In this way, the master and apprentice of Sanzang rested for a while under the pagoda, rearranged their bags, and walked on the road, because the road was all lodging corpses, Tang Sanzang couldn't bear to look at it, so he learned the appearance of Wukong, but he blindfolded his eyes, and he was not upset when he couldn't see it, and he shook his head on the horse, but he was leisurely.

A few people traveled all the way to the west, and after a short time, they left the Imperial City of the Sacrifice Country, and after walking less than a hundred miles, they came to a mountain range. The master and apprentice raised their eyes and looked at it, and gasped unconsciously, this is really a good thing, there are vines and thorns everywhere, and they are very tall, just the thorns on the long ridge, the trees are more than half a person high, and the vines on the top are entangled, like a net covering the sky and the sun, the clouds are dense, and the thorns are like needles, blocking everyone's way.

Several people were stunned and speechless, Tang Sanzang exclaimed, nodded and said: "Well, this should be the legendary Eight Hundred Miles of Thorn Ridge, if it is really as said in the book, the thorns are majestic and block the road, and it is magnificent." ”

Ao Bai snorted and protested with disdain: "Master, don't be busy sighing first, like this vines covering the sky and thorns everywhere, how can we get by?"

Sha Wujing scratched his head and said humbly: "What can I do then, it seems that I can only cut it with a sword." ”

The monkey shook his head and objected: "If it doesn't work, look at this situation, at least, it is thousands of eight hundred miles away, just by cutting with a knife, when will it be the end?"

Elegant and vulgar smiled evilly, and proposed: "In this case, we might as well be ruthless, set a fire, and burn these thousands of eight hundred miles to ashes, which can be regarded as benefiting one party." ”

Bajie just waved his hand when he heard this, and sneered: "Alas, you kid is really a little ruthless, but at this moment, although it is the weather of nearly October, it is still when the grass and trees are flourishing, how can ordinary mortal fire light it, unless it is a divine fire from the sky, it has such an effect." ”

Ao Bai rolled his eyes when he heard this, and said with great disdain: "This pig's head is too forgetful, what is the difficulty of wanting to descend divine fire from the sky, doesn't the senior brother have a burning stick in his hand that can spew out pure samadhi true fire?"

As soon as the words came out, Tang Sanzang unconsciously gasped, and said with a resolute attitude: "If it doesn't work, this Samadhi True Fire is not idle, once it is lit, we must burn this mountain to ashes, we just want to find a path to cross the mountains, but we don't want to burn all the birds, beasts and insects in the forest, if there are still people in this forest, wouldn't it be the sin of our Sanzang Army?"

Ao Bai was very unconvinced when he heard this, and said indifferently: "Master, you must be too careful, such a difficult place is not passable, how can there be people living there, and it is too lacking in heart, right?"

Sanzang shrugged his shoulders and waved his hand: "Even if it can't burn people, it burns flowers and plants, destroying the ecological balance, but it is also a lot of harm." ”

Ao Bai didn't feel that he spread his hands, and said depressedly: "Master, according to what you say, this will not work, that will not work, how can we get through this eight-hundred-mile realm?"

Tang Sanzang smiled and said confidently: "It's okay, if you want to cross the ridge, you only need to work hard with the eight precepts." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in disbelief: "No, Master, how can such a delicious and lazy pig's head be of great use?"

The old pig was very unconvinced when he heard this, and raised his fist angrily to protest: "What's the matter, I really look down on people, it seems that only the master is the one who really understands my old pig, I think that when the marshal entered the Gao family, it only took me half a day to cultivate the thousands of acres of land, otherwise how did the Gao family's Qiancheng furniture get it? Although this thorn is lush at this moment, it is not as wide as the land of the Gao family, and it is more than enough for my old pig to open the way." ”

As soon as the words came out, the monkey still didn't believe it, and said with disdain: "Your crop land was originally the land that has been cultivated for many years, but this thorny ridge is intertwined, the root system is luxuriant, and the difficulty of reclamation can be imagined. ”

The old pig laughed when he heard this, waved his arms and said: "It's only a hundred and eighty miles of path, but you underestimate me, Brother Monkey, it's not me that the old pig provokes you, although you have great powers and amazing art, but when you encounter such crop work, you still have to hand it over to my old pig." ”

After the old pig finished speaking, he pinched a spell, shook his body, turned into a giant ten zhang high, and vigorously built the nail rake in his hand down, and immediately went deep into the ground, and when he was lifted, he pulled up a few zhang square, wide and lingering thorn rattan high, and threw it back, and pulled out a wide road, which can be used by everyone to go hand in hand, and walk smoothly.

