The Pig Demon's Grievances, Bajie Joins the Party

Sun Wukong burst into laughter. Suddenly, his face turned into a hairy monkey face, startling the pig demon.

"Wife, your face?"

"What? Are you saying I'm ugly?"

"No, no, no, how could I? Heh heh heh... Well, wife, it's already late at night. Shall we go to bed?" The pig demon rubbed his hands together and approached the stone bed again, finally sitting down beside Gao Cuilan, whom Sun Wukong had transformed into.

Gao Cuilan, transformed from Sun Wukong, snorted and rose to her feet.

"I married you, yet I do not know your true origins. How can I be at ease?"

At this, the pig demon shuddered and hurriedly stood to explain.

"To be honest, your husband is Tian Peng. I was once the Navy Marshal of the Heavenly Court's Heavenly River Navy, commanding countless naval troops. What glory I had."

"Oh? Navy Marshal?"

"Sigh... That day, the Jade Emperor held a banquet for the officials. I... I drank a few too many cups and went mad with drink. In my drunken misconduct, I molested a fairy maiden of the Heavenly Palace."

"I was punished by the Jade Emperor and sent into Reincarnation. Yet fate toyed with me, and I was mistakenly reborn into a pig's womb, becoming what I am now."

"Fortunately, I met a benefactor here—Mao Erjie."

"She took me in and led me onto the demon path. Over time, we developed feelings for each other and became husband and wife."

"However, good times did not last. A hundred years later, Mao Erjie encountered the Demon Subduing Daoist and was slain by him."

"I, Zhu Ganglie, swore that I would avenge Mao Erjie. But my strength was too weak. I was no match for that Daoist and was bound by him."

"Just as I was about to