I'm a Demon King in Journey to the West

Although it was the first time for Jin Chanzi to hear the theory that spiritual energy could be regenerated, he didn't doubt it at all, because he also felt it made sense.

Heaven and earth are truly merciful, it produces all things, and all things do not even need to repay it, as long as they are harmonious and friendly to each other, it is willing to produce aura to nourish the human race and the demon race.

"It's getting late, and I've been out for a day. Datang still needs me, so I have to go back."

Jiuling Yuansheng asked to stay, "Don't leave in a hurry, you have to have a meal before leaving."

Jin Chanzi smiled and said, "I won't eat the rice. If you miss us, you can go to Tang Hongfu Temple to find us. There are thousands of volumes of scriptures brought back, and it takes a lot of time to sort them out. In a short time, I and Bian Yu can't go anywhere."

Jiuling Yuansheng thought it made sense, "Then you go back and do your work, I'll take some time to go there someday."

Shi Zheng said: "What do you think of my proposal just now? Come to Wangxia City to practice after sorting out the scriptures."

Jin Chanzi smiled, "The future is long, I'll make a decision later, I appreciate His Majesty's kindness."

"Make a decision, remember to inform me, I am always welcome."

Jin Chanzi bid farewell to the Yaohuang and godfather, and left in a cloud.

After he left, Shi Zheng sat back on the throne, raised his eyebrows and commented: "Tang Seng and Jin Chanzi are almost like two species."

At this time, Jiuling Yuansheng said: "This scripture has been obtained by Buddhism, but it has fulfilled the wish of the Jade Emperor."

Buddhism was widely spread in the Tang Dynasty, and the incense was strong, and the influence of Buddhism became stronger, so as to compete with Taoism. This was a balancing act played by the Jade Emperor.

Shi Zheng was not worried, "Tathagata and the Jade Emperor used each other to exploit each other. Now that the exploiting relationship is over, it's time to fight for power. It's not certain who will win the battle. Maybe both sides will suffer. Besides, Sanqing is not easy to deal with."

Jiuling Yuansheng also watched the excitement and didn't think it was a big deal, "Will Sanqing fight Tathagata?"

"Don't worry, that's also at the level of destroying the world. The dispute between sects alone should not develop to the point where the fish are dead and the net is broken."

Jiuling Yuansheng said with a smile: "However, you and Yuan Chiyu are also a big force. The three pillars stand together and are very stable. Don't worry."

It has been more than ten years since Shi Zheng "discovered" Yuan Chiyu's identity as the destroyer of heaven and earth. According to his observations, Yuan Chiyu has no tendency to destroy the world, but has become more and more "human".

Sometimes, at first glance, it seems like a love of life.

Because of the time difference between the sky and the earth, although Yuan Chiyu just went to deliver something outside the Nantianmen, but in the human world, it would take a few days in the blink of an eye.

That night, Shi Zheng was sleeping, feeling the position around him sinking, knowing that Yuan Chiyu had returned, but he didn't open his eyes, pretending to be asleep on purpose.

Feeling Yuan Chiyu hugging him from behind, the corners of his mouth curled up, suppressing his smile, "Who are you, I won't introduce myself, do I know you?"

Yuan Chiyu rested his chin on Shi Zheng's neck, and said with a smile, "I've only been away for a few days, and you don't know me anymore?"

Shi Zheng turned his head slightly and gave him a look, "I feel familiar, but I don't really recognize him."

"Familiar? Do you recognize other places?" Yuan Chiyu said while sitting up and pulling his collar.

Shi Zheng suppressed his laughter, "I don't know, you'll have to watch it to find out." He turned around and reached out to touch the other person's belt.

Yuan Chiyu leaned over and kissed him, and the two rolled together.

—

Waking up in the morning, Shi Zheng glanced sleepily at the side, but seeing Yuan Chiyu, he muttered, "Where did he go?" Then he turned over, hugged the quilt tightly, yawned, and went back to sleep.

After a while, when he heard footsteps, he barely opened his eyes, and saw Yuan Chiyu holding freshly picked flowers and putting them in a vase on the table, with a look of loving life.

