Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Xuanzang's mood could only be described as "finding a way out of a desperate situation". He looked at his mother's beautiful face and asked tremblingly, "Then, can we not give birth to the child?"

"Of course." Wen Jiao said firmly, "Before the fetus is born alive, it is not considered a human being. So aborting it is not murder, and naturally it is not a serious crime. Otherwise, if you are pregnant accidentally like you, or if you have to give birth to these children out of necessity, not only will the children not receive the full care and love of their parents, but the mother will also be extremely resentful and suffer unspeakably. Since the consequences are so terrible, why can't we eliminate this root of trouble first?"

Xuanzang was stunned.

He had never heard these words before.

In fact, whether it is Buddhism, Taoism, or even some Christian religions, they are all strongly opposed to abortion. It seems that as long as the life of an unborn fetus is saved, the world's lost morality can be saved. As for who will raise the child they are trying to save after it is born, the gods above are not responsible. It is as if this child is a seed that falls into the soil and grows up by itself after a little rain.

If it really doesn't work, isn't there still the mother who didn't want to give birth to this unexpected child, but was frightened by all kinds of statements, so she had no choice but to give birth to the child, and then automatically took on the obligation of raising the child?

She smiled lightly, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice: "After all, the Buddha is a man. He didn't have to go through the pain of pregnancy, childbirth, or the labor of raising a child, so he made this inhumane rule. I don't believe that if it was the Buddha's mother, would she say the same thing?"

Xuanzang did not want to expose A Niang's heretical remarks. When he heard her slandering the Buddha, he was horrified and wanted to refute her. But then he remembered that A Niang was defending him, so he could only chant the Buddha's name softly and protested weakly: "A Niang, the Buddha's mother, Lady Maya, passed away seven days after giving birth to me, the Tathagata."

"I know. So Prince Siddhartha was raised by his aunt, King Suddhodana's young queen, Pajapati. Legend has it that Pajapati had an abortion in order to concentrate on raising him, and this act was praised as an act of great love and righteousness. If the fetus had grown up successfully, she would have been the cousin of the current Venerable Ananda." Wen Jiao said.

Xuanzang was horrified: "Where did you get this from? Amitabha, I have never heard of these things. This must be slander, slander!"

"Is it slander?" Wen Jiao also watched this in a modern Indian TV series. There is no smoke without fire. In any case, in India, the home of Buddhism, such a saying does exist more than a thousand years later.

She changed the subject: "Let's not talk about this, Xuanzang, guess why I came down?"

Xuanzang said honestly, "I really can't guess it."

Wen Jiao couldn't help but smile: "Of course I'm here to take care of my son during his confinement."

If Xuanzang still had hair, it would have stood up at this moment. His face flushed and he hammered the bed: "Mother!"

The next moment, the bed collapsed.

Wen Jiao picked him up in time and said, "Xuanzang, you are already very strong. With the nourishment of this red fruit, your strength has tripled. You must be careful to control it. This family is poor, and it is not easy to buy a bed."

Xuanzang nodded, his face reddening to the point of bleeding. If he were a groundhog, he would have let out a heartfelt cry: "Ah!"

Fortunately, Wen Jiao quickly put him down and handed him to Bajie who came over after hearing the noise. She smiled and said, "You actually believed it again, hahaha!"

Xuanzang: ...

After silently chanting the Buddha's name thirteen times, Xuanzang finally calmed down and said, "Mother, please stop teasing me."

Really, it’s not fun anymore when children grow up.

Wen Jiao's smile faded, and with a slight thought, the collapsed bed was immediately restored to its original state. She sat on it, and a faint light flowed, and the worn-out bedding on the bed was immediately replaced by bright silk. "A Niang has discussed with Master, and will follow his example in the future. In addition to returning to Heaven to report on time, I will stay in the human world for the rest of the time."

After ascending, male immortals first worship Dong Wanggong, and female immortals first worship Xi Wangmu. Since ancient times, the immortals who ascended to heaven are mostly male immortals, and there are even fewer female immortals who become immortals by hard means of subduing demons and monsters. Xi Wangmu looked at Wen Jiao's gentle and beautiful face that was incompatible with killing, and found it quite rare. Not only did she encourage her with many words, she also bestowed the magic weapon Bi Yue Ling and a nine-color jade celestial robe.

