Chapter 187: 187. Chapter 187: Battle Against Guanyin! A Hidden Figure!

187. Chapter 187: Battle Against Guanyin! A Hidden Figure!

Ye Ming gripped the Moonlight Box, took the opportunity to let the Golden Cudgel fall behind his back in a sword-carrying style, and mimicking Sun Wukong's tone, continued:

"Everyone has seen it, this guy talks on and on whenever he has nothing to do, nagging and whining, just like having a fly around all day... buzzing, buzzing, buzzing!"

"Sorry, not one fly, but a whole swarm of flies surrounding you, buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, buzzing, buzzing!"

"Flying right into your ears!"

He tossed aside the Golden Cudgel and the Moonlight Box, rolled on the ground, and shouted, "Help~ Hahaha!"

He did a carp-leap to his feet, imitating a star's performance, and said: "So I catch this fly, squeeze its belly open, pull out its intestines, then use its intestines to strangle its neck, and pull hard..."

"Ugh—" He stuck out his tongue, "The whole tongue is sticking out."

"Then I strike with my hand like a blade!"

"Whoosh—"

His right hand made a horizontal slash, "The whole world is finally quiet."

Ye Ming stood up and pointed in the direction of Tang Sanzang, "Now everyone knows why I want to kill him, right?"

Tang Sanzang was sitting cross-legged on the ground again, tilting his head to look at Ye Ming, and asked in his usual tone: "Really?"

"So many excuses; you simply don't want to go fetch the Western Scriptures." After hearing Ye Ming's explanation, Guanyin spoke without joy or sorrow: "No matter how you explain it, your act of betraying your master and ancestors cannot be forgiven."

"Sister." Tang Sanzang looked up at the sky, "That is where you are wrong."

"Huh?" Guanyin was surprised.

Tang Sanzang tidied his cassock, pressed his palms together, and said: "Wukong wanting to eat me is merely a concept; it hasn't become a fact yet."

"You have no evidence, so what crime has he committed?"

"It would be better to wait until he has eaten me; then, with proof and evidence, it won't be too late to convict him."

Guanyin's pupils constricted, "Tang Sanzang, I had heard you were long-winded, but I didn't expect you to be this long-winded."

"I gave you the Diamond Ring to subdue this monkey, yet you didn't use it."

"Alas." Tang Sanzang sighed, "The size of that Diamond Ring was too poor; it was heavy in the front and light in the back, wide on the left and narrow on the right."

"He was very uncomfortable after wearing it and suffered from insomnia all night, which would implicate me."

"Although he is a monkey, you shouldn't treat him like that."

"If the government finds out, they will say I am abusing animals."

To the side, hearing Tang Sanzang's words, Ye Ming only felt a large swarm of flies buzzing back and forth by his ears again.

He shook his head, using his hand to drive away the non-existent flies, but the chanting of Tang Sanzang by his ears continued unabated.

"Speaking of that Diamond Ring... last year in Chen Family Village, I met a blacksmith."

"His craftsmanship is exquisite, the price is fair, and he doesn't cheat children or the elderly. I might as well introduce you so you can have a new one made!"

Tang Sanzang was still nagging tirelessly there, and a trace of murderous intent appeared simultaneously in the eyes of Ye Ming and Guanyin, who was sitting on the Lotus Platform in the sky.

Ye Ming: "Ah! Shut up!"

Guanyin: "Shut up!"

Ye Ming jumped suddenly, leaped directly in front of Tang Sanzang, and reached out his right hand to grab his neck fiercely.

At this moment, Guanyin on the lotus seat also struck simultaneously; her jade hand extended, and from a distance, she grabbed Tang Sanzang's neck at the same time as Ye Ming.

"Ah~~" Tang Sanzang screamed, looked at the baring-teeth-and-claws Ye Ming before him with his innocent eyes, and then turned his head with Ye Ming to look at Guanyin in the sky.

"Ah!"

Guanyin was greatly shocked in her heart and instantly withdrew her hand.

She performed a Buddhist salute with one hand in front of her and whispered in her heart: "Sin, sin."

Ye Ming chuckled inwardly, let go of Tang Sanzang, looked at Guanyin in the sky, and grinned:

"Now you can understand my pain!"

He moved his feet, snatched up the Golden Cudgel from the ground, spun it in a flourish, and suddenly knocked the Moonlight Box lying on the ground toward Guanyin, shouting: "Answer me!"

The Moonlight Box flew toward Guanyin, but she merely flicked her orchid-shaped finger, and the Moonlight Box flew off into the distance.

Ye Ming pretended to look unintentionally at where the Moonlight Box landed and saw that familiar figure about to run over, but was surprised to find that, at some point, Tang Sanzang had already arrived at the place where the Moonlight Box flew to.

"Oh my, I told you not to throw things around!"

Tang Sanzang ran back, holding his cassock in one hand and the Moonlight Box in the other.

Seeing this, Ye Ming leaped up suddenly, brandishing the Golden Cudgel in his hand, and flew toward Guanyin.

He locked his gaze on Guanyin and circled rapidly around her, attempting to find a flaw.

"I can't see through her cultivation at all!"

