Sanzo let out an exasperated and world-weary sigh with that response. Really, what did this kid think he was offering? That they go off and explore when they had no idea where? Do they continue to wander without aim until they find something that wasn't this?

"... It broke into the temple in the middle of the night and harmed one of the other monks as he was trying to shoo it away. Idiots thought they could intimidate it as long as they had something to beat it off with," He turned back to the scene, crossing his arms. "You can't scare off anything if your knees are trembling."

He took another glancing look at the scene. It probably was best to go before it further escalated.

"Tell me, Kouryuu. Do you know what it means to be a Sanzo Priest?"

"Of course, master. As a designated Sanzo, it's your sworn duty to guard one of the Founding Scriptures of Heaven and Earth, a job designated to the most devout and adept of monks. Those most attune to the world and heavens, and closest to the gods and realization of sunyata itself," The young Kouryuu hesitated with that, knowing better than to step over his boundaries, even as it left him questioning how the gods decide to leave it in a man such as his master. "It is a role designated by the gods themselves."

The older man could only laugh out at that. "Very good! Very good! But why the hesitant look, I wonder.."

"To think it was that bear that was the trigger to it all..." It was more of mutter under his breath than anything else. A realization of something that Sanzo only began to figure out himself recently. "Anyway, I have no idea where we're going but lead the way, kid."

He said, already seeming to be making his way towards what appeared to be the temple halls. The breeze outside began to pick up once more. The sound of rain beginning to fall."

"Ah, it's starting up again already. Shall we take this inside Kouryuu?"