Tang Sanzang’s gaze softened, and then he shook his head, "You fool, what nonsense are you talking about? With my frail appearance, how dare I wander off? What if she’s a demon? Once I step out of the circle your eldest brother drew for , wouldn’t I be a lamb to the slaughter... walking right into the tiger’s mouth?"
Zhu Ganglie rolled his eyes and chuckled dryly, "Master, just tell us what to do."
Tang Sanzang straightened his kasaya and said, "Watch !"
Tang Sanzang stood up, took a deep breath, and headed towards the direction of the valley from which the woman was coming. He shouted loudly, "Hey girl, where are you going? Wanna chat with ?"
Thud!
Zhu Ganglie and Sha Wujing plopped down on the ground, rolling their eyes back, and wailed inwardly, "You’ve disgraced the face of Buddha!"
Soon, the two realized sothing—they were only embarrassing the real Tang Sanzang...
Thinking this, they exchanged glances and chanted in unison, "Amitabha..."
The approaching Lady White Bones almost stumbled and fell when she heard this!
After being a demon for so many years and having devoured countless humans, she had never encountered soone who directly asked her such a question.
Lady White Bones glared at Tang Sanzang and said, "You monk, how can you be so rude?"
Tang Sanzang replied, "Why should I be polite to a demon?"
Hearing this, Lady White Bones was stunned, and Zhu Ganglie was also a bit confused. He whispered to Wujing, "Does Master also have fiery eyes and golden pupils?"
Wujing replied, "I don’t know... haven’t heard about it..."
As they were pondering this, Tang Sanzang continued, "Here in this remote, old forest, with neither village ahead nor shop behind, and you, a woman wandering around all alone? If you’re not a demon, then what are you? Disciples, my logic isn’t wrong, is it?"
"Not at all! Master!" Zhu Ganglie and Sha Wujing responded at the sa ti.
Lady White Bones found this amusingly infuriating, "You monk, spouting nonsense, what do you know?
This mountain is called White Tiger Ridge, known as ’snakes turn back and beasts fear.’ My ho is right on the western edge, not far from here. My parents are still living, and we have so modest fields. It is almost midday now, and I, a young woman, brought so food for the farmworkers to eat. Why can’t I walk alone?"
Tang Sanzang rubbed his bald head thoughtfully and stared at Lady White Bones, "Although what you say makes sense, I still think you’re a demon!"
Lady White Bones rolled her eyes, "You monk, why speak nonsense? Where do I look like a demon?"
Tang Sanzang righteously declared, "If you’re not a demon, why are your pectorals so exaggerated? Open up, let check. If there’s no issue, then you’re cleared."
Lady White Bones’s face darkened imdiately, and she ground her teeth angrily, "Are you really a monk?"
Tang Sanzang hesitated, then rembered his identity, brought his hands together, and solemnly said, "Amitabha… strip… off… clothes?"
Zhu Ganglie, Sha Wujing, and Lady White Bones were petrified on the spot...
All three roared inwardly, "Are you really a freaking monk? Can’t you stop talking about stripping? Can you act like a human?!"
Tang Sanzang continued, "This humble monk hails from Great Tang in the Eastern Lands, just an ordinary, weak, fair, juicy little monk, genuinely and honestly offered, not deceiving young or old."
Zhu Ganglie couldn’t take it anymore and whispered, "Master, we’re here to collect scriptures, not sell vegetables. Can we be serious and speak properly?"
Tang Sanzang tilted his head and replied, "I am being serious. I’m just a simple monk who intermittently practiced boxing for two years."
After speaking, he naively blinked.
Zhu Ganglie simply looked up at the sky, too lazy to speak anymore.
However, Lady White Bone’s eyes lit up as she thought, "This is the reincarnation of Golden Cicada? A man with ten lives of goodness and ten lives of practice turned into this? Besides his looks, he seems to not have much of a brain. It looks like devouring Tang Sanzang won’t be too troubleso!"
With that thought, Lady White Bone smiled and said, "So it turns out you are a high monk from the Great Tang. My apologies."
Tang Sanzang responded, "No offense taken, no offense taken. But you still have to prove you’re not a demon. Wufan, bring the… cough cough, the Demon-Revealing Mirror!"
Lady White Bone’s complexion darkened again, and she couldn’t hold back anymore, roaring on the spot, "Are you sick, monk? Would I even bother with you if my parents didn’t worship Buddha?"
Startled by the roar, Tang Sanzang scratched his bald head and said, "I see, sorry about that. It’s mainly because I am really weak. Not to ntion demons, even a slightly bigger dog scares … So, I’m even more afraid of demons. It’s all in caution; please don’t take offense."
Seeing Tang Sanzang speak like this, Lady White Bone’s resentnt energy dispersed quite a bit, and she waved her hand, saying, "Forget it, I forgive you."
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Tang Sanzang smiled happily and said, "Thank you, Bodhisattva!"
Then, the sneaky baldie lowered his voice and asked suspiciously, "If Bodhisattva isn’t a demon, your chest shouldn’t be so exaggerated. Were you afraid thieves might tap it, so you hid stead buns inside?
Bodhisattva, this poor monk has been hungry all the way west. Could you share one of your stead buns with ?"
Lady White Bone’s smile stiffened again, and with a dark face she said, "Hehe… Elder, can we not joke around?
Since you’re hungry, I have so rice in this blue jar and so sautéed gluten in this green bottle that you can eat. I hope you won’t disdain them."
"Disdain, of course, I disdain! I am a true monk, I only eat at, not vegetarian dishes! Bodhisattva, please share one stead bun with ."
The bald monk imdiately shook his head and shouted.
Hearing this, Lady White Bone’s eyes nearly flipped to the top of her head, and she ground her teeth saying, "Aren’t monks not supposed to eat at?"
Tang Sanzang shook his head, saying, "Who said that? Monks from the Great Tang are different from yours here; not only do we eat at, but we can also get married."
With that, Tang Sanzang leaned forward and pointed at his naive face saying, "Bodhisattva, are you married yet? If you’re not, how do you feel about ?"
Lady White Bone stood there dumbfounded, realizing that she was sowhat unable to understand or keep up with this bald monk’s train of thought.
But her eyes twinkled with a new idea, and she smiled, saying, "Elder, I have never been married. If you truly can marry, I wouldn’t mind."
Hearing this, Tang Sanzang laughed and laughed loudly, "Done! Then it’s settled. Once my eldest disciple cos back, we’ll go to your place to get married and try to have a child by tomorrow!"
Lady White Bone’s face darkened even more, roaring inwardly, "Can your household produce a child by tomorrow? Do you think you’re adopting from hell?"
On the surface, however, Lady White Bone smilingly nodded and said, "Alright… Elder, why don’t you eat sothing first?"
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