On the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit the Devils Rise; Sanzang Meets a Monster in the Black Pine Forest

On the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit the Devils Rise Sanzang Meets a Monster in the Black Pine Forest The Great Sage was gazing at the Eastern Ocean, sighing sadly at being driven away by the Tang Priest. "I haven't been this way for five hundred years," he said. As he looked at the sea, Vast were the misty waters, Boundless the mighty waves. The vast and misty waters stretched to the Milky Way; The boundless and mighty waves were linked to the earth's arteries. The tides came surging, The waters swirled around. The surging tides Roared like the thunder in spring; The swirling waters Howled like a summer hurricane. The blessed ancients riding on dragons Surely must have frowned as they came and went; Immortal youths flying on cranes Certainly felt anxious as they passed above. There were no villages near the coast, And scarcely a fishing boat beside the sea. The waves' crests were like immemorial snows; The wind made autumn in July. Wild beasts roamed at will, Shore birds bobbed in the waves. There was no fisherman in sight, And the only sound was the screaming of......