After the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, about 3,600 miles, to the inspection hall, the Jade Emperor's face was slightly nervous, slightly bowed, standing in the main hall, waiting for the assessment once in five hundred years.

This assessment was more than a hundred years later than usual, so the Jade Emperor was even more nervous.

Since the Jade Emperor ascended the throne, every five hundred years to report on his work, not one day late, not one day earlier, this time it is a hundred years late, the Jade Emperor has thousands of guesses in his heart, and he stands in the palace with apprehension, looking at his nose and nose.

Under the middle hall, Lingbao Tianzun and Yuan Shi Tianzun sat under it, but they did not see Yuan Shi Tianzun.

Since the last debriefing, the Jade Emperor has never seen Yuan Shi Tianzun again.

As always, Lingbao Tianzun was the first to make trouble, and threw out several difficult questions one after another, and the Jade Emperor bowed down to answer, not daring to slack off in the slightest.

"The golden cicada has already left for the west?" Lingbao Tianzun, who was on the right, asked lightly.

The Jade Emperor replied respectfully: "According to the return of Shunfeng Ear and Clairvoyance, the golden cicada set off on September 12 of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, and now it has traveled for five days, and it is expected to reach Lingshan in two or three years. ”

Lingbao Tianzun nodded, and said: "Buddhism was calculated by the golden cicada, all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are highly poisoned, I heard that Shakyamuni found a way to restrain a few days ago, but it can only be postponed for one or two, the effect is not great, and it is necessary to wait for the golden cicada to go to Lingshan to solve the crisis of Buddhism." What does Your Majesty think of the golden cicada's westward journey? Now that Buddhism is suffering and Buddhism and Taoism have been fighting for a long time, what is Your Majesty's plan?"

Hearing Lingbao Tianzun ask this, Taishang Laojun, who is in line with the purpose, also opened his eyes and looked. The competition between Buddhism and Taoism is very fierce, and it is the best time to attack Buddhism at this time, and maybe you can completely eradicate Buddhism.

The Jade Emperor said: "Buddhism should be saved, not destroyed." ”

Lingbao Tianzun sighed softly and motioned for the Jade Emperor to continue.

The Jade Emperor looked at the Lingbao Tianzun and Taishang Laojun in front of him, his eyes were firm, and he said: "The catastrophe of the Three Realms is coming, and the power of the Dao Gate alone may be difficult to contend with. ”

When Taishang Laojun heard this, he was not surprised at all, laughed, and said to Lingbao Tianzun: "How is it? I will say that Your Majesty must know about this." ”

Lingbao Tianzun's face was cold, and he said sharply: "Since Your Majesty knows about the Tribulation of the Three Realms, how can you not wait for us to report to you, but hide it in your heart." ”

The Jade Emperor was frightened, bowed down and said: "It's not that I hid it privately and didn't report it, I just learned about this matter, it is less than a day long, I was about to make a report, I received an assessment order, and I hurried over, thinking about it after the assessment, I will make this matter clear, and listen to the holy instructions." ”

Taishang Laojun was quite surprised, frowned, and said, "Less than a day?

The Jade Emperor said: "Today, I got a report from the underworld, the golden cicada is in the underworld, and Guanyin Bodhisattva said that the condition for him to detoxify Buddhism is to take the road to heaven. I think this matter is weird, ordered Ziwei to investigate in detail, when Ziwei rushed to the underworld, the golden cicada had been reincarnated, he didn't dare to delay, caught up with the human world, and when he saw the golden cicada in Jinshan Temple, the golden cicada was already eighteen years old. ”

Lingbao Tianzun and Taishang Laojun glanced at each other and did not speak.

The Jade Emperor continued, saying: "After Ziwei informed me of this matter, he has been with Jin Chanzi to investigate this matter in detail, I thought that this matter was done by Buddhism, and I hope that Jin Chanzi will go west to Lingshan as soon as possible to solve the Buddha's difficulties." However, at the time of the Tang Dynasty, Ziwei found that Guanyin Bodhisattva obstructed the westward journey everywhere, and seemed to be very afraid of the smooth passage of the road to heaven, but he was afraid of missing the best opportunity for detoxification, and was in a tangle......"

