You, a monster, still want to travel to the West?

"I... am not afraid."

"Monk, have you seen any demons or monsters along the way?"

Fahai smiled disapprovingly and said, "There are no demons in this world."

Xia Nuannuan spit out the snake's tongue and said meaningfully: "Monk, just because you haven't seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist."

The smile on Fahai's face gradually disappeared as he looked at Xia Nuannuan's seven-inch long tongue that was even forked...

"what!!!"

Under Xia Nuannuan's amused gaze, Fahai first screamed in fear, then tumbled and crawled towards the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, shouting as he ran—

"Help!!!"

"Help!!!"

"Monster!!!"

……

After a while, when Xia Nuannuan could no longer see Fahai, the little Qingxin in her arms also poked her head out and said helplessly: "Zhiming, why are you scaring him like this?"

Xia Nuannuan stuck out her tongue and tapped the girl's cheek, then said with a smile, "Am I scary like this?"

Qing Xin blushed slightly and shook her head: "No, although it is weird, it is very beautiful."

Xia Zhiming nodded in satisfaction when he heard this, and casually took out a folding fan from his sleeve and unfolded it. The illusion around him shattered with his movement.

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the other side--

Fahai fled in panic. When he could no longer see Xia Nuannuan, he sat down against a tree, patting his madly beating heart, and gasped in fear, "I'm so scared! I'm so scared!"

"You must be tired from running. Come and have a drink of water."

"Thank you, benefactor."

Fahai thanked him, took the bowl of water in front of him and drank it all in big gulps. After savoring it for a while, he tilted his head back and asked with a smile: "Donor, why does your bowl of water taste like wine?"

Halfway through his words, Fahai came to his senses and looked at Xia Zhiming who suddenly appeared in front of him. Then he looked at his white hair and red eyes that were exactly the same as Xia Nuannuan. The smile on his face gradually disappeared...

Xia Zhiming looked at the stiff-faced Fahai in front of him, took out the red jade gourd and refilled his drink. Then he smiled and said, "Because this is wine, drink up. I still have plenty."

When Fahai heard this, his face suddenly turned uglier than crying, and he begged: "Your Majesty, spare my life. Human... human flesh is not tasty..."

"Have you ever eaten it?"

“Never…never…”

"Practice makes perfect. I've always wanted to try it. Are you willing to cut off some flesh and feed it to the snake?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Fahai felt like crying but had no tears. Looking at Xia Zhiming who was waving a folding fan and smiling brightly in front of him, he nodded with trembling body - he could not run away, and he could not win the fight. What could he do?

Seeing him acting like a spoiled child, Xia Zhiming naturally stopped teasing him. He closed his folding fan, tapped the wine bowl in his hand, and said with a smile: "Forget it, I won't tease you anymore. Let's drink."

"Donor, alcohol is the first taboo in Buddhism."

"This wine has the power to strengthen the body and heal illnesses. It is a treasure given to me by Guanyin Bodhisattva. Are you sure you don't want to drink it?"

"!!!!!!"

Chapter 161 How about I take you to obtain the scriptures?

In the forest, as Xia Zhiming finished speaking, Fahai looked at the person in front of him who was smiling brightly, and was shocked to finally understand his current situation - he met an immortal who enjoyed playing tricks on people.

At this time, Fahai hesitated for a moment as he looked at the immortal wine in his hand. Finally, he handed the bowl back to Xia Zhiming and said with some reluctance: "Thank you for the gift, benefactor, but I am not worthy enough to enjoy it..."

Xia Zhiming took the wine bowl and asked with a smile: "I'll ask again, are you sure you don't want to drink it?"

"Alcohol is not inherently sinful, but it can confuse the mind and corrupt wisdom. It is the door to all evil and the cause of all sins. Therefore, even if it is given by a bodhisattva, I cannot drink it."

Xia Zhiming nodded and casually poured the wine from the bowl onto the floor. "Alright, when you're no longer confused by the wine, I'll invite you for a drink again, okay?"

Upon hearing this, Fahai finally breathed a sigh of relief. He clasped his hands together and asked, "Amitabha, may I ask the immortal's name?"

"The guardian spirit officer of Lihentian, Xia Zhiming."

"Why did the immortal play tricks on me?"

Xia Zhiming said jokingly, "About ninety years ago, I made an appointment with you in a certain past life."

Fahai saw Xia Zhiming's expression and suddenly his face turned bitter. He asked, "I wonder if there was any agreement between me and the immortal in my previous life?"

