Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 407

New Journeys to the West
Yew Wah International Education School of Guangzhou, Huang. James - 14
“M
aster Xuanzang，we’ve traveled for 3 days. Are you sure there will be a village in this
desert for us to rest?”,asked the talking pig wearily.“Of course, Buddhist will help us all
along.”,answered Monk Xuanzang. As he answered, a small village appeared in the
desert. They could see the ruined village struggling in the sandstorms in the quiet
wasteland. Only the dark smoke from the chimney could show that there were still people living in this
village.
“Just wait outside the village, I will go and see if people are willing to give us a place to rest. Don’t follow
me, you might scare them.”,Monk Xuanzang walked slowly into the village without hesitation. The rest of
the crew stayed and waited. Monk Xuanzang hadn’t come back for one hour and the crew started worrying.
Monkey King led the team into the village and found nothing but Monk Xuanzang ‘s kasaya left on the
ground. They searched the whole village and asked the villagers, but the villagers either didn’t see Monk
Xuanzang nor scared away. Monkey King used his forward ears and heard his master’s voice. “Master
must’ve been around.” The sunlight faded and the moonlight shone. The three people found an empty
stable and had a rest first.
When the moon hadn’t gone down and the scarlet sun just came up from the sand dune , Monkey King had
already gone out for his master. After searching for hours, Monkey King found his master as usual. He saw
his master was tied on a wooden post and knives were placed beside him. “Oh no, really? There are still
people believe that eating Monk Xuanzang can let them live forever?” Monkey King jumped into the house
from its ruined roof and tried to save his master. “Kill that monkey! Kill that beast!” cried the guards.
Monkey King grabbed his golden cudgel and waved it towards them. “Stop it! Wukong! Don’t hurt
innocent people!”shouted Monk Xuanzang. “No, master, they are evil people who tend to eat you!”
Monkey King turned back as he slammed golden cudgel towards a guards face. “No matter who they are,
we should treat them friendly and use our love and forgiveness to let them learn!” Monkey King didn’t
listen. He used his golden cudgel killed two guards and took his master out.
The It was scorching outside. The sun was burning the ground, and all they could see were endless sand
dunes and sands flying in the air. Pigsy and Friar were waiting in the stable and rushed towards their master
after they saw him. “Don’t be proud of Monkey! He killed the villagers without hesitation!” “But they were
trying to eat you! Master, you shouldn’t be so kind to the people who tried to hurt you!” “How dare you
refute me! I don’t need you anymore! Go away! A murderer isn’t my apprentice.” “Master? Please?
Remember last time you let me go and you were kidnapped by another monkey? I don’t want this happen
again!” “Leave me or else I will use the spell!” “Master! No, please!” Monk Xuanzang spoke the spell and
Monkey King immediately went crazy. He was rolling on the ground, shouting
for stop, scratching his head just like if the spell was cutting him slice by slice. The friar and the talking pig
came and begged their master to forgive the Monkey King . “Leave him alone! Do you want the spell as
well?” ,Monk Xuanzang stared them angrily.
“Alright, master, I will leave! Trust this or not, but I will never comeback. I didn’t kill any innocent people,
but you blamed someone who was loyal and protecting you.” The Monkey King disappeared in the clouds
and left the talking pig and friar to accompany Monk Xuanzang. “That’s great. Now we lose a main force.
How can we move on and travel to the west!”grumbled the talking pig. “If the Monkey didn’t refute, we
might still make it to west. How can we struggle to west with master’s kindness and our weapons which
can’t use?”complained the friar.
Three people moved on while two of them had lost their confidence and faith and another one with strong
will without any strength to protect himself. As usual, some robbers appeared and attacked the crew. And
also as usual, nobody could actually fight against enemies without the Monkey King. The hero was gone