Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#2129 - Tathagata is mad

The next day, outside the Great Hall of Leiyin Temple, a crowdfunding event personally presided over by the Tathagata, with the participation of all Buddhas and disciples of the Western Paradise, commenced.

"We are all members of the Western Paradise and should contribute to its construction. Those properties and treasures are originally just fleeting worldly possessions of worry and should be discarded…," Guanyin said in her opening speech, acting as a shill arranged by the Tathagata.

However, although Guanyin expressed herself in this way, the treasures she donated amounted to only two items, which made the Tathagata's expression somewhat gloomy.

Guanyin secretly lamented in her heart, not because she was unwilling to take them out, but because Chu Hao had already ransacked her in the Doumu Palace, and now she really had nothing presentable to offer.

Like Guanyin, the big shots of the Western Paradise who followed also performed poorly.

It must be said that these big shots of the Western Paradise were all very wealthy, each with independent dojos and places of worship.

It could be said that everyone enjoyed the incense offerings of one region, and naturally, they all had a lot of savings.

However, these people were not stupid either. They were unwilling to give away things for nothing, so they naturally compared themselves to each other.

Fortunately, these big shots of the Western Paradise were not the main force of this crowdfunding.

The so-called crowdfunding still relied on the power of numbers, so the main target was naturally focused on the ordinary Buddhas and disciples, numbering in the tens of thousands.

However, even those big shots and core Buddhas were stingy, so one can imagine the mentality of those ordinary Buddhas and disciples.

Moreover, those ordinary Buddhas and disciples originally had a very low status in the Western Paradise and had no opportunities to profit.

Now that they were asked to bleed, they would naturally be unwilling.

"I donate one silver ingot!"

"I have a weapon."

"I donate one monk's robe!"

The things that the ordinary Buddhas and disciples took out made the Tathagata Buddha's face extremely ugly.

Each donation was a pile of scrap metal, the best being some gold and silver items, and even old clothes and broken shoes.

This made this crowdfunding event in the Western Paradise somewhat unsightly. Rather than a crowdfunding, it was more like a garbage and scrap recycling.

Finally, after crowdfunding for a day, the results that were tallied up made the Tathagata Buddha unable to resist directly overturning the crowdfunding box.

"These damned fellows are clearly not devout to Buddhism, and they are greedy for worldly possessions. They should all be severely punished!"

The Tathagata roared at those big shots and core Buddhas in a fit of rage.

On the surface, he was scolding those ordinary Buddhas and disciples, but in reality, he was also alluding to these big shots and core Buddhas.

"I don't care what your situation is. Everyone here will give me a thousand immortal pills and ten treasures. As for those ordinary Buddhas and disciples, each of you will give me one immortal pill.

If anyone can't take it out, kick them out of Mount Ling directly with random sticks and remove their names from Buddhism from now on!"

The Tathagata Buddha was furious and directly assigned hard targets, because there was no other way besides this.

The Tathagata Buddha's trick was quite effective. Under such strong measures, a lot of things were gathered, enough to temporarily alleviate the financial tension in the Western Paradise.

However, the Tathagata's tough measures also had certain side effects, making the Western Paradise panic-stricken, and even some Buddhas and disciples went down the mountain privately and disappeared.

"Those fleeing disciples and Buddhas are not a big deal and can be ignored for the time being. Now, the Journey to the West plan is the most important thing.

As long as the Journey to the West plan succeeds, our Western Paradise will become the master of the Three Realms. Are we still afraid that we won't have enough manpower at that time?"

The Tathagata did not take this seriously and asked Guanyin to immediately take a large number of treasures to meet Chu Hao and ask Chu Hao to subdue the three demons as soon as possible.

Guanyin came to Doumu Palace again and presented to Chu Hao the compensation and military expenses he had requested.

"Chu Hao, these are the things you want. Now our Western Paradise has paid in full. Please take your men to subdue the demons quickly."

Guanyin put on a show of being rich and powerful in front of Chu Hao, also to save some face for herself.

"Bodhisattva Guanyin, now that your Western Paradise has paid the military expenses, we should naturally send troops to subdue the demons.

However, there is still a small problem, that is, the Jade Emperor has heard about this and knows that the Western Paradise is so wealthy.

Now the Heavenly Court's finances are not good, and the Jade Emperor is very headache about this, so please ask the Bodhisattva to ask the Jade Emperor for an edict to send troops.

Of course, the Jade Emperor said that this edict is not given for nothing. Please bring more treasures with you, so as not to have more troubles with the Jade Emperor."

Chu Hao said to Guanyin with a smile. The meaning of these words was very obvious, that is, the Jade Emperor also wanted a share.

"How unreasonable! Is your Heavenly Court trying to take advantage of a rich family? Are you treating our Western Paradise as a fat sheep and want to slaughter us?"

Guanyin was so angry that she jumped up and down. Chu Hao had already blackmailed a sum, and the Jade Emperor wanted another share. The Western Paradise's things were not enough for them to share.

"If the Jade Emperor does not issue an edict to subdue the demons, then we cannot send troops. After all, we are still under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court, and I dare not act without authorization.

So the Bodhisattva can do it yourself. I will accept these things first."

Chu Hao said and immediately asked his subordinates to collect all the things and put them into storage. Guanyin didn't have time to react at all.

Since Chu Hao said so, Guanyin actually had no choice. She had already paid the bulk of the money, and she had to give the Jade Emperor's share, otherwise, all previous efforts would be wasted.

The Jade Emperor had naturally discussed it with Chu Hao long ago and offered Guanyin the same considerable amount.

Guanyin had to return to the Western Paradise again and, under the appearance of the Tathagata Buddha about to vomit blood, brought back the immortal pills and treasures that the Jade Emperor requested.

"Since the Western Paradise is so sincere, then I will issue an edict immediately and let the Prison God lead his men to subdue the demons, and guarantee that the three demons will be subdued!"

The Jade Emperor was naturally very happy to get the benefits and immediately issued an edict to send troops.

Guanyin took the edict and went to Doumu Palace to find Chu Hao again.

Counting from Guanyin's request for assistance from the Heavenly Court to Chu Hao's start of calling troops and dispatching generals, this time was not short.

Jinping Prefecture was not peaceful either. Although Jinping Prefecture City had been destroyed, the confrontation between the Western Paradise and the Demon Clan had not eased much.

In addition, the demonized three demons were causing trouble, making the entire Jinping Prefecture area like a chaotic world.

The Western Paradise and the Demon Clan also had several conflicts. Although the scale of the conflicts was not large, they all had their own losses.