Chapter Eighty-Three: A Game Between Great Powers
The turmoil over the matter of the Chonghua Palace in the Heavenly Court, with the intervention of Nuwa Niangniang, ended in a hurry. Although Di Jiang and the others in Chonghua Palace fled, for the Heavenly Court with a strong background, this matter was insignificant.
Yuling Heavenly Sleeping Palace, Lao Jun was ordered to meet him.
"Laojun, I always feel that it is inappropriate to deal with the matter of Chonghua Palace, so I let Nuwa Niangniang help the five demons to break the siege, and I always feel that my heavenly court has suffered!"
In the case of Chonghua Palace, the Jade Emperor and Lao Jun had an argument on this matter. What the Jade Emperor meant was to completely suppress the Demon Court with the help of the Chonghua Palace, at least so that the forces of the Demon Court could not just save people so lightly.
But Lao Jun advocates doing a thing that pushes the boat down the river, and now that the Demon Ancestor Luo Hu is out of trouble, Buddhism will definitely be busy in this matter, and he has no time to take care of anything else.
In terms of the Demon Court, the existence of the Five Sages should not be underestimated, rather than being completely offended, it is better to ease the relationship a little, and with the help of the Chonghua Palace, send a personal favor to Nuwa Niangniang.
"Your Majesty, Nuwa Niangniang is a member of the demon clan after all, even if she is now on the side of my Heavenly Court. But if we really touch the scale of this great sage, we will only backfire. Lao Jun bowed down and explained the benefits and disadvantages to the Jade Emperor.
"Now that the demon clan is about to be born, Rahu and Buddhism have a deep grudge, and my heavenly court can be a wall-to-wall watch, but the demon court side has a lot to do with my heavenly court. Lao Jun carefully sorted out the relationship.
"Rahu's escape from the predicament must have something to do with Kunpeng, although it is extremely unlikely that the demon clan and the demon clan will join forces now. But now that the Buddha Gate has been pulled into the water by the demon clan, why should my Heavenly Court fight with the Demon Court?"
When the Jade Emperor heard Lao Jun's words, he was a little relieved in his heart, now there must be a fierce battle between the demon clan and the Buddhist sect, as long as he is neutral in the heavenly court, he can be a wall-to-wall watcher.
However, the Demon Court is the master of the Three Realms in the ancient era, Kunpeng is too obsessed, and the collapse of the Demon Court is lingering.
"And as far as Lao Chen knows, the current situation in the Three Realms is so complicated, it is very likely that the three powerful people are competing for the blessing of this Journey to the West!" Lao Jun threw a big bomb.
"What do you mean by that, Lao Jun, tell me quickly!" The Jade Emperor stood up directly when he heard this, obviously too shocked by this matter.
"The old minister has also heard the master mention this matter, but he only knows one of the scales and half claws. These things behind are also Lao Chen's own speculation!" Lao Jun didn't dare to talk about it.
"Is this still related to Hongjun Ancestor?" the Jade Emperor asked.
Lao Jun nodded lightly, "This matter is a game between the Demon Clan Sect Leader Nuwa Niangniang, my Heavenly Court Taoist Hongjun Ancestor, and the Buddhist Sect Mighty Amitabha Buddha!"
The Jade Emperor took a light breath when he heard this, he never expected that it was just a matter of learning scriptures from the Western Heavens, and it would attract the attention of the three powerful people.
"What do you know, tell me quickly!" the Jade Emperor urged, this matter was so involved that the Jade Emperor had to pay attention to it.
"Back to Your Majesty, this matter has a great origin, the old minister can only tell according to what he knows, and for other things, please forgive the old minister for the crime of not knowing!"
"It's okay, Lao Jun can say whatever he knows!" the Jade Emperor waved his hand.
"The Pangu God opened the heavens and the earth, and the heavens and the earth began to divide, and a group of giant beasts were born at that time, that is, the earliest group of ancestor-level figures of the demon clan today. In the subsequent Hongmeng era, the demon court first appeared and commanded the great wilderness. Lao Jun mentioned antiquity.
