great-warnovel Chapter 244 Fangs Slightly Revealed
Chapter 244 Fangs Slightly Revealed
Tang Dynasty
The fourteenth year of Zhenguan
Royal Garden
A man and a woman sat facing each other.
"Has Your Majesty not found Jin Chanzi yet?"
"No, from the first year of the Zhenguan era until now, he hasn't shown any trace of himself. Fahua Temple has adopted several 'Jiang Liuer's' over the past fourteen years, but none of them are him."
"Heh, the stage's set up, but the lead actor isn't coming?"
"Logically speaking, since those three made their move, he shouldn't still be able to retain his memories of reincarnation. We've always called him Jin Chanzi, so we shouldn't have noticed either."
"The new Dao Lord must possess extraordinary abilities; otherwise, why would those three have taken such forceful action, breaking through the Heavenly Dao's seal and forcibly intervening in the lower realm?"
"Didn't the Demon Lord—no, the Buddha—already convert the Bull Demon King into the Mighty King Bodhisattva? Why isn't Chen, that Golden Cicada, in a hurry at all?"
"I don't know either. That Mighty King Bodhisattva is part of his primordial spirit, so logically he should have no reason not to be anxious. A person whose primordial spirit is incomplete cannot attain immortality. But in these fourteen years, he has indeed not missed a single trace."
"Waiting is not a solution; we must find a way to force Jin Chanzi to embark on the journey to the West."
"How can we force them? The power of this world rests on those two ants, each with their own ulterior motives, and they refuse to show themselves. Even if that person were to spare a sliver of their divine power for this world, they would not be able to reclaim its power. Now, it's become a situation where we are in the open, while they are in the shadows."
After the woman finished speaking, a hint of schadenfreude flashed in her eyes.
The man saw through her thoughts, and a slight smile appeared on his lips, which quickly faded.
"While we can't be blamed for this, that person won't say so much. We are all just pawns in his game. If we don't do this job well, we might all lose our lives."
The woman felt a chill run down her spine upon hearing the man's words, but then relaxed.
The person in front of me must have a plan for saying that.
"So what brilliant plan do you have? You couldn't have summoned me here today just for idle chatter, could you?"
The man smiled without saying a word, dipped his finger in the tea, and wrote the character "迟" (late) on the stone table.
The woman's expression shifted: "You mean? Move that dragon?"
"What else can we do? We can't touch the Queen of the Women's Kingdom; that's a crucial calamity. Only touching the dragon is appropriate. The entire pilgrimage group can't be arranged by us; that would be too obvious."
"Okay! So what should I do?"
"That should do it..."
"Your Majesty is still full of wicked schemes!"
"Haha, I'll take that as a compliment. I'll leave the rest to you, Venerable Guanyin."
"It's only right!"
...
Lingxiao Palace
A deity, adorned with a twelve-tasseled crown and a dragon robe with twelve symbols, exuding a majestic and awe-inspiring aura, slowly opened his eyes.
He looked indifferently at the silver-haired old Taoist priest standing below and asked, "What did the monk say?"
"Move that dragon, find a pretext to drag it to the Dragon Slaughtering Platform, and force Chen Chunan to show himself."
"We've acted too hastily. Whether he has awakened his past life's wisdom is still uncertain. What's the use of disturbing that dragon? In my opinion, we should force that ox to rebel; that's the right thing to do. The two originate from the same source and are naturally attracted to each other."
"I have said this before, but it seems that the Buddha has other ideas."
"He has ideas? His ideas are too naive! The true fire refines the form and extinguishes the ashes of calamity, revealing the true nature. He won't come out easily unless Chen Chunan sees hope of restoring his true nature. It's just a pity that my Tianpeng hasn't returned to his position, otherwise there wouldn't be such trouble."
"This plan?"
"Let that monk do his thing first. We've waited fourteen years already, what's another three or five? But go tell him that my patience is limited. If this attempt to subdue that dragon doesn't work, then he must do as I say!"
"Great Heavenly Venerable, you are wise and far-sighted. Your humble servant will go and discuss this with the Buddha."
