Although Tang Sanzang did not want to leave, this was not something he could decide for himself.
At Nüyin's insistence, the bandits escorted Tang Sanzang straight out.
Yet at the foot of the mountain beneath the Bandit Den, Tang Sanzang stood there for a long while without saying a word.
"Master, we finally managed to get out of that Bandit Den. Looking at you, don't tell me you don't want to leave?"
Seeing Tang Sanzang's expression, Zhu Bajie could not help walking over to him and asking with a smile.
"Leave?"
Though Tang Sanzang was bewildered, he shook his head with great determination.
"What I want isn't to leave this Bandit Den by myself."
Tang Sanzang felt as though he had fallen under a demonic spell. He was supposed to be an eminent monk from Eastern Tang, bound for the Western Heaven to worship the Buddha and seek the scriptures.
Yet after meeting this woman, that purpose had suddenly become unimportant in his mind.
Tang Sanzang felt that his most important task now was to take Nüyin away from this Bandit Den.
"Then, Master, what are you planning to do now?"
Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong, and the others all looked at Tang Sanzang with curiosity written across their faces.
None of them could guess what Tang Sanzang intended to do next.
This time, Buddha Tathagata really had made the best possible choice.
Without their having to do a thing, Tang Sanzang had already ended up like this.
"Let's go back."
Looking toward the mountaintop, Tang Sanzang took a deep breath and spoke with firm resolve.
"Go back? Master, you're just an ordinary mortal of flesh and blood. Aren't you afraid those bandits up on the mountain might do something to you?"
Zhu Bajie looked at Tang Sanzang with a broad