[Comprehensive] Short-lived ghost

"Since it's the path you chose, it's up to you in the future." These are the last words He Fang said to Xuanzang before he left, and then he took away the black bear spirit and tiger demon beside Xuanzang.

"Staying by his side has actually delayed your practice, why don't you continue guarding Peach Blossom Island for me."

The two were willing to follow Xuanzang in order to repay He Fang. Now that they heard what he said, there was no way they would not follow. They hurriedly knelt down. The two of them could see that the road to learning the scriptures was not easy. The body is a trouble maker, and following him is always troublesome, which makes the two of them tired of coping, and they can't even sleep soundly, let alone practice.

The two of them are also conscientious, and they even sleep in shifts. They are afraid that if they both fall asleep and wake up, the master will be captured by monsters and there is nowhere to look for them. Now that the burden has been relieved, both of them secretly let go Tone, finally able to sleep peacefully.

Xuanzang was speechless, watching the black bear and the tiger demon happily say goodbye to him, the red boy still leaned on He Fang's body and refused to get off, and Princess Iron Fan also followed He Fang, leaving him alone. The red boy burned away, and now he doesn't know where he went. Monk Sha was looking at the white horse and luggage, but he couldn't find anyone now, and he was sitting alone in the plantain cave.It was empty all around, and there were still a few corpses on display at the door, which had begun to rot due to the hot weather, and flies buzzed and circled around.

If in the past, Xuanzang could recover his mood, even if he went alone on the road, he would not be discouraged, but now it is different from the past, in the past, he knew that his father was secretly protecting him, perhaps the protection was too good, every time he encountered a monster He is able to turn dangers into good fortunes, so he is not afraid of being caught by monsters, and he always has some support in his heart, but now he is abandoned by his father, leaving him to fend for himself, and a sense of sadness arises from the bottom of his heart.

Xuanzang sat quietly, weeping silently.

"Sanzang, what are you crying for?"

After hearing this, Xuanzang quickly wiped away his tears with his sleeve, got up and bowed to Guanyin Bodhisattva, "Guanyin Bodhisattva, I just feel that the world is so big, my disciple is so small, like an ant."

"There is no need to hide anything from me." Guanyin knew that what he said was not the truth.

Xuanzang was seen through, his face flushed, and he said: "Father is angry with me, and I'm afraid he won't talk to me in the future. Two capable apprentices were also taken away by his father. I don't know where Wu Neng went. Wu Jing It’s another boring gourd, I really don’t know how to go this way, so I ask Bodhisattva to show me clearly.”

"Hey, if your father wants to dispel your belief in going west so much, you should not give up. Only by going to the west to obtain the scriptures can your father realize that your choice is correct."

"Bodhisattva, I never wanted to prove anything to my father. Going to the west to learn the scriptures is for the sake of the world. If the Bodhisattva thinks so, then the disciple will feel that learning the scriptures has lost its value and significance, and it is just a show of courage."

Avalokitesvara also knew that he had said something wrong, and he seemed to want to use Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures as a proof to prove to someone that he was right. This really shouldn't be the competitive spirit that a Bodhisattva should have.

"Amitabha." Avalokitesvara hurriedly recited the Heart Sutra silently, suppressing the selfish desires in his heart.

Seeing him like this, Xuanzang was a little disappointed in his heart, why even Bodhisattvas fell into the secular world.

"You don't have to worry, I'll find your three apprentices and let them continue to send you to learn scriptures." The Bodhisattva said aside the topic.

"The black bear and the tiger demon only listen to their father, they will not agree to Bodhisattva."

"The apprentices I'm talking about are not them."

Xuanzang knew who he was talking about as soon as he heard it, and he frowned, "I have exhausted my friendship with them both as mentors and apprentices."

"Being a teacher for one day and being a father for the rest of your life, how can it be so easy to break the relationship between master and apprentice? Besides, with Wukong, a disciple with great magic power, the journey of learning the scriptures will be much smoother."

Xuanzang was unwilling to accept Sun Wukong as an apprentice from the bottom of his heart. He had no respect for him from his master at all. He always regarded him as a baby because of his age and acquaintance with his father.

Xuanzang bowed his head in silence.

"I will take the initiative in this matter, and the monkey head will definitely agree. Don't worry, I will come as soon as I go." Guanyin felt that she was treating you so heartily, you should give me some face and complete the task well.

Xuanzang sat on the spot and sighed. He didn't know how long he had waited. He was already hungry and thirsty. After waiting for a long time, the Bodhisattva brought Monkey King over. The Monkey King was still wearing golden armor and holding a golden cudgel , with a rebellious and rebellious face, completely different from when he was just released from the Five Elements Mountain.

