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Chapter 16
Tang Seng and his disciples walked to the front of a mountain in the evening.
There is a temple on the mountain.
Tang Seng said to a little monk guarding the gate: "We want to stay for one night."
The little monk went in to report.
Soon, an old abbot invited them in.
The old abbot had someone prepare meals.
Tang Seng said thank you.
The old abbot asked Tang Seng: "Do you have treasures?"
Tang Seng said no.
Sun Wukong took out the kasaya given by Guanyin Bodhisattva.
The monks all said it was good.
The old abbot liked it very much, he said: "Please lend it to me to look at for one night."
Tang Seng agreed.
At night, Tang Seng and Sun Wukong both slept.
The old abbot was in his own room, continuously touching the kasaya.
He liked it so much that he cried.
His disciples said: "We can set a fire."
Burn that Tang dynasty monk to death.
In this way, the treasure will be ours.
The old abbot agreed.
The disciples brought a lot of firewood and placed it next to the house where Tang Seng lived, then lit a fire.
Sun Wukong woke up.
He transformed into a bee and flew out to look.
He saw the fire and also heard the monks' words.
Sun Wukong flew to the sky and borrowed a fire-resistant cover from the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li, called the fire-avoiding cover.
He used the fire-avoiding cover to protect Tang Seng's house.
The fire could not enter, so it burned outward.
Soon, the entire temple was on fire.
The monks could not put out the fire and shouted loudly.
On the nearby Black Wind Mountain, there lived a black bear monster.
He saw the temple on fire and flew over to look.
He saw the kasaya in the old abbot's room.
The demon liked it very much and stole the kasaya.
The next day, the fire was extinguished.
Sun Wukong returned the fire-avoiding cover to Heavenly King Li and then went back to his room to sleep.
Tang Sanzang woke up and saw that it was all smoke outside, and the temple was already burned down.
He woke up Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Last night, the monks set the fire, and I protected you."
Tang Sanzang said: "You should not let others get hurt."
Quickly go find the kasaya.
The old abbot lost the kasaya, and the temple was also burned.
He was very sad, couldn't think straight, and hit a pillar and died.
The monks gathered around the old abbot and cried.
They saw Tang Seng and his disciples walking over, and all shouted in fear: "Ghosts are coming."
They wanted to run.
Sun Wukong caught them back and said loudly: "Return my kasaya."
The monks said they didn't know where the kasaya was.
Sun Wukong searched in the temple, but couldn't find it.
He thought: "Could it be that a monster stole it?"
He asked the monks: "Are there monsters nearby?"
The monks said: There is a black bear spirit on Black Wind Mountain, and it is very powerful.
Sun Wukong said: You take good care of my master.
Then he mounted his flying somersault cloud and flew towards Black Wind Mountain.