Journey to the West: Break the entire Western Heaven!-Chapter 283 - 183: Do you have brothels here?
That Bodhisattva was none other than Lingji Bodhisattva.
Lingji Bodhisattva said, "The three of you had agreed earlier, had you not?"
Pishu King replied, "You didn’t mention there’d be a baldie coming to mess things up before! Anyway, we’re not going!"
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Lingji Bodhisattva said, "Originally, you were also destined to face this tribulation and die here, abandoning your demon bodies to achieve something higher..."
Pichen King said, "Right, that’s exactly why we agreed to come. But that baldie hits too hard, and what if he doesn’t play by the rules? We three brothers would end up dead without achieving the Dao. We’re not going, not going, not even if you beat us to death!"
Lingji Bodhisattva was at a loss for what to do; he had already been persuading these three for half a month, but to no avail—they just wouldn’t budge, adamantly refusing to go to Jinping Mansion and continue with the act.
At the same time, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva was also encountering trouble.
Atop the moon.
"Star Lord, Tang Sanzang is back..."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said with a forced smile.
But the doors of Guanghan Palace remained tightly shut, and after a long while, a cold and detached voice spoke, "Bodhisattva, it’s not that I don’t respect you. It’s just that this journey is too perilous...
We previously agreed to only send the Jade Rabbit to enact the ruse, to throw an embroidered ball and merely tempt Tang Sanzang.
I’m aware of the Golden Cicada, with a Zen Heart as steady as a mountain, who would not be swayed.
But now..."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva said, "We guarantee that Tang Sanzang will go first, and after the Jade Rabbit throws the embroidered ball, she will leave without any issue."
The Star Lord of the moon replied, "That baldie is unpredictable, even the Jade Emperor had to write a self-criticism because of him... Honestly, no matter what you say now, I won’t let Yu’er go. That’s that..."
Samantabhadra Bodhisattva heaved a sigh of helplessness.
Shortly after, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and Lingji Bodhisattva returned to Mount Wutai, exchanging glances.
"How did it go?" they asked in unison.
Both shook their heads simultaneously, "No success!"
Finally, with a long sigh, they went to see the Buddha.
"If that’s the case, then we’ll arrange something after Tang Sanzang leaves. Inform the Golden Cicada to slow down his pace." The Buddha commanded.
Not long after...
On the road to India.
While applying medicine to his wounds, Tang Sanzang shrieked, "Even slower?
Because of the slowness, along the way, it’s nothing but pits and gorges, and at any moment it could be a bottomless pit...
It was hard enough to come across a demon, and they utterly refused to cooperate.
I end up taking the blame for that guy time and again!
Look at the injuries on my body, you want me to go even slower?"
The Jialan disciples also looked helpless, having witnessed Tang Sanzang getting blamed every step of the way.
A Jialan disciple said, "Though that may be the case, if you walk too fast, then truly no one will cooperate with you. You might just hasten straight to Mount Wutai..."
Tang Sanzang dejectedly sat down, "Then I might as well get the scriptures and face the hardships on the way back."
The Jialan disciples thought this was a good idea!
So they started to send the message back.
The Buddha agreed as well...
And so...
"So boring! Where are the demons? Where are the sprites? Where did they all go?!"
On the road to the West, Tang Sanzang howled at the sky in anguish.
Half a year had passed, and during that time, he had journeyed through several cities, through places like Jinfu and the capital of India, and traversed them all.
Yet he hadn’t seen a single demon!
Just then, the Six-Eared Macaque returned.
"Master, no need to shout anymore, all the demons on the road have fled!" the Six-Eared Macaque called out.
Tang Sanzang, clearly displeased, asked, "What’s going on?"
The Six-Eared Macaque replied, "We were supposed to encounter three rhino spirits stealing sesame oil in Jinfu after leaving Yuhua City. Then they’d want to eat your flesh... and we’d have a bit of a struggle, a trial, so to speak.
But as soon as those three rhino spirits heard you were coming, they just up and quit, burned down their lair, and ran off to vacation in the sea."
Unable to help himself, Tang Sanzang complained, "Three big lumps of meat, just like that, they ran off?! Can’t they be a bit more professional?"
Tang Sanzang was getting somewhat depressed...
The Six-Eared Macaque continued, "And in the capital of India, we were supposed to encounter the Jade Rabbit, an agent of Taiyin Star Lord.
The Jade Rabbit was to transform into the Princess of Tianzhu Kingdom and share a room with you, absorbing your vital essence to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.
Then the eldest disciple would expose the truth, and at last, Chang’e would come to save her..."
The moment Tang Sanzang heard that his favorite female demon hadn’t shown up, he let out a mournful howl to the heavens, "My Jade Rabbit! My female demon, gone just like that?!..."
Depression, sheer depression!
Watching Tang Sanzang, who seemed on the verge of madness, Sun Wukong and the other disciples collectively lowered their heads and remained silent.
What further drove Tang Sanzang crazy was that on the road ahead, no matter whether they passed through a large city or a small town, there wasn’t a single brothel to be found!
Fury twisted Tang Sanzang’s facial features.
After crossing several rivers and climbing over a few mountains, a half-year later, suddenly, a stretch of tall buildings appeared before them.
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These towering edifices reached for the sky, rising like mountains from the earth, so tall they seemed capable of plucking stars and chasing the moon with a wave of a hand, overwhelmingly magnificent.
In those buildings, one could see phoenixes delivering messages, cranes carrying mail, Qingfeng summoning clouds of colorful mist, auspicious energy cascading like waterfalls turned to rainbows. Truly, it looked like a palace of the gods.
Seeing such a vast complex of palaces, Tang Sanzang’s eyes instantly lit up, and he muttered, "This city is huge; there must be brothels!"
Having said that, he didn’t wait for his disciples, but spurred his horse and charged forward!
Approaching, a young Daoist emerged from a building, with a solemn and dignified aura, hands pressed together, about to speak.
But in a blink of an eye, a bald figure dashed in front of him, then with a beaming smile asked, "Young brother, do you have any brothels here?"
The young Daoist was taken aback, the Buddhist chant he was about to utter swallowed back down, as he tentatively asked, "Are you... the pilgrims from the Eastern Land here for the scriptures?"
"Yes! But that’s not important; do you have brothels here?" Tang Sanzang pressed on.
A sheen of sweat formed on the young Daoist’s forehead, but he managed a strained smile, "You must be Mage Tang Sanzang, right?"
Tang Sanzang said, "Yes, but that’s not the point. I’m asking you, do you have brothels here?"
The muscles on the young Daoist’s face started twitching, veins popping, yet he maintained his polite demeanor, "My master has been waiting for quite some time..."
"Hey, kid, is your mind not functioning? I’m asking if you have brothels here. Who cares whether your master is waiting or not..." Tang Sanzang pleaded impatiently.
The Daoist youth was growing frantic, his face turning red with anger, he retorted, "What kind of unreasonable person are you? If you’re looking for brothels, go find them in the mortal cities. Why would you come to our Mount Meru looking for brothels? Do you really think we run brothels here on Mount Meru?"
Tang Sanzang was immediately dumbstruck. He looked up at the gleaming, divinely lit city, then scratched his bald head and said to Sun Wukong, "Is this Mount Meru?"
Sun Wukong replied with a wry smile, "Master, this is indeed Mount Meru; we’ve reached our destination."