"This Moon-Blocking Silk and Heavenly Clothes are both woven by the Weaver Girl using the warp and weft of the Peach Tree and the sun and moon, and dotted with cloud light and rosy colors. The former has the ability to block the sky and bind all things, and the latter can avoid the harm of the five elements. I see that you have a magic weapon that can control clouds and fog, move thunder, and contain darkness, but you lack the ability to defend yourself, so I give you these two treasures to make up for it. It is not easy for a woman to practice, and you should continue to forge ahead in the future. The path to immortality is endless, so don't forget your old heart."

"Disciple, I will accept your instruction." Wen Jiao said respectfully.

The Queen Mother of the West ordered her maid Dong Shuangcheng to take Wen Jiao to the Lingxiao Palace to receive the title, and then led her to pay respects to Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun, Taishang Laojun, Ziwei Emperor, Gouchen Emperor, and Hou Tu Niangniang one by one, and then met the immortals on various immortal mountains and islands, and then sent her to the Yuanjun Mansion that was given to her. Along the way, the gods and immortals each gave gifts, especially the two Taoist books and an alchemy book given by the Three Pure Ones, which were extremely mysterious, and there was also a jade slip given by the Jade Emperor, which was extremely powerful. As for the various immortal fruits, spiritual herbs, magic weapons, and strange beasts, they were even more dazzling.

"Why didn't I have such good things when I went to heaven?" Wukong, who had returned from an unknown time, came over with a furry monkey head and asked curiously.

When he was first appointed Bi Ma Wen, he only followed Taibai Jinxing to the Lingxiao Palace for a visit, and then was taken to the office. He did not pay a visit to the Three Pure Ones, the Four Imperial Gods, the Wood Father, the Golden Mother, or the other immortals, and lived a life of riding horses every day. At that time, he thought Bi Ma Wen was a very important official!

When he ascended to heaven for the second time and was conferred the title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven, his rank was indeed extremely high and he received extremely generous offerings, but he was allowed to wander around the world without anyone to introduce him. If he had not been open-minded and good at making friends, he would not have been able to find the house numbers of these gods!

Sha Seng, who had returned at some unknown time, coughed and said, "Big Brother, you may not know that all immortals who have completed their merits and ascended to become gods have to go through this. It's just that because my grandmother is a woman, she was particularly favored by the Queen Mother of the West, who sent her a personal maid to escort her. When the other immortals saw Dong Shuangcheng beside them, they understood what he meant and gave her a particularly generous gift."

Bajie wore a headband that the old lady of his master's family had just sewn on his head. He groaned, "The nine-toothed rake that I have was given to me by the Jade Emperor when I was worshipping him. At that time, the immortals also gave me several other excellent magic tools, but it was a pity that they didn't allow me to take them with me when I was banished to the mortal world."

Sha Seng also sighed, "I got this magic staff when I was promoted to general in Lingxiao Palace. I also collected a lot of treasures when I first arrived. Now I am demoted and all of them are gone."

After hearing this, Wukong was so angry that he scratched his head and somersaulted on the spot: "I, Sun, have a lot of treasures in my palace. I was in a hurry to go down to the mortal world after the Peach Banquet, and I didn't bring anything with me. That's fine...but...it seems that I am the only one who doesn't have any gifts?"

After all, you were specially recruited... twice.

Wen Jiao touched the monkey's head with sympathy: "The Great Sage's Tianhe Dingdi Shenzhen Iron is a unique divine object in heaven and on earth. I think the Jade Emperor knows that the Great Sage has enough with this object, so he thinks there is no need to add unnecessary things."

"Madam, please stop comforting me. He just looks down on me!" Wukong put his hands on his hips and cursed the sky.

Wen Jiao consoled him, "I'll make a list of the magic weapons later, and you can pick whichever one you like, okay?"

Wukong shouted, "It's the Heaven that owes me, Old Sun. I don't want Master to pay me back. I'm going to Heaven right now to reason with them!"

"You... Is there anyone here to take care of me?" The forgotten Xuanzang leaned over the bed and spoke weakly, one hand pressing on his restless stomach. "If you don't bring me the abortion spring water, I will really give birth."