Tang Sanzang asked with concern, "Miss... female donor, what’s happened to you? Is something amiss?" New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝓷𝓮𝓽
"There’s nothing wrong, it’s just that the sunlight is too bright and reflecting into my eyes," White Bone Lady said weakly.
"That’s good then!" Tang Sanzang relaxed and curiously asked, "By the way, do you know if there are any demons or evil spirits nearby?"
White Bone Lady chuckled and said, "Elder, you must be joking. This is the Western Continent, beneath the Spiritual Mountain, it couldn’t be more peaceful. How could there be any demons?"
"I just thought that since this place is deserted within a hundred miles, it might be because of some demons causing trouble. That’s why I asked. If there are none, all the better, all the better~"
"Elder, it’s deserted around here because wild animals frequently roam the area, thus few people settle here. Elder need not worry, Buddha protects this land, and there are certainly no demons."
"Female donor, if there are wild animals around, why do you settle here?"
"Elder is not aware, but my family has been hunters for generations; we have our own means to deal with wild beasts."
"Female donor, how many people are in your family?"
"How much land does each person have?"
"Uh~..." I never thought about that! White Bone Lady was somewhat at a loss for words, wondering why Tang Sanzang was so curious. She randomly said, "About three acres."
"How many cows do you have in the fields?"
"How much grass do the cows eat?" Tang Sanzang asked with a smile.
White Bone Demon racked her brains and replied in an offhand manner, "One hundred pounds of grass."
"Your cows have quite the appetite."
Suddenly, a beam of golden light streaked across the sky.
"Heh heh~ Evil Spirit!" A resounding shout shook the heavens.
Sun Wukong descended from the sky, his Jingu Bang aiming a blow from above.
White Bone Lady turned her figure, dodging a blow, stumbled, and fell to the ground, pitifully screaming, "Elder, save me!"
Sun Wukong landed on the ground, looked at White Bone Demon, heh heh coldly laughing and said, "No wonder my dear old Sun couldn’t find you; turns out you ran here. You’re quite bold."
Tang Sanzang immediately stood up, quickly hid behind Sha Wujing, and pointing at White Bone Demon, excitedly shouted, "Wukong, she’s a demon, hurry up and kill her."
White Bone Demon was taken aback. How could he possibly recognize that I am an evil spirit? No mere mortal could possibly see through my identity. It must’ve been Zhu Bajie or Sha Wujing who told Tang Sanzang.
White Bone Lady collected herself, with tears in her eyes and cried with grief, "Elder, I kindly brought you food, not only do you not appreciate it, you also slander me as an evil spirit, wanting to harm my life. If you truly believe I am an evil spirit, then kill me! I won’t fight back."
She lifted her head, puffed out her chest, and glared at Tang Sanzang as if she had been greatly wronged.
Tang Sanzang peeked out from behind Sha Wujing and called out, "Wukong, now’s the chance, hit her!"
"Heh heh~ The little monk’s finally smartened up for a moment." Sun Wukong’s figure flickered, he leaped up, and swiftly struck down at the White Bone Demon with his Jingu Bang.
In the pupils of White Bone Demon, a green flame suddenly ignited, it’s actually real, this monk is so vicious.
Clang~ Two Bone Swords clashed with the Jingu Bang, White Bone Lady used the force to fly backward, her graceful face turned into a skull in midair, eyes burning with ghastly fires, both hands turned into bone hands.
White Bone Lady, suspended in midair, angrily shouted, "Tang Sanzang~"
Her figure split into dozens, attacking Tang Sanzang from all sides, each figure waving its bone hands like a dance of numerous demons.
Sun Wukong let out a strange laugh, heh heh, his figure also instantly split into dozens, each facing a White Bone Demon and striking down from above.
Like fireworks bursting, White Bone Demons turned to dust under the Jingu Bang, and their powdered bones scattered across the sky like flurries of snow.
Dozens of Sun Wukongs hovered in mid-air, then simultaneously transformed into streams of light that shot downwards, merging into one on the ground.
Sun Wukong, brandishing his monkey hand, coughed repeatedly as he was choked by the bone dust, walking out with the Jingu Bang in hand.
In the distance, from within the forest, Zhu Bajie with his Nine-toothed Nail Rake ran out swiftly, calling out anxiously, "Master, Master, are you alright?"
Sun Wukong replied irritably, "You pig head, utterly useless! I told you to protect the little monk well; where had you run off to when the Evil Spirit came?"
Tang Sanzang covered his mouth and nose, pulling out a talisman from his chest and recited with a muffled voice, "Wind God Decree, I command~"
The talisman in his hand buzzed and rose up into the air, and a gust of wind swept through between Heaven and Earth, quickly dissipating along with the bone dust.
Zhu Bajie ran over and explained, "Big Brother, it’s not that Old Pig is scared and ran away from the Demon, right?"
Tang Sanzang lowered his sleeve and said, "Wukong, don’t blame Bajie. It was your Master who had Bajie lay the Array to prevent the Demon from escaping."
"Little monk, how did you know she was an Evil Spirit?"
"The meeting of a young girl in an ancient temple on a barren mountain; Evil Spirits by day, ghosts by night; all this is the wisdom of experience."
Sha Wujing said with a smile nearby, "Eldest Brother, Master has a Magic Treasure called the Eight-direction Demon Seeking Disk, which can identify Evil Spirits and demons."
Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Very well, from now on, the task of demon hunting is yours."
Tang Sanzang asked expectantly, "Wukong, was that Evil Spirit captured?"
"That Demon is cunning and has escaped."
Tang Sanzang’s eyes shifted, and he immediately called out loudly, "Bajie~"
"Your Master had you set up an Array to stop the Demon, so how did the Demon manage to escape?"
Zhu Bajie protested, "Master, your Disciple has been wronged!
I did lay out the Sealing Heaven Array according to your instructions, but that Demon didn’t escape through the sky; she fled underground!"
"Then why didn’t you lay a Big Array that also covers underground?"
Tang Sanzang was left speechless. Saving money, indeed! What a painful matter.
Sun Wukong nonchalantly scratched his ear and said, "Little Monk, as long as that Evil Spirit is still in these mountains, she cannot escape. I, Old Sun, will surely capture her."
"Wukong, this is a great opportunity for immense Merit! You must work hard!"
"Don’t worry, leave it to Old Sun. Let’s hit the road!" The team boarded the horse carriage and continued deeper into the mountains.
Inside White Bone Cave, the White Bone Lady stumbled back, entering the main hall, she knelt to the ground, and reverently said, "White Bone pays respects to the Demon King."
The Black Sand Demon King leaned forward and asked, "Where have Tang Sanzang and his party reached?"
"Reporting to the Demon King, they have reached White Tiger Mountain and are not far from our White Bone Cave."
"Did you clash with Sun Wukong?"
The White Bone Demon trembled, bowing her head to the ground, fearfully said, "Reporting to the Demon King, I took the opportunity of Sun Wukong’s absence to devise a plan to capture Tang Sanzang for the Demon King."
"How formidable is Sun Wukong?"
"I do not know; in his presence, I was effortlessly defeated, unable to gauge Sun Wukong’s true power."