Longevity Chronicles-Chapter 982 - 629: The Saint Monk Schemes for the Ginsengfruit, the Demon Child Endures 39 Tribulations (Part 2)

"The real obstacle preventing the young friend from joining my monastic order might be something else..."

These words were spoken.

Immediately, Tao Demon Child and the original were truly taken aback.

If not for their extremely strong mental fortitude, they might have been exposed on the spot.

Fortunately, the Divination Worm quickly provided an answer:

"Since the [Guanyin Master] revealed part of the foundation earlier, and the Golden Cicada's experience is profound, he already suspects the cause behind the Demon Child's body is not Demon Lord Yin Zhou, but he has not discerned the original's identity."

"He only believes the Demon Child's body is indeed a 'Natural Buddha Son', but has been favored by a Daoist strong person and the second generation Secret Demon Ancestor. He has confidence to resolve the cause of Demon Lord Yin Zhou, but still needs to understand the foundation of the Daoist strong person to make further plans."

...

"Good heavens!"

"Almost fooled, don't make a sound, speaking too much will lead to mistakes, let this monk guess for himself."

"I know, this monk is probably keen to take a good disciple, and to compete with the Daoist strong person and the second-generation Secret Demon Ancestor. The more he thinks like this, the more benefits I can reap, just watch my acting, hehe."

While conversing with the original and the Demon Child body mind-soul, Tao Demon Child was already performing.

He only showed a face full of confusion and asked in return:

"Why does the Saint Monk say so?"

"I have admired Buddhism since childhood and joined the Secret Demon Sect by chance. If the Saint Monk can resolve the karma between me and Master Yin, making my mind unburdened, there will naturally be no other obstacles, and I will immediately call the Saint Monk 'master'. "

"For now, it is not yet possible."

Perhaps Tao Demon Child's acting was superb, or perhaps that address was effective.

Upon hearing this, Golden Cicada's brows first furrowed slightly, then relaxed.

His thoughts were as follows:

"It's easy to resolve the issue with Yin Zhou, but to deal with that Daoist strong person who can even invite [Guanyin Master] is not easy."

"I don't know which grandmaster or True Immortal it is among the Daoist sects. If it's the Shenxiao Sect, Lou Guandao, or Nanhua Sect, I still have some face, but if it's the Taishang Dao, Primordial Sect, or Spirit Treasure Sect, any second-generation grandmaster would be hard to handle."

"Fortunately, I'm in the Search God Realm now, with favorable opportunities, why not use some Enlightenment Sublime Dharma to establish my position first?"

At this point, Golden Cicada had completely made up his mind.

Poor Second Disciple of Buddha Venerable, the Meritorious Saint Monk.

Because of Guanyin Master's exaggeration and with Demon Lord Yin Zhou as a comparison, his speculation directly started with the second-generation grandmasters of the Daoist sects, completely overlooking [Suppressing Evil True Monarch Tao Qian] this fellow.

One could say, due to a twist of fate, this "silent loss" he might be destined to suffer.

Thinking of securing his position, Golden Cicada had no more reservations and acted directly.

Taking advantage of Tao Great Demon Child's feigned trance, he suddenly reached out and, like the Buddha picking a flower, extracted two items from Tao Demon Child's body.

One was the shadow of the external appearance of the hide.

The other was the Essence Blood of the Demon Child.

With such blatant casting, naturally Tao Demon Child had room to stop it.

But at this moment, the foreknowledge of the Divination Worm halted him.

Even though the worm didn't understand Golden Cicada's intentions at the time, it knew there was no malice, and on the contrary, there were benefits.

Indeed, after Golden Cicada stored the two items in his sleeve, he suddenly gave Tao Qian a mysterious smile and said:

"You are still burdened with much karma and karmic ties. Even if you genuinely call me 'master', I, a poor monk, would not recognize it."

"But no worries, we can discuss titles later, a poor monk can first provide you with benefits."

"With our karma, giving you magical treasures and scriptures might indeed be secretly despised by you..."

At this point, Tao Demon Child suddenly felt uneasy.

He suddenly wanted to shake his head vigorously and tell the master in front of him: Saint Monk, don't think this way, what I, as a disciple, love most are worldly goods, give me as many magical treasures as you have.

Unfortunately, the persona must be maintained, so he could only nod in agreement.

And then, in the next moment, he heard a thunderous voice, as Golden Cicada said with a face full of compassion:

"You have heard the Great Vow I made, and you must already know that I will face many tribulations in this Search God Realm, exhausting everything before there's a chance of becoming a Buddha."

