Chapter 203: An Uproar in the Golden Rhino Cave (XIV)
Seeing Bajie's utterly unconcerned expression, Wukong angrily reached out, seized his ear, and tugged it. "Idiot! You still aren't taking this seriously! It's all because you angered the Buddha that we've suffered this disaster today! Tell me, what else have you been hiding from Master?"
"Nothing! Nothing!" Bajie said hastily. "Apart from stashing away a little private money, I, Old Pig, haven't hidden anything else from Master."
"Where's that private money?" Wukong demanded. "Hand it over!"
"Brother!" Bajie said. "My hands are tied. I can't get it out. Please untie me!"
Hearing this, Wukong let go, opened his mouth, and blew out a breath of immortal air, severing the ropes binding Bajie and Sha Wujing.
Bajie stretched his body, beginning to regret his promise and unwilling to hand over his private money.
Wukong held out his hand. "Hurry up and hand it over!"
Seeing this, Bajie ran to Tang Sanzang's side and pleaded, "Master, look at this-"
"Bajie," Tang Sanzang advised, "a monk must not do anything that weighs on his conscience, or disaster will surely follow. You had better listen to your senior brother and hand it over."
Hearing this, Bajie hemmed and hawed, then reluctantly took out his private money.
There was little enough: just a few taels of silver and a pearl.
"Where did all this money come from?" Wukong asked. "Is any of it ill-gotten wealth from theft or robbery?"
"No! No!" Bajie hurriedly said. "Brother, though I, Old Pig, may be a clumsy fool, I'm not that sort of person. I saved this little bit of money a little at a time over all these years."
Seeing that he did not seem to be lying, Wukong asked in puzzlement, "How strange. What could the Buddha