The Mind-Ape Bores a Hole in the Male and Female Jar

The Mind-Ape Bores a Hole in the Male and Female Jar The Demon King Returns and the Way Is Preserved The story tells how the Great Sage Sun went in through the entrance of the cave and looked to either side. This is what he saw: Hills of skeletons, Forests of bones, Human heads and hair trampled into felt, Human skin and flesh rotted into mud, Sinews twisted round trees, Dried and shining like silver. Truly there was a mountain of corpses, a sea of blood, An unbearable stench of corruption. The little devils to the East Sliced the living flesh off human victims; The evil demons to the West Boiled and fried fresh human meat. Apart from the heroic Handsome Monkey King No common mortal would have dared go in. He was soon inside the second gates, and when he looked around here he saw that things were different from outside. Here was purity, quiet elegance, beauty and calm. To left and right were rare and wonderful plants; all around were tall pines and jade-green bamboo. After another two or three miles he reached the third gates, slipped inside for a peep, and saw the......