Seeing Ao Bai climb up to the clouds, those mountain people were so frightened that their legs and feet were weak, and they almost didn't kneel on the ground, and they muttered to themselves: "Mom, you guys are really doing evil, how can you change a good person and ride a horse, aren't you afraid that the sky will thunder and chop you to death?"

Tianshu laughed when he heard this, shook his head and said: "You have thought wrongly, he was originally the third prince of the Dragon Palace of the West Sea, he belonged to the dragon clan, and he was only punished by heaven because of the criminal Tiantiao, so he was punished to give my master a horse to ride, in order to forgive his sins, not that we deliberately wanted to embarrass him." ”

Having said this, the mountain people were relieved, one by one, they were sincerely afraid, and secretly rejoiced: "I see, pity me and other mountain people are humble and clumsy, I don't know that all the lords are arhats, what is the neglect, and beg for forgiveness, it seems that those lords will go to destroy the demons, and they will succeed in a few days, and liberate us and other thorn mountain people from this tragedy." ”

Ya Shi was able to carefully inspect these mountain people at this moment, but seeing that they were all short and thin, with dark skin and green faces, as if they had been deliberately smeared with grass juice in the forest, if this appearance was hiding in the thorn bushes and not moving, it would be really difficult to distinguish their figures, and then seeing that their leg bones were unusually prominent, strong and powerful, they should have been chased by monsters for many years, so they were so well tempered.

Seeing that they were all naked, and their lower bodies were only covered with the leaves of long trees, and their appearance was very simple, the elegant and vulgar saw that they could not bear it, so they asked: "Why do you live on this barren thorn ridge, and you have to eat and have no clothes to eat, and you have to wear or not, and the vicious monsters want to chase you and wait for blood to kill, and you are worried all day long, and you live in fear, and you don't think about going elsewhere to live in peace?"

These words undoubtedly touched the sadness of the mountain people, only to see them one by one hung their heads down, tears in their eyes and said: "Master, you don't know, our ancestors were originally subjects of the Eastern Sacrifice Country, just because the country was haunted by ghosts, tricked pedestrians into the pagoda, killing lives, cruel means, the ancestors were overwhelmed, so they successively moved to the eight hundred miles of thorns on the ridge to live in peace, although the face is full of thorns, the food is barren, it is better than being bewitched by ghosts in the imperial city of the sacrifice country, and easily buried their lives. ”

"How do you know that we and other mountain people are really guilty of heaven, such a comfortable life of poverty and little food will not last for a few years, and such monsters have also made trouble on the Thorn Ridge, and they have sent Guimei and the two boys to arrest people and bloodthirsty people and kill living beings all day long. ”

"We and other mountain people are miserable, and they also want to move to other places, but the four hao towns in the forest are guarding in the Muxian Nunnery, blocking the way for us to go west, and we can't wait to advance or retreat, so we can only stay on the thorny ridge of eight hundred miles, relying on the dense leaves and thorns, and barely steal to survive, this residence is two hundred years of time, it is really dark, and I can survive. ”

Tianshu couldn't help but feel sad when he heard this, and muttered to himself: "You are really guilty of the heavens, just because the ancestors of your ancestors wronged the innocent Buddhas who guarded the Buddha treasures in the Jinguang Temple, and used cruel capital punishment to destroy their bodies. ”

"Although you and other ancestors escaped from the imperial city by luck, but the curse of heaven is not something that can be resolved by evasion, so you sent down the four hao and the two boys of Guimei in the forest to continue to carry out the punishment that you should have suffered. ”

As soon as the words came out, the mountain people were even more shocked and said in disbelief: "If this is the case, this is also the sinful karma created by our ancestors, what can we do with our descendants, and if we suffer from this calamity, wouldn't it be too much to be punished by heaven?"

Hearing this, Tianshu was full of compassion, and the jade head lightly said: "It's really too much, but the pattern has been decided, so what can I do? Now you can return to your homeland, build a foundation, restore the glory of the past, and no longer have to suffer on this barren thorn mountain. ”

The mountain people couldn't help but be moved when they heard it, and they didn't dare to believe it easily: "I have been trapped here for a long time, although I can't see the slightest hope, under the search of monsters, I can hide in the depths of the dense forest with a protective color, there is still a glimmer of life, if I go to the open space of the imperial city area, there are no trees to shelter, there are no thorns to hide, and then there is a monster with people to come, but let me wait how to escape, it is better to still hide in this deep forest, to be safe and stable." ”

Hearing this, Ya Shi couldn't help but shrug his shoulders, and said speechlessly: "Alas, it seems that you and other mountain people have really been frightened by the monsters in the forest for two hundred years, but you don't cherish it if you have a way to live, isn't it too roundabout, this is also a serious distrust of my Sanzang Army, and I ask you, this forest is extremely bitter, how do you stay before you are willing to leave this place with peace of mind?"

