Rescue

"What's going on? Their anger is rising, they must be getting hot. Why aren't they scared and why aren't they talking? Could they be dead? Let me go closer and listen."

After thinking for a moment, Sun Wukong transformed into a black fly and perched outside the cage, listening intently. After a short while, he heard Zhu Bajie's voice, who said, "This is really bad luck! I wonder how it was steamed?"

However, Sha Wujing asked Zhu Bajie with suspicion, "Second Brother, why do you say that? What exactly happened? Are you feeling unwell?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie immediately asked Sha Wujing, "I wonder if there's a lid on top of this, or if there isn't?"

After speaking, Tang Xuanzang slowly said from the top floor:

"Bajie's lid wasn't even closed, so what exactly are you trying to say?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie turned around and exclaimed happily, "This is wonderful! Heaven is on our side! It seems we won't die tonight!"

After Sun Wukong Zhu Bajie finished speaking, they flew over and closed the iron cage. Tang Xuanzang panicked and said:

"This is bad now, it's already been covered up."

"This is terrible, we're definitely going to die tonight."

Zhu Bajie sighed and gave up hope.

However, Sha Wujing and Tang Xuanzang were weeping bitterly. Zhu Bajie, disturbed by the noise, scolded them, "You two, stop crying now. It's time to change the person tending the fire. Then we should be able to survive."

How did you know?

Sha Wujing looked at Zhu Bajie with a puzzled expression.

"When they carried me upstairs, it suited me perfectly. I have a bit of rheumatism here and needed them to warm me up. But now the air conditioning is making it colder. Could the person tending the fire add some more firewood?"

After saying this, Zhu Bajie shouted loudly at the little demon at the door.

"This idiot, isn't it good to be cold? If he gets hot, he might die. I'd better save him now."

"But if I save him, I'll have to reveal my true form, and if those monsters see me, it will definitely alert the old demon. Let me think of a solution first."

After thinking it over, Sun Wukong immediately reached into his pocket and suddenly felt some hard objects.

"Back when I was at the Northern Heavenly Gate, I played a game with the Heavenly King Who Protects the Nation and won a few Sleepy Bugs from him. I still have a few left, so I might as well not give them to those little demons."

Then he took out a few sleep bugs and threw them into the air, sprinkling them on the little demon's face and getting them into its nostrils, and the little demon gradually fell asleep.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong was overjoyed and said proudly, "This method is absolutely brilliant! It works every time!"

After speaking, Sun Wukong revealed his true form, went to the cage, and shouted loudly, "Master, are you all alright now? I've come to save you!"

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Wukong, come quickly and save us! We can't stand it here any longer!"

Sha Wujing immediately asked, "Brother Monkey, are you outside right now?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong scoffed, "If I'm not outside now, am I supposed to suffer with you guys inside? I don't want to do that."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie immediately exclaimed, "Brother Monkey, you run quite fast, but we're stuck here suffering!"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Don't make a fuss right now, I'm coming to save you."

After speaking, Sun Wukong opened the lid and rescued them. Tang Xuanzang then brought out Sha Wujing. However, when it came to Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong hesitated for a long time.

"Brother Monkey, why haven't you come to save me yet? Otherwise, this thing will soon steam me alive."

Seeing Sun Wukong's hesitation, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but urge Sun Wukong on.

"Don't be in such a hurry, you idiot. I'll rescue you after I use a trick to fool them all."

"Otherwise, if they wake up and find we're gone, they'll definitely come after us again."

Looking at the monsters sleeping on the ground around him, Sun Wukong stroked the monkey hair on the back of his hand and began to think seriously.

However, after a short while, Zhu Bajie finally couldn't take it anymore and said to Sun Wukong, "Brother Monkey, if you don't come to save me soon, I'm going to be steamed alive!"

Sun Wukong then came to his senses and rescued Zhu Bajie. He then continued speaking to Zhu Bajie:

"Now we're on our way to the Western Heaven Paradise to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures, but we still have high mountains and steep ridges ahead. Master, we don't have a horse. How are we going to proceed? Let me bring the horse back."

Sun Wukong tiptoed into the main hall and saw that all the monsters, big and small, were fast asleep. Reassured, Sun Wukong untied their reins.

Before this, if it were an ordinary horse, it would definitely kick a few times and neigh a few times. But since Sun Wukong used to raise horses and had the official position of Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, they were all family, so it didn't jump or neigh.

So Sun Wukong quietly led him over and invited Tang Xuanzang to mount his horse.

Tang Xuanzang arrived with trepidation, and just as he was about to leave, Sun Wukong suddenly said:

"Master, we've forgotten something: the travel permit. Please wait here for me while I go get all our packages."

However, after pondering this for a long time, Tang Xuanzang said to Sun Wukong:

"Actually, I already saw where our package was when we were arrested. It was in a corner below the main hall. Look carefully there, and you'll definitely find it."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong nodded and then immediately arrived at the palace. There, he heard the voice of Sun Wukong floating before him and realized that it was the luggage.

Because there was a luminous pearl on Tang Xuanzang's robe that was shining, Sun Wukong quickly ran to the luggage and found it untouched. So he took the luggage and found Tang Xuanzang.

The group arrived at the gate and suddenly noticed a lock with a cover on it. Sun Wukong, seeing this, said seriously, "Now that things are like this, how are we supposed to get through?"

Zhu Bajie patted his belly, went to Sun Wukong's side, patted Sun Wukong on the Sun Wukong, and said, "Why don't we go take a look at the back door now?"

After speaking, the group arrived at the back door, but the situation at the back door was exactly the same as that at the front door.

"If Master weren't a mortal, we could take him with us and ride the clouds away. But Master hasn't transcended the Three Realms yet; he's still within the Five Elements, and his body is entirely made of mortal bones, so he can't ride the clouds."