Tang Sanzang nodded slightly, "Makes sense..."

    Sha Wujing said, "Master, what you eat is yours, as for the girl, with your status and looks, do you ever lack for women?"

    Sun Wukong said, "Master, just look at this guy. With that appearance, what kind of aesthetic must one have to shape-shift into that? What he considers beautiful... tsk, it''s probably not even as good as the monkeys on my Fruit and Flower Mountain."

    Tang Sanzang nodded vigorously, "Makes sense!"

    The Six-Eared Macaque asked, "Master, what do we do?"

    Tang Sanzang replied, "Stir-fried pork with chili peppers!"

    The King of Yellow Brows roared, "You three scammers, did I desecrate your ancestors'' graves or something? Why are you scamming me like this? I''m wronged!"

    The next moment, the Six-Eared Macaque raised his stick high, ready to strike.

    Just then, a Buddhist chant echoed.

    "Amitabha."

    Everyone looked up, only to see a fat monk with a smiling face descending from the sky.

    Sun Wukong and the others quickly stood up and greeted him, "Greetings to the Buddha from the East!"

    Tang Sanzang, not recognizing the person, Sun Wukong hurriedly introduced, "This is the Future Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha with a forever smiling face. Also known as the Buddha from the East..."

    The Maitreya Buddha brought his palms together and said, "Amitabha, the poor monk has seen the donor."

    Facing the true Buddha, Tang Sanzang, the fake monk, was a bit embarrassed, to join palms or not to join palms? That was a question...

    But thick-skinned as ever, he bluntly asked, "What''s up?"

    Maitreya Buddha pointed at the King of Yellow Brows and said, "He is a disciple under my tutelage. I previously sent him here to assist Golden Cicada in a training, but he unexpectedly offended the fellow Daoist here. Please forgive us."

    Sun Wukong and the others knew well that the Maitreya Buddha was one of the few truly good-natured and tempered Buddhas, and they highly respected him.

    They thought Tang Sanzang wouldn''t make things difficult for the smiling Buddha, right?

    Tang Sanzang indeed hesitated a bit.

    However, the King of Yellow Brows, seeing the Maitreya Buddha, was ecstatic, grasping at him like a lifeline, "Holy monk, the Buddha himself is here, let me go."

    Tang Sanzang, looking like a sulking daughter-in-law, puffed his cheeks and chewed on a grass leaf, cursing, "Sure enough, smiling fatties are always trouble!""

    That day, Tang Sanzang was really irritated, incredibly irritated, muttering from time to time, "Sneaky fatty!""

    ...

    Since there was no meat to be had here, Tang Sanzang waited no longer, mounted the White Dragon Horse, and pointed westward, "Let''s go. I refuse to believe we won''t come across something tasty on this route!""

    The White Dragon Horse started its gallop. Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire

    What depressed Tang Sanzang incredibly was that throughout their journey, they indeed didn''t encounter a single significant demon.

    The more Tang Sanzang walked, the angrier he got...

    Seeing this, the Six-eared Macaque leaned closer and whispered, "Master, that Huangmei was actually a monster set up by Buddhism, placed midway to trouble Golden Cicada. He initially planned to set up a small temple on that mountain to lure Golden Cicada in, capture him, and stage a play.

    However, he got wind of our arrival ahead of time, demolished the temple, threw away the signboard, and hid, not daring to meet us.

    I think, the fact that we haven''t encountered any major demons along the way is probably for this reason."

    Tang Sanzang looked at the Six-eared Macaque skeptically, "Is that true?"

    The Six-eared Macaque replied, "Absolutely true!""

    Tang Sanzang stroked his chin. He had always known that many demons along the way were actors, but he did not know that exposing his identity would make these guys hide.

    Sun Wukong said, "Master, if they indeed have all hidden, then we probably won''t meet a single demon throughout our journey."

    Tang Sanzang also felt a headache coming on...

    His purpose for heading west wasn''t to obtain scriptures; it was primarily for the perfect excuse to catch some demons for a feast.

    Without any demons to catch, what was the point of going west at all!

    Just then, Zhu Ganglie came grunting over, "Master, about that... I actually know quite clearly who we will meet along the way. Before descending to the world, I secretly made some inquiries...""

    Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang grabbed Zhu Ganglie, "Really? Speak quickly. Are there any demons here? What''s their name and surname?""

    Before Zhu Ganglie could speak, the Six-eared Macaque said, "Master, I heard it clearly; maybe I should tell it."

    "Shut up! What are you trying to steal my credit for!" Zhu Ganglie pushed the Six-eared Macaque away and said, "Master, I actually don''t know everything, just parts, but I do know the plan for this area. After passing the small temple, we should come across a large city where the king has a strange illness and is waiting for us to cure him.

    The primary reason for the king''s illness is demonic activity."