Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System
Chapter 169 Speculation and Weaknesses

Chapter 169: Chapter 169 Speculation and Weaknesses

Was Bodhi Patriarch the Sect of Interception Saint, Lord Tongtian?

Sparkles flickered within Sun Wukong’s nimble eyes; in fact, he had long harbored such a guess.

Just previously, during his tenure as the Warden of the Refining Fire Hall, both the Fire Mansion Star Lord Fire Spirit Holy Mother and the Lonely Star Lord Yu Hua treated him with great respect. Even the hall master, Fire Virtue Star Lord Luo Xuan, came out to meet him personally.

Initially, he thought they revered him because of the name Great Sage Equalling Heaven, but later he discovered that only Sect of Interception disciples treated him so.

Moreover, the disciples of the Sect of Interception were always responsive to his requests, having helped him out on multiple occasions.

During the Martial Demonstration Conferences, Zhao Gongming and Golden Spirit Holy Mother appeared one after another, shielding him from the Chan Teaching’s attacks.

When subduing demons in the Beiming Sea, he asked Yu Hua to summon Zhao Gongming, and to his surprise, truly managed to bring him along, with all four of the Sect of Interception’s major external disciples in tow.

During the upheaval at the Star of Taiyin, it was again Golden Spirit Holy Mother who appeared and blocked the fatal move of the Southern Extremity Longevity Star for him.

What had he done for the Sect of Interception?

Only during the Martial Demonstration Conference had he allowed Yu Hua to use the laws of artifact refining with the Spirit Guiding Instrument, enabling him to partake in the artifact refining contest and ultimately helping the Sect of Interception triumph over the Chan Teaching.

Compared to the numerous occasions on which the powerful figures of the Sect of Interception had stepped in to rescue him, this matter of face and prestige was inconsequential.

Although the grievances between the Sect of Interception and the Chan Teaching were hard to lay to rest, the intervention by figures like Golden Spirit Holy Mother and Zhao Gongming might not be to assist him and could be a coincidence.

But if that were true, why didn’t they help the Jade Emperor against the Chan Teaching before?

Therefore, it was not a coincidence. The repeated interventions by the major powers of the Sect of Interception hid some deeper reasons.

When he first realized this, he had a bold guess.

Now, seeing the senior from the San You product forum talk this way, Sun Wukong became even more certain of his guess, but still lacked concrete evidence to prove that his master, Bodhi Patriarch, was indeed Lord Tongtian.

He then checked other responses.

Lingxu Zi: "Impossible, I always thought Bodhi Patriarch was Zhunti, or Zhunti’s good corpse."

Just Be Human: "I also thought Bodhi was one of the Two Saints of the West, Zhunti, and following this line of reasoning, since he took Sun Wukong as a disciple, Zhunti in the guise of Bodhi Patriarch was already planning to promote Buddhism,

he had already chosen the candidate for the journey to the West in advance, worked in conjunction with Buddha to create Golden Cicada, and orchestrated schemes in the Heavenly Court against the Old Pig and Monk Sha."

Sword Intent Qi Xing: "The topic starter has a huge imagination, many have said it was Zhunti, but this is the first time I’ve seen someone suggest it was Lord Tongtian."

Cat Chasing Books: "Then it makes sense for the master to plagiarize his disciple’s fixed verse..."

"Zhunti?" Sun Wukong immediately scratched his ears and cheeks in dismay.

A Buddhist Saint as his master? How could that be possible!

If that were true, then everything he had known to this point would crumble, and he might just fall into madness on the spot.

After all, his master was the person he trusted most!

He still remembered every teaching and admonition, not daring to forget them.

"Absolutely impossible!" A fierce light flickered in Sun Wukong’s eyes.

He hurriedly looked at other replies.

Sanmu Shanmu: "Bodhi Patriarch could indeed be Lord Tongtian because after the Divine Enthronement ended, he was confined by Grand Pure One Hong Jun, so he had to live undercover.

Moreover, in Sun Wukong’s original destiny, when he was driven down the mountain, Bodhi had explicitly forbidden him from revealing any information about him to the outside world, clearly out of fear of exposing his identity and being punished by the Grand Pure One again."

Kong of Boundary Murderer: "From what the topic starter simulated, Bodhi being Lord Tongtian is also quite possible, as Buddha was his great disciple, Daoist Multi-Treasure, and these master and disciple might be plotting something."

