Mobile Meal Ticket as a Great Sage [Journey to the West]
Chapter 36 The 36th Peach
Yesterday, the Bodhisattva had a long talk, and this sudden reunion also made people a little unresponsive. After all, Tang Seng and the others thought that it would be difficult to see each other after parting at the beginning.
But in the end, I still have feelings of reluctance for Tao Zhen, and it is worth being happy to be able to go on the road together.
Sun Wukong was a little uncomfortable, and it dissipated after a nap. The Bodhisattva has spoken, and he can no longer drive the peach tree spirit back to the peach forest, and he will do the same to the poor girl. Not the same thing the second time.I can only be more careful not to let her suffer all the time.But seeing Tao Zhen reminded him of the fairy peach he ate in Che Chi Country after a long absence.
The taste is indeed not as good as the one on her tree.
Being carried by the old white turtle across the Tongtian River, they found a farm to stay overnight.Sun Wukong opened his eyes and woke up before dawn, but couldn't fall asleep after thinking of the taste of peaches.
After thinking about it, he gently turned over and sat up, carefully leaving the room and closing the door behind him.
As soon as he turned around, he saw the peach tree standing outside the house door.
At this time, the sky was twilight, and the light fell on the peach trees covered with morning dew. Every leaf was fresh and tender, very emerald green.
Sun Wukong approached and grabbed one of the peach branches. As expected, the peach tree shook subconsciously, but unexpectedly, dew dripped from his body.
... He really resisted the feeling of being wet. Just as he did a trick to dry himself off, he heard the sleepy voice of Peach Tree in front of him shouting: "Great Sage..."
Sun Wukong inexplicably felt that his ears were itchy, so he rubbed them casually.
After looking at the peach branch in front of him for a few times, he felt very greedy, so he moved closer and said deliberately: "Peach tree spirit, let my old grandson take a bite?"
The peach tree didn't move for a long time, as if it was really just an ordinary peach tree.
Sun Wukong was puzzled: "Peach tree spirit?"
Tao Zhen was dumbfounded at the moment, the answer to the riddle seemed to have knocked her into a daze.
monkey?How could it be a monkey?
She looked at the monkey in front of her, and her heart jumped for a moment, and she felt hot all over.
Although it's a marriage... But it's just a dream after all. Besides, even if the answer to the riddle is a monkey, who can say that it must be... the Great Sage?
Taozhen's mind was in a mess, and what was worse, the words that Honghai'er said still flooded into her mind like adding fuel to the fire.
——"Could it be that you like that monkey?"
How, how is it possible!How could it be possible for her and the Great Sage——
Tao Zhen couldn't control herself for a while, she suddenly turned into a human form!
Sun Wukong's hand was suddenly empty, and the smooth and slightly rough branches disappeared, replaced by a warm and delicate fingertips that were caught off guard.
There is no peach tree in front of me.
There is only one girl.
Her long black hair was braided into long braids and fell to one side. She had a small white face with staring almond eyes, and small and delicate ears on the side of her face. She was white and pink like the color of peaches on her tree.
...his hand was pinching it.
For a while, the two stared at each other.
Just like this, there was a moment of silence that was frozen, and the next moment, the two of them bounced off each other as if they were burned, with their backs facing each other, and I hesitated for a long time, unable to hold out a word.
Tao Zhen's face and ears turned red, like an apple.
The slightly fluffy warm touch lingered on her ears, as if a fire was lit with a "boom" and burned her from the inside out.
Why on earth did she suddenly turn into a human form!Come up with such an oolong!
Over there, when Monkey King turned around quickly, his tail subconsciously wrapped itself tightly around his ankle, and then loosened it, raising and falling in the air indiscriminately.
He twirled the fingers of his right hand that had touched her ear, then raised it up and squeezed his head, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"That, peach tree spirit." He slightly turned his head and glanced towards Tao Zhen, "...it happened suddenly, my old grandson didn't mean to...offend."
Besides, the goblin is also a girl, and he is still a monk. This behavior is too abrupt and intimate.Where can a girl's ears be touched casually?
Taozhen shook her head like a rattle: "No, it's nothing, it's my fault that I couldn't control my transformation back into a human form..." As she spoke, she quickly raised her hand to cover her face, trying to cool it down.
She barely suppressed all kinds of messy thoughts, trying to think of topics to dilute the embarrassment.From the corner of the eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the sky, which was not yet bright, so he asked dryly, "Um... Great Sage, why did you wake up so early? Don't you want to rest for a while?"
Sun Wukong sat on the ground casually, rubbing the fingers of his right hand back and forth unconsciously with his left hand, and when Tao Zhen asked, he remembered what he meant: "My old grandson wants to eat peaches, so I can't sleep." As he spoke, he looked at Tao Zhen from the side, his eyes seemed to be through her Looking at her peach tree body.
The appearance of the peach tree that was verdant but without a single peach appeared in his mind, and he scratched the side of his face regretfully.
Tao Zhen understood after seeing him.
"Before I was burned by the real fire of samadhi. Although the bodhisattva's nectar was healed, it hurt some vitality and couldn't bear fruit... Now the season is over. If you want to eat peaches, Great Sage, you may have to wait until next year."
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become heavy again, Tao Zhen quickly changed the subject: "However, the incident with Hong Boy has reminded me." She hesitated and said tentatively: "Great Sage, can you teach me some spells? "
Her only "advantage" is just knowing what will happen next, and relying on this alone to help the four masters and apprentices avoid disasters will not only make the hardships that need to be endured sincerely along the way to learn the scriptures meaningless, it will be suspected of cheating, and Somewhat naive.The bodhisattva's insight into everything and twists and turns will always return to the original point of development and bring new tribulations, all of which remind her to do less useless work.
Besides, knowing the previous situation is not a panacea. Isn't it a strong proof that she is caught by the red boy and has no power to fight back?
After all, she is not capable enough.Learning more skills can not only protect yourself, but also help the Great Sage better.
Sun Wukong was interrupted by such an interruption, he really forgot what he was talking about: "What do you want to learn?"
"My old grandson doesn't know much, 72 changes, somersaulting clouds, copper skin and iron bones, piercing eyes, extrajudicial sex, soul out of body, great immortal formula..." He chanted a long list Come on, finally raised his eyes to Tao Zhen, "Which one do you want to learn from?"
"..."
Tao Zhen laughed a few times: "Great Sage, are there any more ordinary ones?"
If ordinary people can understand these things, then it’s okay?
"Ordinary?" Sun Wukong frowned. After thinking for a long time, he didn't know what kind of common law she was talking about. "Peach tree spirit, otherwise you can just tell my old grandson what you want to learn. As long as you know it, I will teach you."
what do you want to learn...
Taozhen thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind: "My lord, why don't you teach me how to escape?"
The so-called 36 plan is the best plan.She was caught by Honghaier at that time, if she had escaped quickly, she might not have been used to threaten the Great Sage, and she would not have been burned so badly.
"..." Sun Wukong froze, "You let my grandson teach you to escape?"
He always confronts monsters with a golden cudgel, if the situation is really not right, he will take him in or find a rescuer, and he will go away with a somersault cloud. It is simply impossible for monsters to catch up.
It never occurred to me that running away was a skill.
Tao Zhen nodded her head, looking like she was devoting herself to asking for advice.
Sun Wukong choked, and then thought that the peach tree spirit could fly so-so and was afraid of heights, so why not start with flying lessons: "Then my old grandson will teach you how to ride the wind and fly faster. "
Then he asked, "Can you fly when you become a sapling or something?"
"This..." Tao Zhen shook her head in embarrassment, "I've never tried it before."
Sun Wukong stood up and put his arms around his chest.He stared at Tao Zhen, wagging his tail behind him: "Then try it now."
"……Oh well."
Tao Zhen originally subconsciously wanted to turn into a sapling, but she was too deeply influenced by the time Honghaier caught her, and felt that it would be easier to escape as a round and slippery peach—since she wanted to learn to escape, it was better to turn into a peach.
