Chapter 70: Ascending
Tang Sanzang sighed lowly, looking at the sunset diagonally to the west, his eyes were quite complicated. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info has come all the way to the present, and Tang Sanzang is not the little monk who just came out of Luoyang City and knows nothing. I've seen too much and encountered too much along the way, if it weren't for the righteousness in his heart, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to hold on to it a long time ago.
The hardships and hardships along the way were far beyond Tang Sanzang's imagination, and the most important thing was that Tang Sanzang found that his learning scriptures from the West Heaven was not just as simple as going to Tianzhu to get the scriptures and then returning to the Tang Dynasty. But there is no way out, and the masters and apprentices know this.
"Wukong, is there a monster in the mountain in front of you?", holding a pergola with his hand and looking at the high mountain not far away, Tang Sanzang asked Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong smiled, and then his fiery eyes came out, and he glanced around the mountain and the vicinity, and then said with a smile: "Master, don't worry, there are no monsters in a radius of dozens of miles around here, but there are a lot of beasts and birds." ”
Tang Sanzang nodded, gently reined in the horse, turned over and dismounted, tidied up his robes, looked at the big mountain and said: "Let's not rush today, Wujing, find a place with a lot of grass to tie the white horse, today is the Double Ninth Festival." As soon as Tang Sanzang's words fell, Sun Wukong and a few people suddenly realized that the Double Ninth Festival in early September was already late autumn before they knew it.
Sha Wujing nodded, led the white horse away, Tang Sanzang took off the wide robe and put it into the baggage, neatly dressed, Zhu Bajie quipped: "Master, your old man is going to show off his skills." Sun Wukong also found it very interesting, this was not the first Double Ninth Festival that their master and apprentice had ever had, but before the master only cared about hurrying, he almost wanted to step into the west in one step.
It's the first time I've had the heart to climb a mountain like today. Tang Sanzang stacked the baggage and luggage together, and said, "Wukong, draw a circle, don't let the jackals, tigers and leopards take the luggage away." Don't think that the teacher is a weak person, when he was in the Pure Land Temple in Luoyang, he often went up the mountain to collect medicine, and the mountain was steeper than this, and the teacher was like walking on the ground. ”
Sun Wukong smiled and said nothing, while Zhu Bajie laughed and said: "Haha, Master, with your small body, you are still walking on the ground? After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, he also patted his big belly.
Sun Wukong drew a circle on the ground with a golden hoop stick to circle the luggage, Tang Sanzang smiled while moving his hands and feet: "Bajie, are you underestimating the teacher?" Zhu Bajie shook his big belly and didn't even dare to say it, at this time Sha Wujing had already returned, looking at the master who was very different from usual, and was a little puzzled.
"In this way, the three of you seal up all the mana, and compare the state of ordinary people with the teacher, and see who gets to the top of the mountain first, how about it?" Sha Wujing was dumbfounded, Zhu Bajie was also dumbfounded, and Sun Wukong was full of surprise. "Master, are you serious?" You can't blame Sun Wukong for being so surprised, because it wasn't the first day they met Tang Sanzang, and they also had a great understanding of themselves as a master along the way.
As a master of Buddhism, he is indeed extremely proficient, and he has the ability to never forget, and it is absolutely difficult for anyone to compare with him when he meditates and recites sutras on weekdays. But when it comes to flying eaves and running on the land, this weak scholar is probably not as good as an ordinary person. And what made Sun Wukong care was that Tang Sanzang had never shown the slightest interest in anything other than learning scriptures from the West Heaven before this.
"Since Master has this Yaxing, then our three brothers should accompany us, but even if we all claim to have mana, we are far stronger than ordinary people. Sun Wukong looked at Sha Wujing, who wanted to speak and stopped, and shook his head gently.
"Okay, whoever is the last to reach the top of the mountain will go to the fate. After Tang Sanzang finished speaking, he didn't wait for Sun Wukong and the three of them to react, and they were already in shape and rushed out. Sun Wukong looked at the back of the master rushing out, and suddenly felt that the master at this time was the real himself.
