Chapter 199: An Uproar in Golden Rhino Cave (10)
Outside the Great Thunderclap Temple, the Eighteen Arhats blocked Wukong, refusing to let him enter.
Unable to force his way past Tiger-Taming Arhat, Wukong had no choice but to recount the events at Golden Rhinoceros Mountain once more.
Tiger-Taming Arhat smiled when he heard this. "Great Sage, you cannot ask the Buddha for help with this matter. You had best think of another way."
Dragon-Subduing Arhat said, "You should go back, Great Sage."
At these words, Wukong bared his teeth and snapped, "You Arhats of Spirit Mountain care nothing for whether my master lives or dies! A monster has dragged my master into its cave, and he is about to be cooked and eaten, yet you still stand here blocking Old Sun's way! I want the Buddha to judge this!
"I want the Buddha to judge this!"
The Arhats exchanged looks.
Dragon-Subduing Arhat said, "To tell you the truth, Great Sage, it was precisely because the Buddha knew you were coming that he sent us to wait for you here."
Wukong said, "Then why don't you hurry up and let me in?"
Dragon-Subduing Arhat said, "Great Sage, that is not what I meant."
Wukong said, "What did you mean, then?"
Dragon-Subduing Arhat said, "The Buddha knew you were coming and told us to wait here to tell you that this ordeal at Golden Rhinoceros Mountain is not a calamity caused by a demon. Rather, you and your fellow pilgrims have acted without benevolence and committed an offense. Heaven has decreed punishment, and that is why this ordeal has befallen you!"
Wukong thought this over, but could not work out what offense they had committed.
Wukong said, "Whatever offense we may have committed, we can mend our ways from now on. That