So she said silently in her heart, the next moment the girl in the pink and white dress disappeared in place, replaced by a round peach with a pinkish white inside.
Sun Wukong moved his eyes down, and when he saw the peach, it was the ear of the peach tree spirit that appeared in his mind...
He quickly looked away, paused and then moved back: "...it should be the same as when you were in human form, just try it silently in your heart."
"Okay." After turning into Taozi, he spoke in a much softer voice. If it wasn't for his excellent hearing, he probably wouldn't be able to hear at this moment.
Tao Zhen recited the formula silently in her heart, but there was no movement for a long time.
She opened her eyes in embarrassment and frustration: "Great Sage, I..."
Sun Wukong thought for a while and said: "Don't think that you are a peach now, just treat yourself as a human being."
"Then I'll try again."
Taozhen tried again to get rid of distracting thoughts, but this time before she could react, her whole body suddenly lightened, and the whole peach floated in the air.
"Great Sage! I succeeded!" she shouted excitedly.
Sun Wukong looked at her crooked appearance, and his heart tightened: "You—"
Originally, he was trying to remind her to keep her balance, don't roll around in mid-air, but before she could say anything, Tao Zhen was already on the rampage in a mess.
She was a little flustered - if Taozi also had hands and feet: "Hey!"
"..." Sun Wukong felt a headache inexplicably, "Peach tree spirit..."
The last word stopped abruptly, as if something choked on it while speaking.
Sun Wukong raised his hand subconsciously to catch the peach that slammed into his arms and still exuded a faint fruity fragrance.
Monkey and Tao fell into a strange silence again.
Tao Zhen almost wanted to close her eyes and pretend that she had just knocked her head out and passed out, who could be more embarrassing than her?Turned into Taozi Xuefei but plunged into the arms of the Great Sage!
She shrank her head like a turtle and pretended to be dumb.
Sun Wukong looked at the peach in his hand for a while, and finally suddenly said with malicious intentions: "My old grandson is still regretting that there are no peaches to eat, but you, the peach tree spirit, turned into a peach and sent it to your door."
"Ah?" Tao Zhen was dumbfounded immediately, and stopped pretending to be dumb, "You can't eat it, my lord!"
Just as Monkey King opened his mouth to speak, he suddenly heard someone behind him asking in confusion, "Brother Monkey? What are you doing standing there?"
He turned around holding Tao, and saw Zhu Bajie standing at the door of the house stroking his belly.
Zhu Bajie was so hungry that he was flustered. After being called by the Drifting Monk, he thought about going out to find something to eat. He was thinking about what breakfast the farmer had prepared for him. As soon as he stepped out of the house, he saw the juicy peach in the monkey's hand. .
"Brother Monkey, you are too mean! How can you hide and eat peaches by yourself?" Zhu Bajie hastily approached, "Where did these peaches come from?"
When he looked it over, he found that the shape, color, and aroma were all excellent: "Such a good peach, could it be that it was brought from Chechi Country?" He almost drooled when he said this, "Brother Monkey, give it to me quickly." I'll try it, I haven't eaten the fairy peaches from Che Chi Kingdom yet!"
"That," Tao Zhen originally wanted to laugh, but managed to hold back.She was a little embarrassed and said: "Second Senior Brother, it's me."
Zhu Bajie was taken aback.
"It's me, Tao Zhen."
"- Miss Peach?!"
Monkey King glanced at Zhu Bajie with some distaste: "You idiot knows how to eat. Where's Master?"
Reluctantly, Zhu Bajie looked away from Tao Zhen, and replied: "I've got up." After speaking, he bent down and approached Tao Zi in front of him, "Miss Tao, is it really you?"
"it's me."
"Go get some vegetarian food." Sun Wukong frowned and wanted to send people away, "What are you doing here?"
"You can't even eat, you can't even look at it? Brother Hou, you are too stingy!" Zhu Bajie snorted a few times, but he was really hungry, so he patted his stomach and turned towards the small courtyard where the farmer lived. go.Before leaving, he said, "I'm too lazy to argue with you."
Tao Zhen waited for the others to walk away before whispering: "Great Sage, you put me on the ground, I... I will transform back."
Sun Wukong deliberately endured it so that he did not habitually throw the peach in his hand into the air. He changed his impatient look when facing Zhu Bajie, and said with a smile: "Can't I take a bite?" The finger holding the peach couldn't help but move. move.
Tao Zhen was so tickled that she shivered: "Really, I can't."
"...The red boy is still taking advantage of him."
Humming softly as if talking to himself, Sun Wukong bent down and gently placed the peach in his hand on the ground, then remembered something, and said to Taozhen: "I will teach you another day."
"Hey, good." She responded with a smile.
After the disaster of Tongtian River, the disaster of Jindou Mountain was also survived without any danger.Most of the time when it was not too important, Tao Zhen didn't let the past in her memory play any role, but tried to integrate as a member of this world, and tried not to avoid disasters by getting rid of her master and apprentice The predicament that several people fell into.
It doesn't have a taste.
On this day, Tao Zhen and his master and apprentice walked to a river.It was autumn at this time, and the breeze was blowing along the water surface, and there was a faint coolness on the face.
"Master, shall we rest for a while?" Zhu Bajie let out a long sigh of relief.
Tang Seng nodded: "Then let's rest for a while, as there is water here, we can also clean it up, so that we won't be too embarrassed when we enter the city to change the customs clearance documents."
Those who put their luggage put their luggage, and those who tie their horses tie their horses.
Tao Zhen only felt that the air by the water seemed to be very fresh. She took a few deep breaths, went to the river and squatted down, stretched out her hand and splashed a handful of water on her face.
It is refreshing and cool, sweeping away a little bit of fatigue.
Tao Zhen stared at her face reflected in the mirror-like water, and a thought suddenly popped up in her heart.She turned her head to look at the monkey sitting lazily beside her, and asked tentatively, "Great Sage, what is it like for you...to be transformed into a human form?"
"Human form?" Sun Wukong was taken aback, "Why do you ask this?"
"Just a little curious." Tao Zhen smiled.
He let out a "huh" and said, "It doesn't seem to make any difference."
Tao Zhen thought of what was described in the book, and what was drawn in the painting, she couldn't agree on what to do.In this way, she became more and more curious, and she couldn't help instigating: "Great Sage, can you change to see now?"
Sun Wukong raised his hand and touched the monkey hair on the side of his face, as if hesitating: "Do you want to see it?"
"En!" Tao Zhen nodded sharply, her eyes sparkling.
Seeing her like this, Sun Wukong was inexplicably uncomfortable. He turned his face and stared at the river, muttering to himself, "It's okay to show you the peach tree spirit."
Tao Zhen's gaze was right and wrong, and she even held her breath carefully.
Sun Wukong muttered silently in his heart, and twisted the formula in his hands.Tao Zhen felt as if in the blink of an eye, the tall monkey disappeared in front of her eyes, she was taken aback for a moment, still a little bit overwhelmed.
A touch of ink white replaced the golden brown figure.
The man sitting in front of him was wearing a black and white long gown, with a pair of dark golden eyes slightly pressed by his handsome browbones, his brows and eyes were rebellious, his nose bridge was straight, and his outline was clear and handsome.
The face without monkey hair is clean and somewhat fair.
"Bang, bang, bang"
Tao Zhen stared blankly at the person in front of her, her heart beating over the top.
This gaze was too focused, Sun Wukong originally looked at her sideways with one leg propped up, but now subconsciously turned his head to avoid Taozhen's sight, and then habitually raised his hand to squeeze his head and face, but his fingers touched her It was only when I went up that I realized that I was already in human form.
"...Peach tree spirit, why are you in a daze?"
"Great Sage...?!" Tao Zhen finally came back to her senses and realized how stupid she is now, so she hurriedly turned to face the river.
The heartbeat seemed to miss a beat.
Tao Zhen felt flustered inexplicably, the scene in the dream and Hong Hai'er's words resurfaced in her mind.She quickly shook her head and wanted to get rid of these inexplicable things. It's best to forget them as soon as possible, and don't take them to heart if she can't forget them, lest she will feel uncomfortable when facing the Great Sage...
