Chapter 994: Eating, drinking, whoring and gambling Qin Xuanzang
With the help of the system, Xiao Zhen concealed all his auras and quickly found Jin Chanzi's reincarnated god.
In the shabby little temple, there are only a few monks coming and going, and because not many people come to give incense money, they can only barely survive by relying on a few acres of thin land.
Although the Qin Dynasty exempted the laws targeting Buddhism, unlike Taoist priests, Buddhist monks had to pay taxes like farmers when they farmed the land.
Two tall and thin monks were carrying hoes and working hard in the fields, with smiles on their faces.
Ever since the little lucky star came to the temple, it seems that the crops in the fields have grown very well. Every time the taxes are paid, there is a lot of surplus, which can ensure that everyone in the temple will not starve in the winter.
Xiao Zhen also discovered several powerful Buddhists hiding around the temple, all of whom had reached the level of Golden Immortal.
As he looked at the little monk who was reading scriptures, he could clearly feel a mysterious aura.
If he wanted to control Jin Chanzi's soul, it would be difficult to do so with his cultivation alone.
But now we have to trouble the system. After spending a large amount of points, we finally managed to initially influence Jin Chanzi's soul without alerting the Buddhist sect.
A trace of Xiao Zhen's soul, through the power of the system, began to invade Jin Chanzi's sea of consciousness.
As soon as he entered, he saw the shadow of the sleeping golden cicada, but because of the automatic reincarnation, he was obviously very weak at the moment.
Xiao Zhen's soul power was like poison, slowly eroding Jin Chanzi's soul.
This requires a long process, and Jin Chanzi has to go through several lifetimes before the great calamity of the Journey to the West officially begins.
Before this, in the first nine times that Jin Chanzi was reincarnated, he was intercepted in the Quicksand River by General Juanlian who had turned into a monster, and then eaten, leaving only a skull that was worn around the neck of the future Sha Seng.
A mysterious smile appeared on Xiao Zhen's lips. Everything was ready. What he had to do next was to upgrade his cultivation to the Taiyi Golden Immortal within 500 years.
After Jin Chanzi's soul was corroded, he was reincarnated and quickly returned to his normal appearance. He had no idea of the danger hidden within his soul.
Xiao Zhen also decided to add some fun to Jin Chanzi, and specially picked up the Bodhi seed obtained from the world of Shrouding the Sky.
Bodhi seeds are actually a kind of extremely pure fruit, which contains extremely pure power.
The purer it is, the easier it is to be contaminated by other evil things.
Have you found the resentful souls of Luo Wenshan who were born from the Ghost Jade Seal? Xiao Zhen used a secret method to absorb the resentment from them with this Bodhi seed.
Just by doing this, the Bodhi seeds began to be stained with a hint of black.
However, this is far from enough. In order to form an evil Bodhi seed that can pollute Jin Chanzi's soul, it must absorb the resentment of at least dozens of worlds.
So, the group members attacked at the same time, and started to carry out world missions in groups of two or three.
After each new world is opened, a formation will be prepared, and then the resentment of the entire world will be gathered at the center of the formation.
The Bodhi seeds will also be teleported over, and after absorbing the resentment, they will be sent to the hands of another group of group members.
Xiao Zhen felt that at this level, he would probably be able to quickly put together a Bodhi seed of resentment that was extremely polluting.
When the time comes, send this thing into Jin Chanzi's soul. When others notice something strange and discover that Jin Chanzi's reincarnated personality has changed drastically, they will only think that it is a problem with the Bodhi seed, and will not know that someone is trying to seize and refine Jin Chanzi's soul.
One day, Xiao Zhen heard that General Juanlian was going to be punished to the mortal world for breaking a glass cup, and would also suffer the pain of thousands of swords piercing his heart.
In the past, Xiao Zhen always thought that Juanlian was the Jade Emperor's confidant and an undercover agent sent from Heaven to infiltrate the team to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
But then I thought about it and it didn't make sense. If he was really an undercover, he could just be thrown into the underworld. There was no need for him to be punished by having his heart pierced by thousands of swords.
With such ruthless treatment, even the most loyal confidants would probably betray him!
Now as a minister of the Heavenly Court, and barely considered half-confidant of the Jade Emperor, Xiao Zhen knew more of the inside story.
Juanlian, who used to look very honest and simple, turned out to be an undercover agent sent to heaven by Buddhism. However, after being discovered by the Jade Emperor, he deliberately broke a cup and threw it into the underworld.
This situation is the most sensitive. After all, it is impossible to find the West and scold them for planting undercover agents here.
More than 300 years have passed quickly, and Jin Chanzi has been reincarnated for the 8th time. I believe that the Journey to the West will soon begin.
The Bodhi seed, which had been completely contaminated by all kinds of negative emotions, also completely merged with Jin Chanzi's soul.
So the future Tang Sanzang...
