Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Although Wen Jiao had mastered a lot of classical knowledge of the Infinite Plateau in the dream of Haxiang, that was knowledge from at least the last calamity. She did not know more about the current Infinite Plateau than Princess Wencheng, and even after the latter married Zara, the gap would gradually widen.

But she has Ji Zun. This noble lady of the Kingdom of Hall is almost a mobile library of the Wuliang Plateau. She was born with a photographic memory and is very good at learning. Her father dotes on her and buys her all the books that can be found on the Wuliang Plateau, so much so that Wen Jiao now regards Ji Zun as the encyclopedia of the plateau.

When Wen Jiao asked about Jiadi, Ji Zun said without hesitation: "Jiadi is the most powerful country on our Wuliang Plateau. It is located in the southernmost part near the Dalong Sea. It is said that the four seasons there are like spring. Not only are the mountains and rivers beautiful, but there are fertile fields everywhere. Rice seeds sown in the soil can easily produce heavy ears of rice, and they can even be harvested three times a year. The people there like to ride elephants when traveling, and the army also uses elephant soldiers and rattan armor."

This sounds very Southeast Asian.

Jizun added: "The legend of their kings is that their ancestors were blessed by Lord Brahma, and his descendants were allowed to be the gods on earth. Therefore, every generation of the king of Jiadi has great supernatural powers, and no demon dares to provoke the people of Jiadi."

Would such a capable king allow the existence of the Demon Queen? Wen Jiao was thinking about it when she heard Ji Zun say, "But..."

"But what?" Wen Jiao asked.

Ji Zun said: "But nine years ago, all the roads leading to Jiadi were suddenly cut off. Passengers said that the sky was pitch black and very scary. No one knew what was going on."

The corpse of the evil queen has destroyed our sun and moon. The emperor is absurd and has no interest in state affairs.

Wen Jiao recalled that wish, her eyes moved: "Have you heard about what kind of person this generation's queen is?"

Jizun's eyes suddenly lit up with gossip: "This disciple really knows. I have read the legendary story of her and the current King of Jiadi! The Queen of Jiadi is called Nima Chiji. She is the daughter of the Dragon King of the Great Dragon Sea. The King of Jiadi married her with a fleet of gold and silver as a betrothal gift. No outsider knows what she looks like, but the King of Jiadi wrote a poem to her, praising her as a beauty unparalleled in the world. It is said that her beauty is so unacceptable that if an outsider looks at her or says a word about her, she will be bewitched by the eyes and mouth. So she has lived in the deep palace for a long time and has never shown her face to the outside world. If she had not given birth to a daughter named Agongcuo for the King of Jiadi, I am afraid that the people of Jiadi would doubt that there is no such queen."

"Nima Chiji..." Wen Jiao, who knew that this "Nima" was not that Nima, and whose shell contained a soul from modern times, still couldn't help but smile.

Ji Zun looked fascinated: "Bright and Brilliant Red Beauty, what a beautiful name."

Wen Jiao:......

Wen Jiao chuckled, as if she had a deep meaning: "This red beauty is probably related to the abnormality in Jiadi."

Ji Zun was surprised and said, "Although Queen Chiji was born in the Dragon Palace, she doesn't have the magical power to isolate the sun, moon and stars, right? Besides, will King Jiadi let her do whatever she wants?"

"The situation is unclear, I'm just guessing." Wen Jiao said, thinking for a while, and changed the subject, "What kind of god is Brahma?"

She also loves to study and read. But whether it is the heaven of Taoism, the Western Paradise of Buddhism, or even in the dream of Ha Xiang, she has never heard of such a god. To be able to promise mortals to be the king of gods on earth for generations, with such magical powers, it should not be an ordinary and nameless god.

In modern books, there is a similar name...

Jizun recalled for a while: "I don't know much about it, I just know that the people of Jiadi believe in this Lord Brahma. In their legends, Lord Brahma is the most respected in the world. There are two other equally respected ones, one is Narayana and the other is Shiva. It is said that Lord Brahma is the creator god, Narayana is the maintainer, and Shiva is..."

