Chapter 226: Dan Yuan Conference
The gap between the three realms, the abyss of darkness.
Wutan was sitting cross-legged on the black lotus. Suddenly, as if he realized something, he raised his head and looked towards the direction of Jambu Continent.
After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and asked around, "Where is the Black Lotus Saint Envoy?"
The giant scorpion stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, the Black Lotus Saint Envoy left for the mortal world to inspect early this morning. According to past experience, the Saint Envoy will not be back for another two or three hours."
Wutan nodded slightly, closed his eyes and stopped talking.
The giant scorpion didn't dare to ask more questions and respectfully stepped aside.
Just then, a loud noise came from outside the cave.
"Buddha! Buddha! Please give us justice!"
Ying Yao staggered in, supporting the black-robed man who was pale and obviously injured. He knelt down in front of Wutan with a plop, his face full of grievance and indignation.
The giant scorpion asked, "Ying Yao, what's going on?"
Ying Yao gnashed his teeth and said, "It's still that Sun Wukong!"
"Is it related to the Holy Envoy?" The giant scorpion was shocked.
"Ying Yao, stop talking! I am not as skilled as others, so I can't blame others!"
The man in black robe looked like he wanted to stop Ying Yao from continuing speaking, but his attitude could be seen from the fact that he and Ying Yao came in together.
This obstruction is just a pretense, or it would be more appropriate to say it is a double act!
Ying Yao's eyes widened and he said, "This is not just your business! It concerns the Buddha's great cause, how can I not speak up!"
She kowtowed three times to Wu Tian and complained: "Buddha, Sun Wukong relied on your favor to issue orders at random, disrupting all our hard work over the years."
"He also set all kinds of messed up rules for us, forbidding us to do this or that. If anyone dares to disobey him, he will kill them. If he continues like this, all the monsters will be killed by him before we can counterattack Lingshan..."
Shut up!!!
The giant scorpion was anxiously watching from the side and wanted to stop it but did not dare to speak.
She didn't want to speak for the monkey, but was worried about the black robe and Ying Yao in front of her!
Unlike Heipao and Ying Yao who are always on the road, she stays with Wutan most of the time and is more familiar with his temperament and habits!
She had keenly sensed the chill in Wutan's eyes, and the aura he exuded had become gloomy!
Obviously, Wutan is angry!
And it’s not directed at the monkey, but at the black robe and Ying Yao!
She has known Black Robe Ying Yao for many years and they are quite close friends, so she wanted to give them a hand.
However, Heipao and Yingyao were full of resentment and only wanted to report the monkey, so they didn't notice the desperate look she was giving them!
Ying Yao chattered non-stop, "Black Robe was just accidentally leaking some of his aura while practicing, poisoning some beasts and mortals, so he wanted to punish Black Robe with a stick. Black Robe refused, so he beat him severely."
Although the man in black robe did not say anything, everyone knew that he and Ying Yao had done all this together. He cooperated with Ying Yao by coughing a few times and hunched his body even more to show how ruthless the monkey was.
At this time, Wu Tian suddenly spoke up, interrupting Ying Yao's words directly: "Did Wukong tell you in advance about the rules he set?"
Ying Yao paused, not daring to lie in front of Wu Tian, and said, "He did say it, but..."
Wu Tian ignored him and looked directly at the man in black robe: "Then why don't you want to be punished?"
“I…I…” The man in black robe choked up and down, speechless.
The giant scorpion was sweating profusely beside them, and he wished he could rush up and knock open the two monsters' heads to see if there was paste inside.
Goku! Goku!
The person the Buddha was calling was Wukong!
Are you deaf or stupid ? Can't you understand what this title means?
Fortunately, the man in black robe was not a fool. He said "I" for a long time, and then he seemed to react suddenly. He prostrated himself on the ground, knocked his head heavily on the ground, and took the initiative to admit his guilt: "My disciple deserves death! Please punish me, Buddha!"
"Black robe!"
Ying Yao was incredulous and cried out, "It was obviously that monkey who made trouble out of nothing and injured you. You...ah!"
Before he could finish his words, two rays of purple light burst out from Wutan's eyes, shining on Ying Yao, and turned into a ball of purple flame, burning fiercely.
The surprise on Ying Yao's face quickly turned into pain and hideousness. He twisted and struggled in the purple flames, trying to beg for mercy, but could not utter a single sound.
Her figure gradually began to disappear, but in an instant, only a palm-sized gourd remained in the purple flame.
It has been burned to its original form, and thousands of years of practice have become a pipe dream in one day.
The man in black robe was completely stunned and stared at everything in a daze.
Until the demons in the cave fell to their knees and shouted in unison: "Buddha, please calm down."
He suddenly came to his senses and kept knocking his head "bang bang bang bang", but he was so scared that he couldn't even speak.
"alright."
