bookbashuk Chapter 148 The Five Tigers of the Wishing Temple
Chapter 148 The Five Tigers of the Wishing Temple
Chapter 148 The Five Tigers of the Wishing Temple
Sun Wukong was a very loyal friend, and he never forgot his fellow disciples when there was something good to be had. He picked five ginseng fruits and gave one to each of them.
These five people were all incredibly audacious. Some flirted with the fairies of the Moon Palace, some stole the elixirs of Buddhist Arhats, some burned down the Dragon Palace and the Heavenly Court's rewards, some caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and one of them seemed to have been targeting the Jade Emperor for many years.
They didn't really care about such a trivial matter as stealing ginseng fruit.
It wasn't until Jiang Feng took out the ginseng fruit and shared it with them that they suddenly realized they might have done something wrong.
Jiang Feng looked at the five silent people, sighed softly, and asked, "How many ginseng fruits did you steal?"
Sun Wukong glared at Bajie and said, "It's all that idiot's fault! He eavesdropped on your conversation outside the window and said that Master had hidden ginseng fruits for himself, which lured me to steal five ginseng fruits!"
Pigsy retorted stubbornly, "Just because I tell you to go doesn't mean you have to. I even offered you the position of Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, are you going or not?"
"You idiot, you're asking for it!"
Wukong was furious and raised his fist to hit Bajie.
Jiang Feng shouted, "Stop!"
Sun Wukong's fist, which was raised in mid-air, did not fall. Instead, he bared his teeth fiercely at Bajie, who was so frightened that he quickly hid to the side.
Jiang Feng glanced at them helplessly and said, "The deed is done, so don't try to shift the blame and make things chaotic."
I will take responsibility for this matter; I will punish you after everything is settled.
Sun Wukong calmed down and asked, "Master, the ginseng fruit has already been eaten by us. What are you going to give them in return?"
Jiang Feng smiled confidently: "While ginseng fruit is rare, there are things in the world that can rival it, such as the flesh of Sha Wujing, which grants immortality!"
All of them turned their gazes toward Sha Wujing.
"what?"
Sha Wujing cried out, and the bowl slipped from his hand, shattering into pieces.
"Master, you can't just say things like that! If they believe it, I'll be in big trouble!"
Sha Wujing was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he waved his hands so fast that they left afterimages.
Sun Wukong's eyes lit up with an idea: "Master, how about I go to the Peach Garden and steal a few immortal peaches to compensate them?"
Jiang Feng looked at the monkey and gasped: "Wukong, you are truly a genius! How come your master never thought of such a brilliant idea!"
Go now. At worst, you'll be imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain again, and we'll continue our master-disciple relationship when I'm reincarnated next time.
Sun Wukong scratched his head in frustration: "This won't work, that won't work, are we really going to leave Brother Sha in Wuzhuang Temple?"
Sha Wujing angrily retorted, "Don't even think about it! The ginseng fruit wasn't eaten by me alone!"
Jiang Feng gestured for him to be quiet and said, "Stop fooling around. I have the water from the Mother-Child River here. It can help people give birth in three days. I don't know if it will work on the Ginseng Fruit Tree, but we can give it a try."
The group breathed a slight sigh of relief and continued eating.
Jiang Feng ate a piece of ginseng fruit, which filled him with spiritual energy, and then shared the rest with the others.
When Pigsy ate the ginseng fruit last time, he ate it too quickly and didn't taste it properly. This time, however, he was able to savor it carefully, and it truly felt just like Pigsy had eaten the ginseng fruit. Every one of his 84,000 pores felt comfortable.
While we were eating, the door was suddenly kicked open.
After Qingfeng and Mingyue entered, they glared at each other, put their hands on their hips, and began to hurl insults.
"You thieving monks, we treated you kindly, yet you steal from our temple! How shameless!"
"You damned thieving monks! The moment I saw you, I knew you had shifty eyes and weren't a single good person among you!"
