Tang Yu spoke as he pushed open the door.
The door was unlocked.
Amitabha!
It seemed the female benefactor scratching his palm three times really had meant this—she wanted him to come find her at midnight.
Look, she had even left the door open for him.
Tang Yu immediately grew fired up. He quietly entered the room and bolted the door behind him. "Female benefactor, this humble monk has arrived."
Thinking of Gao Cuilan's appearance and the feeling of holding her soft little hand, Tang Yu swallowed hard.
To hell with the scriptures from Western Heaven.
He would knock this woman down first.
He could not stay here, but surely he could enjoy himself a little.
"Female benefactor, female benefactor."
Why was there no response? She had not fallen asleep, had she?
Tang Yu felt his way through the darkness and climbed onto the bed.
He reached out and touched something soft and fragrant, pulling it into his arms.
"Ah..." A sudden cry rang out beside Tang Yu's ear.
Tang Yu hurriedly covered her mouth. "Female benefactor, it's me, Little Tang."
Only then, by the faint moonlight, did Gao Cuilan make out Tang Yu's face. She gave two muffled sounds, signaling that he could let go.
Tang Yu released her and chuckled. "Female benefactor, you scratched my palm three times, telling me to come at midnight. This humble monk came."
Why did you have so many scenes in your head?
Gao Cuilan was somewhat speechless. Scratching his palm three times meant she wanted him to come at midnight?
If she scratched it five times, would he have to come at dawn?
It was only because Tang Yu would not let go of her hand. As she struggled free, her fingers had accidentally brushed his palm.
She had never expected a monk to actually come to her room in the middle of the night.
Could her charm really be that great?
Gao Cuilan became a little bashful. She did rather like Tang Yu, this handsome monk.
Still, him coming to a young lady's bedchamber in the dead of night was terribly embarrassing.
"Female benefactor, don't be shy. Let this humble monk guide you."
As Tang Yu spoke, he drew Gao Cuilan into his arms. She resisted halfheartedly and yielded halfheartedly.
And so!
A night of tender passion followed.
Western Heaven.
The eyes of all the Buddhas had turned green. Tathagata in particular wore a freezing expression, his chest heaving violently as though he were about to explode from rage.
As a scripture seeker, eating meat and drinking wine was something they could overlook.
But he had even broken the precept against lust.
The Buddhist Sect's reputation had been utterly disgraced.
Guanyin Bodhisattva glanced over, her face flushing slightly. She looked away and hurriedly recited the Heart Sutra twice, only then managing to calm her turbulent emotions.
"Venerable Guanyin, you should make a trip down there later."
Tathagata Buddha feared that Tang Yu would lose himself in a land of tenderness and even forget his great mission of obtaining the scriptures. Sending Guanyin Bodhisattva down would allow her to remind him at the appropriate time.
He and Gao Cuilan had already done the deed. It was too late to stop it now.
Guanyin Bodhisattva was somewhat apprehensive about this task. She now had an extremely poor opinion of Tang Yu.
Several times, she had nearly wanted to strike and kill him.
But she dared not defy Buddha's decree.
"I obey Buddha's decree!"
At the same time.
Somewhere in the Primordial Era.
The two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, were also calculating.
What exactly was going on?
Who had made a move and secretly interfered with all this?
Unfortunately, no matter how the two calculated, they could not uncover anything.
For something to be beyond their calculations, another saint must have intervened.
Taishang Laojun was their senior brother, unfathomably profound. If he had intervened, it would truly be troublesome.
Yet in their view, their senior brother had absolutely no reason to interfere with the Journey to the West.
Tongtian was still imprisoned in the Primordial Era, so he could be ruled out.
That left only one person: Primordial Lord of Heaven!
Jieyin and Zhunti exchanged glances, and both grew suspicious.
Naturally, the object of their suspicion was Primordial Lord of Heaven.
Primordial Lord of Heaven had done absolutely nothing, yet this shit bucket had been dumped directly on his head. If he found out, he would likely vomit blood from fury.
Meanwhile, the culprit who had turned the entire Buddhist Sect of Western Heaven green with rage and left two saints utterly bewildered was still in that land of tenderness.
A land of tenderness was a hero's grave.
That saying was indeed true.
After Tang Yu's night of diligent labor, Gao Cuilan seemed even more beautiful.
Elder Gao was an experienced man. How could he fail to see what had happened to his daughter?
Tang Yu did not hide it either. He took her hand and swaggered out.
"Good, good, my worthy son-in-law!"
Elder Gao was overjoyed. He had been worrying about his daughter's marriage, yet through this strange turn of events, it had worked out.
"I am a renowned wealthy landowner here in Gao Family Village. I own several hundred mu of land, as well as other properties. Stay here at the Gao estate."
In Elder Gao's eyes, since Tang Yu had done such things with his daughter, this son-in-law was as good as secured.
Tang Yu would very much like to stay, but he could not.
"Father-in-law, that would never do. This humble monk bears the great duty of seeking scriptures from Western Heaven, a grand undertaking to save all living beings. How could I disregard the people of the world for personal romance?"
Tang Yu wore an expression of boundless compassion.
He was already fair-skinned and handsome. Once he put on a solemn face, he really did look somewhat like an enlightened high monk.
Gao Cuilan looked at Tang Yu with admiration. The monk she had chosen truly was no ordinary bald donkey—he had the whole world in his heart.
"What do you mean by that?"
Elder Gao's face immediately darkened. "Are you trying to eat your fill and deny responsibility? I, Elder Gao, am not someone to be trifled with in Gao Family Village."
If everyone learned that someone had taken his daughter, wiped his mouth, and walked away—
How could he still show his face around here? What face would he have left to live in this world?
Fuck your sleeping silkworm eyebrows.
You were threatening him?
Tang Yu sneered. "Old man, who are you showing off to? Believe it or not, I'll have my disciple tear down your entire Gao Family Village."
It was not as if he did not want a wife. Who would not want such a beautiful wife?
If he could stay here, Tang Yu would definitely remain. Why would he bother seeking scriptures?
But this was beyond his control.
He had not expected the old man to threaten him.
Had he given the old man too much face?
Elder Gao froze. How had he forgotten about that?
Then concern overtook him. That Dharma master and that demon had both vanished for an entire night.
Could they still return?
"Father, I am already Little Tang's woman."
Gao Cuilan said shyly, "In life, I belong to him; in death, I will be his ghost. I know Little Tang bears a heavy responsibility and acts for all living beings. So I have no regrets. I will wait for him, wait for him to return after obtaining the scriptures."
How moving. It was simply too moving.
Lanlan, you were just too wonderful.
Don't worry. Along the way, I will definitely find you only a few more sisters.
Tang Yu looked at Gao Cuilan emotionally. "Lanlan, don't worry. I will never betray you. When I return from obtaining the scriptures, I will marry you."
"I'll wait for you."
Seeing this, what else could Elder Gao say? He sighed helplessly. A grown daughter could not be kept at home.
At that moment, two figures silently appeared in the courtyard.
They were Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie.
Sun Wukong tugged Zhu Bajie by the ear and walked forward with a laugh. "You idiot, hurry up and come with me to pay respects to Master."
Tang Yu was not at all surprised to see them return.
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