By the time the gods rushed to the Flaming Mountain, the Flaming Mountain had already existed in name only.

Within a radius of 100 miles, it turned into a scorched earth, and wisps of black smoke filled the air.

The ground is covered with large and small potholes and ravines, which fully demonstrate what is called landslide and ground cracking.

The once-scorching air is also slowly starting to cool.

"Shangxian, those demon dragons should all be destroyed."

Sun Wukong made a big round, and then flew back to find Gu Ming and said a word.

"Well, it should be gone...... Gu Ming nodded, and said: "But the most important thing now is to see if the space passage has been destroyed, otherwise, they will continue to invade." ”

"Okay, I'll take a closer look."

"Split up."

Gu Ming responded, and then used all his strength to observe the movements around him.

With his current strength, he can use his full discernment, and the wind and grass within a radius of dozens of miles cannot hide his perception.

At the same time, Zhu Bajie, Sha Seng, Bull Demon King, Iron Fan Princess and others also searched around to see if there were any fish that had slipped through the net, and whether the space channel still existed.

"I didn't expect that the catastrophe of Tang Seng and his apprentices would make such a big move."

In the sky, a group of gods and Buddhas began to talk to each other.

"Yes, I destroyed all the Flame Mountain."

"But that's fine, the area is back to life."

"Amitabha, merit is immeasurable......"

Gu Ming knew that someone in the sky was secretly paying attention, but he pretended not to know, and worked with Sun Wukong and others to clean up the mess.

After almost two days, more than a dozen dying demon dragons were found in some deep pits.

I don't have to say it, just kill it.

It was confirmed repeatedly that the spatial passage was located in the center of the original Flame Mountain.

However, it has now become a large area of subsidence, the deepest of which is almost 100 zhang in diameter and 1,000 zhang deep.

I think this pit is the former spatial passage.

But now, the fluctuations in the space can no longer be sensed, and it has become a huge sinkhole.

"Alright, it's okay!"

"Now we can continue westward."

"Thank you, thank you......" The Bull Demon King hugged his fists and thanked Gu Ming and his party.

Princess Iron Fan and Princess Jade Face also stepped forward to thank Yingyingfu.

"Brother Niu is polite, and the two husbands are polite."

"Brother Niu, my grandson is going to escort Master on the road......"

So, the group continued westward.

The rest of the journey was much smoother, and I barely encountered any monsters or anything like that.

Before I knew it, I came to the territory of the festival country.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the royal city, I saw people standing on both sides of the street, waving at the Tang monks and apprentices, or saluting.

Zhu Bajie couldn't help but perk up, his eyes looked at the woman in the crowd, and at the same time couldn't help but say, "I didn't expect us to be so popular with the people?" ”

Sha Seng was puzzled: "These people know that we are coming? ”

"Maybe they heard the news......"

At this time, Gu Ming subconsciously glanced at the tallest building in the city: a tall tower.

It is a pagoda in the most famous temple in the country, "Geimkoji".

The reason why it is called Jinguang Temple is because there is a relic left by a monk on the top of this pagoda, which emits golden light all the year round, so that the entire city of the king of the cold is shrouded in golden light.

The people believed that the golden light of the relics was the light of the gods, which could bless the sacrificial country.

Therefore, this relic was regarded as a national treasure by the royal palace and the people.

But now, Gu Ming looked up and saw that the tower was not shining.

That means that most of the relics were stolen. According to the original plot, it was the nine-headed insect that stole the relics from the rocky mountains and blue waves in the Saisai country.

The nine-headed insect, in fact, is a bird, called the nine-headed bird, and is the son-in-law of the Ten Thousand Saints Dragon King of Bibotan.

In order to find out about this matter, Gu Ming couldn't help but whisper to Tang Seng: "Elder Tang, have you seen that tower?" That's a stupa, there must be a temple there, why don't we go to that temple and rest. ”

"It's fine."

Tang Seng nodded.

The group was about to go to the Golden Light Temple when a team of guards suddenly walked over.

The leader bowed to Tang Seng, and then asked, "May I ask if the holy monk is a Sanzang master from the Tang Dynasty in the Eastern Soil?" ”

"Amitabha Buddha is a poor monk."

"Great, the king has an order, let me wait to welcome the holy monk and his party into the palace, saying that I want to pay homage to the holy monk."

In this way, Tang Seng couldn't ask for it.

After all, even if the king didn't invite him, he still had to go to the palace to change Guan Wen.

So, the group was led by the guards to the royal palace in the middle of the city.

Compared with the Tang Dynasty, the royal palaces of the countries of Xiniu Hezhou seem magnificent, but in terms of scale and momentum, they cannot be compared with the Tang Imperial Palace.

Not to mention the royal palace, even the royal palace is larger than the royal palace of these small countries.

