Chapter 179 The Three Burials are Complete
"Master, the sacred mountain is ahead." The executioner was leading a horse in front. Although he still looked like a monkey, he was less evil.

Zhu Bajie followed behind him, most of them looked silly and foolish, some were lazy, greedy and cunning. Sha Wujing still had his eyes closed and his head lowered, but his brows were slightly relaxed.

The four people heading west followed closely. Sanzang turned his horse's head and took a turn. Then they saw the boundless and pure land and the vast Buddhist root, which was the Great Demon Sound Temple.

Sanzang dismounted from his horse, dressed in formal attire and wearing a solemn robe. A man came towards him from the opposite side, wearing brocade clothes and fairy shoes.

"The one in front is the monk from the East who is seeking Buddhist scriptures, Master Sanzang?"

Sanzang replied, “That’s right.”

"That's right. I am the Golden Summit Immortal. I have received the Buddha's order and have been waiting for you for a long time." said the immortal.

Three Burials and One Ceremony: "Thank you for leading the way, Immortal. I am exhausted from the journey. Is there a place to wash and get rid of the dust so that I can go and pay homage to the Buddha?"

Jin Guangxian shook his head: "Such mundane rituals as fasting, bathing, lighting incense and worshipping, how could Buddha Wu Tian care about them? Only Buddha Xu likes golden attire."

He raised his hand and pointed to the distance, where there was a golden light: "Master, look, that place where the Buddha's light shines everywhere and the sound of Zen rises, it is clearly the vast land of Buddhism, but there is a word "demon" hanging in front of the treasure temple. If it changes, it will become a door without righteousness and goodness. If so, why don't you turn back, so as not to end up in vain."

Sanzang thought about Wu Tian's black robe and his appearance of being a demon rather than a Buddha, and nodded: "Great Immortal is right, I will accept your advice."

Jin Guangxian led the way and they came straight to the treasure temple. Sanzang took a look and saw the words "Great Demon Sound Temple" written on it. He walked in and saw all the arhats, bodhisattvas and Buddhas were there, arranged in a row and rising into the sky. In the middle was a person sitting on a black lotus. It was Wu Tian.

"Disciple Sanzang, pay homage to my Buddha."

Sanzang bowed his head, but the three demons behind him and the white horse did not move, so Sanzang did not care.

"You bowed to me when I touched your head and gave you the precepts several years ago. Why are you bowing to me today? You have traveled 18,000 miles and have seen what the Buddha looks like. Do you still have to bow to him every time you see him? I never remembered that I taught you to have such a weak spine." Wutan said.

Sanzang stood up and said: "The Buddha enlightens his disciples. As a teacher and a leader, there should be a big difference. How can I not worship him?"

Wu Tian nodded and said, "Did you encounter any confusion along the way?"

"The more I travel and the farther I go, the more troubles I have. I don't know the answer to each question. Let me just talk about one of them..." Sanzang had kept these words to himself for an unknown period of time, and now he was going to tell the story from the beginning.

Wu Tian pointed with his hand, and a cushion appeared behind Sanzang. He said with a smile: "Sit down and talk!" The Arhats and Bodhisattvas around him also chuckled.

Sanzang sat down happily without any formalities. "My disciple has broken the precept of killing, which has attracted countless evil spirits. Although I have the true method of relic relics, I am afraid of committing sins of killing in vain. However, the longer I practice, the more confused I become. When I encounter evil things, I trace the source, but find that the cause is complicated. It may be due to years of hatred, or because of injustice and anger. It is unclear whether it is true or false, right or wrong."

"In one of the difficulties, an immortal was evil, but he defeated the disciple with sophistry and had to let him go. The disciple went forward but still felt unwilling to give up, so he turned back a hundred miles and killed him with a punch. The immortal was dead, but the disciple was still worried and kept asking questions."

Wu Tian smiled and said, "The world is the furnace, and nature is the work. What is burned is all living beings, with mixed emotions and hatreds. Under the entanglement of cause and effect, things are right and wrong, but the inner situation is hard to understand." San Zang waited for a moment: That's it? This doesn't answer the question either?

