Volume 4: Journey to the West Chapter 16: The art of summoning gods, so good!
The glass cup was the Jade Emperor's favorite thing, and the general in charge of the curtain was a little scared, knowing that he would be scolded this time.
But he never expected it.
"How dare you break my beloved glass cup! Come, drag it down and bring it down to the mortal world."
What!
The Curtain-Rolling General was shocked. Was he really that powerful? He was the Curtain-Rolling General. Just because he broke a colored glass lamp, the Jade Emperor wanted to send him down to the mortal world.
"Emperor, I just broke a glass lamp. Am I not as good as a glass lamp?"
At this time, the pitiful look of General Curtain-Pulling made all the immortals and gods who were watching shed tears. What he said was indeed true. General Curtain-Pulling was a close friend of the Jade Emperor. No matter what, he would not be sent down to the mortal world just for a glass lamp.
"Humph, you dare to compare yourself with my Glazed Lamp? Come on, I will beat you with eight hundred divine whips first, then I will remove you from the divine register and banish you to the mortal world."
Upon hearing this, General Juanlian almost collapsed. It was bad enough that he was demoted to the mortal world, but he was also beaten with eight hundred divine whips. Has the Jade Emperor become senile and confused?
"Emperor, I have served you diligently for so many years. Even if I have no merit, I have worked hard. How can I still be inferior to a glass lamp?"
The Jade Emperor became even angrier when he heard this.
"Humph, you will be thrown into the Flowing Sand River and imprisoned, and every seven days you will be punished by having a flying sword pierce your chest."
My goodness, the more you talk about the punishment, the heavier it gets. This is already considered a capital punishment. It would be better to just give it a quick death.
At this time, other immortals and gods could no longer bear to watch. It was just a broken glass cup. It shouldn't be that serious. It was like being sentenced to a serious criminal punishment.
No, even the most severely punished criminals can be put to death quickly. After being stripped of his divine status, General Juanlian will no longer have any magical skills to protect his body. The Eight Hundred Divine Whips will break up General Juanlian's divine body. Then, once every seven days, he will be punished by having his chest pierced by a flying sword. This is simply slow slicing.
"Emperor, this."
Some immortals wanted to come out and plead for General Juanlian, but the Jade Emperor just glanced at them and said, "Don't try to persuade them anymore, or you will be punished like Juanlian."
This time, no one dared to say anything. This was a killing spree. Although it was pitiful for General Juanlian, it would not be appropriate to get themselves involved. So, forget it.
The originally cheerful atmosphere became somewhat solemn because of General Juanlian's move.
Many immortals and gods don’t understand what happened to the Jade Emperor today. The General Curtain-Pulling can be said to be working hard and never complaining. It’s just a glass lamp, we shouldn’t do that to him.
But for some people who know, it’s not surprising.
This is to arrange someone to obtain the scriptures and share the fortune of Buddhism. However, the General Rolling the Curtain clearly did not know about it in advance. However, this is not a problem, because it is not important whether the General Rolling the Curtain knows it or not. The important thing is that this person who obtains the scriptures is arranged by the Jade Emperor, and he cannot escape the final fortune and merit.
After all, General Juanlian was just a poor victim.
"Junior brother is actually the disciple of Uncle Wu Dang. This is also the first time I have met you. However, your cultivation level is really embarrassing for me."
Wen Zhong sat next to Jia Le. After the farce, Wen Zhong started chatting with Jia Le.
"It's normal that you haven't seen me, brother. I just became Master's disciple a while ago. It's only been a hundred years. I received Master's inheritance and practiced all the way until I became Master's disciple. I had already reached the level of Taiyi Jinxian. I still need to ask you for advice on my cultivation."
I see!
All the Shangqing disciples then showed a look of realization. Now they could understand it.
Seeing that Jiale was so easy to talk to, other Shangqing disciples also started to toast with Jiale. Although all the disciples in the Heavenly Court were second- and third-generation disciples of the Shangqing lineage, most of them were at the level of Taiyi Golden Immortal or below. They had also seen Jiale's power. Not to mention anything else, those who came to participate in the Peach Banquet basically believed that they were no match for Jiale.
Even though Jiale was of the same generation as them, or even younger, it was their first meeting after all. If Wen Zhong hadn't started the conversation, it would have been difficult to approach him.
