In the end, the Great Sage broke the rules.

Chapter 186 Blushing and Angry

After a long and arduous journey, the master and his disciples arrived at Jinping Prefecture in India and visited Ciyun Temple.

The abbot of the temple warmly welcomed the group.

Jiang Liuer asked the abbot, "How far is it from here to Mount Ling?"

Abbot: "This old monk has never been there and does not know how far it is."

"However, I have been to the capital, which is more than two thousand miles away."

Jiang Liuer was overjoyed to hear this, because the book mentioned that India was only a thousand miles from Mount Ling, so he would definitely see the Buddha within two months.

The abbot told the master and his disciples to stay a few more days, until after the Lantern Festival, and that it was fine for them to leave.

Jiang Liuer was shocked. He had thought that the Lantern Festival was only a custom in the Tang Dynasty, but he did not expect that this custom also existed in the far west.

Along the way, with its mountains and rivers, we almost forgot about the Lantern Festival.

The abbot smiled and said, "This custom has continued for hundreds of years, and every year on the Lantern Festival, one can see the living Buddha appear."

"Jinping Prefecture enjoys favorable weather and abundant harvests every year, all thanks to the blessings of the living bodhisattva."

Jiang Liuer's pupils contracted slightly, and he said frankly that he wanted to see the true face of the Bodhisattva.

The Lantern Festival is fast approaching.

The abbot accompanied the master and his disciples to enjoy the lanterns from a high-rise building.

Looking at the moon in the sky, Pigsy said to Sandy beside him, "I've forgotten that my name is Pig Incompetent. I wonder what the Moon Palace looks like tonight..."

Sha Wujing: "What does this have to do with us?"

Pigsy looked helpless and pouted, saying, "...Brother Sha, you're such a killjoy, I don't want to talk to you anymore."

Sha Wujing: ...

Holding her father in his arms, Shiyi looked down at the bustling street and exclaimed excitedly, "Father! Dad! Shiyi wants to go down and play!"

Sun Wukong turned his head to look at Chen Yi and asked gently, "Little monk, do you want to go?"

Looking at the lively crowd downstairs, Chen Yi smiled and nodded, saying, "I want to go!"

This was his first time attending such a lantern festival, and it looked like a lot of fun.

Hearing their conversation, the abbot turned to Jiang Liuer and said, "Holy Monk, why don't we go and stroll through the lantern festival?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Liuer smiled and nodded, "Okay."

Afterwards, the abbot led the group downstairs to stroll through the lantern festival.

The street was bustling with activity, packed with people, and adorned with all sorts of colorful lights.

They crossed Jinping Bridge and saw three large vats on the bridge, filled with styrax oil.

The abbot told the group, "This oil is a local specialty. Each tael of oil is worth two taels of silver, and each jin is worth thirty-two taels of silver. The three vats total 1,500 jin, which is 48,000 taels of silver."

"These were all donated voluntarily by more than a thousand households in Jinping Prefecture."

Pigsy was speechless upon hearing this: "Good heavens! It's so expensive!"

Jiang Liuer: "Then this oil will probably take a month or two to burn."

The abbot shook his head and said, "No, it will definitely be finished in three days."

“Each of these jars contains forty-nine large lamps, all made of bundles of lamp wick wrapped in fine cotton, about the thickness of a braid. They are only lit for tonight, when the Buddha and Bodhisattvas appear. Tomorrow night, the oil will be used up and the lamps will go out.”

This tradition has been passed down for hundreds of years. When the oil dries up, it means that the Buddha and Bodhisattvas have put away the lamps. If the oil doesn't dry up, then the weather here will be unfavorable for the whole year.

As soon as he finished speaking, a gentle breeze began to blow.

Three bodhisattvas appeared in mid-air, riding on clouds.

As in previous years, the people knelt down and prayed to the Bodhisattva for peace and safety.

Others might not recognize the three bodhisattvas, but Sun Wukong knew them very well. He waved and greeted them.

Unfortunately, the fake Bodhisattva didn't recognize Sun Wukong at all and didn't even glance at him.

Sun Wukong sensed something was wrong and immediately activated his Fiery Eyes of Truth.

I don’t know, I’m scared.

These are not bodhisattvas, they are clearly three demons.

Sun Wukong tugged at Jiang Liuer, who was kneeling on the ground, and whispered a reminder: "Master, get up quickly, they are demons!"

Jiang Liuer, however, did not believe it: "Wukong, don't talk nonsense. How could this Bodhisattva be fake?"

As he spoke, he pulled Sun Wukong down to kneel down with him.

Sun Wukong refused to budge, standing firm and declaring, "Master! When have I ever been wrong? They are monsters!"

As he spoke, he turned to look for Chen Yi and his son, and saw that they were standing straight in the corner, not kneeling at all.

Sun Wukong was pleased. As expected, the little monk was the best. He could understand human speech and was much more obedient than Jiang Liuer.

Chen Yi felt Sun Wukong's burning gaze and walked over, whispering, "Brother Jiang, they really are monsters, you have to believe us."

After saying that, he called for Pigsy and Sandy to get up.

Pigsy and Sandy looked at Chen Yi and then at Jiang Liuer, and finally listened to Chen Yi and stopped kneeling.

