Chapter 1312: The Tathagata's Obstruction
In fact, Jiang Liu and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva are already familiar with each other's acting situation.
Therefore, after a brief discussion between Jiang Liu and Ksitigarbha, he almost determined how to perform the next play.
Immediately, Jiang Liu's body moved and went straight toward the direction of Dizang Cave.
"I have seen the Sandalwood Merit Buddha!"
When the little novice monk at the entrance of Dizang Cave saw the arrival of Jiang Liu, he immediately bowed and said.
"Amitabha, no gift!" Jiang Liu showed a desire for others this time, so he was more humble and polite than usual.
After replying, he even helped the bowing little monk up.
When Jiang Liu helped up like this, the little shaman looked at Jiang Liu in shock, looking flattered.
"May I ask, can Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva be in there? I want to see Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!"
Seeing the little novice monk being flattered, Jiang Liu laughed in his heart, but he still looked humble on the surface and asked.
"Who is here, the Bodhisattva is inside, and the Buddha of Merit is invited to come in!" Nodded in a naughty way, and the little novice monk replied.
"Thank you!"
After hearing this, Jiang Liu nodded slightly and thanked him, he passed by the little novice monk and went directly into the cave of Dizang.
"I have seen Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!" After entering Ksitigarbha Cave, Jiang Liu took the initiative to say hello to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and said.
"The Buddha of Merit is like this, and I have ruined me! You are the Buddha's throne, so I should give you a gift!" Hearing Jiang Liu's appearance of greeting him on his own initiative, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva replied, and at the same time, he returned a gift to Jiang Liu.
Not to mention the essential relationship between the two parties, at least, on the surface, it seems really polite and hypocritical.
After both sides had seen the ceremony, Jiang Liu immediately spoke to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, "I am here today to take away the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe. The soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe is in the hands of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, right?"
"Yes, it's true!" Hearing this, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva nodded and said.
After saying this, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva said, "The Dragon King of Jinghe originally had the immortal position of the Heavenly Court. However, after he died, for some reason, his soul disappeared for many years. Since his soul appeared again today, it naturally fell into my hands. I will arrange for him to reincarnate and reincarnate, and the Buddha of Merit came to ask for it..."
At the end, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva did not continue to say anything, and his face showed a look of embarrassment.
If someone else looked at the embarrassing expression of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, he might really think he could not agree.
But Jiang Liu seemed to be familiar with it and said to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva: "What if I am willing to pay enough price?"
"Is that true? I wonder what price you can pay for the Merit Buddha? Remember the death of the little white dragon Ao Lie back then, you used the brocade robes as the price..."
Sure enough, listening to Jiang Liu's words, he was willing to pay enough price. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva showed a philistine face and said with a smile.
Listening to Ksitigarbha's words, Jiang Liu's face was gloomy and clear, and he was obviously calculating gains and losses in secret.
Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva also waited patiently, without any intention of disturbing him.
In this way, after a moment of silence, Jiang Liu raised his hand and the Nine-ring Tin Staff was taken out by Jiang Liu and sent it to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, saying, "If this is the case, will the Bodhisattva feel satisfied with the Nine-ring Tin Staff of Bodhisattva?"
The Nine-ring Tin Staff was transformed from the God-killing Spear. However, for Jiang Liu now, the weapons include the Witch-Slaying Sword and the Immortal Sword, and the God-killing Spear is indeed a bit useless.
Moreover, using it to exchange the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe is not really for Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Everything is just a formality.
"Bodhisattva! Buddha is here..."
However, before Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva could answer, at this moment, suddenly, a sound of Zen sounds sounded from the void, and at the same time, the voice of the little novice monk outside the Ksitigarbha Cave sounded.
"The Buddha is here!" Hearing the voice outside, Jiang Liu and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva were stunned for a moment, looking at each other, with a look of astonishment on their faces.
Although everyone knows that the Tathagata Buddha should be an insider about the Dragon King of Jinghe, and he even arranged all of this in secret.
However, what Jiang Liu didn't expect was that when he was acting with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Buddha Tathagata actually jumped out in person?
Not to mention how surprised I was, since the Tathagata Buddha had arrived, I naturally need to go and greet him.
Therefore, Jiang Liu and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva both walked outside the Ksitigarbha Cave. Sure enough, the body of the Tathagata Buddha was sitting on his lotus platform, floating in the air.
"Have you seen the Buddha!" Jiang Liu and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva bowed to each other and said to the Buddha of Tathagata.
"Amitabha, I have some things to discuss with Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, why are you here?"
The Buddha Tathagata's eyes fell on Jiang Liu's body and asked in surprise.
"Come on, we are acting, and Buddha Tathagata is acting too!" Hearing the surprised words of Buddha Tathagata, Jiang Liu rolled his eyes secretly and complained in his heart.
