In journey to the West, every time the Yaochi banquet, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother will eat the dragon liver and phoenix marrow.
So didn't the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother Niangniang take care of the mood of the Dragon King of the Four Seas by doing so?
Why didn't the Dragon King of the Four Seas dare to resist? Is it really because of the disparity in status?
In fact, there is a lot of learning in this.
This topic is very interesting, which is equivalent to the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother Niangniang directly eating the descendants of the Dragon King or the relatives of the Dragon King in front of the Dragon King.
In this case, the Dragon King did not even lose his temper, which was actually a rare or very unusual thing, and there must be a demon when things went wrong.
Point 1: The Status of the Dragon King determines everything
Before explaining this in detail, I would like to ask you a question, do you think that the Jade Emperor or Sun Wukong is more powerful?
Many people have watched the old version of the TV series Journey to the West, and they will definitely think that Sun Wukong is more powerful, is this really the case?
However, on the contrary, Sun Wukong was really nothing in front of the Jade Emperor.
The various tribulations that the Jade Emperor experienced before becoming the Jade Emperor, needless to say Sun Wukong, even the Buddha of Rulai were not comparable.
There is a scene in the Journey to the West where when Sun Wukong is making a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, the Jade Emperor hides under the table and shouts: Go to the Western Heavens and ask the Buddha.
However, in the original "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong did not hit the throne of the Jade Emperor at all, and of course, he was not frightened and lay under the table like in the TV series.
In the original work, the Jade Emperor only calmly said that the Buddha had come to suppress Sun Wukong.
What does that mean?
That is to say, the Jade Emperor ordered the Buddha to suppress Sun Wukong.
After receiving the order, the Buddha also rushed over without stopping, and cut off one of his own hands, directly suppressing Sun Wukong for 500 years.
Therefore, it is easy for us to understand that in the process of Sun Wukong and Rulai Buddha's fighting method, Sun Wukong is simply inferior to Rulai Buddha.
And the Buddha is ordered by the Jade Emperor, just like this back and forth comparison, not to mention a small Sun Wukong, that is, 100 Sun Wukong, I'm afraid the Jade Emperor will not put it in his eyes.
After we have clarified this level of relationship, it is easy to understand, whether in the original Journey to the West or in some sitcoms, the Jade Emperor is almost invincible.
It is precisely because the Jade Emperor is an invincible being that he will have more initiative.
In comparison, the status of the Dragon King of the Four Seas was much worse.
Pay attention to the Dragon King of the Four Seas, but even Sun Wukong can't beat the person.
Sun Wukong knew that the East China Sea had a Dinghai God Needle, that is, the ruyi golden hoop stick in the later period, and directly took the ruyi golden hoop stick without saying a word.
The First Reaction of the Dragon King of the Four Seas after hearing this matter was to rush up to the heavens and make a small report to the Jade Emperor, hoping that the Jade Emperor could help him.
How could a Dragon King of the Four Seas, who could not even defeat Sun Wukong, beat the Jade Emperor?
This world is inherently the predation of the weak, and it seems easier to understand the concept of the weak and the strong into the Journey to the West.
Needless to say that the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother only ate the dragon liver and phoenix marrow when eating the banquet, even if they ate the dragon liver and phoenix marrow at once, it is estimated that the Dragon King of the Four Seas did not dare to say anything.
After all, the resistance at this time seems to be useless, not even worth anything.
Point 2: The dragon's liver and phoenix marrow may not have anything to do with the Dragon King of the Four Seas
The dragon is actually a relatively special animal, of course, not so much an animal, but rather a fairy figure in the ancient immortal system.
Why special?
Because in ancient times, emperors generally compared themselves to the son of a dragon.
For example, when Liu Bang was emperor, he once said that his father once saw his mother entangled with a dragon, and then on the second day, Liu Bang was born.
The main purpose of this is nothing more than to put gold on the basin to make your life appear a little higher.