Mighty Man Travelling the World: "This is a huge brain teaser, is the Sect of Interception attempting to achieve rebirth by borrowing a shell? Right now, no Saint enters the Three Realms, and the foundation of the Western Buddha Sect was all snatched from the Sect of Interception. When will Multi-Treasure raise his arm to call, and with a mere transformation, the Buddha Sect becomes the Western Sect of Interception!"

Gu Liangfeng: "Nonsense. The most fundamental thing about a religious sect is its teachings. The teachings of the Sect of Interception and the Western Sect are two entirely different matters. It’s ridiculous to talk about borrowing a ’shell.’ It’s the Confucianism, with its unclassified teachings, that somewhat resembles the teachings of the Sect of Interception."

After reading these responses, Sun Wukong fell into deep thought. He did not completely believe these responses, but some of their speculations were worth considering.

For example, if Bodhi Patriarch really were Lord Tongtian, could he have joined forces with Buddha in some scheme?

After all, Magic Square Mountain was situated in the Western Cattle Gift Continent.

Sun Wukong had many guesses in his heart, and even after looking at more responses from netizens, he found no answers.

However, a few more responses caught his attention.

Only Loves Li Bai of the Great Tang: "I have a question. Since Bodhi Patriarch is the good corpse of Lord Tongtian and Taishang Laojun is the good corpse of Laozi, then there should also be a good corpse left over by Yuan Shi Tianzun, given that he was the victor of the last calamitous cycle, right?"

Fighting Buddha: "There seems to be a True King of Pure Jade in the Heavenly Court. I wonder if he’s Yuan Shi Tianzun’s good corpse, wasn’t Yuan Shi Tianzun the Yu Qing Saint?"

Fortune Fortune Fortune Grand: "Isn’t True King of Pure Jade the honorary title of Emperor Changsheng of the Southern Extremity?"

Two Yi Kong Kong: "These are all uncertain, it depends on what this world is really like."

"True King of Pure Jade?" Sun Wukong thoughtfully scratched his cheek. He hadn’t heard of this deity in the Heavenly Court before, but he could look for an opportunity to inquire about it later.

If Yuan Shi Tianzun truly left behind a good corpse incarnation in the Three Realms, they needed to be wary.

There are some replies below.

Immortal or Obliterate: "Did no one notice that Brother Monkey’s strength and influence have both changed? He now has the power to confront Guang Chengzi head-on, and his suggestions can influence the Jade Emperor’s decisions."

May Your Life Be Filled with Laughs and Flowers: "That’s normal, Brother Monkey will only grow stronger in the future!"

China’s Strongest Scream: "Confront Guang Chengzi head-on? That’s a bit of an exaggeration, do you know how powerful Guang Chengzi is?

This person was known as the Slayer of Saintly Mothers during the Divine Enthronement War, killing the Sect of Interception’s Golden Light Saintly Mother and Fire Spirit Saintly Mother, and reverting the Turtle Spirit Saintly Mother, a direct disciple of a Sect of Interception saint, back to her original form.

Later, he used the Seal of Flipping Heaven to flip over Daoist Duo Bao during the breaking of the Slaying Immortals Formation, and the latter is now the Buddha.

This shows the immense strength of Guang Chengzi.

His few defeats were also because his opponents were genuinely powerful.

For example, Zhao Gongming used the Ocean-Calming Divine Pearl to defeat him.

Moreover, the Sanxiao Xianzi captured him with the Primordial Golden Dou and threw him into the Nine-Bends Yellow River Formation, erasing the three flowers atop his head and the five qi within his chest, stripping him of his Daluo Golden Immortal status.

Another time, he was struck to the ground by a blow from Cloud Immortal, who was the leader of the Seven Immortals attending a Saint of the Sect of Interception, and was eventually captured by the hands of two Saints of the West, obviously no ordinary figure.

As for the battle where Yin Jiao drove him away, it was because his own disciple wielded his Innate Supreme Treasure, the Seal of Flipping Heaven.

Besides, Yin Jiao was the crown prince of the Shang dynasty, endowed with the dynasty’s fortune, and ultimately, it was only after Ran Deng borrowed four supreme Innate Spiritual Treasures—the Apricot Yellow Banner, the Blue Lotus Treasure Flag, the Off-the-Ground Flame Light Banner, and the Cloud Boundary Colorless Flag—and set a trap that they finally captured Yin Jiao and killed him using the Plow.

