Slaying Demons and Subduing Monsters

"Bajie, Wujing, what are you all crying about?"

When Tang Xuanzang saw that it was Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing there, he was weeping bitterly and couldn't help but frown and scold them.

However, Zhu Bajie was still lost in grief. He wiped his nose and tears, patted Sha Wujing's shoulder, and said to Sha Wujing:

"What's going on with Wujing? Could it be that Master's spirit has appeared? He's standing next to Brother Monkey, calling to us."

Sun Wukong hurriedly stepped forward and shouted, "You fool, what do you mean by 'manifesting a soul'? Look closely, this is your master!"

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, Sha Wujing immediately looked up at Tang Xuanzang, quickly stepped forward, pinched Tang Xuanzang's cheek, and felt very happy. He then said to Sun Wukong:

"Master, how much suffering did you endure? How did Brother Monkey manage to rescue you?"

After speaking, Sun Wukong recounted everything that had happened. However, Zhu Bajie gritted his teeth and couldn't help but raise his Nine-Toothed Rake and start wildly striking the grave.

Immediately, Zhu Bajie knocked the head off. Seeing this, Tang Xuanzang felt a pang of pity and said to Zhu Bajie:

"Why did you have to dig up that grave, Zhu Bajie?"

Upon hearing Zhu Bajie gritted his teeth and said, "Master, you have no idea whose dead person he is that I'm crying my eyes out over."

At this point, Tang Xuanzang couldn't hold back any longer, so he quickly stepped forward and slapped Zhu Bajie, saying to him:

"You idiot, he saved my life! When you, Sun Wukong Sha Wujing went up to fight that monster, he casually grabbed a head. Otherwise, I would have been the one killed. You guys bury it first."

The fool immediately listened to Tang Xuanzang's words and reburied the bones, building a tomb for them.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said to Tang Xuanzang, "Master, you rest here for a while. I'll go and kill all those monsters in a bit."

After speaking, Sun Wukong went into the cave and used a small Law Technique to make all the monsters inside drowsy. Sun Wukong then used the ropes to tie up all the monsters, hoisted them onto his back, and walked out the back door.

Upon seeing Zhu Bajie burst into laughter, feeling extremely happy. He jokingly said to Sun Wukong:

"Brother Monkey, you did a great job! You managed to bring them all out when they weren't looking."

Then Zhu Bajie was about to raise his Nine-Toothed Rake to strike the monster, but Sun Wukong Zhu Bajie quickly stopped Zhu Bajie, saying, "Don't attack this monster yet. There are still many monsters in his cave that we haven't caught."

Knowing he was in for a fight, Zhu Bajie smiled and said to Sun Wukong, "Brother Monkey, why don't you wait here while I go in and kill all those monsters?"

"Killing them takes a lot of effort; let's take an unconventional approach and kill them using a different method."

Sun Wukong patted Zhu Bajie the shoulder and said something to him. Upon hearing this, the farmer led Zhu Bajie to find some dry branches and delivered them to the back door.

At the same time, Sun Wukong lit a fire, and Zhu Bajie used Law Technique to create a wind. The little demons woke up after a short while, but by then their lives were already in danger.

A short while later, they heard Tang Xuanzang shouting loudly. He said to Sun Wukong Tang Xuanzang, "Wukong, come here quickly! That demon has woken up!"

Before Sun Wukong could even step forward, Zhu Bajie couldn't hold back any longer and raised his Nine-Toothed Rake to strike the monster, which turned out to be a leopard demon.

Seeing this, Tang Xuanzang finally felt relieved. The farmer said to Tang Xuanzang:

"Elder, my home is some distance along the way. Please come to my house so my mother can properly thank you before seeing you on your way."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xuanzang had no choice but to follow the farmer to his home. Not far away, he saw an old man kneeling at the door, weeping bitterly with tears in his eyes.

Upon seeing this, the farmer realized it was his mother. He immediately abandoned Tang Xuanzang and rushed to the doorway, kneeling down and saying:

"Mother, I'm late, but I'm back alive now, so don't worry. I'll definitely take good care of you from now on."

The old woman hugged the farmer tightly and said, "You haven't come home for the past few days. I knew you must have been captured by a monster and taken your life. I'm heartbroken."

"But I see you don't have a single scratch on you. Why did you only come back today? Where are all your tools?"

Upon hearing what the old woman said, the farmer immediately kowtowed to her and said:

"Mother, I was indeed captured by that monster, but I was tied to a tree, so my life was saved. It's all thanks to these gentlemen in front of you. They are all on their way from the Great Tang of the Central Land to the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures. This gentleman in the middle was also captured by that monster."

"But his apprentice Divine Ability powerful; he killed all the monsters and burned the surrounding lesser demons to death, which is how he rescued us. Now the mountain is peaceful, and I can go out to work at night."

Upon hearing this, the old woman was overjoyed and quickly thanked Tang Xuanzang and his companions one by one before leading them to her house to sit down.

A little while later, they heard Zhu Bajie's stomach rumbling loudly, so they hurriedly prepared some food as a token of their gratitude.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie laughed and said, "Actually, you don't need to prepare so much food. Just give each of us a bowl of rice."

However, the farmer didn't think so, and patted Zhu Bajie on the shoulder, Zhu Bajie saying:

"To be honest, elder, there's nothing of value on this mountain, but we have plenty of wild vegetables, and I've brought them all out to show our gratitude."

At the same time, Zhu Bajie stopped being polite to the farmers and said with a smile:

"Since you've said that, let's not waste any more time and bring everything up quickly. We're starving."

Before long, the food was placed in front of Zhu Bajie. The simple and unpretentious food contained the gratitude of the farmers and the old woman.

The four of them had a hearty meal and packed their belongings, but the farmer dared not linger and asked his mother to come out so he could thank her again and again.

The farmer kowtowed, took out a stick, straightened his clothes, and went out to see them off Sha Wujing led the horse, Zhu Bajie carried the load, Sun Wukong followed on either side, and Tang Xuanzang, on horseback, said to the farmer:

"Brother, you know the road ahead well, why don't you lead the way?"