"Gathering immortals... gathering immortals, True Immortal Ruyi."
Bajie repeated the words several times, his face scrunching up. "How is that renouncing the world? She was clearly still waiting for a man. Wasn't she just waiting for your master to come find her?"
Jade Flute looked at him and gave a bitter smile. "You're perceptive, Elder. My master thought the same thing at the time."
Bajie immediately waved his hands. "Don't talk nonsense. I'm nothing like your master!"
Little White Dragon couldn't help saying, "He's complimenting you. Why won't you accept it?"
Bajie hurriedly shook his head. "I could never do something that awful."
Wukong laughed. "That's not necessarily true!"
A-Hu had no interest in listening to their bickering. He looked at Jade Flute. "What happened next?"
Jade Flute lowered his head. "After Master saw the words 'Immortals-Gathering Convent,' he stood there for a long time."
"Although Pipa had shaved her head and put on a nun's robes."
Jade Flute paused. "She was happy when she saw us."
"Truly happy."
"She said the Bodhisattva had answered her prayers."
Bajie froze.
"The Bodhisattva?"
Everyone glanced at Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Guanyin Bodhisattva said nothing.
Jade Flute continued, "Only then did I find out."
"Pipa hadn't been quietly cultivating here all these years at all."
"She was praying to the Bodhisattva. I don't know where she heard about this method."
"She said Guanyin Bodhisattva heard the cries of the suffering and saved them. As long as you prayed sincerely for something, the Bodhisattva would naturally hear you. So she shaved her own head."
"She became a nun, ate vegetarian meals, recited sutras, and built this Immortals-Gathering Convent. Every day, she chanted the Bodhisattva's name. She thought that as long as she was sincere enough."
"One day, her wish would come true."
At this, Bajie