Chapter 71 Gourd Skeleton
The Bodhisattva glanced at Wukong and said, "You monkey, how can you speak in such convoluted ways? If you want to protect Tang Monk, just say it. I can't understand it in such convoluted words."
The polite monkey lowered his head and said, "Bodhisattva! Please protect my master, Bodhisattva!"
He continued, "My skills in the water are not very refined and I cannot catch this monster. I can fight this monster back and forth, but I have not explained how to obtain the scriptures."
"I just tricked the monster ashore. My master told him about it, but he still didn't believe it."
"Lao Sun just went to Nanhai to visit the Bodhisattva and asked for help to be a witness."
What a Bodhisattva wants is nothing else but the attitude of a practitioner.
He said, "The monster in the Liusha River is indeed a good believer whom I persuaded. I have taught him to protect the people who are seeking scriptures."
"He is the Great General of the Heavenly Palace, who is coming to the world. Logically speaking, you should explain to him that he is the Buddhist scripture seeker from the East, and he will not argue with you and will submit to you."
"The situation now is also strange. You must have deceived him many times, which made him wary."
Wukong asked, "What should we do now?"
The Bodhisattva called Mucha Hui'an's envoy, who took out a red gourd from his sleeve and said, "Mucha, take this gourd and go to the Liusha River with Sun Wukong."
"Call Wu Jing, and the monster in the water will come out. You first guide him to convert to Tang Monk, and then ask him to thread the nine skeletons together and arrange them in the shape of the nine palaces."
"Put this gourd in the middle and you can make a boat to ferry Tang Monk and his disciples across the Liusha River."
Mucha Hui'an heard the words and sang "Hey" to say yes. He held the gourd and removed the Chaoyin Cave together with the great sage Sun.
He left the Purple Bamboo Forest under the decree of Guanyin, and not long after he and Wukong arrived at the bank of the Quicksand River.
Bajie is also a polite pig. When he saw that his senior brother only called for Guanyin to sit down and envoy Mu Chahui'an, he didn't treat him lightly.
He said, "Thanks to His Majesty's instructions in the past, I was able to meet the Bodhisattva. Old pig, I now like to worship Samana. I have been so tired and busy on the road that I have never had time to express my gratitude. I hope I can forgive you. I hope I can forgive you."
The traveler said, "Don't chat here, you idiot. Let's go call that guy over!"
Bajie asked, "Who are you looking for? That water monster?"
Wukong said, "Otherwise? I went to see the Bodhisattva and explained in detail what happened to us after the Guanyin Temple."
"The Bodhisattva told me that the monster in the Liusha River is the rolling curtain general coming to the world."
"He violated the laws of heaven in heaven and fell into this river. He forgot his true nature and became a monster."
"The Bodhisattva once advised him to be good at it, and he was willing to follow his master to the Western Heavens to obtain Buddhist scriptures."
"It's just that I have lied to him many times before, and he doesn't trust us."
"Therefore, Guanyin sent a messenger with a wooden cross to come, and also gave him a gourd, which he wanted to use together with what he had in his hand to form a Dharma boat for crossing the river."
"So, we have to call that monster out and see Mu Cha."
Zhu Wuneng heard the words and said, "That's it. That's good! Then there's no need for me, old pig, to take off my clothes and go look for him in the water. Brother, look, he is right there."
Wukong looked in the direction guided by Wukong.
I saw that the monster, although still in the water, was far away from Li Fu.
But he and Li Fu looked at each other from a distance, and the conversation required shouting, but they still had a good conversation.
Wukong asked, "After I left for Nanhai, he has been talking to the master like this?"
Bajie replied, "Yes, yes. Although this guy looks uglier than an old pig, the truth he speaks is somewhat interesting."
"Old Zhu, when I was in the Heavenly Court, I always heard that the Jade Emperor's ministers had special talents, but now I have realized it."
Li Fu also saw Wukong and Mucha Hui'an beside him.
He and Mucha Hui'an are also old acquaintances who have met several times since they were in Chang'an City.
Don’t look at Mucha’s face, but also look at Bodhisattva’s face.
Li Fu put his hands together and made a salute.
He said, "I beg you, Your Majesty, to have a chat with the monster in the water."
Mu Cha looked kindly to Li Fu and other masters and disciples, but when he reached the surface of a quicksand river with a gourd in his hand, he had a stern look on his face when he faced the monster in the water.
He held the gourd in his hands, and a half-cloud, half-mist air came out of the gourd's mouth.
He shouted loudly, "Wu Jing! Wu Jing! The man the Bodhisattva is looking for has been waiting here for a long time. What are you doing like this?"
When the water monster heard Mucha calling him Dharma's name, he knew that he was a person sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva. He also heard from the messenger that the Buddhist monks had been here for a long time.
He jumped out of the water without taking his treasured staff, and landed in front of the wooden chak Hui'an.
Although he looked ugly, he was polite and courteous. He stepped forward and bowed and said, "Your Majesty is not welcomed. Your Majesty is not welcomed. Where is the Bodhisattva now? How come I have never seen him?"
Namu Cha's face was serious and he said, "Today my master is coming and he sent me to tell you that he has become a disciple of Tang Monk a long time ago. Why are you so obstructive?"
"He also told me to bring this gourd and put it together with the skull hanging on your neck in a nine-square array to form a river-crossing boat to help Tang Monk cross the weak water of the Liusha River."
Wu Jing asked, "Honorable Sir, which one is the Buddhist Buddhist?"
Mucha Hui'an looked at Li Fu.
Wu Jing said, "Very good! Very good! This is a wise man! That fat guy has been fighting with me for two days. I don't know what kind of thing he is. He doesn't follow the rules and doesn't tell his background. He will fight me even if I win."
, and it’s very abominable that you come here to cheat again and again.”
He looked at Wukong again, "This hairy-faced man with a thunderous mouth always sneaks up on me many times when I come ashore, so he is not a good thing."
Mucha Hui'an said, "The one in the front is Zhu Bajie, and the one in the back is Sun Xingzhe. Both of them are disciples of Monk Tang, and they are both inspired by Guanyin Bodhisattva. How dare you be afraid of him?"
"The Tang monk's name is Li Fu. Although he is a mortal body, he is also the son of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty in the East. He is quite capable, knows the general principles, and can reason. It would be a good way out for you to follow him."
"I'll take you to see him."
Wu Jing tidied up his clothes, but his hands were empty, without any weapons. When he and Na Mucha arrived in front of Tang Monk, he knelt down on his knees.
He said, "Master! Master! This disciple was short-sighted and failed to recognize the master's honor as early as possible. There have been many collisions. Please forgive me! Please forgive me!"
Bajie curled up his long mouth and said something sarcastic, "My master told you just now that he is a monk who studies scriptures in the East. Seeing that he is destined to you, he wants to accept you as his disciple. You are not willing. Now you are Why is this so?"
The traveler said, "Brother, don't blame him. If I were grandson, I would not believe it easily again if I was deceived by others over and over again."
Li Fu said, "Please get up quickly, please get up quickly."
He helped Wu Jing up and said, "I wonder what your name is, disciple?"
Wujing said, "Under the teachings of Bodhisattva, my disciples took this river as a form. He also invented it with me and called it Wujing."
Chapter completed!