Maybe Annie's transformation magic was flawless, or perhaps that "Sea Monk" identity Kang Jinlong had suggested really was useful.
Either way, after finding the Sea Monk in the Pagoda Realm with Kang Jinlong and the others and having Tibbers kill him on the spot, Annie smoothly took on his appearance and made her way to the Valley of Bliss.
Along the way, the little demons at the stone-road checkpoint at the valley entrance paid no attention to her, and neither did any of the demon leaders, big or small, whom she encountered. They simply let her wander around as she pleased.
Even when they saw her attack little demons who didn't recognize her and tried to stop and question her, using snowballs to ambush them, those demon leaders all turned a blind eye. At most, they'd just shoo and shout at "her."
And so!
Having gotten a taste for it and decided that this new identity was a lot of fun, Annie naturally wasn't in any hurry to head to Lesser Thunderclap Temple. Instead, she cheerfully wandered around the Forest of Bliss, causing trouble in a place filled with patrolling little demons and guarded by demon leaders of every size.
Yes, causing trouble!
After all, Annie thought, she had such a great "cover." If she didn't take the opportunity to stir things up and have some fun before going straight to see Yellow-Brow Patriarch, she'd be letting such a perfect opportunity go to waste.
She had wanted to play around from the start, which was why she'd had Tibbers impersonate a "monkey." Everything else was just incidental. And now that she'd found something fun to do, she wasn't about to pass it up.
So, in the vast Valley of Bliss, with no need to worry about being discovered, Annie took