An Old Monk's Buddhist Cultivation

Um, wasn't Jinchi from Journey to the West a winner in life? Because of their faith in Guanyin, they have enjoyed over two hundred years of health and wealth, living a comfortable life. Even ordinary monks at the Guanyin Temple have several sets of high-quality robes. What kind of lives do you see ordinary people living in other kingdoms in Journey to the West?

To be honest, the "Three Golden Chapters" are not ideal. A man in his seventies being threatened so easily is absurd. In the Tang Dynasty, living past fifty was considered a centenarian, and even the emperor would respect him.

It's one thing to be intellectually deficient, but he didn't utilize his status advantage at all, and he's causing a ton of trouble. He's definitely not a proper cultivator.

Ugh, I was totally hooked after just the beginning. Ordinary people have absolutely no respect for cultivators. The protagonist successfully subdues a demon on his first descent from the mountain, only to have the old man kill the fox demon on his own initiative, unafraid of offending him. The county magistrate, having heard of his reputation, comes to coerce him with threats of death.

Jin Chi made his move. Jinchi can't beat them! Jin Chi has used his power. Jin Chi got beaten up! Jin Chi has unleashed his power. Jin Chi vomited blood! Aside from the vixen at the beginning, has the protagonist ever won?

Jin Chi was a notorious bandit for decades and was enlightened by Guanyin, living to the age of 270. Sun Wukong only lived for a few decades before his soul was taken away. Such a person would not only have high-ranking officials and local tycoons from the surrounding prefectures, counties, and towns offering tributes to the Bodhisattva and raising 800 monk soldiers, but how could you be threatened by a mere county official relative?

The author's plot is too contrived! For example: why did the monk in the original story live so long? Why does the protagonist, who's always meddling in other people's business, survive? He's practically a corpse! Running around exorcising demons, and he's completely incompetent at that. If the golden monk in the original story was like the protagonist, he would have been eaten by a demon long ago—no, he should have turned into a wall long ago!

Well, the seventy-something-year-old monk didn't seem like a monk at all; he was more like a (jianghu person, someone from the martial arts world). He wasn't even a great hero. Guanyin and Ksitigarbha didn't seem like Buddhist masters either; they had no cultivation or prestige whatsoever.

The protagonist has too many troubles; one after another, he can't concentrate on his cultivation. Every few days, various events and troubles keep finding him.

I felt it was too rushed. Like they said, everything seemed to be tied to the protagonist. Buddhism appears very professional, but it lacks the stability that a true Buddha should have. It's all about trouble happening all the time. Your so-called Buddhist practice is about cultivating martial arts to make others call you a Buddha, not about the profound meaning and spiritual essence of Buddhism, like the story of the Rotten Axe Handle.