Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me
Chapter 586: Four Seven Eight: Coercing the Buddha_2

Chapter 586: Four Seven Eight: Coercing the Buddha_2

The mysteries of Jiang Chen’s divine abilities were naturally not hidden from him; one careful look and he saw through their essence.

With infinite potential for growth, if this Heavenly Tablet was allowed to continue to grow, perhaps in a few billion years, it could integrate completely with the prehistoric world. At that time, no one would be able to shatter it.

No, it’s not that no one could shatter it, but rather, no one would dare to.

The Buddha saw through it. Jiang Chen is an extremely sly individual, and so, his divine ability is equally cunning.

The most powerful aspect of the Heavenly Tablet is not its ability to grow infinitely, but its ability to coexist with the earth around it.

What does coexist mean?

It means that if the Heavenly Tablet is shattered, the land connected to it will shatter along with it. At first, the amount of land connected to the Heavenly Tablet is not very significant, so shattering it wouldn’t matter.

However, when the land linked to the Heavenly Tablet reaches millions or even billions of miles in radius, shattering the Heavenly Tablet then becomes a huge problem.

These lands will surely shatter along with it, and, by that time, the Heavenly Dao would inevitably be infuriated, bringing down divine punishment.

After observing Jiang Chen deeply, the Buddha realized that if he wanted to release Sun Wukong in the future, he would need to obtain his consent.

Otherwise, the act of rashly shattering the Heavenly Tablet and only dealing with the karma generated by the shattering of the land would be enough to give anyone a headache.

Jiang Chen didn’t pay attention to the Buddha; he was just smiling at Sun Wukong trapped within the Heavenly Tablet.

The Heavenly Tablet also contained the Five Elements Divine Ability, so it had space within it. Sun Wukong was trapped inside, struggling ceaselessly.

"You’ve got a lot of spirit, let me find you some more entertainment, to help you vent some of that excessive energy."

With a thought, Jiang Chen made a seal with his hand and imprinted one Divine Ability after another on top of the Martial Dao Heavenly Tablet.

In an instant, the space in the Heavenly Tablet where Sun Wukong was trapped began to change. One divine ability after another emerged, formed human shapes, and rushed towards Sun Wukong.

This was Jiang Chen fearing that Sun Wukong’s divine abilities would be wasted inside the Heavenly Tablet, so he used some divine abilities to help him sharpen his skills while allowing him to vent his vigorous energy to prevent him from thinking about how to break the Heavenly Tablet all day.

"The Law has a Primordial Spirit, the Divine Ability is birthed!"

Seeing those divine abilities transform into human forms and rush towards Sun Wukong, the Buddha muttered softly, revealing the origin of this strange phenomenon.

The so-called "the Law has a Primordial Spirit, and the Divine Ability is birthed" means that the Law and the Divine Ability developed a kind of spirituality, which when separated from the body, can transform into a living creature and move freely.

This is a reflection of an extremely high level of practice in divine abilities. In the prehistoric world, the number of beings who could achieve this is scarce. Not even the Buddha managed to reach this stage.

At present, although Jiang Chen has not yet reached this level, he shows signs of getting close. Given time, he will surely comprehend the realm of "the Law has a Primordial Spirit, and the Divine Ability is birthed."

"Master, you have truly accepted a good disciple!" With such sentiments, the Buddha suddenly put away all his thoughts and praised Jiang Chen with equal respect: "King Buddha truly has a great divine ability, with you in Buddhism, why should we worry about the decline of our fate?"

Good job!

The Buddha truly has great strategies. Seeing that he couldn’t take Sun Wukong himself, he simply tried to chop off the branches and roots, effectively branding Jiang Chen’s identity in Buddhism, so that the credit for suppressing Sun Wukong would go back to Buddhism.

At the same time, this relationship would make it easier for him to ask Jiang Chen to release Sun Wukong in the future.

It was a close thing! If the Buddha had not mentioned it, Jiang Chen would have almost forgotten that he had the identity of the "Great Mighty King Buddha" in Buddhism.

However, this doesn’t matter much. If the Buddha thought he could control him with this, he was mistaken.

You must know, when Jiang Chen left Buddhism, he was forced out by the high-level members of the faith. Back then, Jiang Chen sensed danger and knew if he continued to stay in the Xiniuhe Continent, he would surely be targeted by the high-level members of Buddhism.

Therefore, he didn’t hesitate to leave.

Jiang Chen hasn’t forgotten these things; he remembers them well. He’s waiting for his cultivation level to increase, to settle this karma with the high-level members of Buddhism.

At this moment, as the Buddha suddenly mentioned this matter, it reminded Jiang Chen of the time he was forced to leave, and his mood instantly darkened.

Consequently, Jiang Chen returned coldly: "Buddha, it’s best not to talk about the ’King Buddha’ matter right now. Although Jiang Chen was born as a Buddha, it was to fulfill the wishes of the beings of the Western Region, and it has little to do with the Spiritual Mountain."

"Although you are the ancestor of all Buddhas, you have no control over me. And, my sect was seen as heretical and repeatedly oppressed and slandered by our fellow Daoists in the West. I didn’t see anyone stepping up to speak."

"Even I was forced out of Xiniuhe Continent by the Buddhas of Spiritual Mountain. Viewed in this light, how can my sect be considered a part of Buddhism?"

"It is not that I do not fit in Buddhism, but that the Buddhas of Buddhism cannot accommodate me. Therefore, the ’King Buddha’ matter should not be mentioned again. Otherwise, the Buddhas of the Spiritual Mountain might rise in chaos, and my crime would be even greater."

Upon hearing this, although the Buddha was cursing Jiang Chen half to death in his heart, he kept a smile on his face: "King Buddha, you’re overthinking it. Every Buddha on Spiritual Mountain is eagerly looking forward to your return, to strengthen the fate of our Buddhism, leading Buddhism to a greater prosperity."

"As for the oppression faced by the King Buddha’s sect in the West, this must be a misunderstanding. When I return, I will definitely investigate thoroughly and give you an explanation."

Given the Buddha’s wisdom, how could he not understand? Although Jiang Chen’s words seemed to imply that he wanted to sever all ties with Buddhism, in reality, he was just demanding benefits.

My sect has been suppressed?