[047], repatriate followers
Faced with the reluctance of the monks in the Famen Temple, Tang Monk sighed. Fortunately, Yu'an and Yuxian were accompanying each other and saying something, so the sigh didn't last long.
After a while, Tang Monk and others entered a forest. It was already autumn season. The bushes in the forest had already fallen. Occasionally, a gust of wind blew, and the leaves fell down. It was spectacular. There was a poem to prove it: "The trees in several villages fell, reeds and flowers broke, and the maple and poplars fell down. The misty and rain of the road was sparse, the autumn chrysanthemums were beautiful, the mountain bones were thin, and the water was cold and the lotus was haggard. The white apples, red reeds were frosty and snow, and the setting sun was lonely wild goose fell down in the sky. The clouds were vaguely dark, the black birds were gone, and the girdles arrived, and the sounds were broken in the night."
Seeing such a beautiful scenery, Tang Monk was extremely happy. He really felt like "I say autumn is better than spring". When talking to everyone, he also looked a little more handsome, losing the sense of stability of some eminent monks. Perhaps this is Tang Monk's true mentality.
However, this happy mood did not last long. A tiger roar made everyone's heart suddenly nervous. Tang Monk thought to himself: No, the test is coming so soon? It's not out of the Tang Dynasty's border! However, since the difficulties have come, you have to overcome them. If the tiger roar is an ordinary tiger, Tang Monk and the two women are not afraid. They are both people with kung fu, and the four followers, as far as Tang Monk knows, are ordinary people who can't even have kung fu at all. The tiger poses a greater threat to them! I really don't know why the emperor sent these people here. Isn't this a delivery of vegetables to the fairies? As Tang Monk knows, these followers will be kidnapped and eaten by the monsters they are about to encounter soon, and their lives will be in vain. Tang Monk has to think of a way to send these people back. Not only will they save them, but they can also provide themselves and their children with a free environment and no longer be so restricted.
"Roar—" Another tiger roar, but the source of the sound was much closer than before. Everyone's seats were a little panicked. The source of the sound was so close. I don't know if it was the tiger coming fiercely or there was another tiger. However, no matter what, the tiger was already very close to his group of people. In order to avoid some unnecessary harm, Tang Monk said: "You four, prepare crossbow weapons quickly and prepare to resist tigers." Tang Monk knew that he would definitely encounter some wolf, tigers and leopards on Journey to the West, so he prepared long-range attack weapons such as crossbows in advance to attack and beasts on the torso. At this time, saving lives is the best, and Tang Monk, who opposed killing, did not care about the life of the tiger. After all, the number of lives on humans accounts for the majority.
As soon as everyone was ready, a bush not far away in front of him moved rustly. A follower was obviously nervous. Before he could see the tiger, the crossbow in his hand was fired. Two consecutive crossbow arrows flew towards the bush in two "rustling" sounds, blocked by the chaotic and dense bush.
Tang Monk couldn't help but shout, "Don't fire first, don't be nervous. You can install the crossbow arrows first. When you see a tiger, you will shoot them like this. No matter how many crossbow arrows are, there will be no time to load them even if there are enough crossbow arrows."
The follower agreed repeatedly. As soon as he installed the crossbow arrow, he saw the bushes shaking violently. A big tiger came out from it. The tiger was one meter tall and two meters long. If it was added, it would probably be three meters. The strong tiger body exuded a natural kingly aura, giving people a strong sense of oppression. The tiger emerged from the bushes and was only seven or eight feet away from Tang Seng and others, but did not get close. Instead, it turned slowly with Tang Seng and others as the center. However, a pair of tiger eyes never moved away from Tang Seng and others, as if they didn't want the delicious meal to slip away again.
While the tiger was staring at Tang Seng and others, Tang Seng's four followers also aimed at the crossbow arrows, and immediately shot them to death as soon as it made moves. The tiger's eyes also glanced at the four crossbows for a few times, obviously a little afraid of it, but it was just a little.
Seeing that no one of them seemed to be a threat to him, the tiger suddenly activated it. Its body was shaken, and the tiger roared, and it was about to pounce. The four followers shot out all eight crossbows without waiting for Tang Monk's order. Unexpectedly, the tiger's pounce was just a fake move. After only a moment of action, he jumped to the side and avoided most of the crossbows shot at it. Instead, one of the followers was too nervous. The crossbow was a little crooked, but it hit the tiger's body, but it shot on the tiger's hardest forehead. The crossbow only poked the scalp on the tiger's forehead, and was shaken off by the tiger's head, and it was thrown off. A little red rose appeared on its head, making it even more ferocious and terrifying.
The tiger was shot on the forehead and looked very angry. After several consecutive jumps, it had already rushed to the four entourages. The four entourages were all busy loading crossbow arrows, but it was too late. The tiger suddenly threw down one entourage, and a bloody mouth was bitten on the entourage's head with a fishy wind. If this bite was about to be bitten, the entourage's head would definitely turn into a broken watermelon.
"Ah——" The follower screamed in fear, and saw that his bloody mouth was already in front of him, so he fainted. At this moment, the princess beside Tang Seng waved her sword and stabbed the tiger's head. If the tiger bit the follower's head, then its head would be pierced by Yu'an's sword.
