Years later, this fellow, far from withering away like those young masters obsessed with pleasure-seeking, had actually become much more robust.
Especially his eight-pack abs, which even Fang Er, upon seeing them, felt like reaching out to touch.
"It seems the Great Monk has been living quite a comfortable life these past few years."
He pointed with a mocking grin at the departing Japanese woman.
Unexpectedly, Tang Sanzang solemnly chanted a Buddhist invocation.
"Namo Sukhāvatī Buddha!"
"My lord, why be so pretentious? Say what you wish to say, openly and honestly."
"The Buddha says: Form is emptiness, emptiness is form."
"This humble monk has long been free from the four elements!"
"May my lord also achieve enlightenment soon, take the world as his responsibility, and bring blessings to all women in the world!"
Fang Er: ..........
Free from the four elements, emptiness is form!
Indeed, he was a man who understood the Buddha of Joy. His words sounded so profound!
These platitudes were something monks understood best; he himself could never say them.
So, he walked into the main hall and found a prayer mat to sit on.
"Come, come, let this lord see what gains you've made over the years!"
Tang Sanzang nodded and turned to leave.
Before long, he returned with a few disciples.
However, among those disciples, besides the one holding scriptures, there were also some carrying three wooden chests.
"My lord, please see, these are the scriptures this humble monk has compiled for the Joyful Zen."
Tang Sanzang proudly unfurled the scriptures one by one before Fang Er.
The books were filled with dense, tiny characters.
"Lao Tzu said: The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao. The name that can be named is not the eternal name."
"The nameless is the beginning of heaven and earth; the named is the mother of ten thousand things. Therefore, being constantly without desire, one observes the mystery. Being constantly with desire, one observes the manifestations."
"These two spring from the same source but differ in name; this appears as darkness."
"Darkness within darkness. The gate to all mystery!"
Fang Er, completely bewildered, asked, "Isn't this content from the Tao Te Ching?"
Tang Sanzang, however, said, "No, no, the point is not in the preceding text, but in the end!"
The end?
Fang Shan looked carefully and indeed, under the characters "gate to all mystery," there were faint markings in pencil!
Gate to all mystery???
He almost choked to death!
"You write such nonsense, aren't you afraid Lao Tzu will pop out from underground and give you a kick?"
Tang Sanzang, far from being ashamed, seemed proud: "That is a gross misstatement! If Lao Tzu could truly pop out from underground, he would be thanking this little monk, not roughing me up!"
After speaking, he pointed to the disciple holding the wooden chest next to him.
"My lord, please see, these are what this humble monk has meticulously crafted. To thank my lord for sending me here, this is a small token of my regard. Please accept it!"
There were three chests in total. Fang Er, curious, stepped forward and opened them one by one.
Inside each was a piece of jade.
However, the jade stones looked a bit strange!
They were round, like prayer mats, and each was carved with something that made one's blood surge...
Nonsense!
These were indecent!
Fang Er looked up at Tang Sanzang and, with a serious expression, scolded, "What are these things you've carved!"
Tang Sanzang replied with a proud look, "This item is called a Jade Prayer Mat, presented to my lord for your chamber to enhance your pleasure."
"Ahem! This lord doesn't need it!"
Fang Er's old face flushed, and he waved his hands repeatedly.
What Jade Prayer Mat? This lord doesn't need it!
Just then, a young monk rushed in from outside and bowed to Tang Sanzang.
"Master, there are female benefactors outside the temple who are offering great wealth for children!"
Tang Sanzang's eyes lit up: "Quickly, invite them in!"
Before Fang Er could react, the young monk had already turned and left.
Before long, he led in a young Japanese woman dressed in light gauze, exuding the fragrance of osmanthus as she passed.
"This humble one greets the Holy Monk!"
"Quick, quick, this is Duke Anguo. His presence here today is destined for your good fortune and wealth!"
"If you could be blessed with a son by my lord..."
Fang Er's eyes widened instantly. What was this guy trying to do?
Such naked words made him momentarily lose control, and he quickly waved his hands awkwardly.
"Ahem! You two chat slowly, this lord will look around!"
With that, he walked towards the main hall on the other side.
This Tang Sanzang had become too refined!
It made him feel a bit unaccustomed...
Tang Sanzang sighed deeply: "Alas! It seems the female benefactor's fate is too thin, she cannot bear the blessing!"
"Very well, then I shall trouble this humble monk to deliver the child for you!"
"Come, come, please come inside!"
Fang Er, having walked only a short distance, heard these words and inexplicably felt a...
"Hey! Tong Jie, come to Wa Island quickly, I've got something fun to show you!"
After casually dialing Xi Tong's communicator and sending this message, he dug out a fishing rod from the warehouse and squatted by the large lake outside the temple to fish.
Due to the capital relocation ceremony, Xi Tong, Chai Yue, and the other women were still in Australia packing their luggage, preparing to stay in Chang'an for a while. Upon receiving Fang Er's summons, they handed over these trivial matters to their maids and flew to Wa Island.
On the spore-class spaceship, Xi Tong looked at the people inside the cabin.
Chai Yue, Changsun Ling'er, Xiao Qing, Xing'er, Xiao Huan, Bingxue Yulu, Xiao Mi, Chen Xuelian, Da Bao, Yi Shen Shi Nai.
After counting them twice carefully, she suddenly said.
[Including myself, that's only 14, still two short!]
[Damn it, I forgot to bring that woman Luo Mojuan back!]
Chai Yue looked at her in confusion: "What are you saying, Tong Jie?"
Xi Tong chuckled.
[Don't you know how obsessed he is with the sixteen-cylinder engine?]
Chai Yue's face instantly turned red with embarrassment, and after a long pause, she said.
"Tong Jie, have you forgotten there's also Chang Le?"
"And Natasha in the main world..."
Xi Tong's eyes lit up, and she immediately walked to the control panel, picked up the communicator, and commanded Wang Xuance.
[Take people to the main world and bring Natasha back!]
After finishing, she suddenly thought of someone else.
[Right, and Bai Yuzhi!]
Putting down the communicator, she laughed heartily.
[Now, it's not just sixteen, there are even substitutes!]