From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 328 I, Old Sun, will place another bet. To bet or not?

Meanwhile, the monk performed Buddhist rituals at Liu Boqin's house for another day. That evening, Tuojie did not receive a dream from Aoyan and was somewhat disappointed. The next morning, Liu Boqin escorted the two to Liangjie Mountain. Boqin took his leave, and the monk was reluctant to part. Just as they were saying their goodbyes, they heard a thunderous shout from the foot of the mountain: "My master is here! My master is here!" This startled Sanzang so much that he was stunned. Boqin struggled to break free, but Tuojie's eyes lit up.

While the elder and Boqin were still in surprise and doubt, the servant accompanying them revealed their whereabouts. It must be the old ape from the foot of the mountain. He then told them about the original name of the Two Realms Mountain, Five Elements Mountain, and the story of the old ape that descended from the sky.

Just as everyone was marveling at this, Tuo Jie's expression changed, and she exclaimed in surprise, "It's him!"

To be honest, his acting skills were actually not very good, but at this moment everyone was attracted by the old ape's story and did not pay attention to it.

Hearing Tuo Jie's exclamation, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to her.

The monk thought of Tuo Jie's background and a thought struck him. "Disciple, do you perhaps know this old ape?"

"Of course I don't recognize it, but I do know it when you mention Five Elements Mountain. It should be Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who was suppressed here by the Buddha after causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago."

"This Great Sage Equal to Heaven is a divine monkey born in the past..." He then recounted some of the monkey's glorious achievements that he knew, which made everyone's eyes light up and their hearts surge with excitement.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect anyone to still remember my old Sun's reputation. Who are you, and how do you know so clearly?"

"Little Dragon Tuojie is the son of the Jing River Dragon King. The Four Seas Dragon Kings are Little Dragon's maternal uncles, so he knows some of the Great Sage's past." Tuojie quickly said, "I wonder what the Great Sage meant by his shout just now?"

"Are you sent by the King of the East to the Western Paradise to retrieve the scriptures?"

"That's right, that's right!" Tuo Jie hurriedly replied.

"Come here and talk! Come here and talk!" the monkey shouted excitedly from the bottom of the mountain. Immediately, the group came down the mountain and saw the monkey trapped underneath. They immediately confirmed that the group was indeed the pilgrimage team and became excited. They then told the whole story. In the original story, Tang Sanzang believed it immediately and went up to the top of the mountain to remove the Buddha's seal. But this time, he turned his attention to Tuo Jie.

During this period, Tuo Jie has served him extremely well. The day before yesterday, she even subdued three demons in front of him. He now trusts this disciple very much.

“Master, what a joyous occasion! With the Great Sage protecting us all the way, our journey to the West will be worry-free!” Tuo Jie remembered Ao Qian’s instructions in his dream and his face lit up with joy. Immediately, he helped the monk to the top of the mountain. Sure enough, at the very top, there was a large square stone with thousands of golden rays and auspicious clouds. On the stone was a seal with six golden characters: “Om Mani Padme Hum”.

The monk knelt down before the stone, looked at the golden characters, bowed several times, and prayed westward, saying, "Disciple Chen Xuanzang, specially ordered to seek scriptures...!" Then he stepped forward, gently peeled off the seal, and a fragrant breeze wafted over. Several jailers took the seal and left. Tuojie then escorted Tang Sanzang back. Not long after, the stone monkey broke free of the Five Elements Mountain, escaped its restraints, and laughed loudly.

They immediately paid their respects to Tang Sanzang. Tuojie stepped forward, addressed him as "senior brother," and explained their master-disciple and senior-brother relationship. Then, the group bid farewell to Boqin and continued their journey westward.

Before long, after passing Liangjie Mountain, they hadn't gone far when a fierce tiger leaped out. Tuojie immediately grabbed his steel whip and was about to go forward, but unexpectedly felt a weight on his shoulder as the monkey held him down.

"I haven't relaxed my muscles for five hundred years, and I'm really in need of a new outfit!" With that, he pulled a stick from his ear and struck the tiger on the head, killing it. Then he skinned the tiger, cut it into two pieces, put one piece away, and wrapped the other around his waist. Only then did Tuo Jie breathe a sigh of relief.

Speaking of which, this monkey came out of the Five Elements Mountain naked. Tang Sanzang didn't care, since it was just a monkey. But Tuojie had been warned by her father not to look at it carelessly.

The three travelers remained silent throughout their journey. As evening fell, they arrived at a manor owned by an old man named Chen, whom the monkey had known for years. Chen was now over 130 years old. The group stayed at the manor. After bathing, Tang Sanzang went to bed early and quickly fell asleep. Tuo Jie, tired from his day's travel, was about to lie down when he felt a weight on his head. A hand pressed down on his head. Startled, he tried to pull away, but the hand was as immovable as a mountain, leaving him unable to move. At the same time, a terrifying, domineering aura surged forth. In an instant, he felt his entire body go numb, as if he had encountered a natural enemy. Even his consciousness felt like a lone boat on a raging sea, constantly at risk of capsizing. "This…"

"Little dragon cub, don't move, don't shout, this isn't the place to talk!"

The monkey's voice sounded a little hoarse. At the same time, Tuo Jie felt a blur before his eyes. The scene in the room seemed to have changed, yet it seemed not to have changed. The next moment, he felt a tightness on his scalp. The monkey lifted him up and carried him straight out of the window, soaring into the sky. Just as he left the room, he seemed to see out of the corner of his eye that he was lying on the couch, fast asleep.

The scenery before them kept changing. In the blink of an eye, the two were high in the sky. Vast expanses of white clouds appeared and disappeared before their eyes. Then, he felt his body falling, falling continuously...

In the midst of rapid movement, even with his dragon form, it was difficult for him to see his surroundings clearly until he heard the hoarse voice of a monkey.

"Alright, this place is good, it's safe now."

Finally, the scenery before his eyes settled, and he found himself in a dilapidated temple.

"Senior Brother, where...where is this?!"

It's fortunate that he's of dragon blood; otherwise, he probably would have run to a corner and vomited violently by now.

The monkey ignored him, looked around, then pulled a wooden board from the dilapidated altar in the ruined temple, wrote a line of words on it with his finger, placed the board on the altar, bowed to it, and then turned his gaze to the little alligator dragon.

"Alright, now no one can see this place clearly." The monkey grinned, and a fierce aura swept over them. Tuo Jie's heart trembled. She opened her mouth, but found that in the face of this fierce aura, even the courage to open her mouth and make a sound had disappeared.

"Tell me, what were you thinking? Why did you get involved in this mess? Wouldn't it have been better to just be a good little dragon cub and live a carefree life?"

“I, I, my father sent me.”

Tuo Jie felt the pressure around her ease and quickly said, "I don't know either. My father sent me here to strive for a better future and achieve something worthwhile."

"True fruition? What true fruition?"

“Bodhisattva…Bodhisattva!!” Tuo Jie was embarrassed to say the word “Bodhisattva”. He knew that the Bodhisattva status was truly unbelievable to him.

"Bodhisattva, what's so great about being a Bodhisattva? If you're going to do it, go all the way! I, Old Sun, will place another bet and give you a Buddha position, okay?" The monkey grinned and said, "The first Buddha of the Dragon Clan, how about it, are you in or not!"

The next moment, an overwhelming pressure swept over her, and Tuo Jie's vision went black; she knew nothing more.

(End of this chapter)