Of course, this complaint cannot be said, Jiang Liu answered: "I heard that the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe fell into the hands of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, so my disciple came to Ksitigarbha to ask for it. After all, my disciple had already agreed to Xiaobai to help him resurrect the Dragon King of Jinghe. How could he break his trust in him!"
The Tathagata Buddha naturally knew what Jiang Liu said, and it was no secret that he made a big fuss in Lingxiao Palace not long ago.
However, on the surface, the Buddha Tathagata still pretended to know nothing and asked, "So, how do you bring back the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"
"Disciple is willing to use the Nine-ring Tin Staff as a price to exchange for the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe to return to the sun!" Jiang Liu said without any intention of concealing it.
"No!"
However, as Jiang Liu finished speaking, the Buddha Tathagata shook his head and said, "The nine-ring tin staff and the brocade robe were used by me to ask Guanyin Bodhisattva to travel west to obtain scriptures and protect you. Now the brocade robe has been lost. If the nine-ring tin staff is lost again, how is it appropriate?"
"So, is this the purpose of Buddha Tathagata!" Jiang Liu murmured secretly in his heart after hearing the Buddha Tathagata's answer.
Since the Buddha Tathagata arranged for the Dragon King of Jinghe to fall into the hands of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, he naturally did not want to rescue the Dragon King of Jinghe. Jiang Liu understood this principle.
Now, Buddha Tathagata jumped out and stopped himself from using magic weapons to exchange. Do he use such means to stop himself?
"What the Buddha said is reasonable..." Jiang Liu had no intention of tearing apart with the Buddha Tathagata, and nodded slightly in agreement.
After saying this, Jiang Liu put away the Nine-ring Tin Staff, then raised his witch-slaying sword and said, "This is the witch-slaying sword created by the demon clan gathering the power of the entire clan during the Lich War, which is extremely sharp..."
"No!"
Hearing Jiang Liu's words, he actually wanted to use the money of the treasure to exchange for the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe. Buddha Tathagata shook his head and said, "This witch-slaying sword is the best killing weapon in the world. You know the name of your compassion in the three realms. Therefore, if this killing weapon falls into your hands, it is God's will!"
"If you use it to exchange the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe, wouldn't you go against the will of heaven?"
Listening to the words of Buddha Tathagata, Jiang Liu secretly complained in his heart, "There are so many things."
Of course, on the surface, Jiang Liu still had no intention of tearing apart with the Buddha Tathagata. After a moment of silence, he put away the witch-slaughtering sword and took out another treasure, which was a copper coin with wings.
"This is Luobao money. It became famous during the Battle of the Gods and could almost be the most treasures in the world..." Jiang Liu took out Luobao money and said, obviously he was preparing to exchange it with Luobao money.
"No!"
Seeing Jiang Liu take out the money from Luobao, Buddha Tathagata said again.
In short, no matter what Jiang Liu took out for exchange, Tathagata Buddha would speak to stop him.
This time, Jiang Liu didn't even wait for the Buddha Tathagata to give a reason. He waved his hand, the nine-ring tin staff, the witch-slaughtering sword, the treasure-falling money, and the last eighteenth-grade lotus lit out.
"The eighteenth-grade lotus is a treasure formed by the ninth-grade merit golden lotus and the ninth-grade black lotus that was destroyed by chance. It must be enough to exchange the soul of the Jinghe Dragon King as a price!" The four treasures were taken out, and Jiang Liu focused on introducing the eighteenth-grade lotus.
Looking at the eighteenth-grade lotus in Jiang Liu's hand and listening to his introduction to the ninth-grade merit golden lotus, the Tathagata Buddha's face became very ugly.
This nine-grade golden lotus of merit was originally a treasure of the Buddha Tathagata.
"Dare to ask the Buddha..."
After introducing the eighteenth-grade lotus, Jiang Liu's eyes finally fell on the Buddha Tathagata and said, "Disciple should choose one of these four treasures as a price to exchange the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe. I wonder which one of the Buddha thinks is suitable?"
Jiang Liu's face was serious and he stared at the Buddha Tathagata and asked. His firm expression also showed Jiang Liu's mentality.
No matter what, I decided on this transaction today.
"Not even possible. Each of these treasures has a great destiny method, how can you give it up?"
The Buddha Tathagata secretly sighed in his heart, saying that so many magic weapons were gathered in Jiang Liu's hands without realizing it, and he still looked serious on the surface, and replied.
Jiang Liu was determined to take away the soul of the Dragon King of Jinghe, and Buddha Tathagata was determined to stop him!
Jiang Liu looked serious and thought secretly in his heart.
Since the Buddha of Tathagata must stop himself, is it worth doing against the will of Tathagata?
After thinking for a while, Jiang Liu immediately made a decision in his heart.
The journey to the west has reached this point and is getting closer and closer to the final battle.
Now I have almost completely broken up with the Jade Emperor, so it is not a problem to have an unhappy relationship with the Buddha Tathagata at this time.
(PS: This is the third update, the next chapter is updated at 9 am!)
Chapter completed!