Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#1738 - Rogue Village, Hypocritical Village Chief

Sun Wukong's words were incredibly harsh, especially coupled with his monkey-like face and thunderous mouth, which made him look like a fierce demon, causing Brother Niu's body to tremble, feeling icy cold all over.

The other subordinates were also startled and retreated one after another.

"Forget it, forget it, let them in." Brother Niu opened the way.

Only a villain can grind down another villain.

They smoothly entered Tuoluo Village, and as soon as they entered, they found that the people here looked at them with strange eyes, even the women and children.

Tang Sanzang, as the face of the pilgrimage quartet, naturally went door-to-door to ask if they could stay overnight.

The result was invariably, they were all rejected.

When heading to a family's home, the hostess looked at the five people with surprise: "Are you from outside?"

"That's right, female benefactor, this humble monk comes from the Tang Dynasty in the East and is going to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and seek scriptures." Tang Sanzang said with his signature words and saluted.

The woman looked around and, finding no one, whispered: "You must leave quickly. You can't stay here for long, they are all robbers."

"Xiaocui, who's here?"

Before she could finish speaking, a rough male voice came out.

The woman said to the house: "It's nothing, just passers-by."

After speaking, she hurriedly closed the door.

Tang Sanzang was silent, looking at the darkening sky: "It's getting late, we still have to find a family to rest at."

"Then let's go to the village chief's house." Chu Hao, who had been silent all along, suddenly said.

"Elder Brother's suggestion is good, the village chief must have spare rooms." Tang Sanzang's eyes lit up.

Afterward, the group came to the village chief's house.

The village chief was an old man who greeted them with a beaming smile when he saw the five people: "Who are you?"

"This humble monk…" Another series of introductions.

The village chief didn't seem to want to hear these, he just asked with a smile: "You are all monks, right?"

"That's right." Tang Sanzang nodded.

"Then please, please come in quickly, this old man has something important to say." The village chief quickly invited them into the house.

Inside the house, there were some fruits placed.

After the group sat down, the village chief said earnestly: "Elders, you must have been frightened, Niu Er and his gang are used to being tyrannical and like to bully outsiders, I hope you don't mind."

The five people were silent, and the village chief continued: "Well, it's getting late, the elders must want to stay overnight, right? It just so happens that there is a house on the east side of the village that belongs to this old man, you can just stay there, consider it an apology from this old man."

"This old man is generous, a little travel expense is nothing." Pigsy said generously, and then picked up a pear and stuffed it into his mouth.

"That's very good, but this old man has a request." The village chief said.

"What is it, old man, tell us." Tang Sanzang asked.

The village chief seemed a little embarrassed, but he still opened his mouth and said: "Our Tuoluo Village is located between two mountains, and is often harassed by little demons, I hope the elders can help to eliminate the demons."

As he said that, he got up to kneel down, but Sun Wukong quickly stopped him: "Just a group of little demons, this old Sun can destroy them with one hand."

"This elder's divine power is so vast?" The village chief's eyes lit up.

However, Tang Sanzang suddenly said: "Wukong, don't talk nonsense."

After speaking, he looked at the village chief and said seriously: "Old man, although we have some magic power, it's not very strong, I'm afraid we can't deal with those little demons."

"Master!" Sun Wukong called out, seemingly puzzled.

Does he, the dignified Great Sage Equaling Heaven, have to be afraid of a few little demons?

At this time, Chu Hao gave him a look, and Sun Wukong didn't say anything more.

At this moment, the village chief's attention was all on Tang Sanzang, and he said with a helpless expression: "Elders, just do your best."

"Old man, can I ask, since your village is always plagued by little demons, haven't you invited monks and Taoists to perform rituals and offer salvation?" Tang Sanzang asked.

"Alas, elder, this is a long story, this old man has also invited monks and Taoists to come, but they are all people who are fishing for fame and reputation, they have tried to subdue the demons, but in the end, they never returned, and their corpses were gone."

"Old man, then these are not small demons." Pigsy said.

"Alas, so elders, just do your best." The village chief sighed.

At this time, Tang Sanzang's eyes were deep, and he suddenly asked: "Old man, were those monks and Taoists all killed by demons?"

The village chief's brows were furrowed, and he pondered for a while and said: "This old man doesn't know, anyway, they went to the deep mountains and never came back, maybe they were taken away by wild animals."

As he said that, he walked to the door and greeted them: "Come, this old man will take you there."

Soon, the group came to the east side of the village.

This was an old house, not big, but relatively remote, and also a bit far from the surrounding houses, as if it was isolated alone.

Pushing open the door, the inside was cleaned up, which was a good place to live.

"Elders, have a good rest, this old man will leave first." The village chief explained a few words and then left.

After the village chief left, Sun Wukong looked around and found a remaining scripture, it seemed to be left by the monks who had helped the village to subdue demons in the past.

"Master, what did you mean by the last question?" Sun Wukong asked.

Tang Sanzang was already sitting on the chair, without answering.

After a while, the village chief sent someone to deliver dinner.

"This village chief is a good man, it can be considered spending some travel expenses to find a place to live." Pigsy said with a smile.

"That's right, spending money to avoid disaster, that's really the case." Sandy also echoed.

"Master, aren't you eating?" Sun Wukong asked, looking at Tang Sanzang who was still meditating and chanting Buddhist scriptures.

"You eat first." Tang Sanzang replied.

As for Chu Hao, he went out before dinner and didn't know where he was now.

According to Sun Wukong's guess, Brother Chu Hao must have gone to subdue demons.

At this moment, Niu Er, who appeared during the day, was actually in the village chief's room.

"Third Uncle, do you really want to burn that old house?" Niu Er asked in confusion.

It turned out that this Niu Er and the village chief were actually uncle and nephew, obviously, the words he said during the day could not be taken seriously.

"What do you know, those monks have magic power, especially those three strangely shaped monsters, without fire, do you think we can catch them just by ourselves?" The village chief whispered.

"But Third Uncle, if we use fire, wouldn't the valuable things be gone?" Niu Er was thinking about their money.

The village chief scolded with a look of disappointment: "I told you to learn more things, but you had to feed the cows, didn't you see that the cassock on the monk's body was decorated with gold? When the time comes, we'll burn it with a fire, and we'll get rich if only gold is left."

"Right, right, right, Third Uncle is still thoughtful." Niu Er said, touching the back of his head.

This burly man, who was arrogant during the day, was extremely obedient in front of the old man.