There are many monsters on the journey to the West, and the Black Bear Demon is a very wronged one, comparable to the three national masters of Chechi Kingdom. Some people may say that the Black Bear Demon is proficient in Buddhism and will convert to Buddhism sooner or later, but Cheng Long sneers.

The Black Bear Demon originally lived a good life in Uttarakuru. He had both strength and territory, and was a complete homebody who lived in seclusion in a cave.

His method of cultivation is the moderate and peaceful Xuanmen righteous method, and his fighting power is among the best among the many monsters on the journey to the West.

Because he was targeted by Guanyin, he was forced to move here and serve as a disaster on the journey to the West.

Fortunately, after completing the task, Guanyin will give him a position. Although he is not a majestic immortal official, but just an ordinary mountain god of Luojia Mountain, he can rely on Buddhism and practice peacefully without worrying about a powerful character suddenly appearing one day and becoming a stepping stone for others.

When Tang Seng led the horse and followed Cheng Long to the gate of Guanyin Temple, a monk happened to walk out. When the monk saw the nine-ring staff and the shiny robes in Tang Seng's hands, his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Master, where are you from and where are you going?"

"Amitabha, I come from the Tang Dynasty in the East, and wish to go to the Great Leiyin Temple in the West to seek the Mahayana Sutra of our Buddha." Tang Seng replied respectfully.

"So you are a monk from the Tang Dynasty in the East. Please wait a moment..."

The monk bowed and then returned to the temple.

Not long after...

The abbot of Guanyin Temple, Elder Jinchi, dressed in a gorgeous robe, walked out of the temple accompanied by a group of monks.

When they arrived outside the temple, Elder Jin Chi immediately saw Cheng Long and Tang Sanzang outside the door, as well as the majestic white horse behind them.

The white dragon horse looked excellent and was obviously a very expensive breed. However, when Elder Jin Chi saw such a magical dragon horse, he was only surprised.

And then there was no more.

After all, he has lived for more than two hundred years and knows many monsters. Even the black bear demon that moved to Black Wind Ridge not long ago has become his friend.

Over the past few years, Elder Jin Chi can definitely be said to be knowledgeable.

In his life, he only loved various kinds of precious robes, as well as the gorgeous Buddhist staffs and bowls.

Although Tang Seng was not wearing a gorgeous cassock at this time, the nine-ring staff in his hand was also made by Guanyin, so it naturally looked extremely gorgeous.

As soon as he saw the Zen staff, Jin Chi looked at the Zen staff in Tang Seng's hand with a burning gaze, just like a Japanese soldier seeing a beautiful girl.

Feeling the burning gaze of Elder Jin Chi, Tang Seng couldn't help but feel a chill and discomfort in his heart.

This look was definitely the most passionate look he had ever seen in his life. It made him feel creepy and he subconsciously took two steps back.

"Ahem~~Master, Master..." Seeing the miserable state of his own abbot, the little monk at the side quickly pulled his sleeve and reminded him in a low voice.

After being awakened by the little monk, Elder Jin Chi came to his senses and his eyes immediately left the nine-ring staff.

He bowed with a smile on his face and said slowly: "Amitabha, I am Jin Chi, may you tell me where you are from and where you are going?"

"I am Tang Sanzang, from the Great Tang in the East..." Tang Sanzang repeated what he had just said. This will also be a sentence that he will need to say often in the future.

"It turns out that you are a great monk from the Tang Dynasty. Please come in, please come in..." Elder Jin Chi immediately brought the person into the Zen temple and gave him the highest level of courtesy.

Neither Cheng Long nor Tang Seng was polite. They started eating the vegetarian meal without hesitation as soon as it was served.

Of course, you must burn incense to Guanyin before eating, go into the temple to worship the deity, and ask the name when meeting someone. These are the most basic etiquette between people.

After some time.

The Zen temple reception room.

Elder Jin Chi asked the disciples beside him to prepare some tea.

"Two great monks, please have some tea."

Looking at Jin Chi's polite face, Tang Seng turned around to look at Cheng Long, and when he saw that the other party took the tea, he also hurriedly reached out to take it.

Over the past month, Cheng Long's various supports and arrangements have made Tang Seng dependent on him. When he goes camping at night, takes a rest, and asks for vegetarian meals, etc., Cheng Long is basically the one who makes the decisions.

"Yes, a good cup goes well with good tea."

Cheng Long looked at the teacup in his hand. It was golden, jade and emerald, and smooth to the touch. It was made from the finest jade, and it was obvious that a lot of thought had gone into it.

Upon hearing this, Tang Seng opened the tea lid and smelled a refreshing tea fragrance. He couldn't help but praise it.

