In a moment the washing was done, and mounting the clouds again they pressed on westward, until they saw that pagoda of gold ablaze with light.

須臾, xū yú, in a moment, presently. The 金塔, jīn tǎ, is the golden pagoda that crowns the demon's lair — the same blaze of light that lured Tripitaka in.

Bajie pointed and said, "Is that not the Yellow-Robe fiend's dwelling?

那不是, nà bù shì: "is that not…" — pointing.

Sha Seng is still within his house."

還在, hái zài: still there, still inside.

Pilgrim said, "Stay you aloft, and let me go down to see how it stands before his gate, the better to give the fiend battle."

見陣, jiàn zhèn, to join battle, to meet in the field. Wukong wants to see the ground before he uses it, which is the first sign in this chapter that he is thinking rather than swinging.

Bajie said, "Do not go down — the fiend is not at home."

不在家, bù zài jiā, not at home — the demon is away at the Baoxiang court, playing son-in-law.

Pilgrim said, "I know it."

Two words, and they carry the whole of his manner: he knows, and he is going down anyway.

Brave Monkey King — he pressed down the auspicious light and came straight to look about outside the cave door.

好猴王, hǎo hóu wáng, "brave Monkey King," is a storyteller's cry of admiration dropped into the narration — a beat of applause from the man with the fan and the table, left in the written text. 按落祥光, àn luò xiáng guāng, to press down the auspicious cloud-glow, that is, to land.