Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

Wen Jiao was in mid-air, looking through the wisps of clouds. She saw Baihuaxiu crying for a long time below before she wiped her tears and bowed upright nine times towards the sky.

She retracted her gaze: "Let's go."

Bajie had been secretly watching her expression, and upon hearing this, he quickly said, "Madam, Master is still..."

He is still locked in the stable. How dare I forget about him? I am not afraid that Guanyin Bodhisattva will come to check the water meter. Wen Jiao thought to herself and said, "He and Xiao Bailong are imprisoned in the imperial stable. Come with me to release them."

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a golden rainbow descending from the sky, and a solemn and kind-looking old Taoist figure emerged from the cloud. He shook his whisk and released a stream of pure air, which fell directly on the corpse of the yellow-robed monster hanging on the city gate. The tattered flesh of the corpse healed quickly, and soon a whole yellow-robed monster grew back.

"Kui Mulang, return to your position!" the old Taoist shouted.

Kuimulang looked in the direction of the palace, with expressions of unwillingness, resentment, and fear emerging on his face. He flew dejectedly to the side of the old Taoist priest.

Wukong scratched his cheek, and flew to the other side of the old Taoist priest. He held onto one of his sleeves affectionately and said, "Isn't this the old angel Taibai Jinxing? Long time no see, long time no see. Old man, are you here on business?"

He glanced at Kuimulang again and said, "No wonder the corpse in the coffin looks familiar to me. It turned out to be you. The last time we met was more than 500 years ago when I caused a disturbance in the Heavenly Palace. I haven't seen you for many years. You have improved a lot. You are a star god, but you can actually rob a beautiful woman."

Kuimulang said humbly: "I dare not, I dare not, loudly. You don't know that Princess Baihuaxiu was originally a jade girl in the Pixiang Palace. She fell in love with me when she was in heaven, so we agreed to become husband and wife in the lower world..."

"You are a loving wife whose husband has stabbed you like a honeycomb?" Wukong sneered. "There are many cases of lovers renewing their love in previous lives, but this is the first time that you have been in such a mess. It's really strange."

Kuimulang smiled awkwardly: "Yes...she has a hot temper."

Taibai Jinxing raised his sleeves, separated the two people, and said in a friendly manner: "Great Sage, Kuimulang's behavior was inappropriate, and the princess killed him this time, and the accounts between the two sides are settled. His private matter is still to be decided by the Jade Emperor. Great Sage has important things to do, so I will take him back to heaven for trial first?"

Wukong snorted, but he knew what he said made sense. No matter how big a mistake Kuimu Lang made, his death would make up for it. As an outsider, he couldn't beat him to death again. Kuimu Lang was a family general of the Jade Emperor, and one should always look at the owner before beating a dog, so he didn't want to bother with him any more.

While the three of them were fighting, Wen Jiao also flew over. Taibai Jinxing glanced at Wen Jiao helplessly: "Your master was only exorcising demons, but now it's your turn to kill immortals. Have you improved your skills?"

Although the last few fatal sword strikes were made by Baihuaxiu, anyone with a discerning eye knew that Wen Jiao was the mastermind. Otherwise, with Baihuaxiu's abilities, even if she was lent the Zhuxian Sword, she would not have been able to kill Kuimulang.

Wukong was afraid that Wen Jiao would be blamed. How could he make a fuss? He had been registered in the Three Realms for more than 500 years. His own master was still just a cultivator. Even if he had the support of the Heavenly Lord of Demon-Subduing, he could not guarantee that the Jade Emperor would not bear a grudge against him for killing the Heavenly General. He immediately said loudly: "You are wrong, old man. The demon transformed by Kui Mulang was clearly killed by me, Sun Wukong. Don't accuse my master. Don't you agree? Who killed you?"

Kuimu Lang took a step back and said with a smile: "The Great Sage killed him. The Great Sage killed him."

Taibai Jinxing shook his head helplessly and said with a smile, "Okay, okay, as long as the Great Sage is willing to take this vacancy. Otherwise, if she is investigated later or punished, her master will be dissatisfied and will have to play chess with me again."

