Chapter 517

However, whether it was Bodhisattva Guanyin, the Past Buddha, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, or the Future Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha, they were unaware at this moment that they had all been schemed against by Daoist Duobao.

Did Daoist Duobao not know how much of a stir it would cause if he took Jin Chan into the Netherworld and it became known to the Western Buddhist Sect?

Having once been the Tathagata Buddha of the Western Buddhist Sect, how could he not know the importance the Western Buddhist Sect placed on the Journey to the West Great Calamity?

Therefore, under these circumstances, once the two Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, knew that he, Daoist Duobao, was doing things to sabotage the Western Buddhist Sect's Journey to the West plan,

they would inevitably take action to target and destroy Daoist Duobao's plan.

Unfortunately, it was precisely because Daoist Duobao was the former Tathagata Buddha that he knew very well what kind of characters the Past Buddha, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, and the Future Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha, were.

Especially now that he, Daoist Duobao, had left the Buddhist Sect and returned to the Jie Sect.

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara and the Maitreya Buddha would inevitably fight to the death for the position of Buddha, and even the interests of the Western Buddhist Sect were merely tools they used for their struggle.

Therefore, under these circumstances, how could the Ancient Buddha Dipankara and the Maitreya Buddha inform the two Western Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, of his, Daoist Duobao's, plan?

With no one below to report it, and the heavenly secrets being chaotic and difficult to discern at this moment when the Journey to the West Great Calamity was about to begin, there was no possibility that the two Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, would know of his, Daoist Duobao's, plan.

The facts were indeed as Daoist Duobao had expected; both the Past Buddha, the Ancient Buddha Dipankara, and the Future Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha, treated Daoist Duobao's plan as a means to attack each other.

Neither of them had ever thought about destroying Daoist Duobao's plan to safeguard the interests of the Western Buddhist Sect.

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Time flew like a shuttle, and the years passed like an arrow.

In the blink of an eye, the human race had reached the thirteenth year of Zhenguan.

Of course, during this period, quite a few things had happened.

The most important ones were only three.

One was that within the Buddhist Sect, a Buddha-child had appeared, whose comprehension was so powerful that now, within the human Buddhist Sect, no one was more profound in Buddhist Dharma than them.

This high monk's dharma name was Cihang!

Another matter was also related to the Buddhist Sect, which was that five years ago, a Buddhist disciple with not-insignificant comprehension was expelled from the Buddhist Sect because their understanding of Buddhist Dharma was unorthodox.

Their dharma name was Sanzang.

The last matter was unrelated to the Buddhist Sect; it was that within the Daoist Sect, a Dao-child had appeared, but the Daoist Sect was secretive about this, and no deeds related to the Dao-child had leaked out.

In fact, the world only knew that a Dao-child had appeared in the Daoist Sect, but they did not even know the Dao-child's Daoist name.

However, it was clear that the citizens of the Great Tang were not very concerned about the affairs of the Buddhist and Daoist Sects.

After all, the Great Tang had unified the world, ending nearly two hundred years of chaotic times, and the human world had finally ushered in a brief period of peace.

Therefore, most of the citizens of the Great Tang were considering things like having a wife, children, and a warm bed.

However, in the capital of the Great Tang, the most prosperous city of the human race, there still existed slums.

And in these slums, there was a Daoist priest setting up a stall to tell fortunes.

But at this moment, not many people came, for the commoners in the slums did not even have money for food, so how could they afford to have their fortunes told?

Fortunately, this Daoist priest was not counting on telling fortunes to support his family, otherwise, he would have starved to death sooner or later.

Of course, it was not that no one came to have their fortune told; after all, even in the slums, there would appear a few corresponding "wealthy" people.

Now, the person who came to this Daoist priest was a fisherman.

This fisherman came every day to have his fortune told, seeking the location for fishing the next day.

In the past, although this fisherman had some harvest while fishing, this harvest was quite inconsistent.

Sometimes, he would even return empty-handed, which is what the world often calls "air force."

However, ever since the fisherman discovered this Daoist priest setting up a stall and had a fortune told there, he had been having a full harvest every time.

So, every day before the sun set, the fisherman would carry a golden carp and come to this Daoist priest to have a fortune told for the next day's fishing location.

For the golden carp handed over by the fisherman, this Daoist priest accepted it with a smile on his face.

However, just after this Daoist priest accepted this golden carp, he sensed a scent of the Dragon Race on its body.

Regarding this, this Daoist priest knew all too well what this meant, but in front of this ordinary fisherman who was nothing more than a mortal, the Daoist priest did not reveal anything.

Because once the fisherman in front of him knew about this matter, not only would it not be of any benefit to him, but it would also harm him.

As usual, this time, after the Daoist priest accepted the golden carp given by the fisherman, he told the fisherman the fishing location for the next day.

Afterwards, the Daoist priest packed up his stall, preparing to go home.

"Sigh! Why did I run into this kind of thing! I just wanted to taste something fresh, I don't want to get involved in your Dragon Race's affairs."

The Daoist priest who could see the identity of the golden carp was naturally no ordinary person; his name was Yuan Shoucheng.

This name would not be known by many people in the human world, in Chang'ancheng, but his nephew was very famous in the Great Tang, in this Chang'ancheng.

His nephew was the current Supervisor of the Astronomical Bureau of the Great Tang, Yuan Tianzheng, Yuan Tiangang!

Yuan Shoucheng saw at a glance that this golden carp's true identity was the Dragon Race!

Yet now, it had been caught by a mortal fisherman using an ordinary, or even one could say, dilapidated fishing rod.

Naturally, anyone with a discerning eye could see the conspiracy within.

Unfortunately, now that this golden carp had reached his, Yuan Shoucheng's, hands, even if Yuan Shoucheng did not want to get involved in this muddy water, I am afraid it was no longer possible.

On the other side, the golden carp, looking at Yuan Shoucheng's eyes at this moment, was full of humanity.

In these eyes, there was a mixture of fear, lingering fear, and a trace of curiosity.

"Rest assured, I know you are a descendant of the Dragon Race, so while you are in my hands, there will be no threat to your life for the time being..." Yuan Shoucheng said while carrying this golden carp, walking back home along the road, while simultaneously comforting this very terrified golden carp.

Not long after, Yuan Shoucheng returned home.

Now, as soon as Yuan Shoucheng returned home, he ordered his servants to bring a huge water vat, and then Yuan Shoucheng placed the golden carp in his hand into it.

Although this golden carp was a descendant of the Dragon Race, it had not yet transformed, and had not yet left its identity as a water creature, so it could not leave the water for a long time.

"This?!"