She couldn't help turning her head slightly to the side again, and what caught her eyes was the profile of the Great Sage looking at the river bank with his dark golden-brown eyelashes and drooping eyes.
...It is true that the difference between the appearance of a monkey and the appearance of a human is not as great as Tao Zhen thought, and the transformation into a human is just the loss of monkey hair, and the facial features have hardly changed.It's just that the complete human form feels different after all, and she feels a little strange again.
It is different from her imagination and countless ideas of future generations.
Even if the Great Sage is a monkey, he is a handsome monkey.These words suddenly appeared in Tao Zhen's mind.
"Have you finished reading it? After reading it, my old grandson has changed back."
Taozhen regained her senses, and was about to nod her head in a daze, when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhu Bajie walking over with Drifting Monk from the corner of her eye.The former yelled from a distance away: "Brother Monkey, what are you doing acting like a human being? You want to use a good face to coax other little girls? It's not my old pig talking about you, you are also It's despicable."
No!He and the Drifting Monk didn't look very good-looking, but the monkey turned into a suave young man, so what should the two of them do?
Sun Wukong stood up sideways, looked at Zhu Bajie and frowned: "What nonsense?"
"I'm not talking nonsense." Zhu Bajie clapped his hands while talking, "To be fair, Junior Brother Sha and I should also be transformed into human forms, otherwise Brother Monkey, how boring are you by yourself? It just so happened that you changed your human form and let Miss Tao say something fair. Judge which one looks the best when pretending to be a human being."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a man in a blue robe. He looked about 27 or [-], and his facial features couldn't be better. After all, he was the former Marshal of the Canopy.
It's just that there are always some greasy faces.
"Peach girl, how are you?" He opened the folding fan with a "wow", and fanned it on his chest slowly, looking quite complacent.
Tao Zhen suppressed her smile, pretending to be serious and nodding her head: "Yes, Second Senior Brother, it's quite good."
Tang Seng, who was sitting there meditating and chanting scriptures, heard the sound and came over. Drifting hurriedly stretched out his hand to give him a hand: "Master."
When Tang Seng saw the scene in front of him clearly, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "Wukong, Bajie."
"Master, anyway, we have nothing to do right now when we rest." Zhu Bajie pulled Sha Wujing, "Junior Brother Sha, hurry up, you also change into a human form and have a look."
He was still immersed in Tao Zhen's "very good", so he shook his robe in a chic and coquettish manner, and squinted his eyes at the person in the dark white gown in front of him.
"..."
Sun Wukong casually pulled the black belt around his waist, and snorted lightly when he saw this.
... Tao Zhen somehow felt that these two people were childish.
Sand Monk couldn't beat Zhu Bajie, so he made a trick.In fact, he is very close to the appearance of ordinary people, but the beard and the skeleton hanging around his neck are a bit scary.
After removing these two things, he looks simple and honest.
"Peach girl, which of the three of us is the best?" Zhu Bajie asked hastily.
In fact, Tao Zhen already had the answer in her heart, but she still pretended to glance around, and met the pair of dark golden eyes that the Great Sage had seen.
She quickly turned her face away, seemingly calm: "... Great Sage."
The tall and somewhat thin man grinned and raised his eyebrows, which made Tao Zhen's heart beat twice faster.
"It's a good thing you peach tree spirit has eyesight."
Tang Seng originally just came to see what these apprentices were making a fuss about, but now he had an idea in his mind.
He smiled and said: "In the past, when we were on our way, we seldom let you hide your appearance, so people were often frightened. From this point of view, you might as well show others with such a good appearance. Seeing that we are almost at the city gate, we How about giving it a try today?"
Wujing is better, every time Wukong and Bajie scare others, he will inevitably feel a little guilty.However, the apprentices are all arrogant, and they can't control it.
"That's good! That's good!" Zhu Bajie touched his face happily, "Master, you came up with a good idea today."
Sun Wukong felt uncomfortable when he thought about his appearance all the way: "Master, what do you care about other people's eyes, what about them, what do you have to do with my old grandson?"
"The monks are compassionate, so we must be more considerate of others." Tang Seng earnestly said, "For now, let's try first." Then he looked at Drifting Monk.
The Drifting Monk always thought that anything was fine, so he just smiled: "Listen to Master."
Tao Zhen was listening on the sidelines, she was quite supportive of Tang Seng's decision, after all the great sage had finally transformed into a human form, she hadn't watched it enough yet.
After they rested for a while, Tang Seng suddenly said: "Bajie, go fetch some water for me, I'm a little thirsty."
When he said that, Zhu Bajie also felt dry mouth: "Okay, let's go." By the way, he also took a few sips.
The river water was very clear, but he still found a more secluded place, brushed the surface of the water with his hands to get rid of the floating dust, and then used the purple gold bowl to reach down to fill the water.
After it was full, he carried it back steadily and sent it to Tang Seng: "Master, drink water."
"Hey." Tang Seng took it. Although he was very thirsty, he still drank it gracefully.After he finished drinking, there was still half of the bowl left, so Zhu Bajie took it and couldn't wait to gulp it down.
While he was drinking water, Tang Seng turned to the other two disciples and said, "Wukong, Wujing, you two go to see if there is a boatman who can take us across the river."
The two agreed, and Tao Zhen followed them to the distance.While walking, he silently observed the Great Sage ahead.
When he was a monkey, his walk seemed to be no different from that of ordinary people. Now that he has changed into a human form, he has shown a bit of aura.Tao Zhen was immersed in her own thoughts, and she didn't notice that the person in front had stopped and turned around to look at her.
She couldn't react in time and bumped into it.
Tao Zhen let out a soft "Ouch", and raised her hand to cover her brow which hit Dasheng's shoulder with bursts of pain.
Sun Wukong quickly pulled her back to prevent her from falling backwards and becoming unstable.
"Peach Tree Spirit, why are you so confused?"
Tao Zhen put down her hands a little embarrassedly: "Just now... I thought about things too seriously, and I didn't realize it for a while."
"Why do you want to be so serious." Sun Wukong let go of his hand, and then said to her in a softer voice, "What are you——why have you been staring at my old grandson just now?"
He looked down at himself again: "Is it so strange?"
It turned out that the Great Sage noticed her gaze just now.Tao Zhen was a little guilty, and then she hurriedly retorted when she heard this, "It's not surprising, it's really pretty."
Sun Wukong glanced at her suspiciously, seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, but was smiling too sincerely, which made him feel uncomfortable. He raised his hand and touched his ears and turned around: "Let's go, let's find the boatman."
This time, I didn't take a few steps before I saw the canopy boat docked on the shore.
"Hey, it's really great to have a boat." Drifting stepped forward and shouted at the tented boat, "Boatman, I have a few people here who want to cross the river. I wonder if you are in the punting business?"
After a while, a woman stepped out of the tented boat, but she was dressed like a boatman, not like a boatman's wife.
The woman smiled slightly: "Of course I did."
Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes, a little vigilant: "It's strange, why don't you see the boatman, it's a woman who came to paddle the boat."
Tao Zhen was taken aback when she heard this, and after reacting for a moment, she immediately remembered that this is the border of Xiliang Women's Country, that's why she met this female boatman!
It's over!Both Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie have already drank the water in the river!
The woman was not annoyed, she just smiled meaningfully: "Why can't a woman hold a boat? There are so many things this woman can do."
Tao Zhen was anxious, originally wanted to go back quickly to let Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie who drank the water from Zimu River spit out the water, but then thought about how the water would be so easy to deal with, it must have been integrated into the body and ready to play a role.
Besides, how should she explain it to the two of them now?She will become a "prophet" again.
... Forget it, since it's done, she shouldn't "make mistakes" again, and can only make Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie suffer.
"Junior Brother Sha, go and ask Master and Bajie to come over, let's get on the boat." Sun Wukong stared at this person for a long time, and he was sure that she was not a monster, but he didn't dare to relax his guard completely.
