Making a Fool of Him

The monster saw a ravine in front of it, and an idea popped into its head. So the monster went to the bottom of the hillside and transformed into an old woman, who looked to be about seventy years old and was holding a dragon-headed cane.

The old woman had snow-white eyebrows, walked slowly, her legs trembled slightly, and she looked thin and frail with many wrinkles on her face.

Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong immediately realized that he was the same monster from before. Without arguing with Tang Xuanzang, he raised his Ruyi Jingu Bang and struck the monster directly on the head.

Upon seeing the stick, the monster immediately slipped away again, leaving a fake corpse at the bottom of the mountain path.

Upon seeing this, Tang Xuanzang immediately fell off his horse and said to Sun Wukong:

"Why can't you learn your lesson, you monkey?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, don't be in such a hurry to hit me. Take a closer look and see what's going on here."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang immediately stared at the corpse and suddenly realized that the corpse was actually solid.

Tang Xuanzang immediately said to Sun Wukong, "So that's how it is. Why did he turn into this form?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said to Tang Xuanzang, pointing to the monkey hair on his hand:

"Master, this was originally a demon, exactly like the one before. He only wanted your flesh, so he transformed into this form to lower your guard."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang was immediately shocked and asked Sun Wukong, "Since Wukong is like this, did you kill him?"

After hearing what Tang Xuanzang said, Sun Wukong looked at Tang Xuanzang a helpless expression and said to him:

"Are you stupid? If I could have killed him, he wouldn't be here now. The fact that he came back proves I didn't kill him."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang looked at Sun Wukong with a puzzled expression and said:

"So what should we do now?"

Sun Wukong, quick-witted, whispered something in Tang Xuanzang's ear. Tang Xuanzang immediately understood and reprimanded Sun Wukong:

"You monkey are talking nonsense! Among so many monsters, you are someone who has no intention of being virtuous but deliberately does evil. You have followed me for so long and have not done a single good deed. Instead, you have brought such great insult to my reputation."

Then Sun Wukong immediately said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, are you calling me back again? Then I'll go back. There's just one thing I want to tell you."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang looked at Sun Wukong with a puzzled expression and said:

"You mischievous monkey, what trick are you up to now? Just tell me!"

Sun Wukong thought about it seriously for a long time before finally speaking:

"Master, I've followed you for so long, and even if I haven't achieved anything great, I've certainly put in a lot of hard work. In the end, I only ask one thing of you."

Upon hearing this Zhu Bajie, unaware of what had transpired between Sun Wukong and Tang Xuanzang, assumed that Sun Wukong had killed that person with his staff, thus angering Tang Xuanzang. He immediately spoke to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, don't listen to this monkey's nonsense. He just wants to share the bowing with you equally."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong flew into a rage, his hair standing on end, and said:

"Why would you speak like that, you fool? I have always been frugal and have never been envious, so why should I split the gifts equally?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang took the opportunity to continue speaking to Sun Wukong:

Since you have no attachment whatsoever, why don't you leave now?

Sun Wukong scratched his head and said to Tang Xuanzang sheepishly:

"Back when I Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago, I was once the king of the Water Curtain Cave on Flower-Fruit Mountain."

"With my skills, I subdued the Yaomo of the seventy-two caves, and now I command thousands of monsters. I wear a purple-gold crown, Yellow Robe, have a slender waist like Lantian Mountain, and wield Jingu Bang."

"Now that I've become your disciple, this golden headband is on my head. If I go back, I'll have no face left."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang knew what Sun Wukong wanted to do, and immediately said to Sun Wukong:

"Back in the Great Tang Dynasty, the Bodhisattva only taught me the Tightening Incantation, not the Loosening Incantation!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong became furious and helplessly said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Since you've said so, Master, then I have no choice but to follow you on this journey."

Meanwhile, the demon continued to praise Sun Wukong in the sky:

"This Monkey King has such keen eyesight! He could recognize me at a glance even though I had just transformed into that form. And if these monks go any further, they'll soon be in the territory of other Yaomo."

"I won't care about that then. If this monk gets kidnapped by some other Yaomo, then I'll be laughed at. I'll just go down and put on another show for him."

After saying this, the demon understood the eerie wind, and transformed herself down the slope into an old man.

After seeing this from horseback, Tang Xuanzang whispered to Sun Wukong:

"Wukong, this Western Paradise is truly a place of debauchery! That old man is even chanting Buddhist scriptures."

Then Tang Xuanzang said to Sun Wukong, "Could this be another one of those monsters?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong nodded to Tang Xuanzang and said:

"Master, you guessed right, this is the monster from earlier. Don't panic, just do as I told you, and don't say anything else."

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he continued walking forward. Seeing this, Bajie said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, please don't praise him; he might actually be a scourge!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang looked puzzled, assuming that Zhu Bajie had also discovered the old man's true form. He then asked Zhu Bajie, completely bewildered:

"Bajie, did you see something in this?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie sighed and slowly said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, please don't praise him. Just now, Brother Monkey killed his daughter and then beat his wife to death. I guess that old man has come looking for him."

"If that old man takes you to the authorities, you'll probably face the death penalty. I'll at most be sent to the army, and Third Brother will serve his sentence in the military. But Brother Monkey used a shield technique to escape into the distance."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong quickly said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, please don't listen to what Zhu Bajie says. You wait here while I go up and check."

After speaking, Sun Wukong put away his Ruyi Jingu Bang, disguised himself, and slowly walked towards the monster.

When the demon saw Sun Wukong's appearance, he thought it was a different person and said to Sun Wukong:

"Old Guan, where are you going?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the monster:

"Actually, I don't know where I'm going. I just plan to keep going in one place until I can't walk anymore."

Upon hearing this, the demon feigned a pitiful sigh and said to Sun Wukong:

I really envy you; you still have a goal.