A Wilderness Road Teahouse Meets Traveling Merchants; Duanmu Huai Encounters the White Bone Spirit

After passing Gao Family Village, they had entered Western He Continent. Along the way, Duanmu Huai and Sun Wukong traveled through the mountains and rivers, slaying demons and exterminating evil. It was immensely satisfying.

Of course, as far as Duanmu Huai was concerned...

"That Tathagata was spouting complete nonsense, disturbing everyone's peace and quiet."

"Master, why do you say that?"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's complaint, Sun Wukong asked curiously. After traveling with Duanmu Huai all this way, he had long since realized that this man was not a devout believer in Buddha at all.

No, forget devout. He had nothing to do with monks whatsoever. Not only did he love drinking alcohol and eating meat, he also lacked even the slightest bit of the compassion expected of a religious man. Whenever they reached a territory controlled by demons, he absolutely refused to stop until every monster inside had been slaughtered. In Duanmu Huai's own words, "Forgiving them is Buddha's business. My duty is to send them to meet Buddha."

Well, according to Sun Wukong, those demons had ended up having their souls scattered under Duanmu Huai's divine might. They could not even enter Hell, much less go meet Buddha.

However, Sun Wukong himself was not exactly an honest man either. The two of them had surprisingly similar dispositions—sometimes, Sun Wukong even felt that his master was more ruthless than he was. Back then, his greatest achievement had been causing a ruckus in the Heavenly Palace. If Duanmu Huai had been in his place, he probably would have torn the entire Heavenly Palace apart...

"Do you know what Tathagata said publicly back when we went to obtain the scriptures? 'There are four great continents in this world. The people of each differ in good and evil. Those of Eastern Divine Continent respect