Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Bajie and Xiaobailong were dumbfounded. They were stunned for a long time. Bajie went forward, touched Xuanzang's breath with shaking hands, and jumped three feet high: "Oh no, the old monk is dead!" He was so anxious that he turned around on the spot, "What should I do? I asked someone to save Master, but Master was told dead by the people who were asked to save him. I thought it would be better not to ask them. Now, even when dividing the luggage, there is an extra monkey head..."

"Shut up, idiot!" Wukong shouted, his bright monkey eyes filled with equally bright tears, "I know the hell well, and the Ten Kings of Hell are old acquaintances of mine, I'll chase after them and rescue Master! Second Junior Brother, go back to the inn to get your luggage, and stay here with Little White Dragon to guard Master's Dharma body. When Junior Brother Sha comes back, tell him to wait patiently. Master, Bajie, Little White Dragon, don't worry, it will take at least three days, at most ten days. If I, Sun, don't bring Master back, I won't be named Sun!"

Even though Bajie was dissatisfied, he immediately became timid after being yelled at. He flew back to the clinic to get his luggage while grumbling. Wen Jiao took out a piece of Beihai ice jade as big as a millstone and placed Xuanzang's Dharma body on it: "This thing can ensure that Xuanzang's Dharma body will be immortal for a thousand years. Great Sage, you can go with peace of mind."

Wukong nodded, and with a strike of his golden cudgel, he disappeared into the underworld. Half a day later, Sha Seng came back and said, "I have escorted the two children to Fengji. Fengji asked me to bring you a message... Master, what happened to you?"

Huo Ling'er, who was lazily basking in the sun, turned her head and asked: "Why does Feng Ji call Wen Jiao Master?"

Wen Jiao said to Sha Seng, "Your master once vowed to go to hell if he saw Wukong again, and now he has fulfilled his vow and left. Sun Dasheng has gone to Yama Palace to ask for souls, and will be back soon - what did Fengji want you to tell me?"

Sha Seng was holding his breath, not knowing whether he should feel sad for his master or relieved for his eldest brother. He was so confused that he could only follow his intuition to answer the master's question first: "He said, take these two cubs away quickly. This fox fairy doesn't have time to help you take care of the children."

Wen Jiao:......

"What a bad temper." Wen Jiao shook her head and sighed.

Something in his sleeve wiggled, and it was Huo Ling'er sticking half of his head out: "If he dares not to bring it, I will use him to sharpen his claws."

"Mr. Fengji is just talking in vain. He has always been soft-hearted. If he didn't want to help, he would have driven us away long ago." Wen Jiao said, pinching the tip of Huo Ling'er's claws, "Sister Huo, don't you blame me for being cruel?"

She seemed to be talking about throwing the two children of Baihuaxiu and Huangpaoguai to Fengjidai, but in fact she was referring to the incident of forcing Xuanzang to swear to pass away in Nirvana by using words.

Huo Ling'er rolled her eyes and placed her other paw on her hand in a comforting manner: "Although I am not smart, I understand the basic principles of how to behave. Xuanzang did something wrong and he should be punished."

Three hundred thousand kilometers below the southern continent, there is a hell called Avici, which is also called the Infinite Hell because of its vastness. This is a black iron city standing on an endless sea of ​​fire, with towering walls a thousand miles high. It is the place where the ninth king of the Ten Courts of Hell, King Pingdeng, resides.

On this day, King Pingdeng went to the palace, reviewed the documents, and examined the souls who had entered the underworld today one by one, and then assigned them to the twenty-two small hells according to their crimes. While the trial was going on, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a conspicuous bald head emerging from the group of ghosts.

The reason why he was conspicuous was not only because his scalp was exceptionally shiny, but also because behind the bald head there was a faint auspicious light belonging to the Buddhist faith.

Either he is a reincarnated Buddha or an Arhat who has descended to the human world.

King Pingdeng glanced at him, and the judge beside him hurried over to ask the bald man, "What is your Dharma name, Master?"

The bald man was fair and handsome, and he said, "Amitabha, my name is Xuanzang, and I am a monk sent by the Tang Dynasty to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures."

This name is well-known to anyone with any connections in the underworld.

Master Sanzang, the younger brother of the Tang Dynasty, is a great monk who was ordered by the emperor to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Most importantly, he is also the tenth reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, the second-ranked disciple of the Buddha.

In each of Jin Chanzi's previous nine lives, he made a great wish to bring the Scriptures from the West back to the East, but unfortunately he died halfway through each life. So in this life, the Buddhist sect searched for talents from heaven to earth, and captured the guilty Monkey King Sun Wukong to be his protector. Logically, everything should be fine and he should be able to go to the Leiyin Temple in the West steadily. How could he end up in the underworld Yama Palace?

The judge immediately felt something was wrong and quickly flipped through the Book of Life and Death to check. The more he flipped through the book, the weirder his expression became. It turned out that Xuanzang's name was not on the list of people who died today in the Book of Life and Death.

Not only that, even nicknames like Jiang Liuer, Tang Sanzang, etc. are nowhere to be seen.

The judge immediately felt something was wrong and reported it to King Pingdeng. King Pingdeng also looked serious and quickly pointed out Xuanzang: "Why did the master die?"

The Book of Life and Death is definitely correct. It is clear that this person is not destined to die, but why is he here? Could it be that the Black and White Impermanence were so busy that they crossed out this Buddha by mistake?

Xuanzang put his hands together, chanted Buddha's name, and said with a guilty look on his face: "I was jealous of my eldest disciple Sun Wukong, and I believed the words of others, which gave me hatred and led me away from the loyal and good people. I swore that if I saw him again, I would fall into the Avici Hell. Recently, I was in trouble, and Wukong came to rescue me without holding a grudge. I am ashamed and have come to fulfill my oath."

King Pingdeng stood in awe and said: "Nowadays, it is rare to find a gentleman like you who keeps his word."

Especially one with a background.

Nowadays, most people, let alone keep their promises, are so arrogant when they hurt others, and still feel justified when they are retaliated against, thinking that as long as they say a simple apology, they can forget about the past malice. If the victim refuses to give in, it seems that the victim is not magnanimous enough.

From this we can see that Tang Seng is truly worthy of being Tathagata's disciple and has a really kind heart.

How could he have thought of the oath? It was only when A Niang and Wukong mentioned it that he realized his sin. Xuanzang bowed his head deeply and said, "I am ashamed. Please judge me, Lord Yama."

This really stumped King Pingdeng. This Jin Chanzi had died nine times before, and each time he went straight into the six realms of reincarnation to be reborn as a human being. This was the first time he had fallen into the hands of the underworld, and there was really no precedent to follow.

If he was sentenced too heavily, he was afraid of offending the Buddha. In this tenth life, the Buddhists even brought out the Monkey King, who had caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace more than 500 years ago, to protect him. It was clear that they only wanted success and not failure. But after all, he had gone to the Palace of Yama. If he was sentenced too lightly, he was afraid that people would criticize the underworld for being unfair.

After a brief consideration, King Pingdeng judged: "Because of jealousy, one becomes angry. The karma of the mind is endless. One should go to the Hell of Much Anger."

As the last word "狱" fell to the ground, Xuanzang's hands suddenly turned into long iron claws, extremely sharp. He looked at the little ghost who came to take his soul, and suddenly felt that he was not pleasing to the eye no matter how he looked at him. He moved his body casually and swung his iron claws to pierce him fiercely.

The little ghost was not surprised at all. He dodged backwards skillfully and swung out the chain at the same time, trapping him tightly and dragging him to the Duochen Hell.