"Damn it, looking back over this whole Journey to the West, every disaster came from sticking our noses into other people's business. Can't we just travel in peace? They really take me, Old Sun, for toilet paper, there just to wipe their asses."
Sun Wukong could not have agreed more.
"Hm? Wukong, what's that up ahead?"
Sure enough, as though someone had specially arranged it, Tang Sanzang saw a bustling street the moment he dismounted and entered Gao Family Village.
"Seeking accomplished monks and Daoist priests to vanquish a monster! Gao Family Village offers a thousand taels of gold to anyone who can!"
"Seeking someone to vanquish a monster!"
"Excuse me, Master, can you vanquish monsters?"
"Oh, no, no, I'm not going. That monster is far too powerful. A thousand taels of gold won't do you any good if you don't live to spend it."
Sun Wukong saw someone who seemed to be a servant of the Gao household listlessly looking for an accomplished monk to vanquish the monster.
Naturally, once the notice offering a thousand taels of gold went up, it drew a crowd.
But they apparently already knew how formidable Zhu Bajie was, and no one dared go.
"Elder, it's just a notice seeking someone to vanquish a monster. Apparently, a very powerful monster appeared recently and left everyone in Gao Family Village on edge. They're looking for someone to get rid of it."
Sun Wukong went ahead to take a look, then came straight back.
"Wukong, you seem to possess remarkable divine abilities. Why don't you help them?"
Tang Sanzang's bleeding heart seemed to be overflowing again.
"Elder, what are you saying? I just asked around. What monster? This is the Gao household's own family affair. A few years ago, they took in a live-in son-in-law. He