Chapter 540: Listen to your excuses; Saint Zhunti is also at a loss
The matter has reached this point, and it can no longer be concealed.
Although Saint Zhunti is famous for being shameless in the Three Realms, at this time, even he can no longer pretend.
Why did things suddenly become like this?
If he was given another chance to start over, maybe he would also choose to let Master Xuandu keep it to himself. It wouldn't hurt if we just hide things that shouldn't be said in front of others.
Otherwise, why would it be like this?
What happened back then has been so long ago. To be honest... the saints really didn't expect that they would be exposed because of this.
But this matter seems to be reasonable.
"Fellow Taoist, please listen to what I have to say."
Although he has the support of his senior brother, Saint Zhunti also knows very well that Saint Taiqing and Saint Jieyin may not be on their side this time. Although Empress Nuwa's cultivation is not at the forefront of all saints, she has many magic weapons. If
If he really gets angry in this chaos, he will definitely not be able to gain any favor.
Not to mention dying together, I'm afraid a lose-lose situation is inevitable.
As for whether the two brothers, Saint Taiqing and Yuanshi Tianzun, will add insult to injury at that time... Saint Zhunti really can't guarantee it.
Faced with this situation, Saint Zhunti was somewhat unprepared, but it still couldn't stop him... Since he dared to act like this back then, he had already thought of a way out.
"snort."
Empress Nuwa snorted softly, "Let's hear how you argue."
"No need to quibble."
If you have too many lice, you don’t have to worry about being bitten. If you have too many debts, you don’t have to worry about repaying them. Saint Zhunti has done a lot of “immoral” things, and there is nothing to worry about. Faced with the question from Empress Nuwa, Saint Zhunti doesn’t plan to do more.
After being entangled, he spoke directly: "I am following the way of heaven. If King Zhou is not tyrannical, how will King Wu defeat Zhou? How will the Yin and Shang dynasties perish? How will the gods be established? How will the great catastrophe of heaven and earth be overcome?"
"King Zhou is nothing more than a human ant who sacrificed himself under the general trend of heaven and earth." Sage Zhunti showed a selfless look with a holy heart, "Sacrificing small details to achieve great justice..."
"Shut up!"
Empress Nuwa scolded angrily, and then directly smashed the red hydrangea.
Master Xuandu stood up from his futon at some unknown time, but the other three saints did not move at all... Maybe for them, the words of the saint were indeed correct.
The "merciless" nature of saints is not just talk.
This is one of the reasons why when Saint Taiqing and Yuanshi Tianzun learned about this, they chose to help Saint Zhunti conceal the secret and then added fuel to the flames.
To a certain extent, the Zhunti saints actually did what they wanted to do.
Then, just when everyone thought a war was about to break out, Saint Zhunti was completely unprepared for the red hydrangea that Nuwa threw at him. Instead, he opened his hands and faced it with his chest.
Go up.
Bang!
Archmage Xuandu could clearly see that Saint Zhunti's chest was hit by a red hydrangea. There was an obvious dent in the chest. The red hydrangea even pressed against the opponent's chest and kept spinning.
"this..."
This sudden change made everyone present look stunned for a moment, and Empress Nuwa was even more caught off guard. She never expected that Saint Zhunti would do this to her.
What is this doing?
Empress Nuwa did not stop, because raising the issue of the saint's own credibility would inevitably make people doubt his motives.
As expected, Saint Zhunti spoke at this moment, "Your Majesty, you should know that there is no one else in the Three Realms who can take over the 'King of Human Beings', apart from saints like us... Even if a saint takes action, he will be counterattacked by humanity.
, this is inevitable.”
Sage Zhunti is right.
Not to mention that in addition to the "King of Humans Cause and Effect", there is also the "Poor Luck". The combination of these two things is not something that even a saint can easily bear. Otherwise, there is no need to calculate so much, and in the end there will be
Arrange the drama of King Wu's defeat of Zhou.
"But there is a gap even among the saints of heaven, and you and I are at the end..." Sage Zhunti looked at Nuwa, "I have a sense of heaven, which confuses King Zhou's sanity and ruins his luck as a human king.
..But if I really take this matter on my own, I’m afraid that the saint’s path will stop here.”
