Stirring up trouble?! Stirring up trouble can actually be quite good, having Sun Wukong here, along with Zhu Bajie accompanying him. Two experts fighting it out, there's no way they can't win, right?
Of course, even if they can't win, in Jiang Liu's view, with his identity as a Scripture Seeker from the Great Tang, any powerful character should give him some deference.
Even though the ultimate goal was to overturn all the heavenly deities and Buddhas, at the moment, he was still protected by all these heavenly deities and Buddhas! Who would dare to mess with him?
As long as he didn't die recklessly, he might as well go all out!
If they could win, that would be best—great spoils; and if not? They had the Tathagata covering their backs, so there was no need to fear! A fight that was neither a victory nor a defeat? That would be the perfect excuse to stick around and spend the days idly!
After considering it back and forth, it seemed to be all benefits and no drawbacks, right?
