Traveling Through Journey to the West: I Am the Dragon King

Huang Mei, now that he is losing to his enemies, has started to have wicked ideas.

Huang Mei said, "Buddha, I don't know which deity you are from. Today, we've become acquainted through a fight. Since you can't defeat me, and I can't defeat you, let's call it a day. Since you've stood up for that ghost immortal, I'll grant you permission not to bother Jimo City today."

Upon hearing this, Yun Chonghua laughed and said, "Heh heh, if you can't win, you think you can just beg for mercy to save your life? There's no such thing as a free lunch!"

Upon hearing this, Huang Mei frowned and asked, "Then what do you want?"

Yun Chonghua replied, "Naturally, I will arrest you and bring you to Heaven to be punished. As a disciple of gods and Buddhas, you used your magical powers to fool mortals, causing the imbalance of human order—that is your first crime. Inciting the people, leading to the demolition of temples and shrines—that is your second crime. Disrupting cause and effect, failing to distinguish between good and evil, protecting and condoning evildoers, and causing innocent people to suffer—that is your third crime! For these three crimes, I will arrest you and bring you to Heaven to be punished!"

Huang Mei, upon hearing this, retorted indignantly, "Heh. I grant every request from mortals, what's wrong with that? Besides, it's those mortals themselves who are greedy and insatiable. To protect their gold, silver, and magical powers, they demolished the temples of the City God and the Earth God to worship me. This is all the evil they themselves have done, what does it have to do with me?"

Yun Chonghua retorted, "That's sophistry! If you didn't tempt their evil thoughts and indulge them, how could they become so greedy? It's one thing for you to use magic to fool mortals, but you abducted infants, causing families to lose their children, leaving wives and children separated, and even death!"

"And yet you readily grant the requests of those wicked individuals, not only deepening their sins but also allowing the good people around them to suffer further oppression from these villains! How can such evil deeds be tolerated!"

Huang Mei listened as Yun Chonghua recounted his sins, but when he heard the last sentence, a smile appeared on his face.

Huang Mei asked, "So, you don't agree with the principle that 'Buddhism is vast, and there is no one who cannot be saved'?"

Upon hearing this, Yun Chonghua retorted, "Nonsense! Your method of converting evil people is to satisfy their desires and harm good people. This is condoning evil. Since it's condoning evil, if I agree with you, wouldn't I also be an evil person?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Mei laughed again, "Hahahaha, well said! Well said! Although I haven't been able to enlighten those mortals, I've received this answer from you, a divine lord. My journey to the mortal realm hasn't been in vain! Jin..."

Before Huang Mei could finish speaking, Yun Chonghua's halberd struck.

Just as Huang Mei was feeling smug, Yun Chonghua delivered another blow, and Huang Mei, unable to dodge in time, was hit squarely once more.

It was knocked down directly.

Yun Chonghua snorted coldly and said, "You talk too much! Surrender and be bound! Dragon Binding Rope! Go!"

After saying this, Yun Chonghua's crimson dragon-binding rope at his waist flew towards Huang Mei like a serpent emerging from its cave.

Huang Mei, who had been feeling smug, was stunned by Yun Chonghua's unsportsmanlike attack. Only then did he come to his senses that Yun Chonghua's Dragon-Binding Rope had already bound him.

Seeing that he was bound, Huang Mei twisted his body and looked at Yun Chonghua, saying, "Heh, Dragon-Binding Rope? A little gadget from the Dragon Palace! It might be good for binding a few of those monstrous beasts in the Roc's mouth, but you don't actually think this thing can subdue me..."

Huang Mei was about to activate his Golden Body again and unleash the Dragon-Binding Rope. Yun Chonghua snorted coldly and immediately activated his mind, causing the Samadhi True Fire on the Dragon-Binding Rope to ignite.

"Ah~!" Huang Mei failed to activate his golden body in time to defend himself and was directly burned into a "roast suckling pig" by the dragon-binding rope wrapped around his body.

"Where did you get all these strange things, you brat? And why does your Dragon Binding Rope release Samadhi True Fire?!" Even though Huang Mei's skin was now charred and his flesh was torn apart, he still wanted to satisfy his doubts first.

