"I suppose that is the nicer option," Koumyou agrees, "it's also nicer than what some more pious monks would want to do with it, if I hadn't died so far away from their reach. Mummify it and keep it as a relic, or split it up to keep at different temples..."

Koumyou is, after all, extremely holy.

"Or, if the youkai took it on their own, they probably ate it. There's a myth that eating a Sanzo grants immortality, isn't that silly?"