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Hearing Chen Xuanzang's doubts, the voice chuckled and said leisurely: "If you want to know the truth, go to Xitianling Mountain."

"Remember, the purpose of this trip is to practice. Don't be eager for quick success. I will show up to meet you when you get the true scriptures and achieve the right results."

"……ha?"

Chen Xuanzang or Nie Changchuan looked surprised and quickly continued to ask a few more questions, but could not get a response at all. It was as if the other party just came to urge him to go west to learn Buddhist scriptures, and then left quietly after speaking.

Nie Changchuan jumped up, crashed through the ceiling of the inn, and flew over Chang'an.

Then golden light burst out from his eyes, and he scanned the nine heavens and ten earths with his celestial vision.

But unfortunately, no matter how he searched, he could not find any trace of the voice just now.

"... Pretending to be a ghost, this guy can't be Tathagata Buddha, right?"

Nie Changchuan frowned and muttered something under his breath.

Then, he turned his head, looked towards the west sky and pondered for a moment, and couldn't help but sigh.

If this voice is really that of Tathagata Buddha, it means that Tathagata Buddha is much stronger than him. Coupled with the grace of teaching him skills when he was young and the kindness of protecting his mother, he must have gone to the Western Heaven.

If this voice is not Tathagata Buddha, but another person with great supernatural powers, the other person has already said that he will be waiting for him at Lingshan Mountain. Due to emotions and reasons, he will also go to the West to explore the truth and answer his doubts.

...It seems that there is no way to avoid this journey to the West!

Nie Changchuan was suspended in the air and sighed, unable to help but feel depressed.

At this moment, a surprising sound suddenly came from the street below.

"Xuan...Master Xuanzang?"

Nie Changchuan raised his brows and looked down. On the street, he saw Wei Zheng holding an imperial edict in his hand and standing on the street with a team of ceremonial guards and forbidden troops. He looked up at the sky in silence.

Seeing this scene, Nie Changchuan quickly put away the golden light in his eyes and fell to the ground.

After receiving the imperial edict, Nie Changchuan put his hands together and solemnly sent Wei Zheng and others away respectfully.

Wei Zheng had a complicated look on his face, he was about to say something, but he was about to say something, but in the end he said nothing and left the inn full of shock and doubt.

The next day, Li Er led the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty to the altar and announced his decree in public.

Nie Changchuan, wearing a cassock, stepped forward to receive the order. Then, with the help of Wei Zheng and others, he selected 1,200 monks from thousands of monks and assigned them to three halls, upper, middle and lower, to perform their duties and recite Buddhist scriptures together.

But today is just a preview before the conference.

The real land and water conference will have to be held on another auspicious day.

Time passed quickly, and soon it was the auspicious day planned by the monks.

Nie Changchuan presided over the meeting as the master of the altar. Li Er, the court's central minister Wu Wu, and relatives of the Emperor Qian all attended the meeting on time. They worshiped the golden body of Buddha in Huasheng Temple and went to burn incense under the altar to listen to the lecture.

Nie Changchuan gathered everyone on the altar and recited the "Sutra of Receiving Life and Saving Death" for a while, and then recited "Anbang Tianbao Seal Script" for a while.

Both of these are Hinayana Buddhist sutras, and they are also sutras for evading adversity that the monks discussed before the conference.

Although this scripture can save the dead to ascend to heaven, it is not powerful enough after all. It is still somewhat dwarfed in the water and land conference of this size and in front of the stubborn ten thousand ghosts in the city of vain death.

At this time, Guanyin Bodhisattva had returned from Lingshan Mountain and was listening to the sermon in hiding under the altar with his wooden stick.

Seeing that Nie Changchuan was reciting only Hinayana Buddhist scriptures, Guanyin Bodhisattva knew that the time had come and was about to show up to preach Mahayana Buddhist scriptures and convince Nie Changchuan and the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty with the Dharma.

At this moment, Guanyin Bodhisattva was suddenly shocked to discover that Nie Changchuan had secretly left his body and escaped into the underworld in the sound of Buddha, flying straight to the sky above the City of Fusui.

In an instant, the soul in Nie Changchuan's underworld burst out with extremely bright golden light.

The blazing divine light of the Yang Yang made everything in the underworld seem like daylight. Countless dead ghosts screamed and wailed, and black smoke emerged from their bodies. They were forcibly purified by the golden light of the soul!

For a time, tens of thousands of ghosts howled in the city of Fu Shi, and the ghosts and gods in Senluo Palace were frightened.

Seeing this scene, Nie Changchuan showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Guanyin Bodhisattva was stunned, then silently put down his raised right leg and looked at the eminent monk on the altar with a sad face.

...This version of the Learner is too capable, and she really can't find a suitable opportunity to appear!

In this way, the forty-nine days of land and water conference soon came to an end.

Guanyin Bodhisattva watched the whole process, becoming more and more anxious.

The Land and Water Conference is almost over, but she still hasn't found a suitable opportunity to appear.

If this continues, Buddhism's plan to travel to the west will inevitably be delayed, and her previous layout in Wuxing Mountain, Gaolaozhuang, and Liusha River will also disappear.

……what to do?

Guanyin Bodhisattva frowned and thought rapidly in his mind.

At this moment, Nie Changchuan on the high altar glanced at her, sighed slightly in his heart, and then said: "Your Majesty, the poor monk has hosted the Water and Land Conference recently, and the effect is very good, but this is not the merit of the poor monk, but This is the result of Guanyin Bodhisattva’s enlightenment on the eve of the conference!”

