Soul Ferry: My master is Uncle Jiu

Chapter 473: All Caused by Greed

"Amitabha!"

"Now the rebels have been purged!"

“I hope all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and Arhats will take this as a warning and stick to their original intentions, so as not to fall into the devil’s way.”

The Buddha looked at the empty space below and preached with a compassionate face.

The Buddha, Bodhisattva, Arhat and others who had experienced this turmoil below all responded in unison, not daring to disobey.

You know, during this turmoil, the Buddha suppressed three Bodhisattvas alone.

These three Bodhisattvas are well-known figures in Buddhism, namely Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Manjushri Bodhisattva and Vimala Bodhisattva.

Guanyin was most shocked when she heard that Samantabhadra and Manjusri were also among them.

But that day she saw with her own eyes the two men, all dressed in black, attacking Tathagata together with Vimala Bodhisattva, and shouting such outrageous words as they wanted to replace him.

In addition to the three Bodhisattvas, three of the Eighteen Arhats were also captured, and the Buddha slaves among the Eighteen Kāla were exposed on the spot. The real Buddha slaves had already died tragically.

After this incident, the fortunes of Buddhism plummeted by half, and it even alarmed two saints who came to question them personally.

The Eighteen Galans, oh no, now it’s Sixteen Galans, together with the Five Jiedis, return to the Journey to the West and continue to protect (monitor) Tang Sanzang.

Guanyin also returned to the Purple Bamboo Forest in the South China Sea. As soon as she arrived, she heard the bad news that the goldfish she had placed in the Tongtian River was burned to ashes by Red Boy.

In the past, Guanyin would have certainly been angry, but now, after going through a series of events and learning from Lingji that An Yan was valued by Senior Brother Xuandu, she had no intention of avenging the goldfish spirit.

Moreover, there is solid evidence of what the goldfish spirit has done. If he, as a Bodhisattva, helps it out, wouldn't that be tantamount to self-degradation and associating with the evil spirit?

The lessons of Samantabhadra, Manjushri and Vimala are still fresh in her mind. How dare she commit a crime at this time?
If you want to blame someone, you can only blame the king of inspiration for not being able to control his mouth.

Knowing that a great catastrophe is coming, he still dares to commit murder. If he doesn't die, who will?
"Tsk, the annoying flies are back again."

The moment the Sixteen Galatians and the Five Directions Jie Di returned, Sun Wukong noticed it, looked up at the sky and curled his lips.

"Flies? Where are there flies? It's freezing cold." Zhu Bajie cupped his hands to his mouth and blew out hot air. He looked around when he heard what Monkey King said.

It was just a harsh winter with snow all around, so there were no flies. The only living creatures were them.

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes and didn't want to pay any attention to this idiot who was pretending to be stupid.

An Yan also withdrew his gaze and thought to himself: It seems that the traitor has been caught in Lingshan, but I don’t know who it is?
In fact, it is not just Lingshan. The Taoist sect has also been conducting self-inspection during this period, and has really uncovered quite a few corrupt officials.

Suddenly, huge mountains appeared ahead, blocking the way.

Although there are mountain roads, they are narrow, with high cliffs, many rocks and steep ridges, making it difficult for people and horses to travel.

It's obvious that few people walk on this road. I'm afraid there are many jackals, tigers and leopards, and mountain monsters lurking.

Sun Wukong originally wanted to explore the way as usual, but when he thought of Bajie who was pretending to be stupid just now, a cunning look flashed in his eyes, and he jumped in front of Bajie who was shouting that he was cold.

"Bajie, are you cold?"

Zhu Bajie subconsciously replied, "It's cold! Brother Monkey, would you like to lend me your tiger skin clothing?"

"Go, explore the way. You're still thinking about my clothes." Sun Wukong pushed Bajie forward. "Aren't you cold? Move a little more and you won't be cold anymore."

"No! No!"

"going or not!"

"Is it not possible to go?"

Looking at Monkey King raising the golden cudgel, Zhu Bajie shrank his head, muttered dissatisfaction, and walked towards the mountains swayingly with the nine-toothed rake on his shoulder.

Although An Yan felt that Bajie didn't need to pretend to be so cowardly, he was addicted to it and there was nothing he could do about it.

Knowing Bajie's temper well, he immediately turned to Tang Sanzang and said, "Sanzang, let's rest here for a while. Bajie probably won't be back until the afternoon."

Tang Sanzang understood immediately after hearing what he said, showing a helpless look, and then looked at Wukong who was laughing at the side, shook his head and said: "You two brothers are really a worry for me, if only you were half as good as Wujing."

"I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it." Monk Sha waved his hands quickly. He thought he didn't deserve such praise and it was embarrassing for him.

Sun Wukong smiled and said nothing.

