Li Shimin ordered to gather monks from all over the country, and all the senior monks discussed the law in Chang'an, but in the end, the young Xuanzang won the first.

In front of the king of people, Xuanzang debated the true meaning of the Buddha with all the monks in the world, talked eloquently, and all kinds of Buddha scrolls were in his heart.

In the end, ten thousand monks bowed to him, and Li Shimin asked: "Are you willing to receive my will and go to the west to worship the Buddha and seek scriptures?" Xuanzang said: "The poor monks are not talented, and they are willing to follow the work of dogs and horses and seek the true scriptures for Your Majesty." ”

Li Shimin was overjoyed, Li Shimin looked at Xuanzang, he could give up thousands of red dust, he would not care about fame and wealth, what could he do to move him.

After thinking for a moment, Li Shimin stepped forward and took Xuanzang's hand and said, "If the master is willing to seek the true scriptures, I am willing to worship you as a brother." Xuanzang immediately thanked him, and Li Shimin bowed four times with Xuanzang in front of the Buddha, and called him "the holy monk of the royal brother." ”

Xuanzang couldn't thank enough: "Your Majesty, when I go, I will definitely donate my body and work hard until the western sky." If you don't go to the western heavens, you won't be able to follow the scriptures, and you won't dare to return to your country even if you die, and you will fall into hell forever. "Take incense in front of the Buddha and swear by it. Li Shimin was overjoyed, and immediately ordered to return to Luan, waiting for the selection of a good day, and set off to travel.

The next day, Li Shimin set up a dynasty, gathered civil and military, wrote scriptures, used the passage treasure seal, and sent Xuanzang a purple gold bowl.

As for the robe and Zen staff handed over to Guanyin by the lamp, it was already handed over to Xuanzang by Guanyin, holding the Buddha treasure, Tang Seng was about to set off, Li Shimin sent Xuanzang to the city gate, first taught people to pack their bags and horses, and then drank wine with the official holding the pot.

Li Shimin said: "It seems that the Bodhisattva said that the Buddha of the West Heaven has the three treasures of the true scriptures, and the royal brother set out from my Tang Dynasty to get the Western scriptures, so he called the Tang Sanzang?"

Xuanzang thanked him again, and Li Shimin finally couldn't help but ask: "Brother Yu, when can you go back to the West Heaven when you go?"

The monks don't say anything, everyone knows that the West Earth Mountain is high and the road is far away, Tang Sanzang wanted to say that it would take at least ten years to return to the Tang Dynasty, but as soon as the words came out, it became: "As long as it takes three years, go back to the kingdom." ”

Tang Sanzang looked up, he knew that Guanyin Bodhisattva was looking here, Tang Sanzang lowered his head again, as long as he could obtain the true scripture, three Chinese New Year's Eve was actually no different to him.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Shimin advised: "Brother Yu is going, don't forget my brother, don't forget Chang'an." ”

Tang Sanzang nodded, Tang Sanzang turned his head and took one last look at Chang'an, at this time, it was noon, looking from outside the city gate, the entire Chang'an seemed to be shrouded in a golden light.

At this time, he had lived for more than ten years, but after a glance, Tang Sanzang did not look back, even if he knew that there were his own masters at the gate of the city, and his parents and relatives.

Farewell, Chang'an, farewell, homeland.

From then on, I only have one thing in mind to learn from the experience, and no matter what, no matter whether it is rich and glorious, or beautiful flowers, I will never look back!

Never!

After Tang Sanzang left, Li Shimin was still at the gate of the city, looking at Tang Sanzang's distant back.

For three years, I could afford to wait, Li Shimin said in his heart, but what he didn't know was that he couldn't see Tang Sanzang return to Chang'an with the true scriptures until he died.

This farewell is actually a farewell!

So in fact, the Bodhisattva's promise of his transcendence never materialized!

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"The king of people in this world is really not as good as a generation, then Li Shimin is also a generation of virtuous monarchs, but when he is old, he is so unbearable, and the people ask God to ask the Buddha, which is a sign of the decline of the country!" Xuanyuan said with some dissatisfaction in the Huoyun Cave.

