Chapter 430 - 406: Could It Be That Someone Stole the Lamp Oil?_2
Xuanzang quickly responded with humility, "Abbot, you flatter me too much. I’m just an itinerant monk, unlike you who can leisurely nurture your ease here, truly enjoying the blessings."
The old monk exchanged pleasantries with Xuanzang for a few sentences and hurriedly invited him into the temple. They first went to the main hall and paid their respects to the Buddha statue.
The old monk had already ordered people to tidy up the best meditation room and invited Xuanzang and his companions to stay there.
When the monks in the temple heard that a person from China had arrived, they rushed over to see. Seeing Xuanzang who was tall and handsome, they naturally felt envious.
Seeing that Sun Wukong and the other two had ugly appearances, they also felt secretly surprised and whispered to each other in low voices, "It turns out that these people from China have both the handsome and the ugly. The handsome are really beyond description, while the ugly are singularly strange."
Having heard some discussing his disciples, Xuanzang quickly said, "Although my three disciples are somewhat ugly, they have kind hearts, and each one possesses strong mana. I owe much to the protection of these three along the way. Otherwise, I truly wouldn’t have been able to get here."
Zhu Bajie also shouted in agreement, "Did you hear what my master said? We may be ugly, but we have powerful mana, not like some people who may look good but are useless, just like a decorative pillow."
Sun Wukong had just taken a sip of tea and set down his teacup when he glanced at Zhu Bajie and asked with a frown, "Idiot, the only one here who is beautiful but useless might be our master, don’t you fear that master will give you universal salvation?"
Although Xuanzang possessed the power of universal salvation, sadly his strength was not great. Despite having this ability, it was often broken, and he ended up being captured instead.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie hurriedly explained, "Master, old Zhu didn’t mean you! I was talking about this bunch of monks! Hey! Don’t just stand there and gawk; we’ve been traveling all day, and we’re both tired and hungry. Go and prepare the vegetarian meal quickly, and let us enjoy it."
Xuanzang gave Zhu Bajie a stern look and said, "Bajie, do not be disrespectful."