On this day, Tang Monk and his disciples traveled to the Kingdom of Chechi and came to the palace to pay homage to King Chechi. They presented a customs clearance document and asked for King Chechi's seal.

Originally, the matter was just a matter of stamping the jade seal, but King Chechi did not agree. He also summoned the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty with great fanfare, specially sent envoys, and invited three national masters to watch the ceremony together.

"I would like to invite Tang Sanzang, the Zen master of the Tang Dynasty, to come into the palace."

Amidst the singing of the chamberlain, Tang Monk and his disciples walked into the palace to pay homage to the king.

"The poor monk Tang Sanzang pays homage to the king and the queen."

"Okay, okay, eminent monk, please excuse me." King Chechi happily asked Tang Monk to stand up, and then told his chamberlain, "Come here, give the eminent monk of the Tang Dynasty a seat."

After saying that, Che Chiguo turned to look at the three national masters beside him and introduced him to them.

"I'm here to introduce you to the three national masters. This is the eminent monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty. Tang Sanzang and his three disciples are said to have the same power as the three national masters.

For a person with great supernatural powers, the Imperial Master may wish to have a close exchange with his master and disciple."

Among the three Taoists, the tall and majestic Huli Great Immortal looked thoughtfully at King Che Chi, who was smiling, and his eyes flashed slightly.

Why is Your Majesty so abnormal today? He actually values ​​these monks of the Tang Dynasty so much. Doesn’t he hate these monks who have deceived him the most?

King Chechi explained in a low voice: "Master, this Tang Sanzang is from the Eastern Tang Dynasty. He comes from the heavenly kingdom. I should respect him more."

This explanation seemed to make sense, so Immortal Huli and the others didn't think about it any more.

The masters and disciples of Tang Monk in the hall also looked at the three people of Great Immortal Huli with serious expressions.

Sun Wukong looked at the three of them with a somewhat unkind look, and whispered to Tang Monk: "Master, it is these three demons who are hindering us from allowing the king to change the customs clearance documents for us."

Tang Seng also raised his eyebrows a little, and his impression of Huli Immortal and the others was also very bad.

As early as when they entered Chechi Kingdom, they saw many Buddhist disciples who were enslaved and tortured by Taoist priests.

Those Buddhist disciples, who were originally monks and pure people who were not tainted by worldly things, were forced to do heavy hard labor, forced to change their beliefs, and were not allowed to chant sutras and worship Buddha...

In the mouths of those Buddhist disciples, all this was instructed by these three national masters, and they even tortured many Buddhist disciples to death through exhaustion.

Even the foreign monks, their master and disciple, were bullied and hostile by these three national masters for no reason. They forced the king not to let them pass, but to arrest them and send them to do coolies... These three people are actually Buddhas.

enemy!

But in fact, Tang Monk did not know that those who ordered the destruction of temples and Buddha statues and punished the monks were not necessarily the three Huli Immortals, and those who acted as bad guys and beat and tortured the monks with whips were not necessarily true Taoist priests.

Even the monks who complained to them and told their 'true feelings' were not necessarily telling the true and complete inner story!

As for the three Huli Immortals who stopped the king and refused to exchange customs clearance documents for their master and apprentice, it was even more groundless!

After all, although the three of them do have some dislike for Buddhism, what Taoism advocates is never cruelty to opponents, and they will never interfere in national affairs, let alone force the king to do anything.

Ever since they received Lu Zhi's letter many years ago, they have been acting on Lu Zhi's orders. How could they deliberately target and torture those monks?

What Tang Seng and his disciples saw, heard, and learned were actually just one-sided words, and some were completely misleading lies!

However, neither Tang Monk's master nor his three brothers, nor the three brothers of Great Immortal Hu Li, knew the secret behind this. Only King Che Chi, who looked like a fool with a smile on his face, really understood everything.

King Chechi glanced at both sides without any trace, and sure enough, the three national masters and Tang Seng's master and apprentice had already developed a sense of hostility as soon as they met.

And this is exactly what he wants.

A glimmer of light flashed in his old eyes that were already somewhat dim, and he said: "Haha, the eminent monks of the Tang Dynasty are here as guests. Although my chachi country is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, it still has some output, so

Please come to the banquet and enjoy a fast meal."

