Inside the meditation room.
Tang Sanzang heard him and nodded slightly before speaking.
"Wukong, lend your Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner to me for protection. After all, neither my Brocade Cassock nor my Nine-Ringed Monk's Staff is within reach. If a monster really mistakes me for food and swallows me whole, I'll be done for."
The Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, with a rule that automatically protected its master. Even if a Peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal—or even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal—showed up, they wouldn't be able to break through its defenses in a short time or harm Tang Sanzang.
"Here!"
Sun Wukong casually flicked his hand, tossing the Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Banner into Tang Sanzang's hands.
Then!
The three of them came up with an excuse. Led by the monks of Guanyin Monastery, they each retired to a different meditation room and soon fell asleep.
Elder Jinchi, watching this, was grinning from ear to ear.
Wasn't this the perfect chance to make his move?
A dark, windy night—the perfect night for murder.
Thunder boomed, rain poured down, and fierce winds howled.
On ordinary rainy nights, the Moon Star couldn't be seen over the Primordial Wilderness. But tonight was different: the eerie moon hanging in the storm looked strange and terrifying.
"If I devour Tang Sanzang, I'll attain the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. And even if I fall into the Devil Dao afterward, I'll still be protected by the Demon Sect."
"With the power of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, plus the Brocade Cassock, the Nine-Ringed Monk's Staff, and the Purple Gold Alms Bowl—three supreme treasures—I might even seize control of Guanyin Monastery and become a Buddha or Bodhisattva myself."
"By then, this place should be renamed Jinchi Monastery. Heh heh