Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 131: The Sage Speaks

Only martial power can instill respect in others.

Only by possessing the most formidable martial power can the Heavenly Dragon Temple truly exercise the power of law enforcement and qualify to do so. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

These Eight Departments of Buddhism will serve as tools to maintain this law enforcement power in the future. They will be stripped of all their rights, turned into puppets for the purpose of upholding the righteousness of the Buddhist precepts.

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After a while, Jiang Chen took a few deep breaths, regaining his composure, and smiled at the approaching Eight Departments of Buddhism, "Thank you, my Buddhist friends, for helping me establish the Heavenly Dragon Temple."

With that said, Jiang Chen took out the postnatal Merit spiritual treasure, the Ksitigarbha Origin Pearl, held it in his hands, put his palms together and sincerely bowed to everyone.

He was thanking them for helping him establish the Heavenly Dragon Temple, which gave him a foothold in Buddhism and a place in the Xiniuhe Continent.

"Humph! Creating mystique for its own sake!"

Even though it was unclear what Jiang Chen’s intentions were, the Eight Departments of Buddhism knew the principle of preemptive strike. Regardless of his plans, everything would be void once he was dead.

"Die!"

Thinking of this, the Eight Departments of Buddhism attacked simultaneously, fully exhibiting the Sunlight Pearl, shedding a million feet of golden light, sweeping towards Jiang Chen, intending to slay him.

Rumbling sounds!

The golden light swept over, overwhelming and radiant, radiating an unparalleled intense heat. Everything in its path was vaporized, transforming into wisps of white smoke and dissipating.

The wide-spreading golden light quickly reached Jiang Chen.

Jiang Chen, however, showed no fear at all.

He straightened up slowly, chanted a Buddhist name, held the Ksitigarbha Origin Pearl in both his hands and raised it over his head, shouting respectfully towards the Western sky:

"I’ve heard that there is a great prison in the human world to hold those who have sinned; there’s a Heavenly Prison in the celestial realm to hold sinful immortals and gods; there’s Hell in the Netherworld for detaining evil spirits and demons."

"However, within Buddhism, there is no such kind of place."

"As a result, some Buddhist disciples have become increasingly outrageous, completely ignoring the clear rules and precepts of Buddhism."

"Therefore, I, with great virtue and reverence, desire to construct a place similar to the Eighteen Layers of Hell, a Buddha Hell, to detain monks who break the precepts and bring disaster upon the world... as a warning to all monks."

At this point, Jiang Chen bowed sincerely to the west: "This is my wish, it is also the rightful way of Heaven and Earth, and the wish of all beings of Xiniuhe Continent. I kindly ask for the saint’s blessings."

As his words fell, Heaven and Earth resonated and brilliant golden light appeared, transforming into a golden lotus of merit.

Simultaneously, tucked away in the outer chaos of Heaven, cultivating the Tao, the Jieyin Saint, the ancestor of Buddhism, suddenly opened his eyes upon hearing Jiang Chen’s plea.

With the abilities of a saint, they’re almost omnipotent within the Three Realms.

With a mere thought, the Jieyin Saint came to understand the entire cause and effects. Then he made his move.

In the chaos beyond Heaven, the Jieyin Saint casually lifted his right arm and pointed towards the Xiniuhe Continent.

Rumble!

At that moment, an unimaginable force erupted, engulfing everything, shattering infinite space-time, stirring the boundless chaotic energy, and whipping up huge tidal waves of chaos.

"Grant!"

All at once, a Dao Sound full of sorrow echoed in Jiang Chen’s ears, then spreading throughout the entire Xiniuhe Continent.

It was...

The voice of the Jieyin Saint!

"What?"

Upon suddenly hearing the voice of the Jieyin Saint on Spiritual Mountain, all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were taken aback, their eyes filled with shock.

For many years, since Buddhism lost to Confucianism, the Jieyin Saint, the ancestor of Buddhism, had not shown himself, staying secluded in the chaos beyond Heaven.

Even during the vast West Journey event, he did not personally appear, leaving everything in the hands of Zhunti.

Therefore, these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas were so shocked when they heard the Jieyin Saint’s voice.

What exactly happened to cause the long-retired Jieyin Saint to be disturbed?

Shock in their hearts, the monks hurriedly deployed their Divine Abilities to deduce the situation.

When a saint speaks, secrets of Heaven that are obscured become clear, and thus, the monks quickly deduced the cause and effect.

Then, they quietly turned their gaze towards the emotionless Ancient Buddha, Randeng.

The Eight Departments were indeed sent out by the Sunlight Bodhisattva, but the one who concealed the secret of Heaven was Ancient Buddha Randeng.

Randeng thought he was being covert, no, he was indeed covert. He just didn’t expect that the saint would intervene, which exposed him.

No matter how cunning his tricks are, there’s no fooling a saint’s intervention.

Indeed, Ancient Buddha Randeng was once the most shameless person in the prehistoric world, seeing the matter exposed, and being stared at by everyone, he showed no reaction, just kept on chanting the Buddhist scriptures, as if the matter had nothing to do with him.

That thick-skinned face of his was enough to make everyone embarrassed.

The reason why Randeng stepped in was simple. If someone else did it, perhaps it would just be a plot against the Sunlight Bodhisattva, but not with Randeng, he really wanted Jiang Chen dead.

All because of the Sea Pacifying God Pearl.

There’s no deep calculation, just because the Sea Pacifying God Pearl was in Jiang Chen’s hands, therefore, Ancient Buddha Randeng wanted to kill him to retrieve it.

It was the spiritual treasure that led to Randeng’s ascension, no matter who gets it, he will do his best to snatch it back.

Originally, according to Zhunti’s plan, the Sea Pacifying God Pearl was to be given to Jiang Chen first, and then Ancient Buddha Randeng would appear to indoctrinate him into Buddhism, making him a protector of Buddhism’s Dharma.

The plan was good, but reality often falls short. In just a couple of years, Jiang Chen had transformed and became a Buddha, equal to Randeng.

Well, this really screwed over Ancient Buddha Randeng. Why didn’t Zhunti just give the Sea Pacifying God Pearl to him directly? Why did he have to let it go through Jiang Chen’s hands first?

Now it’s too late, the item is in Jiang Chen’s hands and can’t be retrieved.

Even saints cannot force one Buddha to give his spiritual treasure to another Buddha.

Randeng was frustrated and wanted to regain the Sea Pacifying God Pearl, planning to use Sunlight Bodhisattva to eliminate Jiang Chen, and at the same time scheme against Sunlight Bodhisattva, killing two birds with one stone.

But the result turned out like this.

As for why Randeng didn’t use a spiritual treasure to exchange with Jiang Chen for the Sea Pacifying God Pearl, that was obviously because he couldn’t bear to!

The only things that can be exchanged for an Innate Spiritual Treasure are other Innate Spiritual Treasures. How could Randeng bear to part with those? Of course, this also had to do with Jiang Chen’s weak power. If he was strong enough and was also a Quasi-Saint, Randeng would not have these thoughts.

Anyway, the feud between Jiang Chen and Ancient Buddha Randeng has now been established.

From now on, things will get interesting.

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Seeing nothing on Ancient Buddha Randeng’s face, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas turned their attention back, looking towards the direction of the Heavenly Dragon Temple.