Sensing the sight of Guanyin Bodhisattva, the gaze from Zhen Yuanzi also took the opportunity to retract and disappeared into the clouds.
"Holy Monk, when you were in the deep mountains and wild forests, did you meet Lishan Mother and the three Bodhisattvas Guanyin, Manjusri, and Samantabhadra?"
After retracting his gaze, Zhen Yuanzi's expression condensed slightly and he asked Tang Sanzang.
"The Great Immortal has a clever plan and this is indeed the case."
"I see!"
Zhen Yuanzi thought thoughtfully, "It is said that Old Mother Lishan has an earthly mirror, which can see through the marriage, love and calamity of people, ghosts, demons, gods and Buddhas in the world. If you guessed correctly, you should have seen the empress of the other side in that earthly mirror. A figure, right?"
Zhen Yuanzi was originally the ancestor of the earthly immortals. Although he was never ranked among the immortals, his Taoism was already comparable to that of Daluo Jinxian, and even compared with Master Guanyin.
It is naturally not difficult to use divination to deduce other people's past and future.
In response, Tang Sanzang nodded and frowned again.
As he said, when he was in Mojiazhuang, he did see a strange silver mirror and saw a shadow from the other side in the mirror.
According to his opinion, could it be that this place on the other side, where he was once an old friend in the world of mortals, will be a romantic calamity on his journey westward in the future?
The so-called Four Saints' test of Zen mind is not as simple as testing whether their masters and disciples are resolute in their determination to travel to the West. On the contrary, they have other agendas?
"It's no wonder that Master Guanyin, who has always been on good terms with me, has now begun to pay attention to Wuzhuang Temple!"
Zhen Yuanzi said, "I think these Bodhisattva Immortals have perceived the existence of the Queen of the Other Side through the earthly mirror, but they have not determined her identity yet, so they want to find out in Pindao."
"If Pindao hadn't been protected by the Five Elements Array in the main hall, I'm afraid Master Guanyin would have seen the statue of the empress!"
Zhen Yuanzi said this with a hint of happiness in his voice.
From his tone of voice, it seemed that Bian'an's true identity was extremely sensitive, and once exposed, there would be endless disasters.
Although Tang Sanzang was quite confused about this, Zhen Yuanzi was unwilling to say more, and it was inconvenient for him to ask further questions.
"In that case, I wonder what the Great Immortal needs me to do?"
With this thought, Tang Sanzang asked him again.
After all, Master Guanyin was his guide on his journey to the west. In addition to bestowing him with various magic weapons, he also taught him the Dao Sutra, allowing him to complete the Dao and achieve the golden body in advance.
And on the other side are old friends from the past. Although they have never met in this life, they have a connection after all.
Out of a moderate way of doing things, he did not want any unnecessary disputes to arise between the two.
And since Zhen Yuanzi respects the other side, Tang Sanzang doesn't want to bring any trouble to him because of his arrival.
"I am a poor Taoist who neither serves heaven nor is affiliated with Buddhism. Apart from independent humans, gods, and Buddhas, if you and I get too close, the Bodhisattva will definitely be dissatisfied if he knows about it."
In this regard, Zhen Yuanzi said, "So Pindao thinks that there is no need to let Bodhisattva and others know too much about your relationship with me and the other side empress."
"If possible, I would like you and me to have some conflicts, so as to convince the Bodhisattva that we are not on the same path."
"Conflict? I wonder what conflict method the immortal plans to use?"
Tang Sanzang asked with a smile, quite agreeing with his suggestion.
After all, it is necessary to resolve some unnecessary barriers and conflicts with some white lies.
"Later, Pindao will lead all the disciples in the audience to the Ten Thousand Demons Festival. It will take three days to return."
Zhen Yuanzi thought for a moment, "During this period, I will let the two disciples Qingfeng Mingyue stay and be responsible for entertaining everyone. I also hope that the holy monk and your disciples will not conflict with them!"
"In addition, there are two trees in Pindao's yard. One is a ginseng fruit tree and the other is not a ginseng fruit tree. Those are Pindao's most cherished treasures! You must restrain your disciples and don't let them do whatever they want. Pick it, otherwise if I get angry, the consequences will be serious!"
Everything he said was ironic.
This is a hint to Tang Sanzang, who used the ginseng fruit tree in the courtyard as the origin of the conflict between the two, in order to achieve the purpose of drawing a clear line in front of the Bodhisattva.
Unexpectedly, the catastrophe of Wuzhuangguan would kick off in such a dramatic way!
"The poor monk will definitely remember the great immortal's advice, and he will definitely restrain his disciples and ask them to try not to touch any plant or tree in his sight!"