"Haven't you made your choice? In the end, you couldn't escape being killed. You are kind-hearted, so you have walked into a dead end. Who told you that you must distinguish right from wrong?" Wutan said.

"Even if we use the method of exchanging one life for another, there is still a distinction between high and low status. The equality of all beings is a lie. Do you think you can get away with killing someone by asking for forgiveness and giving some compensation? Killing is killing, and all the consequences and sins are borne by you alone!"

Sanzang lowered his head in thought and said no more.

“Sanzang, now that you have passed the nine nine tribulations and have completed your merits, I now have three collections of scriptures that can help you transcend suffering and explain disasters. There is a collection of Dharmas to talk about the sky; there is a collection of theories to talk about the earth; and there is a collection of scriptures to save ghosts. There are a total of thirty-five volumes, a total of 15,144 volumes. They are indeed the path to cultivating the truth and the door to righteousness and goodness. I will give them all to you. Would you mind taking them back to the East to spread them?” Wu Tian chanted the Buddha’s name, and piles of scriptures appeared, with bursts of golden light, and every volume was profound.

Sanzang stared at the scriptures for a long while and sighed, "I don't want to. What I want is not the scriptures, but the law, the law to govern the world. Even if I bring the scriptures back to the East, the root cause will not be removed. The people are full of Zen, and it is difficult to lead them to goodness. The sentient beings have deep cultivation, but they commit many sins out of thin air. I beg the Buddha to pass down the true law."

"Good, if you can say that, you have obtained the true sutra of Sanzang."

Wu Tian waved his sleeves, the golden scripture disappeared, and one book after another appeared. There was no magic, only the fragrance of ink.

"I have the method of making money and the art of keeping people alive. It contains everything about astronomy, geography, people, birds and beasts, flowers and trees, tools and human affairs. It covers everything from agriculture and sericulture to iron smelting, planting and animal husbandry. With this book, people can be saved from the suffering of famine and poverty."

"However, there are people in the world, immortals, Buddhas, demons, and ghosts. Only humans suffer. Demons and ghosts rob people, and immortals and Buddhas abuse people. If all evil is not eliminated, it will be difficult to cultivate good roots. I want to do something that will destroy the heavens and overturn the heavens. You are entrusted with the mission of heaven, and this must be done by you. Are you willing?"

After listening to this, Sanzang looked at Wu Tian and Man Tian Buddha steadily, and finally said, "Disciple is willing."

"In that case, I will confer upon you the title of Buddha and call you Fighting and Victory Buddha. Are you willing?" Wu Tian asked.

Sanzang shook his head: "I am a mortal, and I want to do something like destroying the heavens. How can I become a Buddha? It is ridiculous to drive out the old Buddha and promote the new Buddha! I am willing to be a Buddha and a demon, and kill all the immortals and gods."

“Okay, okay, I really like it. Buddha and devil are one and the same. Buddha comes from human body and exists in the human heart. Saint is Buddha and resentment is devil. If you can understand this, I will help you to develop a human heart with devilish thoughts!” Wutan waved his hand, and a devil flame attracted the thoughts of countless people and fell on Sanzang’s body. That was the good result he had gained along the way, spreading good thoughts, killing evil and treacherous, and restoring order.

The common people may not be familiar with Buddhism and do not know the names of Sanzang, but they all know that there was a monk who led three ferocious disciples, killed countless evil people and did many good deeds. They were deeply grateful and often offered sacrifices to him, including the idea of ​​praising the Buddha. Anyone who had anything to do with Sanzang was arrested by Wutan.

Sanzang felt no pain despite the demonic flames. He turned around and looked at the executioner and his men who had been silent since they arrived at the palace. "Now my mission is accomplished. Thank you for following me. Please help me complete it."

The four demons transformed into various colored gases and fell into Sanzang's body. Then a bright golden light was emitted, and the relics in Sanzang's body were melted and merged into one with Sanzang.

The raging devil flames passed by, the cassock disappeared, the Buddhist crown was no longer there, and only a holy monk with red lips and white teeth, wearing a white robe and standing barefoot in the hall was left.

(End of this chapter)