Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 656: The Spider Demoness Who Admits Defeat

"Big Sister, what shall we do next? Should we go and capture the Tang Monk? As long as we capture him, everyone can eat a piece of his flesh and achieve longevity!"

The seven demonesses of the Pansi Spider Cave gathered together, discussing in low voices. The purple-clad demoness's gaze fell on the red-clad demoness, asking.

At that moment, the gazes of the other demonesses also rested on her.

She couldn't help it, being the eldest sister meant naturally, everyone would listen to her.

"Just by eating a piece of flesh, we could achieve immortality?"

Not to mention the words of her younger sisters, the red-clad demoness herself, when thinking about this possibility, showed an excited expression on her face, desiring it in her heart.

Although currently, she and her sisters still appeared young and seemed not to worry about the problem of lifespan, treasures that could increase lifespan were rare and hard to find.

If in the future they regretted it when they were old and frail, it would be too late.

"Big Sister, I'll go inquire about the whereabouts of the Tang Monk, and then, let us sisters go capture him and eat him, shall we?"

Seeing the red-clad demoness deep in thought and not speaking, one of the more impatient sisters, unable to wait any longer, volunteered.

"Wait a moment..."

However, as these words fell and seeing her younger sisters really becoming impatient to ask about the Tang Monk's whereabouts, the red-clad demoness quickly spoke up to stop them.

"My sisters, after thinking it over, I feel that we should perhaps let this matter go?" With a thoughtful look between her brows, the red-clad demoness spoke.

"Give up? Big Sister, you don't know what you are talking about!" Several of the demonesses widened their eyes, looking at their elder sister in disbelief.

They did not expect that after such prolonged contemplation, their eldest sister would say such a thing.

"My sisters, stop arguing and let's first listen to what Big Sister has to say!" Next to them, a demoness dressed in orange, seemingly more composed, bore a contemplative expression and spoke up to the other sisters.

Alright, let's first hear out Big Sister's considerations!

Although it felt absurd in their hearts, the other demonesses also gradually stopped their chatter, focusing their attention on the red-clad demoness.

"My sisters, who doesn't desire immortality? You want it, of course, I want it too. Even the deities and Bodhisattvas in heaven desire immortality. I understand your feelings!"

The red-clad demoness glanced at her younger sisters, speaking earnestly and trying to persuade them.

"But when it comes to eating the flesh of the Tang Monk, after careful consideration, I feel we shouldn't!" With a change in her tone, the red-clad demoness spoke.

"Not eat it? Why not, Big Sister?" one of the more impatient demonesses, upon hearing this, couldn't help but press for an answer.

"Sisters, try to think about it, how far is the Great Tang from here? A journey of over forty thousand li, filled with perilous mountains and treacherous waters, and endless demons and ghosts. Yet the Tang Monk managed to make it here alive. Doesn't that illustrate the point?"

"This..." Upon hearing the words of the red-clad demoness, the expressions of many present demonesses subtly changed.

Indeed, what Big Sister said made sense.

If the flesh of the Tang Monk was so easy to obtain, could he have survived the journey of more than forty thousand li?

Such a simple question, why hadn't they thought of it?

"So, Big Sister, do you mean to say, we should just let this be?" Although the words of the red-clad demoness were logical, the demonesses surrounding her, in their hearts, more or less felt unwilling.

No matter what, at least an attempt should be made, shouldn't it?

To so easily give up? It was difficult to feel content with such a decision.

"That..." Hearing the discontent in the voices of her younger sisters, the red-clad demoness inwardly pondered for a moment.

In truth, even the red-clad demoness herself felt some reluctance.

"Then, let's go and investigate the situation first!" After giving it some thought, the red-clad demoness nodded and said.

As they spoke, the sisters discussed briefly.

Immediately afterward, the seven demonesses swarmed back to the presence of Zhu Bajie.

"Wait, I'm telling you, don't eat me, don't eat me. My master's flesh is what's truly useful to eat!" Seeing the demonesses returning to him, Zhu Bajie thought they were coming to eat him. He hastily said.

Of course, having told his master about his predicament, Zhu Bajie knew his master would certainly find a way to rescue him. Therefore, at the moment, his main task was to delay for time while waiting for his master and the others to come.

"You say you're a disciple of the Tang Monk on the Journey to the West for Scriptures? I don't believe it, you're deceiving us sisters!" the red-clothed demoness said, looking at Zhu Bajie, who was bound and unable to move.

"Amitabha, esteemed female Bodhisattvas, a monk does not lie. How could I possibly deceive you?" Hearing the red-clothed demoness's words, Zhu Bajie hastily replied.

"A monk? Hahaha, your behavior earlier didn't seem at all like that of a monk!" the red-clothed demoness couldn't help but laugh as she spoke upon hearing Zhu Bajie's words.