He closed his eyes in relief, and was about to go back to sleep when he suddenly felt his nose itchy and smelled the fragrance of flowers. He opened his eyes and saw Yuan Chiyu holding a rose to his nose.

Maybe seeing that Shi Zheng didn't respond, Yuan Chiyu shook the flower branch, letting the petals sweep over Shi Zheng's nose.

Shi Zheng pulled the quilt over his mouth and nose, "You're teasing the cat."

"To tease my daughter-in-law." Yuan Chiyu sat on the side of the bed, handed him the rose flower, and said with a smile, "Here you are."

Shi Zheng glanced at him, took the flowers, played with them in his hands, leaned against Yuan Chiyu, and looked up at him, "You went to Nantianmen, gave the documents to Zeng Tianwang and came back? Have you not seen the Jade Emperor?" ?”

"No, I don't want to see him, and he probably won't see me either." Yuan Chiyu said: "As long as you are clear-headed and see these data, you will understand what it means, but if he is sincerely pretending to be stupid, there is nothing we can do."

"Well, let's continue to live our lives." Shi Zheng said: "The scriptures are also finished, and we can finally calm down for a while."

"Yeah, it's been about 30 years, and it has consumed a lot of manpower and material resources. Even if Buddhism has any plans, it can't afford it in a short time."

"By the way, I saw Jin Chanzi a few days ago, and was conferred a bodhisattva status by Tathagata. I invited him to live in Wangxia City, but he didn't agree. I always feel that he has other ideas."

"What could he think?"

"It's hard to say, I always feel that he doesn't like Tathagata very much, and he probably won't return to Buddhism."

"If that's the case, it can only be said that the Tathagata has done it for himself, and a good disciple has to go to reincarnation, and it's almost impossible to get it back."

The two chatted and got tired of being together again. Shi Zheng didn't get up until noon. He stood on the terrace, bathed in the warm sunshine, and stretched.

"It's great that the world is peaceful."

—

The world has entered a period of stable development, and the demon kingdom of Luzhou in Beiju is prosperous and prosperous under Shi Zheng's rule.

The people of Dongtu Datang in Nanfangbu Prefecture are prosperous and live and work in peace and contentment.

Although Xiniu Hezhou and Dongsheng Shenzhou are divided into many countries, there is no war between them, and the world is peaceful.

—

In the Hongfu Temple of the Tang Dynasty, Jin Chanzi and Huang Mei, together with a group of selected monks with roots of wisdom, sorted out Buddhist scriptures day and night.

And these Buddhist scriptures were passed on to various temples in the Tang Dynasty through Jin Chanzi's explanation on the stage, and then passed from the temples to the homes of every believer.

Afterwards, Buddhism ushered in unprecedented prosperity in the Tang Dynasty, and people at that time took names related to Buddhism as the trend.

For example, Siddhartha, Gotan, Miaofa, and Faxiang are all popular names, which shows the prosperity of Buddhism.

But Jin Chanzi chose to bid farewell to his parents and godfather after sorting out all the scriptures, leaving the prosperous Chang'an and walking into the crowd.

Don't think of yourself as a bodhisattva who has taken off the mortal womb, but just as an ordinary monk, a monk who travels all over the world, understands everything in the world, and practices self-cultivation.

Seeing him leaving, Huang Mei caught up with him, "Where are you going and when will you be back?"

"Where are you going back?"

Huang Mei glanced back at Hongfu Temple. This is just a place where they organize scriptures and give lectures. It has been 30 years since they retrieved the scriptures. Subconsciously, Huang Mei has regarded this place as home, but in fact it is not No, their destination is Lingshan.

Huang Mei said: "Go back to Lingshan. Not only have we finished sorting out the scriptures, but you have also lectured on the altar several times, and you have explained the scriptures thoroughly. We are no longer needed here, and you have also successfully completed the Buddha's purpose of promoting Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty."

"Yes, the Buddha's decree has been fulfilled. Then the agreement between me and him is also over." Jin Chanzi said: "From today, I will travel thousands of miles to comprehend my own Dharma."