Sanzang was overjoyed when he saw this, and Le Ma waved his hand and said: "Haha, Bajie is really good, let's go ahead and move forward." ”

Seeing that everyone was happy, Bajie couldn't help but be in good spirits, dancing his arms and working harder, from early morning to noon, still energetically fighting with the thorn vines, but after all, it was a long time, the vegetation on the thorn ridge was luxuriant, the root system was developed, Rao is the old pig tried his best to open the road, until he was tired and panting, sweating heavily, half a day's work down, but only thirty or forty miles away.

At this moment, although it is October, the red sun is in the sky, the weather is still hot, looking at the old pig sweating like rain, struggling posture, several people can't help but be moved, and distressed, one after another shouted at the top of their throats: "Bajie, you don't blindly just look forward, don't pay attention to rest, let's come to a long time, don't be so anxious, tired body is not beautiful." ”

Bajie licked his tongue, sighed heavily, and said: "Damn, I wanted to build more distances as much as possible, but this ghost weather is really hot, and it is indeed as Brother Monkey said, this thorn vine has a well-developed root system, intertwined roots, and it is really much more complicated than doing crop work. ”

Having said that, he put away the nail rake, lowered his figure, restored his true appearance, hurriedly took off the sweaty jacket on his body, took the water hyacinth handed over by Tianshu and poured it wildly on his body, seeing that Sha Wujing was distressed, and reminded him carefully: "Second senior brother, you save some use, we have a total of seven or eight water hyacinths, and we are counting on using them to spend hundreds of miles of territory, like yours, it will be used up in less than half a day, and in the end, you must not trouble the senior brother to go elsewhere to get water." ”

The old pig was unhappy when he heard it, and he glared at his eyes and said indignantly: "Lao Sha, you are really a little child, I am busy with the hot sweat of this body, so I need to use this lot of water, if it was put in the past, when I encountered such a hot day, after my old pig was busy with work, I would have to take a bath, how can there be such a provincial law?"

Wukong laughed when he heard this, and said generously: "Wujing, you and let him, the water is not enough, my grandson will call him, this time I want him to make such a big effort, and let him eat and drink enough, it is not a big deal." ”

The old pig didn't think it was very useful, and grinned: "If it's really Brother Monkey, it's really a grinding errand to do crop work, and it has to be used well before it can be launched." It's just that once you stop to rest, your body and mind will become lazy and not moving, plus the sun is so scorching, it makes my old pig's body burn like a burning pain, and the combat effectiveness has dropped by more than one percent, Brother Monkey, if you have a way to go up to the sky to invite a heavy rain, my old pig can lift his spirits, and in an afternoon's work, Guan Bao will drive two or three hundred miles for you. ”

As soon as the words came out, the monkey couldn't help but have a difficult face, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Alas, there are some difficulties in this matter, the points and hours of the rain in the heavenly court are all pre-determined, and they must not be changed at will, otherwise wouldn't the Jinghe Dragon King die too unjustly?"

When the old pig heard this, he was not happy, and said with a puff of ears: "Brother Monkey, I still understand this set of rules, but an unreasonable lord like you, are you still afraid of the rules, just go to the Lingxiao Treasure Hall and see if the Jade Emperor will give you this face?"

The monkey shook his head when he heard this, and couldn't help sighing: "Brother, this time is different from the past, and now my old grandson really doesn't have such a big face in the heavenly court. God knows what kind of efficiency he is in heaven, a person has to go through seven or eight procedures, spend three or five days to get a reply, saying that this day in the sky, a year underground, this is a big wrong, my grandson can't do it. ”

The old pig couldn't help crying when he heard this, and shrugged his shoulders speechlessly: "Since this is the case, then my old pig can only grit his teeth and carry the heat to persevere, but I have to bother Brother Monkey to find a few more trips of water." ”

The monkey didn't feel grinning, nodded and agreed: "It's easy to say, although you can't ask for rain, this great sage makes the wind a good hand, if you are really hot, my grandson flies behind you to send a cool breeze to avoid the heat." ”

The old pig smiled happily when he heard this, and thanked him vigorously: "Wonderful, wonderful, if there is this cool breeze, my old pig can do it, and I can drive it for a hundred and eighty miles in the afternoon." ”

Tang Sanzang suddenly patted his head, stretched out his hand and said: "Wait, why did you forget to have a brocade robe for the teacher, it is a treasure at the bottom of the box for the teacher, specially used to escape the heat and enjoy the coolness, at this time, the situation is urgent, you can wear it, and open up a hundred miles for everyone." ”

As soon as the words came out, the old pig was surprised and delighted, and couldn't stop complaining: "Master, you really know it in hindsight, you are willing to sacrifice the treasure until you talk about it, and see what my old pig has been sunburned this morning?"