Chapter 996: One Man, One Donkey, and the Journey to the West Begins

In front of the gate of Da'an Temple, a group of monks, both big and small, were seeing Xuanzang off.

After all, he is a representative who went to the Great Leiyin Temple in the West to seek the true scriptures. If this kid really brings the true scriptures back, not only will Da'an Temple become famous throughout Daqin, but the income from incense money will be enough to make his hands cramp.

Xuanzang nodded and said with a smile: "I have to go to Xianyang City later. It is said that His Majesty the Emperor wants to send some treasures. I don't know how much they are worth?"

The abbot said sternly, "Don't talk nonsense. When you meet His Majesty and the civil and military officials later, don't cause trouble, otherwise everyone in the temple may lose their heads!"

Because Da'an Temple itself was not very wealthy, they temporarily collected some money and barely got Xuanzang a sturdy black donkey.

After leaving Da'an Temple, Xiao Zhen touched an old friend beside him who he might continue to stay with for several more years.

I'm really curious about what will happen if I meet a little white dragon in the future. If that guy eats this black donkey, will it turn into a white donkey?

When they arrived outside the city of Xianyang, the place was already filled with civil and military officials, and the emperor was present in person, hugging two beautiful concubines.

"Humph, that damn monk has not even arrived yet, and has made me, the emperor, wait for half an hour. If it weren't for the support of Buddhism, I would have cut him into pieces!"

A beautiful concubine next to her advised tenderly:

"Your Majesty, don't worry. Master Xuanzang will soon be far away from his homeland. The journey will be full of hardships and dangers. He may not be able to come back.

If Your Majesty is really angry, then at worst I and my sisters will serve you well at night."

After hearing this, the emperor couldn't help laughing, and a fire of desire burned in his heart.

Thinking of my ancestor Ying Zheng and the previous emperors of the Qin Dynasty, I can only say sorry in secret.

At the beginning, the Qin Dynasty and the demon tribe instigated by Buddhism fought fiercely, and in the end it was barely a tragic victory. Now he is cooperating with Buddhism for a few women.

It’s not that he couldn’t resist the temptation, it’s just that the beauty sent by Buddhism is too charming!

At this time, Xuanzang, riding a black donkey, had arrived at the scene, and he immediately saw the current emperor of Qin.

I thought to myself that with such a monarch around, the remaining hundreds of years of luck of the Qin Dynasty would not be destroyed all at once!

There was a flash of light in the sky, and an old monk appeared with two young monks. They also brought a nine-ring staff and a brocade robe.

The emperor and his ministers had anticipated this and should have known that such a drama would happen.

As one of Xiao Zhen's incarnations, Xuanzang certainly knew who the old monk was.

The old monk who was transformed from Guanyin was also a chatterbox. He talked for half a day before he was willing to hand over the two treasures to Xuanzang.

After the old monk finished his work and was about to leave, he found that Xuanzang was holding the corner of his clothes tightly.

"What else does the mage have to do?"

Xuanzang smiled shyly and said awkwardly:

“Master, you don’t know that there is no method of cultivation in my Da’an Temple, so I am still just a mortal.

Judging from your expression, you should be a master of Buddhism. I wonder if you could teach me some cultivation methods so that I can protect myself.

Master, the journey to the west to obtain Buddhist scriptures is the key to the prosperity of Buddhism. You don’t want to see people die on the way, do you? "

Guanyin frowned and thought for a while. Logically speaking, the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures and the fact that Jin Chanzi's reincarnation went to the Great Leiyin Temple as a mortal could better illustrate the importance of the Buddhist scriptures.

However, this reincarnated Jin Chanzi seems to be easily targeted by others. If he doesn't have any self-defense methods, he might really die on the road.

After thinking it over again and again, Guanyin lightly tapped, and a set of Buddhist exercises for cultivating the physical body entered Xuanzang's mind.

As the incarnation of Xiao Zhen, Xuanzang certainly knew many cultivation techniques, but it was a pity that he was surrounded by Buddhist spies and could not practice openly.

Now that he has the skills given by Guanyin and with his experience, although he cannot reach the pinnacle of his skills, he is no longer the weak and helpless Master Sanzang.

After expressing his thanks, Xuanzang looked at the court officials on the other side.

According to the plot of Journey to the West, the Tang Emperor Li Shimin would give Tang Monk a purple gold bowl.

