Chapter 145 Journey to the West 14
Li Zhen got off the horse and walked into the temple with Wukong.

As soon as I walked in, I saw a group of monks walking out of the door.

The monk asked, "Where are you monks from?"

Li Zhen replied, "I'm from the Tang Dynasty in the East. I passed by here and came in to take a look."

The two monks poured tea for Li Zhen and Wukong and said with a smile, "So you are the eminent monks from the East. We are sorry for not welcoming you in person. Please have some tea."

"Thank you."

Li Zhen took the tea and drank it in one gulp.

When the monk who was pouring water saw Wukong's appearance clearly, he was shocked and said, "How can he be so ugly? He looks like a wild monster."

"Bah, I'm Sun Wukong, the Monkey King of the Flower-Fruit Mountain. You're ugly." Wukong got a little angry after hearing that.

He is the Monkey King, and he is also a deity who has been listed in the list of gods and has been dubbed the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

Even now, anyone who sees him has to politely call him Great Sage.

"Young Master, please be careful with your words, otherwise my disciple has a bad temper. Once he gets angry, he will beat you to death with a stick."

Li Zhen threatened with a smile.

Hearing what Li Zhen said, the little monks were so scared that they stepped back and dared not speak.

Li Zhen and Wukong separated and visited the temple at will.

Li Zhen walked into a mountain gate and saw a main hall with four big characters written on it - Guanyin Temple.

Li Zhen clasped his hands together and nodded towards the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Now that I have seen you, I naturally have to say hello.

This world is different from Earth, these statues are all alive.

He wandered around here for a while and found that there were only statues of Guanyin or Buddha, and there was nothing interesting to see.

"Clang clang clang."

Just then, there was a rapid sound of bell ringing outside.

The huge bell sound startled all the monks, both big and small, and the elders in the upper and lower rooms of the temple. They heard the bell ringing randomly and ran out and shouted, "Who is ringing the bell here?"

"Hey, it's fun."

It turned out that Sun Wukong was playing with the clock for fun.

"It was your grandpa who hit the ground, what happened?"

Wukong jumped in front of them and made faces, frightening them so much that they stumbled and cried out in fear, "Grandpa Thunder God."

Wukong said proudly: "Thunder God is my great-grandson! Get up, get up, don't be afraid, we are holy monks from the Great Tang of the East."

Li Zhen looked at Wukong and smiled without saying anything.

When the monks saw Li Zhen, they bowed to the two of them and then felt relieved.

At this moment, the abbot, also wearing a cassock, walked out.

An old host with a charitable face

"I am the abbot of this temple. I am late. I am sorry for not welcoming you. I am rude and impolite."

"polite."

"Please follow me to the backyard for tea."

Li Zhen and Wukong were led to a meditation room in the backyard.

The old host said: "Just now the young men said that you came from the Tang Dynasty in the East."

Li Zhen said: "I passed by Baoshan and saw the temple. Why shouldn't I come in?"

The old abbot said, "That's absolutely right."

"How far is it from the East to here?"

Li Zhen replied, "It's more than 5,000 miles from the border of Chang'an. I passed Liangjie Mountain and recruited a group of disciples. We traveled all the way through the Western Fan Ha'ai country. It took two months and another 5,000 to 6,000 miles to reach your place."

The old abbot said, "It's thousands of miles away. I've wasted my life here and never left the mountain gate. I'm really just looking at the world from a well."

The old host couldn't help but sigh when he thought about how far Li Zhen had gone.

The two chatted about family matters.

At this moment, a young monk came in carrying a mutton-fat jade plate and three blue and gold-inlaid tea bells.

Another boy followed behind, carrying a white copper kettle and pouring three cups of fragrant tea.

"What do you think of these jade pieces of mine, elders?" the old abbot showed off deliberately.

"Yes, it's a good item."

Li Zhen complimented casually.

The old host said: "The elder came from the East, so he must have a lot of instruments like this.

I think the robe you are wearing is a rare treasure."

The old host looked at Li Zhen wearing a monk's robe with shining eyes, and he liked him very much.

"Hey, old monk, you have a good eye. You know, this Jinlan cassock was given to my master by the Buddha from the West. It is the only one in the world.

Wearing this robe can save you from falling into the cycle of reincarnation."

Wukong boasted proudly.

"this!"

Wukong's words made the old host's eyes widen.

The old host immediately stood up from his seat, walked up to Li Zhen, pulled up his robe and began to look at it.

His palm gently stroked the robe, as if he was stroking the face of a beloved woman, carefully and caringly.

"Good baby, good baby."

The old host praised Li Zhen's robes highly.

The old host was greedy when he saw such a treasure. He stepped forward, knelt down in front of Li Zhen, and said with tears in his eyes,

"I have believed in Buddha all my life, but I have never received anything from Buddha. Elder, can you give me this cassock? I am willing to exchange it for all my treasures."

He pulled Li Zhen's clothes, looked at Li Zhen with his old face and tears in his eyes.

"You old monk, you can look at it, but why are you planning to take my master's robes? Go away."

The old host's behavior made Wukong very unhappy.

"Goku, let's go."

Li Zhen was also unhappy and shook his head, then took Wukong out of the temple.

