Chapter 1918

Not until they reached the city gate did the two soldiers holding long spears, their eyes filled with fierceness, examine them before letting them pass.

The five travelers saw the city gate open and were just about to pass through when they suddenly saw a notice posted on the gate.

Sun Wukong was the first to discover it, walking straight over and standing there reading the notice.

Tang Seng and the others also became curious and followed.

They saw the notice read:

The King of this country has issued a decree: the whole country promotes Daoism. All Buddhists are viewed as heretics, spreading heretical ideas and bewitching the people. To purify the national law and promote the Daoist Dharma of the three State Preceptors, all Buddhists will be arrested and put to hard labor as penance.

Any monk who tries to escape hard labor will be killed without mercy!

Bald heads or bald people will also be treated as monks to prevent some monks from changing into secular clothes and arguing with sophistry.

"Pah! Simply outrageous. Even if you promote Daoism, there's no need to treat monks like this. It's simply inhumane and atrocious!"

Sun Wukong was so angry he scratched his ears and cheeks, saying.

"Why would it be like this? I have never seen such a country."

Tang Seng looked up at the notice, frowned, and felt puzzled.

"Hmph!" Fahai smiled lightly and said, "In my opinion, this trip to Chechi Kingdom is probably not going to be easy."

Afterward, the group walked inside the city gate. After entering, they saw that this country was full of exotic customs; the wide streets were lined with buildings of unique styles, and ahead, one building was the most conspicuous.

It was a Daoist temple, which looked to have many pilgrims, people coming and going in an endless stream, and on the temple were three large characters: "Taiqing Temple!"

Tang Seng and his group's attire didn't look strange to anyone; after all, the clothes in this country were like that, and they liked wearing hats, so no one found them particularly strange.

Tang Seng looked ahead, then turned back to look at his disciples and said, "Let's go to the Imperial Palace and exchange our travel documents!" ===== CHAPTER 1920 =====