...
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo~ Hmph~"
West Sea Coast
While the young Taoist was plotting against him, he sensed something and suddenly sneezed three times in a row, completely pulling himself out of his meditative state.
He rubbed his nose and sneered, "Those bastards are plotting against me again! Too bad, my consciousness has returned, I don't need to go on the pilgrimage at all! Now the only things left to find are the red thread and the monk."
The boy is Chen Chunan's reincarnation in this life.
With the help of Wu Jing, they directly intercepted Jiang Liuer's fate.
This directly caused Chen Chunan in this life to awaken his past life's wisdom at an early age.
He has now spent fourteen years cultivating again, and his profound wisdom has already taken shape.
However, this world is ultimately an illusion, and he did not blindly increase his cultivation level to experience the fruit of the yellow embryo nurturing an infant.
As for why he, who should have been born in Dongsheng Shenzhou according to the script, came to Xiniu Hezhou.
Then we have to mention the flawed "Tang Dynasty".
For Chen Chunan, whose consciousness had been restored, the fact that Buddhism had become the state religion in the fourteenth year of the Zhenguan era was almost a blatant indication that there was something wrong with the Tang Dynasty.
Under such circumstances, why would he stay in the Tang Dynasty?
They arrived at Xiniu Hezhou quite early.
Moreover, after the dead monkey transformed into a spirit, for some unknown reason, it ended up in the hands of the demon-possessed monk Mingxing!
He is currently stuck in the Western Sea because he knows from his memories of his two previous lives that the fool Chi Mianxi has obtained the "script" of the White Dragon Horse.
Before entering the Sacred Realm of Reincarnation, Chi Mianxi had not yet reached the Nascent Soul stage, and was no match for those Heavenly Demons of the Desire Realm.
Now that two people have already fallen, we can't let Chi Shazi fall into enemy hands as well.
Furthermore, there's Hongxian. I clearly sensed that she had also come to this world, but I don't know where she is.
In terms of current strength, I am not afraid of Mingxing, who has fallen into demonic possession.
However, failing to find the red line is tantamount to handing over one's weakness to the enemy, which is absolutely unacceptable to oneself.
Chen Chunan sighed and casually tossed out six leaves as a form of self-comfort.
Six leaves fall to the ground, revealing the six hexagrams of the I Ching, the hexagram "Great Accumulation" (山天《大畜》): "The superior man, by learning much from the words and deeds of the past, cultivates his virtue."
It seems that my strategy of accumulating strength was correct.
Now that the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark, we can always find an opportunity!
Chen Chunan felt much more at ease. Now that he had found Chi Shazi and the Red Thread, he would have two fewer weaknesses.
Then we can really unleash our potential.
Just as he looked away, a sea breeze blew by.
The two leaves quietly turned over.
Unaware of anything amiss, Chen Chunan's feet created clouds as he rushed straight towards the jumbled rocks and reefs.
...
rocky reef
The girl, who was hiding underwater, suddenly felt a sense of panic, as if a great terror was about to befall her.
Just then, Chen Chunan arrived, parting the water.
The girl's panicked heart immediately calmed down.
"Chu Nan, you're here? I suddenly felt so panicked, I was afraid we'd been discovered!"
"I cast a divination today, and it seems there will be no problem. However, we really cannot stay here any longer. According to the divination, Sha Wujing will be back in two days. Then we should continue our journey westward."
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West Sea Dragon Palace
The Dragon King of the West Sea, who had given birth to three children, stood below, sweating profusely.
The seat that originally belonged to him was now occupied by someone else.
"Dragon King of the West Sea, where is your third princess now?"
The person in the main seat spoke calmly, but the Dragon King of the West Sea couldn't help but tremble upon hearing it.
He immediately bowed and said, "Reporting to Your Excellency, I had my daughter guarded at the rocky reef. However, she has behaved improperly and offended Your Excellency. I will have the old tortoise bring her here for Your Excellency to decide her fate!"
"Oh? A rocky reef? Heh~"