Boom!

    A streak of light crossed the sky!

    The robed elder screamed, "Damn it, this is not how the plot goes!"

    Fist Power shattered the elder''s steel saber and all his explanations, eventually turning both man and blade into nothingness...

    However, Tang Sanzang didn''t seem happy. He said fiercely, "Not dead? Trying to escape!"

    Tang Sanzang lifted a foot and stomped down hard on the mountain!

    Boom!

    The entire mountain trembled, and cracks spread across its surface. Bazis Mountain, which had towered mightily towards the clouds just a moment earlier, collapsed into rubble and ultimately turned into a pile of black ash...

    A bald figure stood atop the ash. The wind blew past, his kasaya fluttering. His eyes were blood-red, resembling a true demon king as he snarled, "Got any more life-saving treasures? Ugly robed freak, better not let me catch you again!"

    In the distance, two figures emerged from the shadows. It was indeed the robed elder accompanied by a beautiful woman. Both were as pale as death, clearly frightened by the kick from the bald man.

    "My dear, what kind of person have you provoked? He''s terrifying!" the woman said, her face drained of color.

    The robed elder was also filled with terror, muttering, "You ask me, but whom should I ask? He said his name is Tang Sanzang, but... ah, it''s so confusing."

    The robed elder was looking glum as he pulled the woman along, saying, "Let''s go, let''s go, we cannot stay here any longer!"

    "My dear, he''s destroyed our cave dwelling, where do we go now?" she asked.

    The robed elder hesitated for a moment...

    With a twinkle in her eye, the woman said, "My dear, we have been together for thirteen years, and you know our affection for each other. Now that we have lost our home, why not come with me to the Treasure Elephant Kingdom to meet my father? It is a city of men; not even a fiendish monk would dare massacre a city or destroy a village, right?"

    The robed elder was tempted, but he didn''t agree right away.

    The woman leaned into the robed elder''s embrace and said, "With your strength, are you still afraid of my father, a mere mortal king?"

    Upon hearing this, the confidence that had been beaten out of him by the bald man''s punch and kick seemed to return, and he said proudly, "A mere mortal, why should I fear him? It''s just that, my face might give him a fright."

    White Dragon Horse: "..."

    After the three clowns had their fill of fun, they still ended up dutifully searching for some demon flesh to make many dishes.

    Once everyone was seated, Zhu Ganglie sneakily looked at Tang Sanzang and asked, "Master, did you come back alone?"

    Tang Sanzang replied, "Ah, otherwise?"

    The White Dragon Horse asked curiously, "Didn''t you consider having a child before coming back?"

    Thinking about Master Guyue''s appearance—disheveled hair, a bruised face, and a distorted body—Tang Sanzang eventually shook his head and said, "Too ugly, couldn''t bring myself to do it."

    Psst!

    Zhu Ganglie sprayed out a mouthful of water, wailing, "Master, if she''s too ugly for you, just give her to me! I don''t mind... I''m telling you, those legs, that waist, those breasts, even in heaven she''d be quite the catch."

    The White Dragon Horse added, "And she wouldn''t be bad in the sea either. Master, your standards are too high!"

    Tang Sanzang shook his head with a sigh and said, "Well, how shall I put it... she was quite wild and knew how to have fun, getting into things like little whips as soon as we met. But the problem is... I don''t know why, but as soon as she started drinking, she would transform. And after transforming, man, was she ugly... Ai, even uglier than Wujing here."

    Sha Wujing instinctively covered his behind and said, "Master, I... I..."

    Tang Sanzang gave him a dismissive glance and said, "Don''t worry, I''m not interested in you."

    Wujing breathed a sigh of relief.

    Zhu Ganglie said, "Master, have you been cursed too? Running into a girl and she turns ugly, kind of like what happens to me?"

    Tang Sanzang heard this and began to seriously ponder the idea.

    Seeing Tang Sanzang like this, Zhu Ganglie secretly sent a mind-message to Sha Wujing, "Brother Sha, look at our master, pondering life and all that—surely, procreating is the driving force of all beings'' progress, haha..."

    Sha Wujing immediately kept his distance, not speaking, not looking, not responding.

    Zhu Ganglie found it boring; after a while, he asked Tang Sanzang curiously, "Master, have you figured it out yet?"

    Then he saw Tang Sanzang lift his head, looking at Zhu Ganglie with utmost seriousness, "Wufan, why do you think that yellow-robed ugly freak called me ''Baldy Tang''? No one told him to call me that, did they?"