Not long after, a group of Shangqing disciples gathered around Jiale and began to laugh and discuss.
"Yes, it's Chang'e who is going to perform a dance."
Chang'e!
Upon hearing this, Jiale also looked towards the center.
Chang'e is the Goddess of Taiyin Star, but unlike Jiale, Chang'e is a mortal fairy who inherits the position of Taiyin. Although she has the blessing of Taiyin Star and her strength has reached that of Taiyi Golden Immortal, until now, Chang'e has not been able to refine Taiyin Star and cannot control Taiyin Star. Chang'e's strength is destined to be limited.
She is just a mortal at heart, not a lunar star god like Wangshu, Xihe, and Changxi mentioned above. In the Heavenly Court, her status is only average. With a fourth-grade rank, she is not transcendent. It can only be said that she is not as good as the best, but better than the worst. She is required to perform dances at every Heavenly Court meeting. However, after all, she holds the position of the Moon God, so the gods and immortals in the Heavenly Court still respect Chang'e more.
Moreover, Chang'e's fairy dance is indeed incomparable to that of ordinary fairies, and many immortals and gods are happy to watch it.
The scene became quiet and everyone looked at Chang'e in the middle.
Jiale couldn't help but nod his head. She was indeed beautiful. No wonder Erlang Shen was attracted to her. His eyes fell on Marshal Tianpeng. He didn't know if he had drunk too much at this moment. His face was flushed. He stared at Chang'e infatuatedly with a pig-like look. In fact, he was quite handsome. The image of Bajie appeared in his mind. To be honest, if Jiale hadn't known it long ago, he would never have been able to connect the two together.
He shook his head, and at this moment he actually still wanted to watch the dance. You will have to go and accompany the General Juanlian in a while.
Chang'e's dance is the final show.
Tushita Palace.
When the Jade Emperor attended the Peach Banquet, he left two boys, namely Jinjiao and Yinjiao, in the Tushita Palace to fan the Eight Trigrams Furnace and light the fire.
In the Bagua furnace, the monkey was not panicked at all at this time.
His master once said that the practice of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art was just a test of one's foundation at the beginning, but later on, a certain amount of external stimulation would be needed. He practiced the great way of war, and fighting was one aspect, but the tempering of the Thunder Fire was sometimes more effective than fighting. However, the degree of this tempering was difficult to grasp.
Refining the body is just like refining elixirs and weapons. The control of the temperature is very important.
When they were still on the mountain, Jiale said that the best place to practice the Nine Revolutions Profound Art was probably Laojun's Eight Trigrams Furnace. The monkey was also interested at the time, but he never thought that the opportunity would come so easily and so quickly. After entering the Eight Trigrams Furnace, the monkey began to practice according to the body refining method taught by his master, and absorbed the Samadhi True Fire in the furnace.
However, when the monkey practiced this, Golden Horn and Silver Horn, who were fanning the flames outside, suffered.
Just like Jiale said, Laojun is very professional in alchemy, and his control over fire is very meticulous and strict. Jinjiao and Yinjiao have already been trained by Laojun, and this concept is engraved in their minds. During this period of time, they have been trying hard to control the temperature. In fact, they are quite relaxed on weekdays, after all, practice makes perfect.
However, this process was particularly difficult, the heat was always insufficient, and they could only work hard to increase it.
Until now, they have been somewhat exhausted. Fortunately, the magic treasures that Laojun used to fan the flames were very effective. Otherwise, they would not be able to bear it at this moment.
In the blink of an eye, it was already the 49th day.
The monkey in the Bagua furnace seemed to be a diamond refined in the fire, with a powerful and restrained aura. Compared with before entering the Bagua furnace, the monkey at this time was like good iron that had been forged to become peerless steel. It had undergone a qualitative change, and even the Nine Revolutions Profound Art had reached the peak of the sixth revolution, and his physical body was at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal. It could be said that the monkey at this time had almost really developed the protagonist's foundation to the extreme.
Not only that, the training in the Bagua furnace also thoroughly developed the monkey's Chaos Demon Ape bloodline.
The monkey knew that he had the blood of the Chaos Demon Ape. Jiale once told the monkey that this was his greatest wealth, and he taught him how to develop his blood. However, blood development was the most difficult, and the transformation into a Demon Ape was already his greatest achievement. Until this time he entered the Bagua Furnace, the monkey made tremendous progress in the development of his blood.
