HCB Chapter 778: Journey to the West Sequel - Salvation Merit 4
Chapter 778: Journey to the West Sequel - Salvation Merit 4
Ruyi no longer needs to deliberately practice the so-called magic formula to cast the corresponding spell. Instead, she can just raise her hand and cast the spell she wants with a thought. There is no trick. It all depends on the understanding of the five elements of heaven and earth.
Although Ruyi's fighting style was not the aggressive and vigorous one that Sun Wukong liked, Sun Wukong still found the fight very enjoyable. Ruyi was swift and responsive, and his attack angles were weird and tricky, making it difficult for Sun Wukong to defend himself and he would be hit easily.
In other words, Ruyi was concerned that this was a sparring match and controlled the output, otherwise Sun Wukong would have been seriously injured the moment he was touched by Ruyi's palm.
After this battle, Ruyi felt that the depression in her heart had dissipated a lot, and she felt more open-minded. It turned out that more exercise can help relieve negative emotions.
Sun Wukong also felt very satisfied. He lost, but he was not sad. He just felt that after this battle, he found the determination to continue to become stronger. However, when the two talked about cultivation, Sun Wukong couldn't help but ask curiously: "Sister, I am already a celestial being now, why can't I beat you?"
"What is your current level of cultivation? Why are you so powerful?" Sun Wukong suspected that Ruyi had already become a saint, but he didn't dare to say it out loud. After all, no one in this world could become a saint. If Ruyi really became a saint, and she became a saint within less than a thousand years after he knew her, then... Sun Wukong felt terrible just thinking about it.
"I am now at the peak of the celestial being and only one step away from becoming a saint." Ruyi did not hide anything and directly told Sun Wukong about his cultivation level.
During this period, Ruyi thought about it carefully and still felt that Sun Wukong should also be involved in the plot of "The Sequel to Journey to the West". Although the current Sun Wukong is not the Fighting Buddha, his title of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven is not false.
As a core character in "The Sequel to Journey to the West", Ruyi believes that even if Sun Wukong does not become the Fighting Buddha in this life, the Heavenly Dao in "The Sequel to Journey to the West" will never let him go.
Rather than waiting for Sun Wukong to be forced to "sacrifice" and become the seventeenth relic at some unknown time, it would be better for Ruyi to tell him the truth directly so that he can take precautions in advance.
"Speaking of which, Sister Ruyi, how did you cultivate? How did your cultivation level increase so quickly?"
"There is one thing I have always been curious about, and that is, what exactly is your true form, sister? Even with my flaming eyes and golden pupils, I can't see it?" Sun Wukong once thought that the reason why Ruyi cultivated so fast was related to her true form talent, but for some reason, when he used his flaming eyes and golden pupils to look at Ruyi, he could only see a ball of golden light and nothing else.
Ruyi knew that Sun Wukong had been curious about how he became stronger a long time ago, but she had been avoiding the question and fooling around with him. So Ruyi did not continue to fool around with him, but told Sun Wukong directly: "Great Sage, since you really want to know, I will tell you."
"The reason why my cultivation level has increased so quickly is because I am not practicing ordinary techniques, but the way to become a saint through merit."
"To increase your cultivation, you need to constantly absorb spiritual energy, break free from the shackles, and accumulate layer by layer. To become a saint, you only need to refine enough merit to directly jump over several levels."
"Merit?" Sun Wukong had heard of it. "I remember that the original Journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures was to make my merits 'legitimately' become the merits of Buddhism, right?"
"Yes." Ruyi nodded.
Sun Wukong has also learned a lot of inside information over the years. As far as he knows, the merits of every person or creature are bestowed by heaven based on his contribution to heaven and earth, and there is no way to obtain them through practice.
So: "The merits of me, Sun, are due to the Heaven-Repairing Stone that gave birth to me. It has the Heaven-Repairing Merits. Sister, where did you get the merits?"
Sun Wukong was really curious. Ruyi didn't say anything but smiled mysteriously. How did she get her merits? Of course, she got them by eating Tang Monk's meat! Although she didn't get them by any means before, it has to be said that the few bites of Tang Monk's meat she ate in "A Chinese Odyssey" and here really increased Ruyi's cultivation.
Thinking about it now, Ruyi still feels that it is a bit of a pity. If Tang Seng's meat had not been "contaminated" at the beginning, she would have been able to eat a few more bites.
Seeing the smile on Ruyi's face, Sun Wukong was immediately startled. He quickly waved his hand and turned his head to indicate that he would not ask any more questions. "I will not ask any more questions, I will not ask any more questions!"
"Haha, Great Sage, what are you afraid of? Of course, all the merits I have are earned by doing good deeds."
"There is a good opportunity to earn merit right before your eyes. Great Sage, are you interested in getting involved?" It may not be clear to directly tell Sun Wukong the plot, the protagonist, the Buddha's reincarnation and the relics, but if you tell Sun Wukong that there is a chance to earn merit, I think he will not refuse!
"What time?" Sure enough, Sun Wukong took the bait.
"Great Sage, do you want to be a Buddha?" Ruyi did not continue speaking, but instead asked Sun Wukong a puzzling question seriously.
"Huh?" Sun Wukong was confused. "Buddha? Who? Me?" He, he thought he was Buddha. Was he crazy? Sun Wukong couldn't imagine himself becoming a bald man, pretending to be kind and benevolent all day, sitting cross-legged on a lotus platform and meditating and chanting. As soon as he thought about himself becoming like that, Sun Wukong couldn't help but shudder.
No, he didn't want it. Who was he? He was just a monkey. Asking a monkey who was naturally active and lively to chant sutras and meditate all day long was not the Buddha at all. It was sheer oppression!
"No, I don't want to. I will be the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. No one in heaven or earth, in the Three Realms or the Five Elements can do anything to me. That's good enough!"
Ruyi was not surprised by Sun Wukong's answer, because that was Sun Wukong's nature. That was why Ruyi didn't think that the Sun Wukong in "The Sequel to Journey to the West" was Sun Wukong. He was just the Fighting Holy Buddha!
"This is what happened. A few days ago, the ancient Buddha Ran Deng passed away. Without the supervision of the ancient Buddha Ran Deng, the demon Wu Tian imprisoned in the Asura Realm took the opportunity to escape, and then he..."
At this moment, Guanyin had just followed Wujitian's orders to deal with the gods in heaven, and those gods naively thought that this catastrophe had nothing to do with their heaven and were busy watching the fun. No one had time to tell Sun Wukong the news that Lingshan had been occupied.
What Ruyi told Sun Wukong now was already the latest news. It was very interesting to hear Sun Wukong's flaming eyes, with shock, joy, and sorrow at one moment.
"That old Tathagata has passed away, and he can only come back after reincarnation..." When Sun Wukong heard Ruyi say this news, his eyes turned and an idea crossed his mind. He wanted to find the reincarnated boy of Tathagata and teach him a lesson, just as revenge for being pressed under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years by Tathagata's slap!