novelaction #1000 - All the temples we visited before have been destroyed by us.
#1000 - All the temples we visited before have been destroyed by us.
Tang Sanzang, after all, had experienced great storms and waves, and had also developed a good eye, similar to the art of observing qi.
When Tang Sanzang stepped into Baoxiang Kingdom, even though the sky was clear for thousands of miles, what Tang Sanzang saw in his eyes was a terrifying aura like dark clouds pressing down on the city.
The entire sky of Baoxiang Kingdom seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, it was simply too terrifying!
Tang Sanzang looked for a while before withdrawing this method of observing qi.
Tang Sanzang sighed,
"Clearly this is a place that respects the heavens and worships Buddha, how could there be such a strong resentment? It's unreasonable."
Pig Bajie said with a helpless expression:
"Master, what are you muttering about? There are temples all over the street here, it looks like it should be a good place for vegetarianism and chanting."
"What is this 'resentment soaring to the sky' you speak of? Master, are you perhaps bewitched?"
Tang Sanzang stood in the middle of the street, looking towards the end of the long street, his eyes filled with indescribable solemnity, and he clasped his palms together and said:
"Disciples, follow me to the largest temple here to pay our respects."
"Since leaving the Great Tang, I have vowed to burn incense at every temple, worship every Buddha, and sweep every pagoda."
Pig Bajie showed an awkward smile on his face,
"That's right, Master is right, we monks have always been so respectful to Buddha,"
"Look, Guanyin Temple, Wuchao Zen Master's lair, Bo Yue Cave... we've all worshipped them all away."
Sha Wujing sighed,
"Second Senior Brother, don't say anymore, Master doesn't want to either, it's all being forced."
Pig Bajie twitched his lips, "Good Junior Brother, that's too sincere..."
Tang Sanzang, seeing Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing about to bicker again, said helplessly:
"Stop talking nonsense, find a temple, burn incense and worship Buddha!"
A trace of scarlet flashed in Sha Wujing's eyes,
"Master, this way please! I've already seen it, the largest temple in the country!"
Sha Wujing had been paying attention for a long time, this time, he also wanted to contribute his incense to the Buddhas!
Tang Sanzang and his three disciples swaggered and went directly to the magnificent, golden temple at the end of the street.
Along the way, the people on the road, seeing Tang Sanzang and his party, were all frightened and retreated, fearing they wouldn't be able to avoid them in time!
However, at this time, Tang Sanzang ignored the people around him, only clasped his hands together, and walked very piously towards the end of the road.
The passersby had already started shouting in horror,
"Someone come! Monsters have broken in, they've gone into the Bright Zen Temple!"
"Where did they come from, how are they so terrifying, especially that bald brute who looks like he's disguised as a monk, will he eat children?"
"Hmph, what does the life and death of the Bright Zen Temple have to do with us! Damn it, that beastly temple, I didn't go to burn incense yesterday, and they burned my house down!"
"They've gone mad, even my father was arrested last night and forced to kowtow a thousand times before the Buddha! My poor father, he's already died before the Buddha now!"
"Even if monsters are terrifying, they're no match for the terror of the Bright Zen Temple, at least the monsters come out in the open, but that group of beasts in the Bright Zen Temple all say they're following the Buddha's decree, but they're doing all sorts of outrageous things!"
"Let's go, let's go take a look, I want to see when this Bright Zen Temple will fall! As long as those beasts can die, I'm willing to perish with them!"
Although the passersby were very afraid of the monster-like trio, their hatred for the Bright Zen Temple far outweighed this fear.
Even if they saw such terrifying monsters, they were willing to go and see the tragic state of the Bright Zen Temple.
Pig Bajie looked confused, "What Buddhist teachings?"
Sha Wujing quietly poked Pig Bajie's waist and said in a low voice:
"Have you forgotten? Saving thousands of ants is not as good as killing one evil person, and we must eliminate evil completely, kill without mercy!"
"Second Senior Brother, Master is reminding us to act according to the situation later, to catch a big fish!"
Pig Bajie twitched his lips, his forehead full of black lines, "Can't we just openly say that we're going to massacre them? Alas, being so low-key is really too good to them."
Sha Wujing: "Don't worry, Second Senior Brother, they won't get any good. We have to act low-key."
Tang Sanzang coughed lightly,
"We're here, disciples, go knock on the door."
While the master and disciples were talking, they had already arrived in front of the Bright Zen Temple.
This so-called Zen temple did not have the aura of a Zen temple at all, but rather looked more like a palace!
The entire Zen temple was gilded everywhere, and occasionally some exquisite glazed tiles could be seen on the ground as decorations, it was simply luxurious!
In the Zen temple, there was also a three-story pagoda used for burning gold paper. The pagoda was also gilded, and there was a strong flame in the pagoda, which seemed to indicate that the incense was very prosperous.
Pig Bajie couldn't help but click his tongue and shake his head when he saw the appearance of this Zen temple,
"So-called chanting scriptures and reciting Buddha brings great wealth and honor, saving people from suffering and rescuing them from disaster ends with no whole corpse, how can these monks be so rich inside?"
"Could this also be considered a kind of merit?"
Pig Bajie shook his head, his mentality was already relatively peaceful, and he would not be cynical or easily angered,
But even with Pig Bajie's state of mind, after seeing this luxurious and extravagant Bright Zen Temple, he felt injustice for the world.
They had just walked all the way here, and all the people were wearing coarse linen clothes, and from time to time they could see mortals with scars all over their bodies and faces full of suffering.
Pig Bajie only felt that there seemed to be a little problem in this Baoxiang Kingdom,
How magnificent is the temple, how destitute are the people?
Pig Bajie shook his head and reached out to knock on the door,
"Hey, open the door, we're here to offer incense to you!"
Pig Bajie knocked on the door quite politely,
However, there was no response from inside the huge iron gate of the Bright Zen Temple, three meters high, and some whispers could still be faintly heard,
"Quick! Bring something over to hold it up, we must not let the three monster heads outside break in!"
"Don't be afraid, the abbot has already gone to seek Buddha, and Yaksha gods will soon come down to subdue the demons, hold on!"
"Are the monsters going to attack our Zen temple?"
"How dare they! Our Zen temple is dedicated to the Medicine Buddha of the Three Worlds, the Supreme World-Honored One, these monsters would never dare to break in!"
"As the Buddha said some time ago, the world is in chaos now, and monsters are rising one after another, this group of evil creatures is about to start causing trouble!"
Tang Sanzang and his disciples heard the commotion inside.
A helpless expression appeared on Tang Sanzang's face,
"Preventing me from burning incense and worshipping Buddha, these people have broken the precepts."
Pig Bajie: "Understood!"