Zhu Bajie had not shown his face for a long time. These days, he could not be bothered with all that.
Running a brothel and living his own life suited him just fine.
Since Tathagata was holding a discussion of the Dao, Zhu Bajie had only come to watch the spectacle. But when he saw Wutian the Demon Emperor, something about him felt rather unusual.
In a haze, he thought it over carefully, piecing things together bit by bit, until he finally understood.
Wasn't this Wutian the Demon Lord the great turtle that had carried them across the Tongtian River?
He had heard that Wutian the Demon Lord had come into being like this: a Pixiu had secretly hidden beneath the Bodhi Tree, and after listening to Tathagata discuss the Dao beneath it, he had gradually gained spiritual awareness.
But what did that have to do with the turtle in the Tongtian River?
Zhu Bajie felt rather puzzled.
"Oh, I understand! Could this be that impostor Wukong who won fame and success? I heard my monkey had already been suppressed when he encountered Red Boy!"
At that thought, a chill rose in Zhu Bajie's heart. Tathagata's methods truly were terrifying beyond measure.
"Amitabha. I, Tathagata, possess a volume of True Scriptures that records the dark side of everyone beneath heaven. Queen Mother of the West, all of you may attend this discussion of the Dao!"
Tathagata had opened his mouth and gone straight to threats. How could using such methods to threaten people be considered open and aboveboard?
Yet Tathagata had threatened them all the same.
Especially after hearing that Sun Wukong had sought revenge against Taishang Laojun-could the Journey to the West Calamity really be settled merely by taking revenge?
And so Tathagata and Wutian the Demon Emperor suddenly