“Good tea, good tea!”

"This can already be considered a spiritual tea!"

Elder Jin Chi heard this and smiled, "You two great monks have come all the way from the great country of the East. How can I neglect you when you pass by my place?"

As he spoke, Jin Chi couldn't help but glance at the nine-ring staff beside Tang Seng.

Tang Seng noticed Jin Chi's gaze. Even if he was dull, he could tell at a glance why this old guy was so generous.

It turned out that he came for the Nine-Gift Zen Staff.

This thing cannot be given to you. The Zen staff given by Guanyin Bodhisattva must be used to go to Lingshan.

Thinking of this, Tang Seng couldn't help but smile and responded: "Elder Jin Chi, if I can successfully reach the Great Leiyin Temple and see the Buddha one day, I will definitely say a few good words for you."

Elder Jin Chi shook his head and said, "Master, forget the nice words. I, an old monk, love nothing else in my life except treasures and robes. You are a great monk from a wealthy country. I wonder if you have any beautiful robes besides this Zen staff. If you do, please lend them to me to admire for a night."

"Elder, I do have a cassock, but it is a treasure bestowed by Guanyin Bodhisattva. I cannot show it to you. Please forgive me." A nine-ring staff made Jin Chi stare at it. It was hard for Tang Seng to imagine how happy Elder Jin Chi would be if he took out the colorful cassock.

Sometimes, being a monk also requires tact.

Don't cause trouble for yourself if you can.

In the original drama, Sun Wukong would interrupt here and take out the brocade cassock to bring out Elder Jin Chi's greed.

Cheng Long, who took his place, seemed to be fine at this time, sipping tea leisurely. He didn't even care that Jin Chi mistook him for a monk. It was inevitable that similar things would happen while escorting Tang Seng. There was really no need to overemphasize his identity.

This will make it easier to dispel the Buddhists' vigilance.

There is no need to try to make him convert to Buddhism and accept various Buddhist teachings.

"Master, if it was an ordinary cassock, it would be fine if you didn't want to show it, but when you come to Guanyin Temple and don't even want me to see the cassock given to you by the Bodhisattva, that's a little unreasonable."

Elder Jin Chi stared at Tang Seng and left him speechless with his words. As the abbot of Guanyin Temple, it was indeed inconvenient for him to refuse the cassock bestowed by Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Brother Sun, what do you think?"

Tang Seng couldn't make up his mind for a moment and could only look back at Cheng Long.

"This is your robe. You decide."

Cheng Long looked at Tang Seng who had already softened his heart, and did not say anything to stop him. This difficulty started with borrowing the cassock. If he forcibly stopped him, he would lose the reason to kill Elder Jin Chi.

As for why Elder Jin Chi was killed?
Of course, it was because most of Elder Jin Chi’s hundreds of collections were obtained by assassinating monks who came to stay overnight.

He was full of evil spirit. If it weren't for Sister Guanyin who wanted to keep Jin Chi as a disaster in the Journey to the West, he would not have lived to this day. "Elder, I can lend you the cassock, but you must return it to me tomorrow morning. After all, I need to get up early and travel, and I can't delay." Tang Seng finally couldn't stand the pressure of Jin Chi's eyes, and chose to take out the brocade cassock and lend it to the other party.

The brocaded cassock is inlaid with seven treasures, is impervious to water and fire, and can protect the body from insects. Wearing the cassock, one will not fall into perdition, hell, evil suffering, or tiger and wolf disasters.

As soon as it was spread out, it deeply attracted the attention of Elder Jin Chi and the two monks behind Jin Chi.

Elder Jin Chi quickly reached out to take it.

"Great, great treasure, it is indeed a cassock bestowed by Guanyin Bodhisattva, one piece is worth thousands of pieces in my collection..."

Looking at the precious cassock in his hand, Elder Jin Chi's heart was beating fast with excitement. As the abbot of Guanyin Temple, he was not a good monk.

But he has worshipped Guanyin for more than two hundred years and is definitely a firm believer in Guanyin Bodhisattva.

After knowing that the cassock in his hand was given by Guanyin herself, his first thought was to possess it.

The greed in my heart began to burn rapidly like a spark.

When Cheng Long saw the greed in Jin Chi's eyes, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly. There would be a good show to watch tonight.

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夜晚
Inside the room, looking at the brocade cassock in front of him that was gleaming with gold and inlaid with numerous gems, the greed in Elder Jin Chi's eyes was about to overflow.

At this moment, a wave of malice arose in his heart.

The desire to possess the brocade robes and the nine-ring staff became stronger and stronger.

