Getting the Weapons Back

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's words, the Demon King immediately instructed his subordinates, "Go quickly and fetch some silver to send this guest away."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately stepped forward and respectfully said to the Demon King, "Your Majesty, there is actually another matter. This guest is firstly here to ask for money, and secondly, to see what kind of banquet we will be holding."

After speaking, the Demon King became very angry and began to scold Sun Wukong. The Demon King said, "You monster are really too hateful! It's one thing for you to buy things, but do you even know how to tell them?"

Seeing the situation before him, Zhu Bajie realized it was a bit difficult to handle, so he immediately stepped forward and said to the Demon King, "Please don't misunderstand. Everyone knows about your treasure. What's wrong with showing it to them now?"

The Demon King suddenly sensed a slight difference between Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie, and cursed under his breath before saying to Zhu Bajie:

"You're also a little puzzled. Everyone knows I stole this treasure from that city. If this guest sees it, and then tells them back in the city, the prince will definitely come looking for it. What should we do then?"

Upon hearing what the Demon King said, Sun Wukong immediately stepped forward to Demon King. Sun Wukong said:

"Your Majesty, this guest isn't from that city. Who could he possibly be talking to? Besides, he's hungry, and neither of us has eaten. We know we have some food here, so let's give him something to eat and take him with us."

After a short while, one of the lesser demons took out the silver and handed it to Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong returned the silver to Sha Wujing and said to Sha Wujing:

"Take all this money now, I'll take you to the back to get some food."

Sha Wujing, mustering his courage, followed Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong to the battle. There, on the table in the center, sat a Nine-Toothed Rake, truly dazzling in its brilliance.

However, in two corners were placed the Ruyi Jingu Bang) and the Demon-Subduing Treasure Staff. The Demon King followed behind and said, "This guest, the one shining in the middle is the Nine-Toothed Rake. You can look at it, but don't tell anyone."

After speaking, Sha Wujing nodded his thanks. Zhu Bajie, who was a reckless person by nature, immediately ran towards the Nine-Toothed Rake without regard for anything around him.

Holding the Nine-Toothed Rake in his hand, he revealed his true form and began to strike the monster mercilessly.

However, Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing each retrieved their weapons and revealed their true forms. The three brothers attacked wildly, startling the Demon King, who hurriedly dodged and shouted:

"Who exactly are you people? How dare you come here to cheat my precious child?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong sneered and said:

"You monster, you have no sense of right and wrong! Don't you know who we are? We are the disciples who protected Tang Xuanzang on his journey to the Western Heaven to retrieve the Buddhist scriptures."

"Now that we've arrived here, three princes wish to become our apprentices and have our treasured artifacts used as models for forging weapons, which were originally placed in the courtyard."

After saying this, Sun Wukong paused for a moment, then continued:

"But you, you thief, stole it in the dead of night, and you even said we tricked you into keeping your treasure, so you told us three weapons to test our skills on you first."

As soon as Sun Wukong finished speaking, he continued to charge towards the demon, who raised his weapon and fought his way from the small square in the middle to the front gate.

The demon fought for a long time, but finally couldn't win. So she used a trick and left. When Zhu Bajie saw this, he wanted to chase after Sun Wukong, but Zhu Bajie stopped Zhu Bajie and said to him:

"Zhu Bajie, wait a minute, we absolutely mustn't chase after him."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Bajie became extremely angry. He glanced at the little demons inside the cave and killed them all.

Then Sun Wukong took out some dry firewood and started a fire. Zhu Bajie fanned the fire vigorously with his ears, and the cave entrance was burned to ashes in an instant.

After seeing what they had done, they returned to the city satisfied. However, the city gates were still open, and the people inside were not asleep at all. The old prince and Tang Xuanzang stood in the pavilion looking up at the sky.

Just then, they heard the sound of something being thrown. A short while later, Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie came to Tang Xuanzang 'Tang Xuanzang side and said to him:

"Master, we're back now."

Seeing this, the old prince nodded obsequiously. Tang Xuanzang was overjoyed. The three young princes knelt on the ground, Sha Wujing stepped forward to help them up, saying:

"You three, don't be so polite. Come closer and see what we have."

Seeing this, the prince asked Sun Wukong with a puzzled look, "What are these things? Where did they come from?"

After hearing what the prince said, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the prince:

"These things are all monsters that have become spirits outside. They stole all our weapons back then, and when we went to their door, the monster turned out to be a Golden Fur lion. He fought us with weapons until nightfall and was defeated and fled."

"We didn't chase him at all; we just cleaned up his cave entrance completely before bringing him back."

The old prince felt both joy and worry upon hearing this. He was joyful because they had returned victorious, but worried because he feared the monsters would return for revenge.

Sun Wukong seemed to read the old prince's mind, so he patted the old prince on the shoulder and said to him:

"Don't worry about that anymore. After careful consideration, I will definitely help you eliminate all those monsters completely."

After speaking, Zhu Bajie looked up at Sun Wukong said, "Brother Monkey, what plan have you come up with? Can you tell us in advance so we can cooperate with you to slay the demons?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong looked at Zhu Bajie and pondered for a long time before saying to him:

"Do you remember when we saw a little demon delivering a message today? It said there was a banquet tomorrow, and the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint was invited."

"We just defeated that monster, and it's probably off to its ancestors now. It'll definitely come looking for revenge tomorrow, so we need to think things through carefully."

After hearing what Sun Wukong said, the old prince quickly thanked Sun Wukong and then arranged some dinner. After the four of them finished eating, they went back to their respective places to sleep.

Sun Wukong was wrong after all. The demon was still in his cave abode, but his men had run off towards Bamboo Joint Mountain, where a hidden paradise awaited, where the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint was his ancestor.

The demon traveled tirelessly through the night, only arriving at the cave entrance during the day. He knocked on the door and entered. Upon seeing this, the little demon spoke to the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint.