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"Bajie, don't move! I'll use my axe to cut the seaweed off. Once the seaweed is cut off, you'll be free." After saying this to Zhu Bajie, Lin Yaoxie took the axe and chopped at the seaweed.

He made a cut, but the seaweed not only didn't break, but 503 actually gripped it even tighter.

"Ouch, Senior Brother, don't chop it! The more you move it, the tighter it wraps around you. My feet are about to be ripped off!" Pigsy hurriedly cried out to Lin Yaoxie.

Seeing this, Lin Yaoxie stopped what he was doing, bent down, and carefully examined the seaweed.

It turned out that this was not an ordinary seaweed. This kind of seaweed was highly poisonous. When he cut it, he broke open the seaweed branch, and its venom leaked out and flowed into Pigsy's blood.

It wasn't that the seaweed was getting tighter the more it was cut; rather, it was because Pigsy was poisoned and his ankle was swollen that he realized the seaweed was binding him so tightly. Lin Yaoxie even regretted cutting the seaweed.

But he'd already done it; there's no going back now.

"Bajie, wait here for a moment, I'll be right back." After saying that, Lin Yaoxie flew to the shore, but Zhu Bajie shouted after him without answering.

"Big Brother, why did you come up here by yourself? Where are Master and Pigsy?" Sun Wukong asked as soon as he saw Lin Yaoxie come out.

"We haven't found our master yet, but Bajie has been poisoned by seaweed. The poison has already spread into his bloodstream, and we must detoxify Bajie immediately," Lin Yaoxie hurriedly explained to Sun Wukong.

"Go find Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao), he has all kinds of elixirs and miraculous medicines," Sun Wukong said to Lin Yaoxie.

After hearing what Sun Wukong said, Lin Yaoxie hurriedly went to the residence of Laozi (Taishang Laojun) and explained the situation. Laozi gave him a magic pill, and only then did he rush back...

We reached the river.

“Bajie, if you eat this elixir, the seaweed will naturally let go of you,” Lin Yaoxie said to Zhu Bajie, who was already drenched in sweat.

After hearing this, Pigsy quickly ate the elixir.

He didn't know why, but after Lin Yaoxie left, his ankle started to hurt so badly that he broke out in a sweat. Lin Yaoxie hadn't told him he was poisoned, so even when Zhu Bajie went to get the antidote, he still didn't know what had happened.

After Lin Yaoxie cured Zhu Bajie of the poison, the two continued their search for Tang Sanzang at the bottom of the river. This time, they were much more careful and kept a great distance from the creatures in the river.

In Pigsy's words, he didn't want to be bothered again; they should hurry up and find their master.

They swam at the bottom of the river for a while, and suddenly found that it was pitch black ahead. Lin Yaoxie used the beastman technique he had learned to speak a few words to the fish next to him.

From the fish, Lin Yaoxie learned that the dark substance was venom released by an octopus. They had heard that the Octopus King had acquired a new treasure, and to avoid detection, they...

That's why his men released black smoke.

Lin Yaoxie and Zhu Bajie exchanged glances and immediately understood that the octopus king's new treasure was probably their master, Tang Sanzang.

Chapter 126 Black Smoke

So Lin Yaoxie and Zhu Bajie arrived outside the dark mass. Through the black smoke, they saw many small octopuses constantly spitting out black smoke.

"It seems the octopus hasn't eaten Master yet. Let's hurry and find a way to get in," Lin Yaoxie said to Zhu Bajie.

After Lin Yaoxie finished speaking, he used a spell to completely eliminate all the black smoke. The octopuses in the black smoke were so frightened by the fact that Lin Yaoxie had instantly eliminated the black smoke they had created that they all ran away.

"Senior Brother, it seems this monster isn't so bad after all. They were scared away before we even did anything," Pigsy said proudly to the demon.

"Bajie, don't be fooled by appearances, this octopus is not easy to deal with!" After saying this, Lin Yaoxie ran towards the place where the octopus demon lived, with Zhu Bajie following closely behind.

"Monster, today is your death day. Just wait for Grandpa Lin to turn you into mincemeat!" Lin Yaoxie shouted into the octopus's house from the doorway.

Just now, when Lin Yaoxie cleared away the black smoke, the small octopuses had already reported it to the octopus spirit.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! A very powerful person has come from outside. He immediately cleared away the black smoke we created. He's probably not easy to deal with. Is he here to steal Tang Sanzang's flesh from us?" the little octopus asked in a panic.

"What are you panicking for? Can't you speak properly? That's not someone trying to steal Tang Sanzang's flesh from us, it must be Tang Sanzang's eldest disciple, Lin Yaoxie. Rumor has it he's very powerful, and I'm going to have a go at him today." The octopus demon first scolded his subordinates, and then continued to threaten them.