With a smile, Sun Wukong's right hand turned into a sword finger, and he moved on his body again and again, and soon all his mana was sealed, and even his copper-headed and iron-clad body became the appearance of an ordinary person. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing also learned the same, and soon the three of them had become ordinary people, of course, their appearance still did not change.
Without saying anything more, the three men chased after them. The three of them felt that they were accustomed to a body of mana on weekdays, and they were used to flying in the clouds at a slightly farther distance, and suddenly became a mortal body, not only the body was extremely heavy, but also unaccustomed to it everywhere.
Especially Zhu Bajie, who was already full of fat, was fine when he had strength, but now he only feels that his big belly is extremely heavy. For a while, the three of them not only did not catch up with Tang Sanzang, but were pulled farther and farther away. However, Sun Wukong quickly adapted to it, he was originally a monkey, and climbing trees on the mountain was his old job, so after giving up normal running and using both hands and feet, Sun Wukong's speed has improved significantly.
Sha Wujing also quickly adapted, only Zhu Bajie didn't go far and sweated profusely, snorting and panting. "Idiot, who made fun of Master just now? You can't do it after just a few steps?" Sun Wukong and a few of them briskly turned between the trees, and at the same time did not forget to sarcastically say a few words about Zhu Bajie.
This is Tang Sanzang has also arrived at the foot of the mountain, took a few breaths, stabilized his breath, found a place with fewer trees, and began to head towards the top of the mountain. The mountain is steep, if not as steep as a knife and an axe, but it is also very high, and the trees are so dense that there is no road at all, so you can only climb between the trees if you want to go up the mountain.
At this time, Tang Sanzang showed incredible flexibility, even more like an ape than Sun Wukong. And it seems that Wenwen is weak, but in fact, Tang Sanzang is far beyond ordinary people in terms of arm strength and physical strength. There were several times when the arm-thick vines blocked the way, but Tang Sanzang directly tore it off with one hand, watching Tang Sanzang quickly climb the mountain through thorns and thorns, Sun Wukong behind couldn't believe his eyes.
However, Tang Sanzang is still a mortal after all, although he was ahead a lot at the beginning, but he was soon caught up by Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong did not lead all the way with one hand, but followed Tang Sanzang's side, on the one hand, it is protection, although there are no demons and monsters in this mountain, but there are still wolves, insects, tigers and leopards.
On the other hand, Sun Wukong was completely shocked by Tang Sanzang's physical endurance and flexibility, and Tang Sanzang at this time and the weak scripture learner before him were simply like two people. Sun Wukong fully believes that if the opponent is also a mortal, there are no twenty or thirty people, then he will not be able to get close to the master's body at all.
Judging from Master's mountaineering skills, he has definitely lived in the mountains all year round. Sun Wukong was extremely shocked in his heart, but he didn't say it immediately, he knew that today the master stretched out his hand to them, it must not be meaningless, if the master wanted to say, then there would naturally be time.
It was morning at the foot of the mountain, and it was close to noon, but the summit was close at hand. Sun Wukong followed Tang Sanzang closely, Sha Wujing fell a little farther behind, and Zhu Bajie couldn't see it at all.
It was a few more times to jump up from tree to tree with his arm strength alone, and finally, Tang Sanzang reached the top of the mountain, followed by Sun Wukong.
When you reach the top of the mountain, you can see that there are rolling wood forests in the near and far distances, but the scenery is also beautiful and colorful. There was no fatigue as Sun Wukong imagined, Tang Sanzang just sat for a while, and then gasped.
Looking at the Cangshan Mountain in the distance, Tang Sanzang suddenly sighed and said, "Wukong, it's strange, isn't it? ”
Sun Wukong stepped forward a few steps, stood side by side with Tang Sanzang, did not speak, but nodded. Tang Sanzang continued: "Actually, it's far more than that, those monsters we encountered before, not to mention those powerful ones, are ordinary little demons, in fact, the master can deal with them alone." Otherwise, do you really think that His Majesty the King of Tang will let a weak scholar wade through mountains and rivers to the west to learn scriptures?"
Without waiting for Sun Wukong to say anything, Tang Sanzang said again: "From now on, the teacher will fight with you, and for the teacher, I don't want to be a burden to you anymore." ”