Volume 1: Journey to the West Chapter 73: The Great Sage Escapes From Trouble and Helps Tang Monk to Obtain Buddhist Scriptures in the West
Tang Sanzang galloped his horse and ran for thirty miles. The Great Sage shouted: "Don't run anymore!" Tang Sanzang didn't listen to him. He wanted to leave this plague god immediately, so he beat the horse very fast and ran away in a hurry. At this moment, I heard a loud noise behind me. I quickly looked back and saw that Wuzhi Mountain, which was three thousand feet high, was smashed to pieces by the monkey!
Tang Sanzang was so frightened that he cried out, "Mother," and complained in his heart: "Great Merciful and Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, is the disciple you are looking for for this poor monk the same demon?"
The Great Sage smashed the Five Fingers Mountain, let out a bad breath, came to Tang San's hidden horse, held the horse, pulled him down, and said in an evil voice: "You monk is so unreasonable! Could it be that I, the majestic Qitian Da Isn't Sheng worthy of being your disciple? Come on, fight me for a few rounds!" Holding the golden cudgel to beat him, Master Sanzang quickly said, "It's because the horse was frightened and didn't want to do anything to me!"
The Great Sage sneered, drew a three-foot square circle on the ground with a golden cudgel, threw Tang Monk and the horse into it, and said: "I don't have any clothes to cover my body, so go to my cave first to get some robes." , You better stay in the ***, don't run around, I will come back when I come back, but if I find you take a step away, I will break the two crutches with a stick!"
After that, he took off his somersault cloud and rushed towards Huaguo Mountain. Behind the scenes, Tang Monk was crying and grabbing for the earth, as if he were mourning his heir. When the Great Sage came to Huaguo Mountain, he saw everything was desolate. All the monkeys and grandsons in the mountain were hunted by hunters. There were 47,000 demons, but now there were only a thousand monkeys left. Where could we still see the prosperity of the past?
This Huaguo Mountain is also the spiritual root of heaven and earth, a blessed place in the cave. Unexpectedly, hundreds of years ago, the Erlang God Yang Jian attacked Huaguo Mountain, broke the spiritual veins here, and burned the entire mountain. This led to the decline of the monkey tribe and even being bullied by the hunters. The Great Sage unknowingly hated Yang Jian in his heart. He gritted his teeth and suddenly remembered vaguely that he seemed to have been poisoned by Yang Jian in his previous life. He said angrily: "Yang Jian, you and I have a deep hatred as deep as the sea, and we are irreconcilable." !”
Wukong summoned the remaining monkey monkeys, Second Marshal Ma Liu, and Second General Ben Ba, and asked him to rebuild Huaguo Mountain, build a water curtain cave, and raise the banner of the Monkey King. He took it and put it on himself, stood on the top of the mountain, started to perform the ritual, and killed all the hunters on the mountain and down the mountain. He said to the monkeys and monkeys: "You are so good at guarding the cave and practicing hard. I will go to Baona Tang Monk to get the scriptures. When I get to Lingshan, I will kill all the hunters." Kill the Tathagata Buddha and let’s all go live in Lingshan!”
The group of monsters bowed in front of them and cried: "Grandpa Great Sage, the golden mountains in other places are not as good as the dung at home. Go back early!"
The Great Sage also shed tears and said: "But if anyone goes up to the mountain to hunt again, please report my name first. If he still persists in his own way, no matter who he is, he will be killed, skinned and hung on a tree! I'll go too, little ones!"
The Great Sage stepped away and saw Tang Monk. Master Sanzang still stayed in his bed and did not dare to move. He was so pitiful that he was dizzy from hunger and died in one breath. Sun Wukong found some fruits to eat with him and led the horse on the road. This monkey had troubles in his heart, so he didn't talk much on the way and was very quiet, always thinking about who he was. Unfortunately, his memories of his previous life were sealed, and he could only remember bits and pieces.
Seeing that he was quiet, Master Xuanzang put down most of the stone in his heart and no longer feared him. The master and the apprentice walked through mountains and rivers for about a month. In early winter, they came to a dense forest. Suddenly they heard a whistle on the roadside, and six people rushed out, each holding a long spear, short sword, sharp blade and strong bow, and said with a loud clang. : "That monk! Let's go over there! Leave your horses and luggage as soon as possible and spare your life!" Sanzang was so frightened that he fell off his horse and could not speak.
Sun Wukong was thinking about who he was, and he was depressed and shouted: "Noisy!" He took out the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, casually beat the six strong men into pulp, then threw Tang Monk on the horse and continued on his way.
Tang Sanzang devoted himself to the Buddha and was pitifully pedantic. He pointed at Wukong and cursed him for his cruelty. The monkey got angry, glared at him, pulled off the horse and wanted to beat him, Tang Monk quickly begged for mercy. The monkey couldn't listen to soft words, so he let him go. After a while, the monk came again and said, "It's only because you confiscated it and ignored it, you were tyrannical on the world, and you deceived heaven and earth, so you suffered the hardships you suffered five hundred years ago. Now that I have entered Samana, if I continue to do evil things like that, I will not be able to go to the West, and I will not be able to become a monk! How evil!"
