Regardless, he, the Jade Emperor, was confident in fighting Ziwei, but seeing the half-smiling expression of the Southern Pole Immortal Weng on the side made the Jade Emperor feel as if he had eaten something foul! The rules of the Three Religions, and a group of them at that!
At this moment, the Jade Emperor was in despair. He could neither defeat them nor scold them. After all, this was the heavenly court, which valued rules. Even if he wanted to deal with someone, he needed sufficient reason. This was not his sole domain. This position of Jade Emperor, to be honest, was tasteless!
Maitreya's face was grim. They never intended to inflict so many tribulations. Nine-nine eighty-one tribulations, you're trying to kill people!
"Ziwei Emperor, isn't that too many?" Maitreya said!
Nine is the extreme number, and you're using the extreme number? Back then, Dao Ancestor Hongjun said that nine was the extreme number, and he only had seven saints under him, not even a full set. You're saying it's full right off the bat. That's not good!
Di Xin, however, shook his head and said, "Maitreya Buddha is mistaken. This is for the good of your Western Paradise. After all, things obtained easily are not cherished. These ninety-nine eighty-one tribulations can showcase the capabilities of your Western Paradise, can't they?"
Maitreya chuckled. If you say so, then so be it. Indeed, there are no good people among the Three Religions, especially this Di Xin. He, the Human King of the mortal realm, is now being implicitly promoted as the heavenly representative of the Three Religions. There are also a group of Grand Unity Golden Immortals and Quasi-Saints supporting him. Especially Taiqing Laozi's clone, Taishang Laojun, is also in the heavenly court, just not appearing usually!
In reality, all of this is to support Di Xin. It can be said that Di Xin is too difficult to deal with!
"Alright!" Maitreya could only compromise in the end. In fact, before coming, he had already received instructions from Tathagata and knew that these people in the heavenly court would surely make things difficult. At most, it would be eighty-one tribulations, which was also within Tathagata's calculations.
"Then our Buddhist sect will arrange half!" Maitreya continued!
Di Xin shook his head again and said, "This is impossible. Giving you nine tribulations is already the limit!"
Maitreya almost spat out blood. Go to hell, you immortal! You're causing trouble!
At this moment, Maitreya glared at Di Xin with wide eyes. Kid, your heart is black! Black to the extreme!
The Jade Emperor then said, "Ziwei, isn't that too much?"
Maitreya immediately nodded. Indeed, it was too much!
Di Xin nodded and gave the Jade Emperor a thumbs-up. He said, "The Jade Emperor is right. It is indeed too much for you. It's excessive. Then how about five tribulations?"
The Jade Emperor almost spat out his water. What the hell, a genius of logic!
Maitreya was speechless. This Di Xin is definitely black-hearted!
At the same time, Maitreya glanced at the Jade Emperor. Damn it, stop talking! Isn't this just causing trouble!
The Jade Emperor felt a ball of fire building up in his chest, angered to the point!
Taibai Jinxing watched from below, feeling exhausted. He saw that the Jade Emperor's eyes were almost turning green with anger!
"Twenty tribulations, this is the bottom line for Buddhism!" Maitreya said!
Di Xin, however, said indifferently, "Whether it's your bottom line or not, I don't care. Remember, it is my heavenly court that governs the three realms. Think it through!"
Maitreya was speechless. What heavenly court governing the three realms? You go govern it then! The mortal realm is now governed by the Human King, and the netherworld is governed by Empress Pingxin and the Great Emperor Fengdu. Can you control them? Stop talking nonsense!
The Jade Emperor remained silent at this moment. If he could manage the heavenly court himself, how wonderful it would be to speak so domineeringly. Unfortunately, everything belonged to others. He was like a puppet!
"Nine tribulations are acceptable, but the influence of the pilgrim must be expanded!" Maitreya said again!
This was also one of the main purposes of his visit to the heavenly court!
Di Xin pondered for a moment and said, "How do you want to expand it?"
Maitreya immediately said, "Our Buddhist sect's intention is for him to cause a big disturbance in the heavenly court, and then Buddhism will suppress him!"
Di Xin was immediately displeased. "What are you thinking, Buddhist sect? Where does that put the heavenly court's reputation?"
Maitreya was also very helpless. If it wasn't like this, how could his influence be expanded? He even wanted to barge into the netherworld!
The Jade Emperor also nodded at this moment. That's right, where does that put the heavenly court? This time, the Jade Emperor, uncharacteristically, stood with Di Xin!
Just then, Taishang Laojun, who had not attended court for a long time, arrived!
Seeing Taishang Laojun's arrival, all the immortals bowed and said, "Greetings, Laojun!"
Even Di Xin quickly bowed and said, "Shizu, why have you come?"
The Jade Emperor rolled his dead fish eyes. Why is this old fellow here in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall today?
"We agree!" At this moment, Taishang Laojun said faintly!
Maitreya was stunned, then overjoyed. He quickly thanked Laojun and turned to flee, fearing that these people would go back on their word!
Although Di Xin did not understand why, since his Shizu had made a decision, they could only obey!
After the court dispersed, Di Xin immediately went to find Taishang Laojun!
"Shizu, why did you agree to the Western Paradise like this?" Di Xin asked in confusion!
Taishang Laojun said, "The pilgrim has good potential, but he must go through my Eight Trigrams Furnace. This way, the Buddhist sect will lose one Quasi-Saint, and there will be no unforeseen events on the journey to the West."
Di Xin understood and smiled, "Shizu, you are still the most formidable!"
After Maitreya fled, he flew all the way back to the West and told Tathagata everything!
Tathagata listened and nodded. Although it was similar to what he had expected, the main points did not differ much. As for arranging tribulations, although there was merit, these benefits were clearly not something the heavenly court wanted to give up, so it had to be this way!
If the Western Paradise is to prosper, these costs must be paid!
"Nephew, what's going on? Why did Shibo suddenly appear today and agree to the pilgrim expanding his influence in the heavenly court?" Kong Xuan asked anxiously. He hated seeing the Western Paradise do well. Hearing about this matter, he immediately rushed to ask Di Xin!
"Shizu is far-sighted and naturally has his reasons!" Di Xin did not explain, as although he understood some of it, he did not fully grasp the specifics!
"Nephew, are you still hiding things from your uncle? Is that not being friendly enough?" Saying this, Kong Xuan put his arm around Di Xin's neck. He was going to play coy with his uncle. Kid, it seems you've forgotten the fear of being dominated by your uncle!
Di Xin was speechless. After breaking free, he said helplessly, "Shizu said that the pilgrim has good potential and is expected to become a Quasi-Saint, but after going through his Eight Trigrams Furnace, he won't be."
Kong Xuan immediately understood and laughed heartily, "See, if you had said that earlier, it would have been fine!"
Di Xin rolled his eyes, not wanting to speak!
"I heard that there are eighty-one tribulations on the journey to the West. Junior brother, I want some. I want to entertain the people of the Western Paradise properly, haha!" Kong Xuan suddenly said!
Di Xin nodded. This was not a problem. Later, it would be divided between the Chan and Jie sects. As for the Ren sect, there weren't many people, so one or two tribulations would suffice.