Chapter 78 I Want That Position to the Left of Little Lai Lai

"Uh... Hello to all the Buddhist elders and fellow cultivators, good afternoon. Have you had lunch? Have you had tea? Have you been with girls..."

Sun Kong stopped halfway, and everyone stared at him fiercely.

Although, in the past, he had tormented them, acted recklessly, and shocked them countless times, making them afraid to overreact.

Viewing him as a devil god.

But this time the situation was different.

It was a grand assembly personally convened by the Tathagata Buddha, and there must be important matters to be decreed. How could a Sun Monkey be allowed to disrupt the atmosphere?

"Sun Monkey... Great Sage Sun, why are you breaking the law you know? Hurry up and find a seat. Do you really want the Buddha to punish you?"

Others dared not admonish Sun Kong, but the Burning Lamp Buddha mustered his courage and spoke these words, and gestured with his eyes for Sun Kong to take the last seat.

According to the rules of Spirit Mountain, all Buddhas must strictly adhere to the order of rank when seating.

Those who are not formally appointed Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, or Arhats do not even have half a seat.

And even those formally appointed Vajras, Jatayus, etc., due to their low status, at most have the privilege of standing by.

To allow Sun Kong to sit in the last Arhat's seat.

This was already an exception.

It was considered Burning Lamp Buddha giving him some face.

If it weren't for him being Sun Kong, anyone else, even that fugitive Tripitaka returning, would have to kneel on the ground and obey.

Where would they get the privilege of a seat?

But unexpectedly.

Sun Kong had no interest in this last seat, but his eyes gleamed, and he fixed his gaze on another seat that was a hundred times better!

That is, the empty seat to the left of the Tathagata Buddha!

"Sorry, sorry, I actually forgot that this is Spirit Mountain, the Hinayana Buddhism, where one cannot break the vow of celibacy, nor can one pursue girls."

Sun Kong apologized insincerely a few times, seemingly sincere, but just as all the Buddhas breathed a sigh of relief, he suddenly changed his tone.

He displayed a standard, textbook-level shamelessness!

"However, this seat is not comfortable, I am not used to it, and I don't like it. Why don't you, Burning Lamp Buddha, change it for me?"

"Don't worry, I am content with myself and will not covet a too-good seat, I just want to change to a slightly better one."

Sun Kong spoke nicely, but his eyes never left the empty seat to the left of the Tathagata Buddha.

Even though he knew that seat was already reserved.

He still desperately wanted to try it!

Seeing this.

All the Buddhas were shocked and furious.

But none dared to speak.

And the Tathagata, who was at the head of all the Buddhas, although he had the right and ability to discipline Sun Kong, due to the many losses he had suffered before, and his status, he could not speak.

He had to let the Burning Lamp Buddha, the Deputy Buddha, explain it!

"Kong Kong, you are a smart person, so we don't need to waste any more words. It is already exceptional grace for this Deputy Buddha to allow you to sit in that Arhat's seat. Why do you insist on causing trouble?"

"Don't tell me you don't understand the meaning of the two seats next to the Tathagata Buddha?"

"Please be obedient and don't delay important matters, and don't think that just because we, the Buddhas of Spirit Mountain, have had grievances with you before, we really dare not do anything to you?"

"Do you know that such unauthorized seat-taking is an act of seeking death, which is not tolerated by the Heavenly Dao!"

The Burning Lamp Buddha spoke more and more sternly, as if he were going to punish a disciple.

But it also made all the Buddhas tremble with fear and dare not speak rashly.

Only Sun Kong, having already seen that the Burning Lamp Buddha's words were full of guilt, was clearly afraid of him but wanted to save face and dignity, yet spoke of the Heavenly Dao's intolerance.

These words might have worked on the reincarnated Tang Sanzang in the original timeline.

But to fool him?

That was asking for a beating!

"Burning Lamp Buddha, your words are not right. This is clearly a matter of Hinayana Buddhism, yet you insist on escalating it to the Heavenly Dao's intolerance. These words are too much."

"Listen to me, I thank you, thank your family for their kindness."

Sun Kong's suicidal nature had not changed with his breakthrough to the mid-grade, but rather had become even more terrifying.

Seeing all the Buddhas looking dumbfounded, not knowing that he was only frustrated by this joke and immediately changed his tone, retorting to the Burning Lamp Buddha!

"As far as I know, Hinayana Buddhism has the concept of the Three Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future. Tathagata... Sigh, it's something we all know, why pretend to be so coy?"

"Let's just call you Little Lai Lai."

"Little Lai Lai? Little Lai Lai? Don't pretend you can't hear me. You are a respected Buddha, and you know I am qualified to sit there but don't say it. You know we have a father-son relationship but you ignore me."

"It's truly disheartening!"

Upon hearing this.

All the Buddhas were struck as if by a thunderclap, instantly dumbfounded, and recalled the scene from months ago when Sun Kong, this death-seeking being, had shocked them countless times!

The Burning Lamp Buddha was half speechless and half secretly looked at the Tathagata Buddha.

As one who often bore the blame and spoke for the Tathagata Buddha, this time, he truly did not want to be a scapegoat, and thus hinted at a few things.

As expected.

The Tathagata Buddha was not asleep or unwilling to pay attention, but he still wanted to use the Burning Lamp Buddha as a shield and did not want to confront Sun Kong directly.

But after being called out like this by Sun Kong, and with the strange glances of all the Buddhas, coupled with the Burning Lamp Buddha wanting to give up,

The Tathagata Buddha could only curse himself internally, thinking how foolish he was to have chosen such a death-seeking being like Sun Kong as the Great Sage of the Journey to the West back then.

The result was that he was tormented, troubled, and tortured by Sun Kong's constant recklessness.

Life was worse than death.

Truly deserved to shoot himself in the foot.

However, he still had to pretend to have the magnanimity befitting a Buddha!

"Wukong, since you have come to my Spirit Mountain, eaten my Spirit Mountain's food, and lived in my Spirit Mountain, why are you still so shameless, rude, and needlessly looking for trouble?"

"Since you desire this seat and confidently claim you are qualified, then I, this Buddha, will ask you one question: If you can explain what are the Three Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future, I will immediately give you the opportunity."

"I just fear you won't dare!"

The Tathagata Buddha smiled confidently, not only to curb Sun Kong's arrogance but also considering that although Sun Kong had some fortunate encounters, he was still a monkey who had never seen the world.

Let alone him, such a demon would not know the true origin of the Three Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future.

Throughout Spirit Mountain, apart from him, only the Burning Lamp Buddha and the Four Great Bodhisattvas like Guanyin had heard of it, and they didn't know much.

How could Sun Kong possibly answer correctly?

"I am the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, the Handsome Monkey King, what is there that I wouldn't dare to do?"

Just as the six of them, including Tathagata, believed they would surely get revenge and make Sun Kong retreat in defeat, unable to answer, and thus obediently listen,

They saw Sun Kong actually speak.

And he got it right!

"These Three Buddhas of the Past, Present, and Future, aren't they you, Little Lai Lai, in the center, presiding over the Sahā world, and to your right is the great leader of the Western teachings, Amitabha Buddha, who presides over the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss in the West."

"And to the left is the yet-to-be-born Medicine Buddha, who presides over the Eastern world of Lapis Lazuli light."

"Since that Medicine Buddha has not yet been born, why waste it? It should be for me, the future Victorious Fighting Buddha, to sit here and complete the Journey to the West for you, right?"