Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong’s fate
Chapter 347 - 348 I Have Already Pinched This Fish

Chapter 347: Chapter 348 I Have Already Pinched This Fish

Sun Wukong, hearing Zhu Bajie’s words, couldn’t help but laugh and say, "Their clothes are in disarray, and I, Old Sun, am too lazy to make a move, but you certainly can!"

"I’m afraid you, the dimwit, won’t dare!"

"Brother Monkey, you really look down on me too much!"

Hearing Sun Wukong actually looking down on him like this, Zhu Bajie snorted coldly, grabbed the Nine-toothed Rake sitting nearby, shouldered it, and headed towards the back mountain.

"Brother Monkey, we should nip the problem in the bud and leave no troubles behind!"

While speaking, Zhu Bajie had already gone far away.

Watching Zhu Bajie’s retreating figure, Sand Monk said with some concern, "I wonder if Second Senior Brother will be able to handle it!"

"Whether this dimwit can handle it or not, if he can kill those demons, it would naturally be the best; even if he can’t, we can at least gauge the strength of these demons!"

Sun Wukong said with a smile.

Upon hearing Sun Wukong’s words, Sand Monk couldn’t help but shake his head, saying with some emotion, "Poor Second Senior Brother!"

"Why pity him? Junior Brother Sand, wait here; Old Sun will go and see what these demons are capable of!"

Sun Wukong said to Sand Monk.

"Alright, Big Senior Brother!"

Sand Monk naturally wouldn’t refuse and nodded.

Sun Wukong then transformed into a flying insect and followed in the direction of Zhu Bajie.

Meanwhile, Zhu Bajie shouldered the Nine-toothed Rake and walked towards the back mountain.

From a distance, he saw mountain spring water flowing down, gathering into a pool, and within that pool, several dark figures could be vaguely seen.

Zhu Bajie spit on his hand, then grasped the Nine-toothed Rake and rushed towards the pool.

"These damn flat-haired beasts, they even took all our clothes away."

"Exactly, if we catch that flat-haired beast, we must kill and eat it!"

"Damn flat-haired beast!"

"..."

Meanwhile, several female demons in the pool were utterly furious, completely unaware that Zhu Bajie was approaching.

"Bold demons, come out and meet your death immediately!"

Just then, Zhu Bajie, heedless of the few women, roared, holding the Nine-toothed Rake, and it was only because the demons were quite far from him.

Otherwise, Zhu Bajie might have hit and killed them one by one right there.

The seven female demons certainly didn’t expect to suddenly find a pig-faced monk with a long mouth and large ears wanting to kill them directly, causing them to scream in fright.

Despite their fear, since they had no clothes to cover themselves, they dared not go out and hid in a corner of the pool.

"If you won’t come out and meet your death, then it seems I must get in the water myself!"

Seeing that the female demons wouldn’t come out, Zhu Bajie immediately charged into the water, his Nine-toothed Rake striking directly towards the female demons.

"Boom!"

As Zhu Bajie jumped into the pool, water splashed high.

The Nine-toothed Rake went straight towards one of the demons.

However, after all, in the water, Zhu Bajie couldn’t easily attack the demons.

The demons were like slippery eels in the water.

"You monk are truly powerless; we are but a few feeble women, yet you dare to attack directly. Are you not afraid of becoming a laughing stock if word gets out?"

"Exactly, even if we were guilty of the gravest sins, you should have waited for us to finish bathing. Yet here you are charging into the pool; I suspect you’re not here to kill us but to take advantage of us!"

"That’s right, maybe you’re not a real monk at all!"

"..."

These demons, having dodged Zhu Bajie’s attacks, started chattering away.

"Bold demons, even in such a state, you still dare to speak like this!"

Zhu Bajie angrily roared, he had come to kill these demons, not to argue with them.

No matter what these demons said, Zhu Bajie lifted the Nine-toothed Rake again and smashed it towards the demons in front of him.

The demons kept dodging.

The leading demon shouted, "This monk is stubborn and senseless, sisters, let’s join forces and kill this monk!"

The rest of the demons, having lost their patience already, upon hearing their sister’s words, stood up.

A luminous silvery thread emitted from their navels and wrapped directly around Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie, who was about to use his Nine-toothed Rake, suddenly lost control of it.

It got entangled by a thread.

"What the hell is this!"

Zhu Bajie, seeing the silvery thread entangling his Nine-toothed Rake, looked somewhat dismayed.

The other demons, seeing Zhu Bajie unable to swing his Nine-toothed Rake, immediately knew it was their chance to attack and promptly moved closer to Zhu Bajie.

One grabbed one of Zhu Bajie’s hands, another grabbed Zhu Bajie’s pig head.

