"Your Majesty, everything is as before!" one of the Six Ding and Six Jia replied.
"Hehe!" The Jade Emperor chuckled and said to Taibai Jinxing, " Transport that peach grove to the Heavenly Court, making sure there is no damage. Go to the South Sea and inform Guanyin of this matter."
After a pause, the Jade Emperor added, "However, we will have to go to the South Sea four years from now!"
Taibai Jinxing was taken aback, but immediately understood the Jade Emperor's meaning, and bowed, saying, "Yes!"
In Chang'an City, in a luxurious manor covering nearly a hundred acres, Ling Yi sat at the head of the main hall, listening to the steward report on the profits from various transactions over the past year.
This butler, named Zhang Fu, was an accountant whom Ling Yi had hired at a high price from a pawnshop.
Ling Yi valued his arithmetic skills and sharp mind.
Over the past few years, almost all of Ling Yi's income and expenses from his various businesses have been managed by Zhang Fu.
As his business grew, Zhang Fu handled hundreds of thousands of strings of cash every month.
Faced with such a large amount of money flowing through his hands, Zhang Fu naturally had some ideas and manipulated the accounts, thus embezzling a considerable sum of money.
Ling Yi knew about this, but he turned a One Eye One Eye. It wasn't that he didn't care, but Ling Yi had already found someone to secretly watch Zhang Fu's every move. He even knew exactly where Zhang Fu buried the money.
We're just waiting for an opportunity to not only make him lose everything but also send him to jail.
However, a year ago, when Ling Yi learned that this was the Journey to the West World, he forgot about it and has been gone for almost a year.
Now that he's back and has seen Zhang Fu again, this incident has come to mind.
After Zhang Fu finished his report, he waited for Ling Yi's questions. He knew that Ling Yi already had some suspicions about him, but he had already thought of a way to deal with it, so he wasn't worried.
However, after waiting for a while, Ling Yi still didn't speak. He couldn't help but look up at Ling Yi, only to find that Ling Yi was looking at him with a mocking expression.
Zhang Fu's heart skipped a beat; he had a bad feeling.
"Do me a favor, and I will forgive all your past transgressions; you may also take the money you buried under the jujube tree with you."
"Master, I..." Zhang Fu swayed, but ultimately did not bother with any excuses or nonsense.
He knows exactly where he buried his money; there's no point in trying to deny it.
"Please give your orders, sir!"
"Do you know of Jinshan Temple, located east of Chang'an City?"
"I know, I understand!"
"Go and find someone to burn that temple down, burn it as badly as possible. Remember, it has to be burned during the day; burning it at night doesn't count," Ling Yi said.
Zhang Fu was stunned for a moment. Why would they burn down the Jinguang Temple for no reason? But he didn't have time to ask questions now, so he could only nod in agreement.
But in his heart he was thinking that he would pack up his belongings and find a chance to escape Chang'an. With the money he had embezzled over the past two years, it would be enough to ensure that he would live a life of comfort for the rest of his days.
Ling Yi chuckled, naturally seeing through the old man's thoughts, and said coldly, "My good butler, take a look at that table."
Zhang Fu looked in the direction Ling Yi was pointing, and the next moment, he saw the table float in the air, and in a moment it turned into a ball of Huoyan in mid-air, and in the blink of an eye it turned into ashes, which fell to the ground in a flurry.
"If you try to escape, this is what will happen to you. Now go down!"
Zhang Fu's face was ashen, and he trembled violently as he left the hall.
Hu Niu asked, puzzled, "Has Jinshan Temple offended you, young master? If so, I'll go instead. He's just a A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality; he probably can't accomplish anything."
Ling Yi shook his head and said, "That Jinshan Temple is no simple place. If you go, you might not come back. On the contrary, A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality would have a better chance of success."
As the place where Tang Xuanzang practiced his Buddhist practices, and as the destined pilgrim on his journey to the Journey to the West, how could the Buddhist School not pay close attention to Jinshan Temple?
