In the end, the Great Sage broke the rules.

Upon seeing the monsters retreat, the soldiers in the city quickly opened the city gates to welcome Sun Wukong and his companions.

Chen Yi also rushed down from the city wall.

When Jiang Liuer heard that Zhu Bajie had been kidnapped by a monster, he was extremely anxious and hurriedly asked Sun Wukong to come up with a foolproof plan.

Sun Wukong comforted him, "Master, please don't worry. We've captured two monsters, and we can exchange them for Bajie when we face them tomorrow."

Jiang Liuer said with great concern, "This matter concerns Bajie's life and death, Wukong, you must not take it lightly."

Sun Wukong replied, "This disciple understands."

Chen Yi then stepped forward, looked Sun Wukong up and down, and asked with concern, "Are you hungry?"

Sun Wukong snorted coldly, ordered Sha Wujing to imprison the monster, and then disappeared without a trace, carrying Chen Yi like a gust of wind.

Chen Yi, caught in the spatial confinement, asked in bewilderment, "Great Sage, what's wrong with you?"

Sun Wukong gently patted Chen Yi's bottom and said in a deep voice, "If you get so close to that Third Prince again, see how I teach you a lesson!"

Chen Yi looked utterly astonished: "What? What happened to us?"

Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes: "Don't you know that the Third Prince has designs on you?"

Chen Yi frowned as well: "What are you planning? You don't actually think he likes me, do you?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong nodded slightly.

That's right, the third prince's eyes are glued to the little monk all day long, what else could it be but liking him?

Upon hearing this, Chen was struck dumb, shaking his head repeatedly and saying, "Impossible, impossible! How could he possibly like me?! I've always treated him like a son!"

"Great Sage, you must be mistaken!"

Sun Wukong: "In short, stay away from him in the future."

Chen Yi said with some distress, "But Eleven really likes him."

Sun Wukong pondered for a moment and said, "Then let's send Eleven to Master and have him copy scriptures. He only knows how to play all day long, which is not good at all."

Chen Yi gave Sun Wukong a thumbs up, "That's a really ruthless method!"

Now, Shiyi is most afraid of studying with Jiang Liuer. He is afraid of Jiang Liuer's long-winded lectures, and even more afraid of Jiang Liuer teaching him to read and write.

"Oh dear! What are you doing, Great Sage!" Chen Yi was startled when he was suddenly picked up horizontally and quickly wrapped his arms around Sun Wukong's neck.

Sun Wukong bit Chen Yi's neck and whispered, "We still have two hours."

Chen Yi: "...No way! We still have to fight monsters tomorrow..."

If Sun Wukong goes several days without eating meat, he won't stop for at least three days after he does start eating meat... He's even starting to get a little afraid of eating Laozi's elixir now...

Sun Wukong hadn't eaten meat for several days... Chen Yi was worried that he might get carried away and mess things up...

Sun Wukong: "So this time I will finish this quickly. Don't worry, I'll have enough time."

Chen Yi: ...

On the other side, Pigsy was fast asleep, tied to a stone pillar.

They say you can have anything in your dreams, but right now all he was dreaming about were white steamed buns.

……

Time comes the next day.

The monster arrived precisely on time to hurl insults.

Only Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing were able to fight.

Sun Wukong was the first to threaten, "Release Bajie, or this Great Sage will go on a killing spree!"

The nine-headed lion shouted, "Sun Wukong! If you, monkey, are willing to apologize and admit your mistake, I will release that pig and immediately withdraw my troops!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Yi, standing on the city wall, thought that the monster was quite reasonable.

He knew that Sun Wukong was competitive and would never apologize, so he immediately ran down to try and persuade the monkey to just give a perfunctory apology.

Unfortunately, despite his quick action, he was a step too late; the next second he heard Sun Wukong refuse.

Sun Wukong roared, "Who am I, the Great Sage? Why would I apologize to a monster like you!"

Knowing Sun Wukong's temperament well, the Nine-Headed Lion continued, "Then I'll use my two brothers and Pigsy as an exchange!"

Sun Wukong refused, saying, "No, no..."

But Chen Yi quickly covered her mouth.

Chen Yichao, that monster, grinned and said, "Change, change, change! We'll change!"

It's better to avoid trouble! I'm sorry to have troubled the Great Sage!

Sun Wukong turned and glared at Chen Yi, who was covering his mouth. Although his expression was unpleasant, he ultimately did not push Chen Yi away or utter a word in rebuttal.

When Pigsy first heard that Monkey King wouldn't trade, he was so angry he almost fainted. That damned monkey actually disregarded brotherhood and refused to trade him!

Fortunately, Chen Yi appeared later. Upon hearing Chen Yi's words, Pigsy was immediately moved to tears.

The Nine-Headed Lion King looked at Chen Yi, narrowed his eyes, and asked suspiciously, "Are you capable of making that decision?"

Chen Yi nodded confidently and replied, "Of course, I am their master."

The Nine-Headed Lion King looked surprised: "Oh? You're Tang Sanzang? But you don't look like a monk at all."

What monk still has hair? He'd never seen one before.

Chen Yi quickly waved his hand and said, "I'm not Tang Sanzang, I'm just an unknown nobody."

"Your Majesty, shall we replace this person?"

The nine-headed lion king answered without hesitation: "Change!"

"Pigsy is right here! Hand over my two brothers!"

Chen Yi looked up at the king and others on the city wall and shouted, "Release those two monsters!"

Not long after, a group of soldiers escorted two monsters out.

Chen Yilang said loudly, "Lion King, I'll count to three, two, one, and then we'll release the people together!"

The Nine-Headed Lion King nodded in agreement: "Good!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"Let go!"

As Chen Yi finished speaking, Zhu Bajie and the two monsters were quickly pushed back to their own camp.