Journey to the West: Break the entire Western Heaven!

Dhritarashtra paused, eyes bulging as he thought, "Why should I chat with you? I freaking never want to see you again!"

At the same time, he stepped back behind the bodhisattva Ksitigarbha.

Ksitigarbha, taking a strong stance between the two, smiled and said, "Tang Sanzang, you want to meet Poxun, let me lead the way."

But why would Tang Sanzang agree to that?

He had been to Mount Putuo for a month, and although there was meat and seafood, it was all mundane. Compared to the taste of a fully evolved demon or a carefully nurtured divine beast, the flavor and texture were leagues apart.

Tang Sanzang wouldn't have minded not seeing it, but once he did, the gluttonous worms in his stomach instantly rioted...

He stared fixedly at Dhritarashtra, tugging at Ksitigarbha's robe and said, "Don't rush, we finally meet, let's chat, deepen our feelings a bit. I'm telling you, we're not close now, but a barbecue would do the trick. Dhritarashtra, don't be scared. Come, let's try to get to know each other better."

Dhritarashtra kept backing away, growling continuously, "Don't come any closer, don't come any closer!"

Ksitigarbha hadn't expected the bald monk to be so troublesome and frowned, "Tang Sanzang, he is my divine beast."

Tang Sanzang nodded and said, "I know. If he weren't a divine beast, I wouldn't want to be close to him. By the way, this dog… how long have you had Dhritarashtra? What do you generally feed him? Where do you get firewood? Got a pot?"

With a crying tone, Dhritarashtra said, "Bodhisattva, he keeps thinking about stewing me! You must intervene!"

Tang Sanzang argued righteously, "Don't talk nonsense. I wasn't thinking of stewing you!"

Just as Dhritarashtra was about to heave a sigh of relief, Tang Sanzang, stroking his chin, said, "Wujing mentioned before, with your look, it would be a pity to stew you. Red-cooking or barbecuing would be much better..."

"Bodhisattva!" Dhritarashtra wailed.

Ksitigarbha massaged his temples and said, "Tang Sanzang, he is my friend, not food."

Tang Sanzang tilting his head, looked at Ksitigarbha and said, "I know, I won't eat the head. Just give me the two hind legs to curb my craving?"

Ksitigarbha: "…"

Tang Sanzang said, "Why aren't you speaking? How about we roast some meat while we talk?"

Ksitigarbha frowned...

As Tang Sanzang moved closer, putting an arm around Ksitigarbha's shoulders, he said, "Stop pretending, I don't believe you don't crave meat!"

Ksitigarbha firmly shook his head, "I indeed do not like meat."

"Have you tried it?"

"No."

"Wanna try?"

"No, thanks!"

"I guarantee you'll want more once you try!"

"No, I'm vegetarian."

"How about I make you a plate of vegetarian meat with that dog?"

"No way!"

"Why won't you budge?" Tang Sanzang looked at Ksitigarbha with annoyance.

Ksitigarbha pressed his palms together and said, "Amitabha, I truly don't favor it."

Seeing the serious expression and resolute eyes of the monk, Tang Sanzang sighed helplessly, "The more I look at you, the more annoyed I get… never mind. Just tell me where Poxun is, I need to vent."

Ksitigarbha pointed ahead, and a path cleared through a mist of blood, at the end of which lay a raging blood-red river.

Ksitigarbha pointed in that direction, "Go down there, just catch any member of the Asura Tribe and ask."

When Ksitigarbha looked back, the bald monk was gone!

"Splash!"

A sound of something hitting the water came from afar, causing Ksitigarbha's brows to furrow slightly, "Impatient much?"

After a long while…

"Where's my dog?! Damn you, Tang Sanzang, come back here!"

A shrill roar echoed through the Netherworld...

"Tang Sanzang, why are you dragging me? I don't know you!" Dhritarashtra struggled to break free, but Tang Sanzang's grip was like an iron hoop, unbreakable no matter how hard he tried.

Tang Sanzang chuckled, "It doesn't matter if we're not close now, we will be soon."

With a crying tone, Dhritarashtra asked, "Do you really have to eat me?"

Tang Sanzang glanced at him, "Only if you have no other use!"

Dhritarashtra instantly said, "I do."

With that, Tang Sanzang tossed Dhritarashtra aside and, stroking his chin, said, "Start your performance!"

Dhritarashtra: "..."

Dhritarashtra swore he had never seen someone so annoying in his entire life!

Still, Dhritarashtra said, "I'm Dhritarashtra, and look at my ears..."

Tang Sanzang earnestly replied, "I've seen them, absolutely dog ears, identical, and you still say you're not a dog?"

Dhritarashtra: "@#￥..."

Dhritarashtra roared, "You only look at the ears? Didn't you see my tiger's head, solitary horn, dragon's body, lion's tail, and kirin's feet?"

"One dog, six dishes?" Tang Sanzang asked.

Dhritarashtra stood dumbstruck, then raised his voice in lament to the heavens, "Bodhisattva, are you sure this is a monk?"

A bald head leaned in front of him and answered definitively, "I'm not a monk, any more questions?"

"I..."

Dhritarashtra wanted to curse, but he held back for the sake of his life, "My ability is to listen to the hearts of others, no one can lie in front of me. Keep me alive, and I can help you detect lies on the way."

Touching his chin, Tang Sanzang said, "Are you sure?"

"Sure!" Dhritarashtra said with great confidence.

Tang Sanzang said, "Then listen to what I'm thinking."

In his heart, Tang Sanzang quietly thought: "Hand-torn dog meat, fried tiger head, dragon liver and phoenix gall, braised lion tail..."@@novelbin@@

Meanwhile, Dhritarashtra tilted his ear confidently to listen but then... He became dumbfounded. He couldn't hear a thing!

Tang Sanzang asked, "Hey, did you hear it clearly?"

Dhritarashtra's forehead was sweating cold, thinking to himself, "What's wrong, why can't I hear it? This isn't right!" Your next read is at My Virtual Library Empire

Tang Sanzang pressed on, "Big dog, did you hear it? Answer me!"

Dhritarashtra tested again but still couldn't hear a thing.

"You can't hear it, can you? Then you're no use..." Tang Sanzang wiped his drool and rolled up his sleeves, preparing to make a move.

Watching Tang Sanzang approaching step by step, especially with that drool-wiping gesture, Dhritarashtra bit his teeth and took a desperate shot in the dark, "You're thinking about eating dog meat!"

Tang Sanzang paused...

After Dhritarashtra said this, he awaited his fate, genuinely guessing.

However, Tang Sanzang laughed, "Hey, you can actually hear it, not bad, you've got skill!"

Tang Sanzang slapped Dhritarashtra's head, making him dizzy and his head spin on the spot.

But hearing Tang Sanzang's praise, he knew, his life was spared, "Senior Tang, you won't eat me now?"

Tang Sanzang replied, "As a monk, my word is my bond, if I said I won't eat you, then I won't... Ah, this Nether River is quite deep, it's been sinking for so long without reaching the bottom."

In an attempt to prove his worth, Dhritarashtra quickly explained, "The depth of the Nether River is unfathomable, and to date, no one has reached its deepest part. It is said that even the Asura Tribe rarely reaches the deepest part. If you simply sink naturally, without some tricks, it would take decades, perhaps, to reach it."