In the entire pilgrimage team, Sun Houzi could be replaced by Six-Eared, Zhu Bajie could stay in Gao Village, Monk Sha could continue being the monster of the Flowing Sand River, and the White Dragon Horse could be replaced by the Hydra.
The only one who cannot be replaced Tang Sanzang.
What if the Buddhist School doesn't keep an eye on things and Tang Sanzang goes astray?
Any Transcendent power that approaches Jinshan Temple would likely be crushed to death by the Buddhist School sect.
But for ordinary people, they might not be so wary.
Why did Ling Yi send his steward Zhang Fu to burn down Jinshan Temple? Because Ling Yi wanted to tamper with Tang Sanzang's body.
Son Goku has already been turned to the West; if Tang Sanzang is also turned to the West, then the journey to the Journey to the West will be quite entertaining.
Ling Yi's Divine Sense remained fixed on Zhang Fu's direction.
Zhang Fu was a smart man, so he naturally couldn't do it himself. Instead, he spent a lot of money to Hire a group of local thugs from Chang'an City. To Jinshan Temple would be successfully burned down, he even arranged a detailed plan for these people.
With kerosene, with kerosene; with tinder, with tinder.
There were fifty people in total. The first forty were mainly responsible for secretly pouring kerosene onto various flammable materials, while the last ten were the main people who started the fire.
Ling Yi was very satisfied with Zhang Fu's arrangements.
Petty people have their uses, and shrewd people have theirs. If someone else were to do this, they probably wouldn't be able to do it so perfectly.
That afternoon, Briar broke out at Jinshan Temple.
Because it was daytime and there were people secretly protecting them, the monks of Jinshan Temple were not harmed, especially Tang Sanzang, who was immediately taken out and placed in a safe place.
"Tsk tsk, a Xiaoxiao Jinshan Temple actually houses thirty-six Golden Immortal Realm experts from Buddhist School, that's really quite exaggerated."
Ling Yi looked at the young Tang Sanzang who was chanting sutras with his eyes closed and couldn't help but sneer.
Immediately, he reached out and pointed, sending a memory into Tang Sanzang's Sea of Consciousness.
This memory contains the truth about Journey to the Journey to the West, but it is hidden very deeply and can only be gradually revealed through Dream Entry when Tang Sanzang is sleeping.
However, Ling Yi discovered something very interesting within Tang Sanzang's Sea of Consciousness.
Demon Seed!
Did someone tamper with Tang Sanzang's plans beforehand?
Upon closer Probe, another discovery was made: it seemed not to be the case, but rather the Demon Seed that had already been born in Tang Sanzang Sanzang's true self—more precisely, the inner demon that had been born during the time of Jin Chanzi.
This can be interpreted as Tang Sanzang actually being dissatisfied with Buddhist School long ago.
Tathagata not notice this? Not necessarily.
If Tang Sanzang hadn't been destined to retrieve the scriptures, perhaps Buddha would have killed him Tathagata ago, or forcibly brainwashed Conversion him into a puppet of Buddhist School.
After thinking for a moment, Ling Yi then implanted the perfect version of the Great Grade Heavenly Immortal Formula deep into Tang Sanzang's Sea of Consciousness. It would automatically appear after Tang Sanzang had "read" all his dream memories.
Then we'll see what choice Tang Sanzang makes.
After doing all this, Ling Yi quietly disappeared.
Afterwards, he found Zhang Fu and quietly altered some of his memories before returning to his own manor.
Changing Zhang Fu's memory was mainly to sever ties between Zhang Fu and himself.
Ling Yi does not belong to this world and is not affected by the karma of this Heavenly Dao Karma. In addition, with the shielding effect of his cheat ability, even the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun cannot detect Ling Yi's existence.
In Zhang Fu's memory, he was kicked out by Ling Yi because his embezzlement was discovered.
As for why they went to burn down Jinshan Temple, what does that have to do with Ling Yi?
The Karma and effect cannot be attributed to him; Zhang Fu can figure out the reasons himself. In any case, Zhang Fu's ending will not be good.
