The Corpse Fiend Thrice Tricks Tang Sanzang; The Holy Monk Angrily Dismisses the Handsome Monkey King

The Corpse Fiend Thrice Tricks Tang Sanzang The Holy Monk Angrily Dismisses the Handsome Monkey King At dawn the next day Sanzang and his three disciples packed their things before setting off. Now that Master Zhen Yuan had made Monkey his sworn brother and was finding him so congenial, he did not want to let him go, so he entertained him for another five or six days. Sanzang had really become a new man, and was livelier and healthier now that he had eaten the Grass‑returning Cinnabar. His determination to fetch the scriptures was too strong to let him waste any more time, so there was nothing for it but to be on their way. Soon after they had set out again, master and disciples saw a high mountain in front of them. "I'm afraid that the mountain ahead may be too steep for the horse," Sanzang said, "so we must think this over carefully." "Don't worry, master," said Monkey, "we know how to cope." He went ahead of the horse with his cudgel over his shoulder and cleared a path up to the top of the cliff. He saw no end of Row upon row of craggy peaks, Twisting beds of......