The Tang Priest Is Rescued in the Guanyin Temple; The Great Sage Removes a Monster from Gao Village

The Tang Priest Is Rescued in the Guanyin Temple The Great Sage Removes a Monster from Gao Village Taking his leave of the Bodhisattva, Monkey brought his cloud in to land, hung the cassock on a nanmu tree, pulled out his cudgel, charged into the Black Wind Cave, and found not a single goblin inside. This was because the appearance of the Bodhisattva in her true form had so terrified them that they had fled in all directions. Evil thoughts welled up in Brother Monkey, and after piling dry firewood all around the multi‑storied gate he set it alight, turning the Black Wind Cave into a Red Wind Cave. Then he went back to the North on a beam of magic light. Sanzang, who had been anxiously waiting for him, was beginning to wonder why he had not come back. Had the Bodhisattva not come when asked to, or had Monkey just made up a story to escape? As he was being racked by these desperate thoughts, a shimmering cloud appeared in mid‑air and Monkey came down and knelt before him. "Master, here's the cassock," he announced, to Sanzang's great joy. All the monks of the temple......