Journey to the West: The Four Master and Disciples Pick Up a Three-Year-Old

Three-year-old Nuonuo fell onto the pilgrimage route to the West, where the four master-and-disciple companions found her and took her in. From then on, the whole feel of the journey to retrieve the scriptures changed completely. The Great Sage Equal to Heaven stopped using his Golden Cudgel to fight demons and carved a wooden horse for little Nuobao instead. Tang Sanzang stopped chanting sutras and settled down to lull the little one to sleep. Zhu Bajie stopped stealing vegetarian meals and secretly saved fruit to give Nuobao an extra snack. Sha Monk’s hands, once busy carrying the luggage, became experts at wiping Nuobao’s runny nose. The demons collectively fell apart: If you’re going to capture Tang Sanzang, then capture Tang Sanzang. Why does it come with a little terror who can shatter a cave with her crying? The White Bone Spirit was called “Auntie Skinny,” and Red Boy became “Little Fire-Breathing Brother.” But everyone in the Three Realms knew that attacking Tang Sanzang still left a sliver of hope. But if you touched Nuobao… When the Great Sage charged into Lingxiao Palace with his cudgel raised, all the gods and Buddhas suddenly remembered that the monkey had never played by the rules, even five hundred years ago.