When Xuanzang saw him, he didn't know what to say, so he looked away in embarrassment, but Sun Wukong said first, "Hmph, my old grandson is doing his best in Huaguo Mountain, and he never had any other thoughts, and I don't know. How did you seek Bodhisattva, in order to let me send you west, you actually framed me with such a harmful thing, hmph~" Sun Wukong touched the golden hoop on his head and said indignantly.

"You monkey head, the reason why the Buddha is willing to let you out is to let you escort Sanzang to the west. If you don't wait for me to tell the Buddha, you will be held for another 500 years."

"It's so unreasonable for Tathagata, what does he have to do with my affairs with the Heavenly Court? I have been suppressed for more than 500 years, and I still want to send this milk baby to learn scriptures. I don't want to go anyway. I don't want to go anyway." He walked to the side and sat He crossed Erlang's legs on the stone bench and turned sideways without looking at the two of them.

Avalokitesvara saw that he didn't know good from bad, so he began to recite the magic spell. The monkey was so painful that he hugged his head and rolled on the ground. The best armor was covered with dust. It is a defeated general, very miserable.

"You are so cruel, you hurt my grandson to death."

"Bodhisattva, don't read it any more. If he refuses to surrender sincerely, it will only increase trouble in the future."

The Bodhisattva stopped reciting sutras and said to Xuanzang with a smile: "Don't worry, I will give you this mantra. If he refuses to obey your discipline, just chant sutras and he will obediently obey you."

Seeing what he said, Xuanzang disagreed even more, and looked at Monkey King, who was sitting on the ground, covering his head with one hand, and looked at the two with red eyes, as if he was looking at an enemy with a bloody feud, with that kind of hatred. The contemptuous gaze made Xuanzang feel chills behind him, and he turned sideways to avoid his sight.

"Amitabha, let him go if he refuses, I can go to the Western Paradise alone." Xuanzang said because he didn't want to keep Sun Wukong.

"Sanzang, you are so naive, don't you know how dangerous this journey is, if you don't have a powerful disciple by your side, you probably won't be able to reach the Western Paradise at all." Bodhisattva said in a stern tone.

"Even so, I don't want to be around someone who could club me to death at any moment."

"Since you don't want to listen to my arrangement, then do as you please." After speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

Sun Wukong grabbed him, "Don't go, first take off the thing on my head."

The Bodhisattva smiled, "The Buddha only taught me the Tightening Mantra but not the Loosening Mantra. If you want to take it off, go to the Western Paradise to find the Buddha. What do you want me to do?" He flung his sleeves and left.

Sun Wukong scolded him severely, gritted his teeth, looked at Xuanzang, and raised his stick. Xuanzang knew he couldn't avoid him, so he simply stood where he was, at worst, he would lose his life.

"In Wuzhuang Temple, your father bullied me so badly, I will bully you back today."

"If you kill or injure me, he will definitely not remove the golden hoop for you when you arrive at Xitian Tathagata."

Sun Wukong thinks it makes sense, but if he does not take revenge, he will always be angry, so he takes Xuanzang out of the cave and throws it around in the sky for fun. Xuanzang is so frightened that his eyes are closed tightly, Biting his lips, he restrained himself from shouting for help.

Sun Wukong calmed down temporarily and threw him back to the ground.

"Okay, I'll go with you, otherwise that fellow Tathagata will definitely not help me take this thing down, where are the luggage and the horse?"

Xuanzang got up from the ground and sat cross-legged to calm himself down, and said in a muffled voice, "I don't know."

"What a useless monk." Said he flew away, and after a while he came back with Monk Sha and the white dragon horse.

Monk Sha saw Tang Seng carrying his luggage, and shouted happily: "Master, look who is back, thanks to Senior Brother, otherwise I would not be able to find Master."

Xuanzang sat cross-legged in meditation, closed his eyes and refused to talk to anyone.

"Master, you must be hungry. I still have some dry food here. Eat it quickly." Monk Sha put down his luggage, took out a piece of cake and a water bag and walked up quickly.

Xuanzang shook his head.

"Don't worry about him, where did the idiot go, oh, it's probably back to Gao Laozhuang."

"By the way, the second senior brother was burned by a bare-bottomed child, and now he doesn't know where he is going. Senior brother, go find him."

"I'm not going. It's the same with him or without him. Let's hurry up. I'm still in a hurry to go to Xitian."

"But Master hasn't eaten yet, so how can we hurry?"