There was a golden light flashing in his eyes. After developing his bloodline, the monkey gained the magical power of the Chaos Demon Ape's magic eyes.
With the help of the Jiale Sect's divine eyes, the monkey named his own magical power: Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils.
The Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils are almost omnipotent, capable of breaking illusions, attacking, defending, etc.
Up to this point, the Bagua furnace was no longer very useful.
boom!
The monkey's aura exploded, and the Bagua furnace was directly broken. The monkey rushed out of the furnace, which made Jinjiao and Yinjiao shocked. It was over, the monkey was out of the cage, so ferocious. However, before Jinjiao and Yinjiao could do anything, they were knocked unconscious by the monkey with two sticks.
He glanced at the Tushita Palace.
My master has told me that once I enter the Tushita Palace, I must not waste anything because there are treasures everywhere.
First, the elixir.
The monkey looked at the pills on the shelf, which were classified into various categories. Taishang Laojun was the largest pill supplier in Heaven. At the beginning, Haotian asked the Three Pure Ones for people to fill the vacancies in Heaven, but there was no one in the Human Sect, so Laojun simply sent a clone to Heaven. That's how Taishang Laojun came into being. Taishang Laojun, in Heaven, only made pills and didn't care about anything else.
The materials are all provided by Heaven, and Laojun just needs to hand over the pills on time.
The monkey didn't know what the effects of these pills were, or whether they were useful or not, so he just took out the talisman. Sure enough, after the talisman was taken out, all the pills in the Tushita Palace went into the talisman.
After taking away all the pills in the Tushita Palace and making sure nothing was left out, the monkey turned his attention to other places.
The purple gold gourd is said to be used to store elixirs, so take it away.
The Seven-Star Sword, I heard it was used by Laojun to subdue demons, so I took it away.
The mutton-fat jade bottle was said to be used by Laojun to store elixir, so I took it away.
The golden rope, I heard that it was used by Laojun to tie up his Taoist robe, take it away.
The two fans of wind and fire, I heard that they were used by Laojun to fan the air and start fire when he was making elixirs, so take them away.
The yellow cushion, I heard it was used by Laojun for meditation, so I took it away.
Bagua Furnace, I heard that, no need to hear, this is used for refining elixirs, take it away.
There are other odds and ends, take them away.
Take away the fire of Samadhi True Fire.
…
Soon, the Tushita Palace was completely stripped bare. The monkey looked at the talisman in his hand. At this moment, he felt that the talisman was the best treasure. After collecting so many things, he did not feel full at all. There was nothing to take from the Tushita Palace, so the monkey left. It was because the Tushita Palace was a fixed building in the Heavenly Court that the talisman could not be taken away. Otherwise, he would have to take it away anyway.
After leaving the Tushita Palace, the Green Ox also spotted the Monkey. When their eyes met, the Green Ox was about to roar, but was hit on the head with a stick instead.
The green ox was knocked unconscious immediately, and finally looked at the monkey with resentment in its eyes, as if it wanted to remember the monkey's appearance and get revenge in the future.
Really, what’s the matter? All the cows passing by have to be hit with a stick, right?
Yaochi.
Laojun's heart moved, knowing that the monkey had escaped, and he smiled immediately. The elixirs in the Tushita Palace were all prepared for the monkey. They were not high-level elixirs, but they could only help the monkey improve his cultivation. Laojun didn't care. He left to give the monkey a chance.
Jiale looked at the treasures in Kunlun and couldn't help but look at Laojun. Just then he saw Laojun's smiling eyes and shook his head. "Master, I hope you can still laugh after you know that Tushita Palace is bald."
Laojun did not delay too long and returned to the Tushita Palace. After all, the show was almost over.
However, standing in front of the gate of Tushita Palace, Taishang Laojun also had some doubts about his life.
Looking at the three big words "Tushita Palace" above his head, he made sure that he was not in the wrong way. Then he looked at the green ox with a big bump on its head, lying steadily, and then at the Golden Horn and Silver Horn lying on the left and right of the Tushita Palace. Finally, he looked at the Tushita Palace, which was so smooth that it could not be smoother. Laojun felt that his state of mind for so many years was actually a little broken.
