The King, The Prince, and The Warrior

Chapter 33

However Joo Dee didn't seemed fazed by it at all "all of you must be tired, please follow me to the guest house" Joo Dee said turning around and walking to the guest house, the pilgrims followed her as Zhu Bajie deflated at this a bit but followed along. Soon they reached the guest house, it was big and looked nice, Tripitaka dismounted the white horse as Joo Dee walks up to him "please allow me to take your horse to the stables" Joo Dee said still smiling, the monk hesitated at first but Ao Lie looks at him with a nod and the monk handed her the reins "thank you, I shall return with the village chief, make yourselves at home in the guest house" Joo Dee said and left with Ao Lie to the stables

The pilgrims then entered the house, the inside was big and had a cozy atmosphere, Zhu Bajie went to the sofa and sat down, letting out a sigh at the soft comfortable chair "now this is much better, so comfortable" Zhu Bajie said leaning back "is it me or was there something suspicious about that Joo Dee lady?" Wukong said his arms crossed "what do you mean by that, I didn't notice anything wrong about her" Zhu Bajie said his eyes still closed "that's because you were too focused on her beauty the whole time" Wukong said giving the pig demon a disdain look "hey!" Zhu Bajie exclaimed. Just then the door opens and a man walks in wearing a long green cheongsam with some yellow with a darker green vest, a queue hairstyle, and a thin mustache and a small beard with Joo Dee behind him "hello great pilgrims, it is an honor to meet all of you, I am Long Feng, the chief of this lovely village" Long Feng said with a bow

"Hello Long Feng, we are thankful for your hospitality" Tripitaka said bowing back, Long Feng smiles before noticing Macaque "I am taking that none of you are staying too long?" Long Feng asked looking back at the monk "yes I'm afraid, we are on a journey and we cannot waste any time on it" the great monk said with a polite smile "well I can only wish that you and your disciples can enjoy your stay" Long Feng said with a smile, Wukong narrowed his eyes at the man 'something isn't right, what is he up to' the copper simian thought as Long Feng left "please get comfortable, I will return with delicious snacks and tea for all of you" Joo Dee said still smiling and leaves as well

"Tell me none of you were creeped out by them?" Wukong asked looking back "hey! You take that back, that beautiful woman was not creepy!" Zhu Bajie said glaring at the copper simian "oh come on, tell me that you didn't notice that she hasn't stopped smiling even for a little bit, or that she hasn't BLINKED once!" Wukong said glaring at the pig demon "and not only that, but that chief's been glancing at Macaque during the entire conversation!" Wukong said still glaring at the pig demon "Wukong's right, the way he stared at me was...unsettling like he knew something about me" Macaque said looking at the others "now that you mentioned it, when we entered the village everyone was looking at us when our back were turn, at first I thought it was because we were demons, but from what you and Macaque says, makes me feel a sense of unease and even danger from what secrets this village holds" Sha Wujing said looking at his brothers "all of you are insane, you don't believe any of this do you master?" Zhu Bajie said looking at the monk

"Well, I did sense something about them, I just don't know what it is though" Tripitaka said a hand under his chin, Zhu Bajie let out a groan "now look what you've done, you riddled master's mind with worry and suspicious when in fact nothing is wrong with this village!" Zhu Baji said glaring at the copper simian "just because you think nothing is wrong doesn't mean we should agree with you, now me and Sha Wujing are going to look around this village" Wukong said and leaves along with Sha Wujing "I will go to the prayer temple, it might ease my worries a bit" Tripitaka said and leaves as well leaving Zhu Bajie and Macaque "hmph, fine by me, that means more snack for me and Macaque then" Zhu Bajie said grumbling, Macaque just looks at the door worried