Poisoned

Seeing that Tang Xuanzang hadn't touched his chopsticks for a long time, the Daoist priest couldn't help but urge him on.

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang smiled and said to the Daoist priest, "Sir, the host hasn't even touched his chopsticks yet, how can we guests start eating first?"

"Oh dear, why are you being so particular about rules when we're eating together? Just eat what you're told, don't waste any food."

The Daoist priest spoke to Tang Xuanzang with an impatient expression.

"Since you've put it that way, I'll eat first as a sign of respect."

After speaking, Tang Xuanzang slowly picked up his chopsticks, took a small piece of food, and put it into his mouth.

"It's so salty! How can this dish be so salty? You must have put in too much salt!"

Unexpectedly, Zhu Bajie suddenly spat out the food he had just eaten and said seriously.

"This is probably because my servants accidentally put too much salt in the food. You don't need to worry about it at all. I'll punish them later. In the meantime, you can have some tea first."

The Daoist priest glared coldly at the servant, then immediately switched to a respectful attitude and spoke to Zhu Bajie.

"Men, hurry up and bring the tea. Didn't you hear the elder say the food was too salty? I really don't know what you're good for. You can't even handle this little thing properly, and I have to boss you around."

After speaking, the Daoist priest slapped his servant again, and the servant could only grit his teeth and endure it.

Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong immediately felt that the relationship between the Daoist priest and his servant was somewhat remarkably similar.

As soon as he finished speaking, the servant immediately withdrew. A short while later, he brought out some tea, which was topped with two red dates.

The Daoist priest took the tea and thought to himself:

"This fat, big-eared man is definitely the eldest disciple, this dark-skinned man is definitely the second disciple, and this small, monkey-faced man is definitely the third disciple."

After thinking it over, the Daoist priest gave the tea to Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong had sharp eyes and immediately noticed two black dates floating in the remaining teacup on the plate.

"Sir, I see your dates are black dates. How about we exchange them? I can't very well let you, the master of the house, drink that kind of tea."

Sun Wukong sneered and then spoke to the Daoist priest.

Upon hearing this, the Daoist priest quickly covered his teacup and said to Sun Wukong:

"No, no, no, please don't be like this. To tell you the truth, I picked these red dates myself in the mountains, just in case we didn't have enough food. I only found these few red dates, so I only made these four cups of tea."

"I can't just not stay with you, so I'll turn these two oddly colored dates into a cup and drink it with you. At the very least, it's my way of showing you respect."

After speaking, Sun Wukong laughed and said:

"Why would you say that? Besides, you're the host here, and we're just guests. How can we let you drink tea like that? Let's switch."

Then Sun Wukong, holding his own cup, went to the worried Daoist priest's side, intending to take the cup away from him. However, at that moment, Tang Xuanzang suddenly spoke up:

"Wukong, that gentleman was just being kind to his guests. You drank the tea in your hand, so what? Why did you want to exchange it?"

Sun Wukong was quite helpless upon hearing this, so he covered the teacup with his left hand, held the teacup in his right hand, and looked at the group of people around him.

Now, Zhu Bajie was already thirsty and hungry, and seeing a few red dates in the cup, he immediately drank it all in one gulp.

Tang Xuanzang and Sha Wujing also finished their tea. In an instant, Zhu Bajie's face turned pale and Sha Wujing's eyes were full of tears, but the most serious was Tang Xuanzang, who was foaming at the mouth.

The three of them immediately became restless and collapsed to the ground.

"Bang!"

Sun Wukong knew the tea was poisoned, so he raised the teacup in his hand and threw it at the Daoist priest's face. The Daoist priest used his robe to deflect the attack from the wall, and with a crisp sound, the teacup shattered into pieces.

"How can you be so rude, monk? You won't drink my tea, and instead you've smashed my cup."

Seeing this, the Daoist priest angrily said to Sun Wukong.

However, upon hearing this, Sun Wukong angrily retorted, "You beast! Look at what's going on with my master and my two junior brothers! What kind of relationship do I have with you?"

"But you poisoned my master and my two junior brothers, leaving them all on the ground."

"You're asking me about something like this? Don't you know you've caused this mess yourself?"

The Daoist priest, no fool either, angrily retorted to Sun Wukong.

After speaking, Sun Wukong asked, puzzled, "We only arrived at your door today, and we've already talked so much. Now you know where we came from, so why have we gotten into trouble?"

"Hmph, you know perfectly well what you've done. I don't need to say more; I'm sure you understand something yourself."

As the Daoist priest spoke, having just reached this point, Sun Wukong began to think seriously.

After a long time, Sun Wukong still had no clue. Seeing this, the Daoist priest slowly said to Sun Wukong:

"Do you know about begging for alms in the Webbed Silk Cave? Do you know about peeping at female demons bathing?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong instantly understood, and raised his Ruyi Jingu Bang) to the Daoist priest, saying:

"There are seven female demons in that lake. Since you can say such things, you must have some connection with those demons. You must be a demon too. Don't run away, take this!"

After speaking, Sun Wukong attacked the Daoist priest relentlessly. The Daoist priest quickly turned around to dodge and then took out a sword from his sleeve to meet Sun Wukong's attack.

Their relentless struggle had already alerted the female demons nearby, who swarmed forward with seven of them, shouting:

"Senior brother, don't worry, we'll help you capture this Sun Wukong right now."

Seeing this, Sun Wukong grew increasingly angry, so he brandished his Ruyi Jingu Bang) and unleashed all his skills, striking at the monsters like a whirlwind.

Then the seven demons revealed their snow-white bellies, and suddenly some white silk threads appeared from their navels, forming a canopy that covered Sun Wukong under the net.

"Oh no, if I get caught in these nets, I definitely won't be able to escape. I have to think of a way to make them suffer."

After thinking it over, Sun Wukong immediately chanted a spell, somersaulted, and broke through the large net to escape.