Huang Mei hesitated, he wanted to go with Jin Chanzi, but after struggling in his heart, he gave up, "I want to accompany my parents for a while, and then go back to Lingshan, Maitreya Buddha is still waiting for me."

Jin Chanzi nodded, "Then let's hit the road, I'm leaving." Turning around, he walked into the sea of ​​people.

Huang Mei looked at Jin Chanzi's back, sighed, then nodded with a smile again, turned around and went back to the temple.

It didn't take long before I packed my bags and returned home. I spent the last stage of my life with my elderly parents before returning to Lingshan.

Facing his return, Maitreya Buddha was already prepared, sitting on the lotus platform and looking at the yellow-browed boy kneeling below, with a bright smile, "The Buddhist sect of the Tang Dynasty is full of incense, and you have a share of credit, all of which are your merits. "

The yellow-browed boy folded his palms together, "It's Master who taught us well."

"What about Jin Chanzi? Why didn't you go back to Buddhism with you?"

"He said that he has fulfilled the entrustment of the Tathagata, and from now on he will comprehend his own Dao."

Maitreya Buddha laughed out loud, and sure enough, this is the golden cicada that gave Tathagata a headache.

At this time, in the Daxiong Palace, the Tathagata, who was meditating with his eyes closed, also had a smile on his mouth.

Although Jin Chanzi has not returned to Lingshan, he has already completed the mission of preaching scriptures that he assigned to him, so let him be free for a while.

Time flies, and 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye.

A full 50 years have passed since the end of the Buddhist scriptures. In the past 50 years, there has been no change in Buddhism. It is still the Tathagata teaching the Dharma every day, and the Bodhisattvas and Arhats listen to the Dharma.

For them, who have been in the fruit position for tens of thousands of years, just 50 years is just a blink of an eye.

But in Beiju Luzhou, these 50 years are enough to bring about earth-shaking changes.

Shi Zheng asked his attendants to turn on the lighting lights in the house, "Today is a false cloudy day, turn on the lights, and the room will be much brighter."

In the past 50 years after learning from the scriptures, the demon country has entered the era of electricity, and accordingly, various inventions and creations related to science have sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Countries in other continents often send missions to study, and Shi Zheng set up a special department to receive them.

Shi Zheng walked through the corridor and came to the chamber to meet the ministers.

Today is the day to go through various year-end reports.

"Your Majesty, this is the aura data report, please have a look."

Shi Zheng opened the report document, scanned a few lines, and frowned, "How could this be? Could it be that you made a mistake?"

"Absolutely. We have repeatedly monitored and checked it several times, and it is still the same value." The official in charge said with a sad face: "This is the third time this year that it has dropped."

Shi Zheng looked back again, and saw that the aura values ​​of other places in Beiju Luzhou also continued to drop, and even the data of Lion Camel City and Hengyuan City in Xiniu Hezhou were not good.

Shi Zheng tapped his fingers on the table and turned to the last page, which read: The reason for the decline in spiritual energy is still unclear.

He closed the report and looked at the civil and military officials below, "You all express your opinions, come and talk about it. This aura is so good, why does it continue to go down?"

"Your Majesty, I think it's the so-called rapid development of science and technology, which has offended the world. Many people in the folk think it's the reason. There are also societies that call on the monsters to move to the deep forest, abandon the prosperity of the city, and have a natural contact with the world. Life."

Shi Zheng said: "I've also heard such remarks. But this kind of argument is untenable, because even in the deep mountains and old forests, the spiritual energy value has also declined."

The minister continued: "So... there are more radical people who preach... abolish all technological power, and return to the way it was at the beginning of the establishment of the demon country. It is said that the law of the ancestors cannot be changed."

What a bastard, I established this demon country, and I am the law of the ancestors.Shi Zheng thought so, but didn't say so, "Hmph, if we follow the old rules, everyone will still be under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court, and they will be taken away as mounts at will, or punished with lightning strikes at will."

"I know it, so I decided to arrange to publish the data on the decline of spiritual energy in remote forests in today's news, just to stop the mouths of these rambunctious guys."

Shi Zheng nodded and agreed, "Just do it."

At this time, Jiuling Yuansheng walked up to Shi Zheng and handed him another report.

Shi Zheng raised his eyes to look at him, and seeing his serious face, he knew in his heart that the data in this report would only look worse, because he was prepared in his heart, but when he opened it and took a rough look, his brows furrowed.

"this is true?"

Jiuling Yuansheng nodded silently, "This is the statistics of the life expectancy of the city residents this year. Not only the average life expectancy of the human race but also the monster race has dropped. Although it seems to have increased when Bicai built the demon country, but compared with last year , it has indeed declined.”

Monsters can live for more than 100 years at worst, and their data should be the most stable, but even so, the average life expectancy has declined. In the absence of war, they died inexplicably and naturally, which shows that there are big problems in the future.

After listening to Jiuling Yuansheng's words, the other courtiers couldn't help but gasp, and both aura and average life expectancy showed a downward trend, saying that there is no causal relationship, how could it be possible.

The crowd was in an uproar.

"The spiritual energy has declined, and the cultivation methods of the monsters have stagnated, so..."

"No, no, it's not that simple. Even if the spiritual energy is reduced, but it's not completely cut off, you can still practice."

At this time, a minister guessed: "Could it be that the monsters feel that the life of using technology is more comfortable now, and they are not willing to endure hardships in cultivation?"

As soon as this statement came out, it was unanimously opposed.

"That still doesn't explain the decline in spiritual energy."

"Because of the abuse of the power of technology, heaven and earth are unwilling to provide aura. Also because of relying on the power of technology, monsters and humans stop practicing, which leads to a decrease in lifespan."

"You don't make sense."

"Then what do you say is because, just refute me."

Shi Zheng listened to their argument. After a while, he didn't hear any useful information. Instead, he was annoyed by their quarrel, so he announced, "You all step back first." But he winked at his uncle, signaling him to stay. Down.

After everyone else left, Jiuling Yuansheng looked at Shi Zheng with his sleeves in his hands, "What's going on?"

Shi Zheng rubbed his temples, "Yeah, I really don't have a clue."

Jiuling Yuansheng said: "Is it possible that it is an infectious disease? Unknowingly infected the monster race and the human race, invisible and intangible."

"If there is really an infectious disease, what about the decrease in aura?" Shi Zheng gritted his teeth secretly, "However, there must be something wrong anyway. We need to send more people to investigate, so as not to miss any clues."

"I'll arrange it right away." Jiuling Yuansheng said with a serious expression.

Shi Zheng watched Jiuling Yuansheng leave, leaned his head on the back of the chair, and sighed.Suddenly he felt a shadow above his head, covering the light. When he opened his eyes and saw Yuan Chiyu standing behind him, he sat up straight, and handed two documents to Yuan Chiyu, "I was just looking for you. Take a look at these."

Yuan Chiyu flipped through the pages and was quite surprised, "This is not a good sign."

"Very bad." Shi Zheng grinned slightly, "But for a while, I couldn't find the root cause."

Yuan Chiyu put down the report and took Shi Zheng's hand, "I can't find a reason to sit here, why not go out for a walk and relax, maybe I will have an idea."

Shi Zheng held his hand, stood up and said with a smile: "You are right, you are really my good wife."

Yuan Chiyu patted him on the back and said with a smile, "Don't be poor."

The two went out of the palace and simply changed their disguise. After all, everyone in the Yao Kingdom knew what he and Yuan Zhiyu looked like.

Although it was a distraction, Shi Zheng couldn't be idle. He took the list of monsters and human races that died recently, and walked on the road, studying while walking.

Most of the dead monsters are relatively young, concentrated under the age of two hundred, while the human race is the opposite. Except for a small proportion, all the dead are over one hundred years old.

"Looking at it this way, it is more certain that it is related to aura. The little monster's cultivation method is not in place, and his mana is weak, so he is more likely to die in the impact of the reduction of aura, and the human race is older, and the body is not good enough, so we should first Death. No matter which race, the most vulnerable group is the first to be among them." Shi Zheng said: "This is consistent with the reports we have seen."

