The Buddha looked up at the sky and said, "I don''t know either."

    The three: "@#￥@#..."

    The Buddha continued, "I just glanced at him from a distance. Guess what I saw?"

    The three asked anxiously, "What did you see?"

    The Buddha said seriously, "I saw nothing."

    The faces of the three turned dark: "@#￥..."

    The Buddha said, "But do you know what that means?"

    Unable to hold back, Lingji Bodhisattva asked, "What does it mean?"

    The Buddha said, "I don''t know."

    Unable to bear it any longer, Lingji Bodhisattva roared, "Buddha, what exactly are you trying to say? Can''t you just speak plainly? This is no way to treat people!"

    The Buddha just looked at Lingji Bodhisattva with a chuckle and said nothing.

    Guanyin Bodhisattva, however, trembled and said, "I know!"

    Lingji Bodhisattva quickly looked towards Guanyin Bodhisattva.

    Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "In the universe, there are people the Buddha can''t calculate, people he can''t see through. But with the Buddha''s wisdom, those he sees and can''t even comprehend are few! Do you still not understand what this means?"

    "Incalculable, unobservable, unthinkable... could it be..." Lingji Bodhisattva''s complexion changed dramatically.

    Samantha Bodhisattva said, "He comes from Chaos..."

    The Buddha nodded with a smile and said, "Alright, no need to speculate. Where he comes from isn''t important. What''s important is... where he should go."

    Lingji Bodhisattva said with a crying tone, "He seems to be coming to Mount Ling."

    The Buddha said with a melancholy face, "That''s exactly what worries me... The Jade Emperor surely knows about him, and his lack of intervention suggests that he wants no involvement with that fellow. This karma, it''s too great... just Mount Ling alone shouldering it... I am unwilling."

    "Buddha, then what do you propose?" Lingji Bodhisattva asked.

    The Buddha said, "Semi-Saint!"

    "What?" The three Bodhisattvas exclaimed in unison, they had always thought Zhen Yuanzi was just a super expert of the Primordial Realm, they never expected he was on par with the Buddha himself, ranked as a Semi-Saint!

    The Buddha said, "The Zhen Yuanzi you see is not his true form, but merely an avatar formed from a fruit of that Ginseng Fruit Tree. His true form has never left the Purple Cloud Palace, constantly contemplating the Great Dao, waiting for the opportunity to attain sainthood."

    Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva said, "He and Sun Wukong took oath as brothers...could it be?"

    The Buddha slightly nodded and said, "He might consider it an opportunity...but I do not think so. Alright, don''t just stand there, with this fuss Tang Sanzang has caused, I''m afraid the whole world now knows there''s a fake Tang Sanzang going to the West to fetch the True Scriptures. It looks like it''s going to attract a crowd not from our kin, you all handle it."

    "Buddha, what about you?" Samantabhadra Bodhisattva asked.

    The Buddha said, "I...I...am entering seclusion!"

    With that, the Buddha disappeared, clearly not wishing to see those wanting to make a mockery of him.

    The three Bodhisattvas bitterly smiled and turned to leave.

    Sure enough, it wasn''t long before various deities and demons came rushing in, asking, "Bodhisattva, did I hear right that your Golden Cicada was impersonated?"

    "Bodhisattva, on my way here, I saw a bare-chested, lonely strong Monk who looked just like Golden Cicada. What? That really was him? Ah, my apologies... I thought it was a fake and struck him with thunder... Don''t worry, he didn''t die!"

    "Bodhisattva, I saw a Monk impersonating Golden Cicada. Who doesn''t know that Golden Cicada is always accompanied by Sun Wukong, Zhu Ganglie, and Sha Wujing... He alone tried to impersonate Golden Cicada, truly reckless. Don''t worry, I helped you by digging a pit for him; he probably hasn''t climbed out yet!"

    "Bodhisattva, I saw a fake Golden Cicada fall into a pit, so I moved a mountain to cover it. If he hasn''t starved to death in a few years, he probably can''t climb out."

    "Bodhisattva, I saw that too, and I even added two more mountains on top."

    "You guys are too mean, I was kind enough to deepen the hole and even greased the walls."

    "Er... I think I may have lit a fire underneath him..."

    "Bodhisattva..."

    ...

    Listening to these remarks, the three Bodhisattvas were dumbfounded, then Samantabhadra Bodhisattva cried out, "Ah! Poor Golden Cicada!"

    Moments later, he had already run out to rescue him.