"Nuwa Niangniang and Lao Chenshi were born in chaos and preached for holiness, and they are innate saints. The origin of Amitabha Buddha is mysterious, and the roots are extremely difficult to find. As for Zhen Yuanzi Daxian, he was also born in the chaos of the Open Heaven Period, and mastered the Heavenly Book of Heaven and Earth Fetal Membrane. ”
In the era of the Great Wilderness in later generations, the powerful man of the Wu clan chased the tenth son of Di Jun, the lord of the demon court, and was designed to kill him. The powerful Dayi of the Wu clan was furious, and shot nine arrows in a row to kill the nine highnesses of the Demon Court, which angered Emperor Jun, and the Lich War broke out.
"On the eve of the fall of the Demon Court, Amitabha Buddha invited Shizun and Nuwa Niangniang to have a secret conversation in the Hongmeng Origin Realm, and finally the three of them broke up unhappily. The fall of the demon court, Nuwa Niangniang watched coldly, sat and watched her own Taoist system fall, and after the fall of the demon court, Shizun established the heavenly court. ”
The demon court was destroyed, and the human race in the great wilderness began to rise, but the remnants of the Wu clan were dissatisfied, so a war broke out between the Wu clan's Chiyou and the human emperor Yellow Emperor, and finally Chiyou was destroyed and the Yellow Emperor won.
Later, the great witch of the Wu clan, Xingtian, was dissatisfied with the heavenly court's interference in the battle of the deer in the world, and angrily hit the heavenly court, and finally Xingtian killed the emperor Shaohao.
"The fall of the demon court and the rise of the human race are the fixed number of heaven, and the reason why Nuwa Niangniang is watching coldly is because she does not want to be contaminated with cause and effect, or in other words, the fall of the demon court and the decline of the demon clan are the calamity of Nuwa Niangniang!"
"Nuwa Niangniang's calamity, but what does this have to do with Hongjun Ancestor and Amitabha?" the Jade Emperor asked suspiciously.
"The Heavenly Dao is fixed, even the saints who control the laws of the Great Dao can't escape, the old minister can't help but think of the words of the Buddha of Chan Zen, in front of the Heavenly Dao, all living beings are equal. Heaven is not benevolent, and all things are used as dogs. This is the real avenue!" Lao Jun sighed.
"According to Lao Jun's statement, then since the Demon Court is blocking the robbery for Nuwa Niangniang, is it true that my Heavenly Court will also block the robbery for the Hongjun Ancestor?" the Jade Emperor looked unkind, stared at Lao Jun and asked.
Lao Jun didn't panic, but said with a smile, "Your Majesty don't worry, my master's calamity has been resolved in the ancient era, Your Majesty can rest easy." ”
"What does Lao Jun mean is that the death of Emperor Shaohao is to prevent the catastrophe of Hongjun Ancestor?" When the Jade Emperor said this, he was taken aback, the dignified Emperor of Heaven, the person who commanded the ancient heavenly court, actually made a wedding dress for others to resist the catastrophe.
"Alas," Lao Jun sighed softly, "This is also a matter of last resort, otherwise, how can Your Majesty sit in the position of the Jade Emperor of the Heavenly Court and become the co-master of the Three Realms?"
"Hongjun Ancestor is really calculating! I really admire!" the Jade Emperor said in a deep voice, obviously being put on such a scene by Hongjun Ancestor.
"The old minister didn't want to mention this matter to His Majesty, because he was afraid that His Majesty would think of him. The calamity of the master can be said to be unresolved, so the master left this world after the end of the gods. Come and avoid the catastrophe!"
"Do you mean that Shao Hao didn't stop the Hongjun Ancestor from the robbery?" said the Jade Emperor with some puzzlement.
"The power of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, everything has a fixed number, how can this be so easily dissolved? The Master does not want his Dao system to be implicated, so he transcends this realm. Lao Jun explained for the Jade Emperor.
