After transmigrating into the body of the Jade Rat Spirit, I became Nezha's adopted sister.

Sha Wujing, always obedient to his master, heard this and without further hesitation, stepped forward with his staff and said in a deep voice, "Old man, this place is dangerous and not a place for you to stay. Leave immediately!"

The White Bone Demon secretly resented Tang Sanzang, wondering how he had become so unyielding.

As she continued to weep, she subtly shifted her feet, seemingly powerless, but actually blocking any possible angles from which Sha Wujing might attack. Out of the corner of her eye, she quickly glanced at Zhu Bajie and Tang Sanzang, who was cowering fearfully beside the horse.

On the cliff, Bai Yeying watched with great interest: "This White Bone Demon is really good at acting! Even Tang Sanzang is almost swayed."

Just then, a golden light flashed across the sky!

Sun Wukong went fast, but returned even faster! He shot back like an arrow released from a bow, his golden eyes burning with the rage of being tricked!

He hadn't gone far when the demonic wind dissipated on its own, turning into wisps of black smoke that disappeared into the ground without a trace. He immediately realized he'd been tricked and knew he was in trouble, so he somersaulted back in a hurry.

Just then, they witnessed the old woman crying her heart out, Pigsy showing pity, Sandy being stopped, and their master turning pale with fright.

"You little vixen! You dare to try and trick me, Old Sun!"

Sun Wukong roared, his voice like a thunderclap, shaking the rocks. Without even glancing at the grieving old woman, his golden cudgel transformed into a golden light, crashing down with the force of a thunderbolt!

This blow, delivered in a fit of rage, was more than twice as fast as when he struck the village woman!

"Brother Monkey, have mercy!" Pigsy shouted instinctively.

However, the baton had already fallen!

There was a muffled thud, but it wasn't the sound of bones and flesh shattering.

Just as the arrow was about to be released, the old woman's figure darted backward several feet like a ghost, avoiding a fatal blow to the head! But she couldn't completely dodge it, and the edge of the golden cudgel slammed into her shoulder!

"Crack!" The sickening sound of bone breaking was clearly audible.

The old woman let out a bloodcurdling scream, half of her body visibly collapsed, the wooden stick in her hand snapped, and she was thrown backward like a broken sack, crashing into the rock wall, rolling to the ground, twitching twice, and then becoming still.

Blood quickly spread from beneath her, staining the grayish-white rocks red.

"Ah!" Tang Sanzang cried out in fright, covering his eyes with his hands, chanting Buddhist mantras rapidly, his whole body trembling like a leaf.

Pigsy and Sandy were also stunned. Looking at the corpse on the ground and then at Sun Wukong's angry face, they didn't know what to say for a moment.

On the cliff, Bai Yeying also covered her mouth. Although she knew it was a monster, the scene... was really too bloody. She subconsciously moved closer to Nezha.

Nezha sensed her approach, glanced down at her, and seeing her pale face, frowned slightly before looking away and down at the monster: "Just a monster."

Below, Sun Wukong, carrying his still-dripping golden cudgel, walked to the old woman's corpse and kicked it with his toe.

The corpse was limp and lifeless. But his discerning eyes clearly saw that a wisp of demonic soul had already escaped, leaving behind only a mortal body that had somehow been acquired. Now that the demonic magic had dissipated, it was a real corpse.

His anger intensified. This White Bone Demon was not only cunning, but also so vicious, using the bodies of innocent mortals as shields!

"Master! Look! This is no old woman at all! It's clearly a demon who used evil magic to kill people and is now disguised as a human to deceive you!" Sun Wukong said to Tang Sanzang, pointing to the corpse on the ground.

Tang Sanzang peeked through his fingers and saw the blood and the twisted corpse. His stomach churned, his face turned ashen, and his lips trembled as he managed to squeeze out a few words after a long while: "A monk... a monk... must not act rashly... with murderous intent... Wukong, you... you have taken another life!"

