Entering the Human Immortal Realm

Since childhood, he had taken refuge in the Buddhist Sect, cultivated Buddhist teachings, and kept the Buddhist Sect's five precepts and three disciplines firmly in mind.

He had thought that as long as he was sincere enough, he would one day meet the Buddha.

Yet after cultivating for so many years, he had never done so.

A monk who ate meat and drank wine could be entrusted with the important task of traveling to Western Heaven to obtain the True Scriptures.

This seriously made him question whether his faith and method of cultivation had been wrong.

"Master, what did you say? You want to eat meat?"

Thinking he had misheard, the disciple asked again.

His master was a renowned eminent monk. He had entered the monastic life as a child and spent his entire life devoted to the Buddha, never doing anything that violated Buddhist principles.

What was happening? He actually wanted to eat meat.

"Jiese, didn't you hear me? A monk who eats meat and drinks wine was arranged by the Buddhist Sect to travel to Western Heaven and obtain the True Scriptures, while I have devoted my whole life to the Buddha and have not even seen the Buddha's face. Since that is the case, why should I continue observing monastic rules and precepts?"

The old abbot seemed to have aged several decades in an instant, though there was a trace of self-mockery in his expression.

"Yes, Master."

The disciple answered and hurried down the mountain to buy meat.

He was quite considerate as well. What good was meat without wine?

So he bought several jars of wine too.

The old abbot and the temple disciples began drinking, their old faces flushed red.

"Jiese, support me. I heard there's a brothel at the foot of the mountain?"

The old abbot's drunken eyes were hazy. He was old and could not hold his liquor.

After drinking a little, he felt his faith crumble even further.

He had eaten meat and broken a precept.

Breaking one was breaking them all. Breaking two made no difference.

So now, he was preparing to go down the mountain and find women.

The old abbot had become a monk in childhood. He was already over eighty and still did not know what women tasted like. This time, he had to experience it.

The disciples had also drunk too much. Most of them were vigorous young monks, and upon hearing their master, they wanted to see for themselves as well.

Thus, a large group of monks marched grandly toward the brothel.

The old abbot was too old and had to be carried down.

One of the disciples was particularly thoughtful. Seeing the situation, he figured his master probably could not manage on his own.

He took the initiative to greet the madam, got some medicine, and gave it to his master.

Early the next morning, a shriek rang out from one of the brothel women.

When everyone rushed into the room, they discovered that the old abbot had passed away peacefully with a smile!

The matter of monks eating meat swiftly spread everywhere.

Even the monk traveling to Western Heaven for the scriptures ate meat, so what made us any different?

Just eat.

Monks who ate meat and visited brothels suddenly became far more numerous.

At first, people found it strange. Later, they stopped finding it strange at all.

And the culprit behind all this was Tang Yu.

Riding his donkey backward, he had slowly left Gao Family Village.

But not long after he departed, the system notification sounded.

"Ding! Congratulations, Host, for changing the Buddhist Sect's Journey to the West trajectory and plundering destiny from the Buddhist Sect."

"Reward: 500,000 Destiny Points!"

Huh? What was going on?

Could it be because of Gao Cuilan? He had broken the precept against lust.

But why was the reward so great this time?

How could he know that because of him, some monks had completely descended into chaos and broken all sorts of precepts?

The Buddhist Sect's believers had begun to doubt their faith.

Naturally, the reward increased as well.

Tang Yu thought about it for a long time but could not figure it out. However, he was not someone who obsessed over things. If he could not understand it, he would simply stop thinking about it.

He now had a Human Immortal Cultivation Card. It was time to step into the Human Immortal Realm.

With the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Formation, he was not worried about anyone discovering him.

"Use the Human Immortal Cultivation Card."

Tang Yu communicated with the system.

"Host has used the Human Immortal Cultivation Card and will enter the Human Immortal Realm."

"Confirm! Cancel!"

"Confirm."

Tang Yu confirmed it. In that instant, he vaguely felt a force flood his entire body.

This was a power mortals could never understand.

Although Human Immortal was the lowest realm, those who had not entered it could never understand the difference. It was simply worlds apart.

Tang Yu had the impulse to go pick a fight with Tathagata Buddha.

But it was only a thought.

Although entering the Human Immortal Realm made him feel that he had gained some strength, he was still nothing compared to the Buddha.

Even Sun Wukong, with the cultivation of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, had been effortlessly suppressed beneath Five Finger Mountain by Tathagata Buddha.

Forget it.

Tang Yu abandoned that suicidal impulse.

The Heavenly Secrets Concealment Formation covered his body, so no one noticed his breakthrough. At this moment, he had already attained Human Immortal cultivation.

After breaking through to Human Immortal, he felt that he could see farther and hear more clearly.

Strength truly was a good thing.

Suddenly, Tang Yu gained an ethereal air, which puzzled both Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie. Sun Wukong even used his Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze to inspect him, but Tang Yu still appeared to be an ordinary mortal too weak to truss a chicken.

But where did this feeling come from?

"Master, let's rest for a while."

Zhu Bajie, that Er Daizi, cried that he was tired.

They had barely walked any distance, yet this fool was already complaining of exhaustion.

As expected of a pig. It seemed he could do nothing but eat and sleep.

Look at Wukong—he was full of life and energy.

Tang Yu patted the donkey's rump, signaling that they should rest for a while.

"Bajie, your stamina isn't good enough. You need more training."

Tang Yu put a cigarette in his mouth again.

It was the first time they had seen such a thing that emitted smoke.

Tang Yu took a puff, still wearing an expression of enjoyment.

This naturally aroused Zhu Bajie's curiosity.

"Master, what is that?"

"This is good stuff. It can relieve fatigue."

Tang Yu took out a cigarette. "Have one."

After hesitating slightly, Zhu Bajie took one, lit it as Tang Yu had done, and began smoking.

Thus, the three master and disciples each had cigarettes hanging from their mouths as they smoked.

From afar, they looked exactly like three loafers or thugs wandering the streets.

"Bajie, I know you're rather depressed over your mistress becoming your master's wife. Once we reach the next place, I'll compensate you properly."

Zhu Bajie repeatedly said he would not dare.

In truth, he really was depressed. The wife he had married in a proper ceremony had actually become his master's wife.

"There will definitely be plenty of brothels and places to enjoy ourselves along the way. I'll take you two to enjoy them."

Tang Yu grinned wickedly.

Zhu Bajie's eyes lit up, but then he became worried.

"Master, we're monks, and we were ordered to travel to Western Heaven for the scriptures. Is that really all right?"

At the thought of visiting a brothel, Zhu Bajie was tempted, but he still had to consider the Buddhist Sect.

"With me here, there's nothing to fear. You don't need to worry about money either. Consider it my compensation to give you some comfort."

Tang Yu planned to pawn the purple-gold alms bowl and the monk's staff in exchange for funds to visit prostitutes.

If Guanyin Bodhisattva knew what he was thinking right now, she might be so angry that she fainted on the spot.

Considering that Tang Yu even dared to talk back to a Bodhisattva, it seemed he did not regard the Buddhist Sect with any importance at all.

Zhu Bajie grinned foolishly. "This Old Pig will follow Master's arrangements."