Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 410: Eight Hundred Miles of Yellow Wind Ridge
Souls ferry across the world.

An Yan, who had just returned, immediately found Zhao Li and gave him the holy fruit. "Give this to Wang Xiaoya, she should be fine."

"Holy fruit?" Zhao Li's eyes lit up. He took the holy fruit and sniffed it. It was indeed the holy fruit.

Seeing Zhao Li sniffing, An Yan complained: "When did you turn into a dog?"

"Fuck you, you're the one who turned into a dog." Zhao Li rolled his eyes, then grabbed the holy fruit with one hand and touched An Yan with the other, saying, "Not yet? Make one for me too."

"Do you think these are just roadside weeds? You can grab a handful of them." An Yan said unhappily, slapping Zhao Li's mischievous hand away.

"Okay, then I'll leave Wang Xiaoya to you."

Having said that, An Yan prepared to leave.

Tang Sanzang might wake up at any time, and it would be bad if they couldn't find their own people when he woke up.

Seeing An Yan coming and going in a hurry, Zhao Li hurriedly called out, "Aren't you coming with me?"

"No, I have something else to do."

An Yan didn't even turn his head, just waved his hand and disappeared.

Buddha Mountain.

When An Yan came back, he found that two days had passed, and Tang Sanzang had woken up and had become an immortal.

It seems that I have realized it!
"Sanzang, congratulations on breaking through the demon barrier and taking a step forward."

"Master, you are back."

Ao Lie and Xiong Bin came up happily.

Tang Sanzang also smiled, "Well, I figured it out."

"The Dharma is born from the mind and extinguished by the mind. Since it all comes from one's own mind, why do I need others to tell me? The Buddha is in my heart!"

After hearing this, An Yan felt a little strange. Is this still Tang Sanzang? He could actually say such overbearing words as "Why do I need others to say it?"

As if he could see what An Yan was thinking, Tang Sanzang smiled without explaining.

Zen Master Wuchao on the cypress tree looked at Tang Sanzang with a strange expression. Thinking back to everything that happened when Tang Sanzang woke up, he couldn't help but feel a little distressed, "Does this count as good intentions leading to bad consequences?"

"If Tathagata knew that I had treated his disciple like this, he would probably beat me up too, right?"

"Forget it, forget it. I'd better go and stay out of the spotlight."

Since Tang Sanzang was fine, Zen Master Wuchao also ran away like a child who had done something bad.

"Eh? I saw the old Zen Master was still there just now, how come he is gone now? I wanted to say goodbye to him." Tang Sanzang looked up and did not see Zen Master Wuchao, and said with regret.

Sun Wukong noticed that Master Wuchao had left and said, "Master, that Master Wuchao just left. I saw that he left in a hurry, as if he had something urgent to do."

"That's it!"

Tang Sanzang did not force it and bowed to the cypress tree.

After paying respect, he said, "An Yan, let's continue on our journey."

An Yan knew that Tang Sanzang had changed, but couldn't see any changes for the time being, so he didn't think too much about it. After all, there was still a long way to go and he would find out eventually.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go."

Without the obstruction of Zen Master Wuchao, the group successfully walked out of Futu Mountain.

After traveling for several months, sleeping in the open air and working under the stars, it is already the hot summer again and the sound of cicadas accompanies everyone.

On this day, it was noon and the sun was shining brightly. After walking for a long time, the group came across a small mountain village again.

"Oh, I'm dying of heat." Zhu Bajie, who was carrying the load, wailed and said to An Yan and Tang Sanzang: "Master, An Ge'er, let's go to that mountain village to rest for a while."

Xiongbi, who was also carrying a load, looked at Zhu Bajie in confusion and said, "Old Pig, you haven't even sweated a drop. Are you trying to slack off again?"

"Hey, you old bear, how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?" Zhu Bajie got anxious when he heard it, "Am I such a person?"

"You idiot, do you think it's fun to deceive yourself?" Sun Wukong, who was exploring the way ahead, came back and laughed at what he said.

Although Bajie was very awesome in his previous life, he is now the eldest senior brother and his strength is even greater than Bajie's.

"Tsk, I won't argue with you." Zhu Bajie, who was unable to win the argument with the two men, snorted with his pig nose.

Now even Tang Sanzang is an immortal, so this little bit of sun is naturally not a big deal to them.

However, after traveling for such a long time, An Yan also wanted to know where they were now, so he said to Tang Sanzang: "Sanzang, let's take a break and ask what kind of place this is."

Seeing An Yan said this, Tang Sanzang nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a break in the mountain village at noon."

Zhu Bajie immediately smiled happily, "That's right, I can go get some vegetarian food, so that I can have the strength to carry my luggage."

Sun Wukong curled his lips. Based on what he had learned about this idiot over the past few days, he must be greedy.

