"Who knows!" Another imp curled his lip and lowered his voice. "The Great Kings are just too cautious. They insist on having us patrol here, saying we need to strengthen our guard against Tang Monk and his disciples sneaking out this way. But I think that no matter how formidable they are, Tang Monk and his disciples would never dare sneak away through here. It's so remote and so gloomy—they definitely wouldn't come here."
"Yeah, I think they wouldn't dare come here either!" The first imp nodded and lowered his voice. "Let's slack off a little longer. No one's noticed us anyway. Once patrol time is up, we'll head back and say we carefully inspected the area and found nothing unusual. That way, we'll get less scolding too."
"Fine, let's do that!" The other imp nodded and lowered his voice. "Let's hurry and slack off for a bit. Otherwise, patrol time will be up soon, and we won't have the chance."
As they spoke, the two imps leaned against the bushes again, closed their eyes, and yawned, looking drowsy and half-asleep. They had no idea that danger was right beside them.
Sun Wukong hid behind a rock, his eyes fixed on the two patrolling imps. Lowering his voice, he said to Chu Yang, "Brother Chu Yang, these two imps are terribly lazy. Let's take the chance to slip around them and stay out of their sight. Keep moving forward, but don't make a sound. Don't let them spot us."
"Alright, Brother Monkey, I understand!" Chu Yang nodded and lowered his voice. "I'll go out first and check the situation. Once I confirm they haven't noticed us, you can follow me and quietly circle around."
"Alright. Be careful!" Sun Wukong nodded and reminded him quietly, "If you notice anything unusual, come