Sun Wukong grinned and said, "Jie Dian, alright, since you really want to drink, we won''t stop you. Come on over."

    Jie Dian laughed heartily, "That''s more like it..."

    But after only a few steps, Jie Dian felt something was amiss. He was an extremely cunning and sly person, and the look in these guys'' eyes was sketchier than the next, definitely something fishy was brewing.

    With this thought, he immediately slowed his pace.

    However, Sun Wukong and the others couldn''t wait any longer.

    Sun Wukong bellowed, "Attack!"

    Leading the charge, with the Six-Eared Macaque covering the rear, Zhu Ganglie and Sha Wujing flanking from both sides, they pounced on Jie Dian from four different directions instantaneously.

    Although Jie Dian was prepared, how could he stand a chance against this gang?

    Immediately, Jie Dian was pinned to the ground and a flurry of kicks ensued...

    Meanwhile, Tang Sanzang had put on his kasaya and stretched lazily with satisfaction, "That feels good..."

    Behind him, sitting on the bed, Mrs. Di Yong, staring blankly, muttered, "That''s not right. I forced you, so why do you seem more content than I am? Shouldn''t you be sitting here crying?"

    Tang Sanzang said, "Hey, don''t sweat these trivial details. Who forced who isn''t important; what matters is that we achieved our goal, right?"

    Without thinking, Mrs. Di Yong nodded, "That makes sense, and also, after one time with you, not only have I stepped into the realm of a Golden Immortal, but I''ve even reached the state of great perfection, ready to advance further at any moment..."

    Tang Sanzang said, "There you go, you got what you wanted, I got what I wanted, we owe nothing to each other, how great is that! The mountains will remain, the waters will keep flowing, let''s part here, goodbye!"@@@@

    Saying so, Tang Sanzang was about to leave.

    Mrs. Di Yong called out, "Wait, something still feels off... Why do I feel like I''ve fallen into a trap?"

    Tang Sanzang looked up towards the endless pit above and said, "Girl, you haven''t fallen into any pit; isn''t this always the pit?"

    Mrs. Di Yong was rendered speechless...

    Tang Sanzang said, "It''s fine, I''m leaving now."

    "Wait, one last question, are you really Tang Sanzang? I mean, the one reincarnated from Golden Cicada, the one going to the West to fetch the scriptures?" Even Mrs. Di Yong, slow as she was, felt something was off by now.

    They say Tang Sanzang was the reincarnation of the Golden Cicada, a good man of ten lifetimes, a disciple of Mount Ling, but the one before her was clearly a lecher!

    Anyway, he just wanted to sing a song, hum a tune, and be happy...

    Once on the white horse, the group continued westward.

    Tang Sanzang said, "Disciples, you all say that there are killers on Mount Ling? I feel like they''re all unreliable folks."

    "Master, why do you think they are unreliable?" the White Dragon Horse asked.

    Tang Sanzang said, "Remember at Lion Camel Ridge, wasn''t there an Arhat who said he''d find good wine for me and share a big bird hotpot with me? But he''s been gone for so many days and hasn''t come back... That''s a bit underhanded.

    I''m keeping the birds for him, yet he doesn''t come back to drink with me, stood me up!"

    "Master, now that you mention it, I also think that Arhat is underhanded," Sun Wukong quickly agreed.

    "Yes, underhanded, too underhanded! That''s not how things are done!"

    "No one would do such a thing!"

    "Right, right, right..."

    The disciples echoed one after another.

    As they walked far away, a monk with a head full of bumps crawled out of a large pit and cursed, "Is this what people do? I just wanted to drink some wine, was there a need to be so rough?"

    ...

    Meanwhile, deep in the starry sky, several Garudas were whisking Tang Sanzang through the cosmos.

    "You took so long to come, what were you doing before?" Tang Sanzang asked irritably.

    One Garuda replied, "Looking for you... the cosmos is so vast, we had to search planet by planet."

    Another Garuda said, "It''s because of Tang Sanzang''s disappearance, linked to his karma, that we couldn''t figure it out and had to use a crude method, tracing the direction of the Fist Power. This is actually fast, considering once a fellow fell into the cosmos, and we still haven''t found him. It''s been millions of years now..."

    Tang Sanzang looked at them and said, "You didn''t really search, did you? Otherwise, how would you have time to follow me every day?"

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    The Garudas suddenly blushed...

    Tang Sanzang shrieked, "Tell the truth, you didn''t come to find me before this, did you?"