Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 391: Treasures that Move People

When Elder Jin Chi arrived, the abbot and other monks surrounded him and asked, "Master, why are you here?"

"I heard that there is a master coming from the Tang Dynasty in the East, so I came out specially to meet him."

"It must be you two."

Elder Jin Chi gently pushed the two boys away, walked forward with a hunched back, and looked at An Yan and Tang Sanzang with a smile.

As the saying goes, one should not strike a smiling person. An Yan and Tang Sanzang returned the gift. An Yan said, "I don't deserve your praise, sir. It's too much."

Tang Sanzang also said modestly, "You're praised too much."

Elder Jin Chi started talking to the two men. When he heard about their journey to the west, he couldn't help but sigh: "From the Great Tang in the East to here, it's also thousands of miles away. I have wasted my life and never left the mountain gate. Compared with you, I am just a person who sits in a well and looks at the sky."

Sun Wukong, who was standing behind Tang Sanzang and was bored, heard Elder Jin Chi's self-mockery, grinned, leaned over to look at Ao Lie standing beside him and said, "This old monk has some self-awareness."

For a moment, all the monks from the Guanyin Temple in the house looked at the unrestrained monkey with angry eyes.

Ao Lie, who originally wanted to laugh, immediately suppressed his smile and frowned, as if to say, "It has nothing to do with me."

Facing the angry looks of the monks, Sun Wukong still did not restrain himself and said, "This is what your old monk said. Why are you looking at me?"

"Wukong, be careful with your words." Tang Sanzang felt his face burning, turned around and glared at Wukong, then turned to Elder Jinchi and said, "Please don't be offended, old dean, I am a disciple with a pure heart and speak my mind without any ill intentions."

"Haha, I can see that." Elder Jin Chi smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he didn't mind, and then called the boy over, "Go and get my set of treasures and offer tea to the mage and the Taoist priest."

An Yan looked at the seemingly magnanimous Elder Jin Chi. As the saying goes, one can never judge a person's heart by his appearance. If he didn't know Elder Jin Chi's true face, he might have praised him.

However, Goku's behavior is indeed a bit outrageous, and it seems that he still has not changed from his previous role.

He thought that he would teach Wukong how to behave in society when he had time.

Without talking about the distant future, at least we have to speak the truth to different people and speak differently to different people. We have to learn to be flexible and eat according to the food we eat.

Soon, the boy came back with a set of tableware.

The two boys began to work together to make tea. One of them took out a mutton-fat jade plate with three blue and gold-inlaid teacups on it; the other one held up a white copper kettle and poured three cups of fragrant tea.

The tea leaves used for scented tea are also of noble quality, and the tea fragrance lingering around your nose is even better than the scent of osmanthus.

An Yan, who had been to heaven and seen many good things, naturally did not have much emotion about these earthly things. He preferred tea leaves for brewing tea to objects. He took a sip and praised, "What a great green tea."

Unlike the well-informed An Yan, although Tang Sanzang came from the increasingly powerful Tang Dynasty, he had grown up in a temple and had never seen many treasures. He couldn't put them down and praised them, "What a good thing! What a good thing! It's really a delicious food."

Elder Jin Chi was very satisfied with what the two said, but his purpose in taking out this set of tea utensils was not simply to get praise, but to stimulate others' enthusiasm.

He immediately revealed his fox tail and said, "You two are from the Celestial Empire and have seen countless rare treasures. How can you praise an instrument like this? Since you two are from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, what treasures did you bring? Can you lend them to me, an old monk, to have a look?"

When An Yan heard this, he sneered in his heart, thinking that they had indeed taken a fancy to their treasure.

However, he had no intention of satisfying Elder Jin Chi's greed, so he just pretended not to hear it.

Besides, treasures are naturally hidden. Even if he said that the Taoist robe he was wearing was given by Taishang Laojun, Elder Jin Chi probably wouldn't believe it.

Knowing that the treasure in An Yan's body was the box of gold, silver and jewelry, Elder Jin Chi turned his attention to Tang Sanzang.

The Taoist monks in the same profession are so wealthy, there is no reason for them to be so poor.

Let him first find out what treasures are on Tang Sanzang.

Tang Sanzang, who didn't like to show off, didn't plan to take out his cassock, saying, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint the old dean. Even if there is a treasure, it's too far to take with you."

When the other monks in the room heard this, they all looked down on Tang Sanzang, thinking that he was a pauper and that Taoist was so rich.

Tang Sanzang didn't care when he noticed the contempt in these people's eyes, but how could Sun Wukong be willing to endure such humiliation?

So he said, "Master, how about showing him the precious robe in the bag? That way they won't look down on us."

When the other monks heard it, they thought it was some treasure, but when they heard it was a cassock, they couldn't help laughing.

Sun Wukong asked angrily, "What are you laughing at?"