In front of the True Immortal, he would not suspect that Xia Zhiming was deceiving him, and Buddhism emphasizes cause and effect and reincarnation, so he would not sever ties with his past life.

Seeing him like this, Xia Zhiming chuckled and teased, "About ninety years ago, you told me you wanted an everlasting marriage, and I agreed."

Fahai's expression became even more bitter, and he asked tentatively, "Immortal... I am a monk in this life. Can you please wait until my next life?"

"What you said makes sense, but you must become a monk in every life, so it won't work."

"In my previous life, was it because I couldn't get what I wanted that I spoke such nonsense?"

"Yes, yes, listen to me."

Xia Zhiming extended his folding fan and tapped Fahai's shoulder, saying jokingly, "When you saw Yulan Bodhisattva, your compassion couldn't suppress your lustful desires, and you nearly pounced on her."

"Then, before you enter the cycle of reincarnation, you asked me to arrange an eternal marriage for you. However, because I have been taking some time off in the Heavenly Palace recently, I have waited until now to come."

"Speaking of which, if you want Guanyin Bodhisattva to be your lover, I can also go to the South China Sea to ask if the Bodhisattva has the time."

Fahai finally figured out the cause and effect of his past life, but suddenly heard Xia Zhiming's lewd words. He was instantly sweating profusely, waving his hands repeatedly, and said in panic: "I dare not, I dare not!"

Seeing his cowardly look, Xia Zhiming thought about it and decided not to dwell on this question any further. Just as he was about to ask him what he thought about his romantic partner, he heard several thunderous shouts coming from the foot of the mountain.

"White Snake, stop talking nonsense!!!"

"White Snake, come back soon!!!"

"White Snake, bring it here!!!"

Three consecutive cries, the sound like thunder and raging waves, frightened Fahai so much that he sat down on the ground, trembling all over and asking in fear: "Immortal...Immortal, what...is that thing yelling?"

Xia Zhiming waved his hands and smiled: "It's okay, it's just a monkey. I'll take you to see it."

After saying that, Xia Zhiming didn't wait for Fahai to refuse. He waved the folding fan in his hand, and a gap appeared under Fahai's butt. When Fahai fell into it with a scream, he turned into a breeze and disappeared on the spot.

the other side--

At the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, accompanied by Fahai's panicked shouts, the two of them appeared in front of Sun Wukong, one sitting and one standing, in no particular order.

As soon as he landed, Sun Wukong was already impatient. He looked at Fahai and asked doubtfully: "Monk, do you have any magic power to save me?"

Fahai turned to glance at Xia Zhiming. Seeing that he didn't move, he bravely replied, "Amitabha, I am powerless and cannot save you. May I ask your name? And why are you here?"

Sun Wukong chuckled upon hearing this and said, "I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace four hundred and sixty-one years ago. Because I committed the crime of falsely conveying the imperial edict and lost a bet with the Tathagata Buddha, I was imprisoned under this Five Elements Mountain."

After saying this, Sun Wukong turned to look at the calm Xia Zhiming and asked with a smile: "White Snake, this monk's Buddha light is covered in dust. How can he take down that calligraphy scroll on the top of the mountain?"

Xia Zhiming walked over to him, took out two wine bowls and filled them up, then said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's still early."

Sun Wukong was puzzled: "How long will it take?"

Xia Zhiming raised his hand and did some calculations before saying, "If he doesn't practice too much, he'll probably be able to remove the Buddhist scroll after reincarnating six or seven more times."

Sun Wukong grinned when he heard this: "The life span of mortals is uncertain. I guess I'll have to wait another three to five hundred years. Well, at least there's hope."

At this point, Sun Wukong stopped dwelling on the topic and looked at the confused Fahai, smiling and asking, "Monk, I just heard you talking with the White Snake. Do you want to go to the West to obtain the scriptures?"

"exactly!"

"Then I, Old Sun, advise you to go back as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Fahai frowned, unable to understand why Xia Zhiming and Sun Wukong were not optimistic about him.

Seeing him like this, Sun Wukong didn't intend to keep him in suspense. He chuckled and explained, "In the Southern Continent, there are countless temples of gods, saints, and ghosts. The Four Holy Ones of the North Pole guard and clean up the place, so there are no big demons and monsters running rampant. But the road to the Western Continent is not so easy."

"I, Sun Wukong, and the White Snake traveled across the four continents in the past, slaying countless evil demons. However, the demons of Xiniuhe Continent were the most rampant."