"I think the empress also knows that my two brothers have great ambitions to become saints, so I have no room to refuse." Saint Zhunti seemed to be speaking from the bottom of his heart. If we talk about the "ants" and "sacrifice" mentioned before,
Showing the ruthlessness of a saint, at this moment he is like a layman who has been knocked down from the mortal world. He is talking about his experiences, hoping to be forgiven by Empress Nuwa. His feelings are so sincere that even Empress Nuwa cannot tell the truth for a moment.
Come on holiday.
Master Xuandu's eyes were opened this time, and he was able to see such a scene. It was a worthwhile trip.
As for whether the words of Saint Zhunti are true or false... Master Xuandu does not have an accurate judgment, but what can be confirmed is that the obscene poems written by King Zhou in Nuwa's palace were indeed the hands and feet of Saint Zhunti.
.
If Empress Nuwa didn't know about it before, forget it.
But now that Nuwa Empress knows about it, the cause and effect has been established, and Saint Zhunti naturally has to find a way to resolve it...
Using words to anger Empress Nuwa and forcing her to eat her red hydrangeas was just one part of it.
As for whether what he said is true or false, it doesn't actually matter. What matters is whether Nuwa is willing to accept such a result.
If Empress Nuwa is willing to stop here, then even if it is false, it doesn't matter; on the contrary, even if it is the truth, it will not help, and you have to think of another way.
When the sage Zhunti was explaining, he never forgot to probe Nuwa's expression, as if he wanted to deduce Nuwa's attitude from it.
It's just that... Empress Nuwa always had a cold face, and she seemed to be not satisfied with her explanation.
However, Saint Zhunti hadn't finished his words yet, "The reason why I dragged the empress into this muddy water was actually due to my selfish motives... thinking that King Zhou had collided with the empress, and the empress, as the Holy Mother of the human race, took action to punish her.
, ruining his luck...Firstly, it is a cycle of cause and effect, and secondly, it is in compliance with God's will, and will not suffer backlash from Heaven..."
"If this matter were done by a heavenly saint other than the empress, I'm afraid it wouldn't have such an effect... That's why I made this bold design."
There is also an implicit meaning in this sentence, that is, I chose you, my empress, not because I think you are easy to bully, nor because I cannot offend other saints. In fact, you are the only one who can handle this matter without any harm.
So I have no choice but to drag you into the water.
Saint Zhunti was calling his empress affectionately at this moment, but Empress Nuwa was not moved at all, because for her, this was not considered a proper reason.
This Zhunti saint seems to be full of righteousness, but in fact it is all calculation... He also boasts that he is forced to have no choice, haha.
"I just want to ask you one thing, who wrote that poem..."
Saint Zhunti's eyes froze immediately when he heard this, but after a moment, he still said: "It's King Zhou."
"Do you dare to swear?"
Although the man was in chaos and there was no sky above his head, Saint Zhunti still stretched out three fingers and said solemnly: "I Zhunti swear by my soul that if I tell even half a lie, my soul will be annihilated by heaven's punishment.
"
"snort."
When Nuwa saw this, she took back the red hydrangea first. Although she decided not to care about it for the time being, she still said to Saint Zhunti: "You'd better remember the oath you swore, and... this...
It’s not over yet.”
Now that all the saints are here, even if you want to delve deeper, it will be difficult to get any results.
Moreover, Zhunti seemed to be speaking with deep affection, but in fact... he didn't even say a word of apology. What he meant in his words was that although I did this, it had nothing to do with me.
It was God who told me to do this.
Throw the blame to Heaven... This means you are in chaos. If you are in the Three Realms, you will have to hear two muffled thunders before you see the inspiration of Heaven.
This is true for Empress Nuwa, but not even a word about King Zhou...
Sure enough, to the saints, all living beings are just ants.
At this moment, Master Xuandu finally understood why Master Tripitaka was unwilling to become a Buddha before. Even after becoming a Buddha, he still remained an ordinary monk.
Even in the mind of Master Xuandu, an idea that had never occurred before came up. Maybe the way of heaven is not ruthless... It's just that these saints who represent the way of heaven are ruthless.
And the way of heaven drives the saints out of the Three Realms. Could it be that what the Three Realms need are saints who have the Three Realms in mind, love and protect all living beings in the Three Realms, instead of saints who regard all living beings in the Three Realms as chess pieces to plot against?
Of course, Master Xuandu was just thinking this in his mind, and he did not dare to say it out loud.
That is to say, his cultivation is not weak, and he can still speak his mind... Otherwise, the saints don't need to listen to his stories here. They can directly know everything about the three realms with a thought and an induction.
What?
