Chapter 737

As Tang Sanzang and the Golden Pond Elder were talking, Sun Wukong, from above, saw everything that happened below.

His fiery golden eyes clearly saw the Golden Pond Elder's greed for the brocade robe.

Seeing Tang Sanzang foolishly hand the brocade robe to the Golden Pond Elder, Sun Wukong couldn't help but snicker.

"This Tang Sanzang monk is a complete idiot, being deceived and still clueless!"

However, Sun Wukong clearly saw the Golden Pond Elder's ill intentions, yet did not come down to stop him.

After all, he actually disliked Tang Sanzang.

If it weren't for Patriarch Bodhi's plea, he would never have followed Tang Sanzang.

Even if he followed Tang Sanzang, he only guaranteed that Tang Sanzang would not be killed by demons and monsters.

Therefore, even if Sun Wukong knew the Golden Pond Elder wanted to seize Tang Sanzang's brocade robe, he had no intention of stopping him.

Under Sun Wukong's gaze, the Golden Pond Elder took the brocade robe from Tang Sanzang, returned to his quarters, and, looking at the robe, burst into loud sobs.

"Why isn't this brocade robe mine?"

"Such a fine robe, and I can only watch it not belong to me!" "Just thinking that tomorrow it will leave me, I feel agonized, as if life has no meaning!"

Hearing the Golden Pond Elder's sobs, two monks entered.

The monk named Guangzhi spoke first, proposing:

"Abbot, if you want to possess this robe, what's so difficult about it?"

"You just need to send someone to kill Tang Sanzang, bury him in the backyard, and then this robe will be yours, right?"

After Guangzhi finished, another monk named Guangmou objected:

"If we kill Tang Sanzang with weapons, we'll surely leave traces! After all, Tang Monk comes from the Tang Dynasty; if anyone investigates, it will surely cause trouble."

"In my view, it's better to set a fire and burn Tang Monk to death in his room!"

"That way, even if someone asks, we can claim Tang Monk accidentally set himself on fire and died, saying it was unknown to gods and ghosts, with no hidden dangers at all!"

Hearing Guangmou's suggestion, the Golden Pond Elder joyfully said:

"Guangmou, your idea is good! Just do as you said—set fire to burn Tang Monk to death!"

Just as the Golden Pond Elder made his decision.

Ye Qin saw the Golden Pond Elder decide to burn Tang Sanzang with fire, knowing it was time for the fire kirin to act.

Immediately, he moved his thoughts and issued a mission.

"Mission Name": Burn Guanyin Zen Monastery

"Mission Description": Tang Sanzang rides a heavenly horse to Guanyin Zen Monastery, wearing the brocade robe to pay respects to Guanyin. The Golden Pond Elder in the monastery, coveting the brocade robe, plans to burn Tang Sanzang to death and take the robe for himself. This fire is originally a calamity in Tang Sanzang's Journey to the West, but it is merely mundane fire—too trivial for a great tribulation—so we must increase the difficulty of this tribulation!

"Mission Objective": Go to Guanyin Zen Monastery, add a fire to Buddhism, increase the difficulty of this tribulation!

"Mission Requirement": This mission is limited to fire kirin to accept.

"Mission Reward": Undetermined. (Increasing the difficulty of this Journey to the West tribulation will make the reward richer.)

Ye Qin issued a limited mission.

However, other Holy Court members can also see the mission's content.

After Sun Wukong saw the "Burn Guanyin Zen Monastery" mission, his eyes lit up slightly:

"Yo ho, burn Guanyin Zen Monastery? Interesting, so interesting!"

"I, Old Sun, will go borrow a fire-proof cover to protect the Tang Sanzang monk, then I can comfortably watch the show!"

"Haha……"

Sun Wukong laughed loudly as he rode the somersault cloud to the Heavenly Court.

Upon reaching the Heavenly Court, Sun Wukong, using his special status and great strength, quickly met the Broad-Eyed Heavenly King.

After borrowing the fire-proof cover, he swiftly returned to Guanyin Zen Monastery.

He did not immediately give the fire-proof cover to Tang Sanzang; instead, he leisurely sat on the cloud, watching the monastery's monks carry firewood.

"Crackle……"

When the monks of Guanyin Zen Monastery lit the firewood, the blaze instantly roared to life. The sound and heat of the flames suddenly startled Tang Sanzang awake.

Seeing the raging flames outside, Tang Sanzang turned pale with fright and exclaimed:

"My life is over!"

After Tang Sanzang had been frightened, Sun Wukong then appeared.

He glanced sideways at the trembling Tang Sanzang and mocked:

"What a hopeless wretch!"

After mocking, Sun Wukong raised the fire-proof cover, sealing off the raging flames outside.

Then he returned to the cloud to watch the show.

Sun Wukong knew deep down that the good show had just begun, and he was waiting for it to unfold.