After all, Xiniu Hezhou is vast and sparsely populated, and most of these small countries are one city and one country, and the population of the kingdom accounts for almost half of the country's population.

After entering the palace, the king and queen were waiting outside the main hall with a group of ministers.

"Welcome to the Holy Monk!"

"Welcome to the Sacrificial Country!"

As soon as Tang Seng and his entourage appeared, the king led people to greet him.

"Hehe, let's let go of eating and drinking again."

As soon as he saw this battle, Zhu Bajie began to drool again.

This guy has too many problems, slanderous, lazy and lustful......

When he entered the palace, his eyes were dripping, and he looked at the palace maids, and now he thought of eating them again.

Tang Seng heard a lot, and he didn't bother with this guy, walked quickly to the king, and returned the salute: "Amitabha, poor monk Xuanzang, I have seen His Majesty the King, and I have seen the queen's mother." ”

Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Seng also stepped forward to salute.

"In Xia Gu Ming, I have seen Your Majesty and Niangniang."

Gu Ming was not rude, and he saluted.

"Oh? You are Gu Ming, the national teacher of the Tang Dynasty? I have admired the name for a long time, quick, please enter the temple quickly. ”

With a look of surprise, the king raised his hand to beckon Gu Ming and his party into the hall.

"Hearing that the holy monk and his party had arrived in the royal city, the king ordered someone to prepare a banquet in advance...... Everyone, take your seats. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The group sat cross-legged at the table.

Zhu Bajie couldn't wait, holding fruit in one hand and pastries in the other, eating happily.

He doesn't care if others laugh or not.

For Zhu Bajie, face is never as important as belly.

As soon as the king said a few kind words, the food on Zhu Bajie's table had been wiped out......

"Senior Brother Sha, don't you eat? Then give it all to the old pigs......"

The king couldn't help but glance at the queen, and then said happily: "I'm sorry, I didn't prepare well, I didn't prepare well, come here, prepare more food and fruits for that elder." ”

"Yes!"

The palace maid answered.

Soon, a few palace maids came over with a lot of fruits and pastries.

Tang Seng sighed, and smiled bitterly at the king: "Let Your Majesty see it, the second disciple of the poor monk has always been able to eat, and one person can eat ten people, so ......"

"Hahaha, out of the way, out of the way!" The king waved his hand and said, "Speaking of which, this time I would like to thank you for helping to extinguish the fire in the Flaming Mountain.

In this way, it is very convenient for the people of our sacrifice country.

After that, the people will be able to cross the Flaming Mountains and travel to some countries to the east to trade goods......"

The king first expressed his gratitude, and then the tone of conversation changed, and proposed to let Tang Seng stay in the cold country for a period of time and give a lecture on Buddhist scriptures to the people in the city.

In addition, I also hope that Gu Ming can teach some Dongtu culture.

Gu Ming naturally couldn't ask for this request. After all, he traveled west with Tang Seng with the purpose of spreading Confucian culture along the way.

Tang Seng hesitated for a while, after all, he had delayed a lot of time along the way.

The queen seemed to have guessed Tang Seng's thoughts, and couldn't help but smile: "Holy monk, the people in the city have been looking forward to hearing that the holy monk is going to the sacrificial country, hoping to hear the teachings of the holy monk.

If the holy monk just left...... The people will be disappointed.

The holy monk is compassionate, can he bear to ignore the ardent hopes of the people? ”

Sure enough, as soon as the queen said this, Tang Seng couldn't refuse, so he responded.

Now, Zhu Bajie is happy.

Because of this stay he was able to eat and drink, and when he woke up, he ate, and he ate...... And I can also find time to go back and spend some time with my daughter-in-law.

Hearing that Tang Seng should come down, the king opened his eyes and smiled: "Great, when I go back, the king will make a courtyard in the palace and let the holy monk and his party live." ”

"There's no need to ...... this," Gu Ming said loudly: "After all, we mainly have to deal with the people, and it is inconvenient to live in the palace.

I heard that there is a Jinguang Temple in the royal city, so it is better to go to the Jinguang Temple with Elder Tang and his party to live temporarily. ”

"To the Golden Light Temple?"

Upon hearing this, the king could not help frowning.

"Is Your Majesty in trouble?"

Tang Seng couldn't help but ask.

From his heart, he naturally wants to live in the temple, after all, the monks still need to do their homework in the morning and evening, how can it be convenient to have a temple in the palace?

"It's not that it's embarrassing, it's mainly ......"

At this, the king couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, the queen took the initiative to explain: "That's the case, this Jinguang Temple is the pride of our sacrifice country.

Thousands of years ago, there was a senior monk in the temple who sat down and left a golden relic.

In order to remember the eminent monk, the king and the monks in the temple decided to build a stupa to worship the relics, and renamed the temple Jinguang Temple.

The relics of the high monks have sheltered our sacrificial country for thousands of years, and the entire royal city, including the outside of the city, can also see the golden light.

