On the day they were planning to leave, Tang Sanzang suddenly felt unwell, as if he had eaten something bad. With no other choice, they stayed at the temple, and ended up there for several days.
One night, a wisp of green smoke drifted into Tang Sanzang's room. Then a shadow slipped inside.
The next morning, everyone got up for their vegetarian meal and noticed that Tang Sanzang hadn't come. Sun Wukong went to look for him in his room, only to find it empty.
Sun Wukong was alarmed. He hurried outside and asked everyone whether they had seen Tang Sanzang. All the monks shook their heads, saying they hadn't seen him and hadn't seen him leave the temple either.
Sun Wukong returned to Tang Sanzang's room and searched carefully for any clues.
After searching every inch of the room, Sun Wukong found a green hair. It must have fallen from the monster the night before.
That made things much easier.
Sun Wukong called Ye Chen over and asked him to cast a Tracking Spell to find out where the monster was.
Ye Chen held his hands in front of his chest and rapidly formed a series of hand signs. Soon, a scene gradually appeared in his hands: a cave underground.
It was very dark, and almost nothing could be seen. The only thing they could make out was a scattering of small purple flowers growing inside the cave. Flowers usually grew in places with plenty of sunlight, so it was intriguing to find so many in a dark, damp cave.
Sun Wukong didn't know where the place was, so he stamped his foot and summoned the Land God to ask if he knew of anywhere like it.
The Land God was so startled that he stammered, "Great Sage, this