The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 77: Draw a Tui Bei Tu .

Zhang Guo blinked and felt his eyes were very dry, and he was also very upset!

Having nothing better to do, Zhang Guo calculated how many times he could blink in a day, a year, and a hundred years. After that, he became very unhappy.

Jiang Feng looked at his boring behavior and gave him a disgusted look: "Just how bored are you? If you're really that idle, go to the altar and help with the exorcism."

Zhang Guo rubbed his eyes and said, "There's no need for me to do that. I'll go on stage with you on the main day."

"There are fewer and fewer wandering ghosts in the human world now. It doesn't seem like the impending calamity that Guanyin Bodhisattva said."

More than thirty days have passed quickly, and the memorial service is proceeding in an orderly manner, with everything moving in a positive direction.

Emperor Jing, who had been haunting Yang Jian, has already gone to the underworld to be reincarnated. Yang Su and Gao Jiong have also gotten rid of the evil aura's entanglement and now appear to be at peace.

Jiang Feng said calmly, "Guanyin Bodhisattva certainly didn't lie. Our Buddhist sect's preferred method is to reveal part of the truth and let you speculate about the rest."

See, you're already overthinking things, aren't you? That's how you fall into his trap.

Zhang Guo frowned and said, "So that means there really will be a calamity then?"

Jiang Feng rolled his eyes and said, "How would I know?"

While they were chatting, two figures walked into the house, supporting each other. It turned out to be Yuan Shoucheng and Qi Hui.

The two looked like they were on their deathbeds, appearing weak and frail. Their once youthful faces were now lined with wrinkles, and in just one or two days, they had gone from being in their prime to looking old and frail.

"What have you two been doing? How did you manage to deplete so much of your energy?"

Jiang Feng frowned slightly, poured out two pills and handed them to them, "These are the Taiyi Lesser Rejuvenation Pills I refined. They have the effects of strengthening essence and nourishing qi and spirit. Each pill costs one hundred taels of gold. Remember to have someone send the money over tomorrow."

After the two consumed and refined the elixir, their faces gradually regained their color.

Yuan Shoucheng looked at Qi Hui with a reproachful expression: "Last night, Daoist Qi Hui and I were observing the stars when he suddenly became interested in calculating the fortunes of the next five hundred years."

"When he got too deep into the calculations, he encountered a backlash from the heavens. I wanted to push him from behind to interrupt his calculations, but I couldn't resist glancing at the heavens and got caught up in it too."

Jiang Feng chuckled upon hearing this: "It's a pity I wasn't there at the time, otherwise I would definitely have drawn a Tui Bei Tu to record your expressions back then."

Qi Hui said with a solemn expression, "Let's stop joking for now. Master Yuan and I calculated a very ominous sign yesterday."

Two consecutive solar eclipses will occur soon, bringing calamities from the heavens and devastation from the earth.

Continuous heavy rains in Guanzhong have resulted in a complete crop failure. Earthquakes are breaking out in the north, a three-year drought has struck the Central Plains, floods have inundated the Huai River region, hailstorms are threatening the south, and locust plagues are expected throughout Lingnan.

Yuan Shoucheng said with a look of sorrow: "Disasters are occurring in various places at the same time, and the people are suffering. Soon after, a madman will rise up in Yangzhou and cause chaos. The calamity of war will spread throughout the country, and not one in a hundred people will survive."

"I tried to catch a glimpse of that madman's identity, but was then struck down by the backlash of heavenly secrets."

Cui Ying, standing to the side, paused slightly upon hearing the name "Yangzhou Madman," then abruptly stood up, looking at Jiang Feng with a horrified expression: "The Four Evils of the World—Floods, Droughts, Locusts, and Rivers!"

Jiang Feng: "..."

Can't you speak properly? All this talk of floods, droughts, locusts, and rivers is utter slander! I'm going to appeal to Heaven, I'm going to appeal to the Western Paradise!