"Jingchun!"
The loud shout of his lifetime was heard from the Tushita Palace, and even the Yaochi Palace could hear it.
Yao Chi, all the immortals and gods couldn't help but look at Jia Le. It seemed that this was the first time that Laojun was so angry. Big brother, what did you do?
Jiale's eyelids also jumped, and without saying a word, he saluted the Jade Emperor and the group of Shangqing disciples.
"Emperor, uncles and brothers, I have something else to do, so I will leave first."
After saying this, he disappeared without caring about anything else. The next moment, he had returned to the Sun Star.
Taishang Laojun appeared in Yaochi almost immediately.
"Where's Jingchun?"
The gods looked at each other and pointed at the Sun Star, "Let's go."
Taishang Laojun was silent for a long time. He knew that the monkey definitely had no knowledge of other things. It must have been taught by Jiale. This guy even bullied his own family.
However, there was not much to say at this time, so he just looked at the Jade Emperor.
"Emperor, the demon monkey broke out of the furnace and not only injured my boy, but also swept away all the elixirs and treasures in the Tushita Palace. Please take charge, Emperor."
What!
Everyone finally understood why Laojun’s defense was broken, but since the monkey had done such bad things, why did Laojun look for the Lord of the Sun Star?
The Jade Emperor also knew that the time had come. He had long wanted to stop seeing the monkey, and now was the time to get rid of it.
"What? The demon monkey is rampant. It must not have left the Heavenly Palace yet. Go and capture it for me."
The gods in heaven began to look for the monkey, and at this time the monkey was already in the treasure house of heaven. This was what Jiale told him. The location of the treasure house was exactly the same as in the world of the Precious Lotus Lantern, without any changes. Even the method of breaking the ban had not changed, except that the strength had increased a little. However, for Jiale, it was still possible.
The monkey carried the talisman and easily entered.
He was collecting the things one by one, and when the Jade Emperor came over, he saw him drunk and collecting the things with one hand and drinking the imperial wine with the other. His eyelids were twitching and his face was shaking, which immediately broke down.
"Catch it for me!"
Good man, you came to the Heaven to transport goods, and you lost money, you lost money. Combined with the previous loss of peaches, the Jade Emperor almost scolded Tathagata to death.
The gods in heaven did not hesitate and went straight towards the monkey.
Yang Jian also came, but the gods were shocked when they saw the monkey who had reached the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal. How could they defeat him?
The Jade Emperor became even angrier. How could he allow the Heavenly Court to suffer losses again at this time?
"Go, go to the West to ask for Buddha's help."
Taibai Jinxing set off directly to the Great Leiyin Temple. Tathagata also laughed, knowing that the time had come. Finally, there was no danger. As long as the monkey was captured, the matter would be over.
Tathagata came very quickly. Seeing the monkey beating the gods to death, Tathagata's eyelids jumped. It seemed that the monkey was stronger than expected. Did he give too many benefits? He must be taken down as soon as possible.
"Monster monkey, stop being so presumptuous!"
Hmm! Tathagata!
The monkey looked at Tathagata. This was the opponent that his master had emphasized to be of great importance. He said that once encountered, one should not hesitate but directly call upon the god.
"Please ask the Grandmaster Uncle to come!"
The monkey used the magic of summoning gods and shouted loudly, and the Golden Hoop Immortal of Mount Li was aware of it and appeared directly.
Facing Tathagata's Palm Mountain, the Golden Hoop Immortal blocked it bravely. Tathagata did not use his full strength in this attack. After all, the monkey was only at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal. Even if Tathagata used the power of Daluo Golden Immortal, it would have been fine. However, the appearance of the Golden Hoop Immortal gave Tathagata a bad feeling.
"Tathagata, do you want to bully the weak?"
The Golden Hoop Immortal barely blocked Tathagata's attack and said to Tathagata.
Seeing the Golden Hoop Immortal appear, the Shangqing disciples were all shocked. The big brother has appeared, there is nothing to say. Wen Zhong, Luo Xuan and others all came directly behind the Golden Hoop Immortal. The meaning was very clear: to support him.
The other immortals and gods were all dumbfounded. After all this time, they realized that this was not a feud between Heaven and the monkey, but a struggle between Buddhism and the Shangqing lineage.
