Journey to the West: The Ninth Life

Three heads and six arms, holding axe, bow and arrow, sword, duo, halberd, and rope six things, fifty feet long, black clothes, black crown and gold armor.

The person in the bronze mirror has a sharp-edged face, resolute yet calm, majestic.The whole body is surrounded by lightning and thunder, and there is still a vague shadow of 36 heavenly soldiers standing behind it, surrounded by clouds and fog.

Outside the mirror, the canopy is dressed in coarse cloth, with a human head and a pig face, which is both ridiculous and hideous. Standing in place, silently looking at the self in the mirror, who was infinitely beautiful thousands of years ago.

"If it wasn't for the reminder from the bronze mirror, I'm afraid that I, Laozhu, wouldn't remember what I was like in my previous life."

Canopy twitched the corners of his mouth, shrugged his shoulders and turned his head to grin at Sun Wukong: "Great Sage, you see, my appearance in my previous life can be regarded as infinite, right?"

Sun Wukong looked at the canopy and nodded, "It is indeed imposing."

"It's a pity, when I was the Marshal of the Canopy, I didn't make friends with the Great Sage. Instead, this desolate person looks neither human nor ghost..."

"Generally the same."

Sun Wukong spoke lightly, interrupted Tianpeng's words, his eyes swept across the majestic Marshal Tianpeng in the bronze mirror, and finally fell on Tianpeng's body, looking into his eyes and opening slowly.

"For me, it doesn't matter what your identity is now."

After all, Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes, showing a bit of pride that he was familiar with on weekdays, and raised his voice slightly.

"Moreover."

"Even if you are no longer Marshal Tianpeng, who would dare to look down upon my brother Monkey King?"

"Hahaha!" Tianpeng laughed loudly when he heard the words, the original sigh and frustration in his eyes dissipated in an instant, he patted the wind and dust on his body, held his head high, and nodded in the middle of the hall.

"That's right, as the brother of Monkey King Monkey King, I will definitely not be a coward."

Turning around, facing Kassapa, he said in a deep voice, "His lord Kassapa, what is my test, I can start now."

"Marshal Tianpeng has an extraordinary bearing, and Kasyapa admires him." Kasyapa smiled slightly and bowed to the canopy, "I wish the Marshal can pass the test smoothly and accompany Jin Chanzi to obtain the scriptures."

As soon as the words fell, in an instant, the figure of the canopy also turned into a cloud of smoke and floated into the bronze mirror.

Seeing Sha Wujing and Tianpeng accepting the three tests one by one, Sun Wukong looked slightly stern, reached out and patted the back of Tang Xuanzang's hand, and was about to take a step forward to stand in front of the bronze mirror. Just as he took a step, Kasyapa suddenly stretched out his hand stopped him.

"Great Sage, wait a minute."

Sun Wukong squinted his eyes, looked into his eyes and asked with a half-smile: "Why, my two junior brothers have gone to accept the test, what is the purpose of the venerable stopping me?"

Kasyapa's expression remained unchanged, and after bowing to Sun Wukong, he explained in a warm voice: "The Great Sage doesn't know something, and the order of the tests is based on the level of mana."

"General Curtain has the lowest spells, so he ranks first, followed by Marshal Canopy."

As he spoke, Kasyapa's eyes fell on Tang Xuanzang, and he explained unhurriedly: "Although Junior Brother is now a mortal and has no strength to restrain a chicken, this bronze mirror can penetrate past and present lives, regardless of All the pretense of reincarnation exists.”

"Junior brother is the second disciple of the Buddha, the golden Buddha, so it should be ranked third."

Hearing his explanation, Monkey King frowned tightly.

For a moment, various thoughts appeared in my mind.If the test is divided according to the level of spells identified by the bronze mirror, Tang Xuanzang, a mortal body, is ranked above Sha Wujing and Tianpeng, then it means that the test he is about to face is stronger than the two of them. Difficult.

"Junior brother, please."

Tang Xuanzang pursed his lips, turned around to look at Monkey King, nodded at him, took a deep breath, took a step forward, and stood in front of the bronze mirror.

Stepping on a thousand-petal lotus, holding a golden tin Zen staff, wearing a golden cassock, with gentle and compassionate eyes, there is a magnanimous aura of great love for the world all over his body.

Familiar yet unfamiliar.

Tang Xuanzang stared blankly at his other self in the bronze mirror, unable to say a word for a while.

"When I was a golden cicada, I looked quite clever." Monkey King raised his eyebrows, took a step forward, and stood side by side with Tang Xuanzang, as if thinking of something, he shook his head and smiled, "But it's still the same now. It's cuter to look foolish."

Tang Xuanzang, who was a little nervous and apprehensive, suddenly relaxed a lot after hearing Sun Wukong's mocking jokes, raised his head and glared at Monkey King, and retorted a little unhappy: "Where am I so stupid?"

Before he finished speaking, he glanced at the mirror image in the bronze mirror from the corner of his eye, and was stunned again.

Sun Wukong was standing side by side with him at this moment, so what was reflected in the bronze mirror was naturally the two of them.

