Chapter 5 Flower and Fruit Mountain
Five hundred years have passed since Journey to the West. Sun Wukong holds Buddhist beads in his hand, sits cross-legged on the golden lotus, silently reciting the Heart Sutra of Prajna. He closes his eyes, but his mind is full of pictures of monkeys.
Deep in my memory, I saw a monkey who dyed a golden crown and a battle robe with blood, holding a Bohai purple gold spear, and argued with Tathagata: "Tatagata, people on earth, life and death are controlled by you, and they become immortals in heaven, and life and death are still judged by you. My monkey who is not convinced, you kill me, the fairy of the bird, and demoted me to a snake demon, and I want you to give her justice."
Tathagata clasped his palms, and the wind and clouds surged, and his laughter echoed in the nine heavens: "Sentient beings can become Buddhas without love. If you are greedy for the world and become demons on the ground, how can you seek justice?"
"Tathagata, you save me and become a demon, and I will kill all the Buddhas."
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The endless debate touched Wukong's heart. As soon as he opened his eyes, Tang Seng was standing in front of him and asked, "Wukong, are you still thinking about that slinger monkey?"
Wukong said regretfully: "Master, the master, who has accumulated virtue for a hundred years and is respected by the people, finally became a half-Buddha and half-immortal general of the Divine Monkey, avoiding the suffering of reincarnation, but because of the word "love", he fell into the path of demons. It's a pity."
"The Tongbang Monkey injured 100,000 Heavenly Soldiers and killed the Jade Emperor. He was called the Demon-Heart Monkey by the Heavenly Realm. His evil deeds were even worse than your big fuss in the Heavenly Palace back then. You were for the sake of your fame and now for love, but it’s a pity that the world loves only a dream of clouds and mists, and it’s fleeting. Amitabha, sin, sin."
Tang Monk looked at Wukong earnestly. He and the monkey and the monkey were born from the Heavenly Immortal Stone. Even if it was not affection or reason, they were of the same origin. What was it like to watch the same kind die under the palm of Tathagata?
Wukong replied: "The so-called love is separated by mountains and seas, and the mountains and seas can be moved. If you love is separated by gods and Buddhas, the gods and Buddhas cannot be settled. I have all my heart to learn Mahayana Buddhism from Tathagata, and now there are no seven emotions and six desires to trap my body. Tathagata sees Tathagata in this way, and Guanyin observes Guanyi by himself, so the master does not have to worry about Wukong."
At this time, Bajie jumped out and said, "I didn't expect that you could say such profound words, Senior Brother. I am afraid that you will not be able to get married. Thinking of the Zixia Fairy, who will fall into the devil's path like a monkey in the future, and will never be reborn."
"Damn fat pig, are you enough? Believe it or not, I will use the golden cudgel to knock you back to the prototype."
"A brief..."
Speaking of which, as soon as the Tongbang monkey stepped out of the three-star cave, a purple-light golden spear fell from the sky and fell in front of him. The world was suddenly shrouded under the black clouds, and lightning and thunder were roaring, as if a monster had emerged from the sky. The Tongbang monkey was involuntarily holding the gun, which led to the thunder of the sky, and hundreds of ghosts wailed, shaking the nine mountains and eight seas. He looked back at the Sanxing Cave and rushed towards the Huaguo Mountain.
Above the Heavenly Palace, the entire Lingxiao Palace swayed for it. The Queen Mother summoned the Four Immortals of Wind, Thunder, Rain and Die and asked: "What's the heavenly thunder in the world? Why did it affect the Lingxiao Palace?"
Lei Zhenzi knelt on the ground and replied in fear: "Empress, then... that demon-hearted devil monkey is back."
As soon as these words came out, the guards of heaven were in chaos, and the immortals were talking about it. The Queen Mother asked in fear: "Hasn't he been conquered by Tathagata?"
Taibai Jinxing stepped forward and replied, "The Buddha just knocked the monkey back to the immortal stone and threw it down to the mortal world. Now he is just an ordinary mountain ape. He has forgotten who he is, so the Queen Mother doesn't have to worry about it."
The immortals asked, "Since they are ordinary monkeys, why does it cause thunder that shocks the heavenly palace?"
"This..." Taibai Jinxing didn't know how to answer.
The Queen Mother said: "It is the root of disaster that the monkey keeps with the sage. Tathagata should have beaten him to pieces and crushed the Sky-Supplementing Stone."
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Dongsheng Shenzhou has a land called Aolai Country. The country is close to the sea and there is a famous mountain overseas called Huaguo Mountain. The ancient trees in the mountains are towering, the flowers and fruits are fragrant, there are strange rocks and peaks, the sky waterfall, and there are 38,000 monkeys and grandchildren.
The monkey and monkey finally arrived at Sun Wukong's hometown, Huaguo Mountain, which is completely opposite to the scenery of Sun and Moon Mountain. The birds pay tribute to the phoenix and the strange flowers compete for beauty, unlike Sun and Moon Mountain, which only has the monotonous white lotus.