Tang Monk was a master and a disciple, but Sandao was unwilling to accompany him, so he immediately resigned to the king and left.

That night, after returning to the inn, Tang Monk fell asleep early due to exhaustion from traveling for days, but Sun Wukong suddenly opened his eyes.

During tonight's banquet, King Chechi kept talking about how the three national masters of his Chechi Kingdom had great supernatural powers and how they were hostile to monks who hated them. He advised them to please the three national masters, and maybe the three of them would

When the national master was happy, he let them pass.

But who is Sun Wukong? How can he easily grovel to others? Because of King Chechi’s words, Sun Wukong is now full of evil thoughts towards the three people of Great Immortal Huli.

"Idiot, Junior Brother Sha, wake up."

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"Ah? What's wrong, senior brother?"

"Yes, Senior Brother, why do you want us to stay up late at night?"

Sun Wukong said: "You two, just know how to sleep and get up quickly... While the master is sleeping, we will go meet the three demons for a while and punish them well, so that we can change the customs clearance documents as soon as possible.

Pass."

Hearing this, neither Tianpeng nor Sha Seng expressed their opinions, but only glanced at Sun Wukong.

"What's wrong with you two? Are you afraid of those three demons?"

Tianpeng's eyes flashed and he said: "Since senior brother you want to meet the three national masters, junior brother I will naturally go with you."

Sha Monk nodded: "Let's go together."

"Then let's go, remember to be quiet and don't wake up the master."

The three of them immediately left the inn in the dark and headed towards the Sanqing Temple where Sandao lived. They avoided the Taoist priests on patrol and easily entered the temple.

The three of them walked all the way into the main hall dedicated to the Sanqing gods. They saw the statues of the Sanqing gods enshrined in the hall, and there were tributes on the table. They also saw that there was no one in the hall, and Sun Wukong's habit of stealing food had returned.

"Tianpeng, Junior Brother Sha, have you two eaten enough tonight? Looking at the tributes on this table, they are all good things, why don't you give us an advantage?"

Having said that, without waiting for Tianpeng and Sha Seng to express their opinions, Sun Wukong jumped onto the altar table, grabbed a handful of bananas from the table and started eating.

Tianpeng and Sha Seng looked at each other. They didn't eat for free. After all, King Chechi was also stingy. He said he wanted them to enjoy a fast meal, but in fact it was just that little. For them, it was just a mouthful.

Not only did they not have enough to eat, it also aroused their cravings.

The three of them immediately started eating secretly in the palace. After Sun Wukong ate a handful of bananas, he suddenly felt something strange. He subconsciously looked up and saw the statue of Lao Jun right in front of him. His eyes were painted with colorful ink, as if

Looking straight at him like a thief.

Sun Wukong felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. Although this was just a clay statue in front of him, he was still a little afraid of Laojun instinctively. Even if he just saw the statue, he would unconsciously recall that he was cast into gossip by Laojun.

Memories of calcination in the furnace.

I saw his monkey eyes turning around, subconsciously looking at the canopy on the side.

"Idiot, stop eating. Look at the lights in this hall and the incense. Someone must be coming here to refill the incense. If we eat like this, we will be easily discovered."

Tianpeng stuffed the tribute into his mouth and asked vaguely: "So, senior brother, what do you have in mind?"

Sun Wukong pointed at the statue of Sanqing on the altar above and said, "We have to become the master of this place so that we can eat safely."

"Well, idiot, you can move these three statues away and hide them. Then we will look like the statues, so we won't be discovered naturally?"

Tianpeng said: "This hall is so empty, where can the statues be hidden?"

Sun Wukong didn't know whether he suggested it intentionally or unintentionally: "Do you still remember the smelly place we passed by when we came in? That place must be rarely visited by people, and it just happens to be where the statues of gods are hidden."

Canopy: "...."

Sha Monk: "..."

For a moment, the two people's expressions froze... Is this monkey looking for death?!

Tianpeng's thoughts were changing rapidly, and he secretly wondered if he had offended the monkey at some point, so the monkey came up with such a bad idea to harm him.

Or is it because he usually pretends to be too stupid that this monkey really thinks he is stupid? Let him take the blame?

Although this place is the western realm, Sanqing Tianzun will not cast his spiritual consciousness on the statues of this western land, but... Emperor Zhenwu is definitely watching them!
Chapter completed!