Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 265

Next day morning , Xuanzang and his apprentices tidied up the luggage and were going to leave for continuing their journey . When Xuanzang was still doing the Buddhist chanting in the room , he instructed his apprentices to go to Ronald to say good bye and extend again their appreciation for his hospitality . Ronald speciously spoke to Wukong and other fellows : “ Are you sure you want to go to the West ( the Old India ) to find the so-called scriptures ?” Ronald continued with trading faces , “ The West is actually very poor . Many thieves steal others ’ properties . There are also many strange monsters which will harm your master Xuanzang . I don ’ t think you need to go there . I rather suggest you to make a proposal to your emperor to build a wall in the border to avoid people from the West going to the East to cause trouble to you .” Ronald aimed to use Wukong to get benefits for himself and his so-called protectionism ! Unfortunately , Wukong and other fellows thought Ronald ’ s statement was right . But they understood his master Xuanzang would not accept the proposal of not continuing the journey so they planned to inform the emperor silently . However , in very short time before they could do anything , most people in the Wealthy City had learned that they had such the plan while it had been spread by the servants of Ronald . All people then became disliking them and treated them hostilely . They found themselves very difficult to go because no one wanted to give or sell foods and drinks to them anymore . When Xuanzang knew what had happened , he was very angry . He taught his apprentices in all seriousness : “ Wukong , Bajie , Wujing ( the friar Sha Seng ), I need to tell you that people in the world from no matter country , with no matter background , and with no matter status , we need to make no distinction between persons . We need to share everything , respect and have to support each other .” Xuanzang lamented and continued , “ The purpose of this journey to find the Buddhist scriptures is actually to find the true spiritual fulfillment for all beings ( Purdue beings ). If we block people to communicate , it blocks the gospels to be spread , blocks people to develop , and isolates those needed helps to be helped .” He reinforced , “ Amitabha ! My students , it is totally wrong !” Wukong and other fellows were aroused by the teaching of their master Xuanzang and regretted very much about what they had thought and planed to do .
After a short break in a kiosk in the afternoon , Master Xuanzang and his apprentices went to the downtown of the Wealthy City to explain to all the people that Wukong and his fellows ’ previous thinking was wrong and they had already got the consciousness . More importantly , they extended their hearty apology to all the people and committed they would not have such intention anymore . The people in the Wealthy City accepted their apology and many of them provided them the Buddhist alms for supporting them to continue on with their journey . Master Xuanzang and his apprentices appreciated the peoples ’ generosity and their support very much . After the issue had been settled , Master Xuanzang and his apprentices continued on with their journey toward the west of the Wealthy City for the Old India . With this challenge , four mentoring of the Master Xuanzang , the Monkey King , the Talking Pig , and Sha Seng had become even determined to go to the West for finding the true spiritual fulfillment for beings !