Wuzhi Mountain, the chaotic rocks turned into dust, and smoke and dust billowed.

Sun Wukong, covered in dust, stood up and looked at Tang Sanzang, wondering, "This is the mortal body that Guanyin described, so weak and frail, yet he seems capable of defeating the Buddha?"

Tang Sanzang walked over with a big smile and said, "Wukong, would you like a peach, a banana, or a steamed bun?"

Sun Wukong casually picked up a few peaches, thanked them, and then set off with Tang Sanzang. They chatted about the Yunmeng Sect as they flew, and soon they reached a consensus on their destination.

Soon they flew out of the Tang Dynasty's borders and continued westward, proceeding as planned towards Eagle's Sorrow Gorge.

Upon landing, Tang Sanzang discovered that Eagle Sorrow Gorge had been ravaged beyond recognition, riddled with craters and torn apart, on the verge of becoming ruins.

Tang Sanzang looked in front of him and saw that there were two women in white.

It is speculated that they may have had a minor argument.

Upon closer inspection, one of them was Guanyin Bodhisattva, covered in blood, pale-faced, and quite badly injured.

Another girl, shrouded in ethereal beauty, was repeatedly apologizing.

"Wukong, who is Guanyin Bodhisattva talking to?" Tang Sanzang asked.

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Master, you haven't seen her. She is the Little Dragon Girl, the ninth princess of the East Sea Dragon King. She is also one of our people and will be traveling with us to the Western Paradise."

It turned out that she was Little Dragon Girl. Tang Sanzang looked at the white-clad woman shrouded in ethereal beauty and went up to her with Wukong.

At this moment, Guanyin Bodhisattva also noticed them. Perhaps feeling ashamed, she wiped the blood from her face, gritted her teeth, glared at Xiaolongnu, flicked her sleeves, and rode away on a cloud.

Xiaolongnu and Tang Sanzang introduced themselves to each other.

Afterwards, Tang Sanzang asked, "How did you get into a conflict with Guanyin Bodhisattva?"

"It's alright, I've already made peace with Guanyin Bodhisattva."

"..." Sun Wukong and Tang Sanzang looked at each other in bewilderment. Had they made peace? They were both bleeding. This was clearly a beating of Guanyin.

“Here’s what happened. She told me that the son of the Dragon King of the West Sea should be waiting here. I said he had gone back and I would go in his place. She said it was against the rules, so I explained the rules to her, and we finally made peace and she agreed to let me go.”

Little Dragon Girl added, "I also gleaned two pieces of information from her: five hundred years ago, Buddha went into seclusion, and the person just now wasn't the real Guanyin Bodhisattva, but a candidate for Guanyin Bodhisattva. The real Bodhisattva is in seclusion."

They seemed to be deep in thought, then hurriedly set off, heading west.

Along the way, they saw Guanyin Bodhisattva leaving in a sorry state with a black bear spirit.

"Why is Guanyin Bodhisattva running so fast?" Li Ming couldn't help but complain as he looked at the Boundless Bowl. He remembered that in the original story, when they passed by Guanyin Temple, the Black Bear Spirit stole the cassock. Later, Guanyin appeared, subdued the Black Bear Spirit, and took him back to the South China Sea.

The story hasn't even started yet, how can it be over already?

Are procedures no longer being followed?

Li Ming almost laughed.

Continue to observe.

Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and Xiaolongnu continued their journey towards a place called Gao Laozhuang.

As soon as I landed on the ground, I saw a pig-headed human leaning against a tree, with a nine-toothed rake beside him and a plate of grass in his arms.

He is Zhu Bajie.

In his previous life, Zhu Bajie was the "Marshal Tianpeng," who commanded 80,000 naval soldiers of the Milky Way. He was proficient in thirty-six transformations and his weapon was a nine-toothed rake made by Laozi and bestowed upon him by the Jade Emperor.

He was banished to the mortal world for harassing the Fairy of Rainbow Robes and was reincarnated as a pig, born with a pig's head and a human body.

He once fell into Li Ming's Yunmeng Sect.

Because he loved to eat, Li Ming gave him a magical technique called Devouring Heaven and Earth. After learning it, he could convert anything he ate into spiritual energy.

Li Ming had him wait there early on, awaiting the arrival of Tang Sanzang.

I didn't expect Pigsy to be here so early. Logically speaking, he should be transformed into a handsome man and chasing after girls everywhere.

It's rare to find one.

"You must be Pigsy?" Tang Sanzang had heard Li Ming mention him before, and with such distinctive features, it was definitely him. He quickly walked towards the direction where the Nine-Toothed Rake was placed.

"I've been waiting for so long, and today has finally come."

Pigsy was very happy. He stood up and saw a beautiful fairy sister. The bun in his mouth fell to the ground. He walked over happily.

Sun Wukong and Xiaolongnu were somewhat surprised. Tang Sanzang and Zhu Bajie were clearly meeting for the first time, yet they acted like old friends, about to embrace each other warmly.

They all misunderstood.

Tang Sanzang and Zhu Bajie brushed past each other.

Tang Sanzang picked up the nine-toothed rake, which weighed 5,048 jin, looked it over, and was very satisfied. He asked, "Bajie, is this nine-toothed rake made of gold?"

Pigsy had no time to pay attention to Tang Sanzang, and said, "Hello, my name is Pigsy, I am male, I like women, I have a cheerful personality, I am currently single and unmarried, my family has been loyal for generations, I have no bad habits, I have my own cave, I know the Thirty-Six Transformations and the magic of devouring heaven and earth. May I ask this fairy, do you have any preferences?"

Sun Wukong warned, "Fool, don't be reckless. She's the Little Dragon Girl, and her magic might be even stronger than yours."

Pigsy's smile vanished instantly; this lady was not to be trifled with.

Turning to look at Tang Sanzang, she wanted to say that the Nine-Toothed Rake wasn't made of gold, but of an extremely precious material, when she noticed Tang Sanzang's eyes lighting up.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s not gold. It’s a bit heavy. We can make a lot of money selling it as scrap metal,” Tang Sanzang said leisurely.

Pigsy quickly went over and snatched his weapon away; something was wrong with his master.

"I'll treat you to a peach."

Tang Sanzang smiled, took out peaches, bananas, or steamed buns from inside his robe, and said:

"Since this is our first meeting, I don't have much to give you, so I'll just ask for these things."

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