Chapter 37 The Old Monk of Sorrow

As soon as the words fell, they each held the weapon in their hands, waving it to fight Wukong, Wukong was not afraid when he saw this, raised his stick to greet him, and sneered: "Don't think that the two venerable ones in front of the Buddha's throne are afraid of you, this great sage goes to heaven and earth, rampant in the world, and only behaves more respectfully in front of my master and the Buddha, who else is afraid of?"

Just when the two sides were in close contact, Sun Wukong's stick suddenly penetrated the bodies of the two Venerables, without the slightest hindrance, the monkey only felt the wind up and down the body, creepy, just when I didn't know what to do, the two Venerables rushed over from behind, menacing, the monkey couldn't help but be taken aback, hurriedly turned around to block, but this time it hit the ground, the force was more than tens of thousands of catties, and his body was knocked out of a few zhang away, before he could stabilize his body.

The monkey held the stick in one hand, and was shocked, thinking about how this trick could be compared to the iron fan princess who was under the spell of the spirit fox, and turned into a guinea pig and was attacked by the resentful spirit of the jade-faced princess.

Thinking of this, although Wukong tried his best to keep a distance from the two Venerables with his body like electricity, with an afterimage, he could never stand the left and right attacks of the two Venerables.

This is definitely not a crime of war, so annoyed that the monkey's heart is on fire, and he jumps like thunder, but he scratches his ears and cheeks, and he can't help it, just when he is full of chagrin, a faint voice suddenly comes from behind, reminding: "Wukong, these are tangible and intangible evil spirits, it is absolutely not enough to fight with strength, maybe you can get some effect by attacking with fire." ”

When it was really a word to wake up the person in the dream, the monkey knew that it was the master who was reminding himself, and his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he immediately pulled out the diamond plug that blocked the burning stick, and slashed half an arc in the air, facing the Venerable Manjushri who came from the sword, the evil thing didn't know the power of this burning stick, and wanted to pass this blow, he could go around behind Wukong, give him a hard blow, and end the battle.

However, although his idea was good, just as the Ruyi Golden Hoop Rod was handed to his chest, a ray of pure white scorching fire suddenly bloomed, igniting his dark and ethereal body. The evil creature looked down in disbelief at his body that had been ignited by the flames, only to feel that his whole body and mind were being violently burned by the flames, and he suddenly fell to his knees in the dust, hissing in pain with his expression in pain, and then rolled on the spot, his entire huge body scattered, turning into thirty-six black smoke and fleeing in all directions in panic.

However, the flames of the Samadhi True Fire still burned fiercely, burning the thirty-six black smoke into the sky and the earth, with nowhere to stay, and suddenly turned into thirty-six monks in single clothes, howling and cursing helplessly, until finally they burned alive into thirty-six black skeletons, which were swallowed up by the billowing flames, turned into countless ashes and disappeared into the void.

Seeing his companion being engulfed in flames, Venerable Fuxian was furious, his face was hideous, and he wanted to cast a spell to save him, but he was afraid of burning himself, so he had to roar viciously a few times, glanced at Sun Wukong, and immediately turned into several black smokes, and flew towards the top of the tower crying all the way.

Seeing that these two evil creatures were finally defeated, the monkey breathed a sigh of relief, and hugged his fist behind him with gratitude: "Master, you are really talented, thanks to your mention this time, otherwise my old grandson would have to be beaten by these two evil spirits all over the ground to find teeth, but the evil spirits have such a power when they reach the sixth layer, but they don't know how to defy the sky when they reach the top of the tower, and ask the master to stay on the sixth floor for a while, if my old grandson does not come back after half an hour, Master Wanwang will put his own safety first, and go downstairs by himself." ”

Sanzang sighed when he heard this, shrugged his shoulders and said: "Wukong, the tower gate on the first floor has been closed, even if the teacher goes downstairs, he may not be able to get out, besides, you didn't see those people who escaped from the tower gate, and they were chased by the evil spirits and died on the road. But you don't have to be too pessimistic, just delay the time until Bajie invites the old fox Manjushri to the city, and you will definitely be able to destroy this evil spirit. ”

Wukong couldn't help nodding when he heard this, and only lamented in his heart, Master, having said that, it's just that the resentment of the evil spirits is too strong, and even if Manjushri comes, he may not be able to win.

