Sun Wukong asked Tang Sanzang, and upon hearing Wukong's words, Tang Sanzang couldn't help but cast his eyes on the pig demon.
"What a pig demon. He actually contains such a strong innate popularity in his body. I'm afraid he must have devoured countless living beings to reach the golden immortal state he is today."
Tang Sanzang's expression darkened. At first, after hearing Steward Gao's explanation, he thought that although the demon was a demon, it had some good intentions and did not want to suppress it immediately.
But now that he noticed the aura of humanity filling his body, Tang Sanzang suddenly realized that this pig demon must have killed thousands of innocent people to be able to gather such cultivation!
Is the Golden Immortal Realm unusual? It is difficult to estimate how many lives have been lost to him over the years!
After hearing what Tang Sanzang said, the pig demon's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly defended. "I didn't take the initiative to cause harm! Those people came to eliminate the demon on their own!"
"If I don't strike first, I will be killed!"
After listening to Zhu Bajie's words, Tang Sanzang frowned slightly, then turned to look at Steward Gao, and asked in a cold voice, "I wonder how many monks Steward Gao has invited to subdue this monster over the years?"
Hearing this, Steward Gao looked embarrassed, laughed twice and then slowly replied, "In order to help my little girl solve this matter, we have indeed invited many capable people to suppress the pig demon."
"I'm afraid there are more than a hundred people in front and behind?"
After hearing this, Tang Sanzang smiled coldly, and then said loudly, "Wukong, Little White Dragon, let's go."
"Since Steward Gao is unwilling to reveal the truth, then we don't need to worry about this Gao Village matter anymore. We will set off immediately."
Tang Sanzang spoke firmly, without any hesitation, and just walked up. Seeing this, Steward Gao was immediately panicked and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him. "Elder! Please stay! Elder, please wait!"
"Since you are unwilling to tell the truth, why are the poor monk and the two disciples still here?"
Tang Sanzang glanced at Steward Gao coldly and said calmly, "Since this matter started with your Gao family, it will be settled by your Gao family."
Steward Gao's face turned earthy when he heard this. If Tang Sanzang and the others left just like that, and now that the pig demon has come to visit, how could he be spared lightly?
What's more, Tang Sanzang's words just now pointed out that it was him Steward Gao who kept recruiting people to kill the pig demon!
Now if there is no one who can learn from the scriptures to protect him, wouldn't Zhu Bajie want to devour him alive?
"Elder, stay! I say! I say everything!"
Steward Gao hurried to Tang Sanzang, knelt down and blocked the road, his face full of fear.
When Tang Sanzang saw this, he stopped and waited for his words.
Everyone sat down again. At this time, Steward Gao sighed and looked depressed.
After everyone was seated, Steward Gao took a deep breath, seemed to have made up his mind, and suddenly knelt down in front of Tang Sanzang with a plop.
Tang Sanzang did not stop him because he already knew that Steward Gao had serious sins!
When he first arrived at Gao Village, Tang Sanzang had no doubt that a mortal could do such evil deeds, so he did not use his supernatural powers to investigate his body.
But just now, due to his deception, Tang Sanzang took a casual look and suddenly discovered that Steward Gao had indirectly killed tens of thousands of people!
Yes, tens of thousands of lives!
With so much karma surrounding you, you still want to hide the truth from a poor monk?
Tang Sanzang looked at Steward Gao calmly, and slowly said, "Tell me, what is the reason."
Steward Gao lowered his head and choked with tears. "Everything I do is for my daughter!"
After saying these words, Tang Sanzang nodded slightly, and then said, "Continue to talk, I want to know what is the reason that makes you bear such a heavy crime."
"Alas..."
Steward Gao sighed and said in a low voice, "All of this was ultimately caused by the pig demon Zhu Bajie."
"Because my daughter Gao Cuilan is entangled by the monster Zhu Bajie, as a father, how can I just watch my own flesh and blood fall into the hands of the monster? In order to completely eliminate the hidden danger, I have previously visited many practitioners who claim to have strong magical powers."
"I promised them treasures and begged them to subdue the pig demon, but in the end, everyone who went there died."
"I was afraid that after Zhu Bajie learned the truth, he would be angry with me, Gao Village, and harm my daughter, so I secretly spread the news that there was a demon pig hidden in Yun Zhan Cave. If the demon pill in its body is taken, it can greatly improve the level of cultivation."
"At the same time, I have offered a large reward, promising that whoever can kill this monster will receive Gao Village's three-year income, as well as many magical artifacts."
"Because of this, tens of thousands of people heard about it and went to Yun Zhan Cave, but no one came back alive."
"It has only been more than eight years since this incident happened."
At this point, Steward Gao seemed to have exhausted all his strength, and said with a slightly trembling voice, "Now I can't sleep every night, and my dreams are full of those practitioners who died because of me. They are full of resentment, as if they want to ask for their lives from me."
"Elder, this is the whole story."
After listening to Steward Gao's statement, Tang Sanzang couldn't help but sigh deeply. It is indeed difficult to blame him for this matter, and what Steward Gao did was not out of malice.
He was just concerned about his daughter and worried that once the pig demon turned against him, the entire Gao Village people would be massacred.
Even though Zhu Bajie keeps saying that he will not harm the villagers, in the face of a monster with unpredictable strength, who ordinary mortal can be fearless?
Who can guarantee that the pig demon will not suddenly change his mind and wash away the village with blood?
"Master, I'm afraid this Steward Gao can't be entirely blamed for this matter. After all, those practitioners couldn't resist the temptation themselves and insisted on going to encircle and suppress Zhu Bajie."
Little White Dragon spoke softly, "But Steward Gao ultimately bears the karma of countless dead souls and has deep karma. Master, do we have to take care of this matter?"
After listening to Little White Dragon's words, Tang Sanzang looked solemn and said slowly, "It is true that the blame should not be entirely attributed to him, but those practitioners died because of his setup."
"If we say it has nothing to do with it at all, he can hardly absolve himself of the blame."
Sun Wukong stood aside quietly, listening to the conversation between Tang Sanzang and Little White Dragon, with no emotion on his face. For him, he only needed to complete what Tang Sanzang told him, and all other disputes had nothing to do with him.
Tang Sanzang stood up slowly, walked to the bound pig demon Zhu Bajie, stared at him, and said lightly, "You are now a prisoner, but do you have any last words?"
"Although those practitioners were not killed by your own hands, they all died because of you, and you also devoured them, and the human resentment in your body soared to the sky, and the evil spirit filled the air."
"If I don't suppress and kill you, it may be difficult to redress the injustice."
Zhu Bajie's face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he was filled with shock and anger: How could he be so unlucky?
Back then in Heavenly Court, I was framed and demoted to the mortal world, mistakenly reborn as a pig, and ended up in such an ugly state.
Now, after finally waiting for someone to learn the scriptures, Tang Sanzang wants to execute him instead?
Isn't it said that people who learn Buddhist scriptures are compassionate and are the reincarnations of Ten Generations of Goodness?
But how does this person in front of him look like a good person? It's almost enough to say that he was reincarnated as a hungry ghost in the tenth life!
"Master! Master, have mercy!"
Zhu Bajie plopped down and knelt down at the feet of Tang Sanzang. When Sun Wukong and Little White Dragon saw this, they both raised their eyebrows slightly. Could it be that this pig demon is also the protector arranged by Buddhism earlier?
Tang Sanzang frowned slightly, feeling vaguely aware of it in his heart.