Under the shroud of golden light, our sacrificial country can be described as a country of peace and security, which has experienced thousands of years of ups and downs, although there are some small disasters and small difficulties during the period, but fortunately, they have survived.

But what I never expected was that half a year ago, the golden light suddenly disappeared.

The monks in the temple hurriedly sent people to the pagoda to check, and found that the relics enshrined were actually missing......"

"Huh?" Tang Seng was taken aback: "There is such a thing? Could it be that someone stole it? ”

"It's strange here...... the queen sighed and continued to explain the reason: "This relic is the national treasure of our sacrificial country, which has been passed down for thousands of years and has never been lost.

In order to protect the safety of the relics, the monks of Jinguang Temple are guarded in turn around the clock.

Moreover, the royal palace has also sent people to guard it for many years.

Someone had tried to fight the idea of relics before, but they didn't succeed.

After a thousand years, I didn't expect ...... Unexpectedly, something happened during the reign of His Majesty......"

Speaking of this, the queen couldn't help but reddened her eyes and sobbed quietly.

After all, when something like this happens, the king doesn't feel good. For nearly a thousand years, everything has been fine, but when it is his turn to be in office, something will happen, and the people, including the ministers of the DPRK and China, will inevitably have some gossip.

"Queen......

The king sighed and reached out to pat the queen on the shoulder to comfort him.

"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, what are the results of your investigation after that? How exactly was it stolen? ”

Tang Seng couldn't help but ask.

The king shook his head: "After the incident, the king personally led people to investigate, but did not find any traces of spiders.

Thinking about it, under such strict guards, who could steal relics?

I'm afraid that someone is guarding and stealing.

Therefore, the king detained a number of guards, including the monks of Jinguang Temple...... He was also detained in the temple and was not allowed to go out for a single step.

It's just that after nearly half a year of trial, there is still no result......"

Hearing these words, Tang Seng finally understood why it would be difficult for the king to go to Jinguang Temple.

It turned out that the monks in the temple were all under house arrest.

"This ...... Goku, do you think this thing could have been done by youkai? ”

Tang Seng couldn't help but glance at Sun Wukong and asked.

Sun Wukong shook his head: "It's hard to say ...... this"

"Otherwise...... Tang Seng glanced at the king again and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let us go to Jinguang Temple, my disciples are still a little capable."

Also, this Gu Shangxian is even more skilled, maybe we can help His Majesty find the relics. ”

Hearing this, Gu Ming couldn't help frowning.

It's not that he doesn't want to help, but he can't say that.

Wouldn't it be a shame if we didn't find it?

The key is that now the plot has changed subtly, and he can't say whether the nine-headed worm stole the relics.

"Great, thank you holy monk, thank you national teacher!"

The king immediately got up and thanked Tang Seng and Gu Ming.

Well, this job has been done again......

After that, the king sent someone to escort Tang Seng and his entourage to Jinguang Temple.

As soon as I entered, there were about 100 monks standing inside, and when I saw Tang Seng and others entering the temple, they saluted one by one.

Then an old monk with white eyebrows, white beard and white hair came forward and saluted the group: "Amitabha, Lao Gao is the abbot of Jinguang Temple.

Here, on behalf of the monks in the temple, I would like to thank you for your kind words in front of Your Majesty. ”

Tang Seng raised his hand to hold the abbot's hand: "The abbot doesn't have to be polite, everyone is a Buddhist disciple, so we should help each other." ”

"Amitabha, the meditation room has been prepared for you, please come with the old man to ......"

Gu Ming looked around and found that the monks in the temple were all pale and starless, and they had suffered a lot of torture.

After settling down, I subconsciously inquired, only to learn that in order to prevent the monks in the temple from escaping, all the monks except the abbot were wearing shackles.

Just before the group arrived, a guard hurried into the temple to open the shackles for them.

Come to think of it, the king also doesn't want to embarrass Tang Seng.

After all, Tang Seng is also a disciple of Buddhism, and when he sees the monks of Jinguang Temple experiencing such an encounter, he will naturally be dissatisfied.

"Amitabha, everyone has suffered."

Tang Seng let out a long sigh.

"It's nothing, the guards didn't beat us up, they just restricted our movements."

"Abbot, who stole the relic? Do you have any doubters? ”

Tang Seng couldn't help but ask.

The abbot shook his head and said with a wry smile: "This old man really doesn't know. But the old man dared to guarantee with his life, and it was definitely not stolen by the monks in the temple.

They are all devout Buddhist disciples, how could they steal the treasures of this temple? ”

At this time, Gu Ming couldn't help asking: "May I ask the abbot, after discovering that the relics were stolen, are there any monks in the temple who are not there?" ”

"They're all there, none of them have left, and the old man can vouch for this."

The abbot swore an oath.

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