Chapter 23023 Our Friendship Lasts Forever
Zhu Bajie was originally the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy in the Celestial Palace, commanding 80,000 sailors from the Milky Way. For drunkenly molesting the fairy Chang'e, he was banished to the mortal realm by the Jade Emperor. He was mistakenly reborn as a pig, resulting in a hideous appearance with a pig's head and a human body. Previous Journey to the West fan fiction suggests that upon his descent to the mortal realm, he was first "married" to Sister Luan. After Sister Luan's death, he was saved by Guanyin and married into the family of Grand Duke Gao while awaiting the pilgrim at Gao Village. However, the TV series doesn't mention Zhu Bajie's second marriage.
But it's a TV series after all, so it's normal to be beautify it. I heard that the original novel of Journey to the West is not suitable for all ages.
My impression of Zhu Bajie is the phrases he often says, "divide the luggage", "go back to Gao Laozhuang", and Tang Monk's words, "Bajie, you are ugly".
As for being cowardly and lustful, even though I always criticize them harshly, well, that's human nature. All men are lustful, and women are no different. But women generally have a higher sense of morality.
When I was enforcing the law by bathing and fishing, I never imagined I'd run into Tang Sanzang and his crew. We caught almost no fish during that time. The residents of Chengyun County knew about the presence of Yunshui Niangniang in the Yunshui River, so they didn't dare to mess around. And as for outsiders, honestly, how many outsiders in this world would enjoy wandering around in the wilderness? Are they trying to save their lives?
So my first fishing achievement was Zhu Bajie!
When I saw a pig-headed man grunting and calling me "female Bodhisattva", I almost screamed, but my idol image made me endure it.
I kept telling myself, I am the Queen of Yunshui, I am the Queen of Yunshui, I must not lose my composure because of something like this!
Who knows, actually my heart was broken at that moment.
Jinniang sensed something was amiss and emerged from the riverbed, only to be pinned down by me. She was a ghost, so it was best not to show up while we didn't know the nature of Tang Sanzang and his companions.
Fortunately, the lustful Zhu Bajie didn't notice this. He had already put the rake down beside the tree and was rubbing his hands together, looking embarrassed and ashamed.
"Female Bodhisattva, I, Old Pig, was just relieving myself. I didn't mean to offend you. Please, please don't be angry..."
His shy look is very much like a young boy in love.
I took a step back and screamed in mock horror, "You peed in the river?"
Zhu Bajie hurriedly shook his hands, "No, no! It's over there~" He pointed to a tree not far away and said with a chuckle.
I seemed to see the tree saying "I am dirty" and it had thoughts of suicide.
Although I know that excrement is the best biological fertilizer, but, but - I just can't get over this hurdle!
"How dare you, a rude pig demon, act rashly here!"
Zhu Bajie touched his face and showed a hurt expression.
"Female, female Bodhisattva, what you said is so hurtful. Although I, Old Pig, may look ugly, I have a kind heart..."
I:……
At this moment, he seemed to notice the clothes I placed on the edge of the rock. His eyes rolled and he quickly rolled up the clothes and held them in his arms.
I immediately shouted, "Give me back my clothes! Otherwise I will be rude!"
Zhu Bajie stretched out his head and said, "If you're not polite, then don't be polite. I want to see how the female Bodhisattva will be rude to me, an old pig..."
He turned around and made a move to leave.
I raised my hand and summoned a stream of water towards him, but I didn't expect a red silk to wrap around Zhu Bajie even faster than I did. I smelled the rich fragrance of lotus.
Under the dual attack of the red silk and the water column, Zhu Bajie cried out in pain and collapsed to the ground, his whole body soaking wet. He cried out in tears, "Third Prince, why is this happening? I didn't do anything. Monkey King, Monkey King! Help me!"
Sun Wukong didn't come. I guess he was watching a show.
I looked up at the young man who had suddenly appeared. He looked just as I remembered him. He stood on his wind-fire wheel, his arms folded across his chest. His brows were stern, and he looked at Zhu Bajie like he was trash. The golden ring around his neck erupted with flames, ready to burst forth, as if with a single command, they could instantly roast the pig.
"Little Lotus?" I called softly.
He glanced at me, his brows slightly furrowed, his eyes full of unfamiliarity.
"I am A Yu." Thinking that he had never seen my transformed form, I added another sentence.
Yet, he still had that "Who the hell are you?" expression on his face, and alarm bells immediately went off inside me. No way, no way, it's only been a few years, and you've already forgotten me?!
