Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#1871 - The Gamble between Tathagata and the Buddha Mother

The Tathagata's words were grand and resounding throughout the entire Daoist temple, containing rolling Buddha-might, wanting to suppress the opponent's power.

The Peacock King of Brightness wore a contemptuous expression: "At first, I didn't believe it, but now it seems, you, Tathagata, have become a demon."

"You're the one who's become a demon," Tathagata immediately retorted.

Accompanying the vast Buddhist sounds echoing throughout the entire sacred mountain, behind him, an enormous golden Buddha statue manifested, its face compassionate, looking at the colorful peacock, slowly raising its hand.

Seemingly slow in raising its hand, in reality, it was as fast as lightning, suddenly striking towards the opponent, vast power erupting instantly, the entire world stirring up huge energy.

The surging energy burst out, like rampant beasts, heading towards the colorful peacock.

One palm to suppress heaven and earth, one palm to shatter mountains and rivers, Tathagata's palm, under his urging, carried an overwhelming momentum, and landed with a bang.

The colorful peacock suddenly flapped its wings, and in the void, endless wind blades appeared, attacking towards the golden giant palm.

Bang bang bang--

In an instant, the sound of metal collisions was incessant, the giant palm stopped in front of the colorful peacock, but it was unscathed.

Obviously, Tathagata was displaying his powerful strength.

He looked at the Peacock King of Brightness sitting in front of him and shook his head, saying: "Why bother?"

The Peacock King of Brightness's face was displeased: "I have long seen clearly that your Spirit Mountain wants to take the Lion Camel Ridge's foundation as your own, shouting about it being for the sake of Buddhism, but in reality, it's for yourselves."

Tathagata's face sank slightly, the giant palm blocking in front of the colorful peacock, slowly opening his mouth: "How about we make a bet?"

"What bet?" The Peacock King of Brightness said coldly.

"My Spirit Mountain will no longer interfere with Lion Camel Ridge, but Lion Camel Ridge will inevitably fall into the hands of others," Tathagata said.

To be honest, he didn't want to go to war with the Peacock King of Brightness, after all, the other party was a major combat force of Buddhism, and if they were to end up with both sides injured, the ultimate loss would still be the West.

Therefore, Tathagata wanted to use a bet to quell this battle that shouldn't have happened.

Hearing this, the Peacock King of Brightness did not immediately agree, but the colorful peacock disappeared into the void.

At this time, Tathagata also withdrew his offensive and continued: "If I win, you must help me take back Lion Camel Ridge, if you win, Lion Camel Ridge is yours."

"Good," the Peacock King of Brightness agreed.

The root cause of the two's conflict was still Lion Camel Ridge, since the other party had said so, the Peacock King of Brightness also logically chose to agree.

After receiving the agreement, Tathagata said to her with utmost seriousness: "No matter what that Chu Hao has said to you, I just want to tell you that Chu Hao represents Taoism, don't be deceived by him."

The Peacock King of Brightness remained silent.

And Tathagata left.

On the other side, Chu Hao also revealed a hint of a smile after learning that the Peacock King of Brightness had really taken action to block Guanyin and the others.

"Master, it seems your plan has succeeded," Golden Haired Roar said happily.

Now, he was completely Chu Hao's mount, and unlike the subordinates of the Law Enforcement Hall, he directly lived in the Prison God's Palace, and he also became Chu Hao's eyes and ears, specializing in gathering information.

"Now that Spirit Mountain has experienced several major battles, it is actually already beset by internal and external troubles," Chu Hao looked into the distance, with deep meaning in his eyes.

"Then what does Master plan to do next?" Golden Haired Roar asked curiously.

"Of course, it's to go find old friends and reminisce," Chu Hao smiled and walked out of the Prison God's Palace.

After leaving the palace, he traveled east all the way and came to the entrance of the Avici Hell.

After the last great battle, the Little Thunderclap Temple was also greatly damaged, and Maitreya Buddha was recuperating, but he did not expect Chu Hao to come to visit.

"Long time no see," As soon as he entered the door, Chu Hao greeted Maitreya Buddha with a smile.

Maitreya Buddha didn't want to see the other party in his heart, after all, his human seed bag had been taken away by him, but on the surface, he still smiled and said: "Prison God, what is the purpose of your visit this time?"

"Good thing, of course, it's a good thing," Chu Hao said.

"Oh? Please sit down, please sit down," Maitreya Buddha also became interested and immediately asked his subordinates to make tea.

After the tea was served, Chu Hao slowly said: "I thought of you the first time for this kind of good thing."

"Easy to say, easy to say, what is it?" Maitreya Buddha said.

"You know that the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge have returned, right?" Chu Hao said.

"Aren't they your people?" Maitreya Buddha asked in confusion.

Although he hadn't paid attention to the matters there since leaving Lion Camel Ridge, he still had a lot of information.

As far as he knew, the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge had been tricked by Chu Hao's schemes and taken to the Law Enforcement Hall, and even the foundation of Lion Camel Ridge had been plundered.

Hearing this, Chu Hao pretended to show a helpless expression: "There's no way, the pressure from Spirit Mountain is too great, so I can only return them."

Maitreya Buddha naturally didn't believe this, especially since he also knew that the Golden Winged Great Peng had already called Chu Hao master.

However, Chu Hao seemed to see through his thoughts and continued: "You don't know, I originally subdued the Golden Winged Great Peng as an internal response, who knew that the Peacock King of Brightness would actually take action, and I couldn't directly start a war, so I could only let her take the Great Peng away."

Maitreya Buddha still didn't believe it.

Chu Hao shook his head and said: "I know you don't believe it, but it's all true, now Spirit Mountain is fighting with the Peacock King of Brightness for Lion Camel Ridge, you can just inquire about it."

As soon as these words came out, Maitreya Buddha's suspicion lessened a lot, after all, this kind of thing could be known with just a little inquiry.

Then he asked: "You want me to benefit from their conflict? But why would you be willing?"

"I'm not willing, but it's not convenient for me to come forward, so I'll let you come forward, of course, the benefits will still be given," Chu Hao smiled.

As expected, the Prison God, who does nothing without profit, couldn't be so kind.

Maitreya Buddha thought for a while and said: "What do you want me to do?"

"It's very easy to do, just bribe the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge, right? Don't think it's difficult, it's actually very simple, after all, whether it's Tathagata or that peacock, they are all coercing them with force, at this time, if you offer them benefits, they will definitely run away with you," Chu Hao said.

However, Maitreya Buddha did not choose to completely believe these words, but only said: "Thank you, Prison God, for telling me this news, but after the last great battle, the Demon Race suffered heavy losses, and I really don't have the energy."

"Are you really not interested?" Chu Hao asked.

"I want to but I am unable," Maitreya Buddha said with a helpless expression.

"Alright, then I'll just sit back and watch the tigers fight," Chu Hao shook his head and got up to leave.