Now Bajie, having used the excuse of relieving himself, returned to the Treasure Pavilion. At the sight of the dazzling treasures, he could hardly wait to stuff them into his clothes. But after stuffing in a few, he thought better of it. That sharp-eyed Bimawen would surely notice if he hid them like this.
Bajie took the treasures out again. After some thought, he stuffed two Night-Shining Pearls into his ears. Then he reconsidered: his ears were not safe; that Bimawen had seen them. So he found two white jade archer's thumb rings and hid them in his nose. Then he felt his nose was not safe and hid several pieces of Dragon-Horn Coral among the bristles on his back. Then he felt his bristles were not safe either, so he squeezed two gold bricks flat and hid them in his shoes.
Meanwhile, Wukong had already finished collecting food. He turned into a bee and settled among the piles of silver to watch Bajie. Once Bajie had finished hiding everything, Wukong chuckled inwardly, flew outside, and deliberately shouted, "Bajie! Bajie!"
Hearing him, Bajie trembled all over in fright and hurried out.
Wukong was still calling outside, "Bajie! Bajie! Where has that idiot gone?"
Bajie hastily said, "Brother, I'm here! What brings you here?"
Seeing him, Wukong bounded over and said, "Master saw that you still hadn't come back, so he sent me to look for you and pick up some food while I was at it. What were you doing?"
Bajie said, "Relieving myself."
Wukong said, "Isn't the privy over there?"
Bajie said, "Well, I'm used to dining in the wind and sleeping under the dew out in the open."
Wukong laughed inwardly at this and said, "Then let's go." As he spoke, he slapped Bajie's back, right on the