Then they directly pushed Zhu Bajie’s pig head into the pool water, trying to drown him.

With a "splash," a pig head was pushed down into the water.

Zhu Bajie, caught off guard, choked on a mouthful of water and was about to get angry when he opened his eyes and saw a lush clump of aquatic plants ahead—it was deep within the Peach Blossom Land.

In his life dedicated to cultivation practice, he had never seen such a scene, and he was momentarily stunned.

He had forgotten to resist.

However, Zhu Bajie quickly regained his senses.

He immediately struggled, trying to free himself from the grasp of the demons, but these demons were clearly seasoned practitioners themselves, and at this point, naturally, they did not want Zhu Bajie to turn the tables on them.

"Sisters, put your backs into it, this pig-headed monk will soon drown!"

The leading demon, upon seeing Zhu Bajie’s continuous struggle, thought he was about to succumb and drown, so she encouraged her many sisters to continue their efforts.

"Sister is right, drown this pig-headed monk, sisters, put your backs into it!"

Another demon eagerly echoed her words.

At this, they even more vigorously intensified their efforts.

But little did they know that Zhu Bajie was the reincarnation of Marshal Tianpeng, who was an excellent swimmer, and if he couldn’t drown in the celestial River, much less in this small pool.

The demons kept Zhu Bajie submerged in the water, and after a while, seeing that Zhu Bajie didn’t move, one of them said, "This monk is not moving or talking! Could he have drowned?"

"Pull him out and see," the leading female demon also discovered that Zhu Bajie had stopped moving, thinking he had died, she pondered and then spoke.

The demons then pulled Zhu Bajie out of the water, only to see his eyes wide open; he had clearly been pretending to be motionless.

"No good, sister, the pig-headed monk isn’t dead yet!"

"Push him down again!"

"..."

Upon realizing Zhu Bajie was still alive, the demons immediately tried to submerge him again.

"Get away, you damned demons!"

Zhu Bajie, having been submerged for quite a while, now that he was out of the water, naturally did not want to be pushed down by the demons again.

He shook off the demons and tried to get out of the water.

However, the demons naturally were not willing to let Zhu Bajie just walk away.

One of them grabbed hold of Zhu Bajie’s clothes and pulled him back in.

Splash!

The pool water churned.

Seeing that they could not drown the pig-headed monk, the demons directly raised their fists, and like raindrops, they pummeled Zhu Bajie’s body.

However, Zhu Bajie’s skin was tough, and the female demons did not have much strength; hitting him was like tickling.

Zhu Bajie merely waved his arms a few times, and the female demons were flipped into the water.

The female demons, not easily discouraged, upon realizing Zhu Bajie’s toughness, immediately picked up stones from the pool and started hurling them at him.

"Smash this pig-headed monk to death!"

"Sisters, after we kill this monk, let’s burn and eat him!"

"..."

The demons, all joining forces and using the sharp-edged stones, began their assault. Even Zhu Bajie started to feel overwhelmed!

He couldn’t help but let out a scream of pain!

The demons, hearing Zhu Bajie’s scream, intensified their efforts.

Zhu Bajie felt like he was about to be beaten to death by the demons and quickly pushed away the nearby demons.

He immediately dived into the spring water and transformed into a catfish, concealing himself under the water.

Unable to overcome them, he decided to hide until the female demons left.

Indeed, it’s hard to fight against multiple hands, let alone seven demons.

The female demons, seeing Zhu Bajie suddenly disappearing, were all startled, one of them asked, "Where did the monk go?"

"He must be in the water, let’s search around!"

The demons searched through the water.

"Oh?" At this, another female demon exclaimed, apparently having touched something just now.

The other demons looked over immediately and asked urgently, "What happened?"

"I don’t know what it was, something just swam past me, all slippery!"

That female demon was also unsure of what she had just touched.

Originally, the group of female demons were in the river searching for Zhu Bajie.

They hoped to find Zhu Bajie, but despite the water not being deep, there was no sign of him.

Hearing this fellow’s words, everyone was somewhat puzzled.

"I know what that thing was. It was a fish!" another female demon suddenly said.

"How do you know it was a fish?" the other demons asked.

"It must be a fish, because I’ve trapped it." the female demon said confidently.

At this, the leading female demon said, "Sisters, this Cleansing Fount is a natural hot spring with extremely high water temperatures, ordinary fish and shrimp cannot survive in it, we’ve been here for years and never seen a fish in the pool; this fish must be that pig-headed monk in disguise!"

The demon who trapped the fish nodded, "It must be that monk. Watch me catch him!"

Saying this, she reached out with both hands to grab the fish caught between her legs.