Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#1402 - Tongtian River encounters obstacles, Tang Sanzang is restless

Tang Sanzang and his disciples, four in all, traveled day and night, drinking when thirsty and eating when hungry. However, with Chu Hao in the group, they enjoyed a scenic tour with monkeys offering peaches and immortals pointing the way.

Soon, they were stopped by a large river. Standing before it, they could hear the roaring of the waves.

Tang Sanzang, experienced as he was, frowned slightly. "Find a pebble and throw it in the middle. If it splashes, it's shallow; if it sinks with a thud, it's deep."

Xingzhe said, "You go try it."

"I'll do it!" Pigsy happily found a stone by the roadside and threw it into the water. They heard a dull thud as it sank to the bottom, creating bubbles.

Pigsy said, "Deep, deep, deep! We can't cross!"

Tang Sanzang said, "You may have tested the depth, but you don't know how wide it is."

Sun Wukong glanced at it and shook his head.

"Master, it's wide! We can't cross! My old grandson's fiery eyes can see a thousand miles in the daytime, and I know good and bad luck. At night, I can still see three or five hundred miles. Now, I can't see the other shore at all. How can I determine its width?"

Sun Wukong also found a stone tablet.

On the tablet were three large characters in seal script, with two lines of ten smaller characters below. The three large characters were "Tongtian River," and the ten smaller characters were "Eight hundred miles across, rarely traveled since ancient times."

Tang Sanzang saw that even with his well-trained body, he couldn't possibly leap across the Tongtian River without divine intervention.

Could it be that the Western Paradise was shamelessly trying to make the Journey to the West group beg them again?

Hadn't they been beaten enough, or hadn't they enjoyed being beaten?

Tang Sanzang glanced at Chu Hao, his meaning clear: should they just fly across?

Chu Hao twitched his lips. "Let's go through the tribulations properly. I'm here to slack off."

【Congratulations on completing the check-in task】

【Reward: 500,000 merits】

【Congratulations on personally practicing the highest principle of working, slacking off!】

【Reward: 100,000 merits】

A look of satisfaction appeared on Chu Hao's face. Although... this is what working life should be like. Who actually works when they're at work? Really...

Just as Tang Sanzang and the others were still discussing how to begin this tribulation task, they suddenly heard the sound of gongs and drums in the distance.

Pigsy quickly shouted, "Master, listen! There's the sound of drums and cymbals. It must be a family preparing a vegetarian feast. Let's go get some vegetarian food and ask about a ferry to cross tomorrow."

Tang Sanzang's eyes lit up.

"Let's go pay them a visit!"

Crossing the beach, they saw a cluster of houses, about four or five hundred families, which was quite a scale.

Tang Sanzang led the team to the entrance of the village. He saw a particularly special house on the roadside. A banner was erected outside the door, and inside, there were flickering lamps and fragrant smoke.

Tang Sanzang raised his eyebrows and loosened his muscles.

"You wait here. I'll go take a look. If it's some mountain spirit or wild monster, I'll deal with it!"

Tang Sanzang had been deceived many times by monsters disguised as families along the way, so every time he saw these families in the wilderness, Tang Sanzang assumed they were monsters.

So, at this moment, Tang Sanzang was rubbing his fists and palms, looking very excited.

Sun Wukong looked helpless. "Master, you are a monk! You can't just act rashly!"

Tang Sanzang waved his hand. "Don't worry, this monk knows what he's doing."

Pigsy silently glanced at Chu Hao. Tang Sanzang had learned bad habits and wanted to attack every demon he saw.

However, the others followed Tang Sanzang's lead, as it was commendable that Tang Sanzang was so righteous.

Tang Sanzang immediately took two steps forward, loosened his muscles, and then went forward to knock on the door.

Bang, bang, bang!

The sound of knocking spread, startling the people inside the house, who thought they had encountered some ghost.

Naturally, no one had the courage to open the door.

An old man's panicked voice came from inside the door, "Who's outside? What do you want!"

Tang Sanzang still knocked on the door relentlessly, shouting loudly, "I am a special envoy of the Great Tang Dynasty in the East, going to the Western Paradise to seek scriptures. Now that I have arrived at your place, and it is late, I heard the sound of drums and cymbals from your residence, so I have come to ask for a night's lodging, and I will leave at dawn."

The old man's voice was full of disbelief, shouting:

"Monk, a monk should not lie. It is fifty-four thousand miles from the Great Tang Dynasty in the East to my place. How could you have come alone?"

Tang Sanzang grinned:

"Old benefactor, don't hide. If this monk had bad intentions, none of you in the village would survive. This mere door can't stop this monk. This monk is indeed from the Great Tang, and I have three young disciples who open roads through mountains and build bridges over rivers to protect this monk, so I was able to get here."

Chu Hao had been watching silently from the side. Although... if you knew, you'd say he was here to ask for alms, but if you didn't, you'd think he was here to find children to eat.

However, Chu Hao approved of Tang Sanzang's behavior because those people were indeed a bit slow.

Chu Hao was now eager to skip this tribulation and go to the next one, the Women's Kingdom~!

If necessary, Chu Hao could even help Tang Sanzang a little.

For no other reason than his own physical and mental pleasure!

After a long time, it seemed that the people inside the door knew that whether it was a blessing or a curse, they could only slowly open the door.

The old man poked his head out from the door. This glance made the old man breathe a sigh of relief.

He saw Chu Hao on horseback and felt that there was no more handsome man in the world. He felt that if he were a demon, he would not have such an appearance.

So, he instantly believed it!

Even Tang Sanzang had a fair complexion, and his appearance could only be considered passable, but naturally, he couldn't compare with Chu Hao, but he didn't look like a demon, so he was relieved.

As long as it was a person, they would more or less be a bit of a fan of appearances, which was clear.

Tang Sanzang smiled. "Old benefactor, why did you open the door so late?"

The old man smiled awkwardly. "I'm really sorry, it's because my family is holding a pre-mortem memorial service."

A pre-mortem memorial service?

Pigsy laughed.

"Old benefactor, don't fool us! We monks know all about these memorial services! There are only pre-mortem deposit memorial services and pre-mortem repayment memorial services. Where is there a pre-mortem memorial service? No one in your family has died, so what are you doing a memorial service for?"

Tang Sanzang thought for a moment and instantly understood that there was going to be a fight. His eyes lit up.

"Is there some tribulation? Come, tell me everything in detail! This monk is powerful and will definitely take care of things for you!"

Hearing Tang Sanzang's tone, the old man felt as if he had encountered bandits at his door, which was a bandit's aura.

However, the old man also knew that the opportunity to save his life had come!

The old man excitedly bowed to Chu Hao, who was slacking off on horseback.

"Reporting to the Immortal Lord, the village has been bullied by monsters, please save my two children!"

Chu Hao: Can't even let a man slack off?