If he was only half as capable as Junior Brother Sha, he probably wouldn't be standing here to escort Tang Sanzang to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

Although he knew that Sanzang meant character, this look still reminded An Yan of the parents of children in the modern world.

I always think about the advantages of other children, but fail to see the advantages of my own children.

The starting point is good, but the result may not be good.

Fortunately, the current Monkey King can control his temper very well, otherwise, if it were the Monkey King who had just jumped out of the Five Finger Mountain, he would have quit long ago.

When Zhu Bajie walked into the mountains, he saw heavy snow and the cold air. He thought the best thing to do was to have a good sleep in a warm bed.

Just as An Yan expected, Bajie actually started looking for a suitable place to sleep on the spot.

After searching for a while, Bajie couldn't find a suitable place. He then felt that this place was too close to Ang'er and the others, so it would be better to go farther away so that he would have something to go around when he returned.

And, most importantly, he was afraid that the monkey would play tricks on him.

So, Zhu Bajie climbed over a mountain and stood on the top of the mountain looking forward. He found from afar that there were tall buildings and quiet houses in the valley, which were particularly conspicuous in the snow scene.

Someone is there!
Zhu Bajie did not sense any evil spirit and touched his stomach. He was overjoyed and thought to himself: Let me go explore the way and eat some food first, then it won’t be too late to go back.

What if that building is a place where monsters gather? Wouldn't it be embarrassing to call Master Ang'er and the others rashly?
Ah!
Makes sense!
After finding an excuse for himself, Zhu Bajie, who was actually greedy, ran towards the house happily.

After a while, Zhu Bajie arrived at the place where the pavilion was.

There was an eight-shaped wall outside the gate, and a gate tower in the shape of an "inverted lotus", like an inverted five-colored lotus.

Judging from this point alone, this family must be either rich or noble.

Seeing that the door was half-open and unattended, Zhu Bajie thought that the servant guarding the door must be warming himself by the fire inside, so he shrunk the Nine-toothed Rake, straightened his clothes, and walked in by imitating Ao Lie's gentle manner.

After all, he was once the Marshal of Tianpeng. Even though he is down and out now, he should not lose his manners.

When I walked in, I saw three halls. It was quiet and deserted. It looked abnormal no matter how I looked at it.

Zhu Bajie was not really stupid, and he immediately became alert. He thought that this might be a mirage dragon, a means to confuse people.

Just when Zhu Bajie was about to back out, he suddenly smelled the aroma of rice coming from inside.

"Someone!"

Zhu Bajie sniffed with his long pig nose and smelled something delicious.

Why don’t we go and have a look?

Anyway, Monkey Brother and the others are right behind us, so if anything happens, we can just shout.

So Zhu Bajie swallowed his saliva, walked through the screen door and came to the back hall, where there was another living room with plates of delicious dishes placed on the large mahogany dining table.

“Braised pig’s trotters, steamed bear paws, roasted chicken, roasted pigeon, braised carp, and blanched prawns.”

Looking at this big table filled with creatures flying in the sky, walking on the ground, and swimming in the water, Zhu Bajie's mouth began to salivate and he couldn't stop swallowing.

"Monster! Monster!"

An old couple walked out with the help of their servants, and when they saw the ugly and scary-looking Zhu Bajie, they screamed in fear.

As for the servants, they just shouted that there was a monster, abandoned the old couple and ran away.

Fortunately, the two elders supported each other and did not fall.

Seeing that it was a living person, Zhu Bajie finally felt relieved. He quickly put away his nine-toothed rake and bowed, saying, "Old donor, don't be afraid. I am a good person, a good person."

"Besides, have you ever seen a bad guy as handsome as me?"

Seeing Zhu Bajie bowing politely, the fear on the two elders' faces disappeared a lot.

But they couldn't agree with Zhu Bajie's words. If a pig-like appearance could be called handsome, then there would be no bad people in the world.

The old man protected his wife and asked cautiously, "Who are you? Why did you break into my house?"

"Don't misunderstand me, old donor. I am a monk and I came here to beg for alms. I saw that your door was not locked and no one was around, so I came in without permission."

"Oh, those servants must be playing tricks again. I don't know where they are hiding to warm themselves by the fire."

"Master, I told you a long time ago that I would replace the servants with new ones, but you just wanted to keep the old relationship with me."

The old woman complained when she heard this.

"Change! Change! I must change it this time!"

The old man was very angry when he saw that the servants ran faster than him.

Then he looked at Zhu Bajie and said, "My last name is Jia, may I know your name, elder?"

"You can just call me Bajie." Zhu Bajie glanced at the dining table from time to time, and when he heard Master Jia's question, he hurriedly said.

"Mr. Jia, it's freezing cold. If we don't eat the food now, it will get cold."

"Yes, yes, yes." After seeing that Bajie really had no ill intentions, Mr. Jia helped his wife sit at the dinner table.