Wu Tian looked at them coldly for a long while before letting the monsters stand up. He said calmly, "I've said before that the Black Lotus Saint Envoy is no different from me. His orders are my orders. I don't want to say the same thing for the third time."
"I understand." The monsters all kowtowed.
It was not until then that they truly understood the position of Monkey in Wujitiao's heart.
"Black robe." Wu Tian shouted.
The man in black robe shuddered and replied, "Brother...disciple is here."
Wu Tian said: "Since this is your first time committing a crime and you are able to correct it, I will forgive you this time. If it happens again, you don't have to come back. Take the gourd and plant it outside the cave."
"Yes." The man in black robe quickly agreed, took the gourd of Ying Yao's body out of the cave and planted it.
"You guys please step back."
Wutan waved his hand to send away the demons, and while waiting for the monkey to come back, he thought about what he had just done.
Beating Ying Yao back to his original form is a deterrent.
She was not allowed to die, and the man in black robe was allowed to plant her outside the cave gate so that she could transform into a new form after a hundred years. This was grace.
And with the Ying monster outside the door to keep a constant warning, there is no need to worry about anyone being so blind as to challenge the monkey's authority again.
The way to control your subordinates is to use both kindness and severity.
Wutan thought of the expressions of the monsters just now and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Wu Tian values Monkey so much not only because he is the disciple of Bodhisattva Zhunti and the only Golden Immortal under his command, but more importantly because of the monkey himself.
Temperament is one aspect.
On the other hand, what the monkey has been doing during this period is exactly what Wu Tian wants.
Although Wu Tian was determined to seize the throne of the Buddha and transform the Buddhist world, he only had a general idea in his head and didn't know how to implement it specifically.
In the original time and space, Wu Tian occupied the Three Realms for thirty-three years. Not only did he fail to implement his idea of transforming the Buddhist world, he even couldn't manage his subordinates properly, making the Three Realms a mess with demons running rampant!
This is due to the thirty-three-year bet between Wu Tian and Tathagata, but more importantly it is because of Wu Tian himself!
To some extent, Wu Tian is just like the college student in his previous life who had high aspirations but poor skills and was determined to change the world.
Before he turned evil, he was Kinnara Bodhisattva who was devoted to chanting Buddha's name in Lingshan and was simple and gullible. Soon after he turned evil, he was defeated by Tathagata and imprisoned in the abyss of darkness.
No practical experience.
Once you get power, you will be completely confused.
In the end, it became a negative example to highlight the wisdom of Lingshan in Heaven.
But now, everything is completely different!
The monkey’s joining gave Wutan a fellow Taoist with whom he could discuss and learn.
He learned the combination of kindness and severity just now from monkeys!
And the monkey learned it from Yang Jian!
Since deciding to join forces with Wutan to fight against Lingshan, Monkey is no longer limited to improving his own cultivation, but has also begun to work hard to improve his abilities in other areas.
Yang Jian, the god of justice who holds power over the three realms, became the object of learning and imitation for the monkey.
In addition to Yang Jian, Monkey also learned the principle of keeping a low profile from Li Anran.
Nowadays, Wutan's forces have been hidden, just waiting to make a splash in the future.
If things continue like this, it’s hard to say what will happen when Wujitian takes control of the three realms!
Not long after, a golden light surged in the void, spreading out like ripples.
The figure of the monkey appeared in front of Wutan.
The monkey naturally knew that the black-robed Ying Yao had complained to Wutan, but he didn't take it to heart.
If Wutan doesn't even have this much breadth of mind and courage, then he'd better get away as soon as possible to avoid being dragged down by him!
Wu Tian did not disappoint him.
Before coming in, he had already reached the Ying Yao planted outside the cave entrance.
"Wukong, you're back just in time. I have something to discuss with you."
Wutan waved his right hand, and a light curtain appeared in front of him.
In the middle of the light curtain was a wealthy family in the mortal world. A middle-aged couple was holding their baby in their arms and smiling happily.
"The six-eared macaque was imprisoned in the prison by the prison god because of the incident with the star god Wude. Tathagata was slow to rescue him and sent this Arhat who subdues dragons (i.e. Venerable Kasyapa) down to earth and was reborn in Jambudvīpa."
"If my guess is correct, he should give up using the Six-Eared Macaque to play against me, and let this Arhat the Dragon Subduer be his new chess piece."
The monkey said, "What do you want me to do? Kill him in advance?"
Wu Tian laughed and said, "Wukong, please stop joking with me. Since I promised you that I would fight Lingshan in an upright manner, I would not use such evil means. How can a mere Arhat Subduing the Dragon be your opponent?"
"Of course!"
The monkey accepted the compliment without hesitation: "Don't mention that there is only one dragon subduing, even if you add the tiger subduing, I can defeat it with just one hand!"
The monkey said, "Oh, right. When I came back, I saw the Bull Demon King leading his troops to the North Sea. I heard that he was following the order of the Jade Emperor to conquer the Dragon Demon King."