Meanwhile, Guanyin Bodhisattva in the sky had no idea of any of this. Seeing Sun Wukong intervene to save Tang Sanzang, she felt relieved and secretly thought:

"Sun Wukong is also a Holy Court member; perhaps the Holy Court will, out of respect for him, stop sending people to obstruct Tang Sanzang's Journey to the West."

However, at that very moment, a youth wearing crimson-gold armor appeared at Guanyin Zen Monastery.

He first took away the brocade robe.

Immediately, he extended his hand toward the raging fire in Guanyin Zen Monastery.

"Boom……"

Instantly, the ordinary flames turned into kirin true fire that even immortals must fear threefold! In an instant, crimson-gold flames shot up to the heavens, as if proclaiming to heaven and earth the increase in the tribulation's difficulty!

It turned out that the visitor was precisely the first‑generation fire qilin sent by Ye Qin to increase the difficulty of the Buddhist scripture quest! Guanyin Bodhisattva was secretly wondering whether the celestial court would, out of respect for Sun Wukong's face, stop sending people to obstruct the Buddhist journey to the West, and just then the first‑generation fire qilin happened to arrive.

Moreover, the first‑generation fire qilin acted with great speed.

He first snatched the brocade‑wave kasaya, then immediately set a blaze of kirin true fire in the Guanyin Chan monastery!

Looking at the roaring crimson-gold flames of Guanyin Chan Temple, Guanyin Bodhisattva's face instantly turned ashen.

She felt that the Primeval Fire Kirin was deliberately slapping her face!

Since the Primeval Fire Kirin did not release its aura, Guanyin Bodhisattva did not know his specific identity.

She furrowed her brows and said to the Primeval Fire Kirin:

"What demon are you, why do you seize the Brocade Robe and set fire to Guanyin Chan Temple?"

Upon hearing Guanyin Bodhisattva call him a demon, the Primeval Fire Kirin immediately laughed:

"Guanyin, you truly lack discernment; I am the auspicious beast Kirin, how dare you call me a demon?"

After mocking Guanyin Bodhisattva, the Primeval Fire Kirin continued:

"Guanyin, let me be clear: I am only temporarily safeguarding the Brocade Robe, I have no intention of truly taking it."

"As for setting the fire… Guanyin, the Western Heaven pilgrimage, in any case, arises according to the heavenly calamity; just adding some mundane fire to make up a trial, don't you think that's too perfunctory?"

"I am precisely here to make the tribulation of the Western Heaven pilgrimage match the standard of this calamity."

"Not that I'm boasting, my Kirin True Fire, looking across the Three Realms, is also among the top flames. With my Kirin True Fire bolstering this tribulation, it truly matches the calamity!" After saying that, the Primeval Fire Kirin raised the Brocade Robe in his hand: "Right, Guanyin, as long as you can extinguish my Kirin True Fire, I will naturally return the Brocade Robe to you…"

Guanyin Bodhisattva was left bewildered by the Primeval Fire Kirin's remarks.

She felt this tribulation was too simple, unworthy of the calamity's status, so she deliberately came to set a fierce fire to increase the difficulty of this tribulation?

This person… probably isn't a madman, right?

Guanyin Bodhisattva's gaze toward the Primeval Fire Kirin was like looking at a complete madman.

Although Guanyin Bodhisattva did not understand why the Primeval Fire Kirin acted so oddly, she was quite confident about extinguishing the fire he mentioned.

After all, her Willow Dew is one of the rare divine waters in the Three Realms.

Extinguishing a mere Kirin Fire—what difficulty could there be?

Thinking this, Guanyin Bodhisattva said to the Primeval Fire Kirin from afar:

"Kirin, are you sure that if I extinguish your Kirin True Fire, you will hand over the Brocade Robe to me?"

Seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva's doubtful expression, the Primeval Fire Kirin snorted with a smirk:

"You don't believe me?"

"Hehe, I always keep my word, never go back on it!"

"If you believe me, go extinguish the fire; if you don't, do whatever you want!"

Hearing the Primeval Fire Kirin's words, Guanyin Bodhisattva slightly furrowed her brows and said to him:

"I will believe you this once."

After saying that, Guanyin Bodhisattva took a willow branch from the Willow Jade Pure Bottle and lightly waved it at the blazing crimson-gold flames.

"Whoosh…"

Only seeing the crystal-clear dew sprayed from the willow branch instantly turn into a downpour, pouring onto the crimson-gold Kirin True Fire.

However, the result far exceeded Guanyin Bodhisattva's expectations!

"Boom…"

When the rain formed from the Willow Dew fell upon the Kirin True Fire, the Kirin True Fire was not extinguished; instead, like oil on fire, it burned even more fiercely!

Seeing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva's face filled with shock:

"How… how is this possible?"

"My Willow Dew actually can't extinguish his Kirin Fire?"

After all, Guanyin Bodhisattva's Willow Dew is one of her signature abilities, extremely miraculous.

Even the renowned Threefold True Fire of the Three Realms would be easily extinguished in the face of Willow Dew.

Guanyin Bodhisattva had encountered many Fire Kirins before, and she could easily extinguish their Kirin Fire.

