Journey to the West: The Monk Who Doesn't Want to Retrieve the Scriptures
Chapter 39

Zhu Bajie is Killed

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Manjushri and Samantabhadra, the two Bodhisattvas, embraced each other and descended.

With a thump, they fell, smashing straight down the mountainside and hitting the ground.

Though the two were a bit dazed, they still possessed the cultivation of Grand Unity Golden Immortals, so their physical bodies were naturally very resilient.

An ordinary person would have been smashed into a meat patty.

From the mountainside down, there were now human-shaped indentations.

The falling rocks had directly buried the two on the spot.

After finishing a cigarette with a sigh of relief, Lingji Bodhisattva turned his head.

He discovered that the two were gone.

Where did they go?

Why were they gone?

"Old Pu, Old Wen, where did you two go?"

Lingji Bodhisattva shouted anxiously.

It was over.

They were gone in the time it took to smoke a cigarette.

Lingji Bodhisattva broke out in a cold sweat and frantically began searching.

The Bodhisattvas were lost, and not just one, but two. This was a major issue.

On the Thirty-third Heaven.

Seeing this scene, Taishang Laojun's lips twitched slightly. "Since that's the case, let them search for a few more days."

With a wave of his hand, the mountain in the lower realm returned to its original state.

He also veiled the Heavenly Secrets.

Cold sweat dripped from Lingji Bodhisattva's forehead. No matter how he tried to calculate, he couldn't figure it out.

Tathagata was still waiting on Spirit Mountain for him to return with the two Bodhisattvas to report.

What should he do now?

At that moment, Lingji Bodhisattva regretted it. Why did he have to smoke a cigarette at this particular time?

Huh?

No, he still needed to light another one.

He took a puff, and his nervous emotions calmed down.

Soaring through the sky, he continued to shout, "Old Wen, Old Pu, you sons of bitches, where did you go? Don't scare me to death."

He was on the verge of tears.

The Bodhisattvas were lost, and if he returned to Spirit Mountain like this, he wouldn't be able to report back.

Western Heaven.

Tathagata Buddha's expression was terrifyingly grim.

This Lingji Bodhisattva couldn't even handle such a small matter.

What use is he to me?

He then frantically began to calculate, and his expression grew even grimmer.

He couldn't figure it out.

He knew there were only two possibilities for this situation.

A variable had interfered, or a Sage had interfered.

After the battle between the Two Sages of the West and Primordial Lord of Heaven, Hongjun had appeared and explicitly stated.

If no Sage interfered, then it must be a variable.

"Eighteen Arhats, Five Directions Guardians. You will immediately descend to the lower realm, find the whereabouts of Manjushri and Samantabhadra, and bring them back to Spirit Mountain."

"Yes."

With the departure of the eighteen Arhats, the Five Directions Guardians, and the four Bodhisattvas, Spirit Mountain suddenly became empty.

Tang Yu kept glancing at the sky, wondering where that second idiot had flown off to.

As for the heavenly treasures that Lingji Bodhisattva had given him, he had already put them away.

He discovered that he could exchange these for Destiny Points.

This discovery made him overjoyed.

It seemed he could heavily exploit the Buddhist Sect from now on.

"Master, is Bajie in any danger?" Sun Wukong looked at the sky, saying with concern.

"Don't rush, it'll come down naturally when it's time," Tang Yu leaned against the big tree, looking completely unconcerned.

He didn't care at all about where Er Daizi had gone.

It was because the Buddhist Sect would send him back.

With those scoundrels behind him, he wasn't worried in the slightest.

Tang Yu only called his two disciples to continue on their journey after sleeping until noon.

As for Er Daizi, he was still in the sky, who knew where he had flown off to.

Watching the master and his two disciples continue on their journey.

Tathagata felt a headache coming on.

What should he do?

All four Bodhisattvas of Spirit Mountain were gone. Guanyin Bodhisattva had sensed that something was wrong when she was in the lower realm and had directly fled back to Mount Putuo of the South Sea.

And now two more Bodhisattvas were missing.

Lingji Bodhisattva dared not return to Spirit Mountain to report without finding those two.

As the master and his disciples continued, they had already reached White Bone Ridge.

This was White Bone Demon's territory.

And Zhu Bajie was now driven mad.

It was important to know that Zhu Bajie's role in this trial was significant.

In the original script, during the "Three Beatings of White Bone Demon," Tang Sanzang had driven Sun Wukong away in anger.

Of course, this was just according to their original script.

Now it seemed this trial was going to be ruined.

Putting aside other matters, Tang Yu had been counting on Sun Wukong to hunt wild game along the way.

Furthermore, the current Tang Sanzang had no compassion, so it was obviously impossible for him to drive away Sun Wukong for such a minor matter.

He took a puff of his cigarette.

He surveyed the area below.

At this moment, the Buddha realized he had no one available.

Forced to use his great divine power, he transmitted a message to the Silver-headed Ketu, telling him to find a way to delay Tang Sanzang and his group for a month at all costs.

They needed to wait for Zhu Bajie to rejoin them before they could continue.

As soon as he thought of Zhu Bajie, Tathagata Buddha hurriedly began to calculate.

Upon doing so, his face immediately turned green.

"Reporting to the Buddha, something's wrong. There's a hole in the Buddhist Sect's treasure vault, and some treasures are missing."

Tathagata Buddha took a deep breath, and before he could speak.

"Fun, fun," Zhu Bajie walked in, covered in dust. He pulled a nearby monk over and patted his bald head.

He was also carrying a treasure of the Buddhist Sect.

By a twist of fate, he had flown to the Western Heaven and plunged headfirst into the Spirit Mountain treasure vault.

As for the items he was carrying, it was obvious he had hung them on himself because he found them fun.

Upon seeing this, everyone couldn't help but take two steps back.

He was carrying some very powerful magic treasures.

If he were to swing them around, these ordinary Buddhas wouldn't be able to withstand them.

"Zhu Bajie."

Tathagata Buddha gritted his teeth and said.

He had come to Spirit Mountain, stolen from the treasure vault, and even taken out some very important treasures.

If he hadn't known that Zhu Bajie was trapped in an illusion, the Buddha would have wanted to kill him with a single palm strike.

Zhu Bajie took out a sword from his body and removed it.

"Quickly put it down!" The Buddha was greatly alarmed.

This sword was refined by the Sage Jieyin before he became a Sage.

It was already useless to Jieyin, who had now become a Sage, and had been discarded.

But it was still a Quasi-Saint Artifact.

If this were to be swung around.

It was likely that half of Spirit Mountain would be gone.

Zhu Bajie chuckled and couldn't help but swing it around.

Suddenly, the sky was filled with sword light, as if tens of thousands of swords were scattering at once.

The Buddhas of Spirit Mountain retreated rapidly. To avoid harming them, Tathagata Buddha extended his hand.

The sword light in the sky vanished, but under this pressure, Even the Great Thunderclap Monastery showed a slight tremor.

Faint cracks appeared even on the walls.

As for some of the Buddhas' lotus thrones, they were directly destroyed.

"How dare you," Tathagata Buddha roared in anger.

But upon looking, he froze.

Where was Zhu Bajie?

The Buddhist treasures that had been hanging on Zhu Bajie were scattered all over the ground.

And where he had been standing, there was the toe of a broken shoe, revealing his toes.

Tathagata Buddha looked at his hand and was immediately shocked.

Damn it.

This is bad.

He hadn't controlled his strength well and had killed Zhu Bajie with that palm strike.

The Buddhas of Spirit Mountain all wore stunned expressions.

Zhu Bajie was dead?

Killed by the Buddha.

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