Afterwards, the group came to a house on the side of the road. Judging from the house, it should be a wealthy family in the village.

Inside the fence, an old man was sitting on a bamboo chair enjoying the cool air.

An Yan shouted to the old man across the fence, "Old man, can you borrow our precious land to rest for a while?"

The half-awake and half-asleep old man was awakened by the call. He stood up from the bamboo chair and looked towards the door, then he saw An Yan and his group.

He quickly straightened his clothes, went out and asked, "Master, why are you calling me old man? What's the matter with you coming to my humble abode?"

An Yan bowed and smiled, "We are travelers heading west. When we got here, we saw that the sun was scorching, so we wanted to take a rest here and find out what this place is."

"Is it convenient?"

"It's okay to take a break, but you can't go west. Wait until the sun is not so hot, then you can go anywhere in the east, south, north or east." The old man waved his hand.

"Donor, why can't we go west?" Tang Sanzang also stepped forward.

"Hey, a monk and a Taoist priest walking together, this is really strange." The old man was surprised for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Because if we go further west, we will reach the territory of monsters."

"Monster? Where are the monsters?"

Sun Wukong, who had tied his white horse to a big tree at the gate, heard that there was a monster, so he squeezed forward and looked around.

"This! This! A monster!"

When the old man saw the pointed and monkey-faced appearance of Sun Wukong, he was so scared that he quickly hid behind An Yan and retreated to the door, but he bumped into the person behind him again.

"You old man, why don't you look at people when you walk?" Xiong Bin looked at the old man who bumped into his belly and said with some dissatisfaction.

The old man turned around quickly after hearing this, and almost fainted from fright. He pointed at the black bear and stammered in shock, "Bear, bear! The black bear is talking!"

Then he saw Zhu Bajie behind him.

Fortunately, at this time An Yan put a hand on the old man's shoulder, passed a ray of magic power to the old man, calmed the old man's mind, and explained: "Old man, you don't have to be afraid, they are all disciples of Sanzang and me, and they will not harm you."

"Are they all disciples of you and that wizard?" The old man felt a heat flowing through his body, and his fear instantly subsided. He realized that he had met a master, and his tone of voice became respectful.

"Yes, old man, can you tell us in detail about the monster's territory?" Seeing that the old man had calmed down, An Yan let go of his hand and said.

"Okay, okay, everyone please come in first."

The old man did not dare to neglect them and invited An Yan and the others into the house.

In order to get a free meal later, Zhu Bajie patted his chest and said, "Old man, you can speak frankly. My senior brother is a top-notch expert. He can easily defeat any demon or monster."

Sun Wukong also said: "Indeed, old man, just speak frankly."

Seeing this, the old man told everything he knew, "Let's go west for about thirty miles, there is a mountain. This mountain is called the Eight Hundred Mile Yellow Wind Ridge. There are many monsters in the mountain. Even the hunters in the village dare not approach it easily, for fear of being captured."

Yellow Wind Ridge!
An Yan understood in his heart that he had come to the Yellow Wind Monster.

Now that he knew who the enemy was, it would be easy to deal with. He immediately smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. These monsters can't stop us."

"Old man, can you please arrange some wine, meat, and food for us, as well as vegetarian meals?"

"Do you think these are enough?" After understanding clearly that it was Huang Fengling, An Yan took out a silver ingot and placed it in front of the old man.

Seeing that An Yan and the others were all accomplished masters, how could the old man dare to accept them? He quickly pushed back, "No, no, some wine and food are not worth much."

"We cultivators pay the most attention to cause and effect. If we eat your meal without paying, then we have created a cause and effect."

"So you must accept this silver, old man. Money is just a thing outside of our body to us."

An Yan shook his head and pushed the money back.

"If you don't accept this money, then we can't eat this meal."

When Zhu Bajie heard this, he, who had been eating barbecued meat and grilled fish for several months, had lost interest in food. He quickly stepped forward and stuffed the silver into the old man's arms, "Ang'er is right, old man, just keep it."

"If you think it's too much, just arrange more food."

"Then I will accept it. Everyone wait, I will go and arrange it for you."

The old man who received the silver ingot happily started a fire, cooked, killed chickens and ducks, and started to get busy.

I don't think it will get better in a short time.

Unable to sit still, Sun Wukong thought of the 800-li Yellow Wind Ridge, and said, "Master, An Ge'er, you guys sit down first while I, Sun Wukong, go explore the Yellow Wind Ridge and see what kind of monster it is."

Tang Sanzang nodded, "Go ahead, be careful."

Upon hearing this, An Yan nodded in agreement and let Sun Wukong go to find out what the situation was.

However, Sun Wukong left quickly and came back quickly as well.