Although the status of the dragon was very high during the reign of the feudal dynasty, in the immortal system, the dragon may really not be worth mentioning.
Of course, there is one kind of dragon, that is, one of the four great divine beasts of ancient times, the dragon - the Green Dragon.
But everyone has heard another sentence, the nine sons of the dragon are different, in fact, on the one hand, it shows the particularity of the dragon itself, on the other hand, it also shows that it may have some small habits.
For example, dragons may mate with other species and then give birth to strange species, and these species are also considered dragons, but their status is very low.
Of course, in this way, the dragon's blood will be infinitely dispersed, and the descendants of the dragon will mate with other species, and the last one that can be called a dragon may not be a dragon anymore.
From the birth of nine sons from the dragon, in fact, we can also draw a conclusion, that is, the dragon, as a species, may indeed like to mate with other animals.
In this case, the relationship between the Dragon King of the Four Seas and these dragons became complicated.
Are you saying that these dragons are descendants of the Dragon King of the Four Seas?
It may or may not be.
But more importantly, the relationship between them and their ancestor Qinglong may not be as close as imagined, and may be a passerby relationship.
After all, a dragon has so many descendants, and the relationship is chaotic, and because of this, it will eat the dragon's liver and phoenix marrow at every Yaochi banquet, after all, the number is enough.
And the Four Seas Dragon King is likely to belong to the bloodline of the Green Dragon, and because of this, for some low-status dragons, they don't care much at all.
It may be difficult for some people to understand, but for the characters in the immortal system, they may have survived for thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
In the long years, most dragons estimated that they did not have much to do with themselves, and the Dragon King of the Four Seas could accept this matter calmly, most likely.
Point 3: The dragon's liver and phoenix marrow may just be talking
There is also a possibility that we may overlook, that is, the dragon is not a real dragon, what is it?
It's a snake, or some other animal.
This is actually easier to understand, in China's Xian xia cultural system, almost any thing can be called a dragon.
The most common example is that Mr. Zhuge Liang once called himself Mr. Wolong.
Therefore, some people will have doubts in this regard, whether this dragon is really a dragon, whether it is just a small snake randomly picked up on the side of the road, and then gave it the name of the dragon.
After all, we often use exaggeration and embellishment techniques, and I thought it might be the case before, but after thinking about it, the probability of such a thing is extremely low.
Why is this probability so low?
Because we must pay attention to the problem of an occasion, the Yaochi banquet is very special, and the special is special in that it can determine the immortality of some immortals.
In ancient times, it did not mean that you could live forever if you became a god, but in the ancient immortal system, if you wanted to be a god, you needed to practice. After a lot of difficulties, he finally became a god, and there will be a natural disaster every 500 years.
If you can survive this apocalypse, you can continue to be a god. If you can't get past it, you can only scatter your soul.
And the longer the immortal, the more terrible the heavenly calamity encountered. However, there are some sacred items that can help these immortals to live forever or survive natural disasters, such as the Peach Society.
At such an important Yaochi banquet, if you take out a small snake and then declare that it is the dragon's liver and phoenix marrow, it is too small.
If we look at it according to the standards of the Peach Society, we come to the conclusion that this dragon should be a real dragon, but it is definitely not the four ancient divine beasts.
Of course, it is even more unlikely to be one of the Four Seas Dragon Kings, after all, the Four Seas Dragon King happily went to the Yaochi Banquet, if there was one less when he came back, within four years, the Dragon King would all be gone.
Is it possible that there is a special place in the Heavenly Garden, where some divine dragons can be specially bred for the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother to eat?
There is also this possibility, the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother also raised a small dragon in the heavenly court, and then slaughtered it at a certain date, which is also a probability.
Even if the Dragon King of the Four Seas was dissatisfied with this, he had to be happy on the surface.
Please, it's just the Dragon King of the Four Seas, how can you give advice to the Jade Emperor?