"To be honest with Master and Senior Brother, Rulai held a spiritual conference today with the intention of finding an excuse to banish me to the mortal world so that I can become your future Buddhist monk…"
The Golden Cicada Master began to explain.
"…That Rulai's cultivation is impressive, and he has many magic treasures. I'm not his match.”
"I had no choice but to use the backup plan I had set up earlier.”
"Release the 3,000 Red-Dust Guests who are trapped under the Spirit Mountain and let them wreak havoc.”
"That's why we broke through the encirclement of the Spirit Mountain array and successfully escaped.”
"Why didn't you call me along for such a good thing?”
Sun Wukong's blood boiled as he listened. He wished that he could participate in it as well.
"If I had been by your side to help you, I would have definitely been able to beat up Old Man Rulai's bald head.”
"Buddha Rulai is extremely powerful. Even if the two of us join forces, we might not be able to kill him.”The Golden Cicada Master shook his head.
"There's no need to be discouraged. Just because we didn't succeed this time doesn't mean we won't be able to in the future.”
Zhang Li smiled.
"Golden Cicada Master, although you've already become a Quasi-Sage, you don't have any treasures to protect yourself.”
"Today, I will give you a treasure.”
With that, he flicked his sleeve and a three-meter-long staff appeared in front of him.
" Top-grade Connate Numinous treasure?!"
The Golden Cicada Master cried out in surprise when he saw this item.
"I shall bestow this treasure to you."
Zhang Li waved his hand and the staff flew towards the Golden Cicada Master.
"Disciple thanks Master for bestowing the treasure."
The Golden Cicada Master took the staff and kowtowed to Zhang Li in gratitude. Then, he looked at the treasure from head to toe and couldn't bear to part with it.
The reason why he was suppressed by Rulai previously was that he had almost no strength to retaliate.
It was because Tathagata had many treasures, but he did not have any treasures that he could take out.
Now that he had obtained this treasure, he was confident that he could fight Buddha Rulai this time.
……
After Gautama Buddha sensed Sun Wukong's arrival, he turned around and left, no longer chasing after the Golden Cicada Master.
When he returned to Spirited Mountain, he found Amitabha, Medicine Buddha, Dipamkara Buddha, and other mighty figures of the Buddhist Sect. They had also led their disciples to reinforce him.
"Buddha, where is the Golden Cicada Master?"
Dipamkara Buddha glanced at the holy mountain and saw the corpses of Buddhist disciples everywhere. Then, he asked.
"You were a step too late. That wicked disciple has already escaped.”Tathagata sighed.
"Where are those suppressed demons and immortals?”Dipamkara Buddha asked again.
"He also escaped." Gautama Buddha replied in a deep voice.
"Then what should we do?" Dipamkara asked.
"Ancestral Buddhas, lead your disciples and capture the 3,000 Immortals and Fiendgods who escaped.”Tathagata immediately made the arrangements.
"As for me, I will report this matter to the two Saints and ask them to make a decision.”
"That's the only way."
Dipamkara Buddha nodded. He led his disciples and left Spirited Mountain, chasing after the escaped prisoners.
Amitabha, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha, and the other mighty figures of the Buddhist League nodded at Rulai before turning around and leaving to capture the escaped prisoners.
After everyone left, Gautama Buddha looked behind him at the corpses of the Buddhist disciples and the shattered Great Thunderclap Monastery. He could only let out a long sigh.
Then, he left Spirited Mountain and flew out of the chaos.
After a long time, he finally arrived at the place where the Two Sages of the West were in seclusion.
"Disciple Rulai requests an audience with the two Saints.”
With a creak, the door of the hall opened.
Tathagata took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness and worry in his heart, and stepped in.
Before long, he arrived in front of the two Saints and knelt on the ground.
"Disciple is incompetent and has come to apologize to the two Saints.”
"What crime have you committed?" Jie Yin asked.
"Disciple's plan to travel to the West was not successful. First, Sun Wukong had a problem and caused a ruckus on the Spirit Mountain, causing our Buddhist Sect to lose face in the three worlds.”
Rulai pleaded in a low voice.
"Now, our disciple, the Golden Cicada, has betrayed the sect and released the 3,000 Red Dust Guests he suppressed, causing rivers of blood to flow in the holy mountain and pure land.”
"I'm incompetent and have disappointed the two Saints. I've specially come to beg for forgiveness.”
"We already know about this." Jie Yin said lightly,
"The Journey to the West Plan has suffered many setbacks.”
"Other than that, the fundamental reason is that someone is plotting against our Buddhist Sect behind our backs.”
"This person is hiding in the dark, which is why he has succeeded time and time again.”
"Dare I ask the sage, can you find out who did this?”
Rulai's heart relaxed as he hurriedly asked.
"The heavenly secrets are in chaos. Even with our cultivation, we can't tell who did it.”Jie Yin shook his head and said,
"However, one thing is certain. Only a few people can do such a thing and allow Sun Wukong and the Golden Cicada Master to have such cultivation and strength in just a dozen years.”
"Sect Master Tongtian is still under house arrest in the Purple Cloud Palace. He doesn't have the ability to do such a thing.”
"The two of us naturally won't."
"In that case, the only ones who have the ability and the will to stop our Buddhist Sect from flourishing are the two Saints of Daoism and Saint Nuwa.”
"However, we can't figure out who among the three of them did it, nor can we find any clues.”
"Then what should we do?" Rulai asked.
"Are we going to be passively beaten up?”
"Naturally not." Jie Yin stood up as he spoke.
"This venerable self will pay a visit to teacher and explain this matter.”
"If we can get Teacher's permission to take action, we can directly eliminate the hidden danger if something similar happens again.”
With that, he turned around and left, heading towards the Purple Cloud Palace in the depths of the chaos.
Not long after, he arrived outside the Purple Cloud Palace.
"Disciple Jieyin requests an audience with Teacher."
He asked three times, but there was no response from the Purple Cloud Palace. The door was still closed.
Seeing this, he knew that his teacher did not want to see him, so he could only turn around and leave.
After returning to the closed-door cultivation, he told Zhunti about it.
"It's a good thing that teacher didn't see you. It means that we can do whatever we want.”Zhunti said with a smile.
"That's right." Jie Yin nodded.
"Next time, if that person makes another move, the two of us will personally take action and catch him.”
"When the time comes, we'll see which fellow daoist is making things difficult for us.”
"Very good." Zhunti smiled and said to Rulai,"
"Rulai, go back and reorganize the Spirit Mountain. Continue to prepare for the Journey to the West.”
"Yes, this disciple will take his leave."
Rulai bowed and then took his leave.
……
After Jie Yin left.
Purple Cloud Palace.
Patriarch Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes and asked Sect Master Tongtian, who was sitting on a futon not far away,
"Tongtian, who do you think did this?”
"Laozi, Primitive, and Nuwa are both possible.”School Master Tongtian said,"
"Of course, it's also possible that Jieyin and Zhunti put on this show themselves.”
"Then how do you think we should deal with this matter?”Patriarch Hongjun asked again.
"Didn't teacher already make a decision when he didn't see Jieyin just now?”
Sect Master Tongtian said indifferently.
Not seeing him was an attitude.
It meant that Patriarch Hongjun did not want to care about this matter, nor did he want to stop them from investigating or even taking action.
"The heavenly secrets are in chaos. Even I can't figure out who did it.”
Hongjun smiled and said,"
"In that case, let Jieyin and the others do it. At that time, everything will be clear.”
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