I am a fairy in Journey to the West

Chapter 142: The monks offer robes to those who break the law
(Correction, this is 'Chapter 19', the title is wrong)
In the Zen room, Tang Monk was meditating. Little White Dragon was guarding outside the room. When he saw Sun Wukong coming, he asked hurriedly, "Big Brother, what happened to the monster?"

Sun Wukong waved his hands and said, "That monster doesn't have any special abilities, it just can't be killed. I suspect it is part of the Zen temple's barrier, so I came up with a plan."

Little White Dragon asked: "What method?"

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Doesn't it want a cassock? Give it one and see what it can do."

After saying that, Sun Wukong went forward and knocked on the door and asked, "Is the master asleep?"

"Wukong? Come in." Tang Seng's voice came from the Zen room.

Sun Wukong immediately pushed the door open upon hearing this. When Tang Seng saw Sun Wukong, he immediately asked, "Wukong, do you have any solution?"

"I got it." Sun Wukong stepped forward and told Tang Seng his idea. After listening, Tang Seng said, "In that case, you can take my cassock."

As he said this, Tang Seng took out his cassock and handed it to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong received the cassock, bid farewell to Tang Monk, and returned to the main hall. After releasing the immobilization spell, he threw the cassock in his hand to the golden man, "Your cassock."

When the golden man saw the cassock, he quickly reached out to catch it, and said with a sinister laugh, "Hahaha, I have the cassock, I have the cassock."

After the Jin man finished speaking, he put the cassock on himself. However, the cassock on him was just like a piece of cloth, and it had no effect at all.

But Sun Wukong keenly noticed that after the golden man put on the cassock, the cassock went directly into the golden man's body.

Afterwards, under the gaze of Sun Wukong's fiery eyes, the golden man's body was obviously cut by an inch.

"It's not enough, one is not enough, I want more, I want a cassock, give me a cassock." The golden man calmed down for only a moment and then started crying again.

Sun Wukong raised his hand and used another spell to freeze the man. Then he turned around, walked to the gate of the Zen temple, and flew out of the temple.

As expected, Sun Wukong's figure returned to the gate of the Zen temple again, but a look of joy appeared on his face, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is."

Although he still couldn't get out, Sun Wukong discovered that the barrier outside was not as dark as before, and the barrier and the golden man were indeed one and the same.

If the golden man's body loses an inch, the barrier will be weakened by one point. In this case, the way to break the barrier is to give the golden man enough robes?

Thinking of this, Sun Wukong immediately returned to the backyard and shouted loudly: "There is a way, there is a way."

Hearing Sun Wukong's voice, the surrounding monks gathered around and asked, "Master, what can you do?"

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "That monster wants the cassock. As long as we have enough cassocks, we can break the monster's magic."

"Can a cassock break the law?" a monk asked doubtfully.

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "The cassock is also called the Buddha's robe. Since it is the Buddha's robe, it must be able to break the magic of the monster. Everyone, take out the cassock quickly."

"Is it true?" the monks asked, "Can the cassock really break the law?"

Sun Wukong said, "Why would I lie to you? I have already tried it with my master's robes."

Upon hearing this, the abbot immediately said, "In that case, we will take off our robes and hand them over to this master."

With the abbot taking the lead, all the monks took off their robes and handed them to Sun Wukong.

In a short time, Sun Wukong got more than 30 cassocks. Sun Wukong said to everyone, "Everyone can follow me to see if I have deceived you."

When the abbot heard this, he quickly said, "No, no, you can go by yourself, the robe is already given to you."

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Don't be afraid. I can protect you all. You just need to stay far away and watch."

Hearing this, the academy master thought it made sense, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's take a look from a distance."

Then everyone followed Sun Wukong to the front of the main hall, but the monks were standing far away looking at it.

After Sun Wukong released the spell of immobilization, the golden man immediately moved again. The monks were frightened and retreated hastily, but soon they saw Sun Wukong delivering all the robes to the golden man.

The golden man took the robes and put them on. As the robes entered his body, his body became visibly shorter by more than thirty inches.

"It really works." The monks were very excited, and Sun Wukong once again froze the golden man, turned around and flew in front of the monks and said: "You can see, this method is indeed effective, but the cassock is not enough at the moment. I wonder if there are other cassocks in the temple?"

