Journey to the West: Break the entire Western Heaven!

Tang Sanzang nodded slightly, "Makes sense..."

Sha Wujing said, "Master, what you eat is yours, as for the girl, with your status and looks, do you ever lack for women?"

Sun Wukong said, "Master, just look at this guy. With that appearance, what kind of aesthetic must one have to shape-shift into that? What he considers beautiful... tsk, it's probably not even as good as the monkeys on my Fruit and Flower Mountain."

Tang Sanzang nodded vigorously, "Makes sense!"

The Six-Eared Macaque asked, "Master, what do we do?"

Tang Sanzang replied, "Stir-fried pork with chili peppers!"

The King of Yellow Brows roared, "You three scammers, did I desecrate your ancestors' graves or something? Why are you scamming me like this? I'm wronged!"

The next moment, the Six-Eared Macaque raised his stick high, ready to strike.

Just then, a Buddhist chant echoed.

"Amitabha."

Everyone looked up, only to see a fat monk with a smiling face descending from the sky.

Sun Wukong and the others quickly stood up and greeted him, "Greetings to the Buddha from the East!"

Tang Sanzang, not recognizing the person, Sun Wukong hurriedly introduced, "This is the Future Buddha, the Maitreya Buddha with a forever smiling face. Also known as the Buddha from the East..."

The Maitreya Buddha brought his palms together and said, "Amitabha, the poor monk has seen the donor."

Facing the true Buddha, Tang Sanzang, the fake monk, was a bit embarrassed, to join palms or not to join palms? That was a question...

But thick-skinned as ever, he bluntly asked, "What's up?"

Maitreya Buddha pointed at the King of Yellow Brows and said, "He is a disciple under my tutelage. I previously sent him here to assist Golden Cicada in a training, but he unexpectedly offended the fellow Daoist here. Please forgive us."

Sun Wukong and the others knew well that the Maitreya Buddha was one of the few truly good-natured and tempered Buddhas, and they highly respected him.

They thought Tang Sanzang wouldn't make things difficult for the smiling Buddha, right?

Tang Sanzang indeed hesitated a bit.

However, the King of Yellow Brows, seeing the Maitreya Buddha, was ecstatic, grasping at him like a lifeline, "Holy monk, the Buddha himself is here, let me go."

Tang Sanzang tilted his head, looked at the King of Yellow Brows, then at Maitreya Buddha and said, "Since he could help Golden Cicada complete a training, why not help this poor monk with one too? After all, it's all helping, doesn't make much difference, right?"

During the conversation, Tang Sanzang glanced at the large iron pot nearby.

The King of Yellow Brows howled inwardly upon seeing this, "Is that training? Are you training your stomach?"

Maitreya Buddha was speechless but still managed to smile and say, "Fellow Daoist, this..."

"This what? If he can help Golden Cicada, can't he help this poor monk? What, are you looking down on me?" Tang Sanzang slightly tilted his head back, a cold light flickering in his eyes.

Sweat appeared on Maitreya Buddha's forehead too. Having done his homework on this bald trickster, he knew he wasn't an easy one to mess with. In this situation, Maitreya Buddha really wasn't a Buddha who liked to get angry or fight...

So, smiling, Maitreya Buddha said, "Lending him to the fellow Daoist is okay, but... please ensure he remains alive."

"Rest assured, I'm just craving, not after his life, Wujing!"

"Right away!"

The next moment, Wujing dragged the King of Yellow Brows away.

The King of Yellow Brows dug his fingers into the ground, desperately scraping out ten small trenches, despairingly shouting, "Buddha, save me..."

Meanwhile, Tang Sanzang curiously poked Maitreya Buddha's big belly, then, on his tiptoes, slung his arm over Maitreya's broad shoulder, "Buddha, shall we eat together?"

Maitreya Buddha gave a wry smile and said, "Well... I don't eat meat."

Tang Sanzang smacked his lips and said, "That's... a pity."

Maitreya Buddha added, "Especially not human meat."

"I don't eat it either..." Tang Sanzang finished saying, his expression became stiff, and then he blinked at Maitreya Buddha, seemingly asking something.

Maitreya Buddha chuckled and said, "Huangmei is human, not a monster."

Tang Sanzang frowned unhappily and said, "Fatso, did you do that on purpose?

Maitreya Buddha spread his hands, indicating he had no such intention.

Tang Sanzang then turned around and shouted, "Wujing, stop, that's a human!""

Sha Wujing had his knife raised high and with a bang, it struck right beside King Huangmei. Seeing the knife swipe past him, King Huangmei immediately burst into tears...

Before long, Maitreya Buddha said goodbye to Tang Sanzang with a radiant smile and then left, dragging a limping King Huangmei.

Tang Sanzang, looking like a sulking daughter-in-law, puffed his cheeks and chewed on a grass leaf, cursing, "Sure enough, smiling fatties are always trouble!""

That day, Tang Sanzang was really irritated, incredibly irritated, muttering from time to time, "Sneaky fatty!""

...

Since there was no meat to be had here, Tang Sanzang waited no longer, mounted the White Dragon Horse, and pointed westward, "Let's go. I refuse to believe we won't come across something tasty on this route!""

The White Dragon Horse started its gallop. Experience more on My Virtual Library Empire

What depressed Tang Sanzang incredibly was that throughout their journey, they indeed didn't encounter a single significant demon.

The more Tang Sanzang walked, the angrier he got...

Seeing this, the Six-eared Macaque leaned closer and whispered, "Master, that Huangmei was actually a monster set up by Buddhism, placed midway to trouble Golden Cicada. He initially planned to set up a small temple on that mountain to lure Golden Cicada in, capture him, and stage a play.

However, he got wind of our arrival ahead of time, demolished the temple, threw away the signboard, and hid, not daring to meet us.

I think, the fact that we haven't encountered any major demons along the way is probably for this reason."

Tang Sanzang looked at the Six-eared Macaque skeptically, "Is that true?"

The Six-eared Macaque replied, "Absolutely true!""

Tang Sanzang stroked his chin. He had always known that many demons along the way were actors, but he did not know that exposing his identity would make these guys hide.

Sun Wukong said, "Master, if they indeed have all hidden, then we probably won't meet a single demon throughout our journey."

Tang Sanzang also felt a headache coming on...

His purpose for heading west wasn't to obtain scriptures; it was primarily for the perfect excuse to catch some demons for a feast.

Without any demons to catch, what was the point of going west at all!

Just then, Zhu Ganglie came grunting over, "Master, about that... I actually know quite clearly who we will meet along the way. Before descending to the world, I secretly made some inquiries...""

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang grabbed Zhu Ganglie, "Really? Speak quickly. Are there any demons here? What's their name and surname?""

Before Zhu Ganglie could speak, the Six-eared Macaque said, "Master, I heard it clearly; maybe I should tell it."

"Shut up! What are you trying to steal my credit for!" Zhu Ganglie pushed the Six-eared Macaque away and said, "Master, I actually don't know everything, just parts, but I do know the plan for this area. After passing the small temple, we should come across a large city where the king has a strange illness and is waiting for us to cure him.

The primary reason for the king's illness is demonic activity."