Chapter Twenty-Three: The Old Days

Looking at Ao Lie, Sha Wujing straightened the robe on his body and said, "This is a long story. As far as I know, when I was still the Heavenly Court Roller Shutter General, the Quicksand River was crystal clear at that time, and it was not as turbid as it is now. ”

Ao Lie nodded, five hundred years ago, when his senior brother Sha Wujing had not been demoted to the lower realm, the quicksand river was full of vitality and spiritual energy. But after he was demoted to the eagle and sorrowful, he didn't know what the quicksand river looked like.

"The source of the quicksand river, as you said, is eight hundred quicksand realms, three thousand weak water depths. The reason why you say this is that you should know the source of the quicksand river. Sha Wujing said.

Ao Lie nodded and said with a smile, "The source of this quicksand river is related to the Jade Emperor's nephew, Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun." Back then, His Majesty's sister Enchantress and Nether mortal Yang Tianyou became a couple and gave birth to Yang Jian, Yang Jiao, and Yang Chan. Later, the Jade Emperor was furious and sent the heavenly soldiers to kill three people in the lower realm, and the weak water in the heavenly realm was unbearable and lonely, and broke the embankment into the lower realm. ”

Sha Wujing nodded, this matter of Yao Ji back then. He is also the general of the rolling shutter in the heavenly court. The second senior brother Zhu Bajie is also the generalissimo of the Tianhe Water Army. Because of Yaoji's incident, the weak water broke the embankment and entered the Nether, and the lives of the Three Realms were devastated.

"When the weak water was withdrawn to the Heavenly Court, there was a wisp of weak water flowing into this quicksand river. As an aquarine, you should know the power of weak water, thousands of weak water, and the vitality will be extinguished. That's why the quicksand river of the year has become what it is now, with no grass growing and a desolate radius of hundreds of miles. Sha Wujing folded his hands and said.

Only then did Ao Lie understand why in the description of this quicksand river, there were goose feathers that could not float, and the reed flowers were fixed and sunk. The lifelessness in weak water has existed since ancient times. Now there is a weak source of water in this quicksand river, which is what it is like now.

"But Senior Brother, Senior Brother still doesn't understand. Why is this quicksand river not under the jurisdiction of my dragon clan, but after you go to the lower realm, you choose this quicksand river to settle down?" Ao Lie asked again.

Even if the vitality of the quicksand river is extinguished, in the final analysis, it should be under the jurisdiction of the dragon clan, how could his senior brother choose this quicksand river to settle down?

"In fact, back then, this quicksand river was a dragon. He stirred up trouble in this place, and disturbed the peace of the people on one side. At that time, I was degraded for breaking the glass cup by mistake, and there was nowhere to live after the nether realm. Sha Wujing said slowly.

Ao Lie understood that there was originally a dragon in this quicksand river, although the dragon and the dragon clan would have some connection. But with the pride of the dragon clan, they will definitely not recognize Jiaolong's status, plus the senior brother was demoted to the lower realm, this quicksand river is a dead land, the dragon clan does not want to waste time in this dead land, and his senior brother occupies the quicksand river, and the dragon clan will turn a blind eye and not ask about the quicksand river.

"Alas," Ao Lie sighed, hugging for Sha Wujing, "I don't understand, senior brother, you are an immortal in the heavenly court, a rolling curtain general who can fight well, just because of a glass cup, the Jade Emperor will degrade you to the lower realm, is he old and confused?"

Sha Wujing picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said freely, "Actually, the fact that my second senior brother and I were demoted to the lower realm was just another arrangement by His Majesty. ”

"Oh?" Ao Lie raised his eyebrows and asked, "Senior brother, there is another secret in this?"

Sha Wujing nodded lightly and did not speak.

When Ao Lie saw Sha Wujing like this, he immediately became enthusiastic, and hurriedly said, "I also have a lot of doubts about learning scriptures, but junior brother, I am not an immortal in the heavenly court after all, and I know very little, so I ask my senior brother to solve my doubts today." ”

Sha Wujing shook his head, "This matter is very important, there are many involved, and the less you know, the better." You don't have to ask about that. ”

"No, I can't. Ao Lie stood up with a snort, "If you don't say it, I will go to the master to complain, saying that you broke your vows and drank." Committed a Buddhist taboo!"

"Uh-" Wujing was stunned for a moment, then blushed and said, "This wine, this wine was brought by you, and you persuaded me to drink it, if you say that you break the vows, you will break the vows first!"

Ao Lie clasped his hands in front of his chest and said proudly, "If I let you drink it, you will drink it, don't you know that you have now converted to Buddhism?

Wujing was suddenly choked by these words, the wine was obviously brought by Xiao Bailong, and he persuaded himself to drink it. Now he says that he is not firm and greedy for wine, what is this called!

"If I don't tell the truth, then tell me about this Western Heaven Scripture, I want to know how many people are involved here, and why my relationship with the four seas will deteriorate rapidly after this experience. Ao Lie asked seriously.

Recently, Ao Lie has always been restless, before learning the scriptures, on the way to learn the scriptures, he has never had this feeling. Before learning from the scriptures, the relationship between the four seas had never been so bad as it is now, just like when the four seas sent troops to Daze at the same time, there was never such a situation of detachment from Germany as it is now.

Now that the scriptures have ended, it seems that he has infinite scenery, and he has been named the Eight Heavenly Dragons by the West Heaven, and he is a Guangli Bodhisattva. seems to be beautiful, but Ao Lie knows very well in his heart that he has been tied to the same boat as Xitian.

