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Whoosh!

Sun Wukong was instantly captured by the mutton-fat Jade Clean Bottle.

Quick-Witted Insect quickly adhered the talisman paper to it and laughed loudly, "Everyone says this monkey is powerful, but our king's treasure is even mightier, haha!"

"Now, with each of us having a share of the credit, we may even get a bite of Tang Sanzang's flesh," Thin Ghost chuckled hehe.

The two burst into triumphant laughter three times, one clutching a gourd, the other holding the mutton-fat Jade Clean Bottle as they dashed toward the Lotus Cave.

At this moment, inside the Lotus Cave.

"Gently, gently! Ow!"

Zhu Ganglie was thrown into the huge iron pot by a few little demons, while two of the demons waved large fans furiously, fanning the flames underneath till they roared intensely.

Zhu Ganglie, sweating profusely, yelled, "You two demon grandsons, if you want to eat Tang Sanzang's meat, go find Tang Sanzang! Why are you eating me?"

Not mentioning Tang Sanzang would have been fine, but the moment he was brought up, Silver Horn King subconsciously touched his broken horn and the holes in his body and angrily ordered, "Fan harder, fan! Cook him till he's done for my drink!"

Zhu Ganglie, not willing to give in, shouted, "You two demon bastards dare to eat your grandpa Zhu? If your Grandpa Zhu doesn't return anytime soon, beware my master and eldest disciple brother might come back for you. Then, with my master wielding a wine jug in one hand and punching with the other, who among you could withstand it?"

On hearing this, a cold sweat broke out on the foreheads of Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King.

Fortunately, they hadn't really dared to stew Zhu Ganglie; they were just making him suffer with the fire…

The two huddled together, muttering, "Big brother, that Tang Sanzang is too savage. Can we still eat his flesh?"

Golden Horn King also frowned with worry, "If the Banana Fan can't burn him to death, even if we have treasures that could capture him, we can't cook him to eat the flesh. Such a Tang Sanzang is useless to us…"

Silver Horn King nodded in agreement, "Yeah…"

Golden Horn King said with some relief, "It's a good thing we brought the Banana Fan. One wave of it and he was blown who knows where. If he were still here, that would be a real trouble."

Silver Horn King also felt a pang of relief, thinking that if things had continued as they were before, they might have been squashed to death by now.

Reflecting on this, both let out a sigh…

Then, the two raised their cups and proposed a toast, "To blowing away that bald thief, cheers!"

Before the wine even reached their stomachs, they heard someone outside exclaiming, "Great King, Second King, we have returned! Not only did we capture Sun Wukong, but we also caught that Tang Sanzang who attempted to escape, together!"

"Pfft!"

Golden Horn King and Silver Horn King both spurted out their mouthfuls of drink.

Silver Horn King instinctively yelled, "Throw it out, throw it out, don't bring him here!"

Golden Horn King was about to shout too, when he suddenly realized something, "Brother, don't get excited yet! Thin Ghost, you said you captured Tang Sanzang? Where is he?"

Thin Ghost pointed to the Purple-Gold Red Gourd and said, "He's in here."

Golden Horn King's eyes suddenly lit up, "He didn't escape?"

Thin Ghost replied, "No, he's calm and still in there!"

On hearing this, Silver Horn King too got the gist and laughed, "He can't come out? Big brother, he definitely can't come out!"

From there, Zhu Ganglie scoffed, "Fools, do you think a mere broken gourd can hold my master?"

Silver Horn King sneered, "Zhu Ganglie, do you think this is an ordinary gourd? This gourd was born when Chaos first divided, the heavens opened and the earth emerged, by the one known as Taishang Laojun. He took on the name of the Goddess Nüwa, mended the heavens with stones, and saved all beings. When he came up to Qian Palace and reached the foot of Kunlun Mountains, he found a strand of immortal vine bearing this Purple-Gold Red Gourd. Later, the Lord took it to refine, and thus, it became what it is today—an Innate Spiritual Treasure. This gourd is indestructible! Not to mention your master, even a Daluo Golden Immortal, once inside, could only meet with death!"

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Silver Horn bragged on and on, but to his surprise, Zhu Ganglie wasn't just undaunted—he actually sneered, looking at Silver Horn with the eyes one reserves for the dead, and then shouted at the top of his lungs, "Master, we've got booze!"

Golden Horn's heart skipped a beat when he heard the word "baldy," suddenly filled with a bad premonition.

The next moment...

Boom!

A fist blasted open the red gourd, and then a bald head emerged to the astonishment of everyone present, as he looked around sneakily and asked, "Where's the booze?"

Silver Horn instinctively tried to hide the wine pot nearby.

Then Zhu Ganglie shouted, "Master, the booze is on the table!"

Hearing this, Silver Horn felt like killing Zhu Ganglie on the spot. But he reacted very quickly, grabbing the wine pot and tilting his head back to pour the wine into his mouth!

However, in the next moment, Tang Sanzang snatched the wine pot away.

Tang Sanzang picked up the wine pot and shook it empty—empty!

Silver Horn burst into laughter and said, "Tang Sanzang, stop shaking it, the fine wine is gone, we drank it all, hahaha..."

But Silver Horn's laughter faded as he realized that both Tang Sanzang and Zhu Ganglie were looking at him as if he were a complete idiot.

Zhu Ganglie's gaze especially seemed to be saying, "You're so dead!"

In their confusion, Golden Horn and Silver Horn watched as Tang Sanzang shook the wine pot vigorously, and then a drop of crystal-clear wine fell out.

"A drop of wine... What use is that?"

Silver Horn said with disdain.

Golden Horn had a bad feeling.

As the drop of wine went down his throat, Tang Sanzang's expression grew increasingly frenzied, and he finally glared at them hideously, "So it was you two who drank my wine?"

"No... Not us..." Silver Horn was just about to say something.

Golden Horn grabbed Silver Horn and took a quick leap back while shouting, "Let's get to the action!"

On hearing this, Silver Horn's Seven Star Sword surged with light and transformed into a fire dragon, heading straight for Tang Sanzang who stood before them.

Golden Horn was ready; he pulled out his Banana Leaf Fan and roared, "Tang Sanzang, let us brothers help sober you up!"

Boom!

The fire dragon merged with a flaming tornado, the raging fire energy rushing towards Tang Sanzang.

But this time, Tang Sanzang was clearly prepared. He stomped his foot, letting the flames wash over his body...

His body was like one forged from brass and iron; no matter how the firestorm raged or how the fire dragon roared, he stood immovable, casually saying, "This is your fire? If it can harm a single hair on my head, you win!"

Everyone looked at his shiny bald head and thought, "What does the intensity of the flames have to do with hurting his hair if he doesn't have any to begin with?"

Tang Sanzang tilted his head to look at them, then stepped towards them; Silver Horn looked as if he had already accepted his death, while Golden Horn, struck by inspiration, cried out, "Clever Bug!"

Clever Bug snapped back to reality and, without care for the Monkey still trapped in the Jade Clean Bottle, opened the lid and shouted, "Tang Sanzang!"

PS: The estimated daily update is 3 to 5 chapters, depending on the state of my typing.