If Jin Chanzi's dharma form is a gentle and compassionate young Buddha, then Sun Wukong is probably a sharp sword that is arrogant and unruly, with a terrifying momentum.

Wearing a flame-gilt armor, stepping on lotus root silk and walking on cloud shoes, wearing a purple gold crown with phoenix wings on his head, and a red cloak behind him, surrounded by flames, his momentum is frightening.

Only those eyes, black and gold with mysterious and profound lines, were shining brightly in the raging flames.

Tang Xuanzang looked a little crazy for a while.

"Do you deserve it?"

Sun Wukong looked at the two people in the bronze mirror with great interest, and suddenly said this sentence.

Tang Xuanzang didn't react, he habitually looked up at him and asked, "What's worthy of—"

Before he finished speaking, he realized what Monkey King meant, coughed, and felt very uncomfortable.

You know, this is not only the Great Leiyin Temple, but there is also a Mahakassapa standing beside him.

"Amitabha, junior brother, have you thought about it, do you really want to choose such a path?" Kasyapa watched the interaction between the two, his eyes that had been completely impassive finally fluctuated, and he sighed vaguely, and asked in a deep voice. mouthed.

"Brother, let's start the test."

I don’t know if it’s because he saw himself in his previous life in the bronze mirror. Regarding the fact that Mahakassapa is his senior brother, Tang Xuanzang seems to have begun to accept it. He took a deep breath, folded his hands together, and bowed deeply. present.

"No matter what the result is, Xuanzang has no regrets until he dies, so please don't waste your words."

"Amitabha——" Kasyapa sighed, nodded, and waved his hand lightly. Tang Xuanzang's figure also disappeared in the hall, and he began his three-pass test.

Now, only Kasyapa and Monkey King are left in the palace.

Sun Wukong has always been straightforward. Tang Xuanzang disappeared in the bronze mirror. After his eyes flickered, he simply did not move. He stood in front of the bronze mirror without wasting time, waiting for Kasyapa to open his three-view test .

But Kasyapa didn't move for a while, just stood there with his eyes closed and his hands clasped together, as if in trance.

Sun Wukong frowned.

"My lord, what do you mean?"

"Do you want me to stand here and chant scriptures with you?"

Having said that, Sun Wukong's tone was already a little blunt.

After all, this is the Daleiyin Temple of the Tathagata Buddha. It was originally a relationship between water and fire. Seeing Sha Wujing's canopy and Tang Xuanzang disappearing into this weird bronze mirror one after another, Monkey King was a little worried. At this moment, Jia Ye directly regarded him as air and hung it here.

"Why should the Great Sage be anxious?"

Kasyapa smiled slightly, put down his hand that was moving the beads, and slowly opened his eyes.

"When did the poor monk say that the Great Sage needs to enter the bronze mirror to accept the test?"

As soon as the words came out, Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes suddenly, and his voice was a bit dangerous. Seeing Kassapa suppressing his anger, he asked, "Then why does the venerable allow other people to enter this bronze mirror?"

Kasyapa was not in a hurry, and smiled lightly.

"Great Sage Equaling Heaven's magic power is well known in the three realms. I'm afraid that in this Great Leiyin Temple, apart from the Buddha, no one else would dare to compete with the Great Sage."

"Since this is the case, the so-called test is dispensable to the Great Sage."

"Therefore, Kasyapa follows the Buddha's decree. The great sage does not need to enter the bronze mirror for any test. He just needs to stand here and wait for others to pass through."

Sun Wukong stared deeply at Kasyapa, and spoke lightly after a while.

"I want to see them put to the test with my own eyes."

Before the words were finished, faint ripples and halos appeared on the bronze mirror in the hall.

What gradually emerged from the bronze mirror were images of the three of them being tested in different places.

Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes and turned to look at Kasyapa.

Kasyapa's smile remained unchanged, and he explained to Sun Wukong: "It's boring to wait in this hall. The Buddha knew that the Great Sage cared about his juniors and disciples, and he had issued a decree long ago. He authorized the Great Sage to make an exception and watch them break through."

Watching Kasyapa say these words without haste, Sun Wukong's eyes froze slightly, and a bad premonition vaguely appeared in his heart.

From the moment they stepped into the territory of the Great Leiyin Temple, step by step, it seemed that they had been calculated by someone, forcing them to move forward according to the Tathagata's plan.

His eyes darkened a little, but his expression became more and more calm, his lips curled into a smile, and he nodded at Kasyapa.

"Very good."

After finishing speaking, he turned around, shivered slightly, and his eyes fell on the bronze mirror in the main hall.

What emerged in the screen was the first time Sha Wujing saw Monkey King.

Monkey King made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace for the first time.

But this time, what is shown from the bronze mirror is the perspective of Sha Wujing as the protagonist.

Normally taciturn, Sha Wujing, who had a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes, was looking at Monkey King who was surrounded by everyone with fanatical and crazy eyes.

outside the mirror.

Seeing Sha Wujing's nearly sick eyes fluctuate, Sun Wukong frowned instinctively, his face gloomy.

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I skipped two days of class willfully and bought a ticket to go home. It's been so cold these two days. Be careful not to catch a cold.