Outside Wuji, the Green Lion disguised as King of Wuji was being pinned to the ground by Xuanzang in a chokehold, fists raining down on the Green Lion's head. Before long, the Green Lion's head had been beaten into a bloody mess, too gruesome to look at.
The Green Lion's Primordial Spirit was in turmoil, his consciousness blurred, and scenes flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern.
He saw it.
He saw the scene of him and his brother being enlightened by Bodhisattva in their youth.
He saw the scene of him and his brother cultivating on Kunlun Mountain.
Finally, he saw the scene of him and his brother following Bodhisattva to Mount Wuyi in Western Heaven.
One revolving-lantern scene after another appeared.
It made two streams of tears run down the Green Lion's face.
"Bodhisattva..."
"Save me."
There had been a reason the Green Lion descended to the Lower Realm, killed King of Wuji, and stole his throne.
In his early years, King of Wuji loved doing good and feeding monks, and was deeply devout. Duobao Tathagata had specially sent Bodhisattva Manjushri down to enlighten him toward the Buddha and make him an arhat.
Bodhisattva Manjushri descended to the mortal world, transformed into an ordinary monk, and especially urged King of Wuji to take refuge in Buddhism.
To achieve the Golden Body Arhat fruition.
But what was Bodhisattva Manjushri's background?
His former self was Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun of the Chan Sect, with a transcendent status, looking down on all, arrogant to the extreme.
When he was persuading King of Wuji, his words were difficult and confrontational. In the end, he provoked King of Wuji to anger, and King of Wuji ordered men to throw the ordinary monk that Bodhisattva Manjushri had transformed into into the water, soaking him