A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

The moonlight was still the same cool moonlight, and the starry sky was still the same dazzling starry sky.

After the pillar of moonlight disappeared, Sun Wukong also disappeared.

Pigsy stared in disbelief as Sun Wukong and the pillar of moonlight disappeared together, his mouth agape, speechless.

Sha Wujing cried out in a shrill voice, "Master, our eldest brother has been captured by a monster!"

Pigsy said, "Nonsense! Our eldest brother has been captured by the Heavenly Court. Didn't you see that the pillar of light came from the sky? You idiot."

Tang Sanzang chanted a Buddhist prayer: "Amitabha..."

Pigsy: "That's it?"

Sha Wujing: "And then?"

Tang Sanzang didn't even glance at the two of them. He sat down cross-legged, his nine-ringed staff stuck in the sand beside him, standing there.

Pigsy turned to look at Sandy: "Master never says anything when he's with the two of us."

Sha Wujing: "No, it's that I have nothing to say when I'm with you."

Pigsy: "Why me? Could it be you? After all, you're so ugly, just looking at you makes me unhappy. Master, don't you think so?"

Tang Sanzang closed his eyes and did not say a word.

Sha Wujing pointed at Zhu Bajie with his orchid-like fingers and said, "No matter how ugly I am, can I be uglier than a pig?"

Pigsy was furious: "You're courting death!"

He raised his rake and smashed it down on Sha Wujing's head.

Sha Wujing was not to be outdone, wielding his demon-subduing staff with great force. The two fought back and forth, thoroughly enjoying themselves. Both were powerful beings, and their battle caused sand and stones to fly, disturbing the peace of the surrounding area.

"I'm leaving!"

Qingxia looked at Zhang Zhengdao and said.

"You go!"

Zhang Zhengdao nodded in acknowledgment. He was familiar with Zixia, but not so familiar with Qingxia; they were merely nodding acquaintances.

"You're not going to let me stay?"

Zhang Zhengdao looked at her in surprise. Could it be that Qingxia also had something to do with him...? Zixia said she would spend the day with him and the night with Qingxia. Was this how it came about?

"Are you... towards me...?"

Qingxia said, "Although I'm not here during the day, I know what Zixia is thinking and saying. She cares about you a lot. If I leave, you won't be able to see her during the day."

So this is ah!

Zhang Zhengdao was somewhat disappointed.

"There's no need to stay. If we really got together, all the trivialities of life would shatter Zixia's fantasies. Even immortals don't have a smooth life every day."

Qingxia glanced at Zhang Zhengdao, seemingly lost in thought.

"I may not yet grasp some of the Zen wisdom you've spoken of, but one day I will return to the Buddha's throne and comprehend it. Goodbye!"

After Qingxia finished speaking, she resolutely headed towards the Western Paradise.

At this moment, Tang Sanzang suddenly opened his eyes and called out to Qingxia in the distance, "Female benefactor, wait a moment."

Hearing Tang Seng's call, Qingxia stopped in her tracks and watched as Tang Seng, with one hand lifting his monk's robe and the other holding his nine-ringed staff, stumbled and crawled towards her.

"Is the female benefactor heading to the Great Thunderclap Temple in the Western Paradise?"

Qingxia looked at him in surprise and said, "How did you know?"

Tang Sanzang: ? ? ?

Didn't you just say that yourself?

“I am also going to the Great Thunder Temple in the Western Paradise to seek the true scriptures from the Buddha. Why don’t you join us, female benefactor? Let’s go to the Western Paradise together, obtain the true scriptures, and perhaps you can even attain enlightenment.”

This is actually quite tempting!

"you sure?"

Tang Sanzang's face lit up with joy, and he quickly said, "Amitabha, of course it's true. A monk doesn't lie. I am a monk, so my words are my bond. If I didn't, I wouldn't be a monk. If I weren't a monk, I couldn't go to the Western Paradise to retrieve the scriptures. But now I'm on the path to the Western Paradise, so I am still a monk. Since I am a monk, what I'm saying isn't a lie..."

By this time, Pigsy and Sandy were also exhausted from fighting; it had been a long time since they had stretched their muscles like this.

Before, whether it was demons or beggars, the eldest brother always took care of them; he was practically a super healer. Now that the eldest brother has given up, even a simple fight between the two of them is exhausting.

Brigitte Lin asked them, "Does your master usually speak like this?"

Pigsy complained, "I have nothing to say to us."

Sha Wujing also complained, "Master has nothing to say to his second senior brother."

Pigsy: "Does that mean I have something to say to you?"

The two are about to start arguing again.

Qingxia glanced at the two of them and sighed. If she agreed, wouldn't she become a super healer? Not only would she have to protect her master, but she would also have to take care of her junior brothers.

Even if you go to Mount Ling alone and continue to cultivate before the Buddha, you can still attain enlightenment.

"Tang Sanzang, let's forget about it. What would it look like for a woman like me to be with three men? It's really inconvenient."

Brigitte Lin made up an excuse.

