Chapter 88 The Baldy's Troubles [Please Bookmark]
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."
The woman laughed and said, "My dear, can't you use your transformation skills? Just change into a handsome appearance and it will all be fine."
The robed elder thought about it and conceded, "Alright, let's go!"
After saying this, the two of them dashed off in the direction of the Treasure Elephant Kingdom.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
Just then, Zhu Ganglie's voice came from afar: "Master, master! I'm here, you've finally come back, hahaha... I thought I was going to spend the night in the Demon's Cave Dwelling!"
Zhu Ganglie crawled out of the ruins, lively as a dragon, completely unharmed and seemingly quite happy.
Following him was Sha Wujing, grinning ear to ear, thrilled.
Tang Sanzang paused and said, "Uh... you were in the mountain too?"
Zhu Ganglie's and Sha Wujing's smiles immediately stiffened as they asked, "Master, didn't Xiao Bai tell you?"
Both glanced toward the White Dragon Horse, who was leisurely grazing on grass and casually said, "Master has only just returned an hour ago, and I was in the midst of giving him a detailed report."
Wujing asked subconsciously, "And how were you reporting it?"
The White Dragon Horse sat on the ground with a blade of grass in its mouth, swaying as it explained in a droll fashion, "Well, it's a long story; I have to start from after master left with the demoness. It seems I just mentioned how I bit into a bug while eating grass this morning, and that fearless ugly freak came out bellowing, and the rest, well, you all know. No need for me to say more, right?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ganglie charged forward, grabbed the White Dragon Horse by the neck and roared, "Eating grass and finding a bug, wasn't that three or four days ago? We've been captured, and you're not focusing on the main point; you're talking about eating bugs?"
The White Dragon Horse replied with an innocent face, "Am I not just giving a detailed account, narrating everything as it happened? What's the rush?"
"What's the rush? If the master doesn't know we're in the mountains and uses just a bit too much strength... Grandmother's, Wujing, grab a weapon!"
Zhu Ganglie hadn't even finished speaking when he noticed that Sha Wujing had already silently boiled a pot of hot water. Seeing them look over, he pointed at the boiling water and said, "Second Brother, the water's boiled; bring it over for bloodletting. Tonight, I'll cook a feast of dragon dishes for master to celebrate his return."
At this scene, both Zhu Ganglie and the White Dragon Horse thought only one thing:
My man Sha, ruthless and taciturn, ready to throw down in the pot at the slightest provocation—truly, frigging ruthless!
While Zhu Ganglie was lost in thought, the White Dragon Horse suddenly leapt up high and then bolted, all the while shouting, "Master, save me! Zhu Wufan and Sha Wujing want to eat your steed!"
Tang Sanzang said with indifference, "No problem; when Wukong gets back, he can just change into an even bigger and more beautiful horse."
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."
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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?"