Chapter 137
But this is not the first difficulty of Journey to the West, a total of 9981 difficulties in Journey to the West, referring to the 9981 disasters experienced by the golden cicada, the first catastrophe happened to be relegated to reincarnation by the Buddha, the second catastrophe was that Tang Sanzang was almost killed by Liu Hong when he was born, the third catastrophe was put into a bamboo basket and thrown in the river after the full moon, the fourth catastrophe was Chen Xuanzang looking for revenge, and it was the fifth difficulty to go out of the city and meet the tiger demon.
Therefore, this difficulty is the fifth difficulty of Tang Sanzang and the first difficulty on the way to learn the scriptures.
Losing the servant, going on the road alone is the second difficulty on the road to learn the scriptures, and meeting a tiger in Shuangchaling and being rescued by Liu Boqin is the third difficulty on the road to learning the scriptures.
Xia Bing, who had been hiding in the shadows, could see at a glance that this Liu Boqin and his mother were not mortals, they both had heavenly immortal cultivation, and it was the Heavenly Court that arranged to guard Sun Wukong's mountain god land in the Five Elements Mountain.
Then Tang Seng unveiled the six-character mantra of Rulai in the Two Realms Mountain, that is, the Five Elements Mountain, accepted Sun Wukong as his eldest apprentice, and accepted the white dragon horse turned into the third prince of the West Sea in Yingchou Stream.
Passing by the Guanyin Monastery, because Sun Wukong loves to show off, and he is angry that those monks look down on their masters and apprentices, they take out the brocade robe of Tang Seng to show off, which causes the greed and covetousness of those monks, and those monks of Guanyin Monastery set fire to the Tang monks and apprentices when they are asleep and want to make money and kill them.
With Sun Wukong, the Taiyi Golden Immortal, they naturally failed, but when the brocade robe caught fire, it was stolen by the black bear spirit of the nearby Black Wind Mountain.
This black bear spirit is one of the few chess pieces in the Journey to the West that is not arranged by Buddhism, Heavenly Court, and Daomen, and he has just broken through to Taiyi Golden Immortal, just because of his average talent, and his combat power is not comparable to Sun Wukong.
Like the original book, Sun Wukong invited Guanyin to help, and finally found the robe, and the black bear spirit was also ambushed by Guanyin and gave her the god of guarding the mountain.
Then Tang Seng and Sun Wukong passed through Gao Laozhuang and helped the old owner surrender Zhu Bajie, Tang Seng heard Zhu Bajie say that he was enlightened by Guanyin Bodhisattva, and he was waiting for someone to learn the scriptures, so he accepted Zhu Bajie as a second apprentice.
Without the deliberate influence of Xia Bing, whether it is Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, or Tang Sanzang, they are all the same as their nature, Zhu Bajie is still hiding his cultivation in the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, showing a fear of Sun Wukong.
At this time, the demons on the West Heaven Road are rumored to be able to cultivate and live forever after eating Tang monk's meat.
The three masters and apprentices passed through the Huangfeng Ridge for 800 miles, and the Yellow Wind King on the Huangfeng Ridge was a demon arranged by Buddhism, used to play the role of a villain on the way to learn the scriptures, and added calamity to the Tang monks and apprentices.
Although this Yellow Wind King has the cultivation of the late stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, he knows the identity of his chess piece, so although he caught Tang Seng, he didn't dare to hurt him, and deliberately revealed that Lingji Bodhisattva had a treasure in his hand to restrain him for Sun Wukong to know.
Sun Wukong naturally thought that he had heard it, but he didn't know that he had already been discovered, so he happily ran to Xiaosumeru Mountain to move the rescuers.
Let Xia Bing, who was hiding in the dark and looking at Tang Seng, admire, and said secretly: "These demons and monsters on the way to learn the scriptures are really at the level of the actor and queen...... But also, if your acting skills are not good, how can you be selected as a chess piece. ”
According to the script that has been set a long time ago, Sun Wukong used the Wind Bead to fix the Samadhi Divine Wind of the Yellow Wind Monster, and Lingji Bodhisattva subdued the Yellow Wind Monster with the Flying Dragon Staff.
Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong killed the little demon in a hole and rescued Tang Sanzang who was tied in the hole.
Tang Seng and his two apprentices, who had filled their stomachs in the cave of the Yellow Wind Monster, continued on the road and headed towards the Western Heavens.
After eight hundred miles of Huangfeng Ridge, the three masters and apprentices came to the quicksand river, although the sand monk had already recognized Tang Seng and his apprentice, but he still looked like I didn't know you, and he was about to catch Tang Seng with the demon scepter.
Naturally, he had a good fight with Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.
In the end, Monk Sha had no choice but to Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, Monk Sha hid in the quicksand river, and Sun Wukong couldn't help him.
Sun Wukong couldn't recognize Monk Sha, but Zhu Bajie had already recognized him, after all, the two were officials in the same court, and Zhu Bajie was still very familiar with Monk Sha.
Although Zhu Bajie recognized Monk Sha, the two tacitly knew it, Sun Wukong asked him to go into the water to subdue the demon, but Zhu Bajie hid in the water and caught up with Monk Sha.
In the end, Sun Wukong wanted to find Guanyin Bodhisattva again, and at this moment, Mu Zha, who was proud, was holding a big gourd and driving the clouds, and flew over.
He also shouted to Tang Seng very gently: "Holy monk, don't worry, I'll come!"
ignored Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.
But it was Guanyin who asked her apprentice to mix up some merits.
After Namuzha and Tang Seng saw each other, he held a big gourd and shouted into the quicksand river: "Sha Wujing, Sha Wujing, come out quickly, come out quickly!"
When this Sha monk was in the heavenly court, he couldn't get used to Li Jing and his sons, and was jealous that Li Jing could serve as the generalissimo of the heavenly court soldiers and horses if he didn't cultivate Xuanxian, and his two sons Jinzha and Muzha all worshiped Buddhism, one was more arrogant than the other, and he couldn't get used to Nezha but Xuanxian cultivated and dared to be called the first general of heaven.
Therefore, although he heard Mu Zha's scream, but he just didn't go out, he was even more angry in his heart, and secretly scolded: "What a Guanyin, but a traitor to the teachings, he dares to look down on General Ben, and send a junior who has not done anything to send General Ben away, it is really too deceitful!"
Mu Zha called two or three times outside, but he didn't see Monk Sha come out, his face was red and hot, he felt very faceless in front of Tang Seng and his apprentices, and slapped the gourd hard, and continued to shout: "Sha Wujing, Sha Wujing, come out quickly, the person who learns the scriptures is here, come out and see you quickly!"
Monk Sha still didn't come out, and Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong on the side were even more snickering.
Sun Wukong even said to Mu Zha: "That, little brother Hui'an, that monster may have too long hair and covered his ears, you have to shout louder to hear him!"
Mu Zha was angry, and said with a blue face: "Sun Dasheng, the poor monk is called Hui'an, not Hui'an......"
Before he finished speaking, Sun Wukong waved his monkey paw and said: "It's all the same, it's all the same, the four monks are empty, don't care about these false names, you better shout quickly, call that monster out, and my old Sun Hao and the master continue on the road." ”
Mu Zha almost fainted when he heard this, but he couldn't attack again, so he just beat the big gourd in his arms desperately, venting his anger on the gourd, and continued to shout.
After a while, Muzha's throat was smoking, and he could only shout weakly.
The sand monk in the water felt that it was almost the same, so he flew out of the quicksand river and went to apprentice, but he ignored Mu Zha, who was breathing fire in his eyes, and treated it as if he didn't see it.
Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie also ignored Mu Zha, who was angry and embarrassed, and only Tang Seng went to thank Mu Zha.
After that, Muzha was still aggrieved and sent Tang Seng and his apprentices across the quicksand river, after all, even if he was angry again, he still had to do what Guanyin ordered.
After Tang Seng thanked him again, Muzha went back to the South China Sea to complain to Guanyin.
And the four Tang monks and apprentices finally got together, and the four masters and apprentices walked towards the west with a smile on their faces.