Tang Sanzang put his hands together in prayer, smiled, and recited a Buddhist phrase:
“Amitabha, you may go on your own. This humble monk and my mother will take our leave first.”
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After bidding farewell to the Tripitaka Master and Yin Wenjiao, Xu Milu shook her sleeves, and a loud "crackling" sound came from her cuffs:
It sounds a bit like the sound of a person chewing broad beans, or like the "crunching" sound of a dog biting a crab.
Chenxiang tilted her head, tugged at her sleeve and flung it away. Mo Xuan, dressed in all black, landed on the ground in a disheveled state, still holding half a dying crayfish in his mouth.
Xu Milu shook her sleeves, and after seeing clearly what he was holding in his mouth, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry:
"Raw crayfish? Didn't I secretly slip you a few steamed buns and flatbreads? It's your own fault for hiding in your sleeve out of fear; I couldn't very well put the food in my sleeve anyway—"
"Madam Xu, you are feasting at that banquet, while I can only chew on some tasteless flatbread here. It's making me so hungry."
Mo Xuan opened his mouth, tossed the half-eaten crayfish into it, chewed it, and said with a bitter face:
"That just now really terrified me! Everyone says that the spirit beast Di Ting knows everything in the world. It only needs to lie down on the ground to hear the deepest secrets in the world. It's all thanks to you, Madam Xu. Otherwise, let alone that Buddha light, Di Ting could have swallowed me whole. The Buddha himself came, and even Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva came up to see what was going on. I told you long ago, the Wei family that slays dragons is my nemesis!"
As we all know, the dragons in Journey to the West have three fears: the monkey who wreaks havoc in the Dragon Palace, Nezha who pulls out the dragon's tendons, and Wei Zheng who slays the dragon.
If it weren't for Xu Milu being there at today's wedding banquet, he would have run as far away as possible.
"I know you're upset. Since we can't enjoy the maple leaves as planned, let's change it to enjoying flowers in the underworld today."
Xu Milu picked up a crayfish that Mo Xuan had brought out and tempted the two of them with a smile:
"I've had no taste in my mouth these past few days, so I'll make you something with a strong flavor today."
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