Sandy also knew perfectly well what the relationship between Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong was like. Looking toward Flat Peak Mountain, he offered a suggestion.
"Bajie, Wujing, don't expect me to help you this time. He is your master. Unless the four of you truly cannot defeat that monster together, I won't intervene."
Guanyin decided to lay her cards on the table with the three of them. "The Buddha sent me precisely because he saw how divided you were. He wanted me to find an opportunity for you to make peace with your master and get you fellow disciples to live in harmony."
"You shrink back at the slightest difficulty. As far as I'm concerned, you might as well forget about fetching the scriptures."
Guanyin could put on airs too, of course, and hers were even grander than Zhu Bajie's.
"Let's break up, then. Since even you say so, Bodhisattva, there's no point continuing this pilgrimage." Unmoved by the threat, Zhu Bajie spread his hands. After what Sun Wukong had done to him, his morale had completely collapsed anyway.
And now Guanyin Bodhisattva was mocking him too. It truly chilled his heart.
"Break up? Bajie, you..."
Guanyin had been checkmated.
"Bodhisattva, if there's really no other way, let Little White Dragon and me go ask Eldest Senior Brother again."
Seeing Zhu Bajie ready to disband over this little difficulty, Sandy grew anxious. Remembering Primordial Heavenly Venerable's instructions, he still needed to prove himself in the Scripture-Seeking Party. If they broke up now, what would become of his future?
Naturally, he did not want them to disband.
He also understood why Zhu Bajie was unwelcome with Sun Wukong, so he volunteered.
"Wujing, all right. Go to Flower-Fruit Mountain again with Little White Dragon and ask Wukong. If he still refuses to