Ah, that’s not right. The Qin Dynasty has not yet perished. It should be Qin Sanzang.
But now there is something more important. The magic power in Xiao Zhen's body has accumulated to the peak, and it is time to break through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
But the noise of a breakthrough would definitely be quite loud, and Xiao Zhen still wanted to continue playing the pig and eating the tiger, so hiding his realm was necessary.
Through the system's time-travel function, Xiao Zhen found a world that could accommodate the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and by the way, he called on several powerful group members to protect him.
It only took Xiao Zhen three years to reach the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm. After stabilizing his strength, he returned to the Honghuang Heavenly Palace.
With the help of the system, no one could see his true level of cultivation.
Because of the time difference, thirty years have passed in the primitive world here, and a new reincarnation of Jin Chanzi has appeared.
This also officially opened the curtain of Journey to the West, and all kinds of monsters and demons suddenly jumped out.
The Buddhist community has begun to spread rumors that if one eats the golden cicada and is reincarnated, one can ascend to heaven and achieve immortality.
This temptation is really irresistible for many monsters!
After all, why do people want to eat a peach at the Peach Banquet? It's all for its longevity effect.
Although the lifespan of gods is long, there are some limitations, such as the three disasters and five calamities. If they are unlucky, they may die.
After Xiao Zhen returned to Xiandan Hall, he immediately completed the handover with his incarnation.
The beautiful assistant Yang Chan had just finished organizing the documents when she noticed that Xiao Zhen's aura next to her was much stronger than before.
"My Lord, you have been playing outside for 30 years. Fortunately, no one has pursued the matter. Otherwise, they would have sued you for neglecting your work and pursuing fun."
Xiao Zhen was also a little embarrassed. After all, using an avatar would easily make him discovered by some powerful people.
Yang Chan had also been with him for hundreds of years, and must have discovered something unusual during that time.
Pulling out a bottle of pills from his arms, Xiao Zhen said with a smile: "Xiao Chan, this pill has an excellent effect on women's skin. Take it back and try it first. If you don't have enough in the future, come to me for more!"
Yang Chan happily accepted the pills, but still said stubbornly:
"Let me make it clear first, this is a gift from you. It can't be considered a bribe!"
Xiao Zhen shook his head and ignored the girl. He was very good at controlling women.
In the following period of time, Xiao Zhen focused most of his energy on the Golden Cicada's clone that had already been refined.
In the Da'an Temple outside the Qin Dynasty's Xianyang City, which is considered to be a relatively large temple in the entire Southern Continent, there are more than 300 monks in it.
It’s just that because it’s close to the capital of the Qin Dynasty, although there are many monks, there are also many rules and regulations inside, and there is not a single cultivator.
The abbot of Da'an Temple held an account book in his hand and calculated with the Qin officials how much tax should be paid this year.
A civil servant in a robe said in a calm tone:
"Abbot Tianyuan, it's time for you to pay this year's taxes. Da'an Temple must pay a total of 283 taels and 3 cents of silver, not a cent less!"
The abbot nodded in agreement, and a big monk next to him took out a box filled with small and large silver coins.
After sending away the Qin officials, the abbot smiled bitterly and sighed.
The great monk said angrily, "We are all monks, but Taoists don't have to pay taxes, but we Buddhists have to pay so much money. It's really unfair!"
Abbot Tianyuan waved his hands and chanted a Buddhist name in a low voice.
"This is all due to the world's misunderstanding of our Buddhist sect. It will definitely get better in the future!"
Just then, a group of monks came back carrying various farm tools.
The abbot smiled and nodded, but he found that there seemed to be someone missing.
"Where's Xuanzang? Why hasn't he come back?"
One of the young monks carrying a hoe said in a sour tone: "Abbot, don't mention that guy. As soon as he left the house this morning, he threw the hoe to us and went to the city alone."
Others were equally dissatisfied with Xuanzang and wished they could kick this guy out of Da'an Temple.
After hearing this, the abbot just smiled.
When Xuanzang was born, he dreamed of Guanyin Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva said in the dream that Xuanzang was a man of destiny and would greatly promote Buddhism in the future. When Buddhism flourished, their Da'an Temple would no longer have to pay taxes.
You have to know that it is really difficult to become a monk. Even if other people want to become monks, they will go to a Taoist temple instead of entering a Buddhist temple.
The money for incense offerings is pitifully small. Except for some people who have done a lot of bad things and want to seek Buddha's blessing, other people are too lazy to even enter the temple.
At this time, Xuanzang was already wearing a wig, holding some silver he had stolen from somewhere, and was openly eating and drinking in the restaurant, looking very happy!
Even if a face is extremely handsome, other people will feel that there is something evil about this person when they look at him.
Therefore, Xuanzang still had a great reputation in Da'an Temple, and was secretly called a demon monk by other monks.
