abnabooks #547 - Don't talk nonsense, this is a strategic retreat
#547 - Don't talk nonsense, this is a strategic retreat
Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong turned around and walked back without the slightest hesitation.
Guanyin Bodhisattva was not happy at all.
I'm going to chop you to death!
The Western Paradise spent hundreds of years operating to start the Journey to the West;
Even so many people died in Mount Ling, and the houses collapsed, just to resurrect you.
And you say your journey to the West is in response to the summons of the Prison God?
Guanyin Bodhisattva felt a green hat growing on her head!
These two disciples, their conscience has been fed to the dogs!
Guanyin Bodhisattva couldn't stand it at the time, and transformed into an old man, just in time to block Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang's way back.
Sun Wukong's fiery golden eyes can see through everything in the world, but he cannot see through Guanyin Bodhisattva shrouded in sacredness.
He only felt that the appearance of this old man was strange.
While Sun Wukong was still thinking, Tang Sanzang stepped forward, grabbed the old man, and shouted angrily:
"Old man, why are you blocking this poor monk's way?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva's head was buzzing from Tang Sanzang's scolding,
But she still held her breath and said in a deep voice:
"This old man lives near this Five Elements Mountain... Eh, are you perhaps the monkey under the Two Realms Mountain?"
"This old man remembers you. I remember Grandpa saying that Two Realms Mountain fell from the sky and suppressed a divine monkey. Could it be that you have only escaped now!"
The old man looked at Sun Wukong and said to himself.
Sun Wukong frowned, revealing a ferocious monkey face,
"What, are you trying to curry favor?"
Tang Sanzang grabbed the old man, shook him, and roared:
"Old man, this poor monk is asking you a question, don't interrupt!"
"Why are you blocking this poor monk's way!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva had countless divine beasts galloping through her heart, but she still held her breath,
"This old man sees that the sun is setting and it is already late. In this mountain forest, there are fierce tigers and beasts that kill people like hemp."
"This old man lives nearby, why don't you come with me and stay for one night first."
Who has ever seen an old man blocking the road and being grabbed and swung around twice without saying a word?
Tang Sanzang pushed the old man away, impatiently saying:
"Scram!"
"This poor monk is in a hurry to go home, so I won't bother you."
Tang Sanzang was now in a hurry to go home and didn't want to waste any more words with Guanyin Bodhisattva.
So, the two disciples left the old man and ran away on their own.
Leaving Guanyin Bodhisattva in a mess in the wind.
Originally, it was thought that Tang Sanzang after his resurrection would at least restrain his hostility a little.
But it seems that the restraint has been restrained, but it depends on the person.
He is respectful to Buddha when he sees one, but rude to anyone else.
Realistic magical realism.
Seeing that she really couldn't keep the two disciples, Guanyin Bodhisattva stomped her foot again and transformed into a gust of breeze.
The next second, Guanyin Bodhisattva flew directly in front of Tang Sanzang, revealing her original form.
White lotus, white gauze skirt, Guanyin Bodhisattva with a fairy-like aura looked down at Tang Sanzang with lowered eyebrows.
Tang Sanzang immediately restrained himself, and paid homage with reverence:
"Disciple Tang Sanzang, pays homage to the Merciful and Compassionate Guanshiyin Bodhisattva!"
Even Sun Wukong could only offer a smile, after all, he had just promised her to travel west properly, and now he turned around and ran away.
Especially since the Prison God was not around now, and no one was protecting him, Sun Wukong naturally knew to restrain his nature.
From Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong learned to be flexible.
Guanyin Bodhisattva looked at the respectful Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong, and secretly gritted her teeth,
What a face-changing technique, is this still Tang Sanzang who punched a tiger to death and grabbed an old man and swung him around twice?
This is too much, how has this scripture journey changed so much!
Guanyin Bodhisattva held her breath and said in a cold voice:
"Tang Sanzang, aren't you traveling west to obtain scriptures by order? Why are you retreating again?"
"Have you forgotten your oath that if you don't obtain the true scriptures, you will be eternally damned to hell?"
Tang Sanzang looked aggrieved:
"Bodhisattva, you have wronged me. This poor monk has been through thousands of disasters and hardships along the way, but this poor monk has no intention of retreating!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva almost cursed out loud!
Thousands of disasters? Hardships?
Are you referring to punching tigers and throwing old men?
And no intention of retreating?!
I clearly heard you say running away as your first sentence!
She was quite angry.
Guanyin Bodhisattva gritted her teeth and said in a deep voice:
"Then why are you walking back? Isn't this wanting to give up the journey to the West?"
But Tang Sanzang still opened his eyes and told lies:
"Bodhisattva has misunderstood! This poor monk is strategically retreating. It's not too late for this poor monk to cultivate for a few hundred years, attain the Dao of Immortals, and then go to obtain the scriptures."
Sun Wukong raised his eyebrows and grinned,
"Eh, isn't that a coincidence, this old Sun is also strategically retreating!"
Sun Wukong discovered that he could really learn something from this master!
He used to think that the scripture seeker was a fool, but now it seems that Tang Sanzang's Buddhism is worth learning!
Guanyin Bodhisattva clenched her fists and calmed down for a long time before saying:
"Although the journey to the West is full of difficulties and dangers, you will definitely be able to overcome all difficulties."
"The Western Paradise is with you."
Guanyin Bodhisattva originally thought that saying this would calm the two disciples and prevent them from running away again.
However, when Tang Sanzang and Sun Wukong heard this, they suddenly looked like they had lost their parents, and their faces were ugly.
Tang Sanzang gritted his teeth and muttered to himself:
"Those bald donkeys actually want to monitor this poor monk. A group of evil creatures, this poor monk will never forget the Jin Tou Jie Di harming my brother to death!"
"The hatred for my brother is irreconcilable!"
"This poor monk doesn't want to kill any more brothers. This journey to the West is already difficult enough. If the Western Paradise is watching, how can I live?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva's face darkened by three points.
You think I can't hear you whispering?
No, it seems like you're saying it to me!
Sun Wukong also cursed secretly,
"Bald donkeys, you're haunting us, are you not going to let us go?!"
"Damn it, this old Sun shouldn't have agreed to this journey to the West!"
"Without the Prison God's favor, I have to be tortured by the Western Paradise. It's better to just kill this old Sun!"
Guanyin Bodhisattva's face was as black as ink, and ten thousand divine beasts galloped through her heart.
What kind of karma is this!
Why is it that when the Prison God says he is with you, you can be as excited as if you've been injected with chicken blood,
But when I say the Western Paradise is with you, it's like I'm going to take your lives?!
It's absolutely amazing!
Sun Wukong is one thing, but I didn't expect you, Tang Sanzang, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, to betray the Western Paradise!
Tang Sanzang changed his face as if by magic, raised his head, his face full of reverence, and said with a warm voice, putting his palms together:
"Bodhisattva, this poor monk respects the heavens and the earth, eats vegetarian food and chants Buddha's name, and has ten thousand longings for the Western Paradise."
"But because this journey is really dangerous, this poor monk doesn't want to leave a corpse to go to the Western Paradise, otherwise wouldn't it be easier to let Wukong kill me directly?"
"So, this poor monk wants a little more self-preservation ability... This poor monk is really not retreating, Bodhisattva, please be aware!"
After Tang Sanzang finished speaking, he took half a step back, ready to run away at any time.
Guanyin Bodhisattva was extremely desperate,
Is your action of taking half a step back serious?
How can I believe you?
Do I really have to go and beg him?