Jiang Liuer's face darkened when he saw that none of his three disciples listened to him.

"Wukong! Bajie! Wujing! Kneel down immediately! Do not be disrespectful to the Bodhisattva!"

The three brothers looked up at the sky, ignoring Jiang Liuer.

Jiang Liuer took a deep breath and said to Chen Yi in a deep voice, "Brother Chen, they are all my disciples. Don't overstep your bounds."

Chen Yi: "?!?!?!?!"

Chen Yi pursed his lips, turned around and took a few steps away from the four of them.

When Sun Wukong and the other two heard Jiang Liuer's words and saw Chen Yi's actions, their expressions turned sour.

Sun Wukong looked at the three demons in the air and shouted angrily, "Who are you three? If you don't reveal yourselves, this Great Sage won't be polite!"

The people kneeling around Sun Wukong heard his words and angrily denounced him for being rude.

The abbot quickly tried to dissuade them, saying that if they offended the Bodhisattva, the people here would suffer!

As he spoke, he introduced several Bodhisattvas to Sun Wukong: "Master Sun, in the middle is Amitabha Buddha, on the right is Guanyin Bodhisattva, and on the left is Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva. How could they be monsters?"

Sun Wukong: "They are monsters!"

"What's the point of you kneeling before monsters?"

Unfortunately, no matter how Sun Wukong explained, it was no use.

Abbot: "They are Bodhisattvas!"

Sun Wukong: "They are monsters!"

Sha Wujing said in a deep voice, "Eldest brother, since they don't believe us, we'll prove it to them!"

Sun Wukong nodded and immediately flew off to deal with the three monsters.

But the monster was no pushover either, and unleashed a powerful attack from the sky, the Tathagata Palm.

Sun Wukong was agile and dodged the attack.

But the monster turned around and kidnapped Jiang Liuer.

Knowing the plot, Chen Yi pursed his lips. He could have saved Jiang Liuer, but Jiang Liuer's words just now made him a little angry, so he didn't want to save her.

The three fake bodhisattvas were kidnapped right in front of their three disciples.

Now he not only lost his mentor, but he also can't explain himself to the people.

Seeing that he couldn't explain it clearly, Sun Wukong immediately plucked a hair from his head, hoping that Guanyin would step in and explain it to him.

Guanyin was well aware of the situation in Jinping Prefecture. She told Sun Wukong that this calamity was inescapable and that she was powerless to help him.

She also instructed the Jade Maiden to close the cave door, and if the monkey came, to say that she was not there.

Since Sun Wukong and his two companions couldn't explain themselves clearly, the people wanted to give them a good beating.

"If you can summon the Bodhisattva, I can even invite the Buddha!"

"What nonsense!"

"that is!"

"It's this monk who's pointing his stick at the Buddha!"

"You've angered the Buddha, no wonder he kidnapped your master!"

"Deserve it!"

Seeing the three brothers surrounded and hurled insults at him, Chen Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Luckily I wasn't with them, otherwise they would be getting scolded too.

Eleven said fiercely to the crowd, "Dad, aren't we going to help Father? Eleven can yell back! Humph!"

"Fuck them, you son of a bitch!"

Hearing his son swear, Chen Yi was startled and gave his son a light slap on the bottom, saying, "You brat, who taught you that?"

Eleven blinked and immediately betrayed Pigsy: "It's Uncle Pig!"

Chen Yi: ...Pigsy learned it from him, so the real culprit is himself!

Chen's eyes narrowed, and he warned in a low voice, "Don't learn any of that nonsense from your Uncle Pig!"

Eleven: "Okay, I got it."

If we don't let him learn from Uncle Pig, then he'll learn from his father!

Eleven's eyes darted around, and he suddenly asked, "Father, why do you and Father fight at night?"

Chen Yi was taken aback by this and asked in return, "When did I fight with your father?"

Eleven: "That's how it is..."

As he spoke, he imitated the tone of his two fathers, saying, "Father said: 'You're too wild, I'll make you cry tonight!' Then Dad would say: 'Great Sage! You're amazing, you still want... mmm...'"

Eleven didn't have a chance to say what came next because his father had already covered his mouth.

Chen Yi's face flushed red, and he exclaimed in shock, "You spied on me and your father last night?!"

Eleven nodded and replied, "Yes, Uncle Monkey showed me. My father even spanked me. He's so mean..."

Chen Yi: "Damn it!"

Chen Yi cursed Sun Wukong in his heart. He thought to himself, if someone had been watching him, Sun Wukong would have been able to have noticed!

Unless Sun Wukong discovers that the matter is already irreversible and cannot be left unresolved, he will not choose to punish Eleven after the fact!

The thought of his son having seen it made Chen Yi's face turn ugly, and he continued to ask, "Eleven, you saw it all?"

Eleven shook her head, her little face full of disappointment: "No, I didn't see Father and Dad, I just heard them talking."

"Eleven wanted to go inside to take a look, but Uncle Monkey suddenly picked Eleven up and ran away!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi breathed a sigh of relief. It was good he hadn't seen it; if he had just been eavesdropping, he would have lost face much less…

Sun Wukong: ...It's all thanks to this Great Sage! Telepathy is a wonderful thing!

Uncle Monkey: ...My master not only warned me telepathically, but also beat me up!