Drifting said hello, turned around and went back the same way.
After a while Drifting packed up his luggage and came back with a load, followed by Tang Seng, Zhu Bajie and Bai Longma the day after tomorrow. Fortunately, the boat was spacious enough, and several people got on board.
The river is not too wide, so it took a while to cross the river.After going ashore, the woman didn't ask how much money they would give, so Drifting took a few pennies from the bag and handed them over, and the woman accepted it with a smile without haggling.
"Master, get on the horse." Sun Wukong helped Tang Seng to sit on the horse's back.
A few people left from the river bank and walked a few steps away, Tao Zhen couldn't help but look back in the direction of the tented boat.
The woman had slipped into the canopy again and was out of sight.
Tao Zhen seemed to have a stone hanging in her heart, she kept observing Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie for any abnormalities, and guessed when the river would burst.
Not long after she looked away from Tang Seng again, she suddenly heard Tang Seng groaning in pain while sitting on the horseback.
Sun Wukong's expression froze: "Master, what's wrong?"
"...Wukong," Tang Seng couldn't help it anymore, "I suddenly feel... my stomach pain is unbearable."
Finally, Tao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, she pretended to think for a moment before asking: "Is it because of drinking cold water?"
"Cold water?" Zhu Bajie looked puzzled, "I also drank cold water, why-"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly paused, then stopped and covered his abdomen, and threw the nine-toothed rake on the ground: "Oh, my stomach hurts...my stomach hurts too..."
The two people groaned in pain one after another, Tang Seng subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his abdomen, who would have thought that there was something slightly protruding in his stomach, he was startled and frightened, coupled with the pain, he lost his strength and fell limp on the horse's back superior.
Monkey King quickly helped Tang Seng down, and Drifting also carried Zhu Bajie to the side of the road.
Seeing this, Tao Zhen hurried forward to tidy up the scattered things on the ground, and finally grabbed the white dragon horse who seemed a little uneasy.
"The three of us are not the same at all," Sun Wukong frowned, looking anxious and angry, "I guess there is something wrong with the river water."
There's something quirky about this place.
"Great Sage, there seems to be a family over there." Taozhen suggested, "Let's go and ask if there is any medical clinic nearby, so we can get some medicines for Master and Second Senior Brother."
If she guessed right, the thatched hut not far away should be the one who advised the four masters and apprentices to fetch water from the Luotai Spring.
Sun Wukong took a look in the direction of Tao Zhen's finger, there was indeed a family there.So she nodded her head as she approved Tao Zhen's idea.
The three of them dragged two sick patients and knocked on the door of the hut.
After a while, the door was opened from the inside. It was an old woman who opened the door. When she saw a few people outside, she was taken aback for a moment, and then her eyes lit up.
"Several elders, this is..."
Although the Monkey Kings are all humanoid, they each have headbands on their heads, so ordinary people can roughly guess their identities when they see them, and it is normal to call them elders.
Although Sun Wukong was anxious, but after all he wanted something from others, he still managed to remember the etiquette and put his palms together: "We came from Tang Dynasty, when we passed by here today, my master and younger brother suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain, so I want to ask for a bowl of hot water. I also want to ask if there is any medical center near here."
The old woman was taken aback when she heard the words, her eyes swept around the two people who were in pain, and then she covered her mouth and laughed.
This smile immediately made Sun Wukong lose his patience, and some anger sprang up in his heart. His face turned cold and he took two steps forward: "You old woman, why do you gloat when you see people in trouble?!"
There was a flash of hostility in the golden pupil, and it was not easy to provoke.The old woman backed away in fright: "Elder, calm down. But... this is not a common disease, and ordinary medicines are useless."
"Do you know how to solve it?"
The old woman opened the door: "The elders come in and talk."
But who would have thought that as soon as they entered the courtyard, the old woman called out many people, all of them were old women who were very similar to her, and a group of people surrounded them, pointing and laughing strangely and meaningfully.
Only words such as "man", "pregnant" and "Zimuhe" came out of their mouths.
Sun Wukong was gritted his teeth by their movement, and was about to step forward but was held back by a hand.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw Taozhen shaking her head at her: "Great Sage, saving people is the most important thing."
Sun Wukong could only restrain his anger, and said viciously: "What are you laughing at? It's best to tell my old grandson how to relieve this abdominal pain, otherwise..." He raised his hand and took out the golden cudgel and slammed it on the ground, scaring those The old women exclaimed in unison.
Sure enough, they still eat the soft but not the hard, and they all confessed after being so frightened.What is Xiliang women's country, why no man has ever lived here, what is the spring water of the fallen fetus in Juxian Nunnery in Jieyang Mountain, what is guarding the spring water is a true wishful fairy who only accepts gifts before letting people fetch water, everything is detailed. It's all said and done.
When Tang Seng heard that he was pregnant with a fetus, he was startled and ashamed. He covered his face, almost unable to cry out in pain.
Taozhen was listening silently, and was taking hot water from the old woman to feed Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie, when she heard one of the old women say: "Elder, luckily you found us, everyone in this courtyard We are so old, if you find other places to ask for medicine, as long as there is a younger daughter's house there...you don't want to leave."
She couldn't help shivering.
Sun Wukong frowned, thinking that it was indeed a strange place.Now that I have asked all the questions that should be asked, I wonder if it is not easy to get the spring water?So he turned around and said to Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie who were in great pain, "Master, Bajie, my old grandson is going to fetch spring water and come back to relieve your abdominal pain."
Zhu Bajie cried and yelled: "Brother Monkey, go! I can't hold it anymore!"
"Can't hold it?" Sun Wukong suddenly frowned and grinned badly when he heard it, "Isn't that easy? Just give birth."
"Birth?! I'm not a woman! How can I give birth to a child!"
Sun Wukong stretched out his hand and poked him in the ribs: "If you make a hole here, you will come out."
Zhu Bajie was already in unbearable pain, but when he was frightened and touched again, he immediately screamed, as if he was about to cry.
Seeing the two of them going back and forth, Tao Zhen couldn't help but want to laugh, but couldn't really laugh, so she tried her best to tug on Monkey King's robe: "Great Sage, let's go."
If you can give birth to a child after drinking the river water for three days, won't your belly become bigger and bigger after a while?That's all for Zhu Bajie, Tang Seng is already thin-skinned, it's too...
"Let's go?" Sun Wukong was taken aback, "Are you going too?"
Tao Zhen nodded: "Yes, I will go too."
In the original story, the Drifting Monk was asked to assist the Great Sage to retrieve the spring water after the first failed turn. Now she went with her and saved the Great Sage the effort of making a second trip.
"You wait here, my old grandson will come back when he goes." What if I met the red boy like last time?
Sun Wukong guessed Taozhen's concerns when he said this, but Ruyi Zhenxian is far behind Honghaier.She tugged at his sleeve and pulled it out of the door, and said in a low voice mysteriously: "Great Sage, I have a solution."
"...What way?" Sun Wukong was at a loss.
The two went out of the house and stood in the yard, Taozhen looked around and made sure that there were only the two of them here, so she recited a formula in her heart and turned into a sapling and jumped onto Monkey King's shoulder.
She spoke with a smile in her voice: "Great Sage, let's go!"
"..." Sun Wukong felt a little helpless, "Peach tree spirit, is this the way you said?"
Tao Zhen chuckled: "Yes."
"...There is nothing I can do about you." Sun Wukong walked out of the courtyard, Nianjue summoned somersaulting cloud and jumped onto the head of the cloud, and told Tao Zhen to hold on tight before driving the cloud to Jieyang Mountain.Although the distance is more than twenty miles, it is only a few breaths of effort for him.On the way, he glanced at the robe from the corner of his body, and looked down, only to realize that he was still in human form. Thinking that if the Ruyi Immortal was difficult to deal with, he would have to fight, so he silently recited the mantra to transform back into a monkey.
He tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the peach sapling obediently on his shoulder from the corner of his eye: "I'll change back when I get the spring water."
peach
But in the end, I still have feelings of reluctance for Tao Zhen, and it is worth being happy to be able to go on the road together.
Sun Wukong was a little uncomfortable, and it dissipated after a nap. The Bodhisattva has spoken, and he can no longer drive the peach tree spirit back to the peach forest, and he will do the same to the poor girl. Not the same thing the second time.I can only be more careful not to let her suffer all the time.But seeing Tao Zhen reminded him of the fairy peach he ate in Che Chi Country after a long absence.
The taste is indeed not as good as the one on her tree.
Being carried by the old white turtle across the Tongtian River, they found a farm to stay overnight.Sun Wukong opened his eyes and woke up before dawn, but couldn't fall asleep after thinking of the taste of peaches.
After thinking about it, he gently turned over and sat up, carefully leaving the room and closing the door behind him.
As soon as he turned around, he saw the peach tree standing outside the house door.
At this time, the sky was twilight, and the light fell on the peach trees covered with morning dew. Every leaf was fresh and tender, very emerald green.
Sun Wukong approached and grabbed one of the peach branches. As expected, the peach tree shook subconsciously, but unexpectedly, dew dripped from his body.
... He really resisted the feeling of being wet. Just as he did a trick to dry himself off, he heard the sleepy voice of Peach Tree in front of him shouting: "Great Sage..."
Sun Wukong inexplicably felt that his ears were itchy, so he rubbed them casually.
After looking at the peach branch in front of him for a few times, he felt very greedy, so he moved closer and said deliberately: "Peach tree spirit, let my old grandson take a bite?"
The peach tree didn't move for a long time, as if it was really just an ordinary peach tree.
Sun Wukong was puzzled: "Peach tree spirit?"
Tao Zhen was dumbfounded at the moment, the answer to the riddle seemed to have knocked her into a daze.
monkey?How could it be a monkey?
She looked at the monkey in front of her, and her heart jumped for a moment, and she felt hot all over.
Although it's a marriage... But it's just a dream after all. Besides, even if the answer to the riddle is a monkey, who can say that it must be... the Great Sage?
Taozhen's mind was in a mess, and what was worse, the words that Honghai'er said still flooded into her mind like adding fuel to the fire.
——"Could it be that you like that monkey?"
How, how is it possible!How could it be possible for her and the Great Sage——
Tao Zhen couldn't control herself for a while, she suddenly turned into a human form!
Sun Wukong's hand was suddenly empty, and the smooth and slightly rough branches disappeared, replaced by a warm and delicate fingertips that were caught off guard.
There is no peach tree in front of me.
There is only one girl.
Her long black hair was braided into long braids and fell to one side. She had a small white face with staring almond eyes, and small and delicate ears on the side of her face. She was white and pink like the color of peaches on her tree.
...his hand was pinching it.
For a while, the two stared at each other.
Just like this, there was a moment of silence that was frozen, and the next moment, the two of them bounced off each other as if they were burned, with their backs facing each other, and I hesitated for a long time, unable to hold out a word.
Tao Zhen's face and ears turned red, like an apple.
The slightly fluffy warm touch lingered on her ears, as if a fire was lit with a "boom" and burned her from the inside out.
Why on earth did she suddenly turn into a human form!Come up with such an oolong!
Over there, when Monkey King turned around quickly, his tail subconsciously wrapped itself tightly around his ankle, and then loosened it, raising and falling in the air indiscriminately.
He twirled the fingers of his right hand that had touched her ear, then raised it up and squeezed his head, feeling a little uncomfortable.
"That, peach tree spirit." He slightly turned his head and glanced towards Tao Zhen, "...it happened suddenly, my old grandson didn't mean to...offend."
Besides, the goblin is also a girl, and he is still a monk. This behavior is too abrupt and intimate.Where can a girl's ears be touched casually?
Taozhen shook her head like a rattle: "No, it's nothing, it's my fault that I couldn't control my transformation back into a human form..." As she spoke, she quickly raised her hand to cover her face, trying to cool it down.
She barely suppressed all kinds of messy thoughts, trying to think of topics to dilute the embarrassment.From the corner of the eye, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the sky, which was not yet bright, so he asked dryly, "Um... Great Sage, why did you wake up so early? Don't you want to rest for a while?"
Sun Wukong sat on the ground casually, rubbing the fingers of his right hand back and forth unconsciously with his left hand, and when Tao Zhen asked, he remembered what he meant: "My old grandson wants to eat peaches, so I can't sleep." As he spoke, he looked at Tao Zhen from the side, his eyes seemed to be through her Looking at her peach tree body.
The appearance of the peach tree that was verdant but without a single peach appeared in his mind, and he scratched the side of his face regretfully.
Tao Zhen understood after seeing him.
"Before I was burned by the real fire of samadhi. Although the bodhisattva's nectar was healed, it hurt some vitality and couldn't bear fruit... Now the season is over. If you want to eat peaches, Great Sage, you may have to wait until next year."
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to become heavy again, Tao Zhen quickly changed the subject: "However, the incident with Hong Boy has reminded me." She hesitated and said tentatively: "Great Sage, can you teach me some spells? "
Her only "advantage" is just knowing what will happen next, and relying on this alone to help the four masters and apprentices avoid disasters will not only make the hardships that need to be endured sincerely along the way to learn the scriptures meaningless, it will be suspected of cheating, and Somewhat naive.The bodhisattva's insight into everything and twists and turns will always return to the original point of development and bring new tribulations, all of which remind her to do less useless work.
Besides, knowing the previous situation is not a panacea. Isn't it a strong proof that she is caught by the red boy and has no power to fight back?
After all, she is not capable enough.Learning more skills can not only protect yourself, but also help the Great Sage better.
Sun Wukong was interrupted by such an interruption, he really forgot what he was talking about: "What do you want to learn?"
"My old grandson doesn't know much, 72 changes, somersaulting clouds, copper skin and iron bones, piercing eyes, extrajudicial sex, soul out of body, great immortal formula..." He chanted a long list Come on, finally raised his eyes to Tao Zhen, "Which one do you want to learn from?"
"..."
Tao Zhen laughed a few times: "Great Sage, are there any more ordinary ones?"
If ordinary people can understand these things, then it’s okay?
"Ordinary?" Sun Wukong frowned. After thinking for a long time, he didn't know what kind of common law she was talking about. "Peach tree spirit, otherwise you can just tell my old grandson what you want to learn. As long as you know it, I will teach you."
what do you want to learn...
Taozhen thought for a while, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind: "My lord, why don't you teach me how to escape?"
The so-called 36 plan is the best plan.She was caught by Honghaier at that time, if she had escaped quickly, she might not have been used to threaten the Great Sage, and she would not have been burned so badly.
"..." Sun Wukong froze, "You let my grandson teach you to escape?"
He always confronts monsters with a golden cudgel, if the situation is really not right, he will take him in or find a rescuer, and he will go away with a somersault cloud. It is simply impossible for monsters to catch up.
It never occurred to me that running away was a skill.
Tao Zhen nodded her head, looking like she was devoting herself to asking for advice.
Sun Wukong choked, and then thought that the peach tree spirit could fly so-so and was afraid of heights, so why not start with flying lessons: "Then my old grandson will teach you how to ride the wind and fly faster. "
Then he asked, "Can you fly when you become a sapling or something?"
"This..." Tao Zhen shook her head in embarrassment, "I've never tried it before."
Sun Wukong stood up and put his arms around his chest.He stared at Tao Zhen, wagging his tail behind him: "Then try it now."
"……Oh well."
Tao Zhen originally subconsciously wanted to turn into a sapling, but she was too deeply influenced by the time Honghaier caught her, and felt that it would be easier to escape as a round and slippery peach—since she wanted to learn to escape, it was better to turn into a peach.
So she said silently in her heart, the next moment the girl in the pink and white dress disappeared in place, replaced by a round peach with a pinkish white inside.
Sun Wukong moved his eyes down, and when he saw the peach, it was the ear of the peach tree spirit that appeared in his mind...
