Chapter 544 Seeking Assistance
Zhu Bajie nodded when he heard the words, and then Sha Wujing and Zhu Bajie returned to the shore together. After Sun Wukong saw Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing coming back, they disappeared after a long time. The monster immediately jumped down from the clouds and asked Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing:
"What's going on with you two? Why haven't you brought back even a monster?"
When Zhu Bajie heard this, he immediately said to Sun Wukong like a deflated rubber ball:
"Brother Monkey, don't mention this matter. The monster closed the door tightly and didn't come out at all. After I just broke the door, I suddenly found that it was full of stones."
After hearing this, Sun Wukong thought carefully for a long time, and then slowly said to Zhu Bajie:
"It seems that this method cannot be used. The monster has a long memory. How about this? You go to the river bank first and I'll look for helpers."
Hearing this, Zhu Bajie smiled and said to Sun Wukong: "Brother Monkey, this kind of thing is such a waste of time."
When Sun Wukong saw this, he grabbed Zhu Bajie’s ears and said to Zhu Bajie’s ear:
"It doesn't matter what it is to save the master. Just don't worry about it and just do as I say. I'm going to the South China Sea now. I'll come back when I go."
After Sun Wukong said this, he ran to the South China Sea in a somersault cloud. After a while, he jumped off the cloud. When a group of gods saw Sun Wukong coming, they smiled and said to Sun Wukong:
"Why did the Great Sage come here in such a leisurely and elegant manner today?"
After hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the group of gods: "I have something to ask Guanyin Bodhisattva."
The group of gods slowly shook their heads when they heard this. Sun Wukong looked confused when he saw this. After a while, he slowly said:
"Guanyin Bodhisattva has already gone out this morning and does not allow outsiders to enter and play alone in the bamboo forest. He knew you would come today and asked us to wait for you here."
When Sun Wukong heard this, he immediately felt relieved and chatted with the gods there. After a while, the good boy suddenly came out and said to Sun Wukong:
"Thanks to Sun Dasheng for his concern, the Bodhisattva took me in. I stay with you morning and night, specifically to serve the Bodhisattva."
Sun Wukong smiled and said:
"You were obsessed at that time. Only now that you have attained the true state of cultivation can you know that I am a good person."
Sun Wukong waited there for a long time, but did not see the arrival of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Finally, Sun Wukong couldn't wait any longer, so he planned to go in to find Guanyin Bodhisattva.
After a while, Sun Wukong finally wanted to leave, but Guanyin Bodhisattva came out and said to Sun Wukong:
"Sun Wukong, why are you still so impatient now? If you wait just a little longer, I will come out."
After Sun Wukong saw Guanyin Bodhisattva, he quickly knelt down and said to Guanyin Bodhisattva:
"I encountered a problem, that's why I want you to find the origin of the monster in Tongtian River."
After hearing the words, Guanyin Bodhisattva thought carefully for a long time, and then slowly said to Sun Wukong:
"You go out and wait for me for some time. I will be out in a short while."
After Guanyin Bodhisattva said this, he turned around and continued into the bamboo forest.
Sun Wukong did not dare to take Guanyin Bodhisattva away by force, so he could only walk out of the bamboo forest and said to all the gods:
"Today Bodhisattva is doing housework again. If he is not making a lotus bed or putting on makeup, what is he doing in the bamboo forest peeling bamboo?"
Upon hearing this, the gods quickly waved their hands and said to Sun Wukong:
"I don't know about this either. Guanyin Bodhisattva entered the bamboo forest this morning and asked us to wait here for your arrival. I guess something must have happened to you."
After a while, Guanyin Bodhisattva slowly walked out carrying a bamboo basket and said to Sun Wukong:
"Wukong, now I will follow you to save Tang Xuanzang."
After hearing this, Wukong quickly knelt down and said to Guanyin Bodhisattva: "I dare not rush you, but I still want you to put on your clothes and go catch that monster together."
After hearing the words, Guanyin Bodhisattva thought carefully for a long time, then slowly spoke to Sun Wukong:
"To catch that monster, you don't need to do so many things at all. I just need to carry a bamboo basket."
After Guanyin Bodhisattva just said this, he followed Sun Wukong to the Tongtian River realm. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing saw this and said:
"Senior brother, you are really too anxious. Why did you bring a Bodhisattva who was not prepared at all?"
As soon as Zhu Bajie finished speaking, the Guanyin Bodhisattva came to Zhu Bajie. Seeing this, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing quickly knelt down and said to the Bodhisattva:
"Bodhisattva, please forgive us for our incompetence. We failed to protect Tang Xuanzang's Buddhist scriptures in the West, and we have to trouble you again."
Hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva ignored Zhu Bajie and just threw the bamboo basket into the water. He muttered a mantra in his mouth for a while, and after a while, he lifted the basket, and there was a shining golden fish in the basket.
Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva quickly said to Sun Wukong: "Sun Wukong doesn't care now, go and save your master."
When Sun Wukong heard this, he thought Guanyin Bodhisattva was teasing him, so he smiled and said to Guanyin Bodhisattva:
"Bodhisattva, you are really good at joking. The monster has not been captured yet. How can you save my master?"
After hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva showed Sun Wukong the fish in the bamboo basket and said to Sun Wukong:
"The monster in the river is now in this bamboo basket. Go and save your master now."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing quickly asked: "How can the fish transform into this? It must be a fake."
Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled when he heard this and said:
"This fish was originally a goldfish raised in my lotus pond. He listened to me chanting sutras every day, so he cultivated a method. The weapon he used was a lotus leaf that did not bloom in my water."
"I don't know which day the tide suddenly came in and he ran away. I counted on my fingers and found out that he once harmed your master here, so I didn't have time to dress up, so I made a bamboo basket and came here."
Sun Wukong smiled and said to Guanyin Bodhisattva:
"If that's the case, then after I rescue my master, how about I ask everyone in Chenjiazhuang to give you a golden Buddha statue?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva heard the words and didn't want to pay attention to Sun Wukong. He just said helplessly to Sun Wukong: "Let me think about this matter for a while. You can go and rescue all your masters now."
However, when Sun Wukong went to save Tang Xuanzang. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing had already run to Chenjiazhuang and shouted loudly.
Just listen to Zhu Bajie say loudly:
"Come and see, this is the living Guanyin Bodhisattva."