Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

The milky white morning mist changes into thousands of shapes in the warm sunlight, like a soft white gauze shawl, gently surrounding the hillside of Dudi Mountain, with birds singing and flowers blooming.

Suddenly, the mist was stirred up by the sharp wind and several holes were formed. I saw several clear lights penetrate the mist and fall outside the cave on the mountainside. The clear lights dissipated, revealing four figures, a monkey, a pig, a lion, and a monk.

Wukong turned around and ordered, "I, Sun Wukong, will go in and investigate first. If the situation is convenient, I will directly pull Master out."

Huo Ling'er nodded: "If it's inconvenient, lure the scorpion out and I'll protect you from the damage. I may not have other skills, but I have a thick skin."

Wukong leaped up and transformed himself into a light bee. He circled around and got into the Pipa Cave. Although the entrance of the Pipa Cave was not very impressive, the inside was a different world. There were several monasteries, bamboo groves, flower forests, and pavilions, all of which were elegantly maintained. It was a great place to stay and would not want to leave.

Several sleepy maids were washing their faces and combing their hair by the pond, joking with each other: "Look at your black eyes, as if you were punched twice, so pitiful."

"How well are you doing? Your eyelids are almost glued together. Are you that sleepy?"

"Don't laugh at each other. Put on more powder and cover it up. Don't let the hostess see it. Otherwise, if she gets angry, who knows who will be in trouble."

As soon as this was said, all the girls shuddered. One of them forced a smile and said, "We got a new girl yesterday and we were busy till late. Even if the master is still angry, he should calm down now, right?"

The maid who had warned earlier sneered and lowered her voice: "What do you know? That monk is really cruel. No matter how our master tempted and teased him, he didn't have the slightest intention. The master tried every trick to make him submit, but couldn't. In a rage, he tied him up and hung him in the corridor, waiting for the fight today. I say everyone should be more alert later, stay as far away from the monk as possible, don't be like Xiaoju, who just stood close yesterday and caught up with the master and the monk when they were angry, and she..."

The maids stopped talking, but their movements became faster. No one noticed a bee crawling out of the pistil, buzzing towards the Scorpion Demon's bedroom. Soon they saw Xuanzang hanging in a horse-cross posture, with blue marks on his hands and feet, and his monk's robe half-open, with most of his chest and neck exposed, covered with scarlet lipstick marks.

It is both erotic and pitiful.

Master suffered so much last night!

Wukong was about to cry. He flapped his wings and flew away, lying on Xuanzang's shoulder, calling softly: "Master, wake up. Master, wake up."

Xuanzang finally woke up and looked around in confusion. Wukong flew in front of him and said, "Master, on the way here, I heard those maids tell me about what happened last night... You suffered."

Xuanzang shook his head and finally came to his senses. He realized that the reinforcements had finally arrived and his eyes were immediately filled with tears: "Wukong, you are finally here. Please rescue me! That demon is too vicious!"

Wukong flapped his wings twice, and the hemp ropes on Xuanzang's body broke instantly. Xuanzang fell down involuntarily, but fortunately he was an extraordinary martial artist. Although his hands and feet were stiff after being hung for a long time, he still adjusted his posture in time and landed steadily. Then he hurriedly wiped the marks on his body with his sleeves and tidied his clothes.

Wukong landed on his shoulder again and said with a smile, "Master, this night was very intense. Didn't your Zen mind falter at all?"

Xuanzang was embarrassed: "No matter how charming she is, I am just like a dead tree, and all I see is a skeleton. What can I do?"

Wukong laughed twice and said, "Congratulations, Master. I have passed the test of 'lust'. I will take Master out now before the demon gets up."

Xuanzang said anxiously: "The fairy clothes that my mother gave me are still in the hands of that demon."

Wukong plucked out a hair and shook it, and the hair immediately turned into a Zen staff, which he pushed to Xuanzang: "It's okay. Fight first, Master, you settle down, and I will strike back."

Xuanzang was relieved, and he swung his staff a few times, then nodded. Wukong whistled and swung his golden hoop like a windmill, and walked out along the way he came, with Xuanzang following behind. The maids in the Pipa Cave were all women captured by the Scorpion Demon from the Kingdom of Women. Even if they had some martial arts skills, how could they dare to fight Wukong? They all retreated, and the smart ones shouted loudly: "Brother Tang has escaped, report to the madam immediately!"

Upon hearing this, the master and his apprentice walked faster and soon they were out of the cave. Bajie, Sha Seng and Huo Ling'er were all stretched out their necks and waiting, and when they saw them coming out, they were immediately delighted. Bajie opened his mouth and was about to say a few kind words to flatter his master, when he heard a loud shout from inside the cave: "Damn monkey, return my man!"

"Ho-roar..." A low lion roar sounded immediately. It was Huo Linger who, after hearing the Scorpion Demon's voice, immediately transformed back into a lion and stood in front of the four masters and apprentices.

Strangely, the Scorpion Demon did not chase after him immediately. Although Wukong was puzzled, he thought it would be good to have more time, so he immediately took out a bag of snacks and stuffed them into Xuanzang's pocket: "Master, I think you are very hungry. Eat something to fill your stomach."

After Xuanzang devoured the whole bag of snacks in one swift motion, the Scorpion Demon finally came out. He was wearing a golden shirt, a pomegranate red silk skirt, his hair was combed into a snake bun, and he had two rows of cat's eye pearl hairpins in his hair. He had emerald pendants on his ears, and three bright-colored bracelets on each side of his hands. He had rouge on his lips and peach blossom makeup on his brows. He was dressed very beautifully, but his image was ruined as soon as he opened his mouth.

She held a three-pronged steel fork in one hand, pointed it at Wukong's face, and cursed, "Sun Wukong! Others are afraid of you, but I am not. You rude monkey! You broke into my boudoir before I even got up. What's your intention? You came uninvited and stole my man. I had to wash up and come out to greet you, you rude monkey! You deserve to be named Bi Ma Wen when you go to heaven!"

Wukong's smiling face suddenly turned cold. He scratched his cheeks in anger and shook his golden cudgel: "Ghost, wait for me to beat you!"

The scorpion's fine steel fork swung forward and rushed forward. The two weapons collided head-on, sparks flew everywhere, but there was no winner.

Bajie's eyes lit up, and he shouted, "Brother Monkey, I'm here to help you," and rushed over with his rake. Sha Seng was a little slow to react, but he followed immediately.

On the journey to the West, the eldest brother was so good at fighting, so energetic, and so virtuous that he always did everything himself, which made the other two brothers so idle that they almost regarded leading horses as their main job. Whenever Bajie thought that when he arrived at the Leiyin Temple in the future and was conferred the title by the Buddha, his resume might not be as complete as that of the white dragon horse, he would have nightmares.

Senior Brother, I also want to improve!