"Roar—" The life-saving instinct had to let the tiger avoid it, so he had to give up the delicious meal at his mouth, jumped to the side, stood there, and a pair of tiger eyes glared at Princess Yu'an, obviously very dissatisfied with her. With a roar again, the tiger actually rushed towards Yu'an directly. The three followers next to him quickly helped the unconscious follower up and hid behind Tang Seng.
The martial arts and Taoisms that Princess Yu'an learned were all the methods of using softness to overcome hardness, but they were not the hard skill of using hardness to overcome hardness. When the tiger pounced, she could only retreat and dodge, and then looked for an opportunity to attack it. After fighting for a long time, no one could do anything to anyone.
After rushing towards Princess Yu'an once again, the tiger suddenly changed its direction and rushed towards the crowd of people on Tang Monk's side. The servants had become frightened birds. When they saw the tiger pounce, they ran away in shock, leaving only Tang Monk and Yuxian, who were left indifferently. Seeing that the tiger was about to pounce on Tang Monk, they heard a "boom" explosion, and a bunch of sparks and white smoke emerged from Tang Monk's side. They were so scared that the tiger, who was majestic just now, was flowing into the forest without stopping for a moment. They heard the "rustling" sound quickly gone away. With just breathing, the tiger lost its trace.
Seeing the situation changed drastically, everyone was a little surprised. Even Yuxian and Princess Yu'an looked at Tang Monk with a surprised expression, obviously not knowing that Tang Monk could use such a powerful move.
Yuxian couldn't help but ask, "Master, when did you actually get such a high magic power? It's really amazing!"
"Yes, yes!" the followers also asked quickly.
Tang Monk smiled and said, "I am a monk, and modesty is my monk's character, so not everything has to be shown to the world."
"Haha, just pretend! You know you're lying!" Princess Yu'an suddenly smiled and said, "I smell the smell of the air, as if the fireworks set off during the Chinese New Year. I guess what you just used was just something like fire, not a spell! Hehe..."
Tang Monk nodded slightly and smiled, "The monks don't lie. I just said they didn't show off, and they didn't say that they were using magic, haha. However, the princess is naturally smart and careful, and can smell something abnormal from this smell. Yes, the monk just now used the thunderbolt bullet made of fire yao. It is not very lethal, but it is famous for its sound, so it is called "thunderbolt bullet".
"Oh, no wonder this is the case!" Yuxian gave Tang Seng a blank look. All the followers suddenly realized.
After scaring away the tiger, everyone woke up the fainting entourage and prepared to rush on the road again. Looking at the entourage who was listless and still had deep fear in his eyes, Tang Monk felt aroused and said, "This journey is very long, and there are even more difficulties and dangers. A mere tiger makes everyone so embarrassed. In the future, it will definitely make you go without going back. So I think that it is enough for you to see him off here. The road ahead is even more rugged and dangerous, and it will be even more inconvenient to take everyone with you. You might as well go back home."
"Ah? This..." Everyone hesitated for a while, and one of them hesitated for a long time before saying, "Master, after this difficulty, we know very well that we will only become a burden to the Great Master. And we are the servant given to the Great Master by the Emperor. What the Great Master asked me to do, and we should do it. But if we go home, we are afraid that the Emperor will punish us for our crimes..."
"Let's do this. Since you are already my servants, I will decide whether you will stay or not. I will give you your freedom now. Although there is no money left to you, each of you will take your horse away. Go back to your hometown to sell horses and buy fields and live a good life. But don't mention you are my followers, let alone anything about obtaining the scriptures in the West. Otherwise, if you are interested, sue the government and find out your identity, then you may at any time.
If you were arrested by the emperor, you would not be able to argue with me and you would have to be beheaded. Do you know?" It is not a pity that Tang Seng explained the pros and cons to them. He was afraid that these guys would tell their story about their pursuit of the West after they went back. If the Yuxian and the princess were brought with them, the story would be interesting. At that time, one passes to ten, ten passes to hundreds, and the story would change when it was spread. In the end, legendary stories such as "The Feng Liu monk brought the two beauties to the West" would be circulated among the people.
All the followers realized that Tang Monk was right, so they nodded and agreed, leaving Tang Monk and the princess' luggage, and then took their own luggage and horses and left quickly.
"The great master is a master! Now the great master is happy. He can live a sweet world of two people with the princess! Hehe..." Seeing that the followers disappeared, Yuxian said with a smile.
Princess Yu'an couldn't help but blush and said to Yuxian: "Sister Yuxian knows that you are talking about others, what do you think, I'm afraid you are secretly happy now!"
Tang Seng smiled and took over the conversation and said, "Haha, this is a good thing that can kill multiple goals in one go. Not only are we secretly happy, but they are secretly happy! Look how fast they run!"
"Isn't this better?" Yuxian chuckled, "We should continue on our way."
Tang Seng nodded: "Well, let's continue on the road!" In Tang Seng's memory, if these people continued to follow him, they would sooner or later become the goblins' food. Deporting them at this time would be considered as saving their lives. In this case, he would be better than building dozens of pagodas.
Chapter completed!