While continuing to circulate the Samadhi True Fire, Yun Chonghua said, "Hehe, there's a lot you don't know! Just surrender obediently!"

As he spoke, Yun Chonghua summoned the jade bottle at his waist. The bottle opened wide, ready to suck Huang Mei in.

Knowing the power of the Human Seed Bag and the Golden Bell, Huang Mei panicked when he saw that this treasure could also capture people.

At this moment, Huang Mei used telepathy to cry for help: "Jin Chanzi, save me!"

As soon as Huang Mei finished speaking, a beam of Buddhist light suddenly appeared from the horizon.

Then a monk in white robes descended from the sky.

When the monk saw that Yun Chonghua's magic weapon was about to absorb Huang Mei, a six-winged golden cicada suddenly appeared behind him.

The light flashed, and both Yun Chonghua and the jade bottle that collected people were repelled by the intense light.

Because the spell was interrupted, Huang Mei, who was about to be collected into the bottle, also fell down.

With a flick of his sleeve, the monk caught Huang Mei, who had been scalded into a pig-like shape.

Taking this chance to catch his breath, Huang Mei immediately transformed into a golden body and broke free of the Dragon-Binding Rope. Once freed, the rope flew back to Yun Chonghua's side.

Although Yun Chonghua was knocked back by the sudden burst of light, the golden light did not harm him.

He gathered up the Dragon-Binding Rope and the Jade Bottle, and looked at the monk blocking Huang Mei's path, asking, "Who are you! How dare you obstruct this divine lord from capturing the demons who wreak havoc on the mortal realm!"

The monk clasped his hands together and replied, "Amitabha, my Dharma name is Jin Chanzi."

Upon hearing the other party call himself "Jin Chanzi," Yun Chonghua couldn't help but become interested. He looked Jin Chanzi up and down.

Although Jin Chanzi was bald, he had a very refined and handsome appearance.

Dressed in flowing white robes, with gleaming glass prayer beads around his neck, he truly possessed the appearance of a Buddhist disciple.

Even compared to himself, this is like comparing Pan An to Song Yu.

He is hundreds of times stronger than Huang Mei next to him.

However, upon seeing Jin Chanzi in person, Yun Chonghua's first reaction was to ask a question.

That is, "Can eating a piece of his flesh grant immortality?"

Yun Chonghua gripped his halberd and said, "Oh? You're Jin Chanzi! Seeing is believing, indeed. You're even more repulsive than I imagined. What? Are you going to protect this villain who disrupts the order of the mortal realm?"

Jin Chanzi didn't know why this complete stranger, the deity, disliked him so much.

But he still pleaded, "Amitabha, Huang Mei's actions this time were indeed inappropriate. This humble monk apologizes to the Divine Lord on his behalf." With that, Jin Chanzi bowed to Yun Chonghua and apologized.

Yun Chonghua sneered and said, "Ha! You think an apology is all it takes to get away with something wrong? Elder Jin Chan makes it sound so easy. He disrupted the order of the mortal realm and violated the Heavenly Laws. I'm about to take him to the Heavenly Court to be punished."

Jin Chanzi sighed and shook his head after hearing this, saying, "Alas! What you say is very true, Divine Lord. The trouble Huang Mei has caused around Jimo City this time was all because of a verbal argument with this humble monk. The matter originated from this humble monk, and this humble monk cannot shirk responsibility."

"This humble monk is willing to clean up his mess. I will rebuild the temple for all the ghosts and return all the lost children to their rightful place. As for the innocent people he implicated, I am willing to chant sutras to help the deceased to escape their suffering, and to grant them blessings to the living. I hope that the deity will forgive Huang Mei this time out of consideration for this humble monk. When we return to Mount Ling, I will personally ask the World Honored One and the Buddha of the East for forgiveness with him."

Yun Chonghua sneered again: "Heh, your face? Elder Jin Chan has quite the face! Besides, this matter was caused by the two of you. It's your responsibility to remedy the situation afterward, so there's no need to try and 'take credit' from me."

"What I didn't expect was that this whole thing started with a mere verbal argument between the two of you. Just for one sentence, you've stirred up so much unrest in the world. You really have nothing better to do! But since you're an accomplice, then it's only right that you be apprehended and brought to justice along with us!"