"Er, I, I was just joking with you," Zhu Bajie said awkwardly, feeling embarrassed by the words of the red-clothed demoness, eventually resorting to lame excuses, even he himself felt a bit ashamed.

Snorting in disdain, the red-clothed demoness knew better than to take Zhu Bajie's words for truth, but she didn't seem intent on dwelling on that aspect either.

She continued, "I still find it implausible. Our location is more than forty thousand miles from the Great Tang, with treacherous mountains and rivers along the way, and countless demons and ghosts. How could you have possibly arrived here?"

"Esteemed female Bodhisattvas, that you do not know…"

Regardless of why these demonesses were asking these questions, for Zhu Bajie, their curiosity couldn't be more welcome.

Taking this chance to respond and stall for time, wasn't that for the best?

"Oh? Exactly why is that? You start explaining, let us sisters see if you're deceiving us!" the red-clothed demoness demanded upon hearing Zhu Bajie's words.

"Our master is indeed the Tang Monk, but he is the reincarnation of the Tathagata's second disciple, Master Golden Cicada. Along the journey, my master has already attained the cultivation level of the Heavenly Immortal Realm, and perhaps before long, he may step into the Taiyi Realm!"

"Aside from my master, my elder brother is no ordinary person either. Do you know who he is? He is none other than the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who raised Havoc in Heaven five hundred years ago! With my elder brother protecting our master, naturally, no evil demons could harm my master along the way!"

"And then there's me. If you hadn't resorted to sly tricks, uh, if you weren't extremely clever and captured me with a scheme, Old Pig here wouldn't be afraid of you. Back in the day, Old Pig was the Marshal Tianpeng, commanding the eight thousand naval forces of the Heavenly River!"

"And there's Junior Brother Sha as well, who is no small figure, formerly the General Juanlian serving right before the Great Jade Emperor!"

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"Even my master's mount is out of the ordinary, none other than the third Crown Prince of the Western Sea Dragon Palace, transformed into a Dragon Horse, carrying my master on the journey to the Western Heaven!"

"Thus, even though the journey is fraught with perilous mountains and rivers, and teeming with demons and ghosts, we have traveled safely without mishap!"

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It must be said, Zhu Bajie's bravado was somewhat effective, with mentions of reincarnations of Tathagata's disciples, marshals of the Heavenly Court, generals before the Jade Emperor, and so on.

These words left the seven spider demonesses of Pansi Spider Cave dumbstruck.

The expression on the red-clothed demoness's face turned ugly, and at the same time, she felt somewhat relieved that she had been cautious and refrained from rash actions.

Otherwise, if Sun Wukong and the others had come, it would likely have spelled doom for her and her sisters!

"Indeed, eldest sister is always the most prudent!" the other demonesses said with lingering fear, looking to the red-clothed demoness with relief.

Clearly, Zhu Bajie's words had frightened them as well.

"Eldest sister, what should we do now? The Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong, General Juanlian, the third Crown Prince of the Western Sea Dragon King, and the Tang Monk who is actually a disciple of the Tathagata!" the seven demonesses huddled to one side, their faces showing varying degrees of panic.

"What choice do we have? It's a good thing we sisters haven't done anything yet. Quickly untie Zhu Bajie's ropes and treat him well with food and drink, let's hope this matter will just pass," the red-clothed demoness said with a resigned look, shaking her head.

"Then, that's the only way!"

Hearing the eldest sister's words, the other demonesses looked at each other and, after a moment of deliberation, nodded in agreement with her suggestion.

The demonesses quickly came to a unanimous decision and hurried over to Zhu Bajie's side.

"Hahaha, Marshal Tianpeng, right? I thought you seemed extraordinarily valiant; it turns out you are the reincarnation of Marshal Tianpeng. Our sisters truly have good judgment!"

"Marshal Tianpeng, when we sisters said we wanted to eat you, we were just joking, you really mustn't take it seriously!"

"Hehehe, Marshal Tianpeng, I, I just adore men like you. I've heard the Heavenly River is extremely beautiful, is that true? Come on, tell me all about it…"

...

Several demonesses crowded around Zhu Bajie, showering him with nice words and flattery, quickly disorienting him with their charms.

To prove the sincerity of their words, the demonesses indeed untied the ropes that bound Zhu Bajie.

"Hahaha, it turns out you sisters were all just joking with me, hahaha, you really scared Old Pig to death!" Zhu Bajie didn't care whether the demonesses were being sincere or not; as they each one became more enthusiastic and drew closer, how could he withstand such an onslaught?

With left and right embraces, Zhu Bajie pulled each of the lovely demonesses into his arms.