Wait… I counted on my fingers. From the end of the Shang Dynasty to now, it has been nearly 1,700 years. No way, just 1,700 years, and they have forgotten me?
This won’t do! If he forgets about me, won’t I lose my backing?
So I squeezed out two tears, "Little Lotus, don't you recognize me? I'm the little carp A Yu. We agreed in the lotus pond of Qianyuan Mountain to be good friends for life!"
Little Lotus was unmoved, and the look she gave me was still unfamiliar, but for some reason, there was a hint of subtle emotion in her eyes?
"Look, I can transform into a human now. I used to be that little white carp." In order to arouse his memory, I transformed into my original form and swam back and forth in the river.
"Remember now! We used to bask in the sun together. I even told you stories about the dead! I nibbled your lotus stems, bit your lotus roots, and ate your lotus seeds. You even wrote me letters when you went down the mountain to help Ji Fa. Those letters are still under the lotus pond..." I reeled off the memories bit by bit, reciting them one by one like treasures. Zhu Bajie, who had been groaning on the ground, stopped, moved his large, naturally large ears, and revealed a lewd smile.
The little lotus standing in mid-air frowned more and more as she listened. He instantly appeared on the river surface, looking down at me condescendingly, "You said your name is A Yu?"
When I heard him ask this, my eyes lit up and I nodded. Then I quickly jumped out of the water, hung on his body, and hugged his neck from behind.
"You smell so good."
His body stiffened slightly, and violent flames burst out from the Qiankun Circle on his neck again, but the Samadhi True Fire did not hurt me.
I didn't realize this and thought Little Lotus was about to remember me. I was touched and said, "You remember me? That's great! I knew you wouldn't forget me! You said our friendship would last forever!"
Actually, there is no sentence after that. I made it up.
I continued sobbing, "Little Lotus, I missed you so much. Crane and I were inexplicably sent here by the whirlpool, and it's been nearly 1,700 years... I would be so sad if you couldn't remember me."
A rather unkind laugh echoed through the woods. Then, a yellow-blue figure emerged from the trees. It was none other than Sun Wukong.
As soon as Zhu Bajie saw Sun Wukong, he yelled, "You good Monkey King! I called you for a long time and you didn't respond. Why did you just show up? I almost got roasted!"
Sun Wukong bared his teeth at him, kicked him a few times, and hit him a few more times, his face full of disgust, "You idiot! You said you were going to relieve yourself, but you actually peeped at a female Bodhisattva bathing. Aren't you ashamed! If Master hadn't asked me to take a look at you, I wouldn't have come! Even if it was roasted, you still think your meat is too old!"
Then, he patted his thigh and said with a smile, "Isn't this Nezha the Third Prince? How did you find time to come down to earth?"
Nezha still had his arms folded, his chin held high, and ignored me hanging behind him. He was still very stylish.
"I am the Great God of the Three Altars and Sea Assembly, and it is my duty to patrol the lower realms. I just didn't know that Zhu Bajie would act like this!"
Sun Wukong also came to the surface of the river, bowed to us and said with a smile: "Don't be angry, female Bodhisattva, don't be angry, Third Prince, this fool is just like this by nature, but he doesn't have any bad intentions. For my sake, why don't you let him go? I will punish him after I obtain the true scriptures!"
I poked my head out from behind Little Lotus and asked knowingly, "True Scripture? So you're the monk from Chang'an?"
Sun Wukong tilted his head, looked at me with narrowed eyes, and said, "Why, you little fish demon are also planning to take advantage of my master?"
Humph, she was a female Bodhisattva before, but now she is a little fish demon. She changes her face so quickly.
I curled my lips and said, "You put the hat on me, can't I ask?"
Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Hehe, female Bodhisattva, you don't know, along the way, my master and I have encountered countless monsters who have tried to capture my master! What do you think they are trying to do?"
I was about to follow up on his question when suddenly, the surrounding air swirled violently, forming a massive vortex without warning, sweeping dust, fallen leaves, and even pebbles into it. The center of the vortex seemed to connect to another dimension, and everything caught in it vanished. At that moment, a red silk thread shot out from the center of the vortex, striking Little Lotus in the face.
Little Lotus held the demon-slaying sword and quickly dodged me, but when the red silk saw that the attack failed, it directly wrapped around my wrist.
Sun Wukong looked at the red silk, then looked at Zhu Bajie who was tied up, scratched his head, and showed a strange expression.
At the same time, a young man in red clothes and silver armor stepped out of the whirlpool, his brows so gloomy that it seemed as if ink was dripping out.
He raised his head and stretched out his hand to me: "Ayu, come here."
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