"This..." The monks hesitated when they heard this. They looked at the golden man in the distance that was still more than three meters tall, and then looked at each other.

At this time, the abbot said: "We have accumulated a lot of robes over the years, but they are all our accumulation over the years."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I won't force you. I'm just telling you the truth. If we can't break the monster's magic power, everyone will be trapped here to death. I'm as old as the heaven and earth, so I'm not afraid. You just need to stay trapped for a while longer or you'll all starve to death."

The monks' faces changed, and then they said to Sun Wukong, "Master, can you allow us to reconsider this?"

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "It's okay, just take your time to think about it."

The monks thanked him and returned to the backyard. Sun Wukong also returned to the meditation room where Tang Seng was and told him what had happened.

After listening to this, Tang Seng folded his hands and said, "Amitabha, as a monk, all the four elements are empty, why should we be greedy for external things? Wukong, please take out my brocade cassock."

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Master, your brocade cassock is a Buddhist treasure, you should keep it."

Tang Seng said, "Wukong, as long as you can obtain the true scriptures and save all living beings, what does a mere cassock mean to you? Take it out."

Sun Wukong said, "There is no rush. The monks in this temple still have many robes. Let's wait until they take out the robes. Otherwise, Master, your robe will be useless even if you hand it over."

"Okay." Tang Seng nodded helplessly.

Half a month passed in a flash, and the Guanyin Temple had been out of food for three days. Even Tang Monk was so hungry that he was exhausted.

At night, the starving abbot of Guanyin Temple found Sun Wukong with the help of two disciples and expressed that everyone was willing to hand over their robes.

Sun Wukong was also convinced by these people. They dragged their feet for so long just to get a few robes and were reluctant to hand them over. They waited until they ran out of food and were starving before they were willing to give up the robes.

Soon, under the leadership of the abbot, the monks of high status in the temple handed over the robes they had accumulated, a total of more than 200 pieces.

Sun Wukong took all the robes and gave them to the golden man. In an instant, the golden man became two zhang shorter and was only about ten zhang tall.

At this time, the barrier outside the Guanyin Temple finally showed a ray of light, and Sun Wukong immediately flew up and flew towards the outside of the Guanyin Temple. Soon, Sun Wukong's figure appeared in the same place again, but this time Sun Wukong said: "Okay, okay, I can see the road clearly, but I can't get out yet."

After saying this, Sun Wukong reported back to the monks, who were also very happy. But Sun Wukong then said, "But we are still short of more than a hundred robes."

The air immediately became stagnant. After an unknown amount of time, a young monk said, "The master seems to have several hundred robes."

Hearing this, Tang Seng looked at the monks of Guanyin Temple with surprise. He didn't understand why they were so obsessed with robes. The monks in the entire temple might have accumulated thousands of robes, right?
"The cassock from the old abbot..." The monks looked at each other and shook their heads.

"What's wrong?" Sun Wukong looked at the monks and asked.

A monk said, "The old master's robes are all treasures, so you don't have to take them."

Little White Dragon was surprised and said, "It has come to this point, and you are still reluctant to part with a few robes?"

The monks said, "It's hard to say."

Tang Monk asked: "How about going to persuade them?"

The head of the hospital sighed and said, "We can only do our best."

After saying that, the monks went to Elder Jin Chi's meditation room and persuaded him to take out the robes.

However, not long after, these monks withdrew dejectedly. Tang Seng stepped forward and asked, "What happened?"

The dean shook his head and said, "The old dean refused and scolded us out."

Tang Seng frowned and said, "The cassock is just an external object. Human life is at stake right now. What could be more important than this? I'll go talk to the old master."

After saying that, Tang Seng walked into Elder Jin Chi’s meditation room and asked Sun Wukong and Xiao Bailong to wait outside.

After an unknown amount of time, Tang Seng suddenly came out of the meditation room and said angrily, "Wukong, go and get my last brocade cassock to break the monster's magic."

As soon as Sun Wukong saw Tang Seng's expression, he knew that he was provoked by Elder Jin Chi's words, and hurried forward to persuade him.

But Tang Seng said firmly: "Wukong, if I tell you to go, just go. Monks don't covet external things. Besides, my cassock was given to me by Guanyin Bodhisattva. I don't believe I can't subdue the monster."

