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

#2305 - Huaguang Institute

"I didn't expect the Western Heavens' scheme this time to be so powerful, even I, a dignified Demon Venerable, am trapped here."

I have already notified the other two Demon Venerables of our Demon Ancestor, and they will lead our Demon Ancestor's forces to act at the opportune moment.

We only need to observe the situation further."

This steward is actually a Demon Venerable of the demon race, so it's no wonder that Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie are no match for him.

However, the power of the demon race is relatively weak, unable to compare with the Western Heaven Demon Clan and the Heavenly Court, so they have always been inactive.

But the Western Heaven's Journey to the West plan is no longer a secret, and it has now reached the final stage.

Therefore, the demon race has also decided to get involved, wanting to profit from it.

Although there are many people in Diling County, apart from those people, the rest of the people do not feel any discomfort from the Tathagata golden body projection in the sky and the Sanskrit Buddhist chanting that permeates the entire Diling County.

Because the people of Diling County were all arranged by the Western Heavens long ago, just like Kou Shanren, they are all wraiths who live by being attached to Diling County.

As for Guanyin, there will be no impact at all, but instead, she is intoxicated in this Sanskrit Buddhist chanting, seeming very comfortable.

"Do you see that? This is the scheme of our Western Heavens, so powerful that even Chu Hao is helpless, let alone Tang Seng and the others."

"In the end, they will either take the initiative to come and surrender to us, listening to our arrangements.

Or they will be baptized and purified by this Sanskrit Buddhist chanting, thus becoming walking corpses who wholeheartedly serve our Western Heavens."

Guanyin said to Kou Shanren triumphantly, seeming to be showing off something.

"The Western Heavens' design is ingenious, and the Buddha's arrangements are thorough. Chu Hao and Tang Seng are already turtles in a jar and not worth worrying about."

Kou Shanren flattered Guanyin with a series of compliments.

"Have you arranged everything I asked you to arrange?"

Guanyin asked Kou Shanren.

"Everything is ready, just waiting for Tang Seng and the others to walk into the trap."

After saying that, Kou Shanren and Guanyin laughed at the same time.

At this moment, Tang Seng and Sun Wukong, because of extreme physical discomfort, wanted to find a place to temporarily stay.

But because they couldn't get close to the county seat and had to avoid the people, they could only search in the outer area of Diling County.

The four of them walked around the outskirts of Diling County for half a day, but they didn't see a place to stay, not even a cave.

"This damn Diling County, I really want to turn it upside down."

"It seems like we didn't look at the almanac, we can't even find a place to stay."

"If we can't find one, let's go back and occupy Kou's mansion for him!"

The four of them were talking amongst themselves, and before they knew it, a building appeared in front of them.

"Look, there's a house here, and it looks quite large."

Sun Wukong was the first to discover it and said to Tang Seng and the others.

Tang Seng and the others immediately looked forward and saw that there were indeed several large houses, and the shape was beautiful, and the overall condition was good.

"That seems to be a temple courtyard."

In fact, this is not surprising, the reason why the Western Heavens built many temples in other jurisdictions and set up incense offerings.

Was originally to use temples and Buddhism to carry out spiritual control and wealth exploitation of the people in the jurisdiction.

And this Diling County was originally designed by the Western Heavens, and the people here are all wraiths created by the Western Heavens. They all take orders from the Western Heavens, so there is no need to spend effort to build any temples.

"If it's a temple, I think we should not go in. The temple must be related to the Western Heavens. It may be a trap designed by the Western Heavens."

Zhu Bajie shook his head and said.

In fact, not only Zhu Bajie, but Tang Seng and the others also had no good feelings for temples in their hearts, and couldn't wait to stay away from them.

But in the current situation, they have no choice.

Their cultivation had been consumed too much to recover, and the Sanskrit Buddhist chanting was constantly suppressing them, making the four of them embarrassed.

Therefore, the four of them urgently needed a place to rest, especially Tang Seng, whose cultivation was not as good as the other three, and he looked a little weak.

"No matter what conspiracy the Western Heavens has, we will deal with soldiers coming and water covering."

"Yes, at worst, we will fall into the hands of the Western Heavens, what else can they do to me?"

"The Western Heavens is just forcing us to submit, let's see what tricks they can play."

After discussing, the four of them decided to go to the temple to rest first.

Soon they approached, and they could see the full picture of the temple courtyard. There was a plaque at the entrance of the courtyard with the four characters "Huaguang Courtyard" written on it.

"Huaguang Courtyard, whose Western Heaven big shot is this temple dedicated to?"

Sun Wukong asked Tang Seng and the others.

Tang Seng had read the most scriptures and knew the most about the Western Heaven system.

"This Huaguang Courtyard is the Daoist temple of the Huaguang Bodhisattva. The Huaguang Bodhisattva is a disciple of the Flame Five Light Buddha."

Tang Seng explained to Sun Wukong and the others.

"Huaguang Bodhisattva, is he also a Western Heaven big shot? I've never heard of him."

"Yes, as a Bodhisattva, he should at least be at the same level as Guanyin, but I haven't seen him."

"In any case, Bodhisattvas are not good things."

Sun Wukong and the others discussed.

"Not so, this Huaguang Bodhisattva is different from Guanyin and the others. Huaguang Bodhisattva has indeed done many good things.

He was originally transformed from the lamp wick in front of the Tathagata Buddha's seat, and later attained the Great Dao and had good intentions.

It's just that when he was destroying the Poison Fire Ghost King, he was caught by the Tathagata Buddha, who said that he acted cruelly and liked to kill, so he was demoted.

Probably because of this, this Huaguang Courtyard has also been abandoned. Although it is generally intact, no one has cleaned it, and it is already like an abandoned house."

Tang Seng continued to say to Sun Wukong and the others.

"In this case, the Huaguang Bodhisattva is indeed different from those people in the Western Heavens."

"I think the Tathagata Buddha is clearly deliberately finding fault and eliminating dissidents."

"With such a kind heart, the Western Heavens will naturally not tolerate him."

While the four of them were talking, they had already entered the Huaguang Courtyard. Although the scale of the Huaguang Courtyard was acceptable, it looked very ordinary inside.

Moreover, the doors and windows of the houses were mostly broken, a desolate and bleak appearance, with weeds and fallen leaves everywhere.

Just as Tang Seng and the others were about to enter the main hall, real noisy sounds came from inside.

"There are still people here?"

"It sounds like there are quite a few people, could it be that someone is living here?"

"If there are people, we may be in trouble. The people of Diling County and Kou Hong, the old thief, are all in the same gang."

Sun Wukong and the others also became nervous immediately, slowed down their pace, and paid attention to the situation inside the main hall.