The people in the collapsing iron gave the immortal ship a small shock from the Holy Lord.

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Then came the old man and his grandson's screams.

The monkey was taken aback, then said, "Master, I'll go take a look."

Before Tang Sanzang could say anything, the monkey had already rushed out.

"Elder Tang, aren't you going out to take a look? Outside the territory of the Tang Dynasty, such incidents are not uncommon."

Bai Zhi suddenly appeared behind Tang Sanzang.

"what?"

Tang Sanzang seemed somewhat hesitant upon hearing this.

"It seems that Elder Tang is well aware of his own strength and knows that he has no chance of winning against those vicious mountain bandits, right?"

"Monks cannot lie."

"Amitabha."

Tang Sanzang had no answer, so he could only recite a Buddhist chant.

Bai Zhi smiled. Seeing Tang Sanzang's expression, she knew she was right.

Tang Sanzang had the heart of a Bodhisattva, but he always misused it. He was compassionate towards villains, but would often get angry at his own people.

To put it bluntly, it's a case of bullying one's own people and double standards.

"Let's go, Elder Tang. I will protect you. This time, you may learn something."

Before Tang Sanzang could answer, Bai Zhi grabbed the monk and flew outside.

Outside, the sounds of battle were deafening. Under the monkey's golden cudgel, the mortals and bandits were either brains splattered or their heads were smashed into their chests before they could even last a round.

"Eh"

Upon seeing this, Tang Sanzang quickly covered his eyes while continuously reciting scriptures.

Seeing that things were not going well, the bandits immediately ran to the side, mounted Tang Sanzang's horse and started to run away, while the other bandits scattered like birds and beasts.

"My horse!!"

Upon seeing this, Tang Sanzang exclaimed, "If we don't have horses, how can I go to the Western Paradise to seek the scriptures?"

"Master, don't worry, I'll get the horse back right away."

Seeing this, the monkey kicked one of the bandits away and chased after the bandit on horseback.

Just as they were about to catch up, a sudden surge of water rippled out, sending the bandits flying and then devouring their horses.

"That's... a dragon?"

The monkey was stunned for a moment when it vaguely saw the white dragon's body. In that instant, the dragon plunged into the water and disappeared.

With shouts coming from behind, he had no choice but to turn back the way he came.

Upon returning, the monkey saw a group of bandits gathered again.

"Heh heh, you bunch of petty thieves, you dare come back? Take a beating from your grandpa!"

After saying that, the monkey swung his golden cudgel and attacked the bandits.

The weight of that golden cudgel was far beyond the reach of these mortals; a mere graze would cause injury, and a direct hit would be fatal.

With a light flick of the wrist, a bandit could be cut in two.

Tang Sanzang couldn't bear to see this and quickly shouted to the monkey, "Wukong, stop hitting him! Show mercy when you can!"

"Spare me, Master, spare me! I'll never do it again!"

Upon hearing this, the bandit leader immediately knelt down in front of Tang Sanzang and begged.

"Master, we must eradicate evil completely! This kind of person is beyond saving!"

The monkey shouted, looking very unhappy.

“Look, he’s already begging for mercy, so stop hitting him. He’s a life, after all.”

Tang Sanzang still insisted on his own opinion.

"Elder Tang, do you believe that the lives of bandits and the lives of ordinary people living in peace and prosperity are the same?"

Bai Zhi shook her head. Even though she already knew Tang Sanzang's personality, seeing this scene still made her blood pressure soar.

"Life is equal regardless of its value. Since he has admitted his mistake, his life can be spared."

"Does he really know he's wrong? That's hard to say."

As soon as Bai Zhi finished speaking, the bandit leader suddenly pounced and grabbed the old man's grandson.

"Hehe, now that this kid is in my hands, you better not make any rash moves, or else..."

His axe moved slightly, and blood immediately flowed from the old man's grandson's neck.

"See? Some people are just incorrigible. Monk, you should know that when faced with true evil, the Buddhist community also has wrathful guardians."

Chapter 691 Tang Sanzang: My CPU is overheating!

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

The bandit leader shouted, "Hey monk, you're from the Tang Dynasty, right? You must have plenty of travel money and treasures on you. Hand them over now and I won't kill this brat."

"See? Some people are hard to change, monk. Now, do you think that bandit and that child are equal?"

"Admittedly, there are some evil people who may be redeemed, but they are only a minority."

"The words of such a villain are nothing but deception. And if you really spare him and let him go, how many more murders will he commit?"

Tang Sanzang remained silent. Even if he insisted on his beliefs, the facts were already there: this bandit leader was simply beyond redemption.

Even a bandit leader can't be an equal to a child.

"That's why I told you, mortals can't see the depths. You should listen to this monkey more often in the future."

“Amitabha, benefactor, lay down your butcher’s knife and become a Buddha on the spot. Please stop being deluded.”

Tang Sanzang still looked at the bandit leader with a sliver of hope, hoping that the other party would realize his mistake and turn back from the wrong path.

"What nonsense about laying down the butcher's knife and becoming a Buddha? I'm just a rough man who wants money. Without money, how can I drink heavily, eat meat heartily, and play around with women?"

"You monk, you've probably gone mad from eating too much vegetarian food."

The bandit leader looked disdainful, believing he had already grasped the group's weaknesses.

