Chapter 931 - Wujing (1/2)

Wujing

Arriving at the mental hospital, Ye Cang met with the ladies’ mother – Evena. Her hair was snow white but there was not a single trait that suggested she was old. When she saw her daughter visiting her, her frown gave way to a frail smile, especially when she saw Alliya. She was awe-struck seeing their hair and actions, shocked and not knowing how they got themselves in this appearance, “You guys are admitted here too?”

“I knew this day would come. Sigh…”

“……” the three of them were speechless.

“Mother, this is Master Sanzang, Alyssa’s and my master. He is a reincarnated monk. It was him who introduced us to Buddhism and led us to seek for peace and calmness. We hope that you can join us to accompany our master to go on a pilgrimage to surpass ourselves…” Alliya put her palms together.

Evena examined Ye Cang, “What’s your purpose behind all these?”

“To help the people get out from torment…” Ye Cang returned a smile at Evena’s fierce expression.

“Mother! You can’t be this impolite!” The two daughters stood in front of Ye Cang, protecting him from their mother.

“Master, please forgive our mother for treating you impolitely…” Alliya quickly apologised.

“Master, please don’t be mad at her…” Alyssa lowered her head.

Ye Cang floated in the air and caressed their heads, “She is just protecting you two as she is afraid I could be some kind of weird person. This is the nature of a mother but it is also the strongest form of kindness. Why would I be mad?”

“I wouldn’t go with you guys. There’s something I haven’t understood…” Evena sat down and stared at the moon outside the window as her mind went blank.

Ye Cang pondered. This lunatic looks more like an ordinary person than the other two. What do I do now? Let’s try the secret code. “There are no wisdom trees; nor stands of a mirror bright. Since all is void, where can the dust alight…”

The frown on her face created nothing but stress for Ye Cang. He then planned to spam her with ‘Emptiness Is Not Different From Form’ and the Diamond Sutra. If it were to no avail, he would then lie to them that he retrieved some of his memories because of the mother, saying that Buddha assigned a task to him to save her from torment. He could also throw out the second half of the Diamond Sutra, to make the two girls more interested to persuade her. If that was still useless, he would show them the Lotus Sutra and Mahāprajñāpāramitā Sūtra, not to mention Tao Te Ching! Never mind if it doesn’t work, here’s the Analect and even the Nīlakaṇṭha Dhāraṇī! I already have Wukong and Wuneng. Do you think you, Wujing can run away?!

“My fellow devotee, there’s a saying in Buddhism that ‘Emptiness…” Evena’s tears could not wait for Ye Cang to finish and they went running down her cheek, “Thank you to the great master for your teachings. Now I realized that what I have been holding on to was just dust. I’m sorry for the rude words. Please forgive me, master. I’m willing to serve you along the journey!”

“Well…sure…” Ye Cang was shocked at her reactions and quickly put his smile back on, “You are indeed wise.”

“Master, please help her to do the tonsure.” The two daughters sincerely requested and Ye Cang took out his utility knives but did not carry out any actions yet, “This is half of the sutra from my memory.”

Evena was reading the Diamond Sutra while Ye Cang was cutting her hair. That looked almost like a scene in a hair salon, but with the Diamond Sutra instead of Old Master Q comics.