Afterwards, Tang Sanzang also said politely, "So please feel free to go to the meeting, Great Immortal. I will take good care of the Wuzhuang Temple for you in the next three days!"
"In that case, I'd like to thank the holy monk!"
"You're welcome, Great Immortal. See you in three days!"
"Goodbye!"
After a few words, Zhen Yuanzi, as the host, immediately stood up and left.
When he walked out of the main hall, the forty-six disciples in the temple had already gathered.
Under the leadership of Zhen Yuanzi, all the disciples stepped on the flying swords one after another, turning into streams of light rising into the sky from Wuzhuang Temple, and disappearing into the western sky in the blink of an eye.
"The ginseng fruit from Wuzhuang Temple nourishes people!"
Watching everyone leave, Tang Sanzang waved his arms and couldn't help but sigh.
After all, he has never eaten the famous ginseng fruit!
Now that I have heard what Zhen Yuanzi said, it’s time for me to give it a try!
With this thought, Tang Sanzang immediately went to stay and came to the guest room where Wukong and the others were.
"These monks who went to the West are so hungry that they have been reincarnated. They have already eaten two hundred steamed buns and three buckets of rice porridge, and they still don't think it's enough!"
"That's right! Especially the pig demon, he couldn't finish the food the whole time, and he didn't have the courtesy to be a guest at all!"
"Huh, if I had known earlier, we would have followed Master to attend the Ten Thousand Demons Festival. It would be really unlucky to serve these stinky monks here!"
"Shh! Don't let them hear!"
"..."
However, as soon as he walked to the door, he saw Qingfeng Mingyue walking out of the side room holding steamers and porridge buckets, with expressions of disdain and complaint on his face.
After seeing Tang Sanzang, the two of them immediately fell silent and became respectful.
"I've met Elder Tang. Are you hungry now? Disciple, do you want me to get you some delicious food?"
Qingfeng held the porridge bucket and said to Tang Sanzang respectfully.
"If that's the case, then help me hold some!"
"Okay, elder, please wait a moment, our brothers and sisters will go to the kitchen to prepare it for you!"
With that said, the two of them bowed to Tang Sanzang and left quickly.
"Hmph, it seems that Elder Tang is also a rude guy, and he doesn't look like an eminent monk at all!"
"I will spit in his porridge later..."
After walking far away, an inaudible sound of killing came from Qingfeng Mingyue's mouth again, but it made Tang Sanzang quite unhappy.
No wonder Zhen Yuanzi went to the Ten Thousand Demons Festival with a group of disciples, but only these two young disciples stayed behind.
With their vicious words, it would be difficult for me not to fall out with them!
After shaking his head for a while, Tang Sanzang immediately opened the door and walked into the guest room.
After walking through the barren mountains and ridges for several days, these disciples had not tasted the fireworks of the world for a long time.
This time I came to the Wuzhuang Temple and received a warm reception. There was no doubt that I would have a great meal.
I saw Zhu Bajie eating a big steamed bun and a ladle of rice porridge, eating happily.
Wukong and Wu Jing did not show any signs of weakness, and kept stuffing steamed buns into their mouths one after another.
"Bajie, eat slowly. You will leave some for Master and Xiao Bailong later!"
"What are you afraid of, Brother Monkey? Master is currently being entertained by Immortal Zhenyuan. He might be eating some delicacies from the mountains and seas!"
"But we are guests after all. I'm afraid it's not good to eat and drink like this. Didn't you see the look in those two fairy boys' faces just now?"
"Hmm... Junior Brother Sha, if you want to pretend to be polite, just pretend to be polite. Anyway, I don't care! I was hung on a tree and soaked in the rain for three days, so I don't want to take this opportunity to mend my skin!"
Brother, you said something to me, but in the blink of an eye, dozens of steamed buns were eaten.
Ahem!
Seeing this, Tang Sanzang coughed twice, then walked around the entrance and came into the house.
"Hey, Master, you are here, come and have dinner with us!"
Seeing Tang Sanzang's arrival, Zhu Bajie said immediately with a mouth full of food.
"Bajie, we are all guests, how can we be so disrespectful and overeat here?"
Seeing Bajie devouring his food, Tang Sanzang said with a caring expression, "Besides, if you are full now, how will you still have the appetite to taste more delicacies from the gods later?"
"Fairy delicious food?"
After hearing this, Bajie's pig ears suddenly stood up, "Could it be that those two fairy boys are hiding really delicious things?"
"That's natural, so don't eat it now. Wouldn't it be nice to leave your stomach to eat something better?"
Tang Sanzang smiled brightly, but Sun Wukong beside him trembled for no reason.
It's just because Master smiles so cheaply, it looks like he's hiding a lot of evil...