Tang Sanzang said, “Benefactor, my disciples and I are all monks. Since we have renounced worldly life, we should be free from worldly desires and attachments. Naturally, we would not have the desires of ordinary people. Without desires, what difference does it make whether one is male or female? We even see you, female benefactor, not as a woman, but simply as a person…”

Brigitte Lin: This monk, has he been kicked in the head by a donkey?

I increasingly dislike being with this kind of group. If it really is like this, wouldn't I be annoyed to death every day? What's the point of learning anything? What's the point of achieving anything?

"gone!"

Qingxia stopped talking to the three of them, nodded to Zhang Zhengdao, and turned to leave.

Tang Sanzang murmured "Amitabha" to Qingxia's retreating figure, as if filled with endless regret for missing out on such a fine disciple.

After a while, he turned to look at Zhang Zhengdao.

Tang Sanzang quickly walked over and said to Zhang Zhengdao, "Greetings, Daoist Master."

Zhang Zhengdao: "Spit it out if you have something to say."

Tang Sanzang said, “I see that the Taoist priest has a compassionate face and a sun and moon above his head. He must be a reincarnation of a Buddha. He has been a Taoist priest in this life only to cultivate his true nature. If he comes with me to the Great Thunder Temple in the Western Paradise, awakens his true nature, and realizes his true form, then Buddhism will gain another Buddha. Buddhism will be fortunate, Heaven will be fortunate, and Taoism will be fortunate too…”

Zhang Zhengdao's face turned dark.

The Taoist sect thanks you!

"roll--"

Zhang Zhengdao uttered a single word in one breath, and the word, upon landing, stirred up the sand.

Tang Sanzang stopped talking nonsense and simply rolled away, worried about what would happen if that word were spat in his face. Perhaps there would be a "roll away" mark on his face.

Pigsy came over and gave Zhang Zhengdao a thumbs up.

Sha Wujing also came over and gave Zhang Zhengdao a thumbs up.

Zhang Zhengdao was baffled.

Pigsy whispered, "If someone calls my master 'roll,' he'll argue for ages, from the Heavenly Court to Buddha, from Hell to the human world, from the south to the north. He won't stop until you're completely convinced."

Sha Wujing: "You're the first person who told my master to get lost, and he obediently left."

It turned out to be the case.

The three of them huddled together again, hiding beside another earthen wall next to the sand dune. It was probably the ruins of some abandoned village or town that had been buried by the desert.

However, there were two other groups of people here, clearly separated, both of them merchants on a journey.

Just as the three of them passed by, a beam of light suddenly descended from the sky.

Everyone was taken aback and turned to run away without prior arrangement.

"It's Senior Brother!"

Pigsy shouted loudly.

Sha Wujing cried out in a shrill voice, "Master, our eldest brother is back! He hasn't forgotten us! Our eldest brother... Waaah..."

Tang Sanzang saw the pillar of light disappear, and then Sun Wukong appeared before him. He couldn't help but say, "Wukong, you're back? It's good that you're back. You've been traveling all over the place, and without your master's care, how could you have lived so comfortably? Now that you're back, protect your master on your journey to retrieve the scriptures... Sigh..."

Before he could finish speaking, Sun Wukong opened the Moonlight Box again and shouted, "Prajnaparamita—"

Another beam of light descended, and then Sun Wukong suddenly disappeared along with it.

Sha Wujing, that burly, curly-haired man, cried out like a woman: "Master—Eldest Brother has disappeared again!"

Pigsy: "Master isn't blind!"

Zhang Zhengdao guessed that Sun Wukong used the Moonlight Box, but the timeline didn't match. It was precisely because of this time discrepancy that Supreme Treasure traveled to five hundred years in the future.

Monkeys are monkeys, always acting rashly and carelessly. Even with the Moonlight Box, they couldn't manage to time travel.

"Go to sleep!"

Tang Sanzang turned to look at his two disciples and found a place that looked sheltered from the wind, a good place to sleep.

His two apprentices also came over and squeezed in with him, because all the good spots had been taken by traveling merchants.

Zhang Zhengdao's sleeping place was not far from theirs.

The night is getting deeper and deeper.

The traveling merchants were exhausted from their daytime journey, and soon a chorus of snores filled the air. The three members of the Tang Monk's group lay down beside them, and even the white dragon horse prostrated itself on the ground.

Suddenly, a very cold wind blew over.

This was definitely not the kind of wind found in the desert. With this cold, damp wind, a dark shadow suddenly appeared in the sky. The shadow flew silently through the air and then landed lightly on the ground.

It's the perfect place for everyone to sleep.

Pigsy blinked at Tang Sanzang and Sandy.

Sha Wujing and Tang Sanzang also winked at Zhu Bajie.

The master and his two disciples finished their discussion.

Pigsy's meaning: Master, this is the infamous Black Mountain Demon. I am no match for him. What should I do?

Tang Sanzang: Then let Sha Wujing go.

Sha Wujing: I'm no match for you either, why don't we run together?