What is home?

Some people say it is the close woman who was looking forward to returning when the prodigal son abandoned his sword, and some people say it is the kind mother who lit up a lonely lamp when the wanderer returned home.

For Chen Budu, the family is an old monk who dozed off under the Bodhi tree, and a big rooster who was starving every few days rushed up fiercely, and it was the familiar pilgrim's "Little Master Budu".

The long road is long and there is a way back.

"Master, I'm back."

When people get old and lose energy, they will become sleepy.

When you wake up at dusk in the evening, you often feel a sense of loneliness that is in a mess of time and space and is isolated from the world.

So when the old monk opened his eyes and saw the good disciple standing in front of him, it was the first time that Chen Budu saw some loss in his expression and behavior.

"Oh, the good disciple is back... Are you hungry?"

The Wuzhou Dynasty was a two-meal system, and only aristocrats could afford three meals, and the temples did not have the habit of three meals.

It was not that Master Sanzang didn't know this, but that his little disciple who was worried about came back too suddenly. He didn't know what to say for a moment, so he had to pick up some casual words.

"Master, I won't eat it tonight. I'll bring you some pastries with tea."

"Then let's have tea."

"good."

Under the Bodhi tree, the dark-hearted sun gradually sinks into the west reflects the long shadow of the master and the disciple.

The water is boiling and the white air is dissipating.

"you..."

"I..."

Master Sanzang twisted a piece of osmanthus cake and stuffed it into his mouth. The pastry residue slammed into the gap between the white beard. He patted it and signaled his apprentice to say it first.

Chen Budu talked about his general experience with his master. When he heard Princess Taiping's words, Zen Master Sanzang was silent.

"Master, shouldn't disciples be so popular? If Princess Taiping hadn't covered up, and those who were interested would follow the clues, they might have tracked down their master..."

"Disciple, I have something to tell you."

Hearing the implicit sound of his disciple, Zen Master Sanzang sighed.

"Actually, I have accepted more than just your disciple."

Looking at the tea pet little stone monkey in front of him, the master told the story.

"Decades ago, the Empress was a talented man in the palace of Emperor Taizong of the former Tang Dynasty. As her teacher, she was entrusted by the Supreme One to travel west across the vast sea of ​​suffering, passing through countless small countries in the Western Regions, and heading to the Buddha Kingdom in the West."

"The origin of this incident can be traced back to the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the Northern Witch Kingdom was reunified. The princes of the Central Plains who were still in the division all used the power of the Northern Witch Kingdom to compete for the world. Even the Tang Dynasty was no exception. The seven imperial witch towns set up by the previous and previous dynasties were even more in name only."

"After the Tang Dynasty unified the Zhongtu Kingdom, Taizong was determined to conquer the Wu Kingdom in the north, but the people were in decline and the population was sharply reduced, and he was unable to compete with such a big country in thousands of miles. Therefore, Taizong planned to use the power of the Buddha Kingdom in the West. According to legend, there was a real ocean north of the Desert of the Sea of ​​Tribulation, and the Buddha Kingdom in the West and the Wu Kingdom in the North Waste can communicate with each other."

Chen Budu couldn't help asking, "What happened later? Did it succeed?"

"It was successful. Emperor Taizong was ready to fight. After I returned, he joined forces with the Buddha Kingdom in the West to attack, breaking the Wu Kingdom in the North Wilderness into two parts. The territory in the north expanded three thousand miles, setting up the Anbei Protectorate, and setting up the four towns of Yuwu in Hedong again in Hebei. This is also the origin of the four vassal states of Bohai, Pinglu, Changshan and Mayi today."

"Then the master..."

The tea smelled so much that Zen Master Sanzang drank a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said.

"Disciple, Master told you before that there were gods in this world, such as Chiyou, Gonggong, etc.."

Chen Budu was slightly stunned and nodded immediately.

"The so-called "there are gods three feet high" among the people is not a false saying. Since you have fought against the strong people in the upper three realms, you should understand that some 'rules' are beyond ordinary people's imagination, and they are included and cannot be said."

"The gods on land are no different from gods in the mortal world. The promotion of each grade of the top three is not the transformation of humans, but the evolution of humans toward God."

"The disciple understands that when the opportunity comes in the future, the master will solve the problem for the disciple."

Zen Master Sanzang nodded with relief. When he saw the tea pet little stone monkey in front of him, he suddenly felt a little sad.

"This is actually your elder brother's relics." Zen Master Sanzang said, pointing to the little stone monkey.

Chen Budu's heart was shocked, and the guess that had troubled him for three years has now been verified from his master.

"Senior brother, he..."

"Your senior brother is a great saint of the ancient demon clan who became famous when the human race was weak. The immortals controlled the spring and autumn of the world for eight hundred years, and they always served in the fairy world Heavenly Court. After the Battle of the Heavenly Battle, they retreated back to the fairy world with the immortals. Five hundred years ago, they suddenly broke the lower realm of the Tianmen alone."

Chen Budu couldn't help asking: "Master, since I went down the mountain, I have often heard the legend of the Battle of Fengtian, but no one mentioned it. Where is the Tianmen that communicates between the two realms?"

The three-cradle Zen Master pointed to the black-hearted sun in the western front,

Shen Budu for a moment of shock,

What?

It looks like a black hole inside, and the sun emitting golden light outside is it the gate of heaven?

With such a high temperature, even if the practitioners throw in, even if the strongest top-grade spiritual crystals are thrown in, they will probably have to be roasted?

Is this how the ignorant eyes of the Monkey King were refined?

"In ancient times, there were nine heavenly gates in the sky."

Zen Master Sanzang said slowly: "At that time, ancient gods came and went to the world without any obstacles."

"Later, a god war broke out with the sky and the earth sank. Well, it was the real world of the sky and the earth sank. Gonggong collapsed the Buzhou Mountain, the pillars of heaven fell, and the land of lush water and grass turned into an endless desert, which is the current sea of ​​suffering."

"As for the other god Houyi, he shot down eight heavenly gates in anger, leaving only the last one, which is also the largest and most stable heavenly gate."

Zen Master Sanzang said meaningfully: "Only the gods of the past and the immortals of the present master the method of safely passing through the Heavenly Gate."

Chen Budu almost blurted out: "So what the land gods mean is that on land, they have mastered the same rules of heaven as gods and immortals?"

“Yes.”

"How did the senior brother get out?"

"As the great saint of the demon clan, your senior brother is not as good as the ancestor witch, but he is not far from that, so he has to bear it."

Chen Budu was a little awe-inspiring and carried the burning of the sun through him. He couldn't even imagine that he was worthy of being a senior brother. It seemed that his path to practice was still far away.

"Actually, your senior brother has become what he is now for protection."

Zen Master Sanzang was silent for a moment, and then said again.

"As for your second and third brothers, you don't know how to live or die. The fourth sister is the dragon girl of the East Sea Monster Kingdom, and she is probably still alive."

Looking at the old monk's appearance, Chen Budu felt extremely uncomfortable and almost blurted out.

"Master, what do you need a disciple to do?"

Zen Master Sanzang was silent for a moment and suddenly asked.

"Do you know why Sujiu appeared in Hanzhong Prefecture?"

"The disciple doesn't know."

"Because Hanzhong Prefecture is the most stable landing point in Tianmen."

Zen Master Sanzang solemnly explained: "Disciple, you need to go to Hanzhong Mansion and kill Jujiu. If you can obtain its inner elixir and the immortal energy that has not yet been dissipated, you may be able to awaken your senior brother."

Chen Budu looked at the little stone monkey who had never changed before him and nodded seriously.
Chapter completed!