"Since you are a monk, I will ask my servants to prepare some vegetarian food for you."

"No need to go to so much trouble. I am a lay disciple and I don't have any dietary restrictions." Zhu Bajie had already sat down at the dinner table.

Seeing that Zhu Bajie had already taken his seat, he looked so greedy and didn't look like a serious monk at all.

The old woman glanced at her master with concern.

Mr. Jia shook his head slightly.

But some of the food is not worth the money.

As long as the pig demon doesn't hurt anyone, everything is fine.

Seeing that her master had made up his mind, the old woman could only feel worried.

Master Jia smiled warmly and said, "In that case, you can eat as much as you want. If it's not enough, there's more in the kitchen."

"Okay, then I, Old Pig, won't be polite."

Zhu Bajie seemed like a starving ghost reincarnated. He began to eat the braised pork trotters like a whirlwind, taking half a bite at a time and enjoying the delicious food.

As for the same kind, Zhu Bajie never thought that he and pigs were the same kind, so he had no burden at all when eating.

He ate the roasted pigeon one bite at a time without even spitting out the bones.

"Does it smell good?"

"fragrant!"

"Is it yummy?"

"good to eat!"

"Then you should eat more, so you won't be hungry on your way to the underworld."

A strange smile suddenly appeared on Mr. Jia's old face.

The old woman, who originally had a frightened look on her face, now became expressionless, with empty eyes like a puppet.

"Ok?"

Zhu Bajie, who was holding a roast chicken in one hand and a shrimp in the other, suddenly woke up. When he saw the changes in the two old men in front of him, no matter how slow he was, he knew that he had been fooled.

Zhu Bajie immediately threw away the roast chicken and shrimp in his hand, and without caring about the oil on his hands, he took out the nine-toothed rake.

"What a monster! How dare you tease your Grandpa Pig!"

"Haha! Open your pig eyes and see who your grandpa is!"

Mr. Jia transformed himself and returned to his original appearance.

It had a jagged horn, bright eyes, rough, bulging skin on its head, a wide mouth with yellow teeth, fur that looked like indigo, and tendons that were as hard as steel.

The monster's two blue-veined hands held a steel gun that gleamed with cold light.

"Who cares who you are? Take this from me, old pig!"

Zhu Bajie used a trick and raised his nine-toothed rake to hit the enemy directly when he was not prepared.

If the monster was hit by this rake, I'm afraid its head would be broken and bloody on the spot.

"What a cunning Pigsy!"

“Look, it’s a magic weapon!”

Seeing Zhu Bajie's sneak attack, the monster was no longer polite. He took out a bright white circle from his sleeve, threw it into the air, and shouted, "Catch!"

With a loud bang, the nine-toothed rake in Zhu Bajie's hand flew upwards and was caught by the circle.

Seeing that the monster had such a powerful magic weapon, Zhu Bajie was about to shake his opponent, but then he saw the monster grab the falling circle and throw it again, "Smash it!"

The circle hit Zhu Bajie on the head with a whoosh.

Zhu Bajie fell down straight away without even a grunt, and a big bump appeared where he was hit.

"Guys, come out and tie up Zhu Bajie!"

The monster raised his arm and called out, and small monsters appeared one after another, cheering and tying up Zhu Bajie. Another monster found a black rag with a strange smell from somewhere and stuffed it directly into Zhu Bajie's mouth.

"Take it down!"

After Zhu Bajie was taken away, the monster looked at the messy dining table and waved his arm. The food on it was immediately restored and a fragrant aroma filled the air.

The monster transformed into Master Jia again and smiled triumphantly.

After noon, An Yan and the others still hadn't seen Bajie come back.

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Ang'er, you really hit the nail on the head. I guess that idiot Bajie has fallen asleep somewhere again."

Tang Sanzang sighed, "Bajie is so lazy."

"Master, don't sigh. I will go and fetch him back right away."

After all, it was his idea, so now Sun Wukong volunteered to step forward.

Seeing this, Red Boy's eyes lit up, "I'll go too!"

"What are you going to do? Are you going to cause trouble for Wukong?" An Yan glared at Red Boy, who was interested in everything and couldn't sit still, and grabbed the back of his collar.

"Stay still, have you finished copying the Taoist scriptures I asked you to copy?"

Red Boy, who experienced the pain of doing homework, said pitifully: "Master, I won't go, I won't go, can you not copy this sutra?"

"If you say anything more, I'll punish you to copy it a hundred times!"

"Don't! Master, I'll go right away!"

Red Boy became obedient instantly. He didn't want his homework load to increase a hundred times.

"Hey, Red Boy, just focus on copying the scriptures. I'm going to go out and play."

Before leaving, Sun Wukong did not forget to stimulate Red Boy.

Red Boy looked at the free and elegant figure and sighed in his heart.

When will I grow up?

(End of this chapter)