Smashing at the Cave Entrance

However, when Sha Wujing saw Sun Wukong's appearance, he was completely bewildered and asked Sun Wukong a question.

"This is a delaying tactic, separating us all so the old demon can go and capture Master. What should we do now?"

After speaking, Sun Wukong couldn't help but shed tears. Zhu Bajie patted Sun Wukong on the shoulder and comforted Sun Wukong, saying:

"Don't cry now, or there won't be any help. Anyway, the cave entrance isn't far from us, so let's go look for it first."

The three of them had no other choice but to go into the mountains to search. After some time, they saw a cave abode at the bottom of a cliff.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly jumped to the door and looked closely. The stone door was tightly closed, and there was a stone slab on it with several large characters written on it. Sun Wukong then said to Zhu Bajie:

"What are you waiting for Zhu Bajie? Hurry up and do it! This must be where that monster lives. Master is in his house right now."

Zhu Bajie, emboldened by their numbers, raised his Nine-Toothed Rake and smashed it down on them with all his might. Instantly, a large hole appeared in the stone door, and Zhu Bajie shouted:

"Monster, hurry up and bring my master out! Don't wait, or I'll rush in with my weapon and kill you all!"

The little demon guarding the cave entrance rushed back to report to the old demon, "Your Majesty, things are in trouble! You've caused a disaster!"

"What exactly happened that you're all so agitated? Can you please tell me slowly!"

Seeing this, the old demon felt very angry, and then continued to ask questions.

"Someone smashed up our front door, yelling that they wanted to save their master!"

After the little demon saw that the old demon was angry, he respectfully reported to the old demon.

Upon hearing this, the old demon was greatly startled and quickly said, "Who has come knocking this time? What should we do now?"

The vanguard calmly said to the old demon, "Your Majesty, you have absolutely no need to worry right now. Let me go out and take a look first."

The vanguard then stood up and slowly walked to the vicinity of the cave entrance. Seeing the hole, he stuck his head out to peer inside and saw a person with a long snout and large ears. He immediately went back and said:

"Your Majesty, you have absolutely nothing to worry about. This is just Zhu Bajie; he has no real ability and wouldn't dare to cause trouble."

"If he dares to speak rudely to you, just open the door and let him in. We'll cook him together then. I'm afraid of that hairy-faced, Duke of Thunder- mouthed monk."

Meanwhile, after overhearing what the little demon said at the cave entrance, Zhu Bajie looked at Sun Wukong with a puzzled expression and said:

"Senior Brother, look, these demons aren't afraid of me anymore, they're all afraid of you. Master must be at his house. Hurry up and go ask them for it."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong became extremely angry and immediately stood at the cave entrance, shouting curses. Sun Wukong then said:

"You audacious monster! Your Grandpa Sun is here! Quickly send my master out, and I'll spare your lives."

At this moment, the vanguard hurriedly said to the old demon, "Your Majesty, things are in trouble now. Even Sun Wukong has come back to ask for his master."

Upon hearing this, the old demon couldn't help but complain, "This was all the plan you devised, and now it's already caused trouble. What are we going to do?"

Upon hearing this, the vanguard patted the old demon on the shoulder and said, "Your Majesty, don't complain now. I remember that although Sun Wukong Divine Ability powerful, he was rather prone to believing in reality."

"Let's use a fake head to fool him, flatter him a bit, and then tell him that we ate the master. Let him go, and we don't need to pay any more attention to him."

"That's what you're saying now, but where are we going to get a fake head?"

After speaking, the old demon looked at the vanguard, anticipating the vanguard's next answer. As the old demon expected, the vanguard confidently said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to worry about that at all. I'll make one myself."

Then the vanguard took a knife and chopped the willow root into the shape of a human head, sprinkled some human blood on it, and vaguely told a little demon to bring a plate. When they reached the door, the demon said:

"Grandpa Sun, please don't be angry yet. Take a look at what I'm holding."

Upon hearing the little demon call him "Grandpa," Sun Wukong's anger subsided somewhat, and he immediately stopped him. Zhu Bajie, "Don't attack yet. Let's see what this demon has to say."

Hearing this, the little demon holding the plate said, "Your master has been captured by my king, and the little demon in the cave, who didn't know what was good for him, swallowed Tang Xuanzang. Now only this head is left here."

However, Sun Wukong didn't believe the little demon's words at all, and said disdainfully to the little demon, "Since you've eaten it, then you should produce a human head so I can see if it's real or fake."

After saying this, the little demon actually poked its head out from behind the door. Upon seeing it, Zhu Bajie cried out without thinking, "Poor thing! Master just went in and now he's turned into this! What are we going to do now?"

Then, Sun Wukong immediately grabbed Zhu Bajie by the ear and said, "You idiot, you need to take a closer look first to see if this head is real or fake before making a decision."

"There's no such thing as a real head being fake!"

After hearing what Sun Wukong said, Sun Wukong Zhu Bajie immediately retorted.

"Actually, what we're seeing in front of us right now are all fake heads."

After staring at the head for a long time, Sun Wukong immediately came to a conclusion. However, Zhu Bajie asked Sun Wukong with a puzzled look, "How did you know it was a fake head?"

"You don't understand. A real head thrown out makes no sound, but this fake head makes a sound like hitting a stick. If you don't believe me, I'll throw it out now and let you hear it."

Just then, Sun Wukong picked up a stone and smashed it on the head of the dummy. A sound rang out, and Sha Wujing, hearing it, quickly said to Sun Wukong, "Brother Monkey, this thing is fake."

"Now that you know it's fake, I'll reveal the true nature of this fake head and show you what it really is."

After speaking, Sun Wukong blew a breath onto the fake head, which then revealed its true form: a willow root. Upon seeing this, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but curse, saying:

"I knew you demons were up to no good! You hid my master in the cave and tried to fool me with a fake head. Is my master some kind of willow tree spirit? Hand over my master right now, or I'll definitely break in!"