"... How long has it been since you came to the street?" Yuan Chiyu suddenly asked such a question.

"It's been a few years." Shi Zheng flew everywhere he went, and rarely walked on the ground. "What's wrong?"

"Don't you think there are too many monsters in animal form?" Yuan Chiyu said sharply: "Many of them even walk on four legs."

Shi Zheng looked around, and sure enough, almost all the monsters walking on the street had animal heads on their heads. This was not the case before. Monsters who have cultivated human form are more willing to walk around in human form, especially female fairies.

He sighed, "Doesn't this mean that everyone felt that it was difficult to maintain a human form, so they chose an easier form?"

Yuan Chiyu nodded, seeing Shi Zheng's sad face, advised: "Don't worry, the investigation hasn't started yet, the truth will be found out sooner or later."

"This is God's punishment!" Suddenly there was an angry shout from the corner of the street.

Shi Zheng and Yuan Chiyu glanced at each other, and walked over in unison, and saw an elk spirit raising his arms to give a speech, and a group of monsters gathered around to listen.

"This is God's punishment! Because we rely too much on technology, we are monsters in the jungle, so we should go back to the forest. Everyone has noticed the changes in the past six months. The aura is getting less and less, the official announcement The data is not credible at all! Even if it has declined, it is more than 50 years ago.

However, all of you here have experienced the experience of 50 years ago, and the feeling of cultivation at that time is completely incomparable now.At that time, when I practiced, I felt like bathing in water, two words, silky.Now, sitting in meditation practice seems to be poured into cement, and it is also two words: blockage.

A friend of mine died last month. Before he died, he completely changed back to his animal form and couldn't even speak.If we stay here again, we will all end up in the same way. "

Before Shi Zheng could refute him, another audience member said: "It's not feasible to move back to the deep forest. I just moved back from outside. I meditate and practice in a place far away from the city. It feels no different from here. It’s not as good as here, where there is running water and gas available in the city, and life is much more convenient.”

"You were sent by the government to stabilize people's hearts, right?"

"You are the one sent by the government. The temporary house I built in the woods is still there, and a few friends live there. If you don't believe me, just ask me. Let's bet ten taels of gold."

The elk spirit didn't argue, walked out of the crowd, and said, "Whether you like to move or not, I'm moving anyway."

Shi Zheng and Yuan Chiyu followed, and after turning a few street corners, they stopped the elk spirit, "Please wait."

Elk spirit turned back, said with a depressed face, "What's the matter?"

Shi Zheng said: "I was very shocked by your speech just now. Especially the last sentence, saying that you have a friend who turned back into an animal before you died... It just so happens that a family member of mine also experienced this situation recently..."

The elk spirit gave Shi Zheng a sympathetic look, "Don't think my words are ugly, it's hopeless, just wait to die. Monsters are like this until the last moment, they can't maintain their human form, they turn back into an animal, and they won't be able to wait until the end. Let’s talk, if you’re lucky, you’ll live another three to five years; if you’re unlucky, you won’t be able to live for three to five months.”

"How old is your friend?"

"Four years old at 230." The deer spirit said dejectedly: "When the demon kingdom was established, everyone was so happy. They thought they could live to be around a thousand years old, but they didn't expect the situation like today. Anyway, I moved back to the forest. I advise you to go too."

When the elk spirit left, Shi Zheng leaned against the wall at the corner of the street and said angrily, "I really saw a ghost, what's going on?! There's no explanation at all. Even if the aura is declining now, it's still higher than it was 50 years ago." , in theory, it is definitely enough for the current monster and human races to practice, how can people die."

Yuan Chiyu speculated, "Could it really be an infectious disease? People who have this disease will no longer be able to practice."

"Go back and order an autopsy on the corpse of the dead monster? But if it was really an infectious disease, it would have been discovered long ago." Doctors are not vegetarians either. Viruses and the like cannot escape their forensic eyes.

Yuan Chiyu suddenly looked up at the sky, frowned and said, "Why is this bird man here?"

