Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#1506 - He wants to travel west alone instead of us

Now, let's talk about Bajie and Sha Wujing leaving the gate.

Pig Bajie, carrying his alms bowl, headed straight for the south slope of the mountain, his expression full of doubt and endless displeasure.

Sha Wujing, beside him, also wore a strange expression.

The two walked for a while.

Pig Bajie suddenly spoke:

"Sha-shidi, don't you also think..."

"Da-shixiong has a problem!" Sha Wujing concluded directly.

Pig Bajie, however, looked troubled,

"But, Da-shixiong's aura hasn't changed at all. He's still Da-shixiong. It's impossible for anything else to have changed..."

Sha Wujing shook his head and said:

"But just now, Da-shixiong's words, actions, demeanor, and temperament were completely unlike our previous Da-shixiong."

"I still understand a little about the Western Paradise. The Western Paradise is extremely skilled at changing people's minds. The so-called conversion to my Buddha is like this."

"Lao Da once said that this matter isn't a simple brainwashing... Da-shixiong, what happened during the time he was away?"

At this moment, Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing suddenly stopped. The two looked at each other, their expressions horrified.

"Da-shixiong, has he also been controlled?!" Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing said in unison.

At this moment, terror arose spontaneously in their hearts!

Pig Bajie swallowed his saliva, "Although this idea is shocking, it doesn't seem impossible."

Sha Wujing's eyes were solemn, "If Da-shixiong has been controlled, what is the Western Paradise trying to do?"

Pig Bajie frowned, pinching his belly as he pondered, "The first thing Da-shixiong did upon returning was to send us out to beg for alms. What's he up to..."

The two fell into deep thought once again. The next moment, the two were suddenly shocked.

"Shifu is in danger!"

...

Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing hurried back. From afar, they saw Sanzang prostrate on the ground, collapsed in the dust.

The white horse, with its reins loose, neighed and pranced beside the road. The luggage was nowhere to be seen.

Pig Bajie rushed over in a panic,扶起唐三藏,捶胸顿足地哭道:

"Shifu, Shifu! Shifu, wake up!"

Sha Wujing stood in place, demonic energy surging around him, his expression frantic, like a demon,

"What exactly is going on? Why is it like this? Why is it like this..."

Suddenly, Tang Sanzang coughed violently a few times.

Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing instantly rushed to Tang Sanzang's side, tightly protecting Tang Sanzang in the middle, tending to Tang Sanzang's body.

Under the care of the two, Tang Sanzang slowly regained consciousness.

"Shifu, Shifu! What exactly happened...?" Pig Bajie asked anxiously.

Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing both looked at Tang Sanzang nervously.

Tang Sanzang opened his eyes, now filled with tears, and began to sob:

"It's Shifu who harmed Wukong! It's Shifu who harmed Wukong! I deserve this punishment!"

Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing were stunned, not expecting Tang Sanzang to say these words.

Pig Bajie quickly asked:

"Shifu, did Shixiong hit you?"

Tang Sanzang, with tears in his eyes, could only nod helplessly. Thinking of Sun Wukong's grief-stricken questioning and roar, Tang Sanzang wept again in dismay.

Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing's anger blazed up.

Sha Wujing gritted his teeth, his expression demonic,

"Outrageous! I have always respected Da-shixiong for his loyalty and righteousness, but I never expected Da-shixiong to do such a thing of deceiving his master and destroying his ancestor!"

"Shifu has always treated Da-shixiong well, but I never expected Da-shixiong to... to actually do such a thing! Er-shixiong, you take care of Shifu, I'll go find Da-shixiong and ask him!"

However, Sha Wujing was about to leave in a fit of anger, but Tang Sanzang stopped him.

Tang Sanzang's expression was sorrowful, and he said with tears in his eyes:

"No, no... It's my fault, I deserve it. It's me who harmed Wukong, I should suffer this punishment."

Pig Bajie was a little anxious, "Shifu, now that Da-shixiong has become like this, it must be his problem. Why are you still speaking up for him?"

Tang Sanzang shed clear tears and cried:

"Two disciples, do you know where your Da-shixiong was taken when he was kidnapped by the Western Paradise?"

Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing looked at each other and shook their heads.

Tang Sanzang choked and said:

"He was taken to the Avici Hell by the Western Paradise, suffering Avici's torture day and night!"

"And all of this is because of me. If I hadn't asked Wukong to beg for alms, the villains of the Western Paradise wouldn't have taken advantage of the situation."

"The Western Paradise has blamed all of our disobedience and disobedience in our journey to the West on Wukong, torturing him beyond recognition!"

"It's me who made him suffer the torture of Avici Hell! I deserve this blow!"

After Tang Sanzang finished speaking, he cried out in incomparable pain, full of discomfort.

Even Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing were silent. The anger they had just felt no longer surged, only heartache remained.

They knew what the Avici Hell was. Chu Hao had once told them about the Western Paradise's plan to close the loop of the Three Realms hegemony.

Avici Hell is a private hell established by the Western Paradise's model underworld.

But in Avici Hell, there is no loyalty, evil, good, or evil, no right or wrong, only the wrath of the Western Paradise,

All those who disobey the Western Paradise or their souls are taken into the Avici Hell and subjected to cruel torture.

As long as they are people of the Western Paradise in the territory of Xiniu Hezhou, they cannot escape the threat of Avici Hell. Disobeying the Western Paradise will be subjected to endless cruel torture,

This is why there are very few people on the entire Xiniu Hezhou who dare to disobey the Western Paradise. After all, once they fall into the Avici Hell, it will be eternal torture!

It's not just these individuals.

Chu Hao also said at the time that those strong people who had been subdued by the Western Paradise before had mostly come out of there, which is why they became so crazy and devout.

Now, hearing Sun Wukong personally admit that he was taken to Avici Hell for torture, at this moment, Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing, who had just been blaming Sun Wukong for being ungrateful and unrighteous, were speechless.

They knew that compared to Tang Sanzang's blow, the cruel torture that Sun Wukong suffered in that Avici Hell was countless times lighter!

Tang Sanzang was in pain, his tears streaming down his face.

And Pig Bajie and Sha Wujing stood silently aside.

Pig Bajie took a deep breath, his eyes firm, and suddenly spoke,

"I'm sorry, we shouldn't have suspected Da-shixiong, but I don't think Da-shixiong is the kind of person who would vent his hatred on Shifu. He is the Da-shixiong in my heart, and if it were him, he wouldn't do such a thing!

I think, Da-shixiong did this, what was he trying to do?"

Tang Sanzang stopped crying at this time, his expression shocked, and said:

"He took away all the luggage, wanting to replace us and travel to the West alone!"