"You monks are all thieves, swindling and cheating everywhere; your temples are nothing but dens of thieves!"
"shut up!"
Enraged by their insults, Sun Wukong pulled out his golden cudgel, ready to kill them.
Jiang Feng reached out to stop him and calmly said, "Wukong, let them finish their insults first, no matter which one they said wrong."
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Seeing this, Qingfeng and Mingyue were too embarrassed to scold them anymore. Qingfeng said angrily, "We treated you so well, and you stole all our ginseng fruits! How are we supposed to explain this to Master when he returns!"
Jiang Feng was taken aback, then turned to look at Sun Wukong: "How many ginseng fruits did you steal?"
Sun Wukong roared, "Master, I only picked five! The rest must have been stolen by them; they ate the ginseng fruit themselves and framed us!"
Jiang Feng nodded and looked at Qingfeng Mingyue: "Although my disciple has a habit of petty theft, he is responsible for his actions. If he said he stole five, then he meant it."
The ginseng fruits have all been picked; there must be another reason.
Mingyue rushed forward and grabbed Jiang Feng's collar, roaring, "I don't care, you stole it! You have to pay for our ginseng fruit!"
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Jiang Feng smiled and said, "You just said you were afraid your master would blame you when he comes back. Where did your master go, and when will he be back?"
Mingyue said, "My master went to the Mi Luo Palace to listen to the Primordial Celestial Venerable preach, and he will be back in a few days!"
"Oh, I see—"
Jiang Feng reached into his pouch with his left hand, pulled out an AK47, and fired a burst of fire at the roof. Then, his face darkened, and to Mingyue's astonishment, he pressed the muzzle of the gun against her forehead.
"If your master were here, I wouldn't care if you grabbed my collar; I'd just treat it as child's play."
"Now that your master isn't here, you still dare to grab my collar? You probably haven't heard of the Five Tigers of the Wishing Temple."
Jiang Feng freed his right hand and arrogantly pointed to the five people behind him, introducing them one by one: "Little White Dragon, the Tiger Descending the Mountain! Smiling Tiger, Bai Suzhen! Thunder Tiger, Pigsy! Tyrant Tiger, Monkey King!"
Gecko—Sha Wujing!
These five are all ruthless killers, cold-blooded and insane. If you dare grab my collar again, believe me, they'll each eat you two alive!
Mingyue was so frightened that she loosened her grip on Jiang Feng's collar and huddled together with Qingfeng, trembling. Their faces were ashen, and they no longer dared to be presumptuous in front of Jiang Feng.
Sha Wujing held back for a long time, but finally couldn't help but say, "Master, what do we have to do with tigers? Besides, geckos aren't tigers at all, are they?"
Jiang Feng waved his hand: "Don't worry about these details. Take them both to the garden. I'm also very curious about who was so bold as to pluck the ginseng fruit tree bare."
A moment later, the group arrived in the garden.
Looking at the ginseng fruit tree that was over a thousand feet tall and whose leaves resembled banana leaves, Jiang Feng exclaimed in amazement, "What a huge tree! If it were chopped into firewood, it would be enough to feed my tenants for several years!"
Qingfeng said timidly, "Holy Monk, please don't joke. This ginseng fruit tree was conceived at the beginning of time. It would be a terrible waste to burn it as firewood."
Jiang Feng nodded, then had Sun Wukong summon the Earth God and asked, "Earth God, did you see who stole the ginseng fruit? Or besides us, did you see anyone else come to this garden?"
The local earth god respectfully said, "Holy monks, today, apart from you, no one else has entered this garden."
"Looks like this thief is quite skilled."
Jiang Feng pondered for a moment, then solemnly said to Qingfeng and Mingyue, "You don't need to worry. I will definitely catch the thief, even at the cost of Buddha's reputation!"
If we can't catch the thief, then I'll have your master and I go up to Mount Ling to confront the Buddha!
Guanyin Bodhisattva:
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You think you can get Zhen Yuanzi to protect you on your journey to the West to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures? You're dreaming!
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