But now it’s the Emperor of Qin who has taken over, and I don’t know what kind of gift he will give.

The emperor, sitting on the high throne, was only busy chatting with the beauty next to him, and only one official brought three trays.

Xuanzang took a curious look and saw that the first plate contained the official book of the Qin Dynasty, which was used for negotiations with other countries.

As the nominal main line of the human race, the Qin Dynasty is the Celestial Empire.

With absolute power, other small countries will definitely give Xuanzang the best treatment when they see this official document of the Qin Dynasty, otherwise they will just wait to be trampled by the Qin army!

The second tray was a black iron bowl that looked ordinary and had no color at all.

Xuanzang asked in confusion, "Excuse me, sir, what is so special about this black bowl?"

Although Xuanzang has now been trained to be an incarnation, he is actually just an ordinary person now, and he really can't see what's so strange about the bowl in front of him.

The official smiled and said, "Master, don't underestimate this bowl. For the journey you are about to embark on, an ordinary bowl may break halfway. This bowl has been forged by the royal weapon refiner. Even if you are a peak celestial being, you will never be able to destroy this bowl!"

Oh, I got it!

Simply put, this bowl is useless except for being used to hold rice.

The biggest feature is... strong and resistant to falling.

Xuanzang really wanted to say that he actually didn’t need it, after all, he had never begged for alms in his life.

Although the one in charge now is Xiao Zhen's soul, even before, the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi who was affected by the dark bodhi seeds would never come to the door with a bowl to beg for alms.

Instead of asking him to go around asking others for food and drink like a beggar, it would be better to introduce him to a place where he can be a live-in son-in-law.

Although the bowl was useless, Xuanzang still accepted it.

Next came the last tray. The things on it were quite reliable, all pure silver.

The official smiled and said, "It's a long journey, so of course you need money. Master, here are 250 taels of silver given to you by the court."

After Xuanzang received the silver, he looked at the emperor who was hugging the beautiful woman with a strange look, and thought to himself, could this guy have traveled through time?

Two hundred and fifty taels of silver is really not a good number.

Guanyin was also helpless. The relationship between Buddhism and the Qin Dynasty was still not strong enough. Fortunately, the fortune of the Qin Dynasty had almost reached the bottom and it would only last another two or three hundred years at most.

When a new dynasty emerges, the Buddhist sect can try their best to find a way to win over the future emperor of the East.

After Xuanzang took all the silver and belongings, he patted the donkey's butt and set out on his journey to the west.

Speaking of the eighty-one tribulations, the original Tang Monk had already gone through several of them before he set out.

Although Xuanzang was born in poverty, those things could not be considered as disasters, so it reduced one or two difficulties in disguise.

Next, they set out from Xianyang City and spent three or four years all the way to the outskirts of the Qin territory without encountering a single monster blocking the way. This shows how ruthless the Qin army was back then.

The further west we went, the more desolate the place became, and then a tiger's roar came from the hill ahead.

The little donkey's originally leisurely expression suddenly changed. Its four hooves were nailed to the ground like nails, and it didn't dare to move forward no matter what.

Xuanzang knew that the first difficulty in his journey to the West was coming.

However, the stubborn donkey under his crotch was holding him back a bit. Xuanzang hit it several times with his nine-ring staff, but to no avail.

"You beast, if you dare to delay my journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, I will kill you right here and eat donkey meat hot pot!"

The little donkey seemed to understand some human nature. It cried a few times on the spot, and finally moved its hooves forward, but its speed was a little slow.

A tiger jumped down from the distant hill and was obviously heading towards this side.

Xuanzang was not afraid at all. There were so many gods and Buddhas in the sky protecting him. Let alone a mere tiger spirit, even if the demon master Kunpeng came, he would not be able to take a piece of meat from him.

When the tiger approached, it actually stood up like a human.

"Ahahaha, this great king has waited for so long, and finally blood food is delivered to my door, and it's a juicy fat monk!"

The incarnation of Xuanzang touched his belly and found that there was indeed some meat!

Seeing the tiger demon approaching step by step, Xuanzang raised the nine-ring staff in his hand and shouted angrily:

"You blind tiger, you don't even look at who's in front of you, you just want to open your mouth and bite me, aren't you afraid of breaking your teeth?"

The tiger demon sniffed and said with disdain, "You monk are nothing but a useless person with low cultivation level. How dare you act so arrogantly in front of me? Believe it or not, I will start eating you from below in a moment!"