But now, the monkey had to take a heavy breath, raised his feet and rushed up the stairs, his heart was sad, his steps were heavy, and every step seemed to be closer to the ghost gate, quite a sad mood that the strong man would never return.

However, after all, it was only a few dozen steps, and no matter how slow the footsteps were, it only took a moment to reach the top of the building. The moment he stepped into the top of the tower, the monkey was attracted by the scenery in front of him, and saw a cylindrical shrine in the middle of the room, on which was placed a jade plate, and in the plate was placed a black and translucent bead, the size of an egg.

Next to the shrine, there stood an old man with white hair and wearing a green cloth monk's robe, with nine incense scars on his head, it seemed that he should be a monk, only to see him standing with a long body, his eyes full of sadness, and he looked at the black beads on the plate in a daze with infinite infatuation and sorrow.

Seeing the monkey breaking into the door, the old monk turned around, with a hint of doubt and surprise in his eyes, and bowed deeply to the monkey and said: "Oh, this benefactor, it's a pity that in the past two hundred years, no one has really been able to reach the top of my seven-story pagoda. ”

The monkey has been very difficult and dangerous along the way, and he has been thinking about what kind of fierce god and evil guardian he will encounter at the top of the tower, but he never expected that it would be such a kind-looking old monk, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and waved his hand and said: "Old monk, you are so funny, since you are guarding here, how do you not know the real reason why no one has been on the tower for two hundred years, don't you know that the first floor of the pagoda has already been full of corpses and has become Shura Purgatory?"

As soon as the words came out, the sadness on the old monk's face deepened, his face was ashamed, and he sighed faintly: "The Venerable Sect has taught me that the old man, as their abbot, how can he not know the truth of this matter, in the past two hundred years, we have indeed done too many killings and too many evil things, but who knows that we are also involuntary and difficult to control ourselves?"

"Just because two hundred years ago, His Majesty the King wronged the Buddhas of our Famen Temple for stealing the Buddha treasures on the top of the tower, not only punished us with poison, persecuted and tortured us day and night, and finally burned the bodies of our remaining 73 Buddhas and those companions who were mutilated to death with fire. ”

"This kind of resentment has gathered the resentment and resentment of hundreds of wronged souls who died in vain, condensed into this black resentment relic, and turned us into the most ferocious and violent evil spirit in the world. ”

"Although it is a deep revenge, such grievances are not understood by the people, who think that we are evil spirits who have killed their lords, and have tried every possible means to find monks who have great virtues to come to crusade against us, and we are unhappy and rise up to resist, not only killing the monks who came to crusade, but also inevitably taking their hatred out on the innocent people, relying on the demagogic ability of the relics of resentment, luring pedestrians into the tower, killing lives, in order to vent the dissatisfaction in our hearts. ”

"As we kill more and more innocent creatures, the resentment is too deep, the resentment is too strong, and the power of the relics of resentment becomes more and more powerful, and gradually it is not controlled by us, but it can control our emotions, so that we have the desire to kill for no reason, and become more and more irritable, bloodthirsty, and really unjust. ”

Listening to the old monk's pitiful words, the monkey couldn't stop sighing and nodding, and comforted him kindly: "Listening to what you say, you are also a poor person, since this is the case, but I don't know how to resolve this relic of resentment?"

The old monk sighed heavily, shook his head and said: "This is indeed a big problem, if you want to eliminate this relic, it is nothing more than to resolve the resentment in our hearts, and there is no other way." But I have been holding grudges for a long time, and I have been controlled by them, killing people and killing people, and building too deep a karma, so how easy is it to resolve them in a short period of time?"

As soon as the words came out, Sun Wukong laughed, shrugged his shoulders leisurely and said: "You monk is really pedantic, you have grievances, only find out the mastermind behind the scenes, but you are still here to kill people and bewitch sentient beings, isn't it too biased?"

The old monk's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said again and again: "What His Holiness said is extremely true, but the difficulty that the old monk said lies in this, so that His Holiness can know who is the person who stole the Buddha's treasure?"

The monkey smiled slightly when he heard this, and said with a determined face: "This is not difficult for my grandson, listen to the old man of the land, the real mastermind behind the theft of the Buddha treasure is the nine-headed horse and nine-headed insect in the blue wave pool of the rocky mountain three thousand miles away?"