JOURNEY TO THE WEST Episode 29
Old granny, please prepare some hot soup
for my Master and Junior
Thank you in advance.
You are really rude, Granny
Instead of helping us, you are laughing away
This is Women Country
There's only females here...
and no males, that's why when I saw you
It's interesting and happy
This is the legendary Women Country?
That's right.
The water you drank were from our Child-Mother river
Our women can only drink from
that river after 20 years old
3 days after that, if she has a stomachache
It means she is pregnant
Master...
Brother Monkey...
Master, look at him.
It seems that I'm pregnant!
I have to give birth to children soon...
I have to give birth to piglets...
What should I do?
Master and I are grown men.
Where would the babies come out of us?!
This is call "ripen melon falls off by itself."
When the time comes,
your tummy will have an opening
and the little piglets will come out
Brother Monkey...
Master... Master...
Junior Sha, its killing me to have the babies
What should we do?
From now on, I'll not be a man anymore
I have to become a woman.
Second sect brother...
I have to become a mother.
I have to give birth to babies.
Junior... Master...
What about my wife in Village Gao?
Second sect brother,
Since you are pregnant, don't move about
and hurt yourself
Or else you may have a strange baby later
You are sickening
Senior
Come, sit here.
Looks like I have to give birth early.
Bajie, you must be stable
Its not normal for a man to give birth
and could not produce a real baby
Wukong, use your eyes to see
and tell us what is inside our tummy
Okay.
Master, there's no baby in your tummy
Its a tumor
The tumor is moving around your tummy
You won't bear any child in 3 days
but it will suck your Qi and you will die
Its a phantom baby
Senior... Bajie
Granny, is there any doctor around here?
Yes, there is.
There's a Mountain Yang to our south
and there's a cave with an abortion fountain
you only need to drink the water
to abort the baby
That's easy. You should have said it earlier.
Brother monkey, get the water quickly for us
If you are late, we could become ghosts instead of mums
No, you can't get it now.
Why not? Is the lake dried up?
Nope... last year, a priest, RuYi came
And he used that cave as his temple
They sealed the entrance.
You need a lot of money to pay for the water.
How could you pay for that?
I think you should accept your destiny
and become mothers.
Master...
I'll demand the water from them
If they don't comply, I'll kill them
If you're going to get it, get more of it.
Save some for us.
You old lady... heh... heh...
You're here for the water?
Yes... yes...
My respects to you, Priest
Priest, I'm a monk from Tang
My Master accidentally drank from the Child-Mother river
and had stomachache
There's no cure except for the abortion water here
so, I'm here to seek help from Priest RuYi
to beg for some abortion water for my Master
Priest, please guide the way
This cave has become a temple
Oh, are you Priest RuYi?
What is your name?
I'm the big disciple of Tang monk
known as Sun Wukong
Are you the Sun Wukong who created chaos in Heaven?
That's right, its me
Do you know the price to pay for the water?
What about yours?
Please do help me, as a monk
I don't have an money
Please do me a favor
Do you a favor?
Do you know who I am?!
I've suffered for 500 years under the mountain
after I'm released, I became a monk
I lost contact with my friends
So, I don't recognize you anymore
Did you met a Child King along the way?
Are you talking about Red Child of Fire-Cloud cave?
Why did you mention him?
He's my nephew
Bull Demon King is my brother
My brother told me in his letter that
Sun Wukong killed his son
I was about to look for you
but you came on your own accord
Priest, you made a mistake
Bull Demon King is also my friend
In the past, we were sworn brothers
But we did not keep in contact
Red Child has gained from this whole episode
He's now training under Guan Yin
You actually blamed me instead of thanking me?
Shut up, you monkey
You stinky monkey!
Where did you go?
Stinky priest, I'll look for the water myself
Where's the water?
Want to steal my water?
I shall see how you do it
Do give me some water
so that I could save my Master
Monkey, give me your life
I want to take revenge for my nephew
Wait, let's not fight.
Stinky monkey, if you dare to come again
I'll not let you off again
What happened, Bajie?
Why isn't Senior back yet?
Its so painful
If he delays any longer
the phantom baby will kill me
Stop the nonsense, Bajie
Master...
Senior is back
Master... Wukong
Where's the water?
Don't be anxious, Master
There's some problem
Junior Sha and I will be back soon
You monkey must be up to no good
and can't find anything
Idiot... Junior Sha, let's go
Hey!
