Eight days.

To be honest, time is a bit tight.

After all, Fahai made a lot of promises along the way, and every time he passed a place, when he left, he said that he had learned from the scriptures, and when he returned to Datang and passed by their territory, he would have to pay a visit.

Miscalculated, if I had known this, the road would not have been so delayed.

The time spent on the road can be squeezed out now that I think about it.

It was the Great Sage who saw Master's entanglement, and took a step forward and said, "Master, just sending the scriptures back to the Tang Dynasty is not a success... We still have to come back to Lingshan to debate the scriptures, and after some consummation, it is not too late to fulfill our promises. ”

"Good!"

That's all there is to it.

The great sage pointed to the human seed bag on his waist, and said to Maitreya Buddha: "The Buddha from the east is magnanimous, this human seed bag, let my grandson borrow it for a few more days, and return it to you when I come to Lingshan again." ”

"Hehehehe-" Maitreya Buddha still looked smiling, as if he had never taken this matter to heart, he only said: "Although this bag is mine, it was stolen by Huangmei's rebel... If you have taken it from him, why should you care who the original owner of the bag is... This bag was left in the Great Sage's place, and after the Huang Meier got out of trouble, he personally came to the door to ask for it, and whether he could get it at that time depends on his ability and sincerity... The poor monk never asked about this. ”

Ooh!

The Great Sage raised his eyebrows and said in his heart: This Buddha from the East is really bright.

The world says that its big belly can tolerate it, but it is not empty talk.

The Buddha also spoke, "Sanzang, leave you eight days to observe the scriptures... Is it enough? ”

Fahai was not afraid, and said: "Then please wait and see the Buddha." ”

If it is really a rare scripture, eight days is naturally not enough... But as far as he could, he didn't even plan to read the more than 15,000 volumes of scriptures with words in the past eight days.

First, he knew most of these scriptures, and even if there were some differences between what he knew and the original, the impact was not great; Moreover, in fact, the wordless scriptures at the beginning are really in line with his heart.

There is nothing wrong with learning from others, but more importantly, it is to truly transform what you have learned into your own... Presumably, this is one of the meanings of the wordless scriptures.

Along the way, Fahai did not slack off for a day.

The daily journey is the realization and the summary of the night practice.

In addition, he debated the scriptures with various monks in Tianzhu Kingdom and observed the scriptures of various temples, which benefited him a lot.

When I wanted to go to Lingshan and debate with the Buddhas, I was able to achieve sublimation and transformation... However, since there are still eight days to spare, there is no hurry to do so.

These eight days should be used as time for both sides to prepare.

The monks of Lingshan sent the holy monks back to the east.

Fahai led a few disciples and was not hypocritical, and immediately drove up and soared to the east.

In the hall of the Great Hero.

The Buddha sat on the lotus platform and asked the Bodhisattva: "Originally, the Tang monks and apprentices came to the west, and they had to go through nine hundred and eighty-one difficulties to see sincerity in order to obtain the true scriptures... Now that the westward journey is coming to an end, I don't know if the calamity will ever be consummated? ”

Guanyin Bodhisattva got up and bowed slightly to the Buddha, holding the jade bottle in one hand, making a one-palm Buddha salute with the other, and said slowly: "The suffering of his master and apprentice and the demons along the way has been sufficient, and there are still more than that. ”

The monks in the main hall listened to the words of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and their hearts were dripping.

It turns out that this calamity is calculated in this way, but it is normal to think about it, there are only a few places along the way that can really be said to be a calamity for their master and apprentice... If you really want to make up enough for Sanzang, I am afraid that in this spiritual mountain now, there are more than 30 true Buddhas and Bodhisattvas; As for the remaining thirty or so... but to come out of heaven.

Lingji Bodhisattva, who was hiding in the corner, had a spare time for a while: Fortunately, he didn't dare to make a move back then, otherwise wouldn't it be difficult to count me as a problem?

The Buddha pinched his fingers and said: "The first difficulty of the golden cicada is degraded, the second difficulty is to kill a few fetuses, the third difficulty is to throw the river at the full moon, the fourth difficulty is to find relatives and repay grievances, the fifth difficulty is to go out of the city and meet the tiger, and the sixth difficulty is to fall into the pit... The first six difficulties are quite normal, and they are all his ordinary difficulties. ”

The Bodhisattva thought for a moment and said, "The seventh difficulty... Or is it the robbery of the mountain demon? ”

After the Buddha nodded slightly, he said, "Then the monkey king left the mountain and the bandits surrendered... As for the White Dragon's Affiliation..."

Guanyin Bodhisattva followed the words of the Buddha and said: "Although the little white dragon bows his head and worships, he has not turned into a white horse... But he himself suffered a disaster under the eagle's sorrowful stream, which can be regarded as a difficulty. ”

"Good." The Buddha nodded and said, "The tenth difficulty of the white dragon in the falling stream." ”

"Eleven difficulties for the fox demon in ten thousand caves, twelve difficulties for burning the courtyard, thirteen difficulties for black bears to steal treasures..." It is the two calamities of the poor monks.

