[Journey to the West] I Set Up a Snack Stall Along the Pilgrimage Route

A roaming food stall suddenly opened beneath the Five-Finger Mountain, and its aroma even overpowered Tang Sanzang's.

Greasy, sizzling grilled meat, nostalgic deep-fried treats, fluffy potato pancakes, iced drinks and hot tea, black sesame honeyed preserves...

The monsters who tried the food gradually realized something was different about them.

Their senses were sharper, their tempers calmer, their magical power had increased, and they'd even regained their consciences. They no longer wanted to eat people!

With their six senses purified, they put down the butcher's knife and... stood right there to eat.

Supposedly, this food stall only follows the pilgrims on their journey west. The delicacies are in high demand and impossible to find, so the great demons have to come up with another plan.

First capture Tang Sanzang! Then trick Little Demon Wen into giving them some food.

The immortals: Where's that delicious smell coming from? Let me have a bite too. I don't want to be an immortal anymore. I want to eat! I'm going down to the mortal world!

The Buddhas: Why not ask the Jade Emperor to recruit her and give her an immortal post...

Sun Wukong: I'll have to decline, thanks.

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Wen Xi had just transmigrated into the world of Journey to the West when her father died, turning right before her eyes into a bunch of bright green bananas. He left her with just one last sentence:

"Go find Great Sage Sun right away. He'll protect you!"

To get something to eat, Wen Xi returned to her old trade and opened a food stall. She never expected it to grow bigger and bigger, with more and more branches... until it became Aolai Kingdom's Food Town, packed with people and gathering monsters, ghosts, immortals, and Buddhas.

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The Journey to the West Daily: Hello, everyone. Only the final tribulation remains for the four pilgrims. Today, we've invited Guanyin Bodhisattva to share her thoughts.

Guanyin Bodhisattva: The Eighty-One Tribulations were supposed to take decades. Ever since a food stall started waiting up ahead, those four have been rushing along like they'd been pumped full of adrenaline, and now they've arrived in just ten years! Five White Dragon Horses have been worn out and retired, and Tang Xuanzang is now being carried by the sixth son of the White Dragon Horse. Sha Wujing can knock an arhat out with one punch, and even Zhu Bajie has developed rock-hard abs... The worst of them all is that monkey. He takes the Somersault Cloud there to get the first fresh bite, then takes the Somersault Cloud back to resume the pilgrimage, all for that one bite! That one bite! That's enough from me. I asked Little Demon Wen to save me a bite of oden, and if I don't hurry, the Jade Emperor will steal it!

The Journey to the West Daily: Bodhisattva! What about the final tribulation? The old tortoise has gone to queue at the food stall. Who's going to be the last tribulation?!

Wen Xi: The world is huge, but eating is the most important thing. (*^▽^*)

Sun Wukong: You little debt collector, get over here.

Wen Xi: Great Sage, you mustn't! You mustn't!

Sun Wukong: You don't know you're a banana spirit? Monkeys eat bananas. It's only natural.

1. The setting is mostly based on the 1986 Journey to the West TV series and the original novel, with a little drawn from other research works. It includes original elements. This is my personal interpretation of a derivative work, so please don't derail discussions.

2. The CP is Monkey King. There will be both romance and plot. Monkey x banana, I'd call that natural food chemistry (not really).

3. Updates follow the ranking before signing, then daily updates after signing. A warm, cozy everyday food story, with monster battles and leveling up too.

Theme: Keep striving for the sake of the goodness in your heart.