If both of you go, who will take care of us?
Don't worry, you don't need them
to take care of you
I'll do it
I won't harm you
What could you do?
Sir, you are lucky to be here
If not, you may be in danger
What do you mean?
We are all old women and
has forgotten about our Lust
If you are in another family with younger women
they won't let you off
They will make you their husband
If you don't comply, they will kill you
and turn you into mince meat
I would rather die
its still better than having this phantom baby
Junior Sha, wait here with the bucket
I'll lure that priest away
And you will sneak in for the water
He is the brother of Bull Demon King
I don't want to harm him
Alright, go
You be careful
Hey, old priest... your grandpa Sun is here
Come on out
Monkey! You dare to come again?!
I thought you wanted to take revenge
for your nephew, Red Child? I'm right here
come if you dare
You little monkey head!
Thief!
How dare you steal my water, give me your life
Wait! Listen to me first!
In my eyes, you are like a bandit
because you use the water to earn money
I would have sent you to see King of Hades
if you are not Bull Demon King's brother
Monkey, you didn't know better
If I didn't guard the well, many babies would die
I asked for the money to make the women
think twice before drinking from the river
If they regret after drinking the water
they need to pay a high price
According to what you said, seems like you're doing a good deed?!
If I let them drink the abortion water
I'm shouldering their sin
Can't I take their money?
If someone from outside came along
and drink the water by mistake
especially if its a male?
Do you still want the money to save their lives?
If It was men, I will save them for free.
But Tripitaka is your Master.
So, he should die!
Old priest, you are not making sense here
If you must let me take the blame for
whatever that happens to Red Child
I can understand that
But my Master is trying to save the people
by obtaining the Sutras from the West
You could gain good karma by saving him alone
- Think about it! - Forget him, let's go!
Let's go.
Think about it!
Master! Master!
The water's here.
Brother, if there's no water you should just kill me.
Junior Sha, get me a bowl. Hurry...
Master, hurry and drink it.
Then I'll drink this bucket of water.
If you drink all of these water
your internal organs will be dissolved too
Just one gulp and it will be fine.
Just one gulp?
Okay, I'll just drink one gulp then.
I won't drink more of it.
No one can harm me.
Master...
How is it?
Not good.
My stomach is starting to hurt.
Master...
To the bathroom. Hurry and go.
It's in the back. Hurry and go.
Master, was it a boy or girl?
Monkey, if you dare to be rude
I will chant the head tightening chant
Brother Monkey, Master doesn't say it, I'll say it.
Say it! Say it!
When I'm at the toilet, the minute I squat down
I had lots of 'babies'
Monks, please give me the remaining water
Idiot, do you want the water?
My stomachache is already gone
Why should i drink the water?
I don't need it.
We don't need it anymore. Take it.
Thank you...
With this half-full bucket I can fill up a few containers.
And bury them under the ground.
If anyone need this water, it will earn me my retirement fund
We suffered for nothing but you actually gain from this
Is this Karma?
I also saved you from the other women
Shouldn't this water be mine?
Rest here. I'll make some congee to help you recuperate.
Thank you...
Disciples...
Since I am getting better,
we'll continue our journey tomorrow.
Okay.
Master... Junior Sha...
What happened?
Master... I... I feel dizzy.
I can't see things clearly now.
Master, I must have suffered a miscarriage and stroke
I'm dying
Master, let him rest here. I'll go with you.
Fine, fine. You rest here then.
Wukong, Wujing, both of us shall enter the Women Country
to obtain the travel pass tomorrow
and we could get him later
Bajie, you stay here.
You shall take good care of the White Dragon Horse
Second sect brother...
- Thank you, Master. - Brother, take care.
Master, you take care too.
What are you doing here?
We are monks from Tang and was on our way to the West
We came to see your Queen.
- Then... let them in? - Okay.
Please go in.
Thanks.
Since we are in Women Country, you must be careful
and don't make any mistake
They thought too lowly of men
Because this is Women Country
Make way! Make way!
Master, be careful.
Even the marshal is a woman.
Let's go.
What are you looking at?!
Go away!
Master, look.
Why is there so many women?
What do they want?
It's okay...
Make way!
Who are you people? Why did you come here?
We are on our way to the West
and we are here to see your Queen for our travel pass
The Queen?
Do you think you could see the Queen if you want?
Wait at the guest house,
Our Queen will summon you when she want
Let's go!
Make way!