The Bodhisattva collected his heart, and then said: "Excessive canopy, yellow wind hurts the eyes, quicksand blocks the way... The soul of the sinking river, the spirit of the ninth generation... It can be counted as five difficulties. ”

The Buddha and the Bodhisattva, you say a word, in fact, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas below are also thinking in their hearts...

Da Ri Rulai interjected at this time: "What about the poor monks? If the poor monks remember correctly, when they passed through Gao Laozhuang and went to Huangfengling, they also passed through Futu Mountain, where I imprisoned..."

The Bodhisattva thought for a while and said, "The Buddha came out of trouble that day, and also gave Sanzang a piece of the Heart Sutra, and even pointed to the Buddha flame of the Great Day, which is clearly an opportunity, how can it be regarded as a disaster?" ... Oh, I almost forgot, when the poor monk first met the Buddha, he also asked the Buddha to stay, but the Buddha turned into a Buddha..."

"Wait!" Da Ri Rulai immediately said: "Since it is an opportunity, the poor monk has nothing to do." ”

After the Great Day came to speak, the Bodhisattva Fuxian also spoke: "The matter of the Buddha on the Great Day is not difficult, I will wait for the manifestation of the lower realm on that day, and I want to try his mortal heart... But it has also turned into an opportunity, and it is not difficult to think about it. ”

"Definitely." Guanyin Bodhisattva disagreed: "It was the ingenious solution of Sanzang, and it was favored by Lao Mu, which was to turn the danger into a disaster... It is difficult to try Zen mindfully. ”

When the Bodhisattva heard this, he said no more.

He just went through the motions that day, and the whole process was a conversation between Lao Mu and Sanzang, and the three of them were in the room, and they didn't even have a chance to play... Lao Mu has been persuaded by Sanzang.

And Lao Mu also gave them an opportunity according to the characteristics of their master and apprentice... The opportunity sent by Lao Mu, there are few in the Three Realms who are not greedy.

Even a few of them, they didn't get any benefits from Lao Mu.

Speaking of chance, they only got the opportunity of Li Shan Laomu with a few masters and apprentices, and then went to Wuzhuang Guanzhong, which originally arranged a dilemma here... But the development of things has long been out of control.

Wuzhuang Guan and his party are naturally not a disaster.

"This twentieth difficulty should be the eight precepts to be refined by white bones... Twenty-one Buddha flames burn Kuisu; Twenty-two difficult treasures like the country to distinguish the Buddha; Twenty-three difficulties in the Pingding Mountain to eliminate demons; Twenty-four difficult to suppress the dragon mountain to subdue the demon..."Speaking of this, the Buddha paused for a moment, and saw that everyone was silent, so he continued: "The twenty-fifth is difficult to save the lord of the black chicken country; The twenty-sixth difficulty is that the green lion was captured; the twenty-seventh difficulty of Manjushri dialectic; The twenty-eighth difficulty bodhisattva enters reincarnation. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen... Manjushri should also take the lessons of the past as a warning. The Buddha's tone was quite serious.

The monks did not dare to slack off.

Counting here, the Buddha didn't count backwards, but said to Guanyin Bodhisattva: "The Bodhisattva will record the difficulties in the future, and then distribute it, and ask the monks of Lingshan to have a copy..."

"Yes." The Bodhisattva nodded and took care of the matter.

......

Moreover, the master and apprentice of Fahai drove the clouds to the east, overlooking the earth from a high altitude, and saw the places he passed all the way when he traveled west, and he felt emotional.

Although Bajie has learned to control the clouds a long time ago, he has basically followed the master step by step along the way, and this kind of experience is also rare, so he was still a little excited for a while: "Master, you see... It is Que Sendai, today I saw the Peacock Daming King Bodhisattva in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, but I never saw the Peacock Princess, and I don't know where she traveled in the world. ”

"Master... Eight hundred miles of thorn ridge has also arrived, look at the swaggering red apricot... It's Xingxian who is greeting us! Bajie exclaimed: "It's broken, it's been discovered... The master also said that when he returned, he would go to the lonely man to drink tea and discuss the scriptures. ”

"It's here, it's here... It's Xiliang Women's Country! The Great Sage turned his fiery eyes, swept down, and suddenly said in surprise: "Master, Queen Xiliang has actually abdicated!" ”

Fahai subconsciously looked down when he heard this, and saw that it was a little girl who commanded the ministers on the throne... The original queen is dressed as the emperor at the moment.

The clouds were very fast, and in the blink of an eye, even Jindou Mountain had already passed, and it had already reached the Tongtian River.

When the master and apprentice looked down at the big river on the clouds, they saw sixteen pairs of children, boys and girls, who were building a water port with the body of a lotus flower, and they inevitably remembered the past events...

Whew-

But at this moment, a black cloud drifted by, blocking everyone's way.

