Sun Wukong could tell at a glance that he had misunderstood, and laughed, "Master, that's a monster!"
"You! You!" Tang Sanzang slowly managed to speak.
"Senior Brother!" Sha Wujing also recovered from the sudden turn of events.
"Monkey! Look what you've done! You've killed someone again!" Pigsy plopped down on the boat, clutching the oar and weeping, "Cuicui, Cuicui! Even though you thought I was ugly and set your dogs on me, you still let me on the boat to ferry me and my master across the river. You were a living bodhisattva, so why did you die!"
"Waaah—"
The yellow dog, unable to find its owner, surfaced from the water, howling and crying to the sky. It was gradually swept away by the Tongtian River and was on the verge of death.
"..." Tang Sanzang vigorously flicked his sleeve.
"Master, that really is a monster!" Sun Wukong tugged at Tang Sanzang's sleeve.
"You, let go!" Tang Sanzang was not as strong as Sun Wukong, and the two began to struggle on the boat.
Because of Pigsy, Sandy, and the White Dragon Horse, the boat was already drafted very deep. This rocking, combined with Li Changzhou's pushing and swaying, caused it to sway violently.
The boat capsized!
Caught off guard, the monkey instinctively sprang up upon encountering the water and landed in mid-air.
"Pigsy, Sandy, keep an eye on Master!" he shouted from the cloud.
When Pigsy and Sandy floated to the surface, there was no trace of Tang Sanzang.
"Bajie! Where is Master?!"
"Master's surname is 'Chen' and his given name is 'Didui'! Monkey, you killed Master! Come with me to see the Bodhisattva!" Pigsy howled.
Sun Wukong was so anxious that his monkey face turned red and his whole body itched.
Suddenly, he turned his head and looked around: "Where's the dog?"
"Your master is dead, why are you still bothering with dogs!"
Sun Wukong didn't have time to explain and immediately said, "Bajie, Sha Wujing, you two go to the bottom of the river to find Master. I'll go to the underworld to see if Master's soul has gone there! If it has, I'll retrieve it while I'm at it!"
He disappeared in a flash after saying that.
At the bottom of the river, Li Changzhou, who was about to rescue Tang Sanzang, stopped.
Only after Tang Sanzang drowned did they collect his body.
After doing all this, he quickly returned to his cave and gave the water demon some instructions. Just as he finished speaking, Pigsy and Sandy came to his door.
Li Changzhou stepped out of the gate, glanced at the two men with a slight hesitation, and slowly said, "Are you Marshal Tianpeng and General Juanlian?"
"It is indeed me, Old Pig!"
"I am inspired. Why are you two not seeing Tang Sanzang across the river to ferry him to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures? Is there anything you need from me?" Li Changzhou asked, puzzled.
"Stop talking! Tang Sanzang is dead!" Pigsy shouted.
"What? How could the Holy Monk be dead? The murderer is from Chen Family Village! Men, grab my weapons and come with me to slaughter Chen Family Village and avenge the Holy Monk!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!" the water demon replied loudly.
"Alas!" Sha Wujing sighed. "No need for your trouble, brother. The people of Chenjiazhuang have been very kind to us because of your instructions. My master... drowned."
"...drowned?"
"Brother Daoist," Sha Wujing stepped forward and bowed deeply, "My eldest brother has gone to the underworld to find Master's soul. Please, Brother Daoist, activate the water demons to help find Master's body so that his soul may return!"
"I am a pageboy under the Bodhisattva Guanyin of the South Sea, and Elder Tang is on the Bodhisattva's orders to retrieve the scriptures from the Western Paradise. This is my duty!" Li Changzhou said solemnly, "However..."
He changed the subject, his voice softening: "Fellow Daoists, the Tongtian River is boundless. Even with my help, we probably won't be able to find it in a short time."
"Master is just a mortal. If he gets bumped and bruised in the water, or if he soaks in it for a while, even if his soul comes back, it will be of no use! Master!" Pigsy cried out, but his mind was filled with other thoughts.
Once Tang Sanzang dies, it will be another twenty years before he is reincarnated. During this time, it will be enough for Old Pig to go back to Gao Village and have twenty more children.
What about dividing the luggage? That monk left behind several treasures...
"What should we do!" Sha Wujing exclaimed anxiously.
Li Changzhou lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "Please wait a moment, fellow Daoists, I have a plan!"
"Brother Dao, speak quickly!" Sha Wujing urged.
Pigsy grimaced.
Li Changzhou said, “If we go upstream along the Tongtian River, we can find the river eye. Once we have the river eye, no matter how wide or long the Tongtian River is, it will be as easy as looking at the lines on the palm of our hand. Finding the holy monk’s body will be a piece of cake. I have met a disciple of the Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun who is in charge of the source of the river eye. I can go and persuade him to lend it to me.”
"Very well! Thank you, fellow Daoist! Please go quickly!"
"I will set off immediately. It will take me half a day to two days at the earliest, and I will definitely borrow the river eye! Please rest assured, my two fellow Daoists, and wait for my good news!"
Before Pigsy and Sandy could reply, Li Changzhou hurriedly transformed into a beam of light and went upstream.
After Li Changzhou left, Sha Wujing said to Zhu Bajie, "Second Brother, let's go look for him too!"
"What are you looking for? Once that little inspiration borrows the river's eye, he'll know immediately. You think you can find it?"
Sha Wujing was anxious, but what Zhu Bajie said did make sense.
"My Cui Cui! I wonder if Master will meet Cui Cui in the underworld. I hope he won't be captured by the judge!" Pigsy wailed again.
Sun Wukong is extremely fast; he can go to heaven and earth in the blink of an eye.
He led Tang Sanzang's soul back to the human world, where he felt anxious and guilty on the shore. He was convinced that he had accidentally killed Tang Sanzang and hesitated whether to use his water-repelling spell to go into the river and retrieve the body.
Just then, the river parted, and an old turtle floated to the surface.
Sun Wukong was in a bad mood at this time, convinced that the fox was the old turtle's man, and started hitting him with his cudgel.
"Great Sage, Great Sage, let me finish! The one who killed your master was Penglai!"
This old turtle was the original owner of the Water Turtle's Residence. Li Changzhou had also looked for him, but had not been able to find him.
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