The truth

"What's wrong with you, you monkey? Master told me to save someone, but you just threw me on the ground."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Please open your eyes wide and take a good look. Is this really a mortal? Don't save her. She's a demon, and she's here to deceive us."

However, Tang Xuanzang couldn't hold back any longer and scolded Sun Wukong: "You monkey, you're spouting nonsense again! She's just a woman, how can you know she's a demon?"

"Master, you don't know this. I've encountered this kind of thing before. If these monsters want to eat human flesh, they'll use any method. How could you, with your mortal eyes, possibly recognize them?"

Zhu Bajie pouted and said:

"Master, you must not believe what this Keeper of the Heavenly Horses says. This woman is from the mortal realm; we cannot abandon her."

"Monkey, how can you say she's a demon? You went to get food but we were left here, and then she used some tricks to bewitch us. What are we going to do now?"

Sun Wukong grew increasingly angry as he listened, and said to Zhu Bajie:

"Don't talk nonsense here! Ever since I went on my journey to the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures, you've been the one who's lazy wherever you are. You're so fickle and ungrateful, I wonder who ended up tied to the tree."

Tang Xuanzang, unable to bear listening any longer, said to Zhu Bajie:

"Let's just let this matter with Bajie. Sun Wukong usually behaves quite well, so if he said that, he must have a reason. Let's go now."

After speaking, Sun Wukong was overjoyed and said to Tang Xuanzang, "Master, you finally made the right choice today. Hurry up and go, I'll take you to eat."

The four of them then continued on their way, while the monster, still tied to the tree, gritted its teeth and said...

"I've long heard people say that Sun Wukong Divine Ability powerful, and today's demonstration proves that his reputation is well-deserved. Even Tang Xuanzang, who cultivated his inner energy for a thousand years, didn't reveal his true power."

"If I were to capture him, I could cultivate myself into Taiyi Golden Immortal. The problem is, I don't know how this monkey saw through my disguise."

It turned out that if Tang Xuanzang untied the monster's rope, the monster would immediately capture him. Fortunately, Sun Wukong Tang Xuanzang clever enough to see through this plan.

"Since that's the case, I'll call him a few more times and see."

To subdue the monster, he used some tricks and muttered a few words softly, which reached Tang Xuanzang's ears.

At the same time, Tang Xuanzang heard the monster shouting again, so he reined in his horse and said to Sun Wukong, "Wukong, go and rescue that woman now."

However, Sun Wukong looked at Tang Xuanzang a bewildered expression and said, "Master, why did you suddenly think of this again?"

"Because I heard her calling out there again."

After speaking, Tang Xuanzang looked at Zhu Bajie and said to him:

"Bajie, did you hear that woman's voice?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie immediately shook his head, then looked at Sha Wujing said, "Wujing, did you hear that?"

However, Sha Wujing said, "I was focused on carrying the load and didn't hear anything at all."

Sun Wukong asked with a puzzled look, "Master, I didn't hear what Wujing and Bajie were saying. How could you hear it?"

However, Tang Xuanzang said, "I have my reasons for being able to hear this. If we don't save the life of a living person, then the children should convert to Buddhist Order. Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda. Let's hurry and save her. This is much better than going on a pilgrimage to the West."

After saying this, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Master, if you ever become too kind, you're beyond saving. Think about it, ever since you left the Eastern Lands and traveled west, you've encountered so many monsters who have captured you and kept you in their cave abode."

"When I saved you, I used my Ruyi Jingu Bang to kill so many lives, but now, for the life of this one demon, you can't bear to part with it and instead want to save her."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang began to earnestly instruct Sun Wukong, saying:

"My disciple, do not refrain from doing good because it is small, nor do evil because it is small. Let's go and save her."

"Since you've said so, Master, then go and save her yourself."

Sun Wukong, in a fit of pique, spoke defiantly to Tang Xuanzang, Sun Wukong that Tang Xuanzang would never go. However, the outcome was not what Sun Wukong had expected.

Tang Xuanzang said, "Since you've put it that way, then I'll go with Zhu Bajie to rescue her now. You stay here and wait patiently, don't disturb us."

After speaking, Tang Xuanzang returned to the forest, where he had Zhu Bajie untie the upper half of the rope and then used his Nine-Toothed Rake to dig out the lower half of his body.

The demon happily followed Tang Xuanzang out of the bamboo forest and met Sun Wukong. However, Sun Wukong kept sneering. Tang Xuanzang scolded Sun Wukong, "You monkey, why are you laughing over there?"

Sun Wukong didn't want to pay attention to what Tang Xuanzang said, but Tang Xuanzang was his master after all and he couldn't disobey him. Sun Wukong said, "I'm laughing at how lucky you are with women. You run into female demons wherever you go."

This statement was full of hostility, but Tang Xuanzang continued to scold Sun Wukong: "Don't talk nonsense! I've been a monk since birth, wholeheartedly seeking Buddhist scriptures and worshipping Buddha. I'm not one of those people who are greedy for money."

However, Sun Wukong smiled and said to Tang Xuanzang:

"This woman is quite beautiful. If we, both of us being monks, were to travel with her and encounter some bad people, we might end up in court. Putting aside any talk of praying to Buddha and seeking scriptures, this whole situation would be very difficult to handle."

"Don't talk nonsense now. Do you think she's a burden if I don't take her life? Don't talk about this anymore. If something happens, it will all fall on me."

At this moment, Tang Xuanzang was very angry. If he could defeat Sun Wukong, he would definitely take action because Sun Wukong's words were sarcastic and unpleasant.

But then Sun Wukong suddenly said something very important. Sun Wukong said:

"Master, haven't you ever thought about it? She's been tied up in the forest for a long time, and she must have starved to death without food or water. Yet her body is perfectly fine, and you can't see any signs of malnutrition."

"Now that you've brought her out, you're riding a fast horse, so fast we can keep up with you."

"However, this woman has great difficulty taking even one step. How can she keep up with you? If you leave her behind and she encounters those wild beasts, she'll simply become their prey."