Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 423: Heavenly Star God, Do You Dare to Kill Him?

On the way, Anyan also learned the young hunter's name, Batur.

After leaving the Western Regions, the surnames commonly used in the Tang Dynasty became increasingly rare, and most of them were names characteristic of the countries in the Western Regions.

It was already afternoon when we arrived at the small mountain village where Batur lived.

The low wooden houses are clustered together and surrounded by wooden fences to prevent wild animals from breaking into the village in the middle of the night.

Most of the villagers in the small mountain village make a living by hunting.

Seeing Batur and Anyan and his group coming back covered in blood, the hunters who stayed in the village surrounded them.

Among them, Batur's mother happened to be carrying a bundle of firewood and walking home.

When Batur's mother saw her son and the headless body on his back, she was shocked. The firewood she was holding fell to the ground unconsciously. She rushed over like crazy, "Batur, where is your father? Where is your father?"

Batur had a grief-stricken look on his face. He carefully put down the body on his back and knelt down in front of his mother. "Mom, Dad was killed by the monster in Boyue Cave."

Batur's mother could no longer hold back the grief of losing her husband and burst into tears, "Dad, what will we do if you leave us, an orphan and a widow? I told you not to go to Wanzi Mountain, but you refused to listen."

When the hunters who had gathered around heard that the accident happened at Wanzi Mountain, they immediately acted as if they had heard some taboo. They looked at An Yan and his strange group of people with fear and quickly dispersed.

Seeing the villagers' fearful looks, An Yan and the others all frowned.

An Yan suppressed his doubts and stepped forward and said, "The dead cannot be resurrected, Batur, you should bury your father first."

Batur then remembered An Yan and the others, and quickly said to his mother, "Mom, it was Taoist An and the others who killed the wolf demon, saved me, and avenged my father."

When the woman heard this, she immediately kowtowed to An Yan and the others.

If her son also died at the hands of those monsters, she would not want to live anymore.

"You're welcome. It's our job to exorcise demons and monsters." An Yan quickly helped the woman up, then helped bury the headless corpse. He also helped perform a ritual to help Sanzang to help the souls of the deceased reach nirvana.

After finishing everything, night falls.

Batur's home is on the east side of the village. The wooden house is very simple and not very big.

With the arrival of An Yan and others, there was no room for so many people.

An Yan and Tang Sanzang had no choice but to let their disciples wait outside while they went in to find out the situation.

The furnishings in the house were also very simple, with only some necessary daily necessities, which showed that the life of the people living in the mountains was very hard.

With the death of the family's breadwinner, the situation will only get worse.

So, An Yan asked about the Boyue Cave in Wanzi Mountain, "Batur, I see that people in the village seem to be very taboo about the Boyue Cave in Wanzi Mountain. What's the reason?"

When the Boyue Cave in Wanzi Mountain was mentioned, Batur and his mother both showed expressions of fear and resentment.

Batur said in a hateful voice: "Master, you don't know that our hunter village has relied on hunting in Wanzi Mountain for generations. Although life is hard, we can still make a living."

"But since the Yellow Robe Monster came, he has taken over the mountain and become the king, attracting a large group of monsters to gather in Wanzi Mountain. All hunters who enter Wanzi Mountain to hunt have become food for the monsters, and even the merchants passing by are no exception."

"Even now and then, monsters would escape from Wanzi Mountain and bring disaster to the surrounding mountain villages. Several villages have already been destroyed by them."

"It was also from that time that our village gradually declined. Those who could escape left, leaving only those of us who were reluctant to leave our homeland."

"It's all my fault. If it weren't for my marriage, my father wouldn't have risked going to Wanzi Mountain to hunt in order to collect the bride price."

After hearing this, Batur's mother hugged her son tightly and cried, "My son, I don't blame you. If I have to blame someone, I want to blame those monsters who deserve to be killed a thousand times."

"I just hate that God is blind! He has allowed that monster to run rampant for thirteen years!"

Looking at the woman cursing the heavens, An Yan felt a heavy heart.

It is said that there is a god above your head, but what if the monster is a god? The principle of officials protecting each other is also applicable here, immortals protecting each other.

Not to mention, Kuimu Lang is an indispensable difficulty in Journey to the West.

Looking at the entire Journey to the West, because of the so-called disaster, both the Heavenly Court and Buddhism have allowed monsters to harm the world, and now they are turning a blind eye.

In the end, those who were related went back to their own homes, and those who were not related were beaten to death.

An Yan felt heavy-hearted. He had promised Tai Shang to help spread the scriptures, but if it was just for the sake of spreading the scriptures, then he felt that it would be better not to spread the scriptures.

He still remembers clearly the teachings of his master Uncle Jiu.

The candlelight flickered and the room fell into deathly silence.

Tang Sanzang also felt uncomfortable in his heart. The further west he went, the more shocking the crimes committed by the monsters became.

Buddha!
Why is this?

Suddenly, An Yan spoke up and asked, "Do you believe in cause and effect?"

"cause and effect?"

"I worshipped God, but God did not protect me; I worshipped Buddha, but Buddha did not have mercy on me."

"The child's father was still killed by a monster."

"I am just a woman, I don't understand the truth. I only saw that the monster was rampant for thirteen years, but now it is still alive and well."

The woman's eyes revealed deep despair, a kind of numbness that was more sorrowful than a dead heart, a dead heart that had seen through the world.

Batur gritted his teeth, suddenly knelt in front of An Yan and Tang Sanzang, and kowtowed loudly.

"Master An, Master Sanzang, I know you are all powerful people. I beg you, please help us get rid of this great evil!"

"Donor, what are you doing? Get up quickly!" Tang Sanzang was shocked and quickly helped Batur, who had a broken scalp and was bleeding.

Then, Tang Sanzang looked at An Yan, "An Yan, I think..."

Before Tang Sanzang could finish his words, An Yan suddenly interrupted him and said, "Sanzang, let's talk outside."

Under the numb look of the woman and Batur's desperate gaze, An Yan walked out of the house.

Tang Sanzang knew An Yan's character. He glanced at the mother and son and said, "Believe me, he won't let you down."

Then he turned and walked out.

Sun Wukong, who was outside, saw Master and An Ge'er coming out, and hurriedly walked up to them and asked, "Master, An Ge'er, what's going on?"

Others also gathered around.

An Yan glanced at everyone and didn't speak immediately.

When the others saw this, they realized something was wrong as it was the first time they saw An Yan with such an expression. They all looked at An Yan, waiting for him to speak.

After a while, An Yan slowly spoke, "Star Lord of the Sky, do you dare to kill me?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.

what?
Did you hear me right? You want to kill the Star God in the sky! Doesn't that mean you are going against the Heavenly Court?

Suddenly, the scene fell into silence.

(End of this chapter)