Although Maitreya Buddha outwardly set himself the goal of investigating why Xuanzang knew about Zhu Bajie's golden body being with him,
in reality, he was more concerned about whether he and the mysterious disciple of Sect Master Tongtian were the same person!
Therefore, in order to verify this, Maitreya Buddha took a two-pronged approach.
For one, he threw out the chant beads in his hand.
If Xuanzang was indeed that mysterious person and knew this, he would certainly make a move to snatch them!
Secondly, Maitreya Buddha also designed a piece of news about Gaoyang to lure Xuanzang to a place he had prepared.
Would Xuanzang be able to resist the news about the twenty-four Sea-Calming Pearls?
Maitreya Buddha then concealed himself in the shadows to monitor the situation.
As expected, almost just as he had schemed, the two demon creatures that got hold of his chant beads indeed brushed past Xuanzang.