Time flies, in the blink of an eye, summer and autumn, and another month has passed.

At the right time, after Tang Sanzang's master and apprentice came out of Huangfeng Ridge, they entered the land of Pingyang, only to see the sun shining high, the cold cicadas singing and defeating the willows, and not long at the end of the road, there was a big river eight hundred miles wide, turbulent waves.

"Master, we've arrived at the Quicksand River!" , Sun Wukong jumped to the edge of the big river, touched a handful of river sand and shouted.

"Quicksand River?" Tang Sanzang looked at the boundless river suspiciously, and asked, "Wukong, you see that this water is wide, why don't you see boats walking?" ”

Sun Wukong jumped in the air, put his hand on the awning and looked around and said: "Master, this quicksand river is about 800 miles wide, and the water is turbulent, I'm afraid no one dares to ferry on it." ”

Zhu Bajie also approached and asked, "Brother Monkey, how do you know that this river is called the Quicksand River, and it is eight hundred miles wide?" ”

Sun Wukong fell from the clouds and replied: "Because I am not blind, I have already seen a stone tablet there, which is clearly written. ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked in the direction pointed by Sun Wukong, and saw that there was a stone tablet on the bank, and the master and apprentice walked over, and they saw that there were three seal characters on the stone tablet, which was "quicksand river", and there were small four-line words engraved below:

800 quicksand boundaries, 3,000 weak water depths.

The goose feathers can't float, and the reed flowers sink at the bottom.

"Boom"

At this moment, only to hear the sound of a wave, the waves on the quicksand river were like mountains, and the waves were like mountains, and a red-haired giant man with a treasure staff and nine skeletons under his head rushed out of the water and went straight to Tang Sanzang.

"Master, be careful!!" , Sun Wukong already knew that this giant man was the old Sansha monk appointed by the Buddha to learn scriptures, so he just shouted and didn't make a move, but just hugged Tang Sanzang and swept back to the shore, shouting: "Bajie, take him down!" ”

"Okay!" , Zhu Bajie's reaction was not slow, when he saw the giant man appear, he had already pulled out the nine-toothed nail palladium, and fought with the latter, the two of them were on the bank of the quicksand river, one palladium went to explore the claw dragon, and the other rod grinds the ivory elephant, and after twenty rounds, there is still no winner or loser.

Bajie, are you so watery? Can't even beat a roller shutter keeper? Or does Journey to the West also follow the sentence "Blackening is twice as strong, whitewashing is weaker than three points?" ”

Sun Wukong secretly thought to himself in his heart, the invincible bricks in his hand were thrown one after another, he had the heart to make a move, but he was worried about hurting Monk Sha, so he could only watch with his eyes.

"Boom"

Zhu Bajie found a gap, picked up the nail rake, and looked at the head of the monk Nasha, who hurriedly raised the baby staff to stop, only to feel a shock from the tiger's mouth, knowing that he was not defeated by this pig, so he made a flickering trick and escaped into the quicksand river.

"Hey, youkai, where to go!" , Zhu Bajie had the intention to show off in front of Tang Sanzang, and when he saw that Monk Sha was invincible to him, he was even more warlike, so he immediately stripped off the green brocade straight jacket, took off his shoes, picked up the dancing nail rake, and jumped into the quicksand river.

"Wukong, Bajie doesn't have anything to do, right?" , Tang Sanzang was shocked, looked at the turbid river waves and asked.

"It's all right, Master!" , Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Whether it is the gods or monsters in this world, they all like to boast and put gold on their faces, although the river monster is fierce, it is not the opponent of Bajie!" ”

"Amitabha!" , Tang Sanzang also calmed down a little when he heard this, looked at the vast quicksand river, and stopped talking.

However, two hours have passed, and there is still no trace of Zhu Bajie on the quicksand river, Tang Sanzang is a little uncertain, and said to Sun Wukong: "Wukong, you better go into the water quickly and help Bajie!" ”

"Yes, Master!" , Sun Wukong answered, and was about to enter the water, when he saw the water surface of the quicksand river churning, and Zhu Bajie carried a nail rake, took the lead out of the water, and shouted: "Brother Monkey, lead it out!" ”

"Boom", Monk Nasha chased a few meters behind Zhu Bajie, raised the staff in his hand, and poked at Zhu Bajie's back.

"It's too much!" , Sun Wukong raised his eyes coldly, raised his right hand, and the golden hoop rod in his hand stretched out dozens of feet, and after hitting the sand monk's staff, it hit the latter's chest.

"Plop", Monk Sha snorted, knowing that he had met a master, he decisively gave up Zhu Bajie, jumped into the quicksand river again, and swam to the depths of the water.

"Hey, this water monster is a loach, and I accidentally escaped again!" , Zhu Bajie stopped and looked back.