"It's not necessary for him to walk, just throw him on the horse's back." As he said that, he blew on Xuanzang with his mouth, and Xuanzang was blown onto the horse's back, still lying on his stomach. It was extremely uncomfortable, and Xuanzang opened his eyes. Kai Yan wanted to get up, but he swayed on the horse and almost fell, but Monk Sha helped him in time.

That Zhu Bajie was burned in the face by the red boy's samadhi real fire, and became even uglier, and left in a rage without leaving a message.

The three masters and apprentices continued on their way. Along the way, Xuanzang and Sun Wukong had no communication, and Sun Wukong also ignored him and mocked him coldly. Every minute and every second seemed to be suffering. Xuanzang was captured by a powerful monster again and woke up. When he came, he was tied to a stone pillar again, and several monsters guarded him.

Xuanzang saw it, and said aloud: "My meat tastes the best when it is steamed, and it must be steamed alive to be the most beautiful. Don't scare me, or my meat will turn sour, so you can't speak loudly to me. Please speak gently." some."

Several monsters scratched their heads and murmured, "This monk must be crazy."

Xuanzang was put on a big steamer, and the fire below was blazing. The heat made him feel hot all over, and his head became dizzy. He shouted to the people outside: "I have some chest tightness, bring me a glass of water, now It's too early to die."

After a while, the steamer was lifted, and Xuanzang was fed a glass of water.

"Thank you."

The little monster who was thanked held the water glass and looked at him puzzled, "Our king wants to eat you, why are you still being polite to me? What a weirdo."

Xuanzang smiled, "I ask the benefactor for one thing."

"I dare not let you go."

"I won't embarrass the benefactor."

The little monster thought for a while, "Then tell me."

"When I'm dead, please burn a letter to me and tell me if my meat has special effects. It's said that eating a bite of my meat can make you live forever. I want to know if it's true."

"I don't even have a chance to eat a bite of your meat, so I can't help you with this."

"Then don't bother the benefactor."

"Hey, you're welcome, I didn't help you either." The little monster waved his hands repeatedly.

"What are you talking about with him, quickly cover the steamer, the heat will go away."

The little monster was startled, and obediently covered the steamer, and gave Xuanzang an apologetic look.

Xuanzang turned over in the steamer and lay on his back. Monkey King might not bother to save him. The monkey also said that if he died, he would take the customs certificate and luggage to fetch scriptures instead of him. As long as the scriptures are passed on to the East, it will be the same for him to go. Xuanzang suddenly felt that what he said was very reasonable, and he did not have to be responsible for this matter. If he died, Sun Wukong could completely shirk the blame on the monsters body.

It's not that I didn't protect Tang Sanzang well, it's that the monsters are too powerful, it's not that I'm not strong, it's that Tang Sanzang is too incompetent, anyway, I don't do his business, it's better to push it away.

Xuanzang felt short of oxygen, he was a little out of breath, closed his eyes and gradually lost consciousness.

The memory went back to when he was very young, those originally vague memories became clear and vivid, the man who was always dressed in white held him in his arms, took him to fly in the sky, fed him nectar and jade dew, yes He told strange stories and took him to the Dragon Palace to see the great rivers, seas, mountains and rivers.

He vaguely remembered that during the most frightening days, during the countless nights when he was woken up and couldn't fall asleep, the man in white hugged him tightly, hummed a gentle song, and pressed his warm cheek against his. On the forehead of the man, bringing him peace of mind and warmth, a drop of warm tears slipped from the man's face and dripped on his eyelashes.

This drop of tears seemed to fall into Xuanzang's originally calm heart, causing ripples. Xuanzang suddenly opened his eyes, struggled to sit up, "Father, I want to see my father." He was dazed Powerful, but his consciousness was abnormally clear. He bumped his head against the steamer and yelled indistinctly, like a prisoner afraid of death.

"Sure enough, you can't take it lightly, put a stone on it, and see what he can do."

"Father, the child is wrong, don't abandon me—" As soon as the words fell, the stone was pressed heavily on the steamer above him, and the airtight space made him feel suffocated.

He knelt in the steamer, waiting for death, without fear, but with remorse and regret, not being able to say that sentence in front of his father, this would probably be a regret in his life.

He had already begun to collapse, and he was sweating profusely, making it hard for him to even breathe.

My father must not have heard his words anymore. My father said that he would not care about him anymore. He was abandoned. This was all caused by himself, and no one could blame it.

Am I going to die?

His consciousness began to gradually blur again, just when he was about to fall into the darkness again, there was a bang, his eyes suddenly lit up, he opened his eyes with difficulty, looked at the man who fell from the sky, and weakly evoked a smile and called out softly. Said: "Father."