Drugging the Food

The four of them arrived at the gate to take a look, and saw three large characters written in front of it: Yellow Flower Temple.

Seeing this, Zhu Bajie was overjoyed and said to Tang Xuanzang, "That should be where the Daoist priest lives. It would be good for us to go in and have a chat with him."

Sha Wujing nodded upon hearing this, then said to Zhu Bajie, "Second Brother is right. Let's go in and see the scenery, have some food, and then continue our journey."

Tang Xuanzang followed the instructions of Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing and arrived at the gate.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong said to Tang Xuanzang, "I just smelled the aura inside; there should be another Daoist priest refining elixirs up ahead."

Upon hearing what Sun Wukong said, Tang Xuanzang quickly stopped Sun Wukong and said to Sun Wukong:

"Wukong, you absolutely mustn't say anything reckless right now. What if you anger him later? We don't know him at all, and we're not related by blood. We're only staying here for a little while, so please don't worry about anything else."

Just as Tang Xuanzang finished speaking, they entered the room together, where a Daoist priest was sitting.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly stepped forward, but Tang Xuanzang was even faster. Before Tang Xuanzang Sun Wukong, his voice preceded him. Tang Xuanzang said:

"Old sage, I've come here to ask you some questions, and also to have a meal."

The Daoist priest was greatly surprised to see Tang Xuanzang and his three disciples. He dropped the medicine he was holding, quickly straightened his clothes, and came down to greet them, saying:

"Excuse me, sir, please come inside and have a seat."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang was overjoyed.

"That's wonderful! This Daoist priest seems quite polite."

After thinking it over, Tang Xuanzang quickly went to the Daoist priest's side and sat down.

The Daoist priest hurriedly called his subordinates to come and serve tea.

However, at this moment, the arrival of Tang Xuanzang had already alarmed the monsters inside the temple.

It turns out that the monsters in the Webbed Silk Cave and this Daoist priest came from the same school; they had learned the same skills since childhood.

One of the female demons said to her subordinates, "Go and call your master over right now. Tell him I have something I want to discuss with him."

Seeing how angry the female demon was, the subordinate immediately brought over five bowls of tea, but said to the Daoist priest, "Master, someone wants to talk to you about something. Go quickly."

Upon hearing this, the Daoist priest raised an eyebrow and quickly stood up, saying, "Esteemed benefactors, I have some matters to attend to. Please wait here for a short while; I will be back soon."

Seeing how anxious the Daoist priest was, Tang Xuanzang nodded to him.

After receiving Tang Xuanzang's tacit approval, the Daoist priest immediately stood up and went to the side of the demons. Upon seeing the Daoist priest, the demons quickly knelt down and said to him:

"Senior brother, you must stand up for us now! We encountered some problems before this."

Seeing the female demons' lack of manners, the Daoist priest frowned, seemingly displeased. He then said to the demons:

"Let's talk about this later. I have guests here now, so there's no point in discussing it now, and I can't neglect them."

Upon hearing this, the monsters immediately replied:

"So, senior brother, you mean you're unwilling to stand up for us? I could only tell you this after those guests arrived. Once they've left, it'll be too late for anything I say."

Seeing that the demons didn't care about his thoughts at all, the Daoist priest said to them:

"Look at what you're saying! What kind of behavior is this? It's not like I'm not going to help you. Now, just tell me what you're talking about."

Upon hearing this, the monsters immediately cried out, "Those people sitting outside are Tang Xuanzang! We captured him and wanted to eat him!"

After speaking, the Daoist priest stroked his beard and then looked at the demons with a puzzled expression:

"Then why has Tang Xuanzang come to my side again? And why has he become my guest?"

"We had heard that eating the flesh of Tang Xuanzang would grant us a long life, but a monk with a long snout and big ears came to our lake and stole all our clothes."

"Later, he tried to force us to bathe together, and we couldn't stop him at all. But when he saw that we didn't comply, he raised his Nine-Toothed Rake and hit us."

"Luckily, we have some skills, otherwise we wouldn't have lived to see you."

After the demons finished speaking, they burst into tears. The Daoist priest then fell into deep thought. After a short while, the demons continued:

"Your nephews are currently fighting those monks. We don't know if they're still alive. We've come specifically to seek refuge with you, hoping you'll remember the kindness shown to us during our past cultivation and avenge us."

Upon suddenly hearing that his beloved nephew had also been involved, and even lost his life, the Daoist priest became extremely angry.

After a short while, the Daoist priest said fiercely:

"So those monks do such things. Don't worry, leave this to me."

Seeing this, the demons realized their senior brother was angry, and they were overjoyed, saying, "If senior brother wants to attack them, then add a few of us, and we can defeat them."

After pondering for a long time, the Daoist priest said, "It seems unnecessary now. Let me take out some medicine and put it in their food. Then we can win without a fight."

The demons were suddenly surprised to find their senior brother so gentle, and they said to the Daoist priest:

"Senior brother, what is the use of your [item]? Could you explain it to us in detail?"

The Daoist priest smiled and said, "If ordinary people were to take this medicine, just a tiny bit would be enough to cause them to die from stomach pain."

"If a deity were to consume this, all it would take is to drop in a whole pill, and that deity would be doomed. The monks outside, however, seem to possess some spiritual power; they require a whole pill. Quickly, retrieve all my pills."

After he finished speaking, the monsters immediately started rummaging through boxes and cabinets, taking out a large handful of pills.

"Actually, you didn't need to bring so many pills!"

The Daoist priest smiled and said something, while the monsters looked puzzled.

As soon as the Daoist priest finished speaking, he produced several red dates from his hand, broke them open, and stuffed the medicine inside.

"Now take all these red dates to Tang Xuanzang and let him eat them."

The Daoist priest handed the pills to his subordinates and said.