Robe and his men were about to take the scriptures away, a black lotus suddenly appeared and told Black Robe and his men that the Eight Vajra of Lingshan would be here soon, and ordered Black Robe to leave immediately with all the monsters and ghosts!
It was only when the man in black robe called the black lotus "Buddha" that he suddenly realized.
The Monkey King obviously heard Black Robe calling Black Lotus and thought that Black Robe and the others were the people sent by Lingshan to train Tang Monk!
That's why he deliberately let the opponent win and "retreat" repeatedly, allowing the black-robed people to snatch the true scriptures away!
It’s just like when he deliberately let the monster capture Tang Seng!
Seeing this, Yang Jian initially thought that the Monkey King's guess was correct. The person opposite the black lotus was indeed the Buddha of Lingshan, and the black robe was also sent by Lingshan.
This also explains why Hei Lian forced Hei Pao to lead the monsters away when Hei Pao succeeded.
However, when the man in black robe went to Tongtian River to take the old turtle away, the old turtle called him "Buddha Wutian", which made everything become confusing again.
Yang Jian has served as the God of Justice for so many years and has extensive knowledge of the gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms, but he has never heard of any "Wutian Buddha" in Lingshan!
And the two words "Wutian" themselves are very problematic!
The Jade Emperor is the ruler of the Three Realms, and Heaven governs the Three Realms. This was decided by the Taoist Ancestor and all the saints!
It's fine for monsters to call themselves Pingtian Qitian, but it's a big problem when Lingshan gives the Buddha the name "Wutian"!
What? Are you, Lingshan, planning to rebel against the Heavenly Palace?
Yang Jian immediately realized that the Monkey King had made a mistake. The person behind the black lotus was not the Buddha of Lingshan, but a self-proclaimed Buddha!
Yang Jian was a man of great skill and courage. He first used his magical powers to hide the Sky-Howling Dog in his arms. He then used the art of transformation to turn himself into a strand of hair and hid himself on the old turtle. He then followed the old turtle all the way to the Abyss of Darkness.
Then, he fell into Wujitian's trap and became a prisoner.
Yang Jian's transformation technique is very mysterious, but Wu Tian has been operating in the Dark Abyss for many years and had long ago used the World-Destroying Black Lotus to refine the Dark Abyss into his own world in the palm of his hand.
The moment he entered the abyss of darkness, he was discovered by Wutan, who had set a trap in the cave in advance and covered him with the twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction when he was off guard.
It was not until this moment that Yang Jian realized that this black lotus was actually the twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction that had never appeared since the creation of the world!
But it's too late!
He tried his best, but failed to break the twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction. Instead, the black lotus sealed the three flowers on his head and the five qi in his chest, and he could not use even a little bit of his Golden Immortal cultivation!
When Yang Jian heard Wutan say that the monkey was very similar to him before, he wanted to collect some information from it to determine Wutan's origins so as to make a countermeasure.
The monkey also realized this and said, "Tell me about it."
Wu Tian said: "I was just like you back then, arrogant and conceited. I thought I had great magical powers and boundless magic power, and I thought there was nothing I couldn't do. As a result, I was schemed against and used as a pawn, hurting others and myself. In the end, I was sealed here and became a prisoner for so many years."
Sealed in the abyss of darkness...
Yang Jian pondered for a long time, but could not find any useful information from his memory.
Obviously, Wu Tian's existence was deliberately concealed, and even the Heavenly Court and even he, the God of Justice, had never heard of it.
The monkey didn't bother to find out more about Wu Tian's background and shouted, "Are you saying that the disturbance I caused in the Heavenly Palace before was not a coincidence, but was a result of someone's plot?"
"Isn't it?"
Wu Tian did not say more about this topic, but said: "Wukong, you are luckier than me. You are still useful. After being imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years, you were released. As for me, I have been imprisoned here for more than seven thousand years, but I still have no chance to get out. Even in the Three Realms, few people still remember me."
More than seven thousand years!
Yang Jian captured another key piece of information.
Wu Tian didn't seem to be afraid of his identity being exposed at all. He was only focused on recruiting monkeys and continued, "But unfortunately, you seem to have walked out of the cage, but in fact you have walked into a bigger cage. You seem to have regained your freedom, but in fact you have become a pawn again."
"Wukong, you should have realized this yourself. You were lucky to have met the prison god Li Anran, and with his help, you were able to get rid of your identity as a pilgrim, but... have you really regained your freedom?"
The monkey asked sharply, "Who are you? Why do you know all this?"
"Goku, does it matter to you who I am ?"
Wu Tian looked at the monkey with burning eyes and said sincerely: "You should know very well that as long as you don't take off the tight band on your head, you will never escape from the grasp of Tathagata. Tathagata doesn't need you now, but when he needs you, will you be able to escape?"
The monkey's heart was shocked.
Wutan’s words were like a heavy hammer hitting his heart.
Indeed, if Tathagata attacks him again, will he be able to escape?
The monkey clenched his fists. In fact, he already had the answer in his heart.
It was precisely because of this that he was so anxious to take off the tight hoop on his head, and even came alone into this dark abyss when he knew that Wutan had bad intentions.