The current abbot standing guard beside Elder Jin Chi said, "It's just because you said the robes are treasures. That's really ridiculous. If it's a robe, people of my generation have at least 20 or 30 of them."

"Not to mention my master, who has been a monk here for 250 to 60 years, and has at least several hundred robes."

"If you don't believe it, I can show you." Elder Jin Chi also wanted to show off, so he didn't stop him and let the abbot ask someone to open the storehouse door.

Looking at the abbot's nouveau riche face, An Yan smiled and said, "It seems that you, abbot, have a pretty good life. Not only is the temple magnificent, but even the precious cassocks are commonplace here."

Hearing the sarcasm in An Yan's words, the abbot was not ashamed, but proud and said: "Master, you are too kind. It's just that the believers are devoutly worshipping the Buddha, and we are just keeping these treasures for the Buddha."

An Yan was amused by the abbot's shamelessness, "In that case, shouldn't the Buddha thank you?"

The abbot clasped his hands together and said, "This is my duty. I only hope that I can ascend to the Western Paradise to meet the Buddha soon."

Tang Sanzang, who was sitting at the side, had a rather unhappy expression on his face, with a fire rising in his chest. He said in a muffled voice: "Abbot, you are obsessed. How can a monk be attached to worldly things?"

"You are obsessed with appearances. If you don't have a full stomach, how can you have the energy to worship Buddha?" the abbot retorted.

Seeing that the two sides were about to argue, Elder Jin Chi scolded the abbot, "Step back. Look at the way you are now. How can you behave like this?"

At this time, a monk came to report: "Grandmaster, Abbot, the cassock has been brought out."

Hearing this, Elder Jin Chi said to Tang Sanzang and An Yan, "Please forgive me, but please follow me to see the cassock first."

Although Tang Sanzang was dissatisfied with the abbot's attitude, he still had to give face to Elder Jin Chi. He clasped his hands together, nodded, and followed Elder Jin Chi out with An Yan.

When we arrived at the patio outside the storehouse, we saw that it was already covered with robes. Each one was dazzling, embroidered with gold threads and decorated with jade. They were indeed treasures.

Elder Jin Chi and the other monks were all smiling as they looked at the robes, especially the abbot. He really wanted to see the expressions of Tang Sanzang and the others, as he was afraid that they must be extremely envious.

They were destined to be disappointed, as they saw An Yan, Tang Sanzang and his two disciples all had calm expressions, and the monkey had a look of contempt.

"That's all?" Sun Wukong said with disdain, "How dare you call this a treasure? It's not even as good as a hair from my master's robe!"

"What a loud tone!"

These words greatly boosted the self-esteem of the abbot and the others. They all shouted at Sun Wukong to take out his robes. They didn't believe that there were any robes that were better looking than theirs.

Just as Sun Wukong was about to agree, An Yan came up to him, shook his head and whispered, "Wukong, don't be fooled by them. They are just trying to provoke you."

Tang Sanzang also pulled Wukong back and said, "An Yan is right. When you are out, you should not show your wealth to others."

As the saying goes, you must not have the intention to harm others, and you must not have the intention to guard against others.

The actions of the abbot and others made Tang Sanzang feel a little uneasy.

"Ang'er, Master, it's just showing them the cassock, what's the big deal?" Although Sun Wukong has a high level of cultivation, he is really lacking in social skills.

With Tang Sanzang here, An Yan naturally wouldn't steal the show, and said, "Sanzang, please explain."

Tang Sanzang nodded and said to Wukong: "Wukong, you don't know the complexity of human hearts. Since ancient times, treasures have moved people's hearts. Even brothers will turn against each other because of this, let alone outsiders?"

"Often, murder and robbery are caused by greed. Human hearts are the most vulnerable to tests."

Sun Wukong seemed to be thinking about something, then he patted his chest and assured, "Master, An Ge'er, don't worry, I'm here, there will be no problem."

Having said that, without further ado, he hurried to get the bag.

"this!"

Tang Sanzang felt a little helpless. Sometimes he really couldn't do anything about this disciple.

An Yan said at the side: "Forget it, let him be. I think he knows what's going on. This will allow us to see their true faces."

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang also shifted his attention.

Sun Wukong took the bundle and opened it quickly under the watchful eyes of Elder Jin Chi, the abbot and others.

As soon as the bundle was opened, a ray of light burst through the oil paper. Then two layers of oil paper were removed and the cassock was taken out. Before it was even shaken open, it had already outstripped the surrounding cassocks.

When it was shaken open again, a sparkling red light appeared, and there were thousands of colorful auras, which did not seem to be something on this earthly level and should only exist in heaven.

Elder Jin Chi and other monks were stunned. How could there be such a treasure in the world?
When Elder Jin Chi saw the cassock, he felt that what he had worn before were all rags, and he suddenly felt a desire to possess it and claim it as his own.

The treasure is so touching!

(End of this chapter)