"This matter is very important, Lao Jun should not coax me! If this is the case, if my Heavenly Court is destroyed, Lao Jun will not be able to escape the punishment of the laws of heaven and earth!" the Jade Emperor warned.
Lao Jun smiled helplessly, "Your Majesty, how can the old minister not know the stakes? The old minister is willing to use the power of his own Dao Fruit to assure His Majesty that my master will never use the Heavenly Court to block the robbery for himself!"
"And the destruction of the demon court is not to prevent Nuwa Niangniang from the catastrophe, everything is determined by heaven, Nuwa Niangniang does not interfere in the battle of the lich, but also to avoid the cause and effect. Lao Jun spoke.
"Then what is the game between the three powerful men in your mouth, Lao Jun?" The Jade Emperor was not entangled in this matter, and asked about the game of the three powerful men.
"After the Heavenly Dao is fixed, it is the qi of good fortune, and the three powerful ones are already beyond this realm, although they can't compete with the Heavenly Dao number, but as long as they don't rush into the game to contaminate cause and effect, the three powerful ones can sit and watch the heavens and all worlds wither!"
"After the fall of the Demon Court, the blessing of fate was obtained by the master of the old minister, so there was the rise of the human race and the establishment of the Heavenly Court. ”
"After that, the gods were calamitized, because Lao Chen and others fought for the stability of their respective Taoist systems, and there were killings and robberies everywhere in the gods! Therefore, Nuwa Niangniang did not let the people of her demon clan participate in this matter, once it was contaminated with cause and effect, it would be even more troublesome for the demon clan!"
"When the master was still in this realm, he suspected that the leader of the Western religion was the leader of the Taoist who was incarnated by Amitabha Buddha, in order to fight for the benefits of his Buddhism and snatch the blessing of the gods after a catastrophe!"
Later, this was indeed the case, and the Western religion prospered with the help of the gods, and Buddhism rose. The Taoist tradition has been passed down to the present day. ”
But now that Xuanzang is traveling west to learn scriptures, the old minister finds that this matter is too strange. The matter of learning scriptures is the formation of Buddhism catalyze, and the mission of the four major states, now it seems that the matter of learning scriptures is the beginning of the catastrophe of the heavenly path of the journey to the west!" Lao Jun said about the present world.
"I still don't understand the game between the three saints that Lao Jun said. "The Jade Emperor said.
"Your Majesty, let's put it this way, the fall of the Demon Court and the rise of the human race and the Heavenly Court are the games of the old minister and the Nuwa Niangniang for the sake of the good fortune after the calamity; Speaking of this, Lao Jun stopped.
"Then I understand. The Jade Emperor seems to understand the relationship, "This Xuanzang's journey to the west to learn scriptures is a game between Nuwa Niangniang and Buddhism Amitabha!"
"Your Majesty Shengming!" Lao Jun said, "Nuwa Niangniang's demon clan has fallen so far, and it is time to rise, otherwise why would the Five Saints of the Demon Court be born in this era, and the Demon Ancestor Rahu's escape from the predicament is even more strange, isn't it?"
"In this way, my Heavenly Court can watch this matter from the wall, and my Heavenly Court's relationship with Buddhism has deteriorated because of the study of scriptures, and it has indirectly helped Nuwa Niangniang?"
"This matter is very involved, Your Majesty still has to make plans as soon as possible, after all, the last tribulation of this Heavenly Dao Tribulation, there are too many variables, and no one dares to guarantee that they will be able to reap the benefits of the fisherman!" Lao Jun reminded.
The Jade Emperor nodded, and the battle between the three powerful ones for the Qi of Fortune was felt. There are many variables in the end of the Journey to the West, the demons, the demon clan, and the immortals and Buddhas, and no one dares to guarantee that they are the last to laugh.
With today's conversation in Jade Lingtian, the atmosphere and situation between the Three Realms instantly became complicated.