As soon as he arrived outside the cave, he saw Lin Yaoxie and Zhu Bajie, who were trying to figure out how to get in.

"You monster! I was just thinking of going in to beat you up, but I didn't expect you to come out on your own!" Lin Yaoxie said to the octopus spirit.

"Heh, I'll see how capable you are today." Soon, Lin Yaoxie and the octopus demon started fighting. Halfway through the fight, the octopus demon realized that it couldn't beat Lin Yaoxie, so it released black smoke and slipped back to its dwelling.

Lin Yaoxie was furious and swung his thunder axe at the cave entrance several times, but the monster's cave was very sturdy and didn't break at all.

Seeing that the situation was not optimistic, Lin Yaoxie went to the Dragon King's palace.

"Oh my, what brings you here today, young hero Lin?" The Dragon King hurriedly flattered Lin Yaoxie upon seeing him, not wanting to offend this powerful figure.

"Don't you know why I came back here?" Lin Yaoxie retorted.

"Young Master Lin, what do you mean? I really don't know. My dragon son was also taken by you to be the white dragon horse, and I didn't say anything. Of course, there's no way I could have offended you in any way," the Dragon King hurriedly explained.

He acted like a mouse before a cat, showing none of the aura of a dragon king.

"My master and I were passing by and thought we'd take a bath in the river, but my master was captured by you, you octopus from the bottom of the sea. You're the one in charge here, and you still say it's none of your business?" Lin Yaoxie said angrily to the Dragon King.

"You mean the octopus demon captured your master? That octopus demon is the carp demon's good brother. It's probably because you had Guanyin Bodhisattva subdue that carp last time that the octopus demon holds a grudge and captured your master." Guang said.

Chapter 127 The Dragon King Arrives in Person

The Dragon King explained the whole story to Lin Yaoxie, and Lin Yaoxie finally understood what had happened. He was surprised that the carp spirit had such a good brother, but he just didn't use him for good.

Thinking of this, Lin Yaoxie actually felt sorry for the octopus demon. However, since the octopus demon had captured Tang Sanzang, he would not let him have a good ending. He had always been a vengeful person.

“Old Dragon King 503, don’t say anything more, just tell me if you can help me resolve this matter,” Lin Yaoxie said to the Dragon King.

"Young Master Lin, this is simple. I'll accompany you right away," the Dragon King said politely to Lin Yaoxie. After speaking, the Dragon King followed Lin Yaoxie to the entrance of the octopus demon's cave.

Lin Yaoxie knocked on the cave entrance, and the octopus demon came out.

"Heh, you ungrateful wretch, how dare you come here!" the octopus spirit said as he walked, but when he reached the cave entrance, he was dumbfounded. The Dragon King was standing right in front of him.

"You wicked creature, do you know what you're doing? Do you know that you've captured a high-ranking monk on his journey to the West? If anything happens to him, can you take responsibility?" the Dragon King said to the octopus demon.

When the octopus demon saw the Dragon King, its previous arrogance vanished instantly. It obediently revealed its true form and crawled to the Dragon King's feet.

When Lin Yaoxie saw how cowardly the octopus demon was, he was about to step forward and tell him to kill it, but he was stopped by the Dragon King.

"Young Master Lin, please do me a favor and release him so I can take him back. I will make sure he receives the punishment he deserves," the Dragon King said to Lin Yaoxie.

Upon hearing the Dragon King's words, Lin Yaoxie ceased his subordinates' actions but spoke up.

"Old Dragon King, this octopus demon has poisoned the seaweed on the seabed. You'd better detoxify the river as soon as possible, or it will harm more innocent people."

After Lin Yaoxie finished speaking, he went in to rescue Tang Sanzang. The Dragon King, having heard Lin Yaoxie's words, also used his magic to purify the river thoroughly, both upstream and downstream, so that the river was no longer poisonous.

After Lin Yaoxie rescued Tang Sanzang, he and Zhu Bajie dragged Tang Sanzang to the surface of the water.

When Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing saw Lin Yaoxie bringing Tang Sanzang out, they quickly went to greet him.

"Master, you should put on your clothes quickly, or you'll catch a cold. Although the weather isn't cold, you still can't get chilled..." Sun Wukong said as he helped Tang Sanzang put on his clothes.

And so, the group continued their westward journey.

The Tang emperor was very worried after hearing their account, not to mention that Tang Sanzang had personally experienced these things. He was already very happy that Tang Sanzang had returned safely.

"Your Majesty, this is nothing! We've already faced many more tribulations!" Lin Yaoxie said to the emperor before recounting their journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.

That day was a cold winter day. They had walked a long way and their hands and feet were frozen. They finally found a village and came to a house hoping to warm up, but the house had no spare rooms and refused them.

So they went to another house, but the result was the same. They asked from house to house until finally one family was willing to take them in.