Speaking of this, Monkey felt quite complicated.
Going back five hundred years, he would never have believed that the Bull Demon King would one day follow the Jade Emperor's order to conquer the Dragon Demon King.
I can only say that things in this world are truly unpredictable and unpredictable!
"The Bull Demon King leads the troops?" Wutan was a little surprised.
The monkey hummed and said, "Before, Bull Demon King started a rebellion to save Red Boy. After his defeat, he surrendered to the Heavenly Court. The Jade Emperor asked him to conquer Jiao Demon King, probably because he wanted him to submit a letter of surrender to the Heavenly Court."
"It's not that simple."
Wu Tian saw the monkey's puzzled expression and explained, "The Bull Demon King used to be the mount of the Jiejiao Tongtian Saint, and the Jiao Demon King was the disciple of the Demon Master Kunpeng. His expedition against the Jiao Demon King is not only their own business, but also the business of the Jiejiao and the Demon Master Mansion behind them."
"The Jiao Demon King is the disciple of Demon Master Kunpeng?!"
The monkey opened his mouth in amazement.
Wutan had told him many ancient secrets during this period, so he naturally knew what the Demon Master's Mansion was!
But he never expected that the Jiao Demon King was actually related to the Demon Master's Mansion.
"My sworn brothers are really extraordinary!"
The monkey's eyes narrowed and he sneered in his heart.
He became more and more certain that his rebellion against heaven was not as simple as it seemed, and there were many mysteries hidden behind it.
Wu Tianze continued, "I have told you before that the gods and Buddhas of the Three Realms are afraid of the catastrophe that is about to happen to them, so they take the initiative to cause the catastrophe, hoping to turn the catastrophe into a great catastrophe and eliminate the karma of cause and effect."
"To achieve this, a large number of lives must be sacrificed ! And these sacrificed lives must also have great luck!"
"That's why they chose the human race in the Southern Continent and the demon race in the Western Continent. And in the Northern Continent, the only one qualified to offset the karmic calamity is the Demon Master Mansion that inherited the legacy of the ancient demon court."
"I expected that the Heavenly Court would take this opportunity to get rid of these remnants of the previous dynasty, but I didn't expect that Jiejiao would also get involved ."
"After the Investiture of the Gods was damaged, the Jiejiao disciples regained their freedom, but their strength was greatly reduced. They have been unwilling to get involved in the disputes among the three realms . Now they have suddenly changed their attitude and want to join forces with the Heavenly Court to deal with the Demon Master Mansion. This is really strange."
The monkey guessed, "Could it be that the Jade Emperor forced the Bull Demon King to go there? The Jiejiao didn't know about it?"
"impossible."
Wu Tian shook his head and said, "If the Jade Emperor really does this, then he is not looking for helpers for himself, but for enemies!"
Wu Tian had long since broken free from Tathagata's seal and was hiding in the dark. He was well aware of many things in the Three Realms, even including the fact that Tathagata joined forces with other powerful people to deal with the catastrophe at the Ullambana Festival.
However, the incident of Jiejiao defecting to the Heavenly Palace had just happened not long ago, and Wu Tian didn't know about it.
After some speculation, the two could only come to the conclusion that the Heavenly Court must have made some kind of deal with the Jiejiao.
There is no way of knowing the specifics.
In comparison, the Demon Master's Mansion knows even less.
With the Heavenly Court intentionally concealing the truth and the Great Emperor Zhenwu blocking off Uttarakuru, the Demon Master's Mansion had no idea what happened at the Ullambana Festival, let alone that they had been used as consumables by the Heavenly Court to deal with the disaster.
This is the case with the Demon Master's Mansion, and even more so with the Dragon Demon King.
When the Bull Demon King led his troops to surround the Dragon Demon King's cave, he was still in the back hall, drunken and dreaming with his wives and concubines.
It was not until he heard the report from the little demon that he hurriedly put on his armor, picked up his weapons, and led his troops out to meet the enemy.
At the same time, in the Fu Shou Hall of the Heavenly Palace, the Yellow Turban warriors were hurrying along, making intensive preparations for the Dan Yuan Conference three days later.
In the Heavenly Prison, Li Anran also learned from Yang Jian that he had persuaded Zhen Yuanzi to attack Guanyin at the Dan Yuan Conference.
Li Anran was a little worried: "Second brother, the Demon Master Mansion is quite powerful, and the Jade Emperor will definitely find as many helpers as possible. If he wants to pull Lingshan in, I'm afraid he won't offend Lingshan for the sake of Ancestor Hongyun."
"Lingshan will not get involved."
Yang Jian said in a firm tone, "Saint Zhunti originally got a seat in Zixiao Palace from Demon Master Kunpeng. Lingshan will never take action against the Demon Master's Mansion unless it is absolutely necessary."
