Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

Back in the city, the crowds immediately began to bustle, one family preparing a banquet, another setting up a feast, all wanting to properly entertain Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

Even more, some were weaving clothes for Tang Sanzang and his disciples, hats, clothes, shoes, socks, everything imaginable, making it difficult for them to refuse to leave, not knowing how to broach the subject.

If it were in the past, Sun Wukong and the others could have scared them off with their appearances, but now, people simply weren't afraid.

Faced with a group of kind-hearted ordinary people, Tang Sanzang and his disciples had no choice but to stay there temporarily.

By the time Chu Hao returned from the Heavenly Court, Tang Sanzang and his disciples had been in Biqiu Kingdom for nearly a month.

Seeing Tang Sanzang and his disciples surrounded by the crowd, Chu Hao revealed a hint of a smile.

And his arrival also heralded that everyone was about to set off again.

Especially Chu Hao, the king even directly carved a huge statue for him.

Outside the city, the king led the crowd to kneel and worship in the direction Tang Sanzang and his disciples left.

This repentant king even stated that Biqiu Kingdom would henceforth become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty, which could be considered atonement.

At the same time, on the other side.

In the long-silent Great Thunderclap Temple in Mount Ling, Guanyin, who was responsible for this tribulation, hurriedly informed the Buddha of this matter.

"What? You said Biqiu Kingdom has become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty?" The Buddha's expression was slightly startled upon hearing this.

The other Buddhas were also the same.

Biqiu Kingdom was located in the Western Continent of Jambu, and logically speaking, it should belong to the Western Heaven.

In fact, it was indeed so, and the people of Biqiu Kingdom did indeed regard the Buddhas as objects of worship.

And the Western Heaven could also use this to absorb the human race's fortune and strengthen itself.

But now, Biqiu Kingdom had become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

Although it was still located in the Western Continent of Jambu, the portion of fortune belonging to the human race would belong to the Tang Dynasty.

And you couldn't stop this kind of thing.

Because the human race's fortune wasn't something that could be snatched, it had to be willingly given.

That king was willing to become a vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.

This left the Western Heaven with no way to do anything.

Originally, they had set this tribulation, just wanting to make the people more devoted to the Western Heaven.

But now it seemed that things had backfired.

The main reason was that it was Chu Hao who gave the king the elixir this time, not the Antarctic Immortal, so the king was extremely grateful to Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

Most importantly, it wasn't just Biqiu Kingdom that was like this, but also the previous Zhu Zi Kingdom, etc., as long as Tang Sanzang and his disciples solved their difficulties, they would betray the Western Heaven.

Of course, they could also arrange some small tribulations to change Biqiu Kingdom's views.

But with the precedent of Zhu Zi Kingdom, no one dared to do so.

This left the Western Heaven in a dilemma.

They couldn't not arrange tribulations, but if they did, people's hearts would be scattered.

Thinking of this, the Buddhas all showed bitter expressions.

At this time, a Buddha spoke up: "Reporting to the Buddha, I think this matter cannot continue."

If it continued, the Western Heaven would really become isolated.

"The tribulations cannot stop," Guanyin said.

This was determined by the Sage, not to mention them, even the Buddha couldn't change it.

Seeing this, that Buddha slowly said: "What Guanyin Bodhisattva said is very true. The betrayal of those countries ultimately stems from the fact that Tang Sanzang and his disciples are too powerful, making it impossible for the people we arranged to take action. This also leads to those countries trusting Tang Sanzang and his disciples even more."

This was the truth.

Originally, the arranged tribulations were to show the power of the Western Heaven, but as a result, Tang Sanzang and his disciples could solve them themselves, and the Western Heaven had no reason to show up at all.

The Buddha's words made everyone fall into thought. Guanyin asked: "Northern Li Buddha, what are your thoughts?"

Hearing this, Northern Li Buddha spoke up: "We can divide Tang Sanzang and his disciples, thereby weakening their strength."

Initially, in order to protect Tang Sanzang, the Western Heaven specially arranged three disciples to escort him.

Now it seemed that there were still too many of these three disciples, which led to their strength becoming much stronger.

The main reason was that Chu Hao was there.

So Guanyin thought that this Northern Li Buddha was again paying attention to Chu Hao, so she said: "Northern Li Buddha, have you forgotten the consequences of provoking Chu Hao?"

The Western Heaven had already tasted the consequences of provoking Chu Hao countless times.

Especially recently, they had also heard that the Eastern Hua Emperor had led a group of people to provoke the Law Enforcement Hall, but as a result, Chu Hao had locked them all up, and the Eastern Hua Emperor himself was of unknown fate.

This made their understanding of Chu Hao's strength rise to another level.

Northern Li Buddha smiled slightly: "Chu Hao's power is unstoppable, it is not advisable to be enemies with him, but we can attack others."

These words made the Buddha on the lotus platform fall into thought.

Immediately, he thought of something and looked at Guanyin: "Is Tang Sanzang and his disciples' next tribulation that Earth Surge Lady?"

Guanyin nodded: "That's right."

Northern Li Buddha continued: "It seems that the Buddha already knows my intention."

The Buddha had naturally already heard the meaning in his words.

That Earth Surge Lady possessed a powerful Xuan Yin body. If one could cultivate with her, one could obtain powerful strength.

So the Buddha said: "Let that Earth Surge Lady seduce that Zhu Bajie."

Zhu Bajie's greed for wealth and lust for women had long been famous throughout the Three Realms. As long as beauty was used slightly, Zhu Bajie could definitely be seduced.

Not to mention that cultivating with the Earth Surge Lady could obtain powerful strength.

As long as Zhu Bajie was seduced, it would inevitably create rifts between him and Tang Sanzang and others. At that time, they could be disintegrated from within, thereby weakening their strength.

In this way, in future tribulations, they only needed to find a reason to hold back Chu Hao, and Tang Sanzang and his disciples would have no choice but to ask the Western Heaven for help.

The Western Heaven could regain its prestige.

After saying this, the Buddha continued: "Venerable Guanyin, on this trip, you must supervise well, and don't delay any longer."

Guanyin also understood the Buddha's intention and immediately agreed.

After leaving the Great Thunderclap Temple, Guanyin immediately found the Earth Surge Lady.

At this time, this Earth Surge Lady was still in closed-door cultivation.

Seeing the arrival of Guanyin Bodhisattva, she was so frightened that she thought she had done something wrong.

As a result, she didn't expect that Guanyin Bodhisattva would actually ask her to seduce Zhu Bajie.

In this regard, the Earth Surge Lady actually wanted to refuse in her heart.

But in the face of Guanyin Bodhisattva's powerful strength.

She had no chance to refuse.

"Great Master Guanyin, if I succeed in seduction, does that mean I really have to be with that Zhu Bajie?" the Earth Surge Lady asked.

"You just go and do it. The Western Heaven will freely arrange the rest," Guanyin Bodhisattva did not reveal more.

In fact, she had nothing to reveal.

After all, after dividing Tang Sanzang and his disciples, the Western Heaven would no longer pay attention to Zhu Bajie's side.

As for the Earth Surge Lady, the Western Heaven would not care about her life or death.

Everything would be as it should be.

They were more concerned about Tang Sanzang and the great events of the Journey to the West.