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

Within the Spirit Mountain, the Tathagata, seated upon the golden lotus, felt a tremor in his mind.

He immediately moved his right hand slightly, wanting to deduce the anomaly.

He was enveloped in golden light, his eyes revealing the aura of chaos, and within his vision, all things in the world were projected, laws manifesting one by one, as his consciousness traversed through them.

The Dao of Heaven has changed, what could be the reason?

His gaze stretched out, reaching the Eastern realm, where he saw the great human kingdom.

He saw the people living in peace and prosperity, a picture of a flourishing age, without the slightest change.

Not here.

Tathagata shifted his gaze again, this time looking towards the Heavenly Court.

In the Heavenly Court, immortal energy surged, and the Jade Emperor sat high on the Hall of Universal Brightness, seemingly sensing something, looking towards him with a pair of indifferent eyes, exuding extreme power.

Not here either.

Tathagata quickly averted his gaze, not daring to pry again.

This time, his gaze fell upon the mortal realm, on the Tang Monk and his disciples.

They had already entered the Kingdom of Extermination, and everything was proceeding according to the trials of the journey.

There were no other anomalies, and with Guanyin monitoring them, he would know immediately if anything changed.

So, not here either.

Tathagata's gaze constantly traversed, with the power of a Quasi-Sage, he traveled back and forth between the Three Realms, and then headed towards the Infernal Purgatory.

In his vision, endless killing intent surged forth, and turbulent demonic energy filled his sight, and within that dense demonic energy, there were scriptures being chanted, causing Tathagata great alarm.

Could it be the Demon Clan?

Just as he was pondering, from the depths of the Infernal Purgatory, a surge of demonic energy howled out, tearing through the void, carrying terrifying power, rolling towards him.

Tathagata quickly averted his gaze, avoiding that surge of demonic energy.

When he returned to Spirit Mountain and opened his eyes, his gaze flashed with shock.

The changes in the Dao of Heaven seemed to be related to the Demon Clan.

Tathagata made his judgment.

He surveyed the Buddhas before him and immediately ordered: "Priceless Buddha, Lamp Wick Buddha, you two shall go to the Infernal Purgatory and monitor their movements."

"As you command."

Two beams of Buddhist light disappeared from the spot, leaving Spirit Mountain.

But the originator of everything, Tang Monk, was unaware of the changes his momentary thought had brought about.

At this moment, he looked at the prosperous kingdom before him and decided to take a small path, trying not to appear too conspicuous.

But soon, he helplessly discovered that the Kingdom of Extermination had only main roads, and no secluded paths at all.

They had no choice but to avoid the main roads as much as possible, constantly heading towards another city gate.

In the high sky, Guanyin naturally saw this scene as well, and frowned slightly.

"Great Master Guanyin, what if the people of the Kingdom of Extermination don't discover them?" Diting asked.

If Tang Monk and his disciples were allowed to pass through the Kingdom of Extermination just like that, then this trial would be meaningless, and the Western Heaven could only watch helplessly as the Kingdom of Extermination continued to kill monks.

Guanyin was also very helpless.

Originally, she had used both coercion and enticement, thinking that Tang Monk would succumb and eventually have to enter the city.

But she didn't expect that they would choose to disguise themselves, and judging from their posture, they had no intention of contacting the Kingdom of Extermination at all.

Could it be that he doesn't plan to get a travel permit?

Guanyin wondered, it shouldn't be the case, unless they have other plans.

Tang Monk and his disciples naturally had other plans, he decided to persuade the King of the Kingdom of Extermination after obtaining the scriptures.

Anyway, those monks were not in immediate danger, so waiting a little longer was acceptable.

When the time comes, after persuading the other party, he would exchange for the travel permit, showing the majesty of the Tang Dynasty, wouldn't that be even better?

Guanyin couldn't possibly sit idly by, she glanced at the people walking in the city, and suddenly transformed into a stream of light and landed in the city.

After arriving in the city, she immediately transformed into a Taoist priest.

There was no other way, if she didn't appear as a Taoist priest, she would probably be captured as soon as she showed up.

In the Kingdom of Extermination, Taoist priests have a very high status.

After all, after people stopped believing in Buddhism, they had to find something to believe in.

As a result, the influence of Taoism naturally rose, becoming the object of everyone's faith.

The main reason is that Taoism advocates non-action, allowing people to follow nature, abide by the rules, and let everything proceed according to its original trajectory, without deliberately making changes.

The benefit of doing so is that everyone is doing their own thing in their own capacity, those who should be busy with farm work are busy with farm work, those who should be selling things are selling things, without having to do things that violate the rules for the sake of so-called faith.

Under the influence of this non-action, the entire country naturally fell into a peaceful environment, everyone's life became more comfortable than before, and the country's economy was also growing rapidly.

Chu Hao was actually very familiar with this measure.

Because he had once learned that a dynasty also did this.

That may have been the second unified dynasty of the human race, and the man known as Emperor Wen, after following his father's legacy, greatly enhanced the national strength of the Han Dynasty.

I wonder if this King of the Kingdom of Extermination knows about such a dynasty.

At the moment, Guanyin was walking on the road, all the way to the gate of the royal palace.

"No idlers allowed inside."

Soon, a commander of the guard stopped her, his voice stern.

"I have news about several monks and want to see the king," Guanyin said.

Hearing the word "monk," the other party immediately keenly noticed that things were not simple.

He sized up Guanyin, and after confirming that the other party was a Taoist priest, he nodded: "Then you may enter."

After speaking, he asked his subordinates to lead the way for Guanyin, all the way towards the depths of the royal palace.

Inside the royal palace, the King of the Kingdom of Extermination was chatting with his favorite concubine.

Suddenly hearing news about monks, he was greatly excited.

You must know that in order to exterminate 100,000 monks, these years, he has been asking his subordinates to look for information about monks everywhere.

At least the monks within a hundred miles around have already been captured by him.

But there were still four missing, and in order to find these four monks, the king had put in a great deal of effort.

But those monks, upon hearing the news, had long since run away to who knows where, so he hadn't caught a monk in a long time.

Now hearing that there was actually news, he immediately summoned Guanyin.

When Guanyin came before him, the king immediately asked: "This Taoist priest, you know about monks? Where are they?"

Guanyin naturally wouldn't say it clearly, after all, pointing it out would implicate Tang Monk and his disciples, at least on the surface, she still had to say it vaguely.

So Guanyin deliberately said: "Last night I dreamed that the Earth God entrusted me with a dream, saying that four monks would appear in the bustling city on the east side of the country today, and then leave through the north city gate. I don't know if this is true, but I still have to report it to you, Your Majesty."