Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 105: The Buddhist Door as a Scapegoat

The Bright Pearl is a unique product of the heavenly realm. It is condensed from the light and ethereal qi of the Nine Heavens and can cleanse the corporeal body and strengthen the spirit. It is indeed a rare treasure.

If Jiang Chen could be granted such a gift by the Jade Emperor, it was mostly because of the benefit of the Jiang Family. Without an intention to win over the Jiang Family, the Jade Emperor would certainly not have been so generous and would simply have awarded divine status so casually.

However, even though the Jade Emperor’s reward had arrived, Jiang Chen could not receive it just yet.

Because, after a few months of indulging in the pleasures of the Netherworld, Jiang Xuan finally turned to serious matters, leading Jiang Chen to the Spiritual Mountain to obtain the Sun Staff.

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"Was it done by the people of the Buddhist door?" Looking at the mountain ranges in front of him that were shining with golden light, Jiang Chen asked Jiang Xuan in surprise.

If it had been some lawless monster who had snatched the Sun Staff, Jiang Chen could understand.

After all, monsters do things without consideration. It is not hard to understand if they saw a treasure appearing by the roadside and just took it.

But if it was done by the Buddhist door, Jiang Chen couldn’t comprehend. What would you do with the Sun Staff? Could it possibly be hidden? Even if the monks could run away, the temple couldn’t.

When the people of the Jiang Family arrived, not only would they have to return the Sun Staff, but it would also cause the Buddhist door to lose face. This was worse than getting nothing in return, it was thankless work.

As soon as the Jiang Family left, the top elites of the Buddhist door who had lost face would probably want to skin that person alive. Only a brain-dead person would do this.

"Indeed, it was done by the Buddhist door. The person who took your Sun Staff is the Sunlight Bodhisattva of the Buddhist door." Jiang Xuan replied with a definite nod.

"Huh?"

"Sunlight Bodhisattva?"

After listening to Jiang Xuan’s explanation, Jiang Chen was not only not enlightened, but he was even more puzzled. He was familiar with the Sunlight Bodhisattva, one of the renowned experts of the Buddhist door.

Such a character, with status and position, didn’t seem like the kind of person who could do such an indecent act.

"Boy, you’re quite lucky, allowing the Sun Staff to get even closer to transforming into an Innate Spiritual Treasure." Ignoring Jiang Chen’s doubts, Jiang Xuan pours praise on him instead.

"Hehe..."

"It’s all luck."

With a genuine smile, Jiang Chen replied.

It truly was luck, he didn’t expect that he himself would have such a great outcome from the journey to the Soup Valley.

Looking at the somewhat smug Jiang Chen, Jiang Xuan poured cold water on him. "The Sun Staff is currently at a crucial point in its transformation. It needs a large amount of innate spirit materials for its transformation."

"Have you ever considered that with your abilities, can you provide it with enough innate spirit materials for a perfect transformation?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chen thought seriously and finally said with some disappointment:

"With my abilities, it’s not hard to gather the resources to transform the Sun Staff into an Innate Spiritual Treasure. But to make it perfect, it seems somewhat impossible."

"You’re quite self-aware." Jiang Xuan nodded, his tone slightly eased, "Let alone you, even the Jiang Family, if they want the Sun Staff to perfectly transform, it would require an unimaginable cost."

"The cost is so enormous that it would be painful for the Jiang Family. Therefore, it is necessary to find a scapegoat to pay for this resource on behalf of the Jiang Family."

Hearing this, Jiang Chen appeared to have some understanding, "By scapegoat, you mean the Buddhist door?"

He probably had figured out why the Sunlight Bodhisattva had taken the Sun Staff. It was most likely due to the calculation of the Jiang Family’s elites.

The elites of the Jiang Family wanted the Sun Staff to advance to be a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, but they didn’t want to bear the resources required for its advancement.

Therefore, by taking advantage of the opportunity of Sunlight Bodhisattva going to the Netherworld, they calculated him, making the Buddhist door the scapegoat to pay for this resource on behalf of the Jiang Family.

The things that Jiang Chen could think of were just these. As for how the elite of the Jiang Family calculated the Sunlight Bodhisattva, he could not imagine.

"Yes!"

"The Buddhist door has inherited from endless years, its foundation is much more profound than the Jiang Family. As for the top prehistoric innate spirit roots, they possess more than one."

"The Golden Lotus of Merit, the treasure of the Buddhist door, is one of the top prehistoric innate spirit roots. The bodies of the two western saints are the Innate Bodhi Tree and the Innate Clear Heart Lotus, the two among the Ten Great Prehistoric Spirit Roots."

"Sunlight Bodhisattva is the disciple of Zhunti, he surely wouldn’t lack these treasures. If he takes action, at least more than half of the resources for the Sun Staff to transform into a high-grade innate spirit treasure can be solved."

"The rest, you can find them yourself. If it doesn’t work, the Jiang Family can contribute a bit, and it should be enough."

Nodding his head, Jiang Xuan didn’t continue to speak. Instead, he explained to Jiang Chen using a secret method. After all, this place was near the Spiritual Mountain, the Buddhist door’s main base, and words had to be watched.

After hearing Jiang Xuan’s explanation, Jiang Chen did not know how to respond. After a long silence, he finally squeezed out a sentence: "The Ancestor’s plan is brilliant."

At this time, Jiang Chen couldn’t help worrying for the Sunlight Bodhisattva, who he had never met.

This time, he was counted drastically by the Jiang Family. Now, he must pour out all of his family wealth. Hopefully, he can bear this blow and won’t generate suicidal thoughts.

May the Buddha bless him.

After worrying about the Sunlight Bodhisattva, Jiang Chen began to worry about himself again.

It was definitely a good thing that the Sun Staff could get the assistance of the Sunlight Bodhisattva.

But after that, the Sunlight Bodhisattva, who lost everything, will definitely regard him, the master of the Sun Staff, as a thorn in his flesh and a thorn in his eye and wish to kill him afterwards.

How can he make up for his loss if he doesn’t snatch the Sun Staff back? How can he release his resentment? As long as the Sun Staff remains in Jiang Chen’s hands, the Sunlight Bodhisattva has unfinished business with him.

However, while he was worried, if you want Jiang Chen to give up the Sun Staff, that is absolutely impossible. After all, it’s a future high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, who would be willing to give it up?

If he offends, then he offends. After all, after the incident with Sun Wukong, he had already deeply offended the Buddhist door, so he didn’t care about offending one more person.

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Meanwhile, atop the Spiritual Mountain, the Sunlight Bodhisattva, who was completely unaware that he was being calculated, was happily cultivating the Innate Fusang Wood.

Now, from the treasury, he has taken out two lotus seeds and a Bodhi seed one by one, delivering them to the root of the Innate Fusang Tree for consumption.

These three items were not common.

The golden one among the two lotus seeds was the lotus seed bred by the Buddha’s treasure, the Golden Lotus of Merit.

The Buddha’s treasure here refers not to the current Ninth Grade Golden Lotus of Merit, but to the Twelve Grade Golden Lotus of Merit from before the Quantitative Calamity. The former is a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, whereas the latter is one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Treasures of the Prehistoric Age, and the difference between them cannot be calculated.