Chapter 287 Heaven sends troops
After handing various classics to Xuanzang, Sun Wukong left a hair on his body and returned directly to Huaguo Mountain.
Among this huge three realms, only there is the destination of Sun Wukong's heart.
Time passes by, and the chaotic world of Journey to the West shows no sign of improvement.
After all, the pain in Pangu's heart that caused the chaos in heaven still remains in Sun Wukong's body.
However, at this moment, many gods and demons have gradually become accustomed to the chaotic heaven. Although the chaos of the heaven makes it impossible for them to predict the future, it does not affect other magical powers.
The gods and demons still have control over the entire world, and they are slowly getting used to a life where they cannot predict the secrets of heaven.
At this moment, someone finally remembered Sun Wukong.
In particular, Tianting and Lingshan are extremely concerned about Sun Wukong's escape. After all, one has lost face in the hands of Sun Wukong, and the other thinks that Sun Wukong is related to the plan of journey to the west.
Although the secret of heaven is chaotic, according to the established plan of traveling to the west, Sun Wukong should have been out of trouble after a year.
But now, he escaped early, and even provoked Buddhism after escaping. This is simply like pole vaulting in the toilet!
At this moment, in the Lingxiao Palace, Maitreya Buddha with a compassionate smile stood in front of the Jade Emperor and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the monster monkey escaped from Wuzhi Mountain and actually took the title of Monkey King, Equal to Heaven in Huaguo Mountain."
The Jade Emperor's eyes were indifferent. He naturally knew what Maitreya Buddha meant. Apparently Buddhism still wanted Heaven to take action first.
After all, Dongsheng Shenzhou, where Sun Wukong is located, is the territory of Taoism, and Buddhism generally does not dare to send troops here.
On the contrary, Heavenly Court, after all, occupies the title of righteousness, so it is reasonable to send troops to catch monsters.
But now it is different from the past. In the past, the Jade Emperor cooperated with Buddhism and even harmed his own face and let the monster monkey cause trouble in heaven. This was entirely because he had clearly seen the path of heaven. In the future, if Buddhism will flourish, heaven will have to rely on Buddhism to maintain its rule. power.
Therefore, in order to gain the support of Buddhism, the Jade Emperor naturally did not hesitate to pay some price.
But now is different from the past, the destiny is chaotic, and it is still unclear whether the plan of traveling to the west can be carried out.
"Monkey King, the Monkey King, didn't the Buddha already suppress him? How could he escape now? It would be great if the Buddha caught him back. After all, Sun Wukong can't even turn his palm out!"
After speaking, the Jade Emperor glanced at Maitreya Buddha, his eyes slightly dissatisfied.
After all, the Tathagata did go a bit too far before. In order to cooperate with Buddhism, the Heavenly Court asked Sun Wukong to cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and then asked the Tathagata to subjugate demons. This was originally planned.
But Tathagata actually suppressed Sun Wukong with a slap. Although everyone who knew Tathagata could see that Tathagata was just a slap in the face, it actually consumed an unknown amount of vitality.
But for ordinary people, they feel that they are an enemy that the entire heaven cannot defeat, and they were suppressed by Buddha with a backhand. The entire heaven combined is not as powerful as one hand of Buddha.
This can be considered as beating Heaven’s face to death!
That's why the Jade Emperor deliberately used words to criticize Maitreya Buddha at this moment. Isn't your Buddhism awesome?
Isn’t the Buddha great?
You're awesome, come on!
Hearing the Jade Emperor's words, a trace of embarrassment flashed in Maitreya Buddha's eyes, but then the compassionate smile on his face became even more enthusiastic: "Your Majesty, that demon monkey has extraordinary strength. It once caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. I am afraid that it will be difficult for me as a Buddhist to conquer it alone. But I Buddha Tathagata is willing to send five hundred Arhats to join the Heavenly Court to help His Majesty conquer the demons!"
Maitreya Buddha is obviously making a bid. Those five hundred Arhats will probably not be able to return after entering the heaven.
Although the strength of Buddhism has increased greatly in recent years, Arhats can be considered as mid-level combatants. Taking out these five hundred Arhats can be considered as a lot of blood.
After hearing this, the Jade Emperor glanced at his eyebrows and fell silent for a moment, then said calmly: "I am no match for the demon monkey in Heaven, and it is probably too mysterious to add the five hundred Arhats. After all, I lack great power!"
Maitreya Buddha gritted his teeth and said: "Five hundred Arhats are led by five Bodhisattvas. This is the limit of my Buddhism!"
The Jade Emperor thought for a moment. He was not too concerned about Buddhism's westward journey plan. However, Buddhism was indeed the strongest among the major religions on the surface, and Heaven still needed Buddhism's help in controlling Xiniu Hezhou.
Now that Maitreya Buddha has brought out a lot, the Jade Emperor cannot completely fall out with Buddhism.
After making up his mind, the Jade Emperor nodded slowly and directly called all the immortal officials in heaven.
Looking at the dense crowd of immortals below, the Jade Emperor said in a deep voice: "Monkey Monkey Sun Wukong escaped from the Five Elements Mountain without permission before his sentence was completed, and also rebelled and attacked the Lingshan Mountain. His crime is unforgivable. Today, I in heaven will subjugate the demons. Dear friends, Who is willing to go and succumb to the demon?"
Hearing the Jade Emperor's question, the immortal eyes below looked at their noses and hearts, all bowed their heads and remained silent.
After all, not to mention that Sun Wukong is not weak in nature. No one is 100% sure that he can defeat Sun Wukong.
Moreover, Sun Wukong is quite forthright and easy to make friends with. He has many friends in the circle of immortals and gods, but most people are not willing to actually do anything with him.
Seeing that no one answered, the Jade Emperor glanced at the Maitreya Buddha next to him and said with a smile: "Can't Buddhism send a Buddha?"
The smile on Maitreya Buddha's face froze. Did Buddhism send a Buddha? They have already produced five hundred Arhats and five Bodhisattvas, but the Jade Emperor will also have a Buddha?
In this case, we can simply join Buddhism in Heaven!
Although his mother approved in his heart, Maitreya Buddha could only turn his attention to the Pagoda King.
Among the many generals in the Heavenly Court, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King has the closest relationship with Buddhism. Even the pagoda that made the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King famous was given to him by the Buddhist Buddha Dipankara during the Conferred Gods War.
Moreover, two of the three sons of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King are in Buddhism. It can be said that the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King represents the interests of Buddhism in the Heavenly Court.
Although he bowed his head, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King still felt the sight of Maitreya Buddha, and he secretly complained in his heart.
But the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King also knew that he had to come out at this time. After all, except for himself, no priest in the Heavenly Court would lose face for Buddhism.
After all, it was absolutely impossible to beat Sun Wukong in this first battle. It was more like a test and declaration.
Only after the defeat of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Buddhism could find an excuse to send its own forces to conquer Sun Wukong.
"Your Majesty, I am willing to go to conquer the demon monkey!"
Hearing the righteous and impassioned words of the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing, a trace of dissatisfaction flashed in the eyes of the Jade Emperor.
As the Grand Marshal of Heavenly Army, Li Jing seems to be more obedient to Buddhism.
Then the Jade Emperor hid his dissatisfaction, after all, the operation of Heavenly Court still needs the support of these major religions.
"Okay, in this case, you lead your family generals and command 50,000 heavenly soldiers to Huaguo Mountain to subdue the demons!"