Now Jin Chanzi's soul has been completely occupied by Xiao Zhen, but a layer of golden cicada shell still remains on the outside.
With the systematic cover, even if other powerful people come to investigate, they will only find that Jin Chanzi's soul is surrounded by a black aura.
In a sense, the current Xuanzang is an incarnation, but he has been out of touch with the original body, Xiao Zhen, for a long time.
Having just finished chewing a pig's trotter, Xuanzang licked his fingers and couldn't help but recall the delicious taste.
At the same time, he was still complaining, "Xuanqing and the others are really something. The temple has little money for incense, but what does it have to do with me? It's all because Buddhism is not well received in Daqin. But they say that I often eat and drink in Xianyang restaurants and ruin the reputation of Da'an Temple."
Guanyin Bodhisattva, who was hiding in the sky, also sighed helplessly.
I don’t know when problems with Jin Chanzi’s reincarnation began.
The first few lives were okay, but the later ones were a bit unbearable to watch. He was good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.
The most outrageous incident was when he actually wanted to bring a group of people up the mountain. As a result, the mountain stronghold of several hundred people was wiped out by the Qin government within half a day.
In the beginning, in order to deceive more monsters on the journey to the West, the Buddhists said that the golden cicada had been reincarnated into good people for several generations and that eating it could make one immortal.
As a result, all subsequent reincarnations were of this character, so they had no choice but to publicize that Xuanzang was the reincarnation of the innate spirit.
Anyway, as long as there is a reason, no matter how ridiculous it is, you have to make it up.
As for the changes in Jin Chanzi, the Buddhist sect sent several groups of people to investigate, but they only found a contaminated Bodhi seed.
The resentment entangled on that Bodhi seed is so strong that even the Golden Immortal cannot get rid of it.
If it is forcibly removed, it is likely to cause damage to the soul.
It was precisely because of a series of deviations that Jin Chanzi's first four lives died in the Quicksand River on the way to the west, while the later ones died due to various reasons.
For example, he was beaten to death for swindling.
He went up the mountain to become a bandit, but was caught and beheaded by the government.
He hooked up with someone else's wife and was thrown into the river and drowned in a pig cage.
……
The Buddhists were all tired of watching this. If the person who was going to obtain the scriptures could be changed, the Buddha might have taken Jin Chanzi back long ago.
A Buddhist arhat asked Guanyin, "Bodhisattva Jin Chanzi has reached his tenth life, and we should start our journey to the West. But is it really possible for him to do so now?"
Guanyin said with a dark face: "There is no choice, he is the man of destiny, we have to let him go!"
The next step is to find a way to establish connections with the Qin royal family. After so many years of ups and downs, the Qin is no longer as strong as it used to be. Even judging from its fortune, it is likely that the Qin will be destroyed in two or three hundred years at most.
The Qin Dynasty has always been on guard against Buddhism, so it will not work to continue using underhanded tactics.
Otherwise, once the relationship breaks out again, let alone the journey to the West, they will just start another Buddha slaughter.
Fortunately, the Qin emperor of this generation is said to be a lustful man.
Guanyin had been prepared. She specially selected a group of female disciples from the Western Buddhist community who were extremely beautiful and good at practicing the Laughing Buddha.
In short, when Ying Zheng in the Huoyun Cave heard that his descendants had agreed to cooperate with the Buddhist sect's journey to the West because of a few beauties, he was so angry that he almost drew his sword to chop that bastard to death!
After the official propaganda of the Qin Dynasty, it was stated that a batch of Buddhist scriptures would be received from the West to educate the working people, and the court would select a person from the people to obtain the scriptures.
After several months of news fermentation, eminent monks from various regions gathered towards Xianyang City.
One day, Xuanzang, who was hugging a beautiful woman in a brothel and preparing to spend a night of pleasure, was dragged away by several soldiers.
In a certain square, there gathered eminent monks from all the temples in Daqin, including of course the abbot and several elders of Da'an Temple.
"Xuanzang, why are you here too?"
Xuanzang touched his head and said in confusion, "Just now I was... teaching a donor, and suddenly a few officials pulled me over here. Do you think I will be chosen to go to the West to seek Buddhist scriptures?"
One of the elders who looked very strong said disdainfully: "Don't dream. You are just a kid who only knows how to eat and drink meat every day. You have ruined the reputation of our Buddhist sect. If you can be selected, I will shit a pile of shit on the spot and then eat it!"
At this time, the original body of Xiao Zhen in Xuanzang's soul began to take the lead, that is, remote control.
"Elder, don't say anything careless. If I am lucky enough to become a pilgrim, then you will..."
Xuanzang had a sad expression on his face and tried to persuade him kindly.
The election meeting began quickly. A total of two to three hundred monks gathered on the scene, and each of them could be considered a famous monk in the Qin Empire.
(Note: For a long time to come, the main plot will revolve around Xuanzang's incarnation.)
