Compared with the elegance of the hot air balloon, Tang Seng is not smooth, because the more you go to the border, the more difficult the conditions, there are enough post stations in the Tang Dynasty, as long as you don't take a small road, you can find a place to rest, you can replenish grain, grass and supplies, but close to the border, there are fewer and fewer post stations, and there are fewer and fewer places to supply, and the conditions are getting harder and harder.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, in order to be able to develop, it was determined that the road must be ten miles and one house, thirty miles and one night, and fifty miles and one set. It took more than a thousand years, although there were wars and many facilities were deserted, but they would be renovated at the beginning of each dynasty, and now in the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, the facilities in the Tang Dynasty have basically returned to normal. So as long as you travel within the country, it is still very smooth, but when you get to the border, some people can't endure hardship.

Often, there is no post station, there is no supply, the food brought is less and less, and the road is becoming more and more difficult to walk. This is still the border, and it hasn't come out of Datang, and when it comes out of Datang, I don't know what the hell it will become.

This is the land of barbarians, there is no way, the level of development is too low, the road is difficult to walk, and there is no place to resupply. In the Barbarian Country, there may only be a few points like desert oases in the entire land that can provide supplies, and these points are basically the supply points on the trade route, and they are also the most valuable points on the route.

Therefore, if the Tang Dynasty goes to war and defeats the small barbarian country, that is, occupies these points, it will not be able to effectively govern the barbarian country at all. The transportation is inconvenient, the development is insufficient, and if the army goes, the supplies will have to be transported from the distant border, and the local people simply cannot afford to support them. And if you want to develop, you have to spend money, maybe you will make a wedding dress for someone else.

Just like the era of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, in fact, Zhou Tianzi didn't care about development, Zhou Tianzi occupied the land with the highest degree of development, and the development of wasteland was the responsibility of each country. So in the end, the fact that the strength of the vassal states surpassed that of Zhou Tian, if the Tang Dynasty helped the barbarians to develop, not to mention the money, it is difficult to say whether it can return to the capital. Therefore, in the future, the Central Plains countries will basically do business, and the development will be the responsibility of the small countries themselves.

Because it was getting harder and harder, there were a lot of people who donated money and smuggled away in Tang Seng's team, and there were originally more than a dozen people left in the team of more than 300 people when they arrived at the border.

In fact, his subordinates had already reminded Tang Seng and asked him to arrest and punish him to set an example. But Tang Seng is an indecisive monk, and he has no shortcomings in Chang'an, but after he goes to the wilderness, the shortcomings are magnified, and Tang Seng's many advantages are of no use in the current environment. Therefore, Tang Seng was all with fate, not forced, not persistent, so more and more people ran away, and finally even the last few pious feet and reporters ran away. Because of the Tang Dynasty, sleeping in the open and not having enough food will become the norm, and I can't stand it. Although they are just ordinary people in Chang'an, they can get by, and there is no need to risk their lives with the stupid monks.

It can be seen that anyone who has a way out will not gamble on his own life.

Tang Seng was at a loss, in his opinion, it was such a correct thing to learn scriptures, and there was Guanyin Bodhisattva to guide him, why were these ordinary people unwilling to go? Because these ordinary people pursue their own pleasures, they worship Buddha for trading, not for faith.

Therefore, once the cost of worshipping the Buddha exceeds their bearing, they will turn their backs on the Buddha without hesitation, even if Avalokiteshvara manifests the spirit.

They all hope that the Bodhisattva will manifest to fulfill their wishes, not that Guanyin Bodhisattva will appear and let them do this and that, or even ask them to take risks with their lives. If it is the latter, they would rather the bodhisattva not manifest.

Therefore, monotheistic religions always like to force mortals into a situation where they have no choice, such as a catastrophe, taking everything from people, even the right to dominate their own lives, and in desperation, they can only believe in gods and be religious. Once there is a choice, the mortal has flexible standards and begins to trade with the immortals.

Although he was ignorant, Tang Seng had to continue, because he knew that if he didn't seek the true scriptures, then the people of the Tang Dynasty would always remain in this state of uncertainty and would not make the slightest progress. Isn't it because mortals don't understand the true meaning of the Dharma that they are afraid to retreat? I won't stop, I have to learn from it.

But soon the reality will let Tang Seng know that if he is a weak chicken without the help of external forces, he may be eaten by a tiger at any time. If you stay in the second mortal world, it is better to say, as long as Tang Seng walks along the Silk Road, although it is difficult, he will definitely be able to reach Tianzhu in a circle, and he can go to the Western Regions first, the Western Regions is a transit station for eastern and western commodities, and it is the hub of land power. You can go to the southeast, southwest, and northwest of the Western Regions, and you can reach Tianzhu to the south.

But the first mortal world is not so smooth, although there is also trade, but there is no Silk Road, and there are monsters along the way, Tang Seng meat is rumored to have an immortal effect, Tang Seng alone is impossible to complete the journey to the west.

Fortunately, the Western Sect has realized this, so it sent someone to guide Tang Seng to accept Sun Wukong as an apprentice.

Tang Seng unknowingly crossed the Two Realms Mountain, from the second mortal world to the first mortal world, he didn't know anything.

Sun Wukong has been waiting for a long time, but he can be regarded as looking forward to Tang Seng, so he shouted to the master to stay, hoping that Tang Seng can climb up the mountain to take down the Dharma poster, so that he can loosen his muscles and bones, so that he can use a spell to carry the mountain and throw away this hated Five Elements Mountain.

The first time the master and apprentice met, Tang Seng was very scared, but Sun Wukong said that he was not a monster, he was a Monkey King, and he was also a scripture learner arranged by Guanyin Bodhisattva, so an introduction dispelled Tang Seng's suspicions.

Hearing that it was Guanyin Bodhisattva's arrangement, Tang Seng chose to believe it without doubt, and climbed up the mountain with his hands and feet to uncover the Dharma.

It's been five hundred years, more than six hundred years to be exact, but it's still five hundred years when rounded. Monkey King is back again, knock knock~!

The Five Elements Mountain was pushed away, and Sun Wukong flipped dozens of heels in a row, enjoying this hard-won freedom. Sun Wukong is more than 1,000 years old, and half of the monkey's life is spent at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, so he should really sing a song of iron curtain tears.

Fortunately, more than a thousand years old is nothing to a monkey, after all, his name is not in the book of life and death, so the monkey still has a long way to go, and it is not too late to reform and become a monkey again.

"Thank you Master for coming to the rescue, it's just that you came a little late, so let Lao Sun wait." As soon as he was released from prison, Sun Wukong began to dislike Tang Seng for coming late, so he spent a few more years in prison.

Tang Seng didn't know what to say, thinking about what kind of disciple Guanyin Bodhisattva had arranged for himself, but since it was arranged by the Bodhisattva, he had to accept it with tears, so he said: "Since you entered my Buddhism today, then I will give you a Dharma name." ”

"This master of non-labor, I originally had a legal name, called Sun Wukong."

Tang Seng thought that Wukong was not bad, so he said: "Seeing that you look like a frizzy little head, then give you a mixed name, and call it Xingren." ”

"Okay." The walker said that there was no problem, and then took the initiative to take the burden and lead the horse, and followed Tang Seng on the road.

Tang Seng looked at the ragged golden retriever monkey, and thought to himself that he met a tiger when he crossed the Two Realms Mountain, and after the tiger hunted and saved himself, he gave the tiger skin to himself, and now he can make a trip for his disciple, otherwise it will be too unsightly.