Wukong snorted and laughed, "This is not the first time that I, Sun, have taken the blame. Don't think I don't know what nicknames you guys give me behind my back."

The Great Sage who takes the blame and settles the accounts in various ways, huh?

Taibai Jinxing and Wen Jiao laughed dryly at the same time.

As we all know, all the peaches in the Peach Garden were eaten by Wukong, all the golden elixirs of Taishang Laojun were stolen by Wukong, and all the bad debts in Yama's underworld were written off by Wukong. Even Taibai Jinxing had more than twenty whisks that were said to have been broken by Wukong. Kui Mulang took advantage of the loss caused by Wukong's havoc in the Heavenly Palace to buy himself four new sets of armor and three swords.

Since Wukong said that the account with Kuimulang belonged to him, then it was his. Who would dare to argue with him?

Taibai Jinxing and Kuimulang flew away into the sky. Wen Jiao stared at the direction where they disappeared, somewhat dazed.

One day in heaven equals one year on earth. Kuimu Lang tortured Baihuaxiu for thirteen years. When he came down to heaven, he was only punished for being absent from duty for thirteen days. This was a light crime, and at most he was punished to burn fire for Taishang Laojun for a few days. When the punishment period was over, he still sat high above as a general in heaven.

It was really abominable! If she hadn't helped Baihuaxiu kill him once, she would have wanted to cause trouble in Heaven too.

Although she doesn't have this ability.

Seeing that she had no intention of moving for a long time, Bajie tugged at Wukong's sleeve and winked at him. Wukong smiled secretly and said to Wen Jiao seriously, "Master, shall we go and save Master now?"

Wen Jiao collected her thoughts.

Looking at the world, light and darkness are intertwined like the yin and yang fish of Tai Chi. Where is there no human heart that is poisonous? Wanting to fight for a clean and flawless world is destined to be a foolish dream.

Human power is limited. If the Jade Emperor treats unfairly, that is the Jade Emperor's business. Don't use other people's mistakes to blame yourself.

Do your best and have a clear conscience.

She took the monkey and the pig and flew over the palace stables, creating a whirlwind that captured the dragon and the tiger and brought them to the wilderness and released them from the cage.

Little White Dragon shook his dizzy head and regained consciousness first. His eyes accurately caught the Monkey King standing behind the Jurchen woman, and tears welled up in his eyes: "Big Brother, I finally got you back!"

Wukong snorted, folded his arms and turned his face away.

Xuanzang was dizzy from the whirlwind, and when he heard the voice of "Big Brother", he was immediately alert and his eyes widened. Seeing Wukong standing behind his mother with a stern face and ignoring him, he knew that Wukong was still angry, and wanted to apologize, but he opened his mouth dryly and only uttered a tuneless tiger roar.

It was Wen Jiao who spoke: "Xuanzang, do you know your mistake?"

Xuanzang nodded repeatedly.

Wen Jiao said, "The corpse demon used magic to trick you into wrongly accusing Wukong. The yellow-robed monster also used magic to trick the people of Baoxiang Country into wrongly accusing you. According to your Buddhist teachings, this is called 'karma goes round and round, retribution will come'."

Xuanzang was moved to tears by what he heard. He looked at Wukong, but saw that Wukong had turned his back and refused to even look at him.

Wen Jiao continued, "Do you know why Wukong refuses to see you directly?"

Xuanzang shook his head.

"Once a vow is made, heaven and earth know it. When you chased him away, you swore, 'If I see you again, I will fall into the Avici Hell!' Now he has to come to save you, which is his kindness. If he meets you again, you will fulfill your vow, which would be like him cursing you. For your life and property, he must not meet you again."

Wukong sniffed, and there was a hint of tears in his voice: "What Master said makes sense. The old monk suffered and thought highly of me, Sun Wukong, so he asked Bajie to call me over to save him. Now that the old monk has finished his business, I, Sun Wukong, should know what's good for me and go back to Flower-Fruit Mountain."

As he spoke, he arched his back and was about to somersault back to the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Xuanzang was anxious and blurted out, "Disciple!"