Lin Tian was simply watching how the Tang Monk would react.
The Tang Monk stammered, "Who ever heard of a man giving birth? Besides, men have no birth canal. How could they deliver a child?"
Lin Tian said with a genial smile, "Holy Monk, have you never heard that Yu the Great's father was also a man who became pregnant and gave birth to him? Despite his extraordinary origins, Yu the Great went on to become one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Who under heaven does not know of his achievements? What have you to fear, Holy Monk?"
His words instantly left the Tang Monk speechless, at a loss for what to say!
Then Lin Tian continued, "As the saying goes, even a vicious tiger does not eat its cubs. This is your own flesh and blood, Holy Monk. The child has already taken shape and will soon be born. Would you really kill your own flesh and blood with your own hands?"
The Tang Monk stammered, "But men have no milk. How could I raise the child?"
"Stop making excuses. That is no reason at all. Just have the queen find you a wet nurse!"
The Tang Monk now had nothing left to say!
Zhu Bajie began delivering his masterful finishing blows!
"Master, why not just give birth? Brother Monkey and I can both cut open your belly and take the baby out. You can recuperate here for a while before we carry on to fetch the scriptures. That wouldn't count as breaking the monastic rules. This is your child, Master. Feel it-the child inside is still moving! You always teach us to sweep without harming ants and cover lamps with gauze to spare the moths. Wouldn't doing this mean harming your own flesh and blood? Even