Sun Wukong wanted to persuade him again, but Tang Seng was extremely determined, and Sun Wukong had no choice but to wait for his agreement.

At this time, the head of Guanyin Temple came forward and said, "Master Tang, you still have a cassock?"

Tang Seng said: "Monks do not tell lies. The cassock is a Buddhist treasure bestowed by Guanyin Bodhisattva, so I have never taken it out. Now that we are in danger, I can't care about so much."

Hearing this, all the monks were very curious about what kind of robe it was.

After Sun Wukong took out the brocade cassock, everyone came forward to look at it, and saw that it was hung with rare treasures and shining with precious light and Buddha's light.

At this time, the noise outside startled Elder Jin Chi, who came out with the help of Guang Zhi and Guang Mou and asked, "What's the matter?"

When everyone heard Elder Jin Chi's voice, they all turned around to look. At this time, the dean came forward and said, "Old dean, Elder Tang from the East was about to use his Buddhist robes to break the magic."

"What? The Buddhist robes? I have lived for more than two hundred years. I have seen all kinds of robes. But I have never seen any Buddhist robes." Elder Jin Chi said as he walked forward.

Everyone made way for them, but when Elder Jin Chi saw the colorful cassock, his eyes widened in an instant.

He suddenly rushed forward and looked at the colorful cassock with greed in his eyes. "What a good cassock, it's really a good cassock. This is a precious cassock, this is a Buddha treasure!"

Sun Wukong couldn't bear to watch this, so he immediately took back the robe and said, "Don't look at it anymore. My master said that he would use this robe to break the magic."

"Ah?" Elder Jin Chi was anxious. "How can this be possible? This is impossible."

Tang Seng said helplessly: "If it doesn't go as planned, how can we break the magic? Won't we be trapped and die here?"

Elder Jin Chi said quickly, "I will trade with you. I have more than 800 cassocks. Take them all and I will trade them for this precious cassock."

"No change, no change." Sun Wukong waved his hand and said.

Elder Jin Chi also grabbed Tang Seng and pleaded, "Master Tang, instead of using this precious cassock to break the magic, why not exchange it with me?"

Tang Seng was very helpless, he sighed deeply, and finally said: "Wukong, give him the cassock."

"What? Master!" Sun Wukong was unwilling, "He himself is reluctant to part with his robes, but he wants to use your robes to exchange for his old ones. What's the logic behind this?"

"Don't say any more." Tang Seng said decisively: "Give him the cassock, exchange it with him, break the magic, and we can continue our journey to the west to obtain the scriptures."

After hearing Tang Seng's firm words, although Sun Wukong was very reluctant, he finally handed the brocade cassock to Elder Jinchi.

Elder Jin Chi quickly hugged the cassock tightly, and then said to Tang Seng: "Master Tang, my cassock is in the meditation room, you can move it yourself."

Tang Seng nodded, and then said to Sun Wukong: "Wukong, go and move the cassock and break the magic."

Sun Wukong responded, and then asked Xiao Bailong to move the cassock. At this time, the academy owner also said, "Let's go and help."

The monks responded, and Elder Jin Chi held the brocade robe and returned to the meditation room with the help of Guang Zhi and Guang Mou. Elder Jin Chi spread the brocade robe on the bed to admire it. At this time, he noticed Guang Mou and Guang Zhi, so he said, "You can also help move the robe."

Guangmou and Guangzhi looked at the brocade robes with some reluctance, but still put their hands together and said, "Yes."

Afterwards, everyone carried their robes to the front, leaving only Elder Jin Chi in the meditation room in the backyard.

After admiring it for a while, Elder Jin Chi picked up the cassock and put it on.

Unexpectedly, when he put on the robe, a corner of the robe knocked over the candle on the stool, and the candle fell to the ground and just happened to ignite the curtain beside the bed.

But Elder Jin Chi was so focused on his robes that he didn't notice the burning flames.

By the time Elder Jin Chi reacted and discovered that the house was on fire, the fire had already spread, and in a moment it reached the entire meditation room.

Elder Jin Chi was horrified and shouted "Fire, fire!" while he put away his colorful cassock, held it in his arms and ran outside.

Because the fire was so big and the smoke was so thick, Elder Jin Chi was choked and fell to the ground after running a few steps. Then he was swallowed by the fire amid screams.

(End of this chapter)