Leave. There's nothing to see.
Elder sect brother, don't you think this marshal
and the one on the horse looks alike?
If it's the same person, she can't come back that fast.
They might be twins.
There's nothing to be alarm. Let's go.
Guard, take them in.
Yes.
Please follow me.
Master, let's go.
Please wait
Demon!
Stop!
Don't be rude
What demon? She is our Advisor
She has demon's aura, she is not human
Since she is the Advisor, she can't be a demon
Must be the effect of poisonous scorpion which stung me
I see
1 month ago, our Queen went hunting
And she met a poisonous scorpion
Luckily... our Advisor saved her
And she only woke up after 7 days and nights
I'm too rash, sorry
Its alright since you didn't know
Monks, where are you from?
We are on our way to West on Tang Emperor's order
This is my Master, Tripitaka.
We have the necessary travel papers
Please let us go after checking
So, you are guests from another country
I heard that men are here in our country
This has never happened before
If we knew beforehand, we would receive you properly
Please forgive me for being rude
Its ok, since you didn't know
Let me inform our Queen while you wait for her summon
Elder sect brother, look.
They have the same face
Is that the same person? Its quite impossible
Could it be triplets?
Are we in Women Country or Ghost Country?
Wujing, don't talk nonsense
Stop talking
Let's go.
Master, let's go.
Advisor
Is the Queen here?
Yes.
Queen, the Advisor is here
My respect to your Majesty
A Tang monk is here on his way to the West
And he's asking for travel papers to move on
I had a good dream last night
Is this the good omen?
That's what I thought too
Since our country was founded
Our previous Queens have never seen any men here
It must be God's will to send that lmperial Brother here
If you take him as your husband
and extend the family line, it will be happy tidings
Advisor, I've not seen a real man before
The drawing in the books shown an ugly face
Your Majesty, I had seen him
He's handsome
He's a real gem from middle China
You always wanted to reform the country
You should take the lead and get a husband
and everyone will follow your example
That will also resolve your problem
I think I should see Tang monk myself
before I make any decision
Elder sect brother,
what are you looking at?
She looks like a demon I knew before
Then we have to be careful.
Tang's imperial brother, Tripitaka
pays his respect to your Majesty
I have the travel papers here, please approve it
Your Majesty?
Elder sect brother,
do you see it?
The Queen and the women around her
the way they look at Master.
I feel like...
as if they want to eat Master.
Your Majesty?
Please approve my travel paper
so that I could continue my journey
Advisor, give me his travel papers
Yes
Queen, what's wrong with that travel paper?
There's nothing wrong with it.
I will stamp it when I return to my imperial study
and I shall return it
Little monk, you look cute
What's your name?
I... I am the eldest disciple, Sun Wukong.
Please take a good rest at the guest house
I will ask them to serve you good food
Thank you, Majesty.
Queen, why must you keep the travel papers?
You had the seal with you
Just stamp it and send him away
To avoid trouble
Grand Master, Queen has the intention
to keep him as her husband
To carry on our royal line
Your Majesty, if you want to reform our government
We will follow your order
But if you tried to change our years of tradition
and allow men to stay here
Its like going against Heaven's will
Why did you claim that?
Your Majesty, Heaven allow the existence
of our Women Country
and allow us to continue our family line without men
This is possible with Heaven's grace
The women here could be a mother without
suffering under men's control
Your Majesty, you have seen the outside world
Its a men's world outside
There's chaos and wars
and they treat women as low class being and bully us
I will bet on my life to prevent such things in my country
there's nothing I could do
if your Majesty don't heed my advice
But I can't stand by and watch
while you ruin your ancestors' hard work
Monks, please rest here while I prepare your meal
Leave well.
Master, you rest here.
I'll go take a look around.
Master, I'll go get some water.
Fine.
Your Majesty, what's so interes- ting about this travel paper.
Advisor, Tang monk don't carry the surname Tang
He's actually Chen, Cheng Wei
His Buddhist name is Xuan Zang
Of course he's not a Tang
He got the name Tang monk
because Tang emperor took him as imperial brother
And he must know his Buddhist scripts well
to be known as Tripitaka
Why must a talented man like him be a monk?
If he has hair, he'll be more handsome.
Your Majesty, shall I ask for his hand in marriage for you.
If he don't agree, we will not give him the travel paper
So that he could not leave our country
You have changed after you were bitten by the scorpion
Shall I go now?