Lingbao Tianzun said impatiently: "To put it directly, who tampered with the time of the Tang Kingdom, let the time form a whirlpool, and in a short period of time, let the golden cicada experience eighteen years of growth." ”

(Careful readers should find that Chen Guangrui was admitted to the top prize in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, and when the golden cicada traveled westward, it was also in September of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, that is to say, the golden cicada grew to twenty-five years old within a year, and there must be something strange in it!)

The Jade Emperor said yes, didn't dare to say more, and said, "Buddha hunter." ”

Lingbao Tianzun closed his eyes a little, and then opened his eyes, looking at the past and the future, all about the Buddha hunters, they were all confused, they couldn't see clearly, and looked at the Taishang Laojun on the side.

Taishang Laojun also did the same thing, he couldn't see where the Buddha hunter was, and the only clue that could be captured was also in the Tang Dynasty, but it only appeared for one night, and then disappeared without a trace, seeing Lingbao Tianzun, he shook his head slightly.

Lingbao Tianzun said: "What is the point of the Buddha hunter helping the golden cicada?"

The Jade Emperor said: "I haven't found out yet, but I dare to guess that it is for the road to heaven." When Ziwei had just returned to the Heavenly Palace, she said, 'The earliest Buddha hunters may have come from that world, not the Three Realms'. ”

As soon as the Jade Emperor's words fell, there was a dead silence in the palace, and the Jade Emperor was sweating profusely.

After a long time, Taishang Laojun asked, "How did you know about this?"

The Jade Emperor said: "Ziwei heard it from the golden cicada. ”

"It's the golden cicada again, this son was born a thousand years ago, and the matter of the five spiritual roots was made, and the Buddhism and Taoism were running around and working for nothing; five hundred years ago, there was a mystery of immortality, which caused the Buddhism to be riddled with poison; and now, it involves that world, this son has repeatedly been like this, what is his intention?" Lingbao Tianzun said a lot of displeasure.

Taishang Laojun didn't answer, and said to Jin Chanzi: "In the past five hundred years, what you have done, I have seen it in my eyes, although there is no great merit, but there is no fault, the Three Realms are up and down, and it is considered stable to take care of it, although the matter of destroying the Buddha in the human world is public, but it also kills the Buddha's spirit, and now the Three Realms are in trouble, you can re-accept the Buddha's door, but you also have a little bearing, this assessment, that's it, but you retreat." ”

The Jade Emperor was surprised, this assessment was so easy, although there were many questions in his heart, he didn't ask too much, and immediately bowed down and withdrew.

After the Jade Emperor left, Lingbao Tianzun said: "This Jade Emperor is becoming more and more difficult to control, should it be suppressed as soon as possible and replaced with a new Jade Emperor? ”

Taishang Laojun said: "This matter, wait for the primordial senior brother to come back, and take a look, as long as it is not too excessive, it is better not to change the emperor easily, especially before the Three Realms Tribulation." ”

Lingbao Tianzun said: "The primordial senior brother has been in that world for more than five hundred years, I don't know what the good luck is, it was originally expected to turn around in three hundred years, but now it is more than two hundred years late. ”

Taishang Laojun put up his robe and said: "Compared with the primitive senior brother, I am more worried about the Buddha hunters, back then, the four Buddha hunters made the Buddha Dao powerless, and the Buddha was even more injured. Now, three of the four Buddha hunters have appeared, with the strength of the two of us, I can only see their appearance in the Tang Dynasty, and the others can no longer be seen clearly, and the fourth Buddha hunter is even more nowhere to be seen, if it is not stronger than the two of us, but it is a Buddha hunter who hides his body and hides in the shadows with a supreme magic weapon, which really makes his heart feel uneasy. ”

Lingbao Tianzun closed his eyes speechlessly, and after a long time, he said: "The fourth Buddha hunter...... Could it be a golden cicada?!"

When Taishang Laojun heard this, it was like thunder.

If the fourth is a golden cicada, then, everything seems to make sense.