He already knew who this old host was.

I also know which of the 81 difficulties this is, so I don't want to stay here for too long.

When the two of them walked out, Goku was still a little angry.

"That bald donkey is so greedy, yet he can be the abbot of a temple. It really brings shame to Buddhism."

Wukong looked down on him.

I feel that the other person is not worthy of being a monk.

"Once people's greed comes, it can't be hidden." Li Zhen sighed.

As long as one is a mortal, there is no one who is not greedy. He is either greedy for this or that.

It's just that the abbot's eating style is too ugly and annoying.

The old host looked sad when he saw the two people walking away.

His face was hesitant, but finally turned into determination. He walked into the back mountain and summoned a black bear spirit.

He told the Black Bear Demon about Li Zhen's cassock.

"Disciple, go and steal their robes and luggage."

"If you can't steal it, rob it."

"Master, don't worry, I will bring you the monk's robes and luggage in a moment."

After the black bear demon finished speaking, he flew out of the temple and disappeared.

at night.

Li Zhen and Wukong were taking a nap.

The black bear demon rushed out and tried to snatch the package.

"Where did you come from, monster? Take this stick from me!"

Wukong took out his golden cudgel and started swinging it to hit.

"Roar."

The black bear demon, like a human, wields a long spear with a black tassel. He is good at transformation and his methods are very powerful.

Its body was as indestructible as diamond. It took several blows from Wukong but remained unharmed.

The skin is rough and the flesh is thick.

Wukong and the black bear demon fought back and forth, causing sand and rocks to fly and mountains to collapse and the earth to crack.

The fight lasted for hundreds of rounds but the winner was still undecided.

"Wukong, please move aside and let the master come."

Li Zhen asked Wukong to move aside.

He rushed over and punched the black bear demon on the forehead.

The black bear demon howled, then fell to the ground and couldn't get up.

Li Zhen wanted to punch it again, but the black bear demon immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Holy monk, spare my life, holy monk, spare my life!"

"I just wanted to steal your robes and luggage. I didn't mean any harm."

The black bear demon quickly confessed everything.

He told Li Zhen everything the old monk had said to him.

"Damn old bald ass."

"Master, please wait here. I, Old Sun, will go and seek revenge."

When Wukong heard that it was the old bald monk in the temple who was responsible, he was so angry that his hair stood on end.

He couldn't stand this anger, so he said something to Li Zhen, then turned into a stream of light and flew back to the temple.

Inside the temple.

"Old bald donkey, come out here!"

Wukong shouted while floating in the air.

After a while, a group of monks and the old abbot came out.

"Amitabha, I don't know why the elder left and came back."

The old abbot chanted a Buddhist name and said to Wukong.

"Hmph, you old bald donkey, you dare not take responsibility for what you did. You asked the black bear demon to steal my master's cassock, and now you are pretending to be innocent here. It's really abominable."

"No, no, don't slander me. What black bear monster? I am a monk, how can I associate with monsters? If you are talking about a monster, I am afraid it is you, elder."

The old host showed a hint of ridicule.

As soon as he finished speaking, a little monk echoed, "Yes, you are the monster."

"I'm so angry!"

Wukong was so angry that he was shaking all over, and he raised his stick to hit the old host.

"boom."

A stick hit the old host on the head, and his head exploded, turning him into a headless corpse and falling to the ground.

The monks nearby screamed and fled in all directions.

"I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, not a monster."

But Wukong didn't let them go. He chased them and killed them one by one.

Sun Wukong has a strong sense of self-esteem and thinks that anyone who dares to make fun of him deserves to die.

After killing them all, he took the gold, silver and treasures inside and flew away.

"Master, look what I brought back."

Wukong placed the gold, silver and treasures he had looted in front of Li Zhen.

Although they were all mundane things, Li Zhen smiled and put them all into the plane space.

"Master, where is the black bear?"

"I let it go."

"Why didn't you kill it?"

"Forget it, it's not bad by nature, it just went astray." He turned and asked, "What did you do to those monks? How did you bring back so much gold and silver treasures?"

"Humph, they were all killed by me, Old Sun. There is no use leaving these gold and silver treasures there. It is better to bring them to you as a tribute to you, Master."

"They were all killed, not a single one was left alive?"

"I didn't keep any. Who made them laugh at me, Old Sun, and call me a monster?"

"That's fine."

Li Zhen did not blame Wukong. If he remembered correctly, the monks in the original book were not good people either. They would burn them all to death under the cover of night.

Moreover, after realizing the Buddhist teachings, he knew in his heart that life and death are determined by fate, and no matter what happens, it is your calamity.

Just like this time, if the old abbot had not been greedy and let the black bear demon come out to snatch the robes, this kind of thing would not have happened.

The cycle of cause and effect, retribution is unhappy.

Everything has its own destiny.

Every thought and action is a disaster.

Entering the temple out of curiosity to visit was Li Zhen's disaster.

Driven by greed, the monks tried to steal the cassock, which brought disaster upon the old abbot.

The difference is that Li Zhen survived the disaster, while the old host died in it.

If the old host could resist his greed, this disaster would be resolved on its own.

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