After the calculations of the "Marquis Wu's Seven Star Array," due to Sun Kong's appearance, the third tribulation, the full moon cast into the river, was far from being completed with just these means.
Or, to be precise, what they had just done was still far from enough.
It seemed that to have Jin Chanzi drift to Jinshan Temple with the current, one could not interpret the heavenly mandate so mechanically, but had to find another place.
But where should it be changed to?
As Sun Kong continued to calculate, Jin Chanzi on the other side was getting impatient.
Since he had just witnessed that without his cultivation restored, any Roselle Dragon King dared to bully him, and although Sun Kong had saved him, it only highlighted his powerlessness.
A hidden fire had been burning in his heart for a long time.
Finally, he couldn't hold back and erupted!
"Great Sage Sun!"
"Hm?"
"Great Sage Sun, I beg you, kindly take me directly to Jinshan Temple to become a disciple. Wouldn't that be better? Why go through all these pretense?"
"Putting aside everything else."
"You should know that I have no cultivation at all right now. If I'm really thrown into the river and don't drift to Jinshan Temple, but am intercepted by someone, it would be terrible."
When he said this, Jin Chanzi felt a bit ashamed of his own fear of death, but he couldn't be entirely blamed.
Who would have thought that the second disciple of Tathagata, who was a perfect Grand Unity Golden Immortal five hundred years ago, had escaped the Spirit Mountain, escaped the fate of forced reincarnation,
And was found by Sun Kong.
Although his memories had been restored,
His cultivation had not yet returned. If there were no true demons or gods coveting him, it would be fine.
Mere mortals could not trouble him.
But it so happened that he had just experienced the siege by the demon's household attendant, Qingfeng Liu Hong, the Roselle Dragon King, and the Golden Carp Spirit.
How could he sit still?
He just wanted to get it over with, go directly to Jinshan Temple, meet the monk Faming, who was destined by the heavenly mandate to be his master, and receive the reward of merit.
And then enter the next stage.
Hearing this, Huang'er, Yin Wenjiao, who had just become a mother, actually somewhat agreed with Jin Chanzi's suggestion and pleaded with Sun Kong for help.
But unexpectedly.
As soon as this pair, who were like mother and son, not mother and son, spoke, Sun Kong let out an even more awkward smile.
Not for any other reason.
It was because the "Marquis Wu's Seven Star Array" had shown that five hundred years ago, after he single-handedly provoked the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, shocked countless people, and became the acting Vice-Buddha,
The monk Faming, who was originally supposed to be Jin Chanzi's master in this life, and Jinshan Temple, presided over by monk Faming,
For some unknown reason, had disappeared.
That's right.
It wasn't that they had moved to a farther place requiring a long journey to become a disciple.
It was that they had truly disappeared!
"Great Sage Sun, are you joking? After all, the temples in Nanzhanbuzhou are also members of my Western Teachings. How could they not exist?"
"Could it be that during your commotion at Spirit Mountain five hundred years ago, you accidentally killed some Buddha's son or grandson, which led to him being unable to reincarnate as the current Faming?"
"If that's the case, how can I become the future Tang Monk, how... My heavens, our Journey to the West will be terminated at the second tribulation?"
Unlike Huang'er Yin Wenjiao who kept crying and begging Sun Kong, Jin Chanzi, although not yet grown and still in infant form, was very intelligent.
With a little thought,
He deduced almost the same result as Sun Kong's calculation.
He immediately rolled his eyes and was about to faint.
After all, without monk Faming, without Jinshan Temple, he would have no chance to become a disciple and change his name to Tang Xuanzang. Then what was the point of the Journey to the West?
This was no different from being about to be annihilated by the Heavenly Dao after just gaining the merit of the Journey to the West!
Seeing this,
Sun Kong dared not let the future Tang Monk, the current Jin Chanzi, die of anger. He apologized to him with a hint of shame, and remembered that he might have actually killed the former life of monk Faming back then.
At the same time, he continued to calculate. Finally, with his earnest efforts, a brand new result emerged.
He immediately smiled!
"Little Jin Jin, don't get excited, don't faint. Old Sun has just calculated new heavenly mandates. Jinshan Temple is gone, and monk Faming is also gone."
"However, your opportunity to become the future Tang Monk is still there."
"But, for various reasons, this new opportunity is no longer related to Jinshan Temple, nor to monk Faming. Instead, it is in a place without any Buddhist teachings."
"That place is called Beiju Luzhou... Alas, look at me, this Sun Monkey is so thoughtless. I can't calculate anything else, but I've calculated that your opportunity is related to Beiju Luzhou."
"As we all know, the road to Beiju Luzhou is not peaceful. Most of Beiju Luzhou is inhabited by ferocious beasts, remnants of ancient witches and ancient demons."
"The most powerful, and the one who hates our Western Teachings the most, is Patriarch Kunpeng. Your journey there might be..."
Before Sun Kong could finish speaking,
Jin Chanzi, who was held and doted on by Huang'er Yin Wenjiao, heard this and directly foamed at the mouth and fainted!
He thought,
It would have been better if he hadn't heard this.
Looking for a nonexistent Jinshan Temple might have a zero percent success rate, and he might never find it.
However, going to Beiju Luzhou, where Patriarch Kunpeng resided, was tantamount to seeking death. It would even be better to commit suicide now.
Who didn't know the deep enmity between Patriarch Kunpeng and the Western Teachings? He would surely be tortured to death!
"Great Sage Sun, please help us. This first tribulation, the second tribulation, and the great pressure you endured to help him reincarnate have all been completed."
"We should at least complete this third tribulation."
"I know that Huang'er is insignificant and dare not demand anything from you, the son of the Empress. However, this matter is also of great importance to you. You cannot stand by and do nothing."
Huang'er Yin Wenjiao's constant exclamations and almost tearful pleas were due to the words Sun Kong had spoken.
Seeing this scene,
Before Huang'er Yin Wenjiao could continue to cry, Sun Kong immediately chuckled and told her that everything he had said just now was to scare Jin Chanzi into fainting, so that he could be thrown into the river to drift.
It was not true at all!
"Is this true?"
"It must be true."
"Great Sage Sun, you wouldn't lie to me too, would you?"
"Not at all. Sister Huang'er, we've met before. I would lie to Old Man Hongjun before I lied to you."
"Alright then, Huang'er believes you. I hope Jin Chanzi will be luckier this time and not suffer anymore."
Hearing Huang'er Yin Wenjiao say this, Sun Kong was both moved by her sentimentality and amazed by the strangeness of fate.
But he still immediately told her the real place where Jin Chanzi would be cast into the river.
Jinshan Temple was gone.
But a new place called Jinmen was calculated, which seemed to have a deep connection with the third tribulation, the full moon cast into the river.
Monk Faming was gone.
But according to the calculations, in Jinmen, there was another eminent monk who replaced monk Faming, the Zen Master Wuchao!