Now that Tang Sanzang had experienced the incident in Cart Slow Kingdom and witnessed the miserable lives of the farmers living in Chang'an City's finest district under the temple's protection, he had gained a preliminary understanding of the greed and darker side of the Buddhist School's monks.
Cracks had begun to appear in his pure, untainted Buddhist heart. It had been polluted.
With a little more effort, Tang Sanzang, the heaven-ordained scripture seeker, might truly turn his back on the Buddhist School.
Wang Yuan furrowed his brows, pondering which trial he might be able to start with.
As Wang Yuan followed the Journey to the West Team westward, he continued contemplating the great undertaking of overturning the Buddhist School.
Until one day, they arrived at a village.
When Wang Yuan saw the village's name clearly, he froze for a moment before uncontrollable delight filled him.
Because this village was called Chen Family Village.
Beside Chen Family Village ran a river named the Tongtian River.
This was precisely where Great King Inspiration, who devoured young boys and girls, lived.
And Great King Inspiration did indeed have some background, one that could conveniently be used by Wang Yuan to further shatter Tang Sanzang's faith.
The glorious image erected by the Buddhist School would likely be more than half destroyed after the Tongtian River.
After their group entered Chen Family Village, they saw that the village was holding a grand banquet for monks and Daoists.
They had arrived at just the right time and could mooch a hot meal.
Moreover, the household hosting the feast was wealthy and had always revered Buddhism and respected Daoism. Naturally, they would not drive them away upon seeing them.
They were already preparing vegetarian meals for monks and Daoists anyway. A few more monks made little difference.