How could this Kirin, who suddenly appeared like a madman proclaiming to increase the difficulty of the Western Heaven pilgrimage tribulation, have such a special fire?!

At the moment Guanyin Bodhisattva was shocked by the Fire Kirin's Kirin True Fire,

In the Western Heaven Pilgrimage Live Stream Room.

Many people who were still awake late at night, seeing the Shengting Live Stream Room suddenly place the Western Heaven Pilgrimage Live Stream Room at the top, clicked in.

When they saw Guanyin Bodhisattva personally unleash Willow Dew, not only failing to extinguish the flames of Guanyin Chan Temple but instead making them burn even fiercer, each one was greatly surprised:

"Heavens! What is the origin of this crimson-gold flame, why is Willow Dew powerless against it?"

"And not only did it not go out, it burned even brighter!"

"I came in early, I know this crimson-gold flame is the legendary Kirin Fire. Legend says the Fire Kirin is the mount of the Sacred Emperor Shennong, so it's normal that Kirin Fire is hard to extinguish."

"Kirin Fire is Kirin Fire, but this is Guanyin Bodhisattva! I think Guanyin Bodhisattva just made a mistake; if she focuses, she will surely succeed in extinguishing the Kirin Fire."

……

Under the discussion and gaze of tens of thousands of Tang dynasty night owls.

After Guanyin Bodhisattva's first attempt to extinguish the fire failed, she refused to give up.

She thought perhaps the amount of Willow Dew she used just now to extinguish the fire was too little, so she directly poured pure Willow Dew onto the Kirin True Fire.

Yet Guanyin Bodhisattva still failed!

"Boom…"

With a tremendous roar, the Kirin True Fire still burned like oil on fire, even fiercer than before!

"How can this fire be so strange?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva furrowed her brows, looked doubtfully at the Primeval Fire Kirin, and said to him:

"Are you really emitting Kirin Fire?!"

Seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva's doubtful expression, the Primeval Fire Kirin sneered:

"I am a Fire Kirin, so what I emit is naturally Kirin Fire!" "Guanyin, as a renowned pre-saint of the Buddhist sect, you can't even extinguish a mere flame—truly disappointing!"

The first-generation fire kirin's words were transmitted into Guanyin Bodhisattva's ears, making her feel extremely harsh.

She realized that, with her own abilities, she definitely could not extinguish this kirin fire.

She furrowed her brows, thought for a moment, and then recalled the glazed pure water in the Eight Treasure Merit Pool.

Thus, Guanyin Bodhisattva said to the first-generation fire kirin:

"Kirin, I naturally have a way to extinguish your kirin fire; I just don't have the extinguishing thing on me!"

"I'll go get the fire‑extinguishing item right now and put out your kirin fire!" Having said that, Guanyin Bodhisattva rode on a lotus‑borne auspicious cloud and hurried to Spirit Mountain.

Upon seeing the Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva said with a hint of grievance:

"Buddha, there is a very strange person who says the tribulations we arranged for the pilgrimage are too simple and wants to help us increase the pilgrimage's difficulty!"

"He placed a kirin fire in the Guanyin Chan Monastery; that fire is extremely fierce—my willow sweet dew not only fails to put it out, but actually makes it burn even hotter!"

"I have no choice; I can only return to ask the Buddha to grant me the glazed pure water from the Eight Treasure Merit Pool to extinguish the fire!"

The Tathagata Buddha heard Guanyin Bodhisattva's words and slightly furrowed his brow.

The glazed pure water in the Eight Treasure Merit Pool is extremely precious.

It is a necessary material for the Buddha to cultivate a glazed golden body; its yield is extremely low, and only those of outstanding talent can obtain a little.

Using such precious glazed pure water to extinguish a fire is undoubtedly a waste.

But the situation at the Guanyin Chan Monastery has always been under the Tathagata Buddha's attention.

He clearly knows that Guanyin Bodhisattva truly cannot handle the true kirin fire of the first‑generation fire kirin, called "fire kirin," and can only seek help.

Although the glazed pure water is precious, the pilgrimage plan is more important; this glazed pure water must be given!

In the Tathagata Buddha's mind, thoughts flashed like lightning.

He nodded at Guanyin Bodhisattva:

"Guanyin, follow me…"

Upon arriving at the Eight Treasure Merit Pool, the Tathagata Buddha took out the glazed pure water and handed it to Guanyin Bodhisattva. After receiving it and expressing thanks, Guanyin Bodhisattva hurried nonstop to the Guanyin Chan Monastery.

She was full of urgency, solely wishing to extinguish that kirin true fire in order to regain the face she had just lost.

Upon reaching the Guanyin Chan Monastery, Guanyin Bodhisattva, full of confidence, said to the fire kirin: "Kirin, just watch—see how I will completely extinguish your kirin fire!"

Hearing Guanyin Bodhisattva's words, the fire kirin raised its brows slightly and chuckled: "I'd like to see how you extinguish my kirin fire…" (End of chapter)