He quickly looked away, paused and then moved back: "...it should be the same as when you were in human form, just try it silently in your heart."
"Okay." After turning into Taozi, he spoke in a much softer voice. If it wasn't for his excellent hearing, he probably wouldn't be able to hear at this moment.
Tao Zhen recited the formula silently in her heart, but there was no movement for a long time.
She opened her eyes in embarrassment and frustration: "Great Sage, I..."
Sun Wukong thought for a while and said: "Don't think that you are a peach now, just treat yourself as a human being."
"Then I'll try again."
Taozhen tried again to get rid of distracting thoughts, but this time before she could react, her whole body suddenly lightened, and the whole peach floated in the air.
"Great Sage! I succeeded!" she shouted excitedly.
Sun Wukong looked at her crooked appearance, and his heart tightened: "You—"
Originally, he was trying to remind her to keep her balance, don't roll around in mid-air, but before she could say anything, Tao Zhen was already on the rampage in a mess.
She was a little flustered - if Taozi also had hands and feet: "Hey!"
"..." Sun Wukong felt a headache inexplicably, "Peach tree spirit..."
The last word stopped abruptly, as if something choked on it while speaking.
Sun Wukong raised his hand subconsciously to catch the peach that slammed into his arms and still exuded a faint fruity fragrance.
Monkey and Tao fell into a strange silence again.
Tao Zhen almost wanted to close her eyes and pretend that she had just knocked her head out and passed out, who could be more embarrassing than her?Turned into Taozi Xuefei but plunged into the arms of the Great Sage!
She shrank her head like a turtle and pretended to be dumb.
Sun Wukong looked at the peach in his hand for a while, and finally suddenly said with malicious intentions: "My old grandson is still regretting that there are no peaches to eat, but you, the peach tree spirit, turned into a peach and sent it to your door."
"Ah?" Tao Zhen was dumbfounded immediately, and stopped pretending to be dumb, "You can't eat it, my lord!"
Just as Monkey King opened his mouth to speak, he suddenly heard someone behind him asking in confusion, "Brother Monkey? What are you doing standing there?"
He turned around holding Tao, and saw Zhu Bajie standing at the door of the house stroking his belly.
Zhu Bajie was so hungry that he was flustered. After being called by the Drifting Monk, he thought about going out to find something to eat. He was thinking about what breakfast the farmer had prepared for him. As soon as he stepped out of the house, he saw the juicy peach in the monkey's hand. .
"Brother Monkey, you are too mean! How can you hide and eat peaches by yourself?" Zhu Bajie hastily approached, "Where did these peaches come from?"
When he looked it over, he found that the shape, color, and aroma were all excellent: "Such a good peach, could it be that it was brought from Chechi Country?" He almost drooled when he said this, "Brother Monkey, give it to me quickly." I'll try it, I haven't eaten the fairy peaches from Che Chi Kingdom yet!"
"That," Tao Zhen originally wanted to laugh, but managed to hold back.She was a little embarrassed and said: "Second Senior Brother, it's me."
Zhu Bajie was taken aback.
"It's me, Tao Zhen."
"- Miss Peach?!"
Monkey King glanced at Zhu Bajie with some distaste: "You idiot knows how to eat. Where's Master?"
Reluctantly, Zhu Bajie looked away from Tao Zhen, and replied: "I've got up." After speaking, he bent down and approached Tao Zi in front of him, "Miss Tao, is it really you?"
"it's me."
"Go get some vegetarian food." Sun Wukong frowned and wanted to send people away, "What are you doing here?"
"You can't even eat, you can't even look at it? Brother Hou, you are too stingy!" Zhu Bajie snorted a few times, but he was really hungry, so he patted his stomach and turned towards the small courtyard where the farmer lived. go.Before leaving, he said, "I'm too lazy to argue with you."
Tao Zhen waited for the others to walk away before whispering: "Great Sage, you put me on the ground, I... I will transform back."
Sun Wukong deliberately endured it so that he did not habitually throw the peach in his hand into the air. He changed his impatient look when facing Zhu Bajie, and said with a smile: "Can't I take a bite?" The finger holding the peach couldn't help but move. move.
Tao Zhen was so tickled that she shivered: "Really, I can't."
"...The red boy is still taking advantage of him."
Humming softly as if talking to himself, Sun Wukong bent down and gently placed the peach in his hand on the ground, then remembered something, and said to Taozhen: "I will teach you another day."
"Hey, good." She responded with a smile.
After the disaster of Tongtian River, the disaster of Jindou Mountain was also survived without any danger.Most of the time when it was not too important, Tao Zhen didn't let the past in her memory play any role, but tried to integrate as a member of this world, and tried not to avoid disasters by getting rid of her master and apprentice The predicament that several people fell into.
It doesn't have a taste.
On this day, Tao Zhen and his master and apprentice walked to a river.It was autumn at this time, and the breeze was blowing along the water surface, and there was a faint coolness on the face.
"Master, shall we rest for a while?" Zhu Bajie let out a long sigh of relief.
Tang Seng nodded: "Then let's rest for a while, as there is water here, we can also clean it up, so that we won't be too embarrassed when we enter the city to change the customs clearance documents."
Those who put their luggage put their luggage, and those who tie their horses tie their horses.
Tao Zhen only felt that the air by the water seemed to be very fresh. She took a few deep breaths, went to the river and squatted down, stretched out her hand and splashed a handful of water on her face.
It is refreshing and cool, sweeping away a little bit of fatigue.
Tao Zhen stared at her face reflected in the mirror-like water, and a thought suddenly popped up in her heart.She turned her head to look at the monkey sitting lazily beside her, and asked tentatively, "Great Sage, what is it like for you...to be transformed into a human form?"
"Human form?" Sun Wukong was taken aback, "Why do you ask this?"
"Just a little curious." Tao Zhen smiled.
He let out a "huh" and said, "It doesn't seem to make any difference."
Tao Zhen thought of what was described in the book, and what was drawn in the painting, she couldn't agree on what to do.In this way, she became more and more curious, and she couldn't help instigating: "Great Sage, can you change to see now?"
Sun Wukong raised his hand and touched the monkey hair on the side of his face, as if hesitating: "Do you want to see it?"
"En!" Tao Zhen nodded sharply, her eyes sparkling.
Seeing her like this, Sun Wukong was inexplicably uncomfortable. He turned his face and stared at the river, muttering to himself, "It's okay to show you the peach tree spirit."
Tao Zhen's gaze was right and wrong, and she even held her breath carefully.
Sun Wukong muttered silently in his heart, and twisted the formula in his hands.Tao Zhen felt as if in the blink of an eye, the tall monkey disappeared in front of her eyes, she was taken aback for a moment, still a little bit overwhelmed.
A touch of ink white replaced the golden brown figure.
The man sitting in front of him was wearing a black and white long gown, with a pair of dark golden eyes slightly pressed by his handsome browbones, his brows and eyes were rebellious, his nose bridge was straight, and his outline was clear and handsome.
The face without monkey hair is clean and somewhat fair.
"Bang, bang, bang"
Tao Zhen stared blankly at the person in front of her, her heart beating over the top.
This gaze was too focused, Sun Wukong originally looked at her sideways with one leg propped up, but now subconsciously turned his head to avoid Taozhen's sight, and then habitually raised his hand to squeeze his head and face, but his fingers touched her It was only when I went up that I realized that I was already in human form.
"...Peach tree spirit, why are you in a daze?"
"Great Sage...?!" Tao Zhen finally came back to her senses and realized how stupid she is now, so she hurriedly turned to face the river.
The heartbeat seemed to miss a beat.
Tao Zhen felt flustered inexplicably, the scene in the dream and Hong Hai'er's words resurfaced in her mind.She quickly shook her head and wanted to get rid of these inexplicable things. It's best to forget them as soon as possible, and don't take them to heart if she can't forget them, lest she will feel uncomfortable when facing the Great Sage...
