"If you have anything to ask, do it quickly." Sensing Miss Bai's eyes sizing him up and down, Sun Wukong held his wine cup, feeling rather uncomfortable.
"Great Sage, you became a god after the pilgrimage to the West. Can gods get married?" Yang Xue asked coyly.
"..." A peanut slipped from his chopsticks. He had thought it was something important.
"Yes." He replied calmly, picking up the dropped peanut and popping it into his mouth.
"Do they have to be well - matched? If I attain the right result through cultivation, should I go to the Heavenly Court or the Western Paradise?"
"..." Sun Wukong accidentally snapped the chopsticks.
"Great Sage? What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing." He picked up the vegetarian dishes the innkeeper had wrapped for him. "I didn't bring any silver with me. I'll write an IOU for this meal on behalf of my master and the others."
With that, he was about to leave.
Yang Xue grabbed his sleeve. "Great Sage, I haven't finished asking yet."
"Then ask quickly." Although he said so, Sun Wukong at this moment wished he could burrow into the ground and disappear, so as not to hear anything she said.
Seeing Sun Wukong squirming in his seat and looking at a loss, Yang Xue couldn't help but laugh.
"Great Sage, why are you so flustered? I'm just asking casually. If I'm lucky enough, when my cultivation level is high, neither the gods in the Heavenly Court nor those in the West can easily convict me. By then, if I meet a good - looking god in the sky and want to marry him, I naturally need to know the rules earlier, right?"
"There are no such rules. As long as you can become a god, as long as there is no difference between humans and demons or between gods and demons, it's okay."
"What if it's a difference between humans and gods?" Yang Xue pressed on. "Can humans and gods get married?" What if one day she regained her true form from her previous life and became an ordinary human, and wanted to pursue the Great Sage...
"No." Sun Wukong looked at her seriously. "If you want to cultivate well, you have to abandon these distracting thoughts. It's not too late to think about these issues after you attain the right result."
"Okay, what the Great Sage said is right." Yang Xue looked up at him with her bright eyes. "Then I won't bother the Great Sage anymore."
"See you later." As if pardoned, Sun Wukong rode on the clouds and left.
After a full meal, one should find a place to rest. She had forgotten to ask where the master and his three disciples were.
Also, how did Sun Wukong find her?
And he appeared at a critical moment.
The God of Wealth gave him a pair of earrings, saying that they could tell him her exact location.
But Sun Wukong didn't give her anything. How did he find her?
Maybe he just passed by.
After staying in a nearby inn, Yang Xue had a good sleep.
At night, she was going to check if there were any wandering souls, severed corpses, or people on the verge of suicide nearby. It wouldn't be long before she could reach the Great Vehicle level of cultivation, or even the level of transcending the tribulation and becoming a god.
"Knock, knock, knock!" Just as Yang Xue was sleeping soundly, someone knocked on the door without any sense.
"Who is it?" Yang Xue covered herself with the quilt. "Xiaorou, go and see who is so blind as to interrupt my sweet dream."
She had just dreamed of Sun Wukong. In the dream, he was wearing a red long gown, looking like an immortal. His eyes were full of affection as he looked at her. Before he could say anything, the dream was interrupted!
"It's me." It was the voice of the God of Wealth!
Yang Xue sat up. "God of Wealth, is there something wrong? If not, can I sleep a little longer?"
He was her big benefactor. She had to be polite when talking to him.
"There's a small matter, but it's not urgent. You go on sleeping. I'll go to the street to buy some food. What do you want to eat? I'll bring some for you by the way." The God of Wealth's voice was calm and gentle.
Yang Xue felt that at this moment, he was smiling.
"Pan - fried buns, donkey - meat burgers, candied haws, beggar's chicken. If you see any, buy some." She felt hungry again while sleeping. This body was very strong. She could eat as much as she wanted without getting fat, and she had a great appetite.
The God of Wealth laughed. "Okay."
He shook his head. He didn't expect she was such a foodie.
Xiaorou was fully awake. Hearing the sound of the God of Wealth going downstairs, she couldn't help but come closer to Yang Xue.
"What's wrong?" Yang Xue rubbed her eyes. Seeing Xiaorou's hesitant look, she felt a little uneasy.
"Sister, do you really like the Great Sage?"
"Um..." Yang Xue pursed her lips and thought. "It's more of an admiration. It's selfless."
"What about the God of Wealth?" Xiaorou opened her eyes wide. "He's also very nice. He's so gentle and considerate to you. His eyes are full of affection that can't be hidden..."
"Do you like the God of Wealth?" Yang Xue looked at Xiaorou's expression and slapped the pillow. "You've taken a fancy to the God of Wealth, haven't you? Good taste!"
"..." Xiaorou opened her mouth. "I..."
"If you like him, I'll go and ask. Maybe he'll wait for you to attain the right result. The Great Sage said there's a difference between gods and demons. You have to cultivate as soon as possible. Why don't you try the "Book of Immortality"? It'll get twice the result with half the effort."
Seeing Xiaorou's shy look, Yang Xue thought she was in love with the God of Wealth.
"Sister, you've misunderstood me." Forget it. It was already obvious. Her sister only had the Great Sage in her heart.
"Knock, knock, knock!"
"Bang!" Just as the knocking stopped, the door was pushed open forcefully.
The God of Wealth rushed in nervously. "Miss Bai, I'm sorry. It's an emergency. Please forgive me."
"What's going on?"
"As soon as I went out, I saw Bodhisattva Manjusri and several of his disciples landing on the street. They seemed to be looking for something." He grabbed Yang Xue's wrist. "Leave here quickly."
"What?" Yang Xue quickly put on her shoes. "Wait, how do you know they're looking for me?"
Wasn't it said that he couldn't see her true form?
The God of Wealth stopped and let go of her wrist. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I heard everything you said to Sun Wukong that night."
Sure enough, he had heard it.
But it also meant that if no one reported her, no one would know she was the White Bone Demon.
It seemed that the bodhisattva outside had heard some rumors.
"You take good care of Xiaorou and Maomao. Say they're your people. I'll go out and hide for a while. They won't find me."
"But..." The God of Wealth said worriedly. "They're right on the street. What if they find out your identity..."
"If you can't tell, how can they? I can change my appearance. If you follow me, maybe someone knows this news and reports it to the Western Paradise. So it's safer for me to go out alone."
Yang Xue still wasn't at ease. "Xiaorou and Maomao should come with me."
"I'll go and call Maomao." Xiaorou rushed out quickly and knocked on Maomao's door.
Half an hour later.
Yang Xue sat on the top of the mountain. Seeing the bright lights on the street below flying westward one after another, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
She waved her hand and lifted the protective barriers around Xiaorou and Maomao.
Just in case, she isolated their demonic auras.
"I wonder who leaked our whereabouts." Xiaorou murmured. "They seemed to know that sister was here."
"Maybe it was a local minor god. After all, there are mountain gods and land gods everywhere. It's hard for us to hide our tracks." Unexpectedly, their situation had suddenly become dangerous.
"We're holding sister back. Maybe we should go back to White Tiger Ridge. I miss the other sisters in the cave." Xiaorou's eyes welled up with tears. "I've never been out of the courtyard. I miss them. It's good to go back. Anyway, we can't help sister at all. It's enough for Maomao to accompany sister."