After all this, do you still think Sun Wukong can confront Guang Chengzi head-on?"

"Hmm, I am indeed no match for him right now," Sun Wukong acknowledged his limitations.

Had it not been for the archery he used to temporarily hold off Guang Chengzi during this trip to the underworld to inspect the Three-Life Stone, he wouldn’t even have made it to the River of Forgetfulness Bank in time, and might have had to trouble Meng Po to take action.

"But soon!" A flicker of divine light shone in Sun Wukong’s eyes, anticipating that once his cultivation broke through, his strength would also undergo a huge improvement.

...

Meanwhile, at the Palace of the Emperor of Eternal Life.

Ziwei Great Emperor and Guang Chengzi were both present, with the Southern Extremity Longevity Star sitting in front of them, wearing a somewhat grave expression.

"I underestimated that fiendish monkey’s strength, and even implicated Fu Yuan. My fault as well," the Southern Extremity Longevity Star lamented.

"Brother, we must eliminate him as soon as possible," Guang Chengzi said gravely, "During the last martial showdown, I almost killed him, but during the chaos on the Taiyin Star, he was already capable of subduing Quasi-Saints like Fearful Son,

and now, just over a decade later, not only can he block my Seal of Flipping Heaven, but he can even threaten me with his archery.

What’s even more frightening is that he’s a Daluo Golden Immortal!

The ambition of this fiendish monkey is great; he’s clearly aiming for enlightenment through the Laws. If we don’t eliminate him soon, I fear that even my brother will struggle to subdue him!"

"How could I not know," Southern Extremity Longevity Star said with a gentle shake of his head, "This time we used Fu Yuan’s hand to plot against him, wanting to anger him with marriage fate and heavenly decrees, but I didn’t expect such a hidden marriage plot to be discovered."

"Brother, you were wrong from the start," Guang Chengzi spoke candidly, "During my recent visit to the underworld, I saw Sun Wukong’s attitude towards marriage fate. He is a fiendish monkey that will not be bound by marriage fate, nor does he believe in destiny. To deal with him, we need to think of other methods."

Southern Extremity Longevity Star frowned slightly and turned to Ziwei Great Emperor, "Bo Yikao, what do you think?"

After pondering for a moment, Ziwei Great Emperor replied, "Angering him is correct, but why must we target Sun Wukong? There must be something he cares about, right?

Moreover, we can’t focus solely on Sun Wukong, let’s not forget King Zhou."

After exchanging glances, the Southern Extremity Longevity Star and Guang Chengzi could come up with such strategies too. What surprised them was that the once debonair gentleman had now become someone who regarded conspiracy and intrigue as a matter of routine.

But indeed, they could not overlook King Zhou, for this human king had already begun wielding power in the Heavenly Court!

They then began to strategize.

...

Time passed, and the Heavenly Court seemed to return to tranquility.

Sun Wukong continued to practice diligently, either handling military affairs for the Earthly Fiends Department or inspecting the North Pole of the Heavenly Court.

But without Yang Chan by his side, he found these days considerably less interesting.

Fortunately, Ao Lie, who had just taken up his duties at the Peach Garden, would often come to visit him, his teacher, and consult him on confusions in his cultivation practice.

One day, after instructing Ao Lie on his cultivation, Sun Wukong began to complete the daily recommendations of dynamic and Static Cultivation Technique practice.

Before he could finish, a guard from the palace came to report that the Buddha Sect’s Golden Cicada had come to visit.

"Oh?" Sun Wukong was puzzled.

The last time Golden Cicada returned to the Buddha Sect with the relic of Fearful Son, nearing Mount Ling, he had encountered the undying Moluo, and in the end, the relic got stolen.

According to Sun Wukong’s advice, after returning to the Buddha Sect, Golden Cicada should have focused on inquiring into the journey to the west and taking on more responsibilities as a buddha disciple at Mount Ling.

So why was he now coming to the Heavenly Court to see him?

However, remembering that this monk also participated in the last Dragon Transformation Gathering, Sun Wukong realized that Golden Cicada’s inquiry into the journey to the west at Mount Ling was probably not going smoothly.

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