Crossing the River on Ice

Actually, Zhu Bajie was feeling incredibly bitter right now, since he didn't have the same strength as Sun Wukong.

After all, they have Seventy-Two Transformations, while I only have Thirty-Six Transformations. That's a huge difference.

Although he often boasts that his strength is about the same as Sun Wukong's.

But he was well aware of his own capabilities.

Before Tang Xuanzang could react, Sun Wukong kicked Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie was quick-witted and agile, and hurriedly dodged, but his practiced movements were a little pitiful to watch.

It seems Sun Wukong often bullies this fool.

"Hey you damn monkey, what are you doing? Just talk to me, why are you hitting me?"

"Pah, what are you doing hitting a pig! You... you think I'm afraid of you?"

Zhu Bajie defiantly, but still hid behind Tang Xuanzang.

When Sun Wukong saw Zhu Bajie's appearance, he was clearly furious.

This guy is practically driving himself crazy.

"Are you kidding me? What's wrong with me hitting you? You deserve it!"

"You said the three of us should go around this Flowing Sand River, but didn't you see how wide Flowing Sand River actually is?"

"If we go around in circles, we'll drive you crazy. We don't have that much time to waste here with you."

Sun Wukong spoke with a look of disappointment and frustration.

If it weren't for my fear of Tang Xuanzang's Tightening Incantation, I would have taught this fool a good lesson today.

"Alright, alright, you two stop arguing. How are you going to cross the Flowing Sand River anyway?"

Seeing that these two guys were just spouting nonsense, Tang Xuanzang had no choice but to change the subject.

After all, their most pressing task right now was to cross the Flowing Sand River as quickly as possible.

"Master, I think my method just now will work."

"Although the Flowing Sand River is wide, as the saying goes, 'Where there's a will, there's a way,' and 'Things will work themselves out.' As long as we always face west, isn't that enough?"

"Since the eldest brother said this method won't work, let him think of another one."

"Anyway, I don't have any left."

Seeing his chance had come, Zhu Bajie immediately shifted the blame to Sun Wukong.

The next moment, Tang Xuanzang looked at Sun Wukong with anticipation, wanting to hear his opinion.

"Wukong, since that's the case, then tell me your thoughts."

"If you can help us cross the Flowing Sand River smoothly, you'll be a great contributor."

After hearing Tang Xuanzang's words, Sun Wukong stood there dumbfounded.

He clearly hadn't expected his master to pull such a stunt on him.

Then he couldn't help but look at the vast expanse of ice.

To be honest, although he is the fearless Great Sage Equal to Heaven, that's only on land. If it were in the water, he really wouldn't be so confident.

Now that Tang Xuanzang is asking him to come up with a solution, he can't think of anything even if he racks his brains. Isn't he just making things difficult for himself?

However, looking at Tang Xuanzang's gaze, it seemed he had no choice but to find a solution today.

Therefore, he could only choose the method he was least confident about.

"How about this, Master? Look how thick the ice is on this surface. Why don't we just walk across it?"

"I feel this thickness should be enough to support the three of us, master and disciples."

"This will greatly reduce the distance we travel; we won't have to take such a long detour as that idiot suggested."

"They might circle back to where they started, what would we do then?"

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he raised his head confidently.

He now realizes that his method is much better than Zhu Bajie's.

After hearing Zhu Bajie just shrugged, looking completely disdainful.

"Hmph, what's so great about it? My method is much better."

But Tang Xuanzang didn't think so; on the contrary, he agreed with Sun Wukong's idea.

For Tang Xuanzang, all that mattered was reaching the Western Heaven as quickly as possible and obtaining the sacred scriptures.

As for the specific method used, that's not important.

"Good Wukong, Wukong! Your method is excellent. Let's hurry and cross the river."

Seeing that Tang Xuanzang was about to get up, Zhu Bajie quickly stopped him.

"No, Master, this is too risky."

"Can you guarantee there aren't any monsters in this Flowing Sand River? What if we encounter a monster on the ice?"

"This method won't work, this method really won't work."

Zhu Bajie was getting anxious, after all, what if the group walked into the middle of the river and were discovered by the monsters in the river?

At least he and Sun Wukong had some skill that allowed them to break free.

But Tang Xuanzang wasn't so lucky.

His skills were nothing but fancy moves; they might be enough to deal with small monsters, but he would be helpless against powerful demons.

He's been arrested, and then the two of us will have to go rescue him. Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

"Do you have any better ideas?"

"Anyway, going around it is definitely impossible; we don't have that much time left."

Tang Xuanzang then asked Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie's expression at this moment was almost identical to Sun Wukong's earlier expression—a look of utter disgust.

He struggled for a long time but couldn't utter a single word.

"Since there's no other way, let's do it this way. I trust Wukong."

Tang Xuanzang then set off for the ice surface.

Although Zhu Bajie really wanted to stop him, he didn't know how to bring it up.

Just then, Sun Wukong came over, patted him on the shoulder, and spoke earnestly.

"Alright, alright, you idiot, I know you're upset, but do you think there's any other way now?"

"Your method is simply impossible to implement, and your master would never agree to it."

"Listen to me, we just need to protect Master properly, there won't be much trouble."

"Besides, isn't there the Little White Dragon? He's the third prince of the Dragon King of the East Sea."

No sooner had Sun Wukong finished speaking than the White Dragon Horse spoke up confidently, though his tone carried a hint of mockery towards Zhu Bajie.

After all, he hadn't forgotten the disgusting things that Zhu Bajie's buddies had done to him before.

"I think my senior brother is right. We must hurry on our way. We can't be like some people who only know how to slack off all day long."

"When will someone like him ever be able to reach the Western Heaven and obtain the true scriptures?"

"Yes, yes, that's right. Some people are just lazy and good-for-nothing all day long."

"If it weren't for him, we'd probably be Western Heaven by now. He's such a nuisance."

Sun Wukong was also making veiled remarks, and then he protected Tang Xuanzang as they slowly walked towards the ice.

Zhu Bajie watched the group's departing figures, utterly speechless.

Are they all talking about me?

"How dare you talk like that? Do you think I, Old Zhu, can't understand you?"

"Let me tell you, Old Zhu's education level is no joke. Old Zhu he does is mock and Old Zhu me all day long."

"One day you will get your comeuppance."