Tang Yu smirked, took a drag of his cigarette, and looked at her with utter disdain. "Why should I kneel?"
Damn it.
Looking up at someone really was tiring.
With a flip, he lay back down on the large boulder.
Mm, looking at her like this wasn't tiring anymore.
Guanyin Bodhisattva's body trembled slightly. It was clear that Tang Yu had angered her badly.
Those who had left the secular world were supposed to be free of the four worldly elements, with nothing left in their hearts.
She had already forgotten how many years it had been since her state of mind had experienced such fluctuations.
If Tang Sanzang had not been the preordained scripture seeker, she truly would have wanted to kill the bastard herself.
"Tang Sanzang, the road west is long. I hope you set out as soon as possible and follow your true heart."
Guanyin Bodhisattva reminded him, meaning that he should not forget his own task and delay the great undertaking of retrieving the scriptures.
Yet the moment Tang Yu heard "follow your true heart," his eyes lit up. "My true heart? My true heart is that I don't want to go."
"Amitabha." Guanyin Bodhisattva silently recited a Buddhist invocation, suppressing the urge to kill him. With a wave of her hand, a golden cap fell into Tang Yu's hands.
"This is the Golden Fillet. Sun Wukong is unruly by nature, and his demonic aura has yet to fade. As long as you place this upon his head, he will no longer dare defy you or disobey your orders."
Tang Yu sneered inwardly. This was clearly one of their methods for controlling the monkey.
And they had the nerve to call it unruly by nature, with his demonic aura yet to fade.
These people really had no shame at all.
"Disobedient? I think Wukong is very obedient. For example, when I ran into bandits last night, I told him to kill them, and he brought down his staff without the slightest hesitation. Very obedient."
"Tang Sanzang!" Guanyin Bodhisattva roared.
The sound made Tang Yu's head buzz, and stars danced before his eyes.
Damn it.
She couldn't win an argument, so she wanted to use force to suppress him?
"Don't forget that you are a monk. A monk should be compassionate. Look at yourself—what part of you resembles a monk?" Guanyin Bodhisattva took a deep breath before saying calmly, "I will give you the Golden Fillet, and I will also teach you an incantation."
Tang Yu seemed not to have recovered from his daze and somehow agreed to it all.
By the time he came to his senses, Guanyin Bodhisattva had already left.
He gritted his teeth in anger. Damn it, just wait. You were only bullying me because I had no magic power, weren't you?
One day, I'll give you a good beating.
Tang Yu secretly swore an oath.
Looking at the golden cap in his hand, he sneered.
Put it on Sun Wukong? Impossible.
He was now fighting for destiny. Sooner or later, they would notice.
If he used things well, Sun Wukong might very well become his ally.
But once this thing was placed on him, Sun Wukong would belong to the Buddhist Sect without question.
Although Guanyin Bodhisattva had told him the incantation, who knew whether it could be altered?
If he truly used this thing to control Sun Wukong, then he would really be finished.
He put away the Golden Fillet. As for how to deal with it, he had not decided yet.
In any case, he would never put it on Sun Wukong.
Before long, Sun Wukong returned with two wild rabbits in hand.
They roasted them over the fire. After eating and drinking their fill, they set out again.
Eagle Grief Stream was not far ahead.
At that moment, Tang Yu was actually hoping Little White Dragon would show himself sooner.
Suddenly, Sun Wukong cried out and grabbed him, flying several meters away. "Master, be careful." A white dragon dozens of meters long leaped from the water.
It opened its huge mouth and swallowed the white horse in one bite.
It was Tang Yu's first time seeing a dragon, and he could not help growing curious.
After placing him somewhere safe, Sun Wukong flew into a rage. "Demon, come out and return my horse!"
This demon truly possessed remarkable abilities. It had eaten the white horse right in front of him.
"Demon, come out and return my white horse!" Sun Wukong shouted, gripping the Golden Cudgel.
Little White Dragon seemed to sense Sun Wukong's strength. No matter how he shouted, it refused to come out.
After shouting for a while, Sun Wukong seemed to lose heart as well.
Though Sun Wukong was powerful, he could not bring much of his strength to bear underwater.
So he was still somewhat hesitant about diving in to fight Little White Dragon.
"Wukong, what happened?" Tang Yu asked, though he laughed inwardly.
"Master, it was an evil dragon. It ate the white horse," Sun Wukong said. "This demon is extremely cunning. No matter how Old Sun shouted, it just wouldn't come out."
"Without the white horse, how are we supposed to reach Western Heaven?" Tang Yu said with a mournful expression.
Go my ass. If he could, he would have turned around and gone back immediately.
Unfortunately, he was the most important piece on the chessboard and had no control over his own fate.
Besides, he still needed to seize destiny from this journey.
It was not only that he could not retreat now—even those bastards from the Buddhist Sect would not allow him to withdraw.
"Amitabha."
Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared in the high sky once more. She had secretly been following Tang Sanzang all along, precisely for this trial.
"Bodhisattva, that evil dragon ate the white horse. Even Old Sun can do nothing about it." Sun Wukong stepped forward and spoke directly.
"Monkey, do not panic. That evil dragon is the son of the Dragon King of the West Sea. Because he violated the heavenly laws, he was banished to the mortal realm to suffer here. I had originally intended for him to become a white horse and serve as a mount. Once you reached Western Heaven, he would be rewarded with a Buddha's rank. Let me summon him." Guanyin Bodhisattva called down below, "Little White Dragon."
Yet there was not the slightest movement below, not even a ripple on the water.
Little did they know that Little White Dragon below was currently enduring agony.
Ever since swallowing the white horse, he had felt waves of scorching heat coursing through his entire body...
No matter how he used his magic power to suppress it, he could not hold it down.
"Little White Dragon." Guanyin Bodhisattva called again.
The river flowed on without the slightest disturbance.
Guanyin Bodhisattva could not help becoming angry and directly used her magic power to seize Little White Dragon and pull him up.
At that moment, Little White Dragon's reason had not yet been overtaken by the drug's effects.
Still, judging from his condition, he likely would not be able to hold on much longer.
No, he was about to lose control.
"Little White Dragon, hurry over and pay respects to your master." Guanyin Bodhisattva gave a low shout and waved her hand. In an instant, Little White Dragon transformed into a white horse.
Yet the white horse's blood and qi surged through its body, its veins clearly visible.
It looked somewhat violent, neighing without pause.
Tang Yu was rather surprised. The drug was that potent?
He looked toward Little White Dragon and saw... something rather frightening.
Little White Dragon felt that he could no longer restrain himself. He kept howling, making wolf-like cries from his mouth.
Thud, thud, thud, thud.
The white horse ran past everyone and charged toward a tree nearby.
Crash! The large tree toppled directly over.
No, the tree was too thin.
At that moment, Little White Dragon completely lost his reason. His eyes were bloodshot, and he was like a mad demon.
Crash, crash...
Trees fell one after another...
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