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"Why?"
Xuanzang asked with some confusion.
The old woman sighed and said, "The country up ahead is called Annihilation Country, and the king has vowed to kill ten thousand monks; now he's only four short!"
"Ah! Four..."
Zhu Bajie counted their group and said in alarm, "Doesn't that mean we are exactly the ones he's missing, Master, let's turn back!"
"Master, don't listen to Second Senior Brother, we have already come this far, how can we go back now!"
Sand Monk said hastily, not wanting to give up halfway just because of Zhu Bajie's words.
Sun Wukong looked at the old woman with a smile that was not quite a smile.
When Xuanzang heard the old woman's words, he also frowned and asked, "Old Bodhisattva, I wonder if it is possible to detour around?"
The old woman shook her head and said, "You cannot, you must go through the town to pass this way."
"So, old lady, I still advise you not to go!" she said and then left with the child.