"Is this Guanyin an invincible existence in this world?"

"Then I can only follow the plot."

"I hope 'myself' won't let me down!"

Ye Ming glanced at the desert hilltop in the distance, at that figure who looked exactly like him, and then suddenly brandished the Golden Cudgel, blasting toward the Guanyin before him.

"Take this!!"

"Die, you demon monkey!" Guanyin shouted, and that mysterious jade hand suddenly grew larger, grabbing Ye Ming in one go. With a slight squeeze, Ye Ming's body tightened violently, and his tongue was almost forced out.

His Indestructible Body of Vajra struggled fiercely, breaking free from Guanyin's large hand, and he did a somersault in the air, landing back on the ground.

"You think you can subdue me?"

Ye Ming took the opportunity to spin his cudgel and point it at Guanyin, "Do you think you are the Buddha?"

"Don't fight, don't fight." Tang Sanzang held the Moonlight Box in one hand and waved the other in the air to stop them, running over in a hurry, "Sister Guanyin, please let Wukong go, don't hurt him."

Ye Ming ignored Tang Sanzang's words; he wanted to see at this moment, relying on his own strength combined with Sun Wukong's divine abilities, how much of a gap still remained between him and this Guanyin!

He quietly activated the All-Out Immortal Gu, added the Time Law and Time Control he had previously comprehended, leaped up, and brandished the Golden Cudgel to blast toward Guanyin.

Within the surrounding space, the flow of Time changed incessantly.

Guanyin was astonished; she waved the Willow Branch from within the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, scattering endless water droplets that collided with Ye Ming.

Upon these water droplets condensed a terrifying Water Law, and Ye Ming only felt a world-suppressing force contained within them.

"Clang! Clang!"

The Golden Cudgel in his hands condensed several strands of power, striking against these water droplets, unexpectedly emitting the sound of metal clashing against metal.

"So powerful!"

Ye Ming's heart tightened; not daring to be careless, he swung the Golden Cudgel wildly, blocking all of these water droplets.

"Wukong, I did not expect that after five hundred years of suppression, your cultivation would not decrease but instead increase."

"However, since you possess such cultivation, you should all the more diligently protect Tang Sanzang and go on the pilgrimage to the Western Heaven!"

Guanyin was astonished; she had clearly spent five hundred years of suppression attempting to wear down Sun Wukong's cultivation.

Yet she did not expect that in these few years of the pilgrimage, the other party had actually begun to touch upon the Dao of Laws.

And what he was comprehending was one of the most supreme types of laws: the Time Law! If she truly let the other party master the power of the Time Law, it would truly be quite difficult for her to suppress Sun Wukong today.

"I cannot let him be indulgent any longer!" Guanyin murmured, her orchid-shaped fingers plucking a Willow Leaf, which flew straight toward Ye Ming.

"Go on a pilgrimage to the Western Heaven! Go on what pilgrimage to the Western Heaven!"

Ye Ming shouted loudly, swinging the Golden Cudgel as he wanted to continue charging forward.

But suddenly, the Willow Leaf that flew from Guanyin's hand became incomparably massive, obscuring the entire sky.

Ye Ming was horrified; his Wood Path and Water Path had both reached the Grandmaster realm, but the moment this cloud-covering and sun-blocking willow leaf appeared, he instantly felt that Guanyin's foundation in the Wood Path was already far superior to his own!

In terms of the power of laws he had come into contact with via the Moonlight Box, Guanyin was someone who had thoroughly comprehended the Wood Law and the Water Law!

"Hum!!"

The Willow Leaf pressed down with terrifying power; Ye Ming pointed his Golden Cudgel fiercely toward the sky and shouted, "Grow!!"

With a *whoosh*, the Golden Cudgel suddenly grew larger, stabbing toward the cloud-covering and sun-blocking Willow Leaf in the sky! But the moment it made contact with the Willow Leaf, Ye Ming felt a surging pressure instantly rush over him!

Within this pressure, there was also a type of imprisoning force that directly suppressed all of his cultivation and Immortal Essence back into his body.

Along with that, the massive Golden Cudgel was also pressed back at this moment.

The Willow Leaf instantly contracted, directly wrapping and binding Ye Ming into a ball.

Ye Ming felt that restraint, attempting to use his own power to forcibly break through this Willow Leaf.

"Dharma Heaven and Earth!"

He shouted loudly, and his body began to swell violently! But in this split second, before his body could even swell, the Willow Leaf instantly contracted, nearly causing his tongue to bulge out from the constriction.

At this moment, Ye Ming finally sensed the gap between himself and Guanyin.

The power of laws cannot be broken at all without using laws to counter them.

His strength, Metal Path, Soul Path, Time Dao... none of them had thoroughly stepped through the gate of laws, nor had he thoroughly mastered the corresponding power of laws.

Under these circumstances, he naturally could not break through the restraint of Guanyin's Willow Leaf.

This was a gap-level crushing.

Just at this moment, Guanyin held up the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle and shouted, "Receive!"

Instantly, a terrifying suction force surged out from the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, directly drawing Ye Ming, who was nearly tied up like a rice dumpling, into the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle.

