Guanyin naturally saw him. After speaking a few more words, she performed Finger-Counting Divination and understood everything.
"Bajie, what brings you to my Mount Luojia? Aren't you supposed to be escorting your Master on Tang Sanzang's Scripture-Seeking? How did you find the time to come today?"
Guanyin stopped preaching and looked straight at Bajie.
"Greetings, Bodhisattva. Your disciple has run into trouble. This time, it was that damned Monkey. He..."
Zhu Bajie bowed, then immediately recounted what had happened, embellishing the story as he went.
"I had no other choice, so I went to Heaven to ask my Master for help. My Master gave me a message, saying you had a miraculous medicine here that could heal the Ginseng Fruit Tree, Bodhisattva, and told me to come ask."
"Ah, Bajie, what am I to say to you? That Monkey doesn't understand how precious the Ginseng Fruit Tree is, but surely you do? Yet you egged him on to topple the Ginseng Fruit Tree. You, honestly! Why are you still competing with him?"
After hearing him out, Guanyin sighed with feeling and gave Zhu Bajie a scolding.
"Bodhisattva, I just can't stand the sight of him. That Monkey and I were born with clashing destinies."
Zhu Bajie did not conceal his dislike.
Guanyin quickly raised a hand to stop Zhu Bajie's complaints. "Enough, enough. Don't put on an act in front of me. As if I don't know you... Stop provoking that Monkey so much from now on. After all, he's the guard and Bodyguard personally chosen by the Buddha, and your interests don't conflict."
"You share the same goal: protecting Tang Sanzang. Be a little more broad-minded."
"All right, Bodhisattva. I won't squabble with that Monkey anymore. Still, here I am, working myself to the bone cleaning up his mess