Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything
Chapter 956 - 956: Maitreya: Only Yuanling can make me trust now

Although Maitreya Buddha was saved by the mysterious figure, it is indeed something to be grateful for.

However, whenever he recalls the battle between himself and the mysterious figure, Maitreya Buddha finds it extremely troublesome.

No solution!

Yes, thinking of that mysterious figure's power, Maitreya Buddha feels a sense of helplessness.

Because that mysterious figure actually possesses a divine skill that can turn all the power within him into dead water, completely impossible to mobilize.

This supernatural ability makes Maitreya Buddha unable to think of any way to counter it.

That's the thing, facing such power, if one can't think of a countermeasure, then if he encounters the mysterious figure again, the result will be the same.

Thinking about this point, Maitreya Buddha feels a heavy heart.

This time, the Sage Sect Master intervened to save him, but it doesn't mean the Sage Sect Master will always be able to save him in time.

Looking at the mysterious figure's demeanor, he has never shown mercy to people of the Buddhist Sect—will he be killed by him next time?

"Maitreya, what are you thinking about?" Seeing the thoughtful expression on Maitreya Buddha's brow, Zhunti asked.

"Master, I am thinking, in my past life, did I also die at the hands of that mysterious figure?" Maitreya Buddha suddenly voiced such a speculation.

"Oh!?"

It must be said, this sudden speculation by Maitreya Buddha made Zhunti slightly startled and, after pondering for a moment, nodded secretly.

It seems what Maitreya said might actually be sound!?

In his past life, Maitreya was at least a quasi-saint in cultivation, and there are only so many quasi-saints in this world; although many could defeat Maitreya, there are only a few capable of killing him, right?

After all, defeat and execution are two completely different concepts.

And indeed, that mysterious figure possesses the power to execute Maitreya Buddha!?

Although there is no substantial evidence to prove that the past Maitreya Buddha died at the hands of the mysterious figure,

if we think carefully, the mysterious figure is probably the most suspicious one!?

"In this world, it is absolutely impossible for such a person to appear without a reason, and also, the Absolute Immortal Sword and the Tai Chi Diagram cannot possibly have a completely identical second one without reason! There feels something very odd about this whole matter!"

Even though Zhunti has lived for countless years, facing such a situation, he still finds it a bit difficult to figure out.

"Wait a moment..."

At this time, suddenly Maitreya seemed to have thought of something, but immediately after, he shook his head and sneered at himself: "Am I really a bit confused to have such an idea!"

"What is it? What did you think of just now? Tell me!" Zhunti asked Maitreya.

"Previously at the Eastern Temple, while chatting with some immortals, I heard an interesting story that the Third Prince Nezha owns a Fire Tip Spear, but Xuanzang is able to produce a completely identical second one, and even a third..." Maitreya Buddha replied.

"Are you suspecting? That mysterious figure might be Xuanzang!?" Listening to Maitreya Buddha's words, Zhunti widened his eyes.

Indeed, this guess seems too exaggerated, right?

But thinking carefully, it seems that after Xuanzang came out of that Illusionary Demon Cave, there was indeed the result of that mysterious figure attacking the Eastern Temple!?

Also, the relationship between the mysterious figure and Gaoyang seems great, and the relations between Xuanzang and Gaoyang are also widely known throughout the world, aren't they!?

Could it be? Is this the actual truth?

Zhunti was secretly shocked and found it hard to believe.

How could Xuanzang possibly be the mysterious figure?

But thinking from this angle, there seem to be some things that can be explained, doesn't it?

"No, that's not right"

But very quickly, Zhunti shook his head, denying this speculation, and said: "Xuanzang only emerged from the Illusionary Demon Cave not long ago, whereas that mysterious figure was engaged in a confrontation with Randeng while Xuanzang was still inside that cave and hadn't left!"

"Yes, indeed, by this reasoning, this speculation does seem to be quite absurd!" Hearing this, Maitreya Buddha acknowledged and nodded, admitting his speculation was somewhat outrageous.

After all, during the mysterious figure's confrontation with Randeng, Xuanzang was indeed inside the Illusionary Demon Cave, a perfect alibi indeed.

"Alas, trying to find out the mysterious figure's identity seems like it will take more time indeed!" Sighing slightly, Zhunti shook his head and said.

Maitreya Buddha and Zhunti continued talking for a while in the Void Realm, and naturally, the topic eventually turned to the mission of the Journey to the West.

In any case, currently, the Journey to the West mission is most important, as it is related to the grand flourishing of the Buddhist Sect.

If the Buddhist Sect flourishes, both the two Sage Sect Masters above and the Buddhist disciples in the mortal world below will naturally receive huge benefits.

"Alas..."

Yet, when the issue turned to the matter of the Journey to the West for Scriptures, Maitreya sighed deeply again.

