Chapter 900: Rearranging the Pilgrimage Candidates

Therefore, during this period, the most important preparation for the Western Fomen was to rearrange the candidates for the pilgrimage.

Among them, the one chosen to replace Sun Wukong was the Six-Eared Macaque.

And the candidates to replace Marshal Tianpeng and General Juan Lian had also been chosen by the West.

The one replacing Marshal Tianpeng was a Black Bear Spirit proficient in Buddhist Dharma.

As for the candidate to replace General Juan Lian, there were simply too many in the Primordial World; if you reached out and grabbed a handful, nine out of ten could replace General Juan Lian.

And the remaining one couldn't qualify only because their strength was too extraordinary.

Of course, the point that gave the two Saints Jieyin and Zhunti the most headache was that, even now, they hadn't chosen a pilgrim to replace Jin Chanzi.

It wasn't that the Western Fomen couldn't choose someone to replace Jin Chanzi; on the contrary, there were quite a few beings within the Western Fomen who could replace him.

But it was precisely because of this that the Western Fomen was currently still arguing about the candidates for the Journey to the West pilgrimage.

Ancient Buddha Randeng, as the former Past Buddha of the Western Fomen, has now ascended to the position once again after Rulai, the current Buddha, abandoned the Fomen.

Therefore, naturally, the Journey to the West Kalpa, being the first matter of Ancient Buddha Randeng's tenure, had to be prepared beautifully, so the candidate to replace Jin Chanzi had long been chosen.

However, there was a Future Buddha within the Western Fomen—Maitreya Buddha.

He directly opposed Ancient Buddha Randeng's proposal.

It wasn't that Maitreya Buddha thought the candidate proposed by Ancient Buddha Randeng was bad; on the contrary, in Maitreya Buddha's eyes, this person was an excellent being to replace Jin Chanzi.

But it was precisely because of this that Maitreya Buddha opposed it even more.

Because once the Journey to the West Kalpa was carried out perfectly by Ancient Buddha Randeng, then his, Maitreya Buddha's, chance to ascend would be gone.

In the past, within the Western Fomen, Rulai could be said to have held absolute power; even Ancient Buddha Randeng and he, Maitreya Buddha, could not compete with him, and even had to avoid his edge.

But now, with Rulai's departure and return to his original identity as Daoist Duobao of the Jie Sect.

So now, within the Western Fomen, only the two factions of Ancient Buddha Randeng and Maitreya Buddha remained, and the two were about equal.

Maitreya Buddha even held a slight advantage, because compared to Ancient Buddha Randeng, this Past Buddha who had absolutely no chance of ascending,

He, the Future Buddha of the Western Fomen, had at least a little bit of a chance.

However, back then, with the existence of Rulai Buddha, Maitreya Buddha didn't even dare to think about this matter.

Now that Rulai Buddha was gone, Maitreya Buddha originally thought it should be his turn, the Future Buddha of the Western Fomen, to ascend.

Unfortunately, in the end, it was Ancient Buddha Randeng, the Past Buddha, who ascended.

If he had lost fairly, that would be fine; Maitreya Buddha was not someone who couldn't afford to lose, but the reason for Ancient Buddha Randeng's ascension was because.

After Rulai Buddha left the Western Fomen, Randeng was the first to meet the two Western Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, so in this situation where the Western Fomen was leaderless.

Ancient Buddha Randeng picked up a bargain; it was precisely because of this that Maitreya Buddha had never been convinced by Ancient Buddha Randeng, and in Maitreya Buddha's view, this position belonged to him.

However, this matter already had the endorsement of the two Saints Jieyin and Zhunti, so even if Maitreya Buddha was unconvinced in his heart, he had to acknowledge Ancient Buddha Randeng on the surface.

However, Maitreya Buddha was not without a counterattack, which was to let Ancient Buddha Randeng face his first matter after taking office: the Journey to the West Kalpa ending in a crushing defeat. ===== CHAPTER 902 =====