"There is a great terror between life and death, you and I can now attain immortality, but if you and I go to the end of Shouyuan, I am afraid that I will also be a little panicked. Shennong said.

"But Your Majesty, you will never bow your head to the idol," Xuanyuan said: "The human race is not an immortal race, it is not an immortal race, where can there be an eternal king, this is the fate of every generation of human kings." ”

"If you have gained, you will give away, and if you are a human king, you must have such an awareness. ”

Shennong and Xuanyuan argued for a moment and then looked at Fu Xi: "What does Your Majesty think?"

"He is not the first king who will act a little mediocre at the end of his life, and naturally he will not be the last," Fu Xi said in a low voice: "Even if you can't live forever, you should give the human race some hope for longevity." ”

"If you have great merit, you can enter the heavenly court as an immortal, so that the emperors of the world will no longer care about the world in vain in their old age. ”

Xuanyuan said: "Although there are human races who can go to the heavens to become immortals, the number of places is too small, and it is really not enough to form a convention. ”

"That's because the ruler of what we are talking about today is not my human race," Fu Xi asked, "Do you think the men we are hiding in the dark may be fighting?"

After the Three Emperors returned to the throne, the Three Human Emperors have been secretly cultivating masters loyal to the human race, and now they have begun to take shape.

"You can fight in the sky, but it's definitely defeated. Regulus replied.

Fu Xi said with a smile: "My human race still has time to plan, and my human race is the protagonist of heaven and earth, so how can I always live only on the earth." ”

Xuanyuan and Shennong said together: "Then my human race still needs allies. ”

"There will be!" Fu Xi affirmed.

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Tang Sanzang came to the Five Elements Mountain, and Sun Wukong asked, "Are you a monk sent by the King of the Eastern Earth to the Western Heaven to learn scriptures?"

Sanzang said: "Exactly, who are you?"

Sun Wukong said: "I am the Monkey King who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago, and I was pressed here by the Buddha just because I committed the sin of being on the throne. The day before yesterday, there was a Guanyin Bodhisattva, who received the Buddha's will and went to the East to find the scriptures. I taught her to save me, and she advised me not to commit murder again, to return to the Dharma, to protect the people who take the scriptures, and to worship the Buddha in the West. Therefore, I was vigilant day and night, just waiting for Master to come and save me. I would like to ensure that you learn from the scriptures and be an apprentice with you. ”

When Sanzang heard this, he was full of joy and said: "Although you have such a kind heart, and you have been taught by the Bodhisattva, you are willing to enter the Shamen, but I have no axe and chisel, how can I save you?"

Sun Wukong said: "On the top of this mountain, there is a golden press post of my Buddha. You only go up and lift up the post, and I will come out. ”

Tang Sanzang then unlocked the seal left by the lamp, and when Tang Sanzang walked away, it could be described as a landslide.

When Tang Sanzang was still frightened, Sun Wukong had already come to Tang Sanzang's horse, Sun Wukong knelt down and said: "The Emperor of Heaven has never made me succumb, but my stone monkey also knows how to repay my kindness." ”

"My stone monkey only worships the master!"

Sun Wukong bowed to Tang Sanzang several times: "Master, you saved me from the mountain, from now on the disciple is willing to follow you all the way west, you live up to me, I live up to you." ”

Tang Sanzang also looked at Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang smiled and helped Sun Wukong up and said, "Okay, in the future, you and I will go together." ”

I am willing to learn from him, even if it is a monkey, he Tang Sanzang is willing to sincerely accept him as a disciple.

At this time, a tiger sprang out next to him, Tang Sanzang was shocked, Sun Wukong raised his hand and the golden hoop stick appeared in his hand, five hundred years later, the golden hoop stick seemed to be eager to kill.

Just beat the tiger to death with a stick, and Sun Wukong took this tiger skin to make a set of clothes.

He won't, at least not wear Monkey King's outfit again, at least not now.

He is now only a disciple of Sanzang.

It was Tang Sanzang who put an end to his torment at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, more than 180,000 days and nights.

He is a sincere apprentice.

Maybe Sun Wukong didn't even realize that his current apprenticeship is no longer about the supremacy of strength.

He's no longer just a monkey after all.