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Chapter 1218 - 1212 So Many Pits

Chapter 1218: Chapter 1212 So Many Pits

"How has Guanyin Bodhisattva come to be involved in this matter?" Wen Chengzai asked with a frown.

"This I can explain." Professor Cai, hearing this, started to laugh, "When Miss Yin was giving birth, Nanji Xianweng had entrusted to her: ’Mantangjiao, heed my words. I am Nanji Xianweng, carrying out the decree of Guanyin Bodhisattva, to specially deliver this child to you.’ From this, we can see that the child Miss Yin was going to bear is actually arranged by Guanyin Bodhisattva. And all the experiences that Miss Yin went through, Guanyin Bodhisattva actually knew everything from the very beginning."

Li Changlin nodded, "That’s right, exactly. Moreover, I feel that not only did Guanyin Bodhisattva know, she herself actually orchestrated and arranged this matter. Otherwise, when Liu Hong killed Chen Guangrui, where was the Guanyin Bodhisattva of great compassion, the reliever of suffering and distress! Why didn’t she act out of kindness to intervene and stop Liu Hong’s atrocity in time! The reason she let Liu Hong kill Chen Guangrui was actually to allow the Tang Monk to seek revenge. Only by doing so, could the Tang Monk kill his own biological father Liu Hong, and then drive his mother, Miss Yin, to her death."

"This is really too complicated!" Professor Ma shook his head continually after listening and couldn’t help but laugh bitterly: "Without certain analytical skills, without some patience, I guess it would be very difficult to come to such an understanding!"

"Yes, if everyone read books like Mr. Li does, then truly everyone would be like dragons!" Professor Luo also sighed endlessly.

Li Changlin went on to say: "In fact, I have another obvious piece of evidence, which everyone can refer to."

"Oh, there is more evidence, please share, Mr. Li," Professor Cai said, immediately perking up at the news, urging him to continue.

"What more evidence could there be, hasn’t everything been talked about already?"

"Indeed, I think Mr. Li has already analyzed it very thoroughly, but unexpectedly, he still has other evidence!"

"This is truly amazing."

The audience below was thoroughly shaken; had it not been for Li Changlin, they really would not have known that Journey to the West could be interpreted this way – it’s so interesting, so meaningful!

"Mr. Li, stop keeping us in suspense, please tell us, everyone is looking at you!" Opposite him, Wen Chengzai also couldn’t help but chuckle.

He now realized that inviting Li Changlin over to debate about Journey to the West was truly a wise decision.

If this show had lacked Li Changlin, it wouldn’t have been possible to be as splendid as it was.

He never would have thought that from just a short Chapter about seeking family and revenge, Li Changlin could deduce so many wonderful things.

Li Changlin smiled and nodded, then continued, "Everyone should remember that Guanyin Bodhisattva has a ledger, right – clearly recording every hardship the Tang Monk has experienced. In the ninety-ninth Chapter of Journey to the West, this ledger appears, and Guanyin Bodhisattva records everything very clearly. Jin Chanzi’s first hardship upon his banishment; narrowly escaping death at birth as the second hardship; being cast into the river at a month old as the third hardship; seeking family and enclosing grievances as the fourth hardship. We won’t analyze the first three hardships, as everyone is clear about those, but this fourth hardship is somewhat odd."

"According to what is written in the book, at that time, not only did the Tang Monk meet his mother, but he also avenged his father – this should be a matter of great satisfaction, right? But why did Guanyin Bodhisattva mark it as a hardship for him!"

This question indeed did not make sense.

At that time, whether the Tang Monk went to meet his mother or to the Capital City to inform his maternal grandfather, except for traveling some distance, he did not encounter any other hardships.

But Guanyin Bodhisattva’s record must be correct – it clearly states that this is a great hardship, so there must be some hidden truth within.

Nobody in the audience, on stage or off, was foolish. With Li Changlin having put it this way, everyone naturally came to a realization immediately.

"Yes, these four words ’seeking family and enclosing grievances’ are so well put. If Liu Hong wasn’t the Tang Monk’s biological father, then it should have been written as ’seeking family and seeking revenge.’

"The Tang Monk killing Liu Hong, basically cannot be termed as seeking revenge, because Liu Hong was his father."

"Here, when it says ’seeking family and enclosing grievances,’ could it mean that the Tang Monk was avenging the injustice of being drowned at birth?"

"It’s possible, and what’s being described here is finding relatives first and then seeking revenge, which precisely creates a difficulty. If it were just about revenge, the word ’difficulty’ wouldn’t exist."

"I never expected the author to dig such a deep pitfall!"

"Absolutely brilliant!"

"It seems I must revisit ’Journey to the West’ again!"

"I need to properly re-read it too; listening to Mr. Li’s analysis is simply too satisfying!"

The guests and audience both on and off the stage were all invigorated, feeling like they truly learned quite a lot today.

Li Changlin’s analysis of ’Journey to the West’ truly broadened everyone’s horizons significantly.

In the audience, Lin Ruonan looked at Li Changlin with an odd expression and murmured softly, "I never imagined he could keep such a low profile. Was he really playing dumb all those years in school?"

"Brother Changlin has always been this outstanding, okay?" Hearing this, Ye Xiyao turned to glance at Lin Ruonan, and a gentle smile inevitably appeared on her face behind the mask.

"This must be ’beauty is in the eye of the beholder’!" Lin Ruonan snorted, but her eyes were also filled with tender affection as she watched Li Changlin.

Qian Ziwei, on the other hand, remained silent, yet the admiration shining in her eyes had already betrayed her inner emotions.

All three women watched Li Changlin, who was speaking eloquently on stage, feeling that he was truly outstanding.

On stage, Li Changlin concluded, "In summary, Liu Hong is undoubtedly Tang Monk’s biological father. As for why Guanyin Bodhisattva orchestrated this event from behind the scenes, I suspect it might also serve as a warning to unmarried men and women not to behave indiscriminately before marriage. Otherwise, the bodhisattvas might take advantage of the situation, and then if they also pull off a stunt involving the gifting of a child, well, that would be quite troublesome."

By the end, there was naturally a hint of jest.

Nevertheless, the summary was so well done that many in the audience burst into laughter upon hearing it.

Even the three professors sitting next to Li Changlin couldn’t help but chuckle at his words.

"Well said!"

"So awesome!"

"Li Changlin, do you really have to be so impressive!"

"When’s the next recording of ’The Grand Talk on Journey to the West’? I’m coming back for the next one!"

"You really spoke wonderfully, I never knew ’Journey to the West’ had so many pitfalls!"

"Worthy of being one of the Four Great Classical Novels; its substance is so captivating, I really want to continue listening to Mr. Li’s explanations."

Below the stage, the crowd was enthusiastically discussing with high spirits.