"Guanyin?"

Li Er looked shocked and couldn't help but said: "Is what Master Da Chan said true?"

Nie Changchuan clasped his hands together, chanted the Buddha's name, and then cast his gaze downwards.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was startled for a moment, then understood and flew up to the high platform with Mu Zha, then stepped on the auspicious clouds to the sky, holding the pure vase willow, and appeared to save suffering.

Everyone present was suddenly shocked and quickly bowed to the sky and called him Venerable.

Guanyin Bodhisattva took the opportunity to preach Mahayana Buddhism and made a decision in front of the Emperor of Tang Dynasty to go west to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

The subsequent plot was not much different from the original work. Nie Changchuan was very cooperative and almost took the initiative to take over the westward journey and became the Tang Dynasty Buddhist scholar appointed by Li Er.

A few days later, Nie Changchuan, who had been named Tang Sanzang by the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, finally embarked on the road to learn scriptures.

But what is different from the original work is that Nie Changchuan declined the followers and guards given by Li Er and chose to go alone.

Before leaving, he went back home, met his father and mother, and spent the night playing with a twin brother and sister who were born to his parents a few years ago. Then he finally put on his cassock, picked up his tin staff, and left Chang'an City.

When they arrived outside Chang'an City, Nie Changchuan paused, glanced at the clouds on the horizon and said, "Since the Bodhisattva is here, why don't you show up to meet him?"

After the words fell, the rays of light appeared on the horizon. Guanyin Bodhisattva rode the auspicious clouds and landed in front of Nie Changchuan, looking at him with a somewhat complicated expression.

"Master Tripitaka is willing to take on the important task of traveling to the west. The poor monk is very pleased. But I don't know who changed Master's mind?"

"It doesn't bother Bodhisattva to worry too much." Nie Changchuan said calmly, "The poor monk just wants to know, if the poor monk is not sincere in his heart and travels to Xitianling Mountain, will there be any Mahayana scriptures handed down?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva frowned, but still said: "Amitabha, that is natural."

"That's good."

Nie Changchuan nodded and took steps again.

Although Guanyin Bodhisattva had many doubts, he also knew that Nie Changchuan was the only one who could go west this time.

She sighed softly, and was about to leave in the clouds, observing along the way, when she suddenly remembered something, and quickly stopped him and said: "So that Master Sanzang will know that there are three big monsters on the road ahead, all of them possess magical powers."

"Before the poor monk came to Chang'an, he used Buddhist teachings to transform him one by one. If Master Tripitaka encounters him on the way, be sure not to kill him. You might as well accept him as his disciple and keep him at your disposal. He can protect your body...and your luggage." "

"..."

Nie Changchuan glanced at Guanyin Bodhisattva with a strange expression, then nodded and said: "Thank you Bodhisattva for informing me, this poor monk can save it!"

After the words fell, Guanyin Bodhisattva flew to the clouds, and his figure gradually disappeared.

But Nie Changchuan knew that the other party had not left, but was just spying in the dark.

Considering that Guanyin Bodhisattva might be worried that he would strike too hard and kill Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng, Nie Changchuan ignored them and strode forward, allowing Guanyin Bodhisattva to observe secretly.

In just one day, Nie Changchuan traveled all the way from Chang'an to Hezhou Wei.

This place was the border of the mountains and rivers of the Tang Dynasty. Nie Changchuan's journey was so fast that he arrived in just one day. The commander-in-chief at the edge of the town was so surprised that he became suspicious and did not dare to rashly recognize the identity of the Master Yudi.

On the contrary, the local monks from Fukuhara Temple had met Nie Changchuan at the Water and Land Conference, and immediately respectfully invited him into the temple and offered tea and soup to him.

On the second day, the general soldiers at the edge of the town worked hard and finally confirmed Nie Changchuan's identity from Gongzhou City.

He was so shocked that he quickly took people to Fuyuan Temple, only to learn that Nie Changchuan had left as early as the fourth watch. With Master Sanzang's ability to reach the border of the Tang Dynasty in one day, he should be dozens of miles away by now.

After receiving this news, the general soldier on the edge of the town regretted it, but he could only accept the reality.

At the same time, dozens of miles outside the city, there was a rugged mountain range.

The mountains are densely wooded and overgrown with weeds, with no human habitation and no mountain roads.

Nie Changchuan originally planned to jump directly over the mountain, but when he thought that Guanyin Bodhisattva was still watching, he gave Guanyin some face, raised his palm to shoot a golden dragon, and cleared a spacious mountain road for five horses to run parallel on the mountain.

Seeing Nie Changchuan lowering his arms, holding a Zen staff, and Shi Shiran walking up the mountain road, Guanyin Bodhisattva on the horizon couldn't help but sigh, turned to look at the several protectors and heavenly gods around him and said:

"That's what happened. You saw it, right?"

"..."

All the protectors looked at each other in confusion.

Taibai Jinxing looked at the monsters on the mountain that were disturbed by the movement, and couldn't help but feel pity on his face.

According to the script, this mountain is the first difficulty for Buddhist scripture seekers. Master Sanzang will be kidnapped by the demon occupying this mountain, and then Taibai Jinxing will come forward to rescue Master Sanzang.

But at the moment, it seems that it’s hard to say who is in trouble with whom!