After being mentioned as a saint, Saint Taiqing rarely opened his mouth and explained to Empress Nuwa why he and Yuanshi Tianzun wanted to cover up the secrets of heaven. "Junior sister, although I did this for the sake of the overall situation at the time... but
After all, it is our fault."
After saying this, Saint Taiqing bowed his hand to Empress Nuwa and actually apologized on the spot, "The old Taoist shamelessly apologizes to my junior sister and asks my junior sister to be magnanimous."
After all, Empress Nuwa is different from the Second Sage of the West. She is also a direct disciple of Taoist ancestors, and is the "disciple sister" of Sanqing... But even so, they can even scheme against their own brothers, they are just "disciples",
So what?
But no matter what, Empress Nuwa still had to answer the words of Saint Taiqing, even if it was a scene, she still had to say a few words.
"Senior Brother, what you said is serious, how dare you, little sister." Nuwa Empress turned sideways and returned a salute to the Taiqing Sage. After this, the matter came to an end.
Then the saints said little about the preface, and then returned to their seats, their eyes once again focused on Master Xuandu...
Master Xuandu just sighed helplessly and remembered the scene he saw in his heart. When he had the opportunity to return to the Three Realms, he would tell Master Sanzang about this... I don't know what his expression would be like after hearing this.
Master Xuandu ignored the matter of the Daughter Kingdom, and then directly talked about the "True and False Tang Sanzang" and the "True and False Monkey King".
To be honest, the real and fake Monkey King were decided, so how could the existence of the six-eared macaque be hidden from them?
Although it is indeed a pity that this monkey died in trouble, it is indeed a double-edged sword, and no saint wants other saints to accept the six-eared macaque as a disciple... Letting him die in the three realms is to treat him badly.
The best destination is their tacit understanding.
Therefore, when they heard that the six-eared macaque did not die, but instead joined the True Lord Temple of Erlang True Lord and became the inspector of the Three Realms, they were already confused about the context.
Now that he heard about the true and false Tang Sanzang, that Master Jin Chan abandoned his body and entered reincarnation, and that the six-eared macaque became a disciple of Sanzang... Saint Zhunti actually had a look of confusion in his eyes.
He knew about the golden cicada's legacy, and it was one of the back-up tools he left behind...but it was definitely not something he would use during his journey to the west.
Master Xuandu made it clear that the incarnation of Upaladha Buddha he left behind was a dead branch of the Seven Treasures Tree among the remains of the golden cicada, and it was this dead branch that affected Master Jin Chan's life.
Mind, let him kill Tang Sanzang and replace him...
Finally, the Bodhisattva used a golden hoop to temporarily seal the dead branch. After Master Jinchan refined his heart with the Buddha's flame, the dead branch was incinerated. Master Jinchan obtained a pure soul... and then because he committed the murderous precept, he
Abandon the sinful body and escape into reincarnation.
When Saint Chunti saw that all the saints were looking at him, he didn't know what to say for a moment... After pondering for a moment, he said: "This matter has nothing to do with me. It should be up to Buddha Upaladha to make his own decision... You also have
The incarnation in the Three Realms should know the situation of the incarnation in the Three Realms better than I do."
This saint still agrees. After all, except for the leader Tongtian who was taken directly to Zixiao Palace by Taozu and had no chance to leave an incarnation, several of their saints left an incarnation behind before leaving the Three Realms. However,
Sage Zhunti was even more miserable... being tricked by Taiqing Sage who was the last to go out, Upalatha Buddha ended up passing away on his own.
But now it seems that Upaladha Buddha's death was not complete enough, and there are still residual memories left in the spiritual mountain.
Is this a mistake by Taiqing Saint, or was it done on purpose?
Even the sage Zhunti couldn't say for sure on this point.
He wanted to ask Saint Taiqing, but he knew that it would be difficult to ask anything useful from Saint Taiqing, and the other party might even not ask at all...
"Who is this Master Jinchan reincarnated into now?" Nuwa Empress asked curiously: "If you want to travel the three realms with a sword and cut off all injustice...this is not something that can be done just by talking about it.
"
After Master Xuandu pondered for a moment, he recounted the entanglement between "The Reincarnation of Golden Cicada" and "The Reincarnation of Manjusri"...
"Right now, both of them are in the six realms of reincarnation and have not yet been reincarnated into the world."
Compared to other immortals and Buddhas who reincarnated and enjoyed the world of mortals... these two probably really went through tribulation.