Shi Zheng followed his gaze and saw that Kong Ze was flying towards the palace on a goshawk, needless to say, he was definitely looking for him.

"Let's go, go back to the palace first. Kong Ze came to me, probably because of these things."

Yuan Chiyu said: "If not, he'd better weigh it, how many heads he has."

Shi Zheng and the others returned to the palace, saw Kong Ze waiting for them in the conference hall, and saw that his face was very ugly, and could even be described as murderous.

As soon as he saw Shi Zheng, Kong Ze said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I heard that the situation in Wangxia City is not good, so I came to have a look. Anyway, many little monsters in our Peacock City have degenerated into ordinary animals. What should I do?"

"many?"

"Six out of ten." Kong Ze said with a heartache.

Although this situation also existed in the place under Shi Zheng's rule, it was far less serious than Peacock City.

"Although we also have such a situation, it is far less serious than yours." More than half of the monsters have this situation, which is too exaggerated.

Kong Ze asked eagerly: "Has Your Majesty found out the problem?"

Shi Zheng shook his head slightly, causing Kong Ze to despair for a while, even the Demon Emperor couldn't do anything about it, so what to do.

Kong Ze turned around in a circle, "I'm not a quick-tempered person, but this incident really made me burnt out. I tried to infuse spiritual energy into the little demons, but they couldn't absorb it at all. I could only watch them Die. Obviously before, they followed me to study Buddhist scriptures, and they were very diligent at one time, and they couldn't see the disaster of today."

Shi Zheng was startled, his head buzzed, and he stood up abruptly, "Could it be..."

He has a bold guess, although there is no evidence, but there is a voice in his heart telling him that this is the reason.

Kong Ze blinked and looked at Shi Zheng intently, "Could it be what?"

"Are the scriptures you read in Peacock City the ones that Jin Chanzi brought back to Datang from Lingshan?"

"There are many scriptures that Jin Chanzi brought back to the Tang Dynasty, and we originally had them in Peacock City. Later, we also got the new book written by Tathagata. When Jin Chanzi was lecturing in the Tang Dynasty, I also entered the venue Listen, come back and explain to the demons." Kong Ze is not stupid, and he also understood Shi Zheng's hint, "You mean, there is something wrong with the Buddhist scriptures?"

Yuan Chiyu followed Shi Zheng's train of thought and thought for a while, "Is there something wrong with the scriptures newly written by Tathagata? Jin Chanzi went to Lingshan to learn scriptures for the purpose of retrieving the scriptures that can save the souls of the dead. 'Yes, it is not impossible."

Kong Ze was stunned, and he couldn't help but laugh, "I read the Buddhist scriptures of 'superseding' monsters to our Peacock City and the monsters under his command? Seeking death?"

Shi Zheng calmly pointed out, "That's why your Peacock City is more serious than us."

Kong Ze was a little confused, "But Yaoguo doesn't believe in Buddhism at all, and you don't recite scriptures, so how can you still be affected?" At this point, he paused, because he thought of something, "Could it be from Nanbu Prefecture? Impact?"

Shi Zheng took a deep breath, and frowned, "Nanbu Prefecture has a population of tens of millions. Even if one-tenth of the people chant scriptures, there are still millions of people. After another 50 years, how much mana has been gathered? It is simply unimaginable. The mana spread from Nanbubu to other continents, which created the situation today."

It's just that the demon country itself is strong, and it doesn't believe in Buddhism, so the impact is relatively slight, but there are also unexplained degeneration and death of the demon clan.

Peacock City is the worst.

Not surprisingly, the monster clan around Datang probably disappeared long ago and became ordinary animals.

Kong Ze was stunned, "Isn't this the case all over the world? Buddhism is going to kill us and other monster races?!"

Shi Zheng said long ago that Buddhists are all spiritual attack mages, and he was once influenced by Manjusri and Samantabhadra chanting mantras, and he almost lost his fortune.

If the Buddhist scriptures are widely spread and millions of people in the Tang Dynasty recite them day and night, the magic power will be enough to cause a devastating blow to the monster race.