She couldn't help turning her head slightly to the side again, and what caught her eyes was the profile of the Great Sage looking at the river bank with his dark golden-brown eyelashes and drooping eyes.
...It is true that the difference between the appearance of a monkey and the appearance of a human is not as great as Tao Zhen thought, and the transformation into a human is just the loss of monkey hair, and the facial features have hardly changed.It's just that the complete human form feels different after all, and she feels a little strange again.
It is different from her imagination and countless ideas of future generations.
Even if the Great Sage is a monkey, he is a handsome monkey.These words suddenly appeared in Tao Zhen's mind.
"Have you finished reading it? After reading it, my old grandson has changed back."
Taozhen regained her senses, and was about to nod her head in a daze, when she suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhu Bajie walking over with Drifting Monk from the corner of her eye.The former yelled from a distance away: "Brother Monkey, what are you doing acting like a human being? You want to use a good face to coax other little girls? It's not my old pig talking about you, you are also It's despicable."
No!He and the Drifting Monk didn't look very good-looking, but the monkey turned into a suave young man, so what should the two of them do?
Sun Wukong stood up sideways, looked at Zhu Bajie and frowned: "What nonsense?"
"I'm not talking nonsense." Zhu Bajie clapped his hands while talking, "To be fair, Junior Brother Sha and I should also be transformed into human forms, otherwise Brother Monkey, how boring are you by yourself? It just so happened that you changed your human form and let Miss Tao say something fair. Judge which one looks the best when pretending to be a human being."
As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a man in a blue robe. He looked about 27 or [-], and his facial features couldn't be better. After all, he was the former Marshal of the Canopy.
It's just that there are always some greasy faces.
"Peach girl, how are you?" He opened the folding fan with a "wow", and fanned it on his chest slowly, looking quite complacent.
Tao Zhen suppressed her smile, pretending to be serious and nodding her head: "Yes, Second Senior Brother, it's quite good."
Tang Seng, who was sitting there meditating and chanting scriptures, heard the sound and came over. Drifting hurriedly stretched out his hand to give him a hand: "Master."
When Tang Seng saw the scene in front of him clearly, he couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, "Wukong, Bajie."
"Master, anyway, we have nothing to do right now when we rest." Zhu Bajie pulled Sha Wujing, "Junior Brother Sha, hurry up, you also change into a human form and have a look."
He was still immersed in Tao Zhen's "very good", so he shook his robe in a chic and coquettish manner, and squinted his eyes at the person in the dark white gown in front of him.
"..."
Sun Wukong casually pulled the black belt around his waist, and snorted lightly when he saw this.
... Tao Zhen somehow felt that these two people were childish.
Sand Monk couldn't beat Zhu Bajie, so he made a trick.In fact, he is very close to the appearance of ordinary people, but the beard and the skeleton hanging around his neck are a bit scary.
After removing these two things, he looks simple and honest.
"Peach girl, which of the three of us is the best?" Zhu Bajie asked hastily.
In fact, Tao Zhen already had the answer in her heart, but she still pretended to glance around, and met the pair of dark golden eyes that the Great Sage had seen.
She quickly turned her face away, seemingly calm: "... Great Sage."
The tall and somewhat thin man grinned and raised his eyebrows, which made Tao Zhen's heart beat twice faster.
"It's a good thing you peach tree spirit has eyesight."
Tang Seng originally just came to see what these apprentices were making a fuss about, but now he had an idea in his mind.
He smiled and said: "In the past, when we were on our way, we seldom let you hide your appearance, so people were often frightened. From this point of view, you might as well show others with such a good appearance. Seeing that we are almost at the city gate, we How about giving it a try today?"
Wujing is better, every time Wukong and Bajie scare others, he will inevitably feel a little guilty.However, the apprentices are all arrogant, and they can't control it.
"That's good! That's good!" Zhu Bajie touched his face happily, "Master, you came up with a good idea today."
Sun Wukong felt uncomfortable when he thought about his appearance all the way: "Master, what do you care about other people's eyes, what about them, what do you have to do with my old grandson?"
"The monks are compassionate, so we must be more considerate of others." Tang Seng earnestly said, "For now, let's try first." Then he looked at Drifting Monk.
The Drifting Monk always thought that anything was fine, so he just smiled: "Listen to Master."
Tao Zhen was listening on the sidelines, she was quite supportive of Tang Seng's decision, after all the great sage had finally transformed into a human form, she hadn't watched it enough yet.
After they rested for a while, Tang Seng suddenly said: "Bajie, go fetch some water for me, I'm a little thirsty."
When he said that, Zhu Bajie also felt dry mouth: "Okay, let's go." By the way, he also took a few sips.
The river water was very clear, but he still found a more secluded place, brushed the surface of the water with his hands to get rid of the floating dust, and then used the purple gold bowl to reach down to fill the water.
After it was full, he carried it back steadily and sent it to Tang Seng: "Master, drink water."
"Hey." Tang Seng took it. Although he was very thirsty, he still drank it gracefully.After he finished drinking, there was still half of the bowl left, so Zhu Bajie took it and couldn't wait to gulp it down.
While he was drinking water, Tang Seng turned to the other two disciples and said, "Wukong, Wujing, you two go to see if there is a boatman who can take us across the river."
The two agreed, and Tao Zhen followed them to the distance.While walking, he silently observed the Great Sage ahead.
When he was a monkey, his walk seemed to be no different from that of ordinary people. Now that he has changed into a human form, he has shown a bit of aura.Tao Zhen was immersed in her own thoughts, and she didn't notice that the person in front had stopped and turned around to look at her.
She couldn't react in time and bumped into it.
Tao Zhen let out a soft "Ouch", and raised her hand to cover her brow which hit Dasheng's shoulder with bursts of pain.
Sun Wukong quickly pulled her back to prevent her from falling backwards and becoming unstable.
"Peach Tree Spirit, why are you so confused?"
Tao Zhen put down her hands a little embarrassedly: "Just now... I thought about things too seriously, and I didn't realize it for a while."
"Why do you want to be so serious." Sun Wukong let go of his hand, and then said to her in a softer voice, "What are you——why have you been staring at my old grandson just now?"
He looked down at himself again: "Is it so strange?"
It turned out that the Great Sage noticed her gaze just now.Tao Zhen was a little guilty, and then she hurriedly retorted when she heard this, "It's not surprising, it's really pretty."
Sun Wukong glanced at her suspiciously, seeing that she didn't seem to be lying, but was smiling too sincerely, which made him feel uncomfortable. He raised his hand and touched his ears and turned around: "Let's go, let's find the boatman."
This time, I didn't take a few steps before I saw the canopy boat docked on the shore.
"Hey, it's really great to have a boat." Drifting stepped forward and shouted at the tented boat, "Boatman, I have a few people here who want to cross the river. I wonder if you are in the punting business?"
After a while, a woman stepped out of the tented boat, but she was dressed like a boatman, not like a boatman's wife.
The woman smiled slightly: "Of course I did."
Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes, a little vigilant: "It's strange, why don't you see the boatman, it's a woman who came to paddle the boat."
Tao Zhen was taken aback when she heard this, and after reacting for a moment, she immediately remembered that this is the border of Xiliang Women's Country, that's why she met this female boatman!
It's over!Both Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie have already drank the water in the river!
The woman was not annoyed, she just smiled meaningfully: "Why can't a woman hold a boat? There are so many things this woman can do."
Tao Zhen was anxious, originally wanted to go back quickly to let Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie who drank the water from Zimu River spit out the water, but then thought about how the water would be so easy to deal with, it must have been integrated into the body and ready to play a role.
Besides, how should she explain it to the two of them now?She will become a "prophet" again.
... Forget it, since it's done, she shouldn't "make mistakes" again, and can only make Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie suffer.
"Junior Brother Sha, go and ask Master and Bajie to come over, let's get on the boat." Sun Wukong stared at this person for a long time, and he was sure that she was not a monster, but he didn't dare to relax his guard completely.
Drifting said hello, turned around and went back the same way.