Those Buddhas who protected Tang Sanzang would not let him go.
By now, Ling Yi has achieved his basic objective in the Journey to the Journey to the West World.
Having cultivated Divine Ability and obtained immortal techniques, he is now at the mid-stage of Primordial Unity Middle Daluo Golden Immortal, equivalent to the Great Perfection Quasi-Sage.
The next step is to become Sage.
However, becoming Sage is not so easy.
There are two kinds of Sage. One is the Heavenly Dao Sage. There are nine Heavenly Dao Sage in total. There cannot be one more or one less, otherwise it will not be Perfection.
From the beginning of time to the present, the seven sages with names and surnames are: Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Taiqing Laozi, Yuqing Yuanshi, Shangqing Tongtian, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti.
But besides these seven people, there was another Sage who rarely appeared in the Primordial World, namely the Great Immortal Yangmei, who controlled the Dao of Space.
It is said that his strength is comparable to that of Hongjun, but Ling Yi estimates that this Ancestor Yangmei is probably no match Hongjun Hongjun, at least not in the Primordial World.
After all, Hongjun had already Dao Integration, and although he was also Sage, he had reached another level.
Otherwise, Ancestor Yangmei wouldn't have dared not even enter the Great Primordial World, but instead hid in other Middle Thousand World outside the Primordial World.
The Primordial World Heavenly Dao can produce a total of nine Sage. Apart from these eight, the last Saint position has always been vacant.
This was also one of Hongjun's calculations. Hongjun did not want the Heavenly Dao to reach Perfection, otherwise he would be completely suppressed by the Heavenly Dao and become Heavenly Dao puppet.
But it is precisely because of this vacant holy position that a sliver of opportunity has been left for all living beings in the Primordial World.
Hongjun obstructed the Perfection of the Heavenly Dao, yet it secretly aligned with the Great Dao. This is precisely because the Heavenly Evolution is one of the four nines, with nine being the extreme number, and true Perfection lies in imperfection.
This Journey to the West Calamity is precisely what Heavenly Dao has done to complete this unity.
In the Journey to the West Calamity, the Buddhist School's Merit flourished as ordained by Heaven. All the merits of the world were gathered and directed westward, ultimately leading to the attainment of the last Sage, completing this final chapter.
But who will ultimately become that one is hard to say, and Heavenly Dao doesn't care.
The Journey to the West is not indestructible, but rather the process of accumulating Merit is indestructible. As long as someone can become a saint with this Merit, the Heavenly Dao is considered Perfection.
Tang Sanzang was the core of accumulating Merit, and his Tang Sanzang to the Journey to the West was the process of accumulating Merit.
Meanwhile, let's talk about Tang Sanzang's side.
Ever since Jinshan Temple was mostly burned down, Tang Sanzang has been undergoing subtle Changes.
One day, Tang Sanzang, who was fast asleep with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, covered in sweat.
"Amitabha!" Tang Sanzang chanted the Buddhist prayer as usual, his brows furrowing.
"That Son Goku, though seemingly infinitely powerful, is in reality nothing more than a Joker, a pawn being played by all the Buddhas in the heavens."
Tang Sanzang murmured.
Ever since the last fire, he has been having dreams every day. These past few days, the Protagonist of his dreams has been the Monkey King: Quest for the Sutra to Heaven, wielding his golden helmet and golden armor Compliant Golden-Hooped Rod, who wreaked havoc in the Wreaking Havoc in the Heavenly Palace.
It's like watching a series of episodes in a row, one episode a day.
Today's dream was Tathagata the Son Goku being tricked by Buddha and imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain.
Tang Sanzang, with his third-party perspective and as an outsider, was naturally able to see through this conspiracy more clearly.
" Tathagata old Old Sun, you've fooled me! You've fooled me!"
The angry Roar of Son Goku when he was suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain still echoed in Tang Sanzang's mind, making it difficult for him to calm down.
"Amitabha!"