Chapter 86: The Monk Respects Your Rights
Tang Sanzang stretched lazily and said, "I used to play with just one monkey and hardly made any money. Look at us now, these two monkeys have only been performing for a while, and we've already earned a bag of money. Therefore, I've decided, I'm taking both!"
At these words, whether you were the Six-Eared Macaque or Sun Wukong, both were panicked and shouted in unison, "No way!"
Tang Sanzang coldly looked at the two monkeys, flexed his wrists, and as his bones cracked, he said menacingly, "Oh, you disagree?
Rest assured, I'm a good person and respect your right to choose.
So, let's make it a simple choice."
First, you two obediently follow me to the West.
Second, I send you 'up to Heaven'.
Gentlemen, your choice!"
Sun Wukong wailed inwardly, "Damn, not this line again!"
The Six-Eared Macaque was grimacing inwardly as well and wailed, "Damn… do I even have a choice?"
But after a moment's thought, the Six-Eared Macaque was indifferent; after all, he also wanted to join the group to travel to the West and seek the True Scriptures for enlightenment.
Now that this bald guy forcefully wanted to take him as a disciple, although it wasn't exactly as he planned and was somewhat stifling, the outcome was more or less the same.
So, the Six-Eared Macaque gritted his teeth and bowed deeply, saying, "Six-Eared Macaque pays respect to Master; I'm willing to follow the honorable monk to the West to seek the True Scriptures."
Tang Sanzang turned to Sun Wukong…
Sun Wukong chuckled dryly, "Master... I, I will definitely go with you. When I just said I wouldn't, I was just joking."
The next moment a large hand gripped Sun Wukong's neck and slammed him to the ground, followed by a flurry of punches, "Joking, huh?
Very well!
I'll just play a nice joke with you too!"
Having said that, Tang Sanzang swung his fists, landing a barrage of punches on the monkey's head.
Boom, boom, boom...
The ground shook, the mountains trembled, and the monkey's screams echoed between heaven and earth. Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire
The Six-Eared Macaque, watching this terrifying scene, shivered in fear and crouched to the side, comforting himself, "It's okay, it's okay… Just be careful on the road, once in the West, becoming a Buddha will solve everything."
Then a big horse head leaned in, chewing grass in its mouth, said, "Brother, stop thinking about becoming a Buddha, our master is a fake."
The Six-Eared Macaque, startled, asked, "What do you mean?"
The White Dragon Horse said sidelong to him, "Literally what it means, this Tang Sanzang is not the Tang Sanzang you think he is. Understand?"
The Six-Eared Macaque felt his head buzz, realizing after all his schemes and beating, and sincerely becoming a disciple, he had ended up following a fake! His tears couldn't help but start to fall as he asked, "Fake… then are we going to the Mountain of Spirits to seek the scriptures or to be reincarnated? Why do I feel like reincarnation seems more likely?"
The White Dragon Horse curled its lip and said, "Who told you we're going to the Mountain of Spirits for the scriptures?"
"Not for the scriptures? Then what are we doing? Isn't this really just delivering our heads over ten thousand miles?" the Six-Eared Macaque asked.
The White Dragon Horse said meaningfully, "In Master's words, if they give us the scriptures willingly, we take them; if not, we rob them. So essentially, we're going to rob the Mountain of Spirits."
The Six-Eared Macaque sat stunned, staring blankly ahead, the only thought in his mind, "This is truly going to the West indeed!"
Clearly, he did not believe that Tang Sanzang could overpower the monks of the Mountain of Spirits.
The White Dragon Horse patted his shoulder and said, "Kid, take it easy. Going to the Mountain of Spirits lets us live a bit longer; if not, we'll be 'going up to Heaven' immediately."
The Six-Eared Macaque looked at the fierce bald man sitting on top of Sun Wukong, swinging his fists and pounding Wukong ruthlessly. He shrank his neck and whispered quietly, "Brother Horse, I need a favor from you."
"Speak."
"On the road, can we go slower? I'm not ready to die yet."
White Dragon Horse: "@#¥..."
After beating Sun Wukong, Tang Sanzang turned his attention to the Six-Eared Macaque and gestured with his finger. The macaque, knowing what was expected, stepped forward, "Uh... Master, do you need something?"
Tang Sanzang said, "Everyone has a Dharma name, so I will also bestow one upon you. Your eldest senior brother is Sun Wukong, the second is Wufan, the third is Sha Wujing, so..."
The Six-Eared Macaque looked at Tang Sanzang expecting his name wouldn't be too shabby.
Tang Sanzang suddenly clapped his hands and said, "Let's call you Xiaoliuzi!"
The Six-Eared Macaque nearly collapsed to the ground, cursing inwardly, "Damn, why does this name sound like a eunuch's? And what kind of naming logic is this?"
Sun Wukong and the others were equally speechless, "Master, everyone has 'Wu' in their names, how about giving him a name with 'Wu' too?"
The Six-Eared Macaque looked gratefully toward Sun Wukong.
Zhu Ganglie snickered, "Big brother, what's up? Did you guys just fight and find mutual sympathy?"
Tang Sanzang glanced at Sun Wukong and said, "Affinity... attraction? Hmm... Wukong, Xiaoliuzi, just don't play too disgustingly."
Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque were utterly speechless, both exclaimed, "Master, it's affinity, not gorillas!"
Tang Sanzang gave them a dazed, confused look and added, "Although you are monkeys, you are actually quite close to gorillas. So... no weird behaviors, okay?"
The two, in their despair, shut their mouths, no longer bothering to explain things to the bald man.
The duo just stared with wide eyes, hoping Tang Sanzang would give the Six-Eared Macaque a decent name.
Tang Sanzang, clearly unwilling to waste brain cells, clapped again and said, "Forget it, let's just stick with Xiaoliuzi!"
Finished speaking, Tang Sanzang gave the Six-Eared Macaque a threatening look and said, "Disciple, you don't have any objections, right?"
The Six-Eared Macaque, fearing his head might get twisted off if he dared disagree, chuckled dryly, "Uh... No objections."
"Then that's joyfully settled!"
Tang Sanzang immediately beamed and then turned to the villagers. Now that he had money, he no longer needed to perform monkey tricks, so he felt the villagers could disperse.
However, when the villagers saw that the bald man's robbery squad had just gotten bigger and was targeting them again, they immediately knelt on the ground, crying with tears streaming down their faces:
"Reverend, please spare us, we don't want to watch the show anymore, we really have no money."
"Reverend, even robbers don't clean us out like you do."
"Reverend, please leave us some food to eat…"
"Reverend, I have elders to care for and children to feed... please spare us!"
"Reverend, we won't watch the show anymore, is that not enough?"
…
Looking at the pleading figures on the ground, Tang Sanzang scratched his bald head in confusion and asked Zhu Ganglie, "Uh... what do they mean?"
Zhu Ganglie said, "It means they have no money left for donations."
Tang Sanzang oh'd and grabbed a handful of cash from his money bag and threw it over, saying, "No worries, this poor monk has money, this poor monk will gift it to you!"