"Master!" Sun Wukong cried out in a mixture of anxiety and anger, "This was clearly the work of a demon! It wasn't me, Old Sun, who killed them! Why won't you believe me?!"

"I saw it with my own eyes! You...you killed her with one blow!" Tang Sanzang said in a trembling voice, his eyes filled with fear and despair. "That village woman before, perhaps she really was a demon in disguise, but this old woman...she...she was already so miserable, how could you...how could you..."

"Master! That's a demon in disguise!" Sun Wukong scratched his head, wishing he could crack open Tang Sanzang's head to see if it was filled with paste.

"Transformation! In your eyes, everything is a monster in disguise!" Tang Sanzang, emboldened by some unknown source of courage—perhaps his extreme fear had given rise to a stubbornness—said, "If she is a monster, why doesn't she run away? Why doesn't she fight you? Why does she just stand there and let you kill her? Wukong! You're too bloodthirsty! If this continues, how will we obtain the true scriptures?!"

"I!" Sun Wukong was speechless, his golden eyes filled with a mixture of anger and grievance, and his monkey hair stood on end in anger.

Pigsy, watching from the side, clicked his tongue and whispered to Sandy, "Brother Sandy, do you think... Brother Monkey went a bit too far? That old woman looks... sigh."

Sha Wujing remained silent, only gripping his staff tightly and cautiously looking around.

The situation reached a stalemate. Tang Sanzang was still shaken, filled with disappointment and fear towards Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong was speechless, both angry and anxious. Zhu Bajie was caught in the middle, while Sha Wujing remained silent and on guard.

On the cliff, Bai Yeying watched the scene below, where the master and disciples were almost at odds, and felt a pang of sadness. She knew the truth, but Tang Sanzang didn't. The Great Sage was clearly trying to protect him...

"That monk is really annoying," she muttered under her breath, her voice filled with indignation on behalf of Sun Wukong.

Upon hearing this, Nezha glanced at her and saw her puffed-out cheeks, looking indignant like a cute little animal. His eyes were full of laughter.

"With mortal eyes, unable to distinguish truth from falsehood, and stubbornly clinging to their own opinions, that monkey is just asking for trouble. He should have just dragged out the White Bone Demon's true form and killed her with one blow. Why all this talk?"

Bai Yeying thought about it and agreed. With the Great Sage's abilities, it shouldn't be difficult for him to find out the White Bone Demon's true form, right? Could it be that he was worried about Tang Sanzang? Or... was the White Bone Demon hiding too well?

Just as she was thinking this, another strange change occurred below!

Then, another figure emerged from behind a pile of rocks beside the mountain path.

This time it was an old man with white hair and beard, leaning on a cane, walking unsteadily. His face was filled with grief, tears welling in his eyes. He rushed towards the old woman's body on the ground, his voice hoarse and aged: "My wife! My wife! What happened to you? Who killed you?!"

He rushed to the body, tears streaming down his face, and cried his heart out.

Upon seeing this, Tang Sanzang's face paled even further. His finger trembled as he pointed at Sun Wukong, his voice trembling with tears: "You...look! You've harmed someone's old wife again! Now her husband has come looking for her...what...what are we going to do?!"

Sun Wukong looked at the old man crying so earnestly, his golden eyes flashing with light!

He could see that the old man's demonic aura was much fainter, almost indistinguishable from that of an ordinary person, but the cold, deathly aura in his bones was the same as that of the village woman and the old woman from before!

What a White Bone Demon! She can conceal her demonic aura to such an extent, changing layer by layer, showing weakness time and time again, and specifically targeting people's soft spots!

"Old man! Stop pretending!" Sun Wukong roared, raising his golden cudgel once more. "Today I'll make you reveal your true form!"

"Wukong! Stop right now!" Tang Sanzang, seemingly drawing strength from nowhere, staggered forward a few steps, standing between the old man and the golden cudgel, arms outstretched, his face a mixture of fear and determination. "If you want to fight, kill your master first!"