After a while Drifting packed up his luggage and came back with a load, followed by Tang Seng, Zhu Bajie and Bai Longma the day after tomorrow. Fortunately, the boat was spacious enough, and several people got on board.
The river is not too wide, so it took a while to cross the river.After going ashore, the woman didn't ask how much money they would give, so Drifting took a few pennies from the bag and handed them over, and the woman accepted it with a smile without haggling.
"Master, get on the horse." Sun Wukong helped Tang Seng to sit on the horse's back.
A few people left from the river bank and walked a few steps away, Tao Zhen couldn't help but look back in the direction of the tented boat.
The woman had slipped into the canopy again and was out of sight.
Tao Zhen seemed to have a stone hanging in her heart, she kept observing Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie for any abnormalities, and guessed when the river would burst.
Not long after she looked away from Tang Seng again, she suddenly heard Tang Seng groaning in pain while sitting on the horseback.
Sun Wukong's expression froze: "Master, what's wrong?"
"...Wukong," Tang Seng couldn't help it anymore, "I suddenly feel... my stomach pain is unbearable."
Finally, Tao Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, she pretended to think for a moment before asking: "Is it because of drinking cold water?"
"Cold water?" Zhu Bajie looked puzzled, "I also drank cold water, why-"
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly paused, then stopped and covered his abdomen, and threw the nine-toothed rake on the ground: "Oh, my stomach hurts...my stomach hurts too..."
The two people groaned in pain one after another, Tang Seng subconsciously stretched out his hand to cover his abdomen, who would have thought that there was something slightly protruding in his stomach, he was startled and frightened, coupled with the pain, he lost his strength and fell limp on the horse's back superior.
Monkey King quickly helped Tang Seng down, and Drifting also carried Zhu Bajie to the side of the road.
Seeing this, Tao Zhen hurried forward to tidy up the scattered things on the ground, and finally grabbed the white dragon horse who seemed a little uneasy.
"The three of us are not the same at all," Sun Wukong frowned, looking anxious and angry, "I guess there is something wrong with the river water."
There's something quirky about this place.
"Great Sage, there seems to be a family over there." Taozhen suggested, "Let's go and ask if there is any medical clinic nearby, so we can get some medicines for Master and Second Senior Brother."
If she guessed right, the thatched hut not far away should be the one who advised the four masters and apprentices to fetch water from the Luotai Spring.
Sun Wukong took a look in the direction of Tao Zhen's finger, there was indeed a family there.So she nodded her head as she approved Tao Zhen's idea.
The three of them dragged two sick patients and knocked on the door of the hut.
After a while, the door was opened from the inside. It was an old woman who opened the door. When she saw a few people outside, she was taken aback for a moment, and then her eyes lit up.
"Several elders, this is..."
Although the Monkey Kings are all humanoid, they each have headbands on their heads, so ordinary people can roughly guess their identities when they see them, and it is normal to call them elders.
Although Sun Wukong was anxious, but after all he wanted something from others, he still managed to remember the etiquette and put his palms together: "We came from Tang Dynasty, when we passed by here today, my master and younger brother suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain, so I want to ask for a bowl of hot water. I also want to ask if there is any medical center near here."
The old woman was taken aback when she heard the words, her eyes swept around the two people who were in pain, and then she covered her mouth and laughed.
This smile immediately made Sun Wukong lose his patience, and some anger sprang up in his heart. His face turned cold and he took two steps forward: "You old woman, why do you gloat when you see people in trouble?!"
There was a flash of hostility in the golden pupil, and it was not easy to provoke.The old woman backed away in fright: "Elder, calm down. But... this is not a common disease, and ordinary medicines are useless."
"Do you know how to solve it?"
The old woman opened the door: "The elders come in and talk."
But who would have thought that as soon as they entered the courtyard, the old woman called out many people, all of them were old women who were very similar to her, and a group of people surrounded them, pointing and laughing strangely and meaningfully.
Only words such as "man", "pregnant" and "Zimuhe" came out of their mouths.
Sun Wukong was gritted his teeth by their movement, and was about to step forward but was held back by a hand.
As soon as he turned his head, he saw Taozhen shaking her head at her: "Great Sage, saving people is the most important thing."
Sun Wukong could only restrain his anger, and said viciously: "What are you laughing at? It's best to tell my old grandson how to relieve this abdominal pain, otherwise..." He raised his hand and took out the golden cudgel and slammed it on the ground, scaring those The old women exclaimed in unison.
Sure enough, they still eat the soft but not the hard, and they all confessed after being so frightened.What is Xiliang women's country, why no man has ever lived here, what is the spring water of the fallen fetus in Juxian Nunnery in Jieyang Mountain, what is guarding the spring water is a true wishful fairy who only accepts gifts before letting people fetch water, everything is detailed. It's all said and done.
When Tang Seng heard that he was pregnant with a fetus, he was startled and ashamed. He covered his face, almost unable to cry out in pain.
Taozhen was listening silently, and was taking hot water from the old woman to feed Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie, when she heard one of the old women say: "Elder, luckily you found us, everyone in this courtyard We are so old, if you find other places to ask for medicine, as long as there is a younger daughter's house there...you don't want to leave."
She couldn't help shivering.
Sun Wukong frowned, thinking that it was indeed a strange place.Now that I have asked all the questions that should be asked, I wonder if it is not easy to get the spring water?So he turned around and said to Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie who were in great pain, "Master, Bajie, my old grandson is going to fetch spring water and come back to relieve your abdominal pain."
Zhu Bajie cried and yelled: "Brother Monkey, go! I can't hold it anymore!"
"Can't hold it?" Sun Wukong suddenly frowned and grinned badly when he heard it, "Isn't that easy? Just give birth."
"Birth?! I'm not a woman! How can I give birth to a child!"
Sun Wukong stretched out his hand and poked him in the ribs: "If you make a hole here, you will come out."
Zhu Bajie was already in unbearable pain, but when he was frightened and touched again, he immediately screamed, as if he was about to cry.
Seeing the two of them going back and forth, Tao Zhen couldn't help but want to laugh, but couldn't really laugh, so she tried her best to tug on Monkey King's robe: "Great Sage, let's go."
If you can give birth to a child after drinking the river water for three days, won't your belly become bigger and bigger after a while?That's all for Zhu Bajie, Tang Seng is already thin-skinned, it's too...
"Let's go?" Sun Wukong was taken aback, "Are you going too?"
Tao Zhen nodded: "Yes, I will go too."
In the original story, the Drifting Monk was asked to assist the Great Sage to retrieve the spring water after the first failed turn. Now she went with her and saved the Great Sage the effort of making a second trip.
"You wait here, my old grandson will come back when he goes." What if I met the red boy like last time?
Sun Wukong guessed Taozhen's concerns when he said this, but Ruyi Zhenxian is far behind Honghaier.She tugged at his sleeve and pulled it out of the door, and said in a low voice mysteriously: "Great Sage, I have a solution."
"...What way?" Sun Wukong was at a loss.
The two went out of the house and stood in the yard, Taozhen looked around and made sure that there were only the two of them here, so she recited a formula in her heart and turned into a sapling and jumped onto Monkey King's shoulder.
She spoke with a smile in her voice: "Great Sage, let's go!"
"..." Sun Wukong felt a little helpless, "Peach tree spirit, is this the way you said?"
Tao Zhen chuckled: "Yes."
"...There is nothing I can do about you." Sun Wukong walked out of the courtyard, Nianjue summoned somersaulting cloud and jumped onto the head of the cloud, and told Tao Zhen to hold on tight before driving the cloud to Jieyang Mountain.Although the distance is more than twenty miles, it is only a few breaths of effort for him.On the way, he glanced at the robe from the corner of his body, and looked down, only to realize that he was still in human form. Thinking that if the Ruyi Immortal was difficult to deal with, he would have to fight, so he silently recited the mantra to transform back into a monkey.
He tilted his head slightly, and glanced at the peach sapling obediently on his shoulder from the corner of his eye: "I'll change back when I get the spring water."
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