Chapter 44: Preaching the Dao on the Journey to the West

"Oh, so the Master means to let me join." Kong Xuan said to Tang Seng with a smile.

"Since you are so sincere about joining, my Buddha's mercy will naturally accept you; you need not be grateful." Tang Seng said, feigning a merciful appearance.

"Since the Master is letting me join, I will thank the Master here first for giving up your seat to me." Kong Xuan said with a sinister smile.

"What do you mean by giving up my position to you? Since you are willing to go to the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures with us, then just be my fourth disciple," Tang Seng said as if it were only natural.

"But what if I don't want to be your disciple?" Kong Xuan continued.

"Then there is nothing to be done. Since you are unwilling to be my disciple, then do not join." Tang Seng said triumphantly.

"Oh, is that so? I can still retrieve the Western scriptures without being your disciple." Kong Xuan said.

"I say no, and that means no. You leave, or I will have my disciples drive you away." Tang Seng said arrogantly.

Hearing Tang Seng's words, Kong Xuan laughed loudly: "Fine, I would like to see your disciples drive me away."

"Wukong, drive this heretical Daoist away for me. He actually dares to disturb my journey to retrieve the scriptures in the Western Heaven. Let him know that the great cause of retrieving the scriptures must not be disrupted." Tang Seng said to Sun Wukong.

Hearing Tang Seng's words, Sun Wukong gave a hehe laugh, did not move, and said: "Sorry, I caught a cold these past two days and cannot use force, so I refuse to take action."

Hearing Sun Wukong's words, Tang Seng was nearly angered to death. Caught a cold and cannot use force? Who are you trying to fool? "Sun Wukong, you have such great audacity, you won't even listen to my words? Do you want my Buddha to press you under the mountain again?" Tang Seng threatened.

"Hmph, with me here, whoever dares to touch my disciple, I will make them pay dearly." Kong Xuan said arrogantly after hearing Tang Seng's words.

"So you are Sun Wukong's master; no wonder he would speak up for you just now. Hmph, are you not afraid of my Buddha's retaliation? My Buddhism has countless Buddha Soldiers and Buddha Generals, as well as countless Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. If you apologize now and withdraw, I will pretend this matter never happened." Tang Seng immediately used Buddhism to pressure him after hearing Kong Xuan's words.

Hearing Tang Seng's words, Kong Xuan curled his lips in disdain and said: "Let me tell you, no matter how much trash there is, it is still trash."

Having said that, with one punch he shattered Tang Seng's skull, killing him. After killing Tang Seng, Kong Xuan clapped his hands and said: "I haven't killed anyone in hundreds of years. Today I finally killed one, and it was still trash. Sigh, next time dealing with trash will be left to you, Wukong."

"Yes, Grandmaster. Now that you have killed Tang Seng, what shall we do next?" Sun Wukong asked after seeing Kong Xuan kill Tang Seng.

"Of course, we continue the Journey to the West, and keep heading toward the Western Heaven." Kong Xuan said dismissively.

"Why are we going to the Western Heaven? Does Master really want to go to the Western Heaven to retrieve scriptures and join Buddhism? But you killed Tang Seng; Buddhism and the Heavenly Court will certainly not let us off easily." Sun Wukong said hurriedly.

"Who said we are going to retrieve scriptures? We are going to preach the Dao. The entire journey west is full of demons; we are going to take them all under our command and storm Buddhism. That traitor Duobao actually dared to press you under Wuzhi Shan for five hundred years; we are going to collect some interest." Kong Xuan looked at Sun Wukong and smiled.

"But although the people of Buddhism are not good things, their strength is indeed very formidable. Although this disciple considers his own strength to be decent, even the Bodhisattva Guanyin is much stronger than me. Can we handle them? Let's wait until our strength is greater to take revenge for the matter of me being pressed under Wuzhi Shan." Although Sun Wukong knew his Grandmaster was very strong, he did not believe he could withstand a group attack from Buddhism, so he weighed the pros and cons and said.

"Rest assured, your master will not do things without certainty. What do you two plan to do from now on?" Kong Xuan looked at Bajie and Shaseng, who were standing to the side, dumbfounded.

Bajie and Sha Wujing were stunned when they saw Kong Xuan kill Tang Seng with one punch. Tang Seng had encountered danger for the first time, and they had failed to protect him thoroughly; Buddhism would certainly not let them off. Then, hearing Kong Xuan's arrogant words, they were even more shocked. When they heard Kong Xuan ask what they planned to do, they fell into a dilemma. If they ran, although the world was big, they would not be able to escape the palm of Buddhism; if they voluntarily confessed to Buddhism, things would not end well either.

Seeing the difficult position of Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, Sun Wukong said to Kong Xuan: "Their situation is very awkward; I hope Grandmaster can take them in." After these few days of getting along, Sun Wukong felt quite good about the two of them, and seeing them in such a predicament, he felt some pity and requested that Kong Xuan help them.

"Very well, the two of you follow me on the Journey to the West. If you don't dare, then I can't help you." Kong Xuan said after hearing Sun Wukong's words.

Bajie and Sha Wujing thought for a moment, made up their minds, and said: "We are willing to follow you on the Journey to the West. Rather than living a life of ignominy everywhere, it is better to have a grand and vigorous go at it; it will not have been in vain that we walked this world."

Kong Xuan was very satisfied after hearing their words and said: "You two don't have to be so pessimistic, as if you are heading to the execution ground. With me here, nothing will happen to you."

Although Bajie and Sha Wujing did not know why Kong Xuan had such great certainty, they felt a sense of relief after hearing his words; surely there would be no danger.

"Wukong, go and spread the news that I, Kong Zhuo, am prepared to take all the demons under heaven into my camp, and tell them to be prepared." Kong Xuan said to Sun Wukong.

"Yes, Grandmaster, I will go do it right away." Sun Wukong replied hurriedly after hearing Kong Xuan's words.

Hearing Kong Xuan's words, Bajie and Sha Wujing's hearts skipped a beat. Is this guy crazy? How can one make enemies on all sides like this? This person is either a master of supreme strength or a complete lunatic.

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