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

#655 - How can chanting Buddhist scriptures be as fun as listening to gossip from the West?

In truth, the great wind at Yellow Wind Ridge had long been seen by the gods and Buddhas three thousand miles away.

After leaving Yellow Wind Ridge, the Dharma Protector Qielan headed straight forward.

Three thousand miles took the Dharma Protector Qielan half a day to run.

Qielan sped along the way, and suddenly saw a high mountain with auspicious clouds appearing halfway up, and auspicious mists fluttering about. In the mountain hollow, there was indeed a Zen temple, and only the melodious sounds of bells and chimes could be heard, and the smoke of incense was also seen to be ethereal.

Qielan went straight to the front of the gate and saw a Taoist with prayer beads hanging around his neck, chanting Buddhist scriptures.

Qielan bowed respectfully, lowering his eyebrows and speaking meekly:

"Please announce that Qielan has come to report the decree of the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva."

Qielan had come here many times, and the Taoist at the door, upon seeing him, slightly raised his eyebrows and faintly stepped aside.

Qielan went straight inside and saw a hall full of brocade and embroidery, a room of majesty. The disciples chanted the Lotus Sutra in unison, and the old abbot gently tapped the gold-cast chime.

The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva sat above the hall, looking down at Qielan from on high,

"How did things go?"

"It is also time to subdue the demon of Yellow Wind Cave."

Qielan lowered his head but did not leave.

The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva frowned,

"What else is there?"

Qielan looked a little uneasy, but whispered:

"Bodhisattva... there was a slight accident. Prison God Chu Hao is also among the Journey to the West group."

The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva's previously indifferent face instantly became overcast.

This was one of the names that the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva least wanted to hear.

It wasn't as if he didn't know the identity of that young man, who had stirred up the Western Heaven Spirit Mountain three times, almost disrupting the entire world.

It had finally calmed down a bit, how could he suddenly be involved in the Journey to the West!

And to make matters worse, it was in his trial!

Extremely uncomfortable!

The cold aura on the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva's body gradually spread around, causing the temperature in the room to drop several degrees.

Qielan was a little apprehensive, but still timidly said:

"Bodhisattva, are we still proceeding according to the plan?"

The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva pinched his fingers to calculate, but could not figure anything out. When he used his divine powers to look at Yellow Wind Ridge again, he suddenly felt a surge of majestic aura, just like gazing into an abyss.

Chu Hao's Heaven-Shielding Talisman was difficult for even the Tathagata to calculate, let alone a mere Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva who had just stepped into the realm of a quasi-sage.

The more the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Suddenly, he flicked his sleeves and stood up,

"No, this matter is still not appropriate. I will go and see for myself!"

"Isn't that a bit much, Bodhisattva? It's just a Prison God." Qielan was stunned. From his perspective, he only felt that even if the Prison God Chu Hao was powerful, he wouldn't dare to do anything too outrageous.

No matter how capable, wasn't the Prison God Chu Hao just an ant in front of the Western Heaven?

The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva personally arranged things, would the Prison God Chu Hao dare to reject the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva's face?

The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva glanced at him and snorted coldly: "That's why you are only a Qielan now. The more ignorant, the more fearless."

Although the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva was reluctant to admit it, the Prison God who enforced the law in the Three Realms really brought him too much psychological pressure.

Without saying a word, the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva directly flicked his sleeves and left. He had to personally supervise the affairs of Yellow Wind Ridge, otherwise, he feared a great disaster!

Qielan muttered to himself, thinking that this was too much of a fuss, wasn't it?

...

Meanwhile, Chu Hao was being carried into Yellow Wind Cave by the demons.

The demons used ropes and iron chains to tie Chu Hao tightly.

Chu Hao did not resist at all, letting them bind him layer by layer.

"Do you mind telling me where you got the news about the Western Heaven?"

Chu Hao suddenly said to the leopard-headed leader.

The leopard-headed leader frowned and waved his hand,

"What do you want to know about these things, monk?"

Chu Hao smiled,

"I am a monk, so I am definitely interested in the gossip of the Western Heaven."

"Isn't listening to the gossip of the Western Heaven more important than reciting Buddhist scriptures? Isn't that the truth?"

The leopard-headed leader was stunned for a moment,

"It seems... that is the truth..."

"But, if I tell you, and you turn around and tell others, wouldn't that be bad?"

Chu Hao sighed,

"Look, I am a dying man, how could I possibly tell you? Think about it, isn't that the truth?"

"After all, I am not the Prison God who enforces the law in the Three Realms. I am just Tang Sanzang. I am a vegetarian and recite Buddhist scriptures, how could I have any bad intentions?"

The leopard-headed leader sneered,

"You want to be the Prison God who enforces the law in the Three Realms, but you are not worthy of thinking about such a person!"

"According to rumors, the Prison God who enforces the law in the Three Realms is a super strong person who can stir up the Western Heaven Spirit Mountain three times without any damage and retreat completely!"

"Our king admires that righteous and powerful Prison God. He is the idol of all our demons! What are you, Tang Sanzang?"

Chu Hao suddenly raised the corners of his mouth into a smile,

"Young man, tell me more, I like to listen."

The leopard-headed leader was stunned for a moment, then sneered, only feeling that this Tang Sanzang was a bit silly.

However, it was normal for Tang Sanzang to want to hear about a high-level figure like the Prison God.

So, the leopard-headed leader was also bored and told Chu Hao everything.

Whether it was the yellow-haired weasel being plotted against in the Western Heaven, or the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva descending to the mortal world and directly threatening and enslaving King Yellow Wind.

He can be said to have known everything and said everything.

Chu Hao understood, good fellow, it turned out that the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva threatened King Yellow Wind to capture him.

But the awesome thing was that their intelligence was ridiculously simple. The sentence "the one riding a horse is Tang Sanzang" caused the current farce.

However, from the leopard-headed leader's mouth, Chu Hao heard a lot about Yellow Wind Ridge.

Just like most demons' attitudes towards humans, because human flesh is extremely unpalatable and has no nutritional value, the demons of Yellow Wind Ridge usually only patrol the mountains and catch mountain cattle, wild boars, fat deer, and wild sheep.

But this time, the Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva specifically named King Yellow Wind to capture Tang Sanzang with the intention of eating him.

So they had to swallow their anger and think about pinching their noses and eating Tang Sanzang.

Chu Hao had heard enough and had a judgment in his mind,

"The Spirit Vulture Bodhisattva incited kidnapping and incited murder. This is basically the same crime. It's really too much to let him off with only a hundred meta-cycles."

"But, that's only a hundred meta-cycles. No, I have to find an excuse to add some punishment."

At this moment, King Yellow Wind was coming in from outside.

When he came in and saw Chu Hao, he was suddenly a little stunned.

He had never seen Chu Hao, but even if he hadn't eaten pork, he had seen pigs run, right?

Which monk, when captured, could still chat with man-eating monsters as if nothing had happened? There were peanut shells all over the ground!