He stood at the foot of Huaguo Mountain, and there was no macaque making noise. He looked up and saw that the demon cloud was covered with smoke. Is this really Huaguo Mountain? At this time, monkeys and grandchildren jumped from the treetops and waved weapons at the monkeys and monkeys. They shouted: "Where is the monster? I dare to offend me Huaguo Mountain."
"I am a monkey and monkey, and I want to be the monkey king of Huaguo Mountain."
There was only a ruthless sneering sound from the monkey group, and they all cast strange eyes. The Huaguo Mountain is no longer the same as before, so how could there be the saying of the Monkey King? A bull-headed beast in armor came out of the center of the monkey group. That's right, that's Sun Wukong's sworn brother, Bull Demon King. Why did he appear in Huaguo Mountain?
It turned out that after Sun Wukong achieved the right fruit, he accompanied the Tathagata to listen to the magic method of the Three Sounds, and he was flawless in mind. Moreover, becoming a Buddha means forgetting all his concerns. He could not return to the Huaguo Mountain, nor could he see the monkeys. The unattended Huaguo Mountain was later trampled on by a thousand-year-old white rat demon. She vowed to eat all the monkeys in Huaguo Mountain. Only the Bull Demon King was unwilling to watch his brother's Huaguo Mountain fall. He traveled thousands of miles from the Rakshasa Kingdom to help.
The Bull Demon King sat with the golden-eyed beast with a water-proof golden-eyed beast in his hand and asked, "Are you a reinforcement sent by the Jade-faced Rat?"
"I, the monkey, was born in Riyue Mountain and visited Fangcun Mountain. Now when I visited Huaguo Mountain, I have never known the rat you mentioned."
"Dare you still quibbling?"
The Bull Demon King swung the mixed hammer indiscriminately and beat the Tongbang monkey. The monkeys cheered, and the Tongbang monkey flipped back and fell onto the tree. The Bull Demon King smashed the sky, but an amazing pit left on the ground, which was enough to show that the Bull Demon King's strength was extraordinary. The Tongbang monkey snorted: "If you fight again, I will fight back."
"You want to dominate my brother's Huaguo Mountain as king, unless you step on my old cow's body."
At this time, a strong wind suddenly rose, and the branches kept swaying in the strong wind. The evil aura came from nowhere. After blinking, a white rat demon came to the foot of Huaguo Mountain with great momentum and shouted: "Sun Wukong, if you don't come out again, I will eat your monkey and monkey grandson in Huaguo Mountain."
When the Bull Demon King saw the rat demon appear, he immediately scolded: "I, Bull Demon King, are here, don't you want to step on the Flower and Fruit Mountain and move this monkey and grandson in the slightest."
"Bul Demon King, please call the dead monkey out, otherwise you will not be able to keep Huaguoshan."
"Although you, Jade-faced Rat, have been practicing for thousands of years and have a profound cultivation level, Sun Wukong is a friend of life and death that I have worshipped in heaven and earth. I cannot give in to his Flower and Fruit Mountain."
The jade-faced rat smiled at the sky and said, "Sun Wukong, if you don't come out again, my jade-faced rat will flatten the Huaguo Mountain."
"Dare you dare?"
The Bull Demon King turned in the direction of the hammer and smashed towards the Jade-faced Rat, but the rat demon had a deep magic power. He avoided the Bull Demon King in a flash. The monkey stayed on the tree and watched the changes. He didn't expect the rat demon to be so powerful.
After all, the Bull Demon King was also called the Great Sage of Pingtian. How could he admit defeat? He smashed the hammer directly on the ground, shaking the mountain in an instant, and suddenly he couldn't stand firm. The Bull Demon King took the opportunity to raise a pair of cow horns and push the jade-faced rats, but saw the Jade-faced rats calmly, jumped into the group of monkeys, waved his hands, and the group of monkeys exploded with blood and flesh.
"If you don't ask Sun Wukong to come out, I will really kill all the monkeys and grandsons."
"Sun Wukong has achieved the right result. He accompanied the Tathagata to discuss the Dharma every day. How can he have time to come to this Huaguo Mountain?"
"I don't care, I must see Sun Wukong."
The jade-faced rat seemed to have lost its rationality, and the more he killed the monkeys, the more crazy he became, the blood of the monkeys splattered on the faces of the monkeys. This was his blood, his kind of being killed, and he angrily changed out of the Bohai purple golden spear and jumped up.
The jade-faced rat saw the shadows under her feet gradually darkening. As she looked up, a golden spear and the scorching sun shone together, and a white monkey fell from the sky. Unprepared, she was hit dozens of meters away by a blow. The remaining monkeys stared at the monkey in a daze. This skill reminded the monkey of the Monkey King, the Monkey King of the Monkey King, and asked incrediblely: "Who are you?"
Chapter completed!