In the end, the Great Sage broke the rules.

Upon seeing the two frightening children, Sun Wukong captured them.

"Tell me, why are you pretending to be a ghost to scare people?" Sun Wukong stared coldly at the two trembling children in front of him.

The two children trembled at Sun Wukong's cold face, tears instantly welling up in their eyes. "Waaah...you bad person, I'm going to tell Daddy!"

One of the older children cried out.

The younger one wasn't to be outdone and started crying loudly, "Waaah...you're bullying a child!"

Seeing this, Sun Wukong frowned even more and said impatiently, "If you cry again, I'll throw you into the river to feed the fish!"

Upon hearing this, the two children quickly covered their mouths with their little hands, trying their best to hold back their tears, but they still couldn't help but let out a series of aggrieved sobs, and even hiccuped.

Just then, Chen Yi slowly walked over, gently patted Sun Wukong's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Great Sage, calm down. Don't scare the children like that. Look how frightened they are. They all look so pitiful."

Standing to the side, the aggrieved Pigsy was not so easy to talk to. He glared at the two children with wide eyes and asked impatiently, "Tell me, why did you scare me, old Pig?"

The little girl named Yichengjin looked up timidly at Zhu Bajie and muttered softly, "Because...because it's fun to become a ghost."

Sha Wujing stepped forward and asked gently, "What are your names?"

Yicheng Jin sniffed and obediently replied, "My name is Yicheng Jin, and my younger brother's name is Chen Guanbao."

Upon hearing this, Sha Wujing suddenly seemed to remember something and exclaimed in surprise, "Aren't these the two children from the Chen family who performed the ritual before?"

Everyone was startled by what they heard, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Sun Wukong asked again in a stern voice, "Speak quickly, what exactly happened?"

The two children began to sob and try to explain.

It turned out that they had been chosen by the king here to be sacrificed as offerings. Every year, Chenjiazhuang would offer a boy and a girl to the king, and this year it was the turn of the two brothers, Chen Cheng and Chen Qing.

Although they were reluctant to part with their child, who was born late in life, they had no choice but to give him up for the sake of good weather and prosperity for Chenjiazhuang throughout the year.

Sun Wukong continued, "Where have all the children who were sacrificed in previous years gone?"

Ichiyojin replied, "The children who went to the shrine have all gone to play with the king and have never returned."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong's face turned ugly.

He barged into the front hall with a cold face, scaring the monks who were performing the ritual so much that they fled in panic.

Upon hearing the news, Chen Cheng and his brother rushed over. Pigsy, filled with righteous indignation, cursed loudly: "How dare you two aid and abet evil!"

Sha Wujing also said indignantly, "They are willing to sacrifice even their own children. They are truly heartless and extremely vicious!"

Chen Cheng and Chen Qing, filled with grievances and tears streaming down their faces, hurriedly explained, "Gentlemen, please calm your anger. This sacrifice of our children was truly not our wish..."

Nine years ago, there was a temple dedicated to the Great King Linggan on the banks of the Tongtian River. The Great King established a rule for Chenjiazhuang that a pair of young boys and girls must be offered every year in order to ensure that Chenjiazhuang would have good weather and abundant harvests.

"If they do not comply... then we will make sure that every household in Chenjiazhuang is never at peace."

Pigsy was so angry that he stomped his feet and shouted, "Why don't you spend some money to buy boys and girls from other places? Why sacrifice your own flesh and blood!"

Before he could finish speaking, he was struck hard on the head.

Chen Yi scolded, "Bajie, stop talking nonsense!"

Chen Qing also looked distressed and cried out, "Master, you don't know, the king only wants his own children. Anyone can tell at a glance. Where are we supposed to buy them?"

Chen Yi turned to Sun Wukong and said, "Great Sage, you are all-powerful, why don't you help them?"

Sun Wukong naturally wouldn't refuse the task of eliminating the monster, so he nodded in agreement without hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, his figure flickered, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a beautifully sculpted and extremely adorable little boy—Chen Guanbao.

Sun Wukong blinked his bright, lively eyes at Chen Qing and said in a childish voice, "Look at me, I look just like your precious son!"

Chen Qing stared wide-eyed, her face filled with astonishment, her mouth agape. It took her a while to recover, and she nodded repeatedly, exclaiming, "So alike! It's so alike! They're practically identical!"

Seeing this, Sun Wukong asked, "Will this work? The sacrificial ceremony should be alright, right?"

Chen Qing quickly nodded again and replied, "No problem, absolutely no problem! It will definitely pass the ritual!"

Just then, Chen Cheng, who was standing to the side, suddenly started sobbing.

Sun Wukong frowned slightly, glanced at him with some impatience, and then said lazily, "Stop crying! You can go and beg that fat pig over there."

After saying that, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction where Pigsy was.

Upon hearing this, Pigsy's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, Senior Brother is definitely going to trick me again!

However, since things had come to this point, he couldn't refuse and had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward.

When Sun Wukong saw Zhu Bajie approaching, he continued to coax him, "Bajie, do you know that there are many delicious vegetarian meals at this sacrifice? Don't you want to try some?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Cheng immediately stopped crying and nodded vigorously, saying, "Yes, yes! We have all kinds of delicious food! Whatever you want to eat, Master, we will do our best to prepare it for you!"

Pigsy was initially hesitant, but upon hearing that so much delicious food awaited him, he couldn't help but swallow hard and finally nodded in agreement.

Immediately, he used his transformation technique to transform into the appearance of a cute and charming little girl named Itsuki.

And so, that evening, Chen Guanbao, who was Sun Wukong in disguise, and Yicheng Jin, who was Zhu Bajie in disguise, were carried by the people of Chenjiazhuang with gongs and drums into the mysterious Linggan Dawang Temple.

Chen Yi looked at his two apprentices in the sedan chair and waved to them happily.

Then he lowered his head and talked to the two children, making Yicheng Jin and Chen Guanbao laugh. After that, he took the two children and disappeared.

Sun Wukong: ...I should have brought the little monk with me!