"How come I didn't know about this?" Sun Wukong angrily grabbed her shoulders. "Now that we're in the same boat, you actually kept such an important thing from me. In your heart, am I not trustworthy enough, or..."
Seeing that he was bombarding her with questions and wouldn't let her off easily for a while, Yang Xue stood on tiptoe and gently kissed the corner of his lips. "Great Sage, it's not that I don't trust you. I'm just afraid you'll act impulsively."
"I..." He was taken aback for a moment. All his anger seemed to be blocked, unable to rise or fall. It was a bit uncomfortable.
Moreover, after she did this, he forgot about being angry. He was stunned by her gentle and calm demeanor.
"You..." But he still wanted to get to the bottom of it. After all, this was no small matter. Those fox spirits from Qingqiu actually had their eyes on the spiritual core of the woman he loved. How outrageous!
He couldn't wait to rush to Qingqiu immediately and raze the place to the ground!
Even so, it would hardly quell his anger.
He had even regarded them as friends. He not only let them stay here but also planned to visit Qingqiu some time later.
"When did you find out about this?" Sun Wukong frowned. "Don't try to gloss it over. Kissing me won't work."
"I found out after I woke up," she suddenly gave a bright smile, rubbed her head against his chest, and said coquettishly, "Great Sage, you definitely can't guess. After sleeping for these three days, my cultivation has improved again."
"..." He suddenly didn't know whether he should be angry with her or jealous of her.
Or perhaps, he secretly felt proud in his heart. After all, his own wife was so powerful, much more amazing than he used to be.
The most important thing was that his wife was so low - key.
However, he suddenly realized a problem. Was it because they weren't a proper married couple, having not worshipped heaven and earth, that she didn't trust him as much?
She looked up and kissed his Adam's apple again. Leaning against him limply like a boneless person, she said, "Does this kind of kiss work? Great Sage, don't be angry. Let me tell you slowly, okay? Anyway, we have time. There's no need to rush."
"..." Sun Wukong stood there numbly. Who could stand such kisses!
Suddenly, he felt as if he had jumped into hot water. His whole body was hot, and he couldn't help but want to continue what they hadn't finished before.
Seeing his pupils dilate suddenly, Yang Xue's heart skipped a beat. She quickly struggled out of his embrace. "Great Sage, the food is gone. I'm not full yet."
Sun Wukong suddenly came to his senses. His expression was a bit dazed. He didn't dare to look into her eyes. He turned around awkwardly and walked outside. "I'll go talk to the new cook and ask him to make another meal."
"Okay, I'll wait." She was a bit worried. It seemed that the Great Sage had finally understood something. She couldn't just tease him casually from now on.
...
At the Spirit Mountain.
After leaving the main hall, Tathagata rushed back to his meditation room to sit in meditation.
"Guanyin, where is the White - Bone Demon now?" With his eyes closed, he slowly said, "You made your own decision and let her help me get rid of my inner demons! If inner demons were so easy to get rid of, why would I have been waiting?"
"But she did get rid of some of them for you at that time. Now..."
"Guanyin!" His voice suddenly rose, booming like a bell and making her temples throb with pain. He was obviously angry!
"Disciple knows her mistake."
"Good, it's good that you know your mistake. Do you know where you went wrong?" He regained his calm and composed appearance, as steady as a mountain. When he spoke, it was as if the Buddha's light was shining everywhere.
"I shouldn't have let her enter your inner demons, and I shouldn't have trusted her so easily..."
"You shouldn't have let her see my inner demons and communicate with them." He suddenly opened his eyes and sighed in disappointment. "That wasn't the real me."
"..." She was slightly surprised. Could it be that Tathagata was regretting showing himself as a hot - tempered mortal youth in front of the White - Bone Demon?
She was extremely curious and carefully probed, "Buddha, disciple doesn't understand. Why did she become your inner demon when you had never even met her?"
Tathagata didn't say a word. He lowered his eyes and twirled his Buddhist beads. The sandalwood incense in the room was curling up, refreshing.
"Disciple has overstepped. I hope the Buddha will forgive me."
"She is not only a variable that I can't control, nor is she just a sage who will stir up the Three Realms. Although she's not powerful enough yet, she already has the courage to confront me." He got up and walked to the window, looking at the sun shining with golden light. Worriedly, he said, "She is the inner demon of our Buddhism. If we don't get rid of her early, I'm afraid that in the near future, she will become the master of the Celestial Realm."
"What?" Guanyin looked up. A look of shock rarely appeared on her face. "Master of the Celestial Realm? What does that mean?"
Tathagata sat back on the futon and closed his eyes to practice. "She comes from the Heavenly Dao and is not restricted by this realm. Moreover, due to the turbulent Three Realms, she may even surpass me."
"There's always a heaven beyond the sky and a person beyond the person. Isn't there someone above the Buddha..."
"It's no use. She is beyond the Five Elements and is growing rapidly. It only took her a little over two months to go from a mere White - Bone Demon to being able to untie Sun Wukong's tightening hoop."
"..." Listening to Tathagata's helpless voice, Guanyin couldn't help but recall the scene when she first saw Miss Yang Xue. She just seemed like an extremely beautiful woman. How could she have such amazing good fortune?
"Now, I'm afraid no one can easily get rid of her. I order you to go to the Flower - Fruit Mountain and create an inner demon for her. There may be a turning point then." As Tathagata said this, he stretched out his palm. A pill was shining with a pink light.
"This..." Guanyin vaguely had a bad premonition. In the past thousand years, she had never seen a calculating look on Tathagata's face.
"If you take this pill, no woman in the world can resist your charm. If Yang Xue can fall in love with you because of this and be infatuated with you..."
"Buddha!" Guanyin took a frightened step back, as if she couldn't believe her ears. "This is so absurd..."
"Saving people from dire straits and saving the Three Realms from danger. How can such a sacrifice be called absurd?"
"..." She exclaimed, "But I'm not a man, and I definitely won't win a woman's heart!"
"You were originally a man. It's just that most believers think that the merciful and compassionate Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva should be in a female form. Have you really forgotten your true form after taking this form for so long? Moreover, for a bodhisattva, changing the gender of the form is an easy thing."
"But to capture a woman's heart, one must be an ordinary man involved in the mortal world. I'm a bodhisattva without the seven emotions and six desires. How can I easily become her inner demon? Instead of taking such a risk, it's better to be honest with her and be friends."
"Friends? How can they become an inner demon?" Tathagata's voice echoed in her ear like a bewitching demonic sound. "I order you to transform into a man and make her willing to give up everything for you. This pill will make your task twice as effective with half the effort."
"..." Guanyin was in a state of complete shock. She stared at Tathagata in disbelief, wishing she could just vanish into thin air.
"Time is short. Could it be that the great, merciful, and all - powerful Avalokitesvara is worried that she can't compare to a monkey?"
Guanyin felt as if there was a fishbone stuck in her throat. Her heart was as dead as ashes.