When Maitreya saw Guanyin arrive in person, he knew that today's matter could no longer go as he wished. He chuckled, made a Daoist salute, and said,
"Since Venerable Guanyin has come in person, I shall grant you this favor. But the Heavenly Court's dignity must not be lightly insulted. I hope the Buddhist Sect will handle this properly and give the Jade Emperor an explanation."
With that, Maitreya swept his sleeve and departed on the clouds with the Water Virtue Star Lord and the other celestial gods. Before leaving, the Water Virtue Star Lord still shot Weak Water an unwilling glare.
Weak Water's gaze was icy, and faint blue waterlight flickered at her fingertips. Frightened, he hastily turned away and did not dare look at her again.
Guanyin descended from the clouds. Her gaze first rested on Tang Sanzang for a moment, and only after seeing that he was unharmed did she turn to Zhu Ganglie and Weak Water.
She sighed softly and said with some helplessness in her voice, "Do you two know what grave trouble you have caused today?"
Zhu Ganglie slammed the Nine-Toothed Rake against the ground and declared, "Bodhisattva, this old pig only seeks a clear conscience in all I do. Weak Water waited bitterly for me for five hundred years. If I betrayed her, wouldn't I be worse than a pig or dog?"
Upon hearing this, the frost in Fairy Weak Water's eyes gradually melted. She interlocked her fingers with Zhu Ganglie's and said softly, "Tianpeng is right. Even if a Saint came in person today, they needn't dream of separating us."
Guanyin shook her head slightly, then turned her gaze toward Sun Wukong, who was scratching his ears and cheeks nearby. "Wukong, you deliberately stepped aside just now. Had you calculated that Medicine