Although he thought so in his heart, Li Jing still had a favor to ask of someone.
His two sons had already entered Buddhism. Jin's master was Manjushri Guangfa, one of the twelve Golden Immortals of the Clan of Enlightenment. After the Battle of Gods Investiture, he left Taoism and entered Buddhism, becoming Manjushri Bodhisattva of Buddhism. Jin also became the front guardian of Buddha, serving him. He also became the third of the five great sage kings.
His other son, Mu Zha, was a disciple of Samantabhadra. After the Battle of Deification, Samantabhadra left Taoism and entered Buddhism, becoming Samantabhadra. Mu Zha followed his master into Buddhism and became a monk of the Way of Mercy and a disciple of Avalokitesvara.
After Samantabhadra and Manjushri Guangfa entered Buddhism, one became Samantabhadra and the other became Manjushri. These two people were the two followers of Rulai. Samantabhadra served on the right, the main servant of Dingde Gate, Manjushri served on the left, and the main servant of Zhide Gate. They were both people with very high status in Buddhism.
It was precisely because of this relationship that he, Li Jing, had a deep relationship with the Buddhist Sect.
Because of his two sons, Li Jing and the Buddhist Sect were now in a state of mutual prosperity and loss. However, to put it bluntly, Li Jing's relationship with the Buddhist Sect was only a relationship of mutual use.
The Buddhist League needed Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King and the commander of the army, to find out about the situation in the Heavenly Court, and Li Jing also needed the Buddhist League to support him. Otherwise, if he were to be sentenced to the Daoist League, he would be a traitor. Not to mention sitting on the position of the commander of the army in the Heavenly Court, it would be good if he was not cleaned up by the Daoist League!
It was precisely because of this that Li Jing had already given up and completely severed ties with Taoism.
When his third son, Nezha, was born to his mother, Madam Yin, after three years and six months of pregnancy, Li Jing thought that it was a monster. However, he did not know that Nezha was born from the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, formed by the essence of the sun and moon, and was born from a spiritual pearl. He was cut open with a sword and was born.
Later, Immortal Grand Unity came to congratulate him and took him as his disciple, named Nezha.
However, Li Jing still held a grudge against his third son. When Nezha was growing up, Li Jing had been making things difficult for his third son many times and kept a close watch on him. Once, Nezha had a conflict with Ao Bing, the third son of the Dragon King of the East Sea, when he was playing with water in the East Sea. Nezha killed Ao Bing and even took his dragon tendon as a belt to give to Li Jing.
The Dragon King of the East Sea had gone to the Heavenly Palace for the dungeon, and he had been beaten up by him at the Baode Sect. He had even torn off forty to fifty scales, and was bleeding profusely. He was in a sorry state.
The Dragon King went to Chentang Pass to denounce him. In order not to implicate his parents, the Third Prince of Nezha cut off his flesh to return to his mother, cut off his bones to return to his father, and committed suicide on the spot.
However, Li Jing could not forgive him and continued to force Nezha's soul unreasonably. Nezha could not tolerate this. Later, when Nezha's third prince was obstructed by his father, Li Jing, and could not be resurrected, Immortal Tai Yi had no choice but to create a new body for Nezha with lotus roots.
After his rebirth, Nezha bore a grudge against Li Jing and swore to cut off his father-son relationship. However, he remembered that Li Jing was his father after all, so he had been under his command and helped Li Jing manage the Heavenly Court's troops.
Since Su Nezha cared about him as a father and son, in Li Jing's heart, he was just a helper that could be used! In addition, since his eldest son and second son entered Buddhism, Li Jing hated Nezha, the third son who was still in Taoism and was unwilling to follow him into Buddhism.
He thought that Nezha was simply disregarding human relations and actually did not follow him to join the Buddhist Sect. He was simply despicable!
However, Li Jing did not expect that when Nezha was forced to cut his flesh and return it to his mother and father and commit suicide on the spot, and when Immortal Tai Yi wanted to rebuild Nezha's body with incense, Li Jing did not care about the father-son relationship. Instead, he forced Nezha to stop his rebirth for no reason. He was simply not a father!
These were all off-topic. When Li Jing heard Guanyin's words, although it was not dirty, he still had to rely on them. He could only show a trace of agreement on his face and then said respectfully,"Bodhisattva is right. I was a little impatient!”
"Good!"
When Guan Yin heard this, she smiled and nodded. She said to Li Jing,"The Heavenly King is indispensable in the plan. It's a very important link. Although we can't start it now, we can lay a good foundation first.”
"Oh?" Hearing this, Li Jing was a little surprised. Then, he said, Bodhisattva, what do you plan to do?"
"Although you are now the commander of the Heavenly Court, your reputation is still not enough. Some of the Taoist Faction's heavenly generals still have some objections to you. It just so happens that there are still many evildoers running amok in our Buddhist League's West Ox Continent. Later, I will ask His Majesty to appoint you as the commander of the army and lead the next batch of heavenly troops to clean up the demons. Not only can you gain fame, but you can also take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents and plant your trusted aides!”
"Great!" Hearing this, Li Jing was overjoyed and said,"Bodhisattva is right!"
Li Jing was very happy. Although he knew that Guan Yin wanted to use him to plant their trusted aides, this would also allow him to gain a great reputation and completely control the soldiers of the Heavenly Court. To him, this benefit was obvious!
Therefore, Li Jing immediately agreed.
Although Li Jing was the commander of the Heaven Court, it was only in name. He only controlled less than half of the Heaven Court's troops, and the other half was in the hands of Marshal Canopy.
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