Seeing that the monkey had returned in less than an incense stick of time, Zhu Bajie asked curiously, "Brother Monkey, what happened? Why did you come back so soon?"

"The Yellow Wind Ridge is indeed eight hundred miles long, with high mountains and deep ravines, and is very dangerous."

"But I, Old Sun, have wandered around for several times and haven't found any big monsters. There are only a few small monsters, nothing serious."

Sun Wukong waved his hand.

When Zhu Bajie heard this, he didn't take it seriously and just waited for the meal to be served.

An Yan raised his eyebrows, "Wukong, are you sure?"

"Ang'er, my Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils are not vegetarian." Sun Wukong said confidently.

That's strange!

Where is the Yellow Wind Monster?

An Yan was dumbfounded.

He felt that there must be something fishy going on, but he couldn't tell what the situation was right now. He could only find out when he arrived at Huangfeng Ridge.

Afterwards, as the food was cooked, waves of tempting aroma wafted.

Soon, fried chicken, fried duck, vegetables and fine wine were placed on the square table.

In addition to meat dishes, there are also tofu and rice.

It was obvious that Tang Sanzang could only eat tofu, rice and vegetables.

Then, An Yan and the others were dumbfounded.

Tang Sanzang picked up the rice, picked up a piece of chicken and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing, he poured himself a glass of wine and drank it all.

The old man was also confused, "Can monks eat meat and drink alcohol?"

"Master, are you okay?"

"Yes, Master, this is what you should eat."

Zhu Bajie quickly took the wine away and pushed the tofu and vegetables in front of Tang Sanzang.

"Didn't An Yan say that? Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but the Buddha remains in the heart."

"The master has attained great enlightenment!"

“Respecting Buddha depends on the heart. If the heart is not respectful and polite, no matter how beautiful the surface work is, it is just a facade.”

Tang Sanzang smiled slightly, and although there was grease on the corners of his mouth, his face showed a compassionate look.

I'm good!

An Yan took a deep breath. Was this really enlightenment? Was he sure he wasn't possessed?
The current Tang Sanzang is completely different from the previous Tang Sanzang.

The others also looked as if they had seen a ghost.

Tang Sanzang just smiled, ignoring the strange looks from the others, and continued to use his chopsticks, "If you don't want to eat, then I won't be polite."

Seeing his master eating with relish, Zhu Bajie didn't care whether his master had gone insane or not and just wanted to eat his fill first.

"Master, please eat slowly and leave some for me!"

The three perspectives of the heavenly Jialan Jie Di were shattered, and he shouted in despair, "Quick! Go to the South Sea to invite Guanyin Bodhisattva!"

"Tang Sanzang!"

"He's crazy!"

How dare Tang Sanzang eat meat and drink alcohol?

If I eat meat and drink alcohol now, will that mean I’m breaking the vow of chastity later?

When he thought of the scene of Tang Sanzang arriving at Lingshan with his family, Jialanjie Di felt like the sky was falling.

"Huh! So this is what wine and meat taste like? It really tastes good!"

"No wonder so many people indulge in their appetites and want to drink and eat meat every meal."

Tang Sanzang, who was well-fed and drunk, looked full of emotion.

Looking at the food and drinks that had been swept away, An Yan asked cautiously again: "Sanzang, aren't you afraid of breaking your vows?"

Tang Sanzang picked his teeth with a toothpick and said, "An Yan, you are obsessed with appearances. I seem to be eating meat and drinking wine, but in fact I am eating meat and drinking wine with a Buddhist heart."

"Ah this! Is there a difference?"

An Yan was a little confused after hearing this.

Sun Wukong, Xiong Bin, Zhu Bajie and Ao Lie all shook their heads when they heard this. There was absolutely no difference.

"Then I will tell you what Buddha is."

Then, Tang Sanzang expressed his own thoughts and said a lot of things.

At first, An Yan and the others seemed to understand some of what he said, but gradually they couldn't understand anymore and just felt like there was a giant fly buzzing around.

Finally, An Yan couldn't stand it anymore and shouted, "Enough! That's enough! Sanzang, I know your Buddha!"

Tang Sanzang seemed to be a little unsatisfied. The Buddha in his heart had only said less than one tenth of what he had said. "Do you really understand? I still haven't said a large part."

"Master, I have never asked anyone for help in my entire life. Today, I beg you. Please stop reciting. I am having a headache." Sun Wukong said with a dizzy head.

The moment Tang Sanzang stopped, he had never felt that the world was so beautiful.

The same happened to Zhu Bajie and the others, and the old man slipped away without anyone knowing when.

And all that Tang Sanzang said can be summed up in one sentence.

As long as you have Buddha in your heart, it is fine as long as your behavior does not go beyond worldly norms.

So, is this considered a heresy?

An Yan felt that Sanzang was now on par with Fahai.

(End of this chapter)