Just now you mentioned that Sun Wukong was scrupulous, but I hadn't expected him to become unscrupulous in an instant.
Sun Wukong glanced at him and said, "Here I am trying to rescue you, and yet you force me to do things I'm unwilling to do. If you had chosen to stay at Mount Ling, the two of them wouldn't have left. You've reaped the fruits you sowed yourself; doesn't the Buddhist Sect always talk about causality? Do you now wish to disregard causality? Both of them don't want to come back, and all I can tell you is that a melon forcibly twisted off its vine is not sweet."
Tathagata Buddha gave a bitter smile, acknowledging that a melon forcibly twisted off its vine is not sweet, but it quenches thirst nonetheless.
If Guanyin and Ksitigarbha were here, what would he have to worry about? No matter what, he could proceed confidently with the three Great Heavenly Venerates presiding; they would be enough to support his return whenever necessary.
