Chapter 434: The Journey West with Someone Accompanying You

"Didn't you say you want to go to the West to learn scriptures?"

"The Western Heaven is more than 18,900 miles away from here."

"If we start earlier, we can travel a little longer, and in this way you can reach the Western Heaven earlier and obtain the Tripitaka Sutra from Tathagata Buddha."

Sun Wukong was afraid that if Tang Xuanzang continued to praise him, he would really lose his temper, so he quickly changed the subject and distracted Tang Xuanzang's attention.

"That's right, I almost forgot about the real thing. I listen to you. Let's hurry up."

When Tang Xuanzang heard from Sun Wukong that he was going to the West to obtain the Tripitaka Sutra from Tathagata Buddha, he realized what he was doing. I have made the same habit of being long-winded again.

So he shook his head hard and brought his thoughts back to the main thing.

When he came to his senses, Sun Wukong had already led the white dragon horse carrying all Tang Monk's luggage to Tang Xuanzang's side.

"Master, please mount your horse quickly. We are on our way."

Then Tang Xuanzang heard what Sun Wukong said.

"good."

He said he was very happy to ride on the white horse, and let Sun Wukong walk in front, holding the white horse.

"Master, I only know that you are going to get the true scripture from the Buddha Nashitian Tathagata."

"But master, why are you obsessed with going to Tathagata Buddha in the West to obtain the true scriptures? You should also know how far this journey is."

"You have to walk more than 108,000 miles along the way. Although my somersault cloud can cover 108,000 miles with just one somersault, it can send you directly to the west."

"But Tathagata Buddha will definitely not allow me to do this. However, if I ask you to walk to the West, you don't know how long it will take. These two or three years are conservative estimates."

"Besides, master, why did you go to the Western Heaven to learn scriptures?"

While Sun Wukong was holding Tang Xuanzang's white horse in front, he asked Tang Xuanzang why he went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

"That's a long story."

After hearing Sun Wukong's question, Tang Xuanzang smiled and said.

"Master, I'm bored on the road anyway, so why don't you just tell me."

After Sun Wukong saw Tang Xuanzang's reaction, he immediately became interested and quickly asked Tang Xuanzang to tell him the whole story.

"Since you want to hear it so much, then I will talk to you here."

"It all started on a rainy night, when I was still a newborn baby."

"For some unknown reason, I was placed in a wooden basin and floated down the river, completely leaving my biological parents."

"If the rain had been heavier back then, and the old monk who rescued me back to the temple and trained me had arrived a little later, I would have probably drowned in the water."

"When the monk who saved me brought me back to the temple, it started..."

After Tang Xuanzang saw that Sun Wukong wanted to listen, he actually started talking about it directly from his childhood.

Sun Wukong thought that Tang Xuanzang would tell him the whole story of why he went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

But Sun Wukong never expected that Tang Xuanzang would actually talk about his past.

"Master, please stop. You don't need to go into such details. Just tell me all the important points."

Sun Wukong spoke hurriedly, interrupting Tang Xuanzang, who was about to tell his life story.

"Oh, yes, that's the point."

However, after listening to Sun Wukong's reminder, Tang Xuanzang seemed to react and stopped talking about the past.

"Some time ago, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Tang Taizong, held a Buddhist debate conference, and it was national in nature."

"As a teacher, I relied on my profound knowledge of Buddhism to stand out from the thousands of monks and stand on the stage of teaching Dharma in Chang'an City."

"On the second day after I won, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty asked me to go on stage to speak to everyone about my understanding of Buddhism."

"However, when I was explaining it to everyone in the audience, an old monk emerged from the crowd. He was transformed from Guanyin."

"When he opened his mouth, he laughed at what I said. This is Hinayana Buddhism and cannot save the dead. He has the Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism, which not only can save the dead, but also has various other unexpected effects."

"After listening to his words, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty asked him to go to the stage to lecture on his Mahayana Buddhism. However, after he came to the stage, he directly revealed his original appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva and lectured to everyone in the audience. Learn Mahayana Buddhism.”

Tang Xuanzang was already dancing with joy when he said this. He was the person closest to Guanyin Bodhisattva at that time.

When Guanyin Bodhisattva turned into his original appearance, he witnessed all of this completely.

"After listening to his Mahayana Buddhism, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty benefited a lot from it, so he asked him where he could get this Mahayana Buddhism."

"Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva told him that he could go to Tathagata Buddha to get this Mahayana Dharma."

"After listening to the words of Guanyin Bodhisattva, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty asked everyone present who could go to the West to retrieve this Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism for him."

"Then Tang Taizong looked directly at the people in front of him, but no one dared to raise his head and look at Tang Taizong."

"They were afraid that after they took one look at Tang Taizong, he would send them to the Western Heaven to get those scriptures."

"They are used to this kind of comfortable life."

"So I didn't have the courage to go out and venture out. When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was about to get angry when he saw their appearance, I stepped forward and told Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that I could go and bring this Mahayana Buddhism back."

"After Tang Taizong saw me standing up so bravely, he was very moved and directly took me to sworn brotherhood. From that day on, I had an additional identity, that is, Tang Taizong's royal younger brother."

When Tang Xuanzang said this, his face was filled with excitement. Being able to become the emperor's younger brother was a title that no one would envy.

"So it is for the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty that you have to go all the way to the Western Heaven to obtain the so-called Tripitaka of Mahayana Buddhism from Tathagata Buddha."

After listening to Tang Xuanzang's words, Sun Wukong still eliminated many redundant places, and then summarized the more important words from Tang Xuanzang's words.

"That's roughly what it means."