Even the Calamity Book is lost; trying to properly arrange the Journey to the West task is easier said than done.

At this moment, Maitreya Buddha silently complained about his past life.

Wasn't it originally Avalokiteshvara who was supposed to handle the overall management of the Journey to the West?

Why, after Avalokiteshvara became demon-possessed, did this task fall onto his shoulders?

"Alas, my luck is really bad!"

Thinking about the difficulty of the Journey to the West task, Maitreya Buddha was secretly troubled. Why did he accept this job in his past life?

Didn't he know how to refuse back then?

Also, how did Avalokiteshvara become demon-possessed for no apparent reason?

It's all her fault. If she hadn't become demon-possessed, the burden of the Journey to the West task wouldn't have fallen onto him, would it?

While complaining about his past life's matters, Maitreya Buddha had already said what he needed to say to the Sage Sect Master and was busy dealing with the Journey to the West for Scriptures matters.

Therefore, Maitreya Buddha didn't intend to stay much longer in the Void Realm and directly left, then flew towards the direction of the Eastern Temple.

Although his Eastern Temple had been destroyed, Maitreya Buddha still wanted to go and take a look.

Splatter!

As Maitreya Buddha arrived above the Eastern Temple, he found that a large area of white clouds gathered in the sky, with countless sweet dew falling from these white clouds.

Yes, it was raining, generally accompanied by dark clouds, but over the ruins of the Eastern Temple floated white clouds.

And countless sweet dew actually fell from the white clouds.

Looking down from above, he could see that the Eastern Temple had indeed turned into a large basin.

By rights, after a great battle, the ruins should have completely turned into rubble.

However, perhaps because of the countless sweet dew falling, the ruins of the Eastern Temple had actually grown many flowers and grasses.

It looked somewhat aesthetic.

"In just about a month, it has become a place full of chirping birds and blooming flowers?"

Seeing the countless grasses and flowers growing in the basin, sweet dew falling, and clusters of white clouds, Maitreya Buddha felt a little surprised.

Such a scene, couldn't possibly form naturally, right? Could it be that someone is controlling everything here?

Being at the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal, Maitreya Buddha's divine sense spread out, and soon, he found the instigator of all this.

"Yuanling? You're still here?" he asked in surprise after descending, looking at the child before him.

The Eastern Temple was destroyed, countless people scattered and fled, yet Yuanling didn't leave?

"Buddha, you finally came back. I knew you would return!" Yuanling said with a bright smile on his face as he looked at Maitreya Buddha.

With these words, Yuanling paused slightly, then continued, "Although the Eastern Temple was destroyed, Yuanling had no other place to go, so I could only wait here. I believed Buddha would definitely return! Sure enough, Yuanling wasn't wrong!"

"Seeing the Eastern Temple completely turned into ruins, I couldn't bear it. However, I didn't have the ability to rebuild the Eastern Temple, so over these days, Yuanling has been causing sweet dew to fall, hoping this place could become a bit more presentable!"

"Good child, you really are a good child; it wasn't in vain that I valued you!" Listening to Yuanling's words, Maitreya Buddha felt a little moved in his heart.

As the saying goes, only after falling once does one see clearly the people around them.

For Maitreya, the destruction of the Eastern Temple and being severely injured by a mysterious person was a harsh fall.

But then? Almost all the people of the Eastern Temple left, only Yuanling stayed here alone and held fast.

In comparison, Maitreya felt genuinely moved in his heart.

"These are things Yuanling should do!" Yuanling replied with a dazzling smile on his face.

"Hmm, although you are my disciple, I have neglected you a lot recently because my mind has been focused on the matters of the Journey to the West. From now on, I will train you well. With your aptitude, you should grow quickly and not bring shame to my name!" Feeling moved, Maitreya Buddha naturally valued Yuanling even more.

This qualified and incredibly loyal person, Maitreya Buddha was naturally willing to spend time nurturing him well.

"This disciple will definitely work hard not to disgrace Buddha's name!" Upon hearing Maitreya Buddha's words, obviously aiming to focus on cultivating him, Yuanling naturally displayed a happy look, loudly declaring his loyalty.

"Hmm, very good!" Seeing Yuanling's happy demeanor, Maitreya Buddha also secretly nodded in satisfaction.

Adversity tests true friendship. At this moment, Maitreya Buddha was determined that he could trust Yuanling in the future.

However, although Maitreya Buddha internally decided he could trust Yuanling in the future, he did not know that at this time, Yuanling secretly opened the dialogue box with Jiang Liu.

"Holy Monk, you were right. I waited here, and Maitreya Buddha indeed returned; he now trusts me even more!"

(PS: It seems I caught a bit of a cold after getting caught in the rain today. Please excuse me; I originally planned to skip updating today, but thinking that a short update is better than none, I pushed through to write a chapter. Let's leave it at this for today…)