The Shady Truth of the Saint
Creative Secondary School , Chan , Athena - 13
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So you , my fellow master , are the perfect creature and had never committed any mistakes or crimes ? That is the most ridiculous lie I have ever heard so far in my life !” Wukong smirked disrespectfully as he was actually responding to his master ’ s teachings . His master , Xuanzang had no idea what to do about his undisciplined pupil but to sigh disapprovingly . Among his disciples , Wukong was the hardest to deal with as he was mischievous , sarcastic and arrogant , but at the same time his favourite one because he saw himself in Wukong . Jaws would drop at the unique but uncommon thought of how such a perfectly mannered monk who had great knowledge of moralities , could possibly be compared to a misbehaving and rude monkey , but Xuanzang ’ s blurry past had always been remained as a mystery to everyone including his beloved pupils , except for himself .
Bits and bits of his memories , as if pieces of shattered glasses , started coming together and forming a humongous deep web of memories inside Xuanzang ’ s head . The overload of unpleasant memories started to spill all over his brain as if a volcano was about to explode inside his head with ashes blinding his eyes . He was overwhelmed , as warm streams of tears started welling out of his eyes . His expression went blank , his vision was blinded out of the blue , and his whole body collapsed to the ground and he lost his consciousness . That was the moment his disciples became fully aware of what was happening and scurried next to his unconscious body . But still , nobody knew what happened except for Xuanzang himself , who was spiritually aware of himself starting to enter his memories , which reminded him of the long lost world he once belonged to . As a path started to form in front of his blurry vision , his vision became clear and settled on the familiar image ahead of him . In a luxurious looking yard appeared a teenage boy , dressed in such gold colours that might blind one ’ s eyes . However , the boy ’ s entire body was tied to one of the tall gold statues in the middle of the yard . He was the Jade Emperor ’ s oldest son , and that explained why he got to enjoy such a luxurious lifestyle , thanks to his father , the king of gods . Xuanzang ’ s eyes bulged as he recognized the teenager whose eyes were full of hatred and lack of remorse . It was himself . Xuanzang attempted to speak to his younger self but failed miserably . And as he recalled , he was actually waiting for the judges of heaven and his father to arrive , as he was about to be sentenced for his crimes despite his royal identity . Xuanzang , who was staring emotionlessly into the memories , became paler and paler as he recalled his entire childhood as an arrogant , mischievous and disruptive brat , who would do anything just to entertain himself . This time he had kidnapped the water god and fire god in order to cause chaos and mayhem in the mortal world of humans , which unexpectedly killed half of the mortal world ’ s population . As the loud footsteps of the Jade Emperor and the judges spreaded into young Xuanzang ’ s ears , he held his breath as he quietly listened to their discussion about his sentence . “ He must be forced to take a risk when he put the entire world at risk ,” his father finally spoke up . Xuanzang ’ s body felt like as if it was burnt because of the pouring sweat of nervousness , but he had no choice but to keep everything to himself . “ He shall go through a toxic and risky journey to get the scripture of the west and had to live his life as a monk , decision made ,” his father concluded as Xuanzang sank into his knees , feeling he ’ s fallen from heaven to hell within seconds . He was finally declared to be sent to the mortal world to be a well educated monk , and most importantly , he was not allowed to enter heaven unless he had completed his mission which was to get his hands on the legendary scripture that was located in the west , and this is how he became the famous saint who set foot on the toxic journey to the west , in order to get permission to be returned to where he belonged to .