Chapter 488: Good intentions
Wukong, Bajie and Sha Seng stood behind Zhenyuan Daxian. As long as he dared to attack Zhang Yang, they would attack from behind. The air was filled with the smell of gunpowder for a moment, and even the air seemed to condense. Zhang Yang felt a little difficult to breathe.
However, when he thought of himself protecting the Golden Bell Cover of Folang, he felt a little confident. No matter what, Folang is a divine beast that existed in the early stages of the universe, and it should be more powerful than Zhen Yuanzi.
"Zhen Yuanzi, you and I met on the Yulan Festival back then, and I personally passed on tea and you, but you are good, but now I want to kill me. Is this what a great immortal who lives on the same life as heaven did?" Zhang Yang racked his brains to recall everything about Journey to the West, hoping to use this to make Zhen Yuanzi open their mouths to them.
Zhen Yuanzi was obviously surprised because the Buddhist Ullamura Festival and the Taoist Zhongyuan Festival were both the same day, which is July 15th. So on that year, the Buddha recruited all the gods and Buddhas all over the world, and no matter what religion they teach, they gathered together to celebrate the festival.
It was indeed Jin Chanzi who gave him tea on the Yulan Festival, but how did Tang Monk know about this? Didn’t he clear his memory when he was reincarnated in the tenth life? In order to determine whether Zhang Yang was Jin Chanzi, Zhen Yuanzi asked another question: "Tang Monk, what did you say to me before reincarnation in the tenth life? Do you still remember it?"
Zhang Yang almost couldn't help but curse when he heard this. He thought to himself that there were so many troubles in this old man. How could he know about these trivial matters? He had to say with a dark face: "Well..."
When Zhen Yuanzi saw Zhang Yang suddenly become serious, he really believed that Tang Seng still retained his memory, so he asked with pain: "Since you remember, why did you still have to go back to this place? Have you made a decision?"
Zhang Yang didn't know what Zhen Yuanzi was saying, so he could only bite the bullet and confirm. No matter Zhang Yang felt that it was inexplicable, even Wukong and others felt that something seemed to be in this, especially Wukong. The more he involved Jin Chanzi's affairs, the more he wanted to pay attention, so he stood up and asked, "Zhen Yuanzi, what whispers did you and my master say back then, it's better to say it."
Zhen Yuanzi shook his head and said, "Since Tang Monk is here, let him talk to himself."
Zhang Yang was a little confused. He glared at Wukong, then coughed twice, and said with a sad expression: "I don't want to mention the things I did back then, so you should talk about them."
Zhen Yuanzi glanced at the cat girl and was about to ask a question, Zhang Yang pulled her and introduced: "This is my future wife, so she is my own person, you don't have to worry."
After saying this, Zhang Yang felt guilty. First of all, his current setting is a monk who has learned from the scriptures. How can a monk have a wife? Another thing is that he really doesn’t know the background of the cat girl at all. Is it a bit hasty to say that she is his own person?
Who knew that Zhen Yuanzi stared at Zhang Yang with a strange expression for a while. Zhang Yang was about to say that he was joking, but who knew that Zhen Yuanzi laughed before he spoke, and laughed at him while saying, "You are still the same as before."
Later, Zhen Yuanzi recalled what happened to Wukong and others...
Ginseng fruit was originally a fairy grass produced in the early stage of chaos, but the nutrients required for its growth were different from ordinary vegetation. It does not require nutrients such as soil, sunlight, and water. What it needs is the flesh and blood of living people.
After Zhen Yuanzi later learned the secret of ginseng fruit, he built Wuzhuang Temple around the fruit tree and began to study how to change the nutrients of ginseng fruit here.
Therefore, Zhen Yuanzi became the ancestor of the earth immortals and also worked part-time as a gardener. However, he was powerless. Although he prevented the ginseng fruit tree from capturing the living people to absorb nutrients, the ginseng fruit tree stopped growing and no longer bears fruit. The trunk was gradually peeling and began to grow old.
In this way, the earthly immortals who rely on ginseng fruits began to let him go and no longer bear fruit. How could they survive? Could it be that they would die if they could not extend their lifespan like humans? Just when Zhen Yuanzi was at a loss, the Buddha Tathagata came to his Wuzhuang Temple, went down to this cave with him, and discussed the solution with him.
Hundreds of years ago, this underground cave looked like this, with skulls all over the ground. Tathagata asked Zhen Yuanzi why the ground was full of infant skulls. Zhen Yuanzi waved his hand and stirred up the group of skulls, turning out the adult skulls underground, explaining that the bottom was full of corpse water, so the baby's skull was relatively light, so he floated up.
Facing the Jade Emperor's carelessness, no longer providing the overall life and death of the gods and Buddhas, Tathagata thought of the past when he cut his flesh and fed the eagle. He shed a tear and decided to contribute his secret to save the gods and Buddhas.
Zhen Yuanzi pointed to the four giant babies on the wall of the cave and said, "These are the four children of Tathagata. They have been serving as the nutrients for the ginseng fruit trees over the years."
At first, Zhang Yang thought he had heard it wrong. After he carefully savored it, he confirmed that Zhen Yuanzi was talking about the words "Son of Tathagata".
His worldview was broken into pieces at this moment. He looked at the cat girl and said affectionately: "Even the Buddha of Tathagata has a son, so we will get married tomorrow."
Wukong and Bajie were already laughing on the ground. Buddha Tathagata actually had a son. If such a big thing was spread, wouldn’t it shock the entire Three Realms? Zhen Yuanzi glanced at them and said, “It’s not what you think. Tathagata cut off his body and turned into four giant babies to provide nutrients to the ginseng fruit tree here.
The reason why he didn't want this secret to be made public was because he didn't want the gods and Buddhas to know that the ginseng fruit they ate was actually the meat of Tathagata."
Tathagata's meat? Why does it sound so familiar? Zhang Yang thought of the golden cicada who disappeared from the beginning. Isn't his meat also immortal?
Wukong thought for a while, then nodded: "It makes sense. If everyone knows that eating Buddha's meat can lead to immortality, then they all think that Buddha begged for meat."
Zhen Yuanzi nodded: "Later, Jin Chanzi learned about Tathagata and he had also been here, but he had the opposite opinion to Tathagata Buddha."
After saying that, Zhen Yuanzi glanced at Zhang Yang, and then continued: "Jin Chanzi believes that since all things in the world are born and die, this can be a complete cycle. It is contrary to the laws of nature to live forever. He thinks that it is a big mistake for the Buddha Tathagata to use this method to maintain the lifespan of the gods and Buddhas."
"So Jin Chanzi was punished for ten generations of reincarnation?" Wukong asked.
"No, the ten-generation reincarnation was proposed by Jin Chanzi. He wanted to prove his fault to the Buddha of Tathagata." As he said that, a hint of sadness suddenly appeared in Zhen Yuanzi's eyes.
Chapter completed!