Everyone in Gao Village was dead.
Except for Cuilan.
Their immortality was not true immortality. Put plainly, they were special Earth-Bound Spirits, anchored to Gao Village's territory and supplemented by the methods of gods and Buddhas.
Only by draining Pig Bajie's life force could they continuously revive.
Even so, due to their own deficiencies, they would gradually become mindless evil ghosts.
There was still a long time before the people of Gao Village turned into evil ghosts.
Other than Master Gao, who had been set ablaze, the rest of Gao Village's residents revived one by one, staring blankly at their surroundings.
Before they could figure out why Gao Village had become like this—
A gaunt man appeared.
The people of Gao Village all knew that man. He had once been a fat yet sturdy fellow, somewhat ugly in appearance, but an excellent worker.
While working for Master Gao, he had accidentally saved Cuilan once and earned Master Gao's favor.
Master Gao had simply taken him in as a live-in son-in-law.
Master Gao had one son and one daughter. His son was truly good for nothing. With a live-in son-in-law there to help, after Master Gao passed away, that bastard would at least not squander the family fortune and end up dying in the streets.
Later, the merciful Guanyin, savior of the suffering, appeared and declared him to be a demon.
She forced him to reveal his true form, horrifying everyone in Gao Village.
The pig demon was imprisoned in Gao Village. Guanyin said that someone would come to take him away someday.
Sure enough, not long after, an eminent monk arrived from the Great Tang of the Eastern Land and took the pig demon away.
Gao Village returned to its former peace.
Until that pig demon appeared again, escorted by