Brother hope for you to return sooner
Master... Master...
Wife...
Master!
10 good lifetime and pure Yang body
How could I give him to that young lass?
Master!
Master... Master...
Master, wake up.
Master.
Are you okay?
Wukong?
Advisor, why are you here?
Demon, trying to harm my Master?!
I'm not a demon.
I saw him unconscious, I was trying to help him up.
Wukong, she is Advisor of this country
Don't malign her
-Master, please believe me. -Wukong.
Advisor, what are you doing here?
My Queen sent me here to ask for a marriage
I wonder what marriage are you talking about?
My Queen would like to ask you to be her husband
And as a matchmaker, I'm here to ask you
This...
this is impossible.
Please do not miss this opportunity
Its rare to have this chance again
Do agree so that I could revert
Please reply your Queen that my Master will not agree to this
Do give us the travel approval and let us leave
My Queen only wanted Tang monk to stay
and the 3 disciples could leave as planned
I have traveled far to get here
How could I give up half way... I can't
Since you have made up your mind
We will discuss about the travel approval later
Advisor, please wait
Advisor, you are right
We will leave our Master here as your Queen's husband
Do let us go as soon as possible
On our way back, we will come again for
some travel expenses to return to Tang
If that's the truth
Thanks for helping, little monk
I will revert back to my Queen now
Hurry and go.
Hurry...
Wukong! You monkey!
What are you up to?!
Master, we are just playing her own trick
On second thoughts, if you don't agree
She will never give us the travel passes
And if they become angry, they may kill you
We won't just sit by and do nothing
That's right. Elder sect brother is right.
Even if they are having evil thoughts
We can't do anything to them because they are women
That's right, Master.
You are right but I'm afraid...
If the Queen wants to be my wife
I would have broken the rules as a monk
Master, don't be silly
You won't be her husband for real
Once we got our travel approval
I'll use my power to freeze everyone
to save you, that will be the best solution
But...
Master, please no buts.
Think about it. I have some matter to take care of.
Master, listen to elder sect brother's.
According to you, its the monkey
who's earnest about this
but Tang monk is not willingly
This matter is not confirm yet
That monkey is witty but
I wonder if he could convince his Master?
Its good if lmperial Brother is firm about his will
What should we do next, my Queen?
I will meet Tang monk myself to express my will
Invite lmperial Brother for a tour in my imperial garden
Ask him to bring the monkey too
Yes.
You two have to be on guard.
Search thoroughly, no mistakes.
- Check the backyard. Go now. - Yes.
How dare you barge into this place?
Lady Officer, please panic
-I've a question for you -Speak quickly
Is this Women Country or Demon Country?
Why can't you understand?
Our Advisor was bitten by a poisonous scorpion
That's why she look off-color
but she is no demon
The Advisor and the Queen are irreplaceable
Demons could not pretend to be them
I'm not talking about your Advisor
Its about your Queen
How absurd... are you saying that our Queen is a demon?
Don't panic
She don't have any demon aura
but she looks like a friend of mine 500 yrs ago
This friend is a snake demon
Stop this nonsense, all our previous Queens
have the same look
Are they all snake demons?
I think you look more like a monkey demon
You got it right!
Get lost or I will lock you away
She is not a demon?
Tripitaka pays his respect to your Majesty
Sun Wukong too
Be raised
This monkey can stay here too
Master...
Are you arranging a marriage for me too?
The girls in this city is waiting for your selection
Its all up to you, its your choice
I'm happy to see you
But you wanted my Master, don't you?
Lmperial Brother, I know that if I gave you the pass
You will leave me
Its not because I won't help you
Please give me a chance too
I managed to convince my Master
and he agreed to this marriage, didn't you?
Monkey, I don't believe you
I want lmperial Brother to look into my eyes
and tell me your decision
If you agreed now, I'll let your disciple take the travel pass
This is an important decision
you may need some time to consider
Alright, I shall stay for a few more days
Good.
Try to adapt to life in Women Country
If you are willingly to this marriage
I could even give up my throne to you
and I could be your Queen
Amitabha
This is not necessary, you are always the Queen
And you will be her little husband
One could read the music of the zither player
Could you read mine?
Your music sound strong,
you must be a strong willed woman
you have a mind of your own
But you could be quite helpless too
You are really clever to know
my mind with my music
What do you think of my Women Country?
This is really a peaceful place
A paradise
Your Majesty, there's trouble at the city gate