"What else do you say, why did you fight underwater for so long?!" , Sun Wukong asked while walking ashore with Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie said with a smile: "That water monster still has some skills, especially underwater, it is comparable to me, so I just made a trick and wanted to lure him ashore and then ask Brother Monkey to subdue him!" ”

"Cut, you have to admit that you have water, don't tell me that it's useless!" , Sun Wukong shook his head, and after seeing Tang Sanzang, he told him what he had just done.

Seeing Tang Sanzang's worried face, Sun Wukong continued: "Master don't worry, with me and Bajie here, forgive him and dare not harass Master again!" ”

"Yes, yes, Brother Monkey is right!" , Zhu Bajie frowned, took Tang Sanzang off the horse, and then asked Xiong Wuhan to take the bread, fruit and gourd from the burden, and invited Tang Sanzang to enjoy it.

"Give me a piece too!" , Sun Wukong stretched out his hand and shouted.

"Okay!" , Zhu Bajie bit the bread in his hand in his mouth, then handed a piece to Sun Wukong, and then threw a piece to Xiong Wuhan, then squatted on the ground and devoured it.

Not long after, after the master and apprentice finished eating the dry food, Tang Sanzang drank a few more sips of water, then handed the gourd to Sun Wukong, and said: "Wukong, you have a fast journey, otherwise you will find a local family nearby and ask him for a way to cross the river?" ”

Sun Wukong drank a few sips, and handed it to Zhu Bajie, who was still eating the bread, and said with a smile: "Master, don't panic, I'll go into the water and capture the river monster!" ”

Zhu Bajie listened, put down the gourd and bread, and said with some dissatisfaction: "Brother Monkey, I know you are powerful, but underwater combat is not comparable to land and air, you better not talk big!"

If you want me to say, you can just fly across the quicksand river with Master on your back, and hand over the burden and horses to me and Gohan! You just have to protect Master. ”

"Bajie, you're saying stupid things again!" , Sun Wukong shook his head and replied: "The cultivation method has said, 'Send Mount Tai as light as a mustard seed, and it is difficult to get rid of the red dust with ordinary people', even my somersault cloud can't move the master."

Moreover, Master often says, 'The road to learning scriptures is long and difficult', but in order to meet the Buddha and obtain the true scriptures, you can only walk step by step to show your sincerity! ”

"Fly and fly, and there are water monsters under the river, so what should I do?" , Zhu Bajie sighed.

"Bajie, say you're stupid, you're really not shrewd! I just said it, I'm going to go into the water and catch him! You come with me, you take care of Master with virtue! ”

Sun Wukong jumped up, jumped into the air, and the golden hoop stick in his hand suddenly became hundreds of zhang long, straight into the turbid and dusky quicksand river, like a-stirring stick, constantly stirring!

After a while, this quicksand river was stirred by Sun Wukong, and countless yellow sand rushed with the waves, and there was no quiet place on the entire river.

Monk Nasha finally couldn't hold his breath, rushed out of the water and pointed at Sun Wukong and scolded: "You plagued dead monkey, what is the reason for disturbing my cave for no reason?!" ”

"My master is going to the West Heaven to learn scriptures, and I can't delay here! Today, we have crossed this quicksand river, and the Jade Emperor can't stop it!! Sun Wukong pretended to be angry, but it was to draw out the name of "Qu Jing Man", so that this Sha Laosan could hurry up and return to the team.

"Learner? That monkey, what are you talking about?! When Monk Sha heard the word "scripture learner", he was no longer calm and hurriedly asked.

"No wonder you have no eyes, who else can the Tang monk sitting on the shore be not a scripture learner?!"

"Huh?! He's a man of the scriptures! Then why didn't you say it earlier! ”

Monk Sha hurriedly collected the scepter, straightened the whole yellow brocade, and jumped ashore, Zhu Bajie and Xiong Wuhan hurriedly blocked the way, shouting, "What are you going to do?" ”

However, Monk Sha ignored the two of them, knelt down on Tang Sanzang's knees and said, "Master, the disciple has eyes but no beads, he doesn't recognize the master's dignity, there are many collisions, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

"Huh? Which one do you sing, you water monster?! He was grinning at us just now, why did he kneel down to worship again? Zhu Bajie asked strangely.

Monk Sha didn't pay attention to Zhu Bajie, looked at Tang Sanzang and said: "Master is above, the disciple taught Meng Guanyin Bodhisattva, referred to Sha as his surname, gave me a Dharma name, and called Sha Wujing, and then looked forward to the appearance of the master day and night." ”。

"Good, good!" , Tang Sanzang looked at the sand monk in front of him who looked fierce and vicious, and he didn't know whether it was true or not, and when he was hesitating, he heard Sun Wukong say: "Master, this matter is easy to hear, I will go to Putuo Mountain in the South China Sea to inquire about Sister Guanyin!" ”

After speaking, Sun Wukong soared away, leaving only Tang Sanzang's master and apprentice looking at each other, but Monk Nasha kept kneeling from beginning to end, not daring to get up, for fear of ruining his impression in Tang Sanzang's heart.