"Master, be careful!"

The Great Sage immediately threw off the golden hoop stick, protected it in front of the master, and pointed at the black cloud with his other hand, shooting out a golden light—

At the same time, he shouted: "What a demon!" ”

Bajie, Wujing and Little White Dragon also summoned their blades one after another and waited for the battle.

Hugh –

The golden light emitted by the fingertips of the Great Sage was directly swallowed by the black clouds, and then several black rays were also reflected in the black clouds, and the target was the cloud that their master and apprentice stepped on.

"Phew! What a guts! ”

The little white dragon silver spear provoked, picking off all the black mangs, and then the spear came out like a dragon, like a silver dragon probing its claws, to stir up the black clouds.

Jingling!

Unexpectedly, when his silver spear struck the black clouds, it was as hard as a golden hoop stick smashed on the senior brother, and it was not at all like ordinary clouds. Then the black cloud conjured up a virtual palm, locking the little white dragon's silver spear, and he couldn't break free for a while.

"Sanzang, is this your way of hospitality?"

Fahai was about to make a move, but a deep voice came from the black clouds.

"Those who hide their heads and show their tails are not guests." Fahai said coldly: "Where did you come from, a demon, who dares to block the way here?" ”

Hmmm-

The black cloud let go of the little white dragon's silver spear, and the little white dragon staggered and paused a few steps back.

"Hahahaha-demon?"

With a burst of wild laughter, the black cloud converged, but it turned into a human form.

Fahai looked at it intently, and saw that the person in front of him was wearing a black monk's robe, but he had long hair and a shawl, and his expression was arrogant and extraordinary.

"You might as well take a closer look with your magic eyes to see where I am." This person is none other than the Great Sage of the Demon Realm.

Fahai and the Great Sage naturally weren't polite to him, but even though they watched Fahai, they watched it for a long time... In the end, I can't see through the other party's true body.

It can be seen that the method is profound, or... This human form is his real body.

"Are you lawless?!"

When Fahai was still puzzled, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and directly revealed the identity of the other party.

"Good eyesight."

Wutian has always been proud, even if Sanzang can't guess it, he will report his name.

Seeing that the other party admitted, the master and apprentice also understood the other party's intentions here.

After Lingyundu this morning, they asked the Buddha about the "Heavenless Demon Ancestor", and the Buddha did not hide it, and told the other party that he wanted to snatch the true scriptures.

Now, the other party really appeared halfway, and the master and apprentice were not polite, and at this time, they had faintly surrounded this Heavenless Demon Ancestor in the middle according to the direction of the five elements.

Just waiting for the master to give an order, they will attack it in groups.

Dealing with the likes of demons, their masters and apprentices have always been non-martial arts, not to mention that they are facing the Great Sage of the Demon Realm who is known as the Demon Ancestor at this moment?

"Do it, why don't you do it?" Wutian put his hands behind his back, as if he didn't take their master to heart at all.

Fahai naturally won't do it, the great sage of the demon world in front of him, although the demonic energy on his body is strong, but Fahai can see it clearly... This is the thought of the Buddha and the devil, and the other party can perfectly control these demonic qi, and will not be affected by these demonic qi.

In this realm, Fahai himself can also do it.

Moreover, Fahai also knew that this great sage of the demon world was the second disciple of the former Buddha Youbrata Buddha and the Kinnara Bodhisattva who had served as the great protector of Lingshan.

So he knew exactly what that meant. Without the support of the absolute profound Dharma, I would have lost myself long ago after entering the demon... Just based on what he saw in front of him, Fahai could be sure that the Dharma cultivation of this Great Sage of the Demon Realm was by no means below him.

And a great bodhisattva with such a Dharma can fall into a demon... The reason for this is even more thought-provoking.

"Although I don't know how the Great Monk left the Demon Realm and entered the Three Realms... But the little monk still has the courage to ask the big monk for advice or two, I don't know what the big monk means here? ”

"Seize the scriptures."

The words are concise and to the point.

"Please forgive the little monk for not obeying his fate." Naturally, Fahai's position is also very firm.

"For example... As long as I can overcome you, I will take the scriptures, and when he dies, I will take over the spiritual mountain. Wutian's long hair covered half of his face, but Fahai saw the corners of the other party's mouth through his hair, "How is it?" Do you feel betrayed by the Buddha? ”

Fahai tightened the nine-ring tin staff in his hand, and his expression became more and more serious: "There is another possibility, that is, the Buddha believes that the strength of the little monk is enough to protect the scriptures." I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the monk. ”

"You're confident." There is no heavenly step forward.

Although it was only one step, after this step, the two were almost face to face.

"The scriptures are here, and the monks should come and grab them."

Bang Bang Bang –

As soon as the words fell, the two fought more than a dozen times in an instant.

Boom –

After a bang, the two of them each took dozens of steps backwards.

The Great Sage was about to help, but seeing that the master was a little more and more excited, he just protected the Dharma on the sidelines and did not take action without permission.