The mountaineer who was the leader was silent for a long time, and muttered as if recalling: "What the master said is extremely true, we have no hope of staying here, only to turn to other places, maybe there is still a way to live, but this place is full of demons and ghosts, and the remnants are killed, and they cannot be moved lightly." To tell you the truth, I consulted my grandfather about this when I was young, and my grandfather said that we were originally the people of the Eastern Sacrifice Country, because the Buddha treasure on the stupa of Jinguang Temple in the imperial city was stolen by evil things, resulting in evil in the city, killing living beings, we want to return to our homeland, unless the Buddha treasure on the stupa in the imperial city returns to its original position, shines on the earth, and there are no evil things in the city, this wish can be realized. ”

Tianshu couldn't help nodding when he heard this, and sighed faintly: "Wonderful, it seems that the solution to the problem has returned to the original point, it is time to take back the Buddha treasure and illuminate the earth, so that you can convince me of the means of the Sanzang Army." ”

Hearing this, the mountain people were full of glory and endless hope, and said to the two of them: "Thank you for your advice, I think that with the means of your arhats, you will definitely be able to overcome the demons, find the Buddha treasure, and help us and other mountain people to recover their homeland." ”

"Even so, we and other mountain people have been suffering on this thorny ridge for hundreds of years, lacking food and clothing, being in danger, and are in danger of being killed and killed at all times.

"Moreover, our country was very respectful because of the Buddha treasure on the pagoda of Jinguang Temple, which deterred the world, and attracted the four Yi to the court, and paid tribute every year, which was very respectful. However, since the Buddha treasure was invaded by nameless monsters, lost traces, ghosts and ghosts were born in the imperial city, killing and killing, and the people in the city were terrified and helpless, and there were many people who fled out of the city to join other countries. As a result, we and other mountain people are in the east and west, but there are demons and evil people, and they can't vote, but the north and south worlds are all the four worlds, just because they can't accept our suffering people, they have to be trapped on these 800 miles of thorn ridges, barely struggling to survive. ”

"Because of this section, although we and other mountain people have returned to the imperial city, because the people are thin, there are no soldiers to defend, if the four Yi rely on the sword soldiers to attack, but it is tantamount to a mantis arm as a car, and it will die out in an instant. ”

Tianshu sighed again when he heard this, and said gloomily: "Only because the ancestors of you rely on the prestige of the Buddha's treasure, as a blessing, and do not care for the border people, there is this harm, but this is not a difficult thing, there is a Buddha Puxian Bodhisattva as the protector of this side on the pagoda, if the four are really killed, the Bodhisattva has his own wonderful law to help you and others to retreat from the enemy, and there is no worries." ”

"If you don't have the financial resources to fund production, it doesn't matter, my Sanzang Army has traveled all the way west, accumulated a lot of goods, and funded you and others to restore the glory of the old country as soon as possible. ”

As soon as the words came out, a group of mountain people were moved, and they bowed down and said: "Thank you for your success, those little ones are just waiting for all the Arhats to destroy the demons on the mountain and recover the pagoda, then they will search the dense forest, gather the mountain people, and return to their homeland." ”

Yashi was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said in disbelief: "Isn't it, you are waiting here to live hard, why are you all scattered to live, but don't you know that there is a lot of power in people, and there are many friends and many roads?"

The mountain people shook their heads and smiled bitterly when they heard this, and couldn't stop sighing: " But you don't know, sir, this is also forced by the situation, forced to ah, just because there are two Guimei boys in this forest to come out to arrest people, if we gather in one place, the target is too big, the tail is too big, it is inconvenient to escape, after several painful lessons, it is gradually developed this habit of scattered and dwelling, to this day, the old and the dead do not get along, even if it is us and other mountain people, I don't know how many companions live in this thorny ridge, but thinking that we can survive tenaciously under the tiger's eyes of the monster, they will definitely not be an exception. ”

Tianshu sighed faintly, nodded and said, "Yes, since this is the case, you can go by yourself, we should also work hard to move forward, rush to the Muxian Nunnery, and have a round with a few senior brothers." ”

The mountain people replied, respectfully bowed to the two, and said solemnly, and then jumped into the depths of the dense forest, and disappeared, but the elegant and vulgar carried the heavenly pivot on their backs, flapped their wings, and slowly marched towards the west.

Not to mention that a few people came to look for the master, but said that the two boys carried Tang Sanzang to walk like flying, the wind was heard, and the air was fresh, so that Tang Sanzang, who had been fainted by the stench, woke up faintly, and saw that he had been captured by two monsters, and couldn't help but secretly cry bitterly, but he felt that his chest was tight and dizzy at the moment, so he tried his best to breathe in the fresh air, recover his senses, and then find a way to slow down the pace of the two boys, so that Wukong and the others who came to rescue him could catch up.

Seeing that he woke up, the two boys were quite surprised, and said with a grin: "Well, this monk has no apricot fairy mud to dissolve the smell, and he can wake up in such a short time, and this kind of ability is even more powerful than the mountain people in this ridge, which is really amazing." ”