The fire

"Little sister, wake up!"

"Ummmm..." Yu Long groggily woke up, her face still sleepy as she yawned and looked at Wukong.

"What's going on, sister?"

"Get ready, they're planning to set us on fire."

"Set us on fire? Who?" Yu Long tilted her head, not understanding what Wukong was talking about.

"The Buddhists. They seem to really like Quan Yin's robe. Tch, If I hadn't dropped the bag, none of this would have happened."

Wukong went to wake up Tang, but then remembered that the Buddhists had mentioned giving him a sleeping pill.

"Hmm, too bad they gave the sleeping pill to the wrong person" she gritted her teeth, carrying Tang, then looked at Yu Long.

Yu Long understood and both of them opened the window and jumped outside.

Climbing to the roof of the monastery, Wukong watched as the Buddhists dropped torches to set fire to their resting place.

Wukong's face darkened as she looked at Yu Long.

"Yu Long, blow the fire back towards their monastery," Wukong commanded.

Yu Long remained silent, taking a deep breath, causing her stomach to inflate like a balloon.

Then she blew with tremendous force, so strong it felt like a hurricane passing through, redirecting the flames towards the monastery.

"Huh?!" One of the Buddhists noticed, panicked as he watched the fire veering in another direction.

"Our monastery! Our monastery!!" The group realized something was wrong, panicked, and scattered to find water.

"Hmph, you think throwing water will solve everything? Unfortunately for you, I control fire elements" Wukong said.

raising two fingers towards the sky, emanating a reddish-orange energy.

When one of the Buddhists splashed water, the fire diminished slightly.

"Phew, hurry up! We can't mess this up!"

Just as he were warning the others, the fire that had just been splashed with water suddenly intensified, scorching the flesh of the Buddhist, who fell to the ground and perished in agony.

"AGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"

He screamed in pain, his flesh burnt to a crisp, as he collapsed and died.

Terrified, the others watched in horror at the burnt body, screaming in panic and fleeing, leaving behind the buckets of water.

"These fools..." Wukong muttered, looking at the corpse.

"Little sister, keep blowing" she instructed.

Yu Long took another breath, blowing fiercely, causing the flames to spread throughout the monastery except for their resting place.

"Hehe, we might seem ruthless, but you guys intended to harm us first" Wukong mocked, watching the monastery engulfed in flames, illuminating the night.

"Big sister, how will Master feel about this?" Yu Long suddenly asked.

"No worries! Master will understand us"

Wukong laughed, patting the head of Tang Sanzang.

Yu Long remained silent, and both watched in silence as the fire raged on.

***

"Master!" A Buddhist rushed in, his robes charred in places.

"What's the matter?" The abbot, the one who ordered the burning, woke up while still in his sleepwear.

"It's bad news! Our monastery is on fire!"

"W-What are you saying?!" Startled, he rushed outside to look.

The fire had spread throughout the monastery, and black smoke billowed everywhere.

He looked at everything in horror, almost not believing his eyes.

"M-My monastery, who did this?!" He sweated profusely, looking at the Buddhist.

"Master! I'm not sure, but when the others started burning Tang Seng's house, a strong wind blew the fire towards us!"

"... this must be the will of heaven" he said, looking up at the sky, his eyes devoid of light.

"No, it's my will" a voice echoed from behind him, startling him as he turned around.

It was a young girl with a petite figure, and he recognized her.

It was Yu Long.

"W-What are you...?!" He was terrified, taking a few steps back.

Approaching, Yu Long, and the other Buddhist trembled in fear, intending to flee from here.

But...

The lips of the Buddhist bled as he looked in bewilderment at his chest pierced through by the hand of Yu Long.

And Yu Long's hand held his heart.

"Ughh..." The eyes of the Buddhist rolled back, falling to the ground, lifeless.

Yu Long threw the heart of the Buddhist onto him and then looked at the abbot.

"D-DON'T! STAY AWAY!!!" He screamed in terror, falling to the ground, nearly collapsing.

Approaching, Yu Long's expression remained emotionless as she looked at him.

Tears streaming down his face, the abbot used all his strength to flee.

...but how could a human compare to a dragon?

The killing was swift and precise, his chest pierced through, his heart taken.

After that, he turned back to look at Yu Long, who was staring at the heart and beginning to reveal her sharp teeth...

Yu Long had devoured the heart in front of him. He looked at her, horrified as she ate his heart.

This would be his worst memory after death.

He fell to the ground, his lifeless eyes staring in a fixed direction.

He was dead.

Yu Long, after finishing her meal, looked at the lifeless body. She didn't care what she ate or how it tasted.

Due to the harshness and lack of food where she was sealed, she had to get used to eating many strange and disgusting things in life.

Therefore, someone's heart could be considered a good meal for her before her master released her.

But now, being treated so well by her master, like a normal creature rather than a monster, made her feel strange but extremely comfortable.

And if someone intended to harm her master, it meant they were fighting her, and she was sure of one thing.

She would make that person regret deciding to harm her master.

***

"Boss! Quan Yi Monastery has been burned down!"

In a cave somewhere, a monster wearing armor was kneeling.

"...so what?" A female voice responded indifferently, as if not really caring.

She stood up and looked out of the cave.

"Hmm? This energy..." the sensation of powerful energy surprised her.

"Boss... what should we do now?" The subordinate looked at her.

Her red eyes looked at the subordinate, and she smiled, revealing sharp teeth.

"We'll go there. I hope the one who did this doesn't disappoint me."

She walked out of the cave, looking towards Quan Yi Monastery.