Chapter Forty-Nine: Into the River of Quicksand at Night
Destroying Jinguang Temple is like slapping an ant to death, and there is nothing to praise or boast about. I don't know which arhat the breath on the relics belonged to. Five hundred Arhats, the one who can really carry the Arhat Dao Fruit is only the dragon and the tiger, the first eighteen still have some Taoism, and the back more than 400 are just indiscriminate and filled, which sounds quite bluffing, but they are actually paper tigers, most of them are people who have listened to the Buddha's lectures and preach the scriptures, to put it bluntly, they are the constant followers or disciples around them.
The lord of the sacrificial country and the prince and the hundred officials bowed and prayed for their lives.
"Since then, the sacrificial country is a subject country of the Xiliang country, and it pays tribute every year. "In a word, the coffin is conclusive.
I didn't go back to Bibotan, I flew in the direction of the quicksand river, and when I arrived at the quicksand river, the sky was dark, and it was close to night, and the banks of the river were a little wet and damp, slightly cool. Standing on the banks of this mysterious river, as far as the eye can see, a thin layer of fine sand rolls on the surface of the river, and the breeze caresses the fine sand and dances on the surface of the river. The strangeness of the quicksand river lies in the fact that the sand moves with the water, and the water flows with the sand, which is the creation of nature, and nature makes the river water mixed with fine and light floating sand, swimming year after year, and the water and sand are never separated.
"Eight hundred quicksand realms, three thousand weak water depths, goose feathers can't float, and the reed flowers sink at the bottom." Sha Seng said that the bones of the people he ate would sink to the bottom of the water and could not float, except for the skulls of the people who took the scriptures.
Sha Seng is not outstanding in Journey to the West, and he has always been an honest and loyal, hard-working character. Before being demoted, he was a general of the rolling shutter, to put it bluntly, a bit like a guard with a slightly higher status, serving tea and pouring water for the leader, looking forward and backward.
Sha Wujing is not as arrogant and flamboyant as Sun Wukong, he doesn't like to listen to Tang Sanzang's words, and he is not like Zhu Bajie, who has too many problems, is greedy for food and sleep, and always rides blind horses for the leader, and complains when he does some dirty work. Sha Seng is quiet but persevering, with the wisdom that he can see clearly and the loyalty to the cause of learning scriptures, maintaining the harmony of the team and serving the team.
To put it bluntly, Monk Sha's desire to obtain the true scriptures was much stronger than that of the other three. Needless to say, Tang Sanzang, the reincarnation of the golden cicada, the second generation of the proper Buddha, after learning the scriptures, he can return to the top immediately.
Although the monkey's ability to cause trouble is not small, his skills are real, this is talent, there is no way, it can't be compared. As long as the monkey does not fall behind, he definitely does not lack the things he wants, he is a knife, when others want to kill, the first choice is him, this is his value.
Not to mention Tianpeng, who once served as the marshal of Tianpeng, blatantly ate empty salaries from the Jade Emperor, which shows how hard the backer is. There is only Monk Sha, the backing is not good, the Heavenly Court is struggling in the sect, and the Jade Emperor is also struggling, what he can give, he has seen it when he is a general of the rolling shutter, and he also knows what kind of result can be in the end.
Talent, talent must be there, otherwise it would be impossible to achieve the position of the general of the shutter, and the position of the personal guard is not something that anyone can be if they want to. But the road has seen the end, and his talent is not comparable with the protagonist of the world like the monkey at all.
There are only a handful of ways for Monk Sha, who has nothing, to go further. Only job-hopping remained, and it happened that at this time, the Western Sect and the Jade Emperor colluded for a period of time, and pushed the boat down the river to send a favor, and Sha Wujing was decided.
If anyone pays the most attention to unity in Journey to the West, of course, if they don't let it go, it will disappear at every turn, and Zhu Bajie is also lazy to eat, or he is greedy for beauty, and he will break up if there is a difficulty. Only Sha Seng has always encouraged everyone, mediated conflicts, and worked hard to maintain the harmony and stability of the team, and even Sha Seng's heart to learn from the scriptures was more firm than Tang Sanzang.
