At this moment, Tang Sanzang was hanging on the wall, his eyes brimming with tears as he raged, "What in the world is going on? Why did a pit suddenly appear while we were walking? And out of nowhere there's oil on top of it... a huge mountain on my head... and fire under my feet!"
Several azures nearby could clearly see that a group of old demons had passed by and added insult to injury.
However, they decisively chose to keep it to themselves; they feared that if Tang Sanzang became so enraged that he gave up on the quest for scriptures, and the Buddha blamed them, they would not escape the charge of failing to protect him.
Fortunately, it wasn't long before the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra arrived, lifted several mountains, drove away several demons, extinguished the fire in the pit, and took Tang Sanzang up.
Samantabhadra had expected Tang Sanzang to scold him, but upon meeting him, Tang Sanzang asked very seriously, "Does this count as one of the tribulations?"