"The Destroyer." Wen Jiao said.

Meeting Ji Zun's surprised eyes, she smiled and said, "If there is life, there will be death. It's not hard to guess."

She dealt with it calmly, but in her heart she was slightly stunned by her own flash of inspiration.

Brahma, Narayana, and Shiva, aren't these the Buddhist titles of the Three Gods? If you find them unfamiliar, you might as well change their names to Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva.

The one worshipped by the Kingdom of Jiadi is actually Brahma, the creator god of Hinduism?

During the days since entering the Wuliang Plateau, Wen Jiao had gained a general understanding of the beliefs in this vast land.

The indigenous belief of the plateau people should be the belief in guardian gods that continued from the previous catastrophe. The so-called guardian gods are not a specific god, but are based on the worship of the powerful power of mountain spirits and animal spirits. For example, Ha Xiang worshipped wolves, while Gesar's uncle Chao Xin worshipped horses.

These guardian gods fight independently according to local conditions, and there is no supreme god with overwhelming advantage. Although they seem to have a lot of believers, they are actually a group of scattered sand.

In recent years, Buddhism has been rising strongly. According to legend, several years ago, Guru Padmasambhava, the incarnation of Avalokitesvara, came here to slay demons and monsters, and gained the first batch of believers in Lingdi. Several years later, he gave birth to the son of God Gesar, who became the king and went on expeditions everywhere, not only expanding the territory of Lingguo, but also sowing the seeds of Buddhist faith. Wherever the horses of Ling people go, the melodious Sanskrit sounds are heard.

Of course, the Taoist sect cannot be ignored. With the arrival of Wen Chenggong's marriage team, the Taoist wind blew unknowingly to the snow-capped mountains of the plateau. Under the example of the beautiful and compassionate Princess Wencheng, worshipping Taoism became a fashion trend among the young people of Lingguo. Most importantly, in the battle to eliminate the White Tent King, Gesar won the secular world, but Wen Jiao won the spiritual world. Although the new king voluntarily became Gesar's vassal, the people of the Hol Kingdom respected the Taoist Demon-Subduing Heavenly Venerable and Wen Jiao herself.

But now it seems that the footsteps of the Three-phase God that permeated the Wuliang Plateau may even have been ahead of Buddhism, not to mention Taoism.

Well, even Guanyin Bodhisattva was one step behind, not to mention a mortal cultivator like me. It was normal for me to lag behind by several steps. Thinking of this, Wen Jiao was no longer anxious at all.

Of course, even if you are not anxious, you still need to make preparations to know yourself and your enemy. Wen Jiao was on the back of the paper horse, took out a pair of exquisite small scissors, and kept cutting. By the time the sun set, she had cut more than 300 pairs of paper-cuts. While eating around the fire, she released two little werewolves, Pi Xie and Zhen E, from her sleeves. After settling them down and filling their stomachs, she stuffed the pile of paper-cuts into Ji Zun.

Ji Zun took it in a daze, and quickly flipped through it in the light of the fire. In addition to the paper horses, there were also mighty paper warriors, fierce tigers, leopards, bears, rhinoceroses, pythons and other ferocious beasts. Each one was filled with true energy, and it was obvious that it could be used as long as it was ignited with a light fire spell. Just one piece was worth a fortune, let alone more than 300 pieces. For a girl like Ji Zun who was very cunning and had very little cultivation, it was a treasure that she would not trade even for a gold mine.

"This is the salary, keep it. We still have a few days to get to Jiadi, so you can tell me what the countries on the plateau believe in and respect..." Wen Jiao was speaking when she suddenly felt a vulture swooping down rapidly from a hundred feet above her head. She paused and looked up.

The vulture was also quite skilled. In a few breaths, it landed in front of Wen Jiao, dodging the wolf claws that could ward off evil spirits and suppress evil. It raised its neck towards Wen Jiao, revealing a letter tube covered with sealing wax.