That is, this group of people has too high a moral standard. People with low moral standards like him have a significant advantage. As long as they are shameless, victory is sure to be theirs.

"Monkey, it's time to make a move and take this guy down."

"Hehe, I've been waiting for this for a while. Take this from me, Old Sun!"

The monkey grinned and appeared behind the bandit leader with lightning speed. With a light tap of his golden cudgel, the bandit's brains splattered, and he was dead beyond any doubt.

"You... Wukong, you've already killed six people this time. I'm a monk; I'd rather die than commit murder, alas..."

Tang Sanzang sighed and began to silently recite the sutras for salvation.

"What do you mean 'I'd rather die than commit violence'? Do you call this committing violence? I'm doing this to rid the people of a scourge. You monk, you're really infuriating me."

Upon hearing this, the monkey looked displeased. Was this monk blind? Didn't he see what just happened?

If we don't intervene, this child will probably die a violent death.

"Wukong, we are monks. If all monks kill living beings, how can that be acceptable?"

“You monk, when I, Old Sun, wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, I killed countless people, but no one has ever complained about me like you do.”

The monkey's face began to turn red, and Bai Zhi knew that it was about to reach its limit.

Monkeys are inherently unruly. If they make a mistake, that's fine, but if they think they're doing the right thing and you still try to discipline them, they'll probably turn red in the face.

"Now that you have entered the Buddhist order, you are no longer allowed to kill!"

"That's right, Monkey King, I think Elder Tang is right. How can we kill people?"

The monkey's eyes widened suddenly. "Little White, what are you talking about??"

He couldn't understand how Bai Zhi, who had just criticized the monk for his indecisiveness and naivety, could suddenly agree with his ideas.

Bai Zhi shook her head. "Monkey, you're still too green. Killing someone is the most inelegant thing to do. If it were me..."

Bai Zhi looked at the soul floating around the bandit leader, reached out, and unleashed her power to control it. Then, she activated the horse talisman, restoring the corpse, whose head had been smashed, to its original state.

Finally, the soul is directly inserted into the repaired body.

The bandit leader, who had just died, was brought back to life so easily.

"noob?!"

The monkey let out a strange cry, completely bewildered as to why Bai Zhi had resurrected this bandit leader.

Bai Zhi ignored the monkey's many questions and instead asked Tang Sanzang, "Elder Tang, I have a question for you: Is a person's every word and deed predetermined by Heaven?"

"This... every drink and every bite is preordained. This humble monk naturally believes that everything is ordained by Heaven."

"Very well, then does Elder Tang believe that hunting among wild animals violates Buddhist precepts?"

"Nature does not violate anything; heaven and earth and all things have their own cycles. But as humans, the most intelligent of all beings, we naturally have more morality."

Bai Zhi smiled, "Well, so if a person turns into a wild beast and dies in a fight between wild beasts, becoming food for other animals, it's also predestined and doesn't violate Buddhist precepts, right?"

Tang Sanzang was stunned; Bai Zhi's words almost made his CPU burn out.

Yes, hunting among wild animals is a natural cycle, there's nothing wrong with that. Even he wouldn't think that saving a rabbit from a tiger's mouth is kindness and justice.

Because the rabbit survived, the tiger might starve to death because it didn't get any food.

But the man turned into a beast and was eaten by the beast...

He had never encountered such a peculiar way of thinking before.

"Hehe, monkey, I'll only perform once, so watch carefully."

Bai Zhi placed her hand on the bandit leader who had just been resurrected and was still looking bewildered.

In an instant, before the bandit leader could even utter a word, he transformed into a snow-white rabbit.

The sudden appearance of the food immediately attracted the eagles circling overhead.

"call out"

In a swift motion, the falcon swooped down and snatched the dim-witted rabbit into its claws. Then, with a triumphant cry, it flew towards its nest.

"See, isn't that how things are resolved? I didn't kill that bandit leader; I even resurrected him."

"But his crimes were heinous and he deserved to be punished, so I turned him into an animal. I believe Elder Tang would agree with that, wouldn't he?"

"He turned into an animal, and was captured by other animals. That was fate. It was fate that made him participate in this natural cycle to atone for his sins. Elder Tang, what do you think?"

Tang Sanzang: ?

Bai Zhi's whole process overheated his CPU. Every step of Bai Zhi's process was flawless, but in the end, the bandit leader died, and he really couldn't say anything about it.

After all, they've taken hostages; it would be inappropriate to do nothing.

Later, he was captured by a falcon and awaited the fate of the bandit leader, most likely death.

But he couldn't blame the falcon; it was just hunting normally, there was nothing wrong with that.

"And you, monkey, you should learn from me. You're acting too roughly these days."

The monkey didn't say anything, but silently gave Bai Zhi a thumbs up.

This logic is unbeatable.

It has to be Angelica dahurica. If it were him facing that incessant nagging monk, he would probably be so angry that he would just go back to Flower Fruit Mountain.

Chapter 692 Where Did This Wild Dragon Come From?

"Hehe, Xiaobai, it's all thanks to you, otherwise I would have been so angry that I would have gone straight back to Flower Fruit Mountain today."

Monkeys were grinning by the stream near the cabin.

Bai Zhi said irritably, "So, did you learn it? That trick I just did."

"cough……"