The master and his disciples were very grateful to them and gave the couple their best rations.

Chapter 128 Unexpected Events

The family brought them blankets and lit a charcoal fire. The master and his apprentices were overjoyed and quickly ran to the stove to get some firewood.

"Master, it's warm here, come over here quickly." Lin Yaoxie said to Tang Seng. After hearing this, Tang Seng came to Lin Yaoxie's side. Just as they were enjoying themselves by the fire, something unexpected happened.

The fire in the stove grew stronger and stronger, eventually igniting the wooden table, and the whole house burst into flames.

"Protect Master!" Lin Yaoxie said to Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie while busy putting out the fire.

But at this moment, they had no time to care. The fire had already reached them, and they were all busy putting out their own fires. Only after Lin Yaoxie had extinguished the fire did they turn around to look for Tang Sanzang.

"Wukong, where is Master? Where did Master go?" Lin Yaoxie asked Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong was so focused on putting out the fire that he didn't pay any attention to Tang Sanzang and had no idea when Tang Sanzang had disappeared. They quickly went to another room to see if the couple had been alright.

But when they arrived at the other room, the couple was nowhere to be found, and the room was empty, without even a bed.

Only then did Lin Yaoxie realize that something was wrong. They had searched the entire village, but no one was willing to take them in. Only this family took them in and gave them blankets and charcoal.

It seems that all of this was premeditated, with the aim of capturing his master, Tang Sanzang. It looks like they've run into trouble again.

In fact, Lin Yaoxie's idea was correct. The quilt and charcoal fire were deliberately given to them by the demon. The quilt was filled with cotton, which was very easy to ignite. The demon thought of taking advantage of the fire to capture Tang Sanzang, so they came up with this plan.

But how did they manage to get no other family in the village to take them in? This was what puzzled Lin Yaoxie.

"Hey, senior brother, stop worrying about it. Let's hurry up and think about how to rescue Master!" Sun Wukong's words interrupted Lin Yaoxie's train of thought.

"I think we should figure out the situation here first." Lin Yaoxie said before walking out of the house.

He went to the same houses they had visited before coming here, and finally came to the conclusion that these houses were just like this one, with only a yard and a few rooms, but nothing inside.

Lin Yaoxie then realized that they had been deceived. There were no villagers in the village at all. The people they had just seen were all monsters in disguise. No wonder he had a strange feeling.

503 As for where the people of this village went, you'll have to ask those two monsters.

When it was light the next day, Lin Yaoxie summoned the local earth god and asked him about the situation.

"Oh dear, Young Master Lin, this is way too early! I was still dozing off when you woke me up. Even though I'm a god, I still need to sleep!" the Earth God complained to Lin Yaoxie.

After hearing the Earth God's complaint, Lin Yaoxie knew that what he had done was wrong, but he was also anxious to rescue Tang Sanzang, so he could only apologize to the Earth God first before explaining the reason for summoning him, since it was indeed his fault.

Chapter 129 Utopia

"Earth God, I'm really sorry, but my master has been captured by a monster again, and I don't know the situation here, so I thought I'd call you out to ask about it," Lin Yaoxie said politely to the Earth God.

"Young Master Lin, whatever you want to ask, I will tell you everything," the Earth God immediately said. After all, this was the first time he had seen Lin Yaoxie be so polite, and he felt a little uneasy.

"Do you know if there are any monsters around here? Why is there not a single household in this village?" Lin Yaoxie asked the local earth god.

"All I know is that the villagers used to go to the mountains to cut down trees a couple of years ago, and everyone made a living by selling firewood. But in recent years, they suddenly stopped cutting down trees, and the villagers gradually lost their income, so they left. As for whether there are any monsters around here, I don't know," the local earth god answered truthfully.

Upon hearing this, Lin Yaoxie gleaned some useful information: chopping wood must be related to trees.

"Earth God, are there any forests around here?" Lin Yaoxie asked again.

“There really is a forest nearby. It was all cut down by the villagers, but then it suddenly grew back overnight. I think there must be something wrong. You should go and take a look in the forest,” the Earth God said.

When Lin Yaoxie and Sun Wukong heard what the Earth God said, they thanked him and went to the forest.

When they arrived at the woods, they only felt that the woods were shrouded in mist and the trees were very thick, so it was obviously not a normal forest.

Lin Yaoxie wandered around in the woods for a long time but couldn't find anything. He was so anxious that he really wanted to cut down all the trees, but reason told him that he couldn't do that.

He came to a tree and used an axe to split a small hole in the trunk. The tree actually shed tears, just like a person. Lin Yaoxie found this very strange and wanted to crawl into the tree hole to take a look.

Suddenly, the weather changed. The entire sky was covered with dark clouds in an instant. Then, a beam of light suddenly appeared and shone on the tree that Lin Yaoxie had just cut down. The tree actually opened its mouth.