"Gurgle!!"

Ye Ming spat out a mouthful of water and struggled to surface.

He looked around at the environment inside the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, only to find himself on a vast surface of water; in the middle of this lake water, there was a massive willow tree rising into the sky.

Rich water elements and wood elements permeated the entire space.

Within this space, Ye Ming sensed that all the cultivation within his body was completely bound.

Without Guanyin's permission, he could not break through the space of this Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle at all.

Unless he thoroughly mastered the power of laws and used laws to counter laws! Ye Ming floated on this mysterious water surface, closing his eyes to sense the rich water elements and wood elements in the space.

What was contained within this Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle could be called Guanyin's Dharma Treasure for enlightenment, filled with rich Wood Law and Water Law!

His foundation in the Wood Path and Water Path was already not low; at this moment, flames swirled in his eyes, and his Fire-Eyed Golden Gaze, combined with eyes purified by Strange Fire, saw directly through the essence of these elements and came into contact with that trace of Wood and Water Law! "Right now, Tang Sanzang is likely pleading for me in the outside world, and with the 【me】 from five hundred years later acting as a safety net, this means that everything has not exceeded my control."

"Since that is the case, then I will not be polite."

Ye Ming smiled quietly, closed his eyes, and began to thoroughly comprehend this Water Law and Wood Law!

Outside, after Guanyin had taken the Sun Wukong that Ye Ming had transformed into into the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, a trace of baleful aura appeared on her face, and she said indifferently, "Today I shall act on behalf of Heaven!"

Tang Sanzang suddenly stopped his steps, placed the Moonlight Box to the side, and holding his Golden Zen Staff, he spoke:

"Sister Guanyin, please show mercy!"

"One might ask, who among men is without fault? He is, after all, my disciple. If a disciple has faults, the master also bears responsibility."

"I beg Sister Guanyin to spare his life!"

"If I do not eliminate him, I cannot answer to the Heavenly Venerable and the World Honored One." Guanyin looked at the pleading Tang Sanzang below and performed a Buddhist salute.

Tang Sanzang met Guanyin's gaze, one hand covering his heart, "I will not make things difficult for you."

"I beg Sister Guanyin to speak to the Heavenly Venerable and the Buddha; this poor monk is willing to pay life for life."

"Ah?" Guanyin stared at the Tang Sanzang below, her eyes filled with astonishment.

She truly could not imagine that this long-winded Tang Sanzang would actually say such words.

In terms of status, Golden Cicada's position within Buddhism was not low; even she could not ignore the other party's proposal.

Tang Sanzang's eyes were filled with sincerity; meeting Guanyin's astonished gaze, he spoke with complete earnestness, "As the saying goes, if I do not enter hell, who will enter hell?"

"I beg you, Sister, to show understanding."

"My doing this is nothing more than wanting to reform my wayward disciple, to align with the great fearless spirit of my Buddha's compassion!"

Having finished speaking, Tang Sanzang held his Golden Zen Staff and slowly sat cross-legged on the ground.

He placed the Golden Zen Staff flat across his knees and performed a Buddhist salute with palms pressed together toward Guanyin.

Seeing Tang Sanzang in this state, the baleful aura on Guanyin's body quietly dissipated at this moment.

"Excellent, excellent."

"Wukong, I hope that one day you will be able to comprehend your master's spirit of sacrificing his life for righteousness."

Just at this moment, Tang Sanzang had already learned the answer from Guanyin's gaze.

With a smile on his face, he picked up the flat-lying Zen staff with both hands and then suddenly tossed it into the air.

Hum, hum, hum! The Golden Zen Staff spun in the air, and then, guided by a special power, its sharp end plunged straight down toward the top of Tang Sanzang's head.

Tang Sanzang's face was full of kindness; he pressed his palms together before his chest and murmured, "Namo Amitabha."

Swish!!

The Golden Zen Staff passed through his head, fresh blood sprayed up, and a drop of blood flew high into the air, landing on the edge of Guanyin's right lip.

Guanyin watched the scene below indifferently, her tongue moved slightly, and she licked that wisp of blood into her mouth.

A flash of evil appeared in her eyes, and she shook her head in a daze, saying, "Without undergoing catalysis, it is ultimately not yet mature!"

With a wave of her large hand, she swept up Tang Sanzang's body, held the Lamb Fat Jade Purifying Bottle, and hurried toward the Underworld.

The red clouds dissipated, and this place fell into silence once again.

Just at this moment, a youth dressed in green stepped out a few times and appeared directly at the place where Tang Sanzang had just fallen.

He raised his hand in a beckoning gesture, and the Moonlight Box that had been ignored and forgotten by Guanyin instantly appeared in his hand.

"Mature?"

"It seems the gods and Buddhas of this world are plotting something grand!"

"But what does that have to do with me? My mission is only to resolve Sun Wukong's inner demon, complete the mission in this world, and survive!"

"However, this Moonlight Box is useless now; it is time to thoroughly master this Time Law!"

He raised his hand and waved, opened the portal to the Fox Immortal Blessed Land, and walked into the portal with the Moonlight Box. (End of this chapter)