How could the great sage bear such idleness? He shouted: "If I don't protect you, I, the old grandson, will go!" He jumped on the cloud head and ran away without a trace.
Sanzang was dumbfounded and said in a sad voice: "Poor, why did you go away without obeying the discipline?" Feeling sorry for himself, he walked forward desolately. However, after a while, he met Guanshiyin Bodhisattva who gave him a gold-embedded leather hat. The son, wearing a bright cotton gown, taught him the tightening spell, asking him to subdue the demon monkey.
Tang Seng naturally thanked him. But it is said that Sun Wukong abandoned Tang Monk and was about to return to Huaguo Mountain to be happy. After traveling tens of thousands of miles, suddenly an auspicious cloud appeared in front of him, and a Dajue Golden Immortal stood on the cloud. Wukong quickly knelt down and said, "Teacher!"
The Great Enlightenment Golden Immortal was none other than Patriarch Bodhi. He stopped Wukong and said, "Evil disciple, if you don't go protect Tang Monk to obtain scriptures, do you still want to go back and become a demon?"
Wukong hurriedly said: "Teacher, I don't know, but that monk is really annoying. After the disciple killed a lot of people, he started nagging and made him have a headache! The disciple couldn't stand his idleness, so he came out to relax. It's not like he really lost him. ”
Patriarch Bodhi scolded: "If you change your ways and give up your stubbornness, you and I will still be masters and disciples. If you continue to be stubborn, I will destroy your cultivation now and return to your original form!"
Wukong was timid and said, "Master, don't blame me. I will protect him." He returned to find Tang Monk. Tang Monk had received a plan from Guanyin Bodhisattva to trick him into wearing a hat so that he could use the tight hoop curse to harm him and temper his will. But the Great Sage was dressed as the Monkey King at this time, wearing chain mail golden armor, lotus silk cloud shoes, and a phoenix-wing purple gold crown on his head. He was so majestic that he could not look down on the cotton monk's robe and flowered leather hat?
Tang Monk was long-winded and only advised him to wear a hat and a straight gown, so that he would look like a monk. The monkey was smart and heard something fishy from his tone. He snatched the hat and took out a golden hoop from it. He couldn't help but said angrily: "Golden Hoop Fairy, you are going to make things difficult for me too?"
After these words came out, the Great Sage was also stunned. He didn't know who the Golden Hoop Fairy was? But these words came from his own mouth, and he didn't know the details, which made him anxious and worried. He didn't hit Tang Sanzang, but put his hat in his arms and thought hard. He turned from a jumpy monkey king to a philosopher.
Seeing that he had seen through the trick, Tang Sanzang was trembling with fear, thinking that his life was in danger, but he was relieved when he saw that he was calm again.
"Great and compassionate Bodhisattva, the tight hoop curse you taught me is useless. If he gets angry again, my life will be in danger!"
The master and disciple each had their own thoughts. One was worried that the monkey would explode and hurt people, and the other was depressed and worried, thinking about who he was, and they came to Yingchoujian. The evil dragon in Yingchoujian was the third prince of Ao Run, the Dragon King of the West Sea. He was as white as jade. Because he set fire to the pearl in the palace, his father accused him of disobedience and sentenced him to death in the heaven. Later, he was saved by the Bodhisattva and promised to turn into a white dragon horse to carry Tang Sanzang to the west to obtain scriptures. Unfortunately, this guy was a little hungry and ate Tang Seng's white horse. Wukong didn't know whether it was good or bad, and hit him with a stick. The golden hoop pressed down like a mountain, almost killing him.
Seeing this, the six Dings and six Jias, the four valued officials, and the eighteen guardians of the religion, who were protecting Tang Seng, showed up without pretending to be cool, stopped the monkey, and explained their origins. These Buddhist guardian gods were in awe of the Great Sage, but because this guy could kill the Five Directions Jie Di with one stick even under the Five Elements Mountain, they didn't dare to show off, so they called out the Jade Dragon Prince, asked him to turn into a white dragon horse, and carried Tang Seng away.
When they arrived at the Black Wind Mountain, they encountered the Black Wind Monster who stole the cassock. The Great Sage didn't waste any words, found the Black Wind Cave and beat it violently, almost killing the Black Wind Monster. It turns out that the Black Wind Monster can be considered a match for the Great Sage, but the Great Sage has 500 years of magical power, and he is also very smart and has remembered the Nine Transformations. His cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds, and he knocked him to the ground in just a dozen rounds.
Wukong was about to kill the bear monster, but suddenly he had an idea, took out the hat in his arms, put it on the Black Wind Monster's head, and dragged him to see Tang Monk. He hung the monk up and tortured him, and obtained the spell of the tight hoop, and immediately recited it to subdue the black bear monster. .