They looked at each other and retreated silently. This was no longer a vortex that they could get involved in.
At this time, Tathagata was becoming increasingly uneasy and looked at the Jade Emperor.
"This is your man, why don't you take care of him?"
The Jade Emperor pretended not to see it. The agreed deal was over. Now there was another price. If they were to go against the Shangqing lineage, could Buddhism afford the price?
Tathagata sighed in his heart. In fact, he should have thought of this day after he found out that the monkey was a disciple of the Shangqing lineage. However, he had always held a glimmer of hope. But now he has finally woken up from the dream. However, these people cannot stop him.
We must end this battle quickly.
"Golden Hoop Fairy, do you want to protect the demon monkey?"
"Monkey demon? This is my disciple from Shangqing. What monkey demon? Tathagata, please show some respect."
Upon hearing this, Tathagata's face also became gloomy.
"You, a disciple of Shangqing, caused trouble in the East Sea, the Underworld, and the Heavenly Palace, so you should be punished."
Um!
The Golden Hoop Immortal immediately looked at the Dragon King of the East China Sea, King Yama and the Jade Emperor.
"Did he make a scene?"
The Dragon King of the East Sea and the King of Hell were stunned for a moment, what was going on? They didn't say that they would be responsible for after-sales service, wouldn't this just make them lose money? On one side is Buddhism, on the other side is the Shangqing lineage, how can they choose?
"Um!"
Faced with the further questioning of the Golden Hoop Immortal, the Dragon King of the East Sea and the King of Hell finally shook their heads.
Finally, it is the Jade Emperor.
"Emperor, do you need me to tell you the details?"
Is this a show of cards? The Jade Emperor shook his head. The Heavenly Court and the Buddhist sect joined forces to bully a monkey. He couldn't afford to lose face. The service was over, and the deal with the Buddhist sect was also over. He didn't care about what happened next. The only thing that made the Jade Emperor angry was that the monkey entered the treasury and took the 9,000-year-old peaches and the mother peach tree.
However, these will be used to settle accounts with Buddhism later. It is not appropriate to cause a rift with the Shangqing lineage at this time. The most important thing is the stable rule of Heaven, and we cannot force the Shangqing lineage to rebel.
"Buddha and fellow Taoists, please do as you please."
Looking at this scene, Tathagata was somewhat angry. What had been agreed upon? Just taking the money for free?
"Golden Hoop Immortal, if that's the case, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
Tathagata pressed down with his palm, and the Golden Hoop Immortal was about to resist, but was stopped by a figure.
Upon seeing this, all the Shangqing disciples were overjoyed.
"Senior Sister Wu Dang!"
…
No reason!
Tathagata's face became even gloomier. The Shangqing lineage was really going to make things difficult for him. However, observing the calamity veins of the heaven and earth's luck, it turned out that the Shangqing lineage's luck was not reduced because they went against the general trend. It just made all of the Shangqing lineage fall into calamity. The calamity energy was even more intense, and the destiny of heaven had changed. To be honest, the general trend did not stipulate that he had to take down the monkey. He was just deliberately guiding them in order to control the calamity.
Nowadays, accidents happen frequently.
"Wudang, are you going to stop me too?"
Wu Dang Shengmu looked at Tathagata, "Tathagata, when you gave us benefits, you missed us, the Shangqing lineage. We will not cooperate with you."
When these words were spoken, all the disciples of the Shangqing lineage laughed, but Tathagata remained silent.
A group of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, etc. from the Buddhist sect slowly appeared.
Be serious.
However, will the Shangqing lineage be afraid?
The monkey was already confused at this time. Since leaving Maoshan, he had a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days, but this was the first time that he had a fight to this extent. Before, when he heard Jiale talk about how good and awesome the summoning technique was, the monkey didn't quite understand and was more disdainful, thinking that calling for help was a bit embarrassing.
But looking at the situation in front of him, he thought about how they were either under siege or on the way to siege before, but now, with just a summoning spell, so many people were directly called to help. Just now, feeling the momentum of Tathagata, Monkey also felt that something was not good, but now it seems that his master might have thought of this a long time ago.
With all these elders and his master backing him up, what does he have to fear?
The magic of summoning gods smells so good.