Since he gave up the identity of the monster, he has followed Tang Seng wholeheartedly, honest and selfless, hard-working, abiding by the precepts of Buddhism, down-to-earth, abiding by his duty, and finally making his merits, and was named "Nan Wu Eight Treasures Golden Body Arhat Bodhisattva" by the Buddha, which belongs to the Bodhisattva position, not the Arhat position.
This person knew exactly what he wanted, and he worked towards the goal step by step, and for this goal, the flying sword pierced his chest three hundred times every seven days. Imagine what it was like for a flying sword to pierce the chest of Comrade Sha Seng back and forth like a shuttle of a loom.
Of course, there are still many mysteries about the sand monk.
Throughout the journey to the west, Sha Seng changed once, that is, he became Lingbao Daojun in Chechi Kingdom. Will it not change, or is it a clumsy intention?
Throughout the journey to the west, the sand monk killed a monster, the fake sand monk in the six-eared macaque group of four people who reorganized in Huaguo Mountain.
The time when the sand monk was demoted was earlier than the time when the monkey made trouble in the heavenly palace, and in the chapter of subduing the sand monk, he fought with Zhu Bajie and the monkey, and they didn't recognize each other.
Why do you prefer to eat and learn from people?
The Liusha River is the dividing line between Nanganbuzhou, where the Tang Dynasty is located, and Xiniuhezhou, where Rulai is located! It is equivalent to the border defense line of Nanganbuzhou! At the same time, it is also the dividing line between Taoism and Buddhism!
The personal guard of the Jade Emperor finally attained the position of Bodhisattva and retired after success. In a nutshell, double agents have long been winners in life. seems to be honest and honest, but in fact it is scheming.
"Let me meet for a while, the most low-key person on the road to learn the scriptures" Chongjiu jumped down and sank into the rolling quicksand. The water of the quicksand river is extremely heavy, mixed with yellow sand, and the surging tide is irreversible.
As long as there is water, Chongjiu is easy. Half a pillar of incense, feeling a breath from afar, Chongjiu's heart moved, and his speed slowed down. Avoid the yellow sand, a mountain peak at the bottom of the river in the distance, a cave on the mountainside, think of it is the water house of the sand monk, and the mountain peak posts a talisman seal, like a suppression like a seal. The light flashed slightly, indicating that it still played a magical role. The surroundings are empty and lonely, and the cave is extremely simple, it seems to be a cave, and there is no little demon who serves. I don't know if it's because I'm trapped here, or if I'm too lazy to take care of it.
"Is there anyone alive, snort. Chongjiu shouted into the cave. The cave was silent for a while, as if sensing something, footsteps sounded, and a person who looked like a vagabond appeared in front of Chongjiu. A red flame hair is fluffy, two round eyes are bright like lights, not black or blue, and the indigo face is like thunder like a tiger and an old dragon.
"Who are you?" the hoarse voice of the youkai sounded, as if it had not communicated with anyone for a long time, and it was very slow to speak, and it jumped out word by word.
"I am the lord of the blue wave pool in the west, and I heard that a new neighbor has come to the quicksand river, so I paid a special visit. ”
"Haha, there is a way in heaven that you don't take, and there is no door in hell for you to break into. A few days ago, Guanyin Bodhisattva persuaded me to wait here for the person to learn the scriptures, saying that there is a big demon in the west of the blue pool, not an idle person, very difficult, and on the way to pass, I am worried that the person who learns the scriptures will be difficult to tide over the difficulties. I'm looking for what kind of name is waiting for the person to take the scriptures, but I didn't expect you to dare to go deep into this place, it's really a creation. ”
"Hey, the head is here, waiting for your Excellency to pick it up. Chongjiu Wei laughed, the yin and yang fish in his hand flashed, the double fish swung his tail, and disappeared in a flash.
"How daring!" the youkai shouted.