Tang Sanzang, Fattened Up

The Great Sage Yellow Wind sat on a stone seat in his cave, his Three-Pronged Steel Fork leaning against his side. His thick claws unconsciously rubbed the handle of the fork, clearly indicating that he was very worried.

"Your Majesty!"

Tiger Vanguard knelt on one knee, his beard trembling with excitement. "That Tang Sanzang is tied up in the back cave! What are you still hesitating about?"

The ears of the Great Sage Yellow Wind twitched slightly.

It recalled the drop of clear oil that slid from the edge of Glazed Lamp at the foot of Spiritual Mountain five hundred years ago. It was crystal clear and exuded a strange fragrance that captivated it.

And there was also the Maitreya Bodhisattva, whose Buddhist teachings were boundless.

"What do you know?" it suddenly roared, slamming its steel fork into the ground. "Back when that Monkey Havoc in Heaven, even 100,000 heavenly soldiers couldn't stop him!"

Tiger Vanguard stubbornly retorted, "But today it couldn't even withstand your Samadhi Divine Wind!"

The Great Sage Yellow Wind's pupils shrank to two thin lines in the darkness. Of course, it remembered how Sun Wukong staggered when the yellow sand blinded him, but that was a sneak attack, not a direct confrontation that killed Monkey King.

"Fool! That Monkey was refined in Laojun's alchemy furnace and pressed down Tathagata Buddha's Five Finger Mountain! Do you think it's really afraid of my gust of wind?"

Suddenly, a little demon's cry of surprise came from outside the cave, followed by a muffled thud as something heavy fell to the ground.

"Report—!" A gray-furred Rat Demon tumbled in, shouting, "That pig... that pig monster is challenging us at the cave entrance!"

"Your Majesty!" Tiger Vanguard paced anxiously, "If we don't eat now, it will be too late!"

Suddenly, the Great Sage Yellow Wind roared, "You think I don't want to? But do you know who that Golden Cicada is? He's the Tathagata! If I eat him..."

"Your Majesty!"

"Get out!" The Great Sage Yellow Wind kicked over the stone table, spilling the fine wine all over the ground. "Let me think about it some more."

It is said that a day in heaven is equivalent to a year on earth.

Fang Yu had no idea how much time had passed in the sky.

Anyway, a month passed on the ground.

He patted Zhu Bajie's belly and said, "Hey, Old Pig, tell me, did that Monkey go to get reinforcements, or is it waiting for the monk to be eaten so the Journey to the West can end right away?"

Zhu Bajie rubbed his belly. "Is there even a need to ask? Even a Old Pig knows what it means! In my opinion, we should just split the luggage. I'll go back to my Gao Family Village, and you go to your... where's your hometown again?"

Fang Yu suddenly looked up, "Hmm!?"

Zhu Bajie also looked over, and immediately jumped up upon seeing it!

Suddenly, the clouds and mist on the mountaintop were pierced by Golden Light, and a Bodhisattva arrived gracefully riding on auspicious clouds!

Sun Wukong somersaulted to Fang Yu's side, slamming his Golden Cudgel on the ground. "Old Sun, have brought reinforcements! Where is that Blondie rat?"

"Inside the cave, Old Pig, will go and challenge him every day! That Blondie rat wouldn't dare to eat Master, don't worry!"

Monkey King breathed a sigh of relief. "Maitreya Bodhisattva, you handle this!"

Maitreya Bodhisattva scanned the three faces one by one, and finally looked at the Yellow Wind Cave in the distance. "That Nezumi is good at digging holes. If I go there rashly, I will alert it. So, you three senior brothers lure the Nezumi demon out, and leave the rest to me."

"That's easy! Leave it to Old Pig!"

Zhu Bajie led the way, and soon they arrived at the entrance of Yellow Wind Cave.

"Hey! You wretched, dead Nezumi! Old Pig, could smell this stench from way over there! And that tiger! A tiger working as Nezumi's subordinate, how strange!"

Before he could finish speaking, a sudden gust of wind arose from the direction of Yellow Wind Cave!

The Great Sage Yellow Wind, wielding Three-Pronged Steel Fork fork, strode through the air, followed by Tiger Vanguard wielding a large sword!

"You pig-headed idiot! You're going to die!"

Sun Wukong roared, "Tai! Take this from your Old Sun!"

The Great Sage Yellow Wind was handed over to Monkey King, and Tiger Vanguard went straight for Zhu Bajie!

"Your opponent is me." Fang Yu appeared out of nowhere, and Tiger Vanguard chuckled.

"A human? Fine, a pig's head can't brew wine as well as a human, so I'll use you as a drinking snack!"

As it spoke, it twirled its broadsword in its palm, creating a dazzling display. "Power! Domination! Stir! Swish! Whoosh! Take this!"

Before the Blade even arrived, Fang Yu had vanished like a ghost.

Tiger Vanguard's nose twitched, and he suddenly turned around and slashed at the void. "Show off your worthless tricks!"

In fact, Fang Yu never left.

He merely used one of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations that Zhu Bajie taught him, turning into a stone and lying on the ground.

Tiger Vanguard looked left and right but couldn't find Fang Yu. Suddenly, its nose twitched, as if it had smelled something, and it decisively slashed down with its sword!

That was an outrageous strike!

The Blade Rending Void, emitting a sharp whistling sound!

"Die!"

With a flash of light, Fang Yu's figure exploded into a cloud of white smoke with a "bang"!

"Huh?" Tiger Vanguard was taken aback. Before he could react, he heard a soft laugh from behind him.

"It's here."

It turned around abruptly and frowned.

On the field, more than a dozen Fang Yu suddenly appeared!

Some stood, some sat; some crossed their arms and sneered; some tilted their heads and sized them up; and two even squatted on the ground eating sunflower seeds!

"You!" Tiger Vanguard gritted his teeth in rage, the steel blade trembling in his claws. "Waaaaah! Prepare to die!"

It roared, its steel blade danced wildly, and the blade light slashed out in all directions like snowflakes!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

White smoke exploded one after another, but every time a clone was destroyed, New Fang Yu would emerge from behind the tree, from the crack in the rock, or even from its own shadow!

"That's it?" One of Fang Yu picked at his ear. "With your knife skills, you're too slow even to chop wood, let alone me. Oh! You might be able to manage to chop those rookie chosen ones."

"I'm so angry!"

Sand and stones flew in front of Yellow Wind Cave, and sparks from the collision of the Golden Cudgel and the Three-Pronged Steel Fork illuminated Sky Manipulation.

"Clang!"

The thirtieth clash of weapons, Sun Wukong used the force to flip back onto the rock pillar, his Golden Cudgel spinning dazzlingly in his palm. "Blondie rat, you've got some skill with that steel fork!"

Great Sage Yellow Wind's sable tail was charred black, a mark left by the gust of wind.

It suddenly pricked up its ears and its nose twitched violently. "Oh no!"

Just as he was about to turn into Wind Release, a burst of Buddhist light suddenly shone throughout the world!

"You beast, don't run away!"

Maitreya Bodhisattva sat serenely on a cloud, the Wind-Calming Pearl in his palm radiating a blue light.

The Samadhi Divine Wind, which could overturn Monkey King, now swirled around the pearl like a gentle stream.

The Great Sage Yellow Wind was horrified to discover that his innate divine Divine Ability, which he had painstakingly cultivated for thousands of years, was ineffective!

"Take this from my Old Sun!"

Sun Wukong seized the opening and swung his Golden Cudgel in a wide arc, smashing it into the back of the Great Sage Yellow Wind.

With a crisp "clang," the seven-foot-tall demon body shrank to the size of a palm-sized golden weasel!

"Squeak!" The ferret desperately clung to the suddenly wide robe, only to be covered by the Purple-Gold Alms Bowl placed over its head by the Maitreya Bodhisattva.

Deep inside the cave, Zhu Bajie open the cell door with his rake. "Master! You old man..." The words caught in his throat.

Where is the slender Holy Monk now? He is clearly a plump, white monk with a double chin that is almost bulging out his Prayer Beads!

Tang Sanzang was holding his fifth bowl of Braised Tofu Jelly when his disciple burst in. He hurriedly wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "Wuneng, what is your master doing here?"

"Braised Tofu Jelly!" Zhu Bajie his foot in anguish. "If I had known this would happen, Old Pig should have let that rat catch me! What kind of life is this, eating wild fruit Tenten!"

On the other side, Fang Yu, who had just escaped from Tiger Vanguard, leaned against the stone wall, suppressing a laugh.

During this time, Tang Sanzang ate his Braised Tofu Jelly without fail. The scene of those two Rat Demon forcing Tang Sanzang to eat with whips is quite amusing to even think about.

After overcoming the tribulations, Tang Sanzang survived, and the four members of the group, along with the Maitreya Bodhisattva, met.

Sun Wukong grabbed the weasel's tail and shook it. "Bodhisattva, what should we do with this rat demon?"

At this moment, Maitreya Bodhisattva had no time to deal with the Yellow Wind Monster!

He looked at Tang Sanzang's face and was deeply moved.

Is this oily-faced monk really the reincarnation of Golden Cicada?

Is the Yellow Wind Monster raising pigs? Is he fattening Tang Sanzang up before eating him or something?