But as soon as this study ended, Xitian and Heavenly Court argued endlessly over the issue of sealing several of their own people, and even Taishang Laojun, who had never made a move for thousands of years, would come to Lingshan, and then made a big fuss about Lingshan. In the end, not only why, Xitian made concessions and wore two legal statements one after another.

Ao Lie thought that this matter would be over, but as soon as he returned to Xihai, he was told by his father that the original agreement between the four seas had withdrawn the situation of mutual supervision between the four seas, and the Xihai and Donghai even took out old things and did not hesitate to go to war, and the princess of all saints moved the idea of marrying her again. It seems that with the successful conclusion of the study of scriptures in the west, the originally peaceful situation was broken in an instant, and even the most intimate relationship such as the four seas was involved.

Today, his senior brother's words show that the matter of learning scriptures is by no means simple, and there are many involved, and there are already two realms in the Three Realms because of the matter of learning scriptures. If the Heavens and Ten Thousand Worlds broke the originally peaceful situation because of this incident, the balance of the Three Realms would be broken in an instant!

Seeing Ao Lie's repeated insistence, Sha Wujing sighed and said, "Alas, do you really want to know? You have to understand that the more you know about this matter, the more unfavorable it will be for you!"

Ao Lie nodded seriously, "I have to know, the four seas are secretly turbulent now, I have to know why?"

"Well, since you keep insisting, then I'll tell you what I know. Seeing Ao Lie's repeated insistence, Sha Wujing simply compromised, after all, this is his brother, if there is any accident in the future, he will definitely not be able to pass this hurdle in his heart.

"Actually, I was demoted to the lower realm, not because I was guilty of breaking the glass cup, this is just an excuse for the gods of the heavenly court, in fact, my demotion to the lower realm was arranged by His Majesty!" Sha Wujing said.

"The Jade Emperor's arrangement, why is this?" Ao Lie exclaimed.

"I don't know the specifics, but when His Majesty suddenly summoned me and told me that I wanted to help the Nether Eastern Tang Dynasty monk Sanzang Master learn scriptures from the West Heaven five hundred years later, Your Majesty decreed, I didn't dare to disrespect, so there was a fact that I broke the glass cup and was degraded. Sha Wujing said calmly.

"Wait, Senior Brother, are you saying that you were demoted five hundred years ago, and Master learned the scriptures five hundred years later?" Ao Lie asked suddenly.

Sha Wujing nodded and said, "Yes, when I was demoted, it happened to be after Senior Brother made trouble in the Heavenly Palace. At that time, the senior brother was suppressed by the Buddha at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, and at that celebration, the second senior brother was cut off from the top of the three flowers because he was drunk and teased Chang'e, and was relegated to the lower realm, and it didn't take long for His Majesty to summon me. Then you'll find out what happened. ”

Listening to Sha Wujing's words, Ao Lie's heart was shocked, because according to the calculation of time, it was five hundred years ago that he was convicted and demoted!

"Senior brother, I have something to say. Ao Lie straightened his posture and said seriously, "Back then, I was convicted and demoted to the Eagle Sorrow Stream five hundred years ago, and the time was not long after the senior brother was suppressed!"

Sha Wujing heard this, and said cautiously, "Don't delve into this matter, that's all I can tell you, I don't know more." ”

Listening to Sha Wujing's advice, Ao Lie couldn't calm down in his heart for a long time. Why did the three of his brothers and sisters all be punished five hundred years ago, and five hundred years later, they were successively instructed by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the Tang monks of Baodong went to the west to learn scriptures.

If this is a coincidence, it is too much of a coincidence! The senior brother made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace and was suppressed in the Five Elements Mountain, the second senior brother was drunk and molested Chang'e and was demoted, the third senior brother was convicted of breaking the glass cup by mistake, and he was punished for accidentally burning the pearl of the imperial night. And five hundred years later, the three of them were instructed by Guanyin Bodhisattva to learn from the scriptures, and all of this seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand!

"Senior brother, these things are too much of a coincidence, isn't it?Is there someone behind the scenes?" Ao Lie asked uncertainly.

Sha Wujing closed his eyes, shook his head, and motioned for Ao Lie to stop talking.

"Senior brother, in fact, it is a coincidence that I came to you today. Ao Lie poured himself a glass of wine, "I have been out before, and I have not returned to the West Sea, but when I return to the West Sea today, I find that the originally harmonious relationship between our dragon clan has now broken down. ”

"Actually, I understand that my uncle is bent on revitalizing my dragon clan, and the other three seas are also very supportive of this. Among the four seas, my uncle has the best relationship with my father, my third uncle has the weakest temperament, and the fourth uncle has the most radical temper. Now, because of what happened to me back then, my uncle and my father want to go to war against the North Sea! I don't understand why the dragons, who were originally in harmony with each other, have become like this. ”

Sha Wujing opened his eyes, stared at Ao Lie and said, "The conflict between your dragon clan, senior brother shouldn't have interfered. But Senior Brother wants to advise you, the root of this matter lies with you, and how to deal with it depends on your heart. ”

Ao Lie savored Sha Wujing's words, and had a result in his heart. Hug his fists and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for your advice." Come on, drink, drink. ”

In the underworld, the underworld operates as usual. King Qin Guang had leopard eyes and a lion nose, a long beard, a square crown on his head, and a wat in his right hand on his chest, sitting on the seat of the Yama Palace, looking at the ghosts coming and going, with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

All living beings, which one is not under the control of my Hades? I let him die on the third watch, who can keep him until the fifth watch? In this underworld, this king is the first of the ten halls of Yama, which one is not satisfied? Which one is not respected?

Just as King Qin Guang was in reverie, a ghost messenger trotted in, knelt on the ground and said.

"King Qiqi, the king of Taishan Mansion is invited, saying that there is something important to discuss with the king!"