abnabooks #607 - Do you know how I have lived these 500 years?
#607 - Do you know how I have lived these 500 years?
Tang Sanzang was chatting in Gao Village.
At the same time, he was confirming his own thoughts.
Indeed, all mistakes, big and small, were due to that old man, Gao Taigong!
Combining what he had heard along the way, Tang Sanzang basically knew the whole story.
Gao Taigong, in order to find a free laborer for the Gao family, had found Gao Cuilan a live-in son-in-law, but on the wedding day, they discovered that the groom was a pig demon.
The gossip of the gossiping women and talkative old men in the market made Gao Taigong feel very ashamed, so he secretly gave his daughter three feet of white silk.
After the pig demon saved Gao Cuilan, he guarded her day and night, washing her clothes, folding her quilt, and serving her tea and water.
Gao Taigong secretly gave Gao Cuilan white silk and daggers several times, but Gao Cuilan repeatedly tried to commit suicide, only to be discovered and saved by the pig demon.
Since then, the pig demon had been taking care of Gao Cuilan in the backyard.
Tang Sanzang gnashed his teeth, utterly disgusted with Gao Taigong,
"How can there be such a filthy old man in the world!"
"Wukong, how about we go over and grant him salvation?!"
"Holy Monk, please don't scare me. That's my father. All mistakes, big and small, are because I am a daughter. My father just hates me for being useless."
"Please don't hurt my father. He's already been very good to me. It's just that I, as a daughter, am unlucky and have brought disaster to the family."
Tang Sanzang was even more furious when he saw that Gao Cuilan was still pleading for her father.
Sun Wukong rolled his eyes.
"Master, you really dare to say that. Gao Taigong is, after all, Gao Cuilan's biological father. Who would be happy if you said you wanted to grant her father salvation in front of her?"
Tang Sanzang raised an eyebrow, paused,
"Oh, that's true. Girl, don't worry, I'll secretly go and grant him salvation. You won't know anything, okay!"
Gao Cuilan burst into tears. Why does this holy monk only think about granting my own father salvation?
Sun Wukong covered his face.
It wasn't that Sun Wukong was clever and sensible, but because Tang Sanzang couldn't see clearly.
Even Gao Cuilan sensed her father's malice,
But a child does not speak of their father's faults. How could she, a girl, bear to do it?
Moreover, the idea of obeying one's father at home and obeying one's husband after marriage was deeply rooted in people's hearts and could not be changed.
Now that Tang Sanzang had arrived, he not only wanted to take her husband but also grant her own father salvation. How could she bear it?
Seeing this, Tang Sanzang finally understood and cursed inwardly,
"Damn rules!"
But he was lost again. This didn't violate any precepts or laws. Even the most advanced Buddhist teachings couldn't do anything about it.
It would be great if a celestial lord could enlighten him.
Or, it would be fine if Sun Wukong could secretly take action.
But when Tang Sanzang looked at Sun Wukong, he found that Sun Wukong seemed a little absent-minded.
Tang Sanzang raised an eyebrow, "Monkey, what are you doing?"
Sun Wukong frowned, looked at the sky, and twitched his nose, as if he was smelling something.
For some reason, Sun Wukong always felt a little uneasy.
Immediately, Sun Wukong used his wind-catching technique and said:
"There's something strange going on. There's something weird in the wind. Your Old Sun has a wind-catching method. Let me smell what's going on."
The Great Sage let the wind pass and grabbed the tail of the wind to smell it. It was a bit fishy.
Sun Wukong said: "Sure enough, it's not a good wind! The smell of this wind is not the wind of a tiger, it must be a demon wind. There is probably an evil demon about to descend here."
Tang Sanzang looked at Sun Wukong with a bewildered expression,
"You call that catching the wind? I thought you were catching farts to eat?"
Sun Wukong twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't answer.
Tang Sanzang didn't care. No matter how awesome the monster was, he had a celestial lord protecting him anyway.
Chu Hao, whom Tang Sanzang missed day and night, was currently in Fuling Mountain.
There was a cave in the mountain called Yunzhan Cave.
At this moment, Pigsy was sitting in front of a tombstone, drinking and crying bitterly.
"I'm useless! I'm useless!"
"Today is already the time for the scripture seeker to come, but I have no way to kill him!"
"They are watching me. What else can I do?!"
This tombstone was the tombstone of Lady Egg Two.
Back then, Pigsy was demoted to the mortal world. After many hardships, he finally became a demon, but he had nowhere to go. He was displaced and very desolate.
It was Lady Egg Two of Fuling Mountain who took in Pigsy out of pity.
The two depended on each other for survival.
Pigsy thought that the years would be peaceful from then on, but who knew that the Western Heaven had never let Pigsy go.
Later, Pigsy found out that it was the Western Heaven who sent people to subdue demons and eliminate monsters and killed Lady Egg Two.
Pigsy was forced to come to the mortal world, changed his name, and came to Gao Village, falling into the trap of the Western Heaven.
Pigsy would always remember Chu Hao's words,
"You can't escape."
Pigsy had nightmares every day, dreaming of the arrival of the scripture seeker,
Dreaming that the Western Heaven would arrange for someone to kill Gao Cuilan to force him on the road, dreaming of the day he became a Buddha and ancestor, going to a treacherous Western Heaven.
The most terrifying thing was that this was not a nightmare.
If he cooperated obediently, this would be his future self.
He saw the future, but found that this was a future worse than death!
But he had no choice. He was already at the end of his rope.
Everything he cherished would be destroyed by the Western Heaven.
There were only two paths in front of him,
To be beaten up by the Western Heaven and obediently become a dog of the Western Heaven.
The other path, to fight to the death!
Death was his only relief.
Pigsy suddenly raised his head. He had made a choice!
Pigsy's eyes were full of ferocity,
"My fate is up to me, not the heavens! Western Heaven, you are destroying everything of this old pig for your own selfish desires!"
"You want the Journey to the West? I just won't let you have your way!"
"You destroyed everything of mine, and I will destroy everything of yours! We will fight to the death!"
Pigsy shouted so firmly,
But he also knew how unrealistic these words were.
Even so, he had already made a choice.
Kill Tang Sanzang, and then self-destruct his true spirit, so that everything would return to dust.
Of course, coming to this world would be a mistake.
After all, fate has never been fair.
Pigsy stood up with the determination to die and resolutely walked outside.
But as he turned around, he suddenly saw a white-clothed celestial lord leisurely sitting on a chair next to him.
Pigsy was stunned on the spot.
The ambition he had just had seemed to be extinguished in an instant.
Pigsy looked at Chu Hao in fear and panic,
"Your Excellency Prison God, are you… are you here to persuade me?"
"If so, please go back. I am grateful for your kindness, but it doesn't mean that you can make me let go of my hatred!"
Chu Hao didn't answer and still looked at Pigsy indifferently.
Pigsy became more and more agitated as he spoke, even scolding loudly, with spittle flying everywhere,
"Five hundred years! Do you know how I spent these five hundred years! Do you know?!"
Chu Hao turned his head away, unable to bear to look at Pigsy.
Pigsy, where did you learn these words?