"With all those reasons and all those signs, how could I not make something of this?"
"So, after analyzing it with my woman's intuition, I decided there was more to this than met the eye. Naturally, I used it as a springboard, carefully seeking proof and boldly making assumptions. In the end, that gave me this backstory. Plus... big shot Lin Tian had some secrets to share. Hehe..."
After Bai Jingjing's lengthy analysis, the monsters in the group just... just felt their brains couldn't keep up.
This juicy revelation was simply too, too far beyond their imaginations.
"Impressed yet, everyone?"
"Of course, regardless of whether it's true, once my little maneuver lets Tang Sanzang learn a few things, do you think he'll drive away Monk Sand, a tainted disciple harboring ulterior motives?"
The silence in the group made Bai Jingjing laugh again.
"Keep watching. There's an even more exciting plot coming!"
"Empress, wasn't... wasn't that because I couldn't help myself...?"
In the ruined temple on White Bone Ridge, the recording continued. After the Queen Mother laid his secret bare, the Curtain-Raising General looked up at her figure and couldn't help swallowing hard again.
"Don't worry. I've already arranged everything for you... in five hundred years, Tang Sanzang, Golden Cicada's reincarnation, will be setting out to retrieve the scriptures. I've already recommended you to Guanyin. You can't stay at the Heavenly Court anymore, so head over to Spirit Mountain for a while and lie low."
The burning match's flame abruptly went out.
The Image Recording stopped instantly as well.
But inside the ruined temple, Tang Sanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing found themselves caught in a rare triangle of awkwardness. At that moment, aside from the howling blizzard outside, only the three men's breathing could be heard.
Tang Sanzang stared blankly