Chapter 22: Invitation to the Beauty Again [2nd Update] Subscribe Request
The gods were all befuddled, looking at each other and then huddling together to discuss for quite some time, before shaking their heads collectively and saying, "We haven't seen her!"
Sun Wukong said, "Master, it seems that female demon really was just passing by. How about we go check out the next mountain?"
Tang Sanzang was extremely disappointed and channeled his sorrow into his appetite, shouting out loud, "Wujing, cut the meat!"
As Tang Sanzang devoured the food like a whirlwind, Zhu Ganglie stopped Sun Wukong and the others, preventing them from eating any more.
The White Dragon Horse, dissatisfied, asked, "Second Brother, why are you stopping us?"
Zhu Ganglie said, "I'm afraid this pig won't be enough for our Master to eat. What do you think he'll eat if it's not enough?"
The White Dragon Horse, Sun Wukong, and Sha Wujing all turned their gazes toward Zhu Ganglie.
Zhu Ganglie, with a cry in his voice, said, "So, dear older and younger brothers, perhaps you shouldn't eat just yet…"
Before they could agree, they heard Tang Sanzang shout, "What are you all staring at? Come over and eat meat with me! Dammit, if there's no lass, don't I still have my men? You sixty, come over too! Eat, eat heartily! If it's not enough, we'll slaughter another one!"
Zhu Ganglie's legs went weak, and he almost fell to the ground. Clutching Sun Wukong's hand, he said, "Big Brother, I fear I won't make it past today. Once the quest is over, please tell Cuilan for me, tell her that I, old pig, haven't done anything to betray her on this journey. She should find a good man to marry and not wait for me."
Sun Wukong: "@#¥..."
Meanwhile, inside the Fiery Cloud Cave.
Red Boy had waited quite a while and that pig head hadn't returned, which made him somewhat impatient, "Pig Seven!"
Another pig demon hurried over at the call, "Your Majesty, do you need something?"
Red Boy said, "I sent Pig Eight to invite a guest, and it's been two hours already with no sign of him. Go and see what exactly is happening."
Pig Seven was much smarter than Pig Eight and asked, "Your Majesty, is the esteemed guest a man or a woman? Are we to invite them, or catch them? And if we can't invite them, can we catch them?"
Red Boy was also taken aback by the question, as he hadn't considered the possibility that the guest might not come willingly.
Decisively, Red Boy waved his hand and said, "You go and invite them first, we'll talk if you can't manage it!"
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Pig Seven hurried out of the cave and not long after leaving, he caught a whiff of meaty aroma.
"Hey, this smell, so fragrant!" Pig Seven's eyes lit up and he followed the scent, pushing through some bushes, and then he saw a group of people sitting there eating roasted meat.
He didn't see Tang Sanzang, Sun Wukong, and the others sitting at the innermost part; the first thing he noticed was those sixty mountain gods and earth spirits!
He used to bully these mountain gods and earth spirits a lot, using Red Boy as his backing. Now seeing them gathered together having a feast, he instantly felt unhappy. He stepped forward and bellowed, "You minor deities, who allowed you to have a feast? Your grandpa is here, aren't you going to serve up that roast meat?!"
After these words, there was an instant silence at the scene!
Over sixty heads turned simultaneously, then they stared at him as if looking at a dead pig.
Feeling the chill from those sixty pairs of cold eyes, Pig Seven couldn't help but shiver, then he called out more loudly as if to embolden himself, "What are you all looking at? Hurry up and bring over the meat!"
Still, no one moved.
Pig Seven had never been treated like this by the mountain gods and earth spirits before; he was immediately furious. His porcine eyes swept over the mountain gods and earth spirits before him, thinking, "I'll remember all of you; I'm going back to tell the king, and then we'll see who gets turned into a Sky Lantern!"
He was looking around when suddenly he saw a few mismatched fellows.
Other mountain gods and local deities were almost naked if not completely so, looking utterly impoverished.
But these few at least had clothes on.
And even sitting there, they seemed very tall!
The focus was on the baldie in the kasaya in the middle, who completely ignored him and was even eating meat!
Zhu Ganglie got angry, pointed at the baldie, and shouted, "Put it down, who let you touch my meat?"
The baldie slowly put down his chopsticks upon hearing this and after giving him a glance, said to a monkey beside him, "Wukong, this one's almost eaten, bring that one over."
Then Zhu Ganglie saw the skinny monkey, only 1.3 meters tall, slowly stood up and looked towards him.
Zhu Ganglie said, "You... you guys, what are you going to do? I tell you, my king is..."
Before he could finish, Zhu Ganglie turned and ran!
The result was hearing a voice from behind, "Eat my staff, old Sun!"
Bang!
Zhu Ganglie knew nothing anymore.
In a little while, the roast meat in front of Tang Sanzang was replaced with a brand-new one, larger than the previous one and even more tender, truly dripping with fat upon encountering fire and melting in the mouth.
The bullied mountain gods and local deities were filled with resentment, and with new grudges piling onto old ones, they ate more fiercely than anyone else.
After having his fill, Tang Sanzang casually picked up the wig beside him, put it back on his head, left the crowd, and lay on a large rock to look up at the moon in the sky, muttering, "Little fairy, where are you..."
Meanwhile, elsewhere, the Red Boy had been waiting for a long time with no sign of activity.
Finally, the Red Boy couldn't sit still any longer, stood up and said, "What a bunch of disappointments, fine, do I really have to personally invite the guest myself?"
Right at that moment, a demon came forward and volunteered, "Great king, those Pig brothers ultimately have pig heads, how can they shoulder your esteemed task? I, Ji Ruhuo, am willing to solve your problems and relieve your worries!"
The Red Boy knew that Ji Ruhuo, although impatient, was indeed very clever, so he said, "Alright, you go. Remember, you must bring the person back to me!"
Ji Ruhuo replied, "Rest assured, great king, I shall fulfill my mission without fail."
"Wait, put this on. That way, I can see what you see, which will make it easier to stay in contact and avoid mistaking the person," the Red Boy took out a palm-sized bronze mirror and hung it around Ji Ruhuo's neck.
Seeing that everything was in order, Ji Ruhuo then set out.
Indeed, Ji Ruhuo had some skills; standing at the entrance of Fiery Cloud Cave, he closed his eyes, and immediately, the Mountain Map appeared in his mind, at the same time detecting any living beings with body heat on the mountain.
With this method, he quickly found Tang Sanzang, who was lying alone on a large rock, with his snores resounding through the sky.
Seeing Tang Sanzang snoring like thunder before him, Ji Ruhuo was also stunned and thought, "Is this really the esteemed guest the king wants to find? He's too wild, isn't he?"
Just at that moment, Tang Sanzang turned over and sprawled out in a big character pose on the rock...
Before Ji Ruhuo could say anything, he heard the sound of Red Boy slurping saliva from the mirror, "That's him, that's him! Look at his posture, look at that adorable little face, even snoring in his sleep is so cute!"