Ignoring Sand Monk's attempts to stop him, Zhu Bajie stepped out of the circle, took the bamboo basket from the village girl, and quickly opened it. Seeing the food inside, he grabbed some and began gnawing on it.
"Hehehe, delicious! Delicious! Thank you, kind lady Bodhisattva."
"Master, I told you so. Where would any demon come from? Look at these fine steamed buns."
Zhu Bajie stepped forward and handed the steamed buns from the basket to Xuanzang. "Master, you must be hungry, right? If you're hungry, eat."
Seeing that they were white steamed buns, Xuanzang took one. Just as he was about to put it into his mouth, a furious shout rang out from high above.
"Hey! Demon, how dare you harm my master? Take this!"
Sun Wukong suddenly appeared, directly summoning the Ocean Stabilizing Divine Needle and bringing it crashing down upon the village girl from the sky.
With a miserable cry, the village girl instantly fell to the ground and stopped moving.
Xuanzang and the others had yet to react.
Once he came to his senses, Zhu Bajie began rebuking Sun Wukong.
"Senior Brother, you... how could you beat this kind lady Bodhisattva to death?"
Xuanzang, having recovered his senses, also angrily berated Sun Wukong.
Baring his teeth in fury, Sun Wukong snapped, "Idiot, shut up!"
"Master, this village girl was truly transformed from a demon. If you don't believe me, look."
Sun Wukong raised a hand and pointed. The food in Zhu Bajie's bamboo basket transformed into poisonous creatures such as toads.
Xuanzang was startled, but Zhu Bajie refused to believe it, looking at Sun Wukong with resentment written all over his face.
"Senior Brother, why are you using some illusion on perfectly good food? Master is still hungry."
At those words, Xuanzang frowned. He believed Zhu