Elsewhere.
Tang Sanzang and his companions had arrived at Yellow Phoenix Ridge.
The moment they heard the name, they understood where they had come.
But when they saw the enormous estate on the mountain, every one of them looked bewildered.
After all, no matter how they looked at it, the scene before them resembled some grand figure's estate rather than a monster's cave dwelling.
But the problem was, this was the middle of nowhere. What grand figure would live in a place like this?
"Brothers, what do you think this place is?"
"I don't know why, but looking at that huge mansion up ahead gives me this nagging sense that something's off."
"I feel the same way. Besides, didn't this style of architecture only become popular in the Song Dynasty?"
"And aren't we in the Tang Dynasty right now?"
As he looked at the mansion before him, Tang Sanzang couldn't stop grumbling inwardly.
Clearly.
This mansion couldn't have stood out more in the Journey to the West World.
Zhu Bajie couldn't help saying, "This is Yellow Wind Ridge. Under normal circumstances, shouldn't this be the Yellow Wind Monster's turf?"
"Do you think this place might belong to that Yellow Wind Monster?"
Ao Run shook his head outright. "That's impossible, all right? Ordinary monsters are used to living in caves. Who would have so much time on their hands that they'd build these Suzhou Gardens? At least in this era, even the rulers of ordinary small kingdoms wouldn't have that kind of taste, all right?"
Sha Seng slowly nodded too. Only after a moment of silence did he say, "You all make excellent points, but I think there's another possibility that's more likely."
"Has anyone considered that this Yellow Wind Monster might also be a transmigrator?"
Gasp!
At Sha Seng's words,