Further Adventures on the Journey to the West by Master of Silent Whistle Studio

Author:Master of Silent Whistle Studio
Format: epub

Pilgrim read until his eyes were tired. There are an additional sixty palaces, and he took them all in with a quick glance, as in the manner of Huaisu writing in cursive style.¹⁹

Having read all this, Pilgrim was gripped with apprehension. “I, Old Monkey, have been to the celestial palaces as well as to the Isles of Penglai.²⁰ The Palaces of Sixty-Four Hexagrams here—I have never seen anything like them. As if the sixty-four hexagrams were not enough, there are sixty-four more ‘Palaces of Sixty-Four Hexagrams’ in each hexagram palace. As if those sixty-four hexagrams were not enough, in each hexagram there are yet another sixty-four hexagrams. Moreover, there are an additional twelve places like this! [K. Despite having the ability to wreak havoc in Heaven, even he panics. The previous narration was vague and abbreviated. By contrast, this elaborates using Pilgrim’s own words. This is an example of how authors mix that which is filled in and not filled in.] This is hard to imagine seeing; it would be rare even in dreams!”

But at that moment he conceived a solution. He plucked a handful of his hairs, put them into his mouth, chewed them into bits, and called out, “Change!” They transformed into innumerable Pilgrim Suns who thronged around him. Pilgrim commanded those fine-hair Pilgrims, “If you find something interesting, stop and take a look. Then come back to report to me. Do not waste time!” With some leaping about and others dancing around, this group of fine-hair Pilgrims dispersed in all directions, east, west, south, and north.

Having dispatched his hairs, Pilgrim took a leisurely walk around. [K. At the end of the last chapter there was the embracing of the real, the rejection of the unreal, and the return to One. The One is sincerity, sincerity is spiritual, and that which is spiritual can transform. One transforms into ten thousand to adapt to the myriad conditions, and yet the One is unmoved. Only in this way will the One not be constrained by circumstances.]

Suddenly he found himself on top of a hill called Sorrows Peak. Looking up, he saw a boy carrying a letter in his hand, walking along and mumbling to himself. “Bah! That boss at our place is a joke! Even in matters as big as Heaven, we are all involved in it. How could it only concern you and make you so upset and confused! Now I have to take some kind of letter or whatever to Old Wang the Fourth’s place. It wouldn’t matter if this were some other day, but this afternoon there’s a banquet with wine at the Terrace of the Drinking Rainbow,²¹ and a play is being performed in honor of Mr. Chen. [K. Here it is wine drinking; the subsequent text has a tea party: each stroke of writing is lively.] And I have to miss the play all because of this nonsense!”

When Pilgrim heard that his master was on the Terrace of the Drinking Rainbow, he was about to turn around to go search for him.

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