"All right, Marshal, you have only an incense stick's worth of time. Go to your residence and come back quickly. If the great Guanyin hadn't vouched for you, I really wouldn't dare let you in."
Guanyin soon persuaded the Vast-Eyed King.
"Thank you, thank you!"
Under the watchful eyes of the Vast-Eyed King and Guanyin, Zhu Bajie took the four people from Gao Family Village straight to Marshal Tianpeng's Residence.
For once, Zhu Bajie even kept his word. He promptly gave them a tour, took a few medicinal pills, and brought them back to Gao Family Village.
Having received their benefits, Old Master Gao and Old Madam Gao naturally stopped meddling in Gao Cuilan's affairs with their immortal son-in-law.
After all that fuss, Zhu Bajie did indeed take Gao Cuilan straight to his Cloud-Ridge Cave.
The monsters in the monster chat who had watched Zhu Bajie's outrageous maneuvers from beginning to end could only remark that Second Senior Brother really knew how to play.
Cloud-Ridge Cave.
Tang Sanzang finally stirred awake.
"Ah! Wukong, Wukong, save me!"
As soon as he woke, his memories were still stuck on the moment of his capture, and he instinctively began shouting.
"Elder, you're awake. Here, you must be thirsty. Would you like some water?"
Gao Cuilan appeared outside the stone chamber, carrying water inside with a faint smile.
"You, you are..."
Gao Cuilan's smile settled Tang Sanzang's heart back into his chest. Only then did he have time to survey Cloud-Ridge Cave. Lanterns and streamers hung everywhere, draped in red and purple, filling the place with festive cheer.
"Elder, my name is Gao Cuilan, and I am the mistress of this place. The one who brought you here earlier was my husband. We brought you here because a Daoist performed a divination for us