Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 786 - 785

He hurried forward and asked, "My lady, what’s wrong? You were fine when I left just now, how come you’ve suddenly started getting headaches? Does it really hurt that much? Maybe you should rest for a while?"

"I can’t take it anymore, Your Majesty. I don’t know what’s wrong with my head; it’s unbearable. I can’t stand it a moment longer. My lord, please help me," Baihua Xiu cried to Kuimu Wolf.

Seeing his wife tormented by the headache, Kuimu Wolf felt distressed as well, and he drew the Exquisite Inner Alchemy from his Dantian River and began to cast spells on Baihua Xiu.

"My lady, how about now? Do you feel a bit better?"

"It’s a little better, but just a little. It still hurts too much. My lord, what’s going on? Am I going to die? Why else would my head hurt like this?" Baihua Xiu cried.

"My lady, don’t talk like that. As long as I’m here, how could I let you die? Even if I die, you won’t. So rest assured, I will cure this headache of yours," Kuimu Wolf said while increasing his mana and then said to Baihua Xiu, "My lady, how about now, do you feel a bit better?"

Baihua Xiu shook her head. "No, it’s still unbearable. I really can’t stand it—my head really hurts!"

Seeing that nothing was working, Kuimu Wolf was at a loss. He placed the Exquisite Inner Alchemy into Baihua Xiu’s hands, "Here, my lady, swallow this, and you’ll feel better in a little while."

"Really?" Baihua Xiu held the Exquisite Inner Alchemy, no trace of pain in her eyes—only calculation.

"Truly, my lady. Would I deceive you? First, swallow it. Then I’ll start using my mana, and you’ll feel better in no time," Kuimu Wolf said while guiding Baihua Xiu’s hand, holding the inner core, to her mouth.

The mountaintop was treacherous, overgrown with weeds and deep with high trees—calm on the surface, yet danger seemed to lurk everywhere.

Suddenly, a loud noise came from a distance, and Six-Eared Macaque strode toward the sound and saw a group of little monsters.

The little monsters were surrounding another creature, and Six-Eared Macaque stopped, watching the scene from afar, not daring to move forward rashly.

He heard the little monsters speaking, "Your Majesty, who is the Tang Monk you’re looking for? What if we don’t recognize him?"

"Don’t worry, my older brother has drawn us a portrait. As long as we have it, we’ll definitely identify the Tang Monk," responded the great monster encircled by the smaller ones.

Six-Eared Macaque turned into a mosquito and flew over to take a look at the portrait. The great monster unfolded it, and it displayed three people—it was unmistakably them.

How could this group of monsters have known about Mr. Chen, who had only been with them for so short a time? Six-Ears found it strange, yet didn’t ponder deeply as he wanted to see what the monsters were up to.

"Then according to your command, your Majesty, what should we do?" one little monster inquired. "They say that Sun Wukong is incredibly formidable; we surely can’t defeat them."

"Yeah, yeah, your Majesty, that Sun Wukong is so powerful he could kill us with a single blow. How can we capture the Tang Monk?" another little monster echoed.

"You don’t need to worry about that," the great monster said with a smile. "Dealing with that Sun Monkey is our job. All you need to do is carry the Tang Monk inside."

"Your Majesty is mighty, Your Majesty is mighty!" the crowd of little monsters chanted.

Six-Eared Macaque listened and couldn’t help feeling contemptuous. A monster with no fame to its name, yet it dared to dream of capturing him—an utter fantasy.

After observing the monsters finishing their discussion, Six-Eared Macaque returned to where he had separated from Xuanzang and reverted to his original form.

Seeing his disciple return, Xuanzang hurriedly approached and asked, "How did it go, Wukong? Are there really demons inside that mountain?"

"There are demons, but they’re just a bunch of insignificant minor demons, Master. You don’t have to worry; these little demons are not to be feared," Six-Eared Macaque said with a smile, waving his hand dismissively.

Xuanzang was still a bit scared, "Wukong, perhaps we should take the advice of the woodcutter and take a different path."

"Master, don’t worry, with me here, are you still afraid of being captured by demons?"

Xuanzang was indeed afraid, but since the Six-Eared Macaque had put it that way, he had no choice but to follow along.

According to the original plotline, Zhu Bajie should have been patrolling the mountain, but Zhu Bajie was no longer Xuanzang’s disciple, so it could only be Six-Eared Macaque doing the patrol.

The Six-Eared Macaque was quite cautious, so he was not captured by the demons.

Although this was a good thing for the Tang Monk and his disciples, it turned out to be a bad thing for Chen Nuo.

If the one patrolling ahead was not captured by the demons, then it was unclear how the plot would proceed.

However, since Six-Eared Macaque was a key character, Chen Nuo suddenly thought, could it be that Zhu Bajie’s role was meant for him to take?

But considering the current trajectory, if he didn’t actively move the plot along, Six-Eared Macaque might really follow what Xuanzang suggested and avoid provoking demons upon encountering them.

The scene that Six-Eared Macaque saw was also witnessed by Chen Nuo, and although he didn’t know how those demons got his portrait, it presented him with an opportunity to exploit.

The three of them continued on their way, and Chen Nuo checked on the situation and found that a few minor demons were heading in their direction.

Clearly, not only had Chen Nuo noticed the minor demons, but Six-Eared Macaque had as well.

He made a shushing gesture to Xuanzang and then pointed in that direction, indicating that demons were coming.

Xuanzang, frightened, shivered all over and then covered his mouth to keep from making a sound.

The minor demon, Wu Shang, was about to pass by, and if they remained unnoticed now, the demons would soon leave.

However, Six-Eared Macaque only paid attention to Xuanzang’s reaction and did not observe Chen Nuo, so Chen Nuo coughed loudly and the minor demons heard and headed in their direction.

"Brother, did you hear something just now? I thought I heard someone coughing," one of the minor demons said as he walked over.

Another demon also remarked, "You’re not mistaken, I heard it, too. There was definitely a noise that way. We better go check it out quickly; could it be that the Tang Monk is passing through this area?"

"You wish for too much beauty," the other demon said. "How could such good luck happen to befall just us?"

"Heh heh, I know it’s unlikely, but there’s no harm in dreaming about it," the demon chuckled as both headed toward the place where Chen Nuo had coughed.

Six-Eared Macaque glanced at Chen Nuo slightly annoyed. There were so many times to cough, yet he had to do it now, just as the demons were approaching. Could it be he did it on purpose to lure the demons over?

Even though he knew it was impossible, the Six-Eared Macaque could only wonder.