"Not to mention the distant past, just over three hundred years ago, three evil demons slaughtered an entire country. In the end, it was only after I, Old Sun, sent this white snake on a journey that they were finally destroyed."

At this point, Sun Wukong looked at Fahai, whose face had turned pale and whose legs were shaking. He waved his hand without mocking him, but instead advised him kindly: "Go back and recite the sutras and chant the Buddha's name. When you rescue me, I will take you to obtain the sutras. How about that?"

Upon hearing this, Fahai opened and closed his lips for a long time, but in the end he was speechless.

He originally thought that the journey to obtain the scriptures was just a long one, but he didn't expect it to be so dangerous.

Just hearing about the demon that devoured an entire country, his legs and feet began to tremble, not to mention those evil demons that he had no power to resist and were not even in the eyes of the immortals.

Seeing this, Xia Zhiming thought for a moment and then laughed out loud, "How about this? I'll take you to the west. If you meet a beautiful girl along the way who you both like, you can just stay and marry her directly. I'll be your matchmaker, how about that?"

Sun Wukong: "White Snake! Please don't ruin his cultivation in this life!"

Xia Zhiming: "He asked for it himself, so why do you blame me?"

Fahai: "..."

Chapter 162 None of them is human

Fahai's silence lasted for a long time. Firstly, he was worried about the unreachable Lingshan Mountain, and secondly, he was annoyed by his past life which was too lustful.

You must know that although a hundred thousand miles is far, it has an end. If you add in the snakes, insects, rats, ants, tigers, leopards, wolves, monsters and demons along the way, and if there is an eternal marriage at the end, he feels that it will be difficult for him to set foot on the sacred mountain.

Seeing his melancholy look, Xia Zhiming thought about it and didn't say anything to discourage him. Instead, he put out a few plates of fruits and invited Monkey to drink some wine with him.

During this time, Sun Wukong looked at Xia Zhiming, who was rarely alone, and asked doubtfully: "White Snake, speaking of which, where is your Qingxin?"

Xia Zhiming said seriously: "I ate it."

Sun Wukong scolded: "Speak seriously."

Little Qingxin poked his head out: "I'm here~"

Looking at the little Qingxin sitting on Xia Zhiming's shoulder, Sun Wukong looked at her carefully and said happily: "Hehe, Qingxin, you look better than those fairies Chang'e."

"Nothing like them."

"Don't talk nonsense. How can those fairies who are so light and airy that they can't even withstand a blow from me, Old Sun, compare to you, an immortal."

"Although I can't possibly beat you, thank you for the compliment."

Sun Wukong chuckled twice, then turned to Xia Zhiming and scolded him, "You white snake, you are talking nonsense in front of me again. How can I trust you?"

Xia Zhiming raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and casually spit out his snake tongue, rolled the girl into his mouth and swallowed her. Looking at the stunned monkey, he teased: "Look, it's eaten now."

"White Snake, you...you two are so shameless."

"Why are you embarrassed? You'll learn how to eat other people's stomachs later."

"Why would I, Old Sun, enter someone else's stomach? Speaking of which, White Snake, why did your face suddenly turn pale?"

"It's okay... Qingxin just kicked me in the stomach a few times."

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

Sun Wukong suddenly laughed out loud while pounding the ground.

Xia Zhiming didn't have the heart to care about him now. He quickly took out a blue stone from his sleeve and waited for the little loli Qingxin to fall into his arms. Then he leaned over and complained: "Qingxin, don't kick me anymore. It hurts."

Hearing his words, Xiao Qingxin looked up at Xia Zhiming curiously. As soon as she looked up, she saw that his face was pale and his head was covered in cold sweat. She immediately felt distressed and reached out her little hand to help him rub his belly.

On the other side, the monkey's eyes suddenly lit up when he saw his genuine expression of pain, as if he had come up with some clever idea. However, when he thought of his own situation, his eyes dimmed in the end.

Seeing him like this, Xia Zhiming was silent for a moment and then looked back at the sky, only to see that the setting sun had already set and night was about to fall.

On the top of the Five Elements Mountain, the six-character mantra shines with golden light.

After watching for a while, Xia Zhiming raised his finger and pointed at Fa Hai who was in a trance in front of him, and chuckled softly:

"monkey."

"Ok?"

"One hundred and seventy years."

"..."

"If that doesn't work, I'll split the Five Elements Mountain."

"You still have this ability?"