"Let me also tell you, before I reincarnated into this realm, my master said: I must endure the eighty-one tribulations in the Search God Realm to attain the Merit Buddha Status."

"Since you, my young friend, have a master-disciple karma with this humble monk, naturally it must also involve destiny."

"The master endures the eighty-one tribulations, so the disciple should at least suffer three calamities and nine hardships, right?"

At this point, how could Tao Buddha's son not hear the hidden meaning?

After much effort, both parties were about to make eye contact and the apprenticeship was about to happen.

This Saint Monk, rather than giving a magical treasure or scripture as a meeting gift, was already thinking about jumping straight into the "strict teacher disciplining a stubborn disciple" storyline.

Yet, he couldn't stop it.

After all, Tao Buddha's son spoke of admiring Buddhism from a young age; who doesn't know this is one of the most delightful things in All Heavens Buddhism.

He couldn't express his bitterness!

On the other side, Tao Master was nearly bursting with laughter.

He couldn't wait to see how Golden Cicada, the future Merit Buddha, would enlighten his proper "future Buddha" Demon Child avatar?

Unfortunately, at this moment, the Saint Monk did not reveal the answer.

However, before leaving, he did mention:

"Since you have already mastered [Joyful Zen], the first level of tribulation should be easy to pass."

"This humble monk knows that you now have the identity of a Secret Demon Child, coming to the Search God Realm, and must also fight and duel with other Secret Demon Children, to compete for those world spiritual materials that can be used to build [All Heavens Secret Demon Nest]. You, having apprenticed to Demon Lord Yin Zhou, are surely in a position of being weak and alone, with no possibility of competing with other Secret Demon Children."

"Perhaps it is because of this, you indulged in matters of yin and yang harmony, creating a Peach Blossom God."

"But, this too is fate."

"Once you truly pass the first calamity, this humble monk can give you a treasure."

"With that item, you only need to pay a small price to invite many Protecting Dharma Vajra, and even Arhat Bodhisattva's avatars from All Heavens Buddhism within the realm."

"In this way, it might just allow you to seize the top spot in this competition for Sect Master."

"My young friend, cultivate well, this humble monk is leaving."

...

After saying that, Golden Cicada, the Saint Monk's spectral shadow indeed dissipated, and the three Buddha treasures returned to normal.

After a while, having gotten confirmation from the Divination Worm that the "Thigh Monk" really left, Tao Buddha's son couldn't help but let out a big sigh of relief.

The pent-up complaints in his heart burst out one after another:

"See the bad idea you've come up with, Original? This time it might cause a lot of trouble."

"Listen to the monk's methods for severing karma, each more ruthless than the last, if not executed well, I fear this Demon Child might lose his life... Especially that so-called best strategy, just hearing the name [Immortal Zhenyuan] you can tell he's not a deity to mess with; if a Secret Demon Child stealthily goes to overturn his innate spirit root, once discovered, it would probably result in getting slapped to death."

"Thigh Saint Monk says to back me up, but who knows if it's reliable?"

"Plus, finally having an excuse to call master for some benefits, ended up without even a meeting gift."

"No magical treasure is fine, but directly arranging tribulation and planning to enlighten me!"

"Still, three calamities and nine hardships?"

"Hey, isn't this the route you took when you joined the Spirit Treasure Sect back then, how does this fit together? Could it be there's really such a thing as fate's troublesome ties in this world?"

...

On a distant end, inside the Ascending Immortal Star Acupoint.

At this moment, Tao Qian's original was pondering, the more he thought about it, the more the smile on his face grew.

With a thought, he returned to the Demon Child's body and said:

"Stop clamoring, as long as our foundation isn't revealed, these all seem like good things."

"Golden Cicada has completely taken you for a future disciple, what kind of person is he? Since he said he could ensure your safety, would he go back on his word?"

"As for what he intends to do, think about it a bit and you can know."

"Demon Lord Yin Zhou, self-confined in the secret realm, indeed wouldn't be taken seriously by him. What he really wants to resolve should be that imaginary karma between you and the powerful figures of the Daoist sects."

"The methods are none other than using those means of enlightenment troubles, desires, to help you subdue the heart ape, bind the intent horse."

"And then send you a large amount of merit, various Buddhist laws, directly letting you in the Search God Realm turn demon into Buddha, causing the so-called [Wisdom Root Buddha Heart] in you to break through the Secret Demon restraints."

"As long as the Secret Demon Child turns into a Merit Buddha's son, the master-disciple relationship between you and him will be completely solidified, even if a Daoist True Immortal suddenly appears wanting to accept you, it would be impossible."