As the reincarnation of the golden cicada, it is a task that he must and can complete to go to the Western Heaven to learn from the scriptures. Therefore, even without the escort of the Monkey King's "seventy-two changes", Xiao Bailong's painstaking efforts to carry him, and Friar Sand's help in packing, he can still get the scriptures. Wait, it seems that Pig Bajie was left out in the cold, but personally I think Pig Bajie is a pig teammate. He didn't cause trouble to others except eating and drinking. I really don't know whether he wants to protect Tang Sanzang or destroy Tang Sanzang's Buddhist scriptures.
Before the Monkey King was accepted, Tang Sanzang went on his own. A tiger in the Tang Priest's Lu Yu collapsed with fear. In fact, he has never seen a tiger, but he was afraid when he first saw it.
He knew that he would not be eaten by a tiger, and someone or a bodhisattva would come to him at the critical moment. As a result, before he was afraid, the tiger was shot dead by a big brother dressed as "Song Wu killed the tiger". The two talked very well later. In fact, the hunter is a bodhisattva, just to let the Tang Priest learn from the scriptures. Don't think that the Bodhisattva will always protect him, be proud.
Besides, after the Monkey King and his four disciples, Xiao Bailong, Zhu Bajie and Friar Sand, Tang Priest was rescued at a critical moment every time, although every episode was caught by monsters and washed away in vain. It seems that the Monkey King contributed the most. He tried to get his master every time, but many monsters that the Monkey King couldn't cope with were finally solved by Bodhisattva. In other words, with or without other disciples, Tang Sanzang will eventually reach the "Western Heaven" with the help of the Bodhisattva to obtain the true scriptures.
In this way, the Tang Priest is the greatest hero. If it is not the bodhisattva who keeps the scriptures, the greatest hero is Guanyin Bodhisattva (smiling). After all, if it weren't for the guidance of Guanyin Bodhisattva, he couldn't have gone all the way to learn from the scriptures.