He lived for more than 270 years and thought he had collected all the precious robes in the world.

However, compared with this one, the robes I had collected before were just coarse linen robes that had been passed down for three generations by poor people. They were completely unsightly.

"My dear, my dear, why did Guanyin Bodhisattva give it to the monks of the Tang Dynasty instead of to me? Did she think I was not pious enough?"

Jin Chi murmured as he put on the brocade robe.

After putting them on, he couldn't help but turn around happily.

The cassock bestowed by the Bodhisattva is not only comfortable, but also has the effect of repelling insects. The mosquitoes that used to buzz non-stop as soon as it got dark seemed to have all died tonight, and not a single sound could be heard.

This is just one of its functions. He doesn’t know how many functions it has to say, but it is definitely a rare Buddhist treasure.

Thinking that he could only wear the robe for one night and had to return it the next morning, Elder Jin Chi felt his heart bleed and tears of reluctance flowed from the corners of his eyes.

"Hey~~"

Elder Jin Chi sat dejectedly on a chair in the room, staggering with tears in his eyes.

I don’t know how long it took, but a little monk walked in from outside. Looking at the elder who seemed to have lost hope in life, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Alas, I have been a monk for my whole life, but I can only wear such a precious robe for one night! When I think of this precious robe, which was given by the Bodhisattva herself, I feel very uncomfortable. I am a devout believer who has believed in her for more than 200 years, why should I give this robe to others? If I can wear this robe forever, I will die without regrets."

Upon hearing this, the young monk showed a sinister look on his face. He thought for a moment and said, "Grandmaster, if you really want to keep the robe, there is a way. Just kill those two monks and the gorgeous robe will be yours. However, it is a gift from the Bodhisattva. If the Bodhisattva sees it, he might hold you accountable."

"This……"

Elder Jin Chi was shocked.

He subconsciously looked at the Guanyin statue in the room, fearing that his little thoughts would be known by Guanyin.

Little did he know that everything he did was actually seen by Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"No matter what, I'm determined to keep this robe. Even if the Bodhisattva comes, he won't be able to take it back."

Jin Chi's palm gently stroked the robes, but he could not resist the greed in his heart.

His obsession with the robes is like the obsession with money of criminals in modern society. They are willing to resort to crime for the sake of money.

Once greed arises in your heart, there is no turning back.

Jin Chi waved at the little monk, looked at him seriously, and whispered in his ear: "Be careful, you can command the monks in the temple at will. If you succeed, you will be the next abbot of the Zen temple."

"Master, rest assured. I will definitely do it."

The little monk left the room excitedly after seeing the big picture painted by Jin Chi.

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At midnight.

Seven or eight monks, carrying firewood, came to the guest rooms of the Zen temple with careful footsteps, and stacked the firewood in an orderly manner around the rooms.

When the wing room was surrounded by the woodshed, the little monk immediately ran to the door of the wing room and locked it with a chain.

"Boom~~"

Pour a ladle of kerosene on the firewood, and then use a fire to ignite it. Immediately, a raging fire broke out around the wing. White Dragon Horse Ao Lie, who watched the whole scene, seemed like nothing had happened. He lay quietly under the tree, watching the raging fire in the wing.

"These monks really set the fire after all."

Inside the side room, a hint of murderous intent flashed in Cheng Long's eyes. It was true that the monks were like the abbot. All of them practiced Buddhism and became living Shuras.

In order to prevent this group from going down a deeper criminal path, he directly released a powerful mental power, which stunned all the monks in the Zen temple, including Elder Jin Chi.

"Whoosh..."

The next moment, a hurricane swept in from the east, and the blazing sparks around the wing room flew everywhere in an instant, so that the entire Guanyin Temple was set on fire.

At this time, if the monks had not been knocked out by Cheng Long's mental power, they could still fetch water and rescue some houses.

Unfortunately, all these monks have lost their ability to move.

"The Guanyin Temple is on fire?"

At Black Wind Ridge, the black bear demon who was forced to become the king of the mountain saw the raging fire rising from the Guanyin Temple. His beads turned and immediately turned into a black light and he quickly rushed to the temple.

I came to the abbot's meditation room and looked inside through the window.

Following the black bear demon, he saw a flash of dazzling golden light.

"What a beautiful cassock! It's actually an acquired spiritual treasure..."

At this moment, the black bear demon's eyes were completely attracted by Jin Chi's brocade robes, as if the flames in the courtyard and on the roof were nothing to him.

Then he waved his hand, picked up Elder Jin Chi in the room and flew to Black Wind Ridge. (End of this chapter)