Answering Their Questions

Then, the old man asked Sun Wukong:

"So what exactly are you trying to say? Can you be more specific?"

After thinking carefully for a long time, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the old man, "This monster is very easy to catch, but your family members are not united at all, so it's difficult to catch."

The old man was very puzzled upon hearing this, and after a short while, he expressed his question to Sun Wukong.

The old man then asked Sun Wukong, "What do you mean by that? Why would you say such a thing?"

After speaking, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the old man:

"That monster has been around for so long, and I don't know how many lives it has harmed. I was thinking that if each family could contribute a little silver, we could find a Daoist priest to capture that monster. Why must we suffer such a long and miserable life?"

The old man pondered this for a long time after hearing it, then said to Sun Wukong:

"Do you think I didn't want to do this? I went to the mountains and found a monk to capture this monster, but the monk couldn't catch it at all."

Sun Wukong looked puzzled and asked the old man, "Then tell me, how exactly did that monk catch the monster?"

After hearing what Sun Wukong said, the old man sighed helplessly and said to Sun Wukong:

"When the monk, wearing a kasaya and holding a bell, was chanting Buddhist scriptures, he startled the monster, and suddenly a gust of wind and clouds arose."

"The monk fought the monster, and after a while, the monster won. When we went over to take a look, the bald man had been smashed into a rotten watermelon."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong instantly understood and said to the old man with a smile, "So it means you've actually suffered a loss in the end."

The old man nodded, and then continued:

"He only had one life, but in the end we still suffered a loss. We used that money to buy the coffin, and then spent some money on his apprentice. His apprentice still wouldn't let it go and insisted on suing us. It wasn't until recently that the matter was finally resolved."

"We should have known better than to invite him."

After pondering this for a long time, Sun Wukong continued, "After this incident, did you send someone to capture him?"

After sighing, the old man continued speaking to Sun Wukong, "The following year, we found another Daoist priest."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong asked with a puzzled look, "Did that Daoist priest eliminate the monster? What happened to that Daoist priest in the end?"

After hearing what Sun Wukong said, the old man smiled and said to Sun Wukong:

"Don't mention this again. That Daoist priest used some talismans to enrage the monster, and in the end, they fought."

"After a short while, there was complete silence. We went over to look for the Daoist priest, but he had drowned in the river."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed along with the old man, Sun Wukong, "So you mean you've also suffered a loss now?"

The old man scratched his head sheepishly and said with a forced smile, "He only lost his life, but we wasted some money. It's not worth it at all."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong patted the old man on the shoulder and said to him:

"This is perfectly fine. I'll catch him for you, so don't worry about it."

The old man looked at Sun Wukong with a puzzled expression. After a short while, the old man said to Sun Wukong seriously:

"If you can capture him, I'll have the elders of this area write a document for you. If you win, we'll give you whatever money you want. If you lose, don't try to cheat us; leave it to fate."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "You must have some kind of psychological trauma. We are definitely not like that, so you should go and tell them about it."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, the old man was overjoyed and immediately began telling everyone around him. After a short while, the neighbors gradually came out and asked the old man in surprise:

"Who did you go to this time? Don't make us waste any more money. Let's just leave it at that."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the neighbors, "This matter must not be left like this. Moreover, I am sure I can successfully capture that monster."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, the neighbors quickly shook their heads and said:

"No, no, that monster Divine Ability incredibly powerful, and his body is huge and burly. You, a weak monk, wouldn't even be a match for him."

After hearing what the neighbors were saying, Sun Wukong immediately explained, "Although I am small, I am strong and incredibly powerful. Don't say such things."

Upon hearing this, the neighbors then asked Sun Wukong a crucial question. The neighbors replied to Sun Wukong:

"If you catch that fairy, what do you plan to give as a reward?"

After thinking carefully for a long time, Sun Wukong understood what the neighbors meant. Sun Wukong then said to them:

"Of course I would never ask you for money. I am a monk who strives to accumulate good karma, and I resolutely refuse any money."

After hearing Sun Wukong's words, everyone thought about them seriously, and after a short while, they said to Sun Wukong:

"Since you've said that, you must be highly accomplished monks. If you don't want money, then we certainly can't let you work for nothing. We just do farm work on these fertile fields back home."

"How about this: we'll each give you a few acres of land, and we'll try to gather a thousand acres to settle down in one place. You and your master can build a temple there to purify yourselves and cultivate yourselves. That would be better than going on a pilgrimage to the Western Heaven to obtain the scriptures."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately said to the crowd, "You mustn't do that! It makes us all feel uneasy, so it's better not to."

After hearing Sun Wukong's words, everyone looked puzzled and asked Sun Wukong, "You don't want this or that, so what do you want?"

Without a second thought, Sun Wukong replied, "We monks only need some food; that's enough as a token of our gratitude. You don't need to send us so much more."

Everyone was overjoyed upon hearing this, but after a short while, they suddenly frowned and said to Sun Wukong:

"That's very easy, but we don't know how you'll catch him."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong spoke without hesitation.