Fooling the Monster

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "By transforming into your son's appearance, I've ensured your family line continues. I'll go and meet that monster."

Upon hearing this, the old man immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Sun Wukong in gratitude.

Meanwhile, another old man was touching the door and crying alone. Seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly went up to him and said, "Are you reluctant to part with your daughter?"

Upon hearing this, another old man quickly said to Sun Wukong:

"It's true that I really can't bear to part with her, but you've already saved my nephew, that's enough. It's just that I don't have a son, only this one daughter. What will I do after she dies?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong slowly turned his gaze to Zhu Bajie, then spoke to the other old man:

"Go prepare some extra food and take it to that fat, big-eared monk. Once he's eaten and drunk his fill, he'll become your daughter."

Zhu Bajie was very surprised to hear this, and slowly said to Sun Wukong:

"Brother Monkey, why would you say that? You don't care about my life or death at all; you're dragging me into it all."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said to Zhu Bajie, "Bajie, you don't understand. Since you ate his food, you must have owed him a favor. Now is the time to repay that favor."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie pondered seriously. After a short while, Zhu Bajie said, "But I can only transform into mountains, trees, stones, and various animals. Transforming into a little girl would be a bit difficult."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong grabbed Zhu Bajie's ear and said to the other old man:

"Don't listen to my junior brother's nonsense. Hurry up and bring your daughter out so I can have a look at her."

Upon hearing this, another old man rushed into the room and carried the little girl out. When Zhu Bajie saw this, he quickly changed his appearance, shaking his head and transforming. In the end, he only changed his head, which was the girl's appearance, except that her belly was a little bigger and she looked disheveled.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Change again. Now you have a girl's head and a monk's body. How are you going to make friends when you're neither male nor female?"

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he blew a breath into Zhu Bajie's belly, and sure enough, Zhu Bajie transformed into someone exactly like the girl. Then he said to the two old men:

"Now take your daughter and son back, and put the two of us on that offering table."

After a short while, Sun Wukong continued, "How do you plan to contribute? Are you just going to tie us up, steam us, or chop us up before sending us over?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie was immediately terrified and hurriedly said, "Brother Monkey, I don't have that kind of ability, I would never dare to do such a thing."

The old man quickly replied, "No, no, it's alright. Please just sit on these two plates."

Zhu Bajie was a little flustered at this moment, so he said:

"I don't know how he plans to eat them. If he eats the boys first, I can escape. But if he eats the girls first, how am I supposed to escape?"

After Zhu Bajie Zhu Bajie finished speaking, the old man immediately spoke up to dispel Zhu Bajie's fear.

"During the sacrificial ceremony, I was brave enough to crawl under the table and saw that he ate young boys first, and then young girls."

Zhu Bajie laughed upon hearing this. Later, as Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong were talking, they heard a great commotion outside, with gongs and drums beating loudly and lights shining brightly. The group opened the door and said:

"Quickly bring out all your young boys and girls."

Then the two old men pretended to cry and sob, and four people carried Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie out.

After a short while, Zhu Bajie saw that everyone had dispersed, so he patted Sun Wukong on the shoulder and said to Sun Wukong:

"Let's hurry home now that everyone's gone."

Sun Wukong, as if he had already seen through Zhu Bajie's cowardly nature, smiled and said to Zhu Bajie:

"Where is home? Where are you going?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie laughed and said to Sun Wukong, "I see there's no one around. Why don't we go back to Old Chen Household's house and go to sleep?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong quickly said, "Don't talk nonsense. It would be a perfect ending if we waited for that monster to come and eat us. Otherwise, he'll start causing trouble for the human world again, which would be bad."

Just as Sun Wukong was speaking, they heard a howling wind outside. Zhu Bajie thought to himself, "This is bad, that evil wind is coming. The monster must be arriving soon."

Just as Zhu Bajie was thinking this, a monster appeared outside.

After the demon entered, he hurriedly asked, "Which family is making offerings this year?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said, "It's at Chen Qing's house, the head of the village."

The monster was taken aback upon hearing this, thinking to itself with doubt, "This child is strangely eloquent and incredibly brave. If this were in the past, those people would have been scared to death long ago."

After thinking about this, the demon hesitated for a moment and continued to ask, "What are the names of the boy and girl?"

"The man is called Erliang, and the woman is called Yijin." Without even thinking, Sun Wukong made up a name for the monster.

Seeing how clever Sun Wukong was, the demon continued, "Don't talk back. I used to eat young boys first, but today I'm going to eat young girls first."

No sooner had the demon finished speaking than he lunged at Zhu Bajie. Zhu Bajie jumped down, revealing his true form, and swung his Nine-Toothed Rake. The demon struck, and with a clang, Zhu Bajie exclaimed, "I hit his armor!"

Sun Wukong also revealed his true form; what had fallen on the ground were two fish scales. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie quickly jumped into the air and, upon seeing the monster, immediately attacked it.

After a short while, the monster slowly spoke, "Who exactly are you? Why are you here to ruin my plans?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "So you didn't know we existed? We are monks from the Great Tang of the Eastern Lands, on our journey to the Western Heaven to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures. Last night, after arriving here, we heard a monster causing trouble in the middle of the night."

"You're supposed to eat two young boys and girls every year. You've been here for years, how many boys and girls have you eaten? Give them all back to me now, or you'll regret it."

Upon hearing this, the demon inwardly sighed in alarm and attacked Sun Wukong.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly raised his Ruyi Jingu Bang to meet the monster's attack, while Zhu Bajie raised his Nine-Toothed Rake, intending to launch a sneak attack on the monster from behind.

After a short while, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie gradually lost ground.

Seeing this, the monster wanted to kill both Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong.