24 Guanyin and Laozi

  1. Heavens, it turns out that firewood, rice, oil, and salt are essential parts of daily life!

  2. Heavens, it turns out that chickens, ducks, cats, and rabbits are also part of life.

3 It turns out that in life, today is the same as yesterday, just as tomorrow is the same as today. Therefore, Guanyin and Laozi reassess the meaning of life.

  4. If they could conceive a child, their life would have new meaning. But why are they not able to conceive?

  5. Fighting and smashing plates—is this what life is really about?

  6. “Is it my fault we can’t conceive a child?” Guanyin becomes so angry that she resolves to hang herself.

  7. As Guanyin is about to hang herself, she suddenly sees a new world inside the noose.

  8. “Can I be blamed for the fact that we can’t conceive a child? Who doesn’t dare to die?” Laozi is so angry that he climbs a mountain and prepares to leap off a cliff.

  9. As Laozi is about to leap, he suddenly sees the distant sky and universe.

10. Actually, Laozi’s and Guanyin’s respective magical rides have been waiting for them in the Milky Way the entire time.

11. Now they need to separate, and the old ox is swallowing its final gulps of divine water.

12. After the divine beast also finishes its final gulps, it prepares to leave the old ox.

13. The old ox walks toward Laozi and says, “Congratulations, now you can finally leave the mortal world.”

14. The divine beast walks toward Guanyin and says, “Congratulations, now you can finally leave the mortal world.”

15. After bidding each other farewell, Guanyin and Laozi each head in different directions.

16. Guanyin heads toward spring.

17. Heads toward summer.

18. Heads toward fall.

19. Heads toward winter.

20. Laozi heads north.

21. Heads south.

22. Heads east.

23. Heads west.

24. Finally, Laozi, in the northwest, sees Hangu Pass in the distance, as though it has been waiting for him for thousands upon thousands of years.