Jiang Feng looked frustrated and didn't believe that the so-called madman was him at all. However, he finally understood what the calamity Guanyin Bodhisattva had mentioned was.

Now he strongly suspects that this is a false divine secret deliberately created by the Western Paradise to mislead Yuan Shoucheng and his group into calculating this result!

At that moment, the demon king Mara suddenly appeared before him.

Apart from Jiang Feng, everyone else present seemed to be frozen in time, as if the entire space-time had solidified.

Upon seeing Bo Xun suddenly appear, Jiang Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he involuntarily gripped "Fatty" in his hand.

Mara smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous. If I wanted to kill you, it would be no different from crushing an ant. It would just be too boring."

Jiang Feng took a deep breath and said, "What's gotten into you today? Why did you specifically lie down and talk to an ant?"

Bo Xun laughed and said, "Of course it's because you, this ant, are interesting."

What they just said is true. An apocalyptic disaster is about to occur, and only your journey to obtain the scriptures can avert it.

Now, not only is Guanyin Bodhisattva forcing you to go on the pilgrimage, but everyone in the world is forcing you to your death. How do you feel about that?

Jiang Feng asked with a puzzled look, "Why is it that my journey to the West can avert disaster?"

With a wave of his hand, Bo Xun caused the scene before Jiang Feng's eyes to change. When his vision returned to normal, he was already above a courtyard.

In the courtyard, Yang Xuangan sat on a stone mill with his legs crossed, a frivolous smile on his face, watching a group of servants beat an old man while stroking the cheek of the girl beside him.

To his right, two thugs held down a beautiful young girl.

The girl's face was covered in tears as her head was pressed against the millstone. She cried out and begged them to stop, struggling desperately, but the wicked servant held her firmly and she could not break free. She could only let Yang Xuangan play with her.

By this time, the old man on the ground had already been beaten to death, but without Yang Xuangan's order, the servants could only continue to beat the old man's corpse.

Mara looked at the tragic scene on the ground and said with a smile, "The old man who was beaten to death on the ground was a tofu seller, and a devout follower of Buddha."

He worked tirelessly from dawn till dusk, donating all the little money he earned to repair bridges and roads, doing good deeds and accumulating merit throughout his life.

Look closely, this is his final fate. Not only will he be beaten to death, but his daughter will also be snatched away and abused. He probably won't live more than a few days.

Jiang Feng wanted to go down and stop them, but found that he couldn't move at all.

Mara gave him a rather amused look and said, "If you were this old man, what would happen to you after you die?"

Jiang Feng gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I become a demon, I will still kill that beast Yang Xuangan!"

Bo Xun said with satisfaction, "That's right. Even if Yang Xuangan goes to hell to be punished after his death, it can eliminate some of the old man's resentment, but how innocent is this old man?"

He had done good deeds and accumulated merit throughout his life, yet he met such a tragic end simply because his daughter was beautiful and a wicked young man wanted to take her. How can the karma and impact of this evil deed be eliminated?

Mara gazed at the western sky and snorted with utter contempt: "That's why Buddhism is so wise. They created a theory of cause and effect across three lifetimes, intending to make these karmic forces reincarnate among sentient beings."

The bad consequences you suffer in this life are all because you sowed bad seeds in your past life.

Even if you accumulate good deeds throughout your life, you will still end up with your family ruined and your life destroyed. Even if you commit many evils throughout your life, you will still enjoy wealth and honor.

All karma will be neutralized in the cycle of reincarnation. Whether your life is good or bad in this life is fate.

"The karma in the Three Realms has now accumulated to the point that it is enough to trigger a great calamity, and you, Jin Chanzi, are the one they have chosen to face this calamity."

You have exchanged the karma of your nine unjust deaths for the opportunity to achieve enlightenment in your tenth life.

"With you as the wedge, they can use you to initiate the cycle of karma across three lifetimes for all beings. This is their true purpose in sending you to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures."