Journey to the West: Upon seeing the Yellow-Eyebrowed Demon, why not pay homage?

Chapter 170 Shameless Act, Utterly Despicable!

"Monk, the monk is here!"

As soon as the group entered the town, pedestrians walking on the street and people resting at their doorsteps all stood up and shouted excitedly when they saw Sanzang's shiny bald head.

These shouts quickly triggered a chain reaction, with more people rushing out of their homes and gathering together to form a wall, blocking the westward route.

Sanzang and the others looked at the villagers with puzzled expressions. Zhu Bajie even summoned his nine-toothed rake with a flick of his hand and questioned, "Are you going to rob us?"

Seeing him conjure up a rake, the villagers' expressions changed slightly, and many even took several steps back, muttering "monster."

Some of the bolder ones took the initiative to ask, "May I ask if you are monks from the Great Tang Dynasty in the East, traveling to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and seek scriptures?"

Sun Wukong sensed something was wrong and said, "No!"

"Isn't that right?" The villagers were skeptical.

"Wukong, a monk does not lie."

Sanzang dismounted, rebuked Sun Wukong, and then said to the villagers, "We are monks from the East, on our way to the West to retrieve the scriptures. How did you know about this?"

Seeing this, Pigsy silently gripped his rake, ready to defend against a sudden attack from the group.

However, after their identities were confirmed, the group of people knelt down in unison and begged Sanzang to save them.

"Get up, get up quickly."

Sanzang raised his hand and said, "Tell me what difficulties you have. As long as it is within my power, I will do my best to help."

The villagers were overjoyed. Some expressed their gratitude, some were relieved, and some shouted that "it can definitely be done," but no one explained the specifics.

Sun Wukong stomped his foot, and the earth immediately trembled, frightening the villagers into silence.

"Stop with the nonsense, what exactly do you want from my master?"

The crowd looked at each other in bewilderment, and then an old man stepped forward and said, "Please, holy monk, save the children of our Fallen Leaf Town! Recently, a water ghost abducted thirty-two children and appeared in their parents' dreams, claiming that only if a monk from the Great Tang Dynasty of the East throws himself into the Blackwater River can these children return home safely."

The group on their journey to the West were stunned. Pigsy was the first to react, asking incredulously, "So, you're begging my master to jump into the river?"

The old man said, "We know this request is excessive, but that's the reality."

For the sake of those thirty-two children, we can only beg the holy monk to make a sacrifice.

The town of Fallen Leaves will never forget your great kindness and is willing to build a temple for you, where incense will be offered forever. You will surely attain Buddhahood.

Sanzang: "——..——"

He thought he was quite knowledgeable, but this was the first time he had ever encountered something so outrageous.

Sha Wujing angrily retorted, "Can't you see that this is a demon's scheme?"

"So what if we can see through it? This is the only path we can take," the old man said with a bitter smile.

Sha Wujing:

Sun Wukong looked furious and said sternly, "It must be that little alligator dragon. I, Old Sun, didn't search the whole world for him and bring him to justice, but instead he became more and more greedy and still refused to give up his revenge on Master."

"Revenge is one thing, but to do it uprightly is something he should do, at least he's someone of importance. To resort to such despicable means and do such evil things is shameless, disgusting, and vile!" Pigsy chimed in with his curses.

As they listened to their angry rebukes and curses, the crowd gradually came to their senses.

Judging from this situation, the water ghost and the monk were enemies, and the kidnapping of the child was only to seek revenge.

In that case, their Fallen Leaf Town was completely implicated by this monk and suffered an undeserved disaster.

After realizing this, the group looked at each other and all decided that they absolutely could not let these pilgrims go!

Sanzang took a deep breath and said, "Wukong, Bajie, let's go back to the Blackwater River together; since this matter started because of us, we can't just leave."

"Holy Monk, Great Virtuous One!" Upon hearing this, the people bowed down once more.

"Master, why don't we let Junior Uncle go with Brother Monkey?" Pigsy suggested softly, feeling lazy.

Sanzang waved his hand: "Don't say any more, go quickly!"

How could he not know that although Zhu Bajie was powerful, he was often useless at crucial moments?

Yellow Eyebrows is better, at least it can guarantee your safety!

Soon after, just as Sanzang and his companions were being treated to a sumptuous meal at the town's landlord's house, Sun Wukong returned on a cloud carrying Zhu Bajie. The villagers who were waiting there immediately asked, "Immortal, where is the child?"

Sun Wukong shook his head: "The Blackwater River God's Palace is empty. Not to mention the child, even the water demon is gone."

The landlord sitting next to Sanzang quickly said, "So it seems that the Blackwater River is the place the water ghost chose for the monk's martyrdom."

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Pigsy said in a low voice.

The landlord said, "Am I talking nonsense? Isn't this just how reality is?"

Pig Bajie:

Seeing that he was speechless, the landlord then said to Sanzang, "Your disciples are all like immortals. Could you ask them to fake your death and throw you into the river?"

After the water ghost releases the children, they will retrieve you from the water.

"What a terrible idea."

Huang Mei said, "Let's not even talk about whether the water ghost will keep its promise. Just think about the things you can think of, they can't think of them?"

Unless they suffered a brain injury or suddenly lost their minds due to some disaster.

The landlord said, "I don't have much wisdom, only a little cleverness, so I can only think of this clumsy method."

We humbly request that all the deities pool their wisdom and devise a more appropriate and perfect solution.

In other words, he didn't dare offend the other party; otherwise, given his temper, he would have already retaliated with sarcasm.

"Senior Brother, Junior Uncle, why don't you go to the Heavenly Court again?" Pigsy said, glancing sideways.

Sun Wukong said, "What will you say when you go to Heaven? Say that a water ghost has kidnapped a child, suspected to be Little W Dragon, and ask the Jade Emperor to help investigate."

"Investigate? Heaven isn't my private property; there's a limit to how much I can ask for help."

Pigsy said, "It's because we can't find the water ghost and the child—"

Sha Wujing said, "How about I pretend to be Master and jump into the river? We can rescue the child first, or at least lure out the water ghost."

Sun Wukong said, "That won't work. Their main objective isn't Master, but to obstruct our journey west. You can't stay in the Blackwater River forever, can you?"

"Yellow Eyebrows, do you have any ideas?"

Seeing that the three brothers had been talking back and forth but still couldn't come up with a feasible solution, Sanzang could only look expectantly at the Dharma protector he had hired.

Huang Mei pondered for a moment and said, "I'm wondering if the water ghost disappeared into thin air with the children, or if it hid somewhere far away."

"It's impossible for them to just disappear into thin air. Besides, even if we hide the children far away, they won't go very far. After all, they still need to see our reaction," Sun Wukong said.

Huang Mei said, "If that's the case, then the human wave tactic has the inherent conditions to be implemented—"