Sun Wukong's commotion naturally alerted Zhu Bajie and Sand Monk, who chased for half a day but still failed to catch the monster. Only after hearing the noises here did they realize they had been lured away from their original location.
Zhu Bajie still looked confused and asked, "What happened?"
Zhu Bajie saw some mud on the monk's clothes, making him look rather disheveled, and hurriedly rushed over to help Xuanzang up, complaining discontentedly, "What have you all been doing? While I, Old Pig, was facing the monster upfront, you guys couldn't even keep an eye on one monk."
Previously it was almost always Sun Wukong who complained about Sand Monk and Zhu Bajie. Now that Zhu Bajie finally caught such an opportunity, he naturally didn't want to miss it.
Sun Wukong hurriedly explained, "Bajie, your eyes deceived you and you let the monster get away. We saw the monster trying to catch Master, so we all went after that monster."
