Great Demon Sun Wukong

And so, the two of them had stayed for an entire month in this space. Finally, on this day, they emerged.

The very moment the two came out, Mu Jingshi and Meng Gui had already rushed over, but upon seeing Sun Wukong and Six-Eared Macaque's unfriendly gazes, they suddenly felt very awkward.

"You must be Clan Leader of the Wood Spirit Clan, Mu Jingshi, and Clan Leader of the Illusion Demon Clan, Meng Gui, am I right?"

"Yes, Great Saint." It was Meng Gui who was more familiar with the Six-Eared Macaque, so despite the awkwardness, he still answered Sun Wukong's question.

"My monkeys, my grandchildren, are they all right?"

"They are all here in Hidden Wood Forest. Regarding what just happened, we hope the Great Saint will not blame us. We didn't mean to deceive you."

"Heh, the mask worn by Hong Hai'er, it must be something from the Illusion Demon Clan, right? It's truly impressive, even my fiery eyes couldn't see through it."

Aware that Sun Wukong still harbored some resentment, Meng Gui just smiled more awkwardly and did not respond.

"Forget it, I know you had good intentions. If things hadn't turned out this way, I indeed intended to give up the stone. But now that it has come to this, there's no use talking about it. So be it, the debt I owe to the Bull Demon King's family will have to be paid back slowly."

With a sigh of helplessness and having seen too much death, Sun Wukong's heart had become numb to the pain. After Sun Wukong finished speaking, the four of them fell into silence.

After a while, it was Sun Wukong who spoke up, "Let's go, take me to get the Divine Stone of Wood Attribute. Let me see what lies at the end of destiny."

As Meng Gui was about to respond, Six-Eared Macaque suddenly said, "Wait, someone is coming, very fast, not someone I recognize."

No sooner had Six-Eared Macaque finished speaking than the three of them felt someone flying toward them rapidly. Turning around, Sun Wukong's fiery eyes glared, and then he burst into laughter, "You fool, what happened to you? Did a fire burn your butt?"

It turned out to be Zhu Bajie, who had flown all the way from Heaven. Seeing that it was indeed Brother Monkey from afar, Zhu Bajie hadn't even arrived yet but had already started shouting, "Brother Monkey, run! Someone wants to kill you, run!"

It was then that Sun Wukong clearly saw that Zhu Bajie looked extremely disheveled, not only nearly drained of his spiritual power but also with a large stain of blood on his chest. A shock went through Sun Wukong's heart.

Without saying another word, he somersaulted into the air, flying towards Zhu Bajie. In the blink of an eye, he caught Zhu Bajie and brought him back to where they had just been standing.

"You fool, what on earth happened to you? How did you get injured so badly? You said someone wants to kill me? Who wants to kill me?" Sun Wukong's series of questions clearly showed the anxiety in his heart. Of his companions from the journey for scriptures, White Dragon had completely vanished without a trace.

Monk Sha's whereabouts were also unknown; Sun Wukong had a vague sense of where Monk Sha might have gone during his last visit to the Netherworld, but it wasn't certain. As for Master, Master had actually died trying to save himself, with only a wisp of soul and essence left in the Peach Garden with Fan Xin.

One could say if Zhu Bajie ran into trouble again, Sun Wukong would probably not want to live anymore. Unable to protect even his brother, what face would he have to cling to life?

After letting out all the questions in his heart at once, Sun Wukong hurriedly told Zhu Bajie to sit down and began to infuse him with his own spiritual power to help recover from the injuries.

After Zhu Bajie sat down, he let out a long breath and then looked around. Seeing Zhu Bajie's actions, a sudden pain welled up in Sun Wukong's heart.

"Brother Monkey, where is Master? How come I don't see Master?"

"Master, Master, Master…" Hearing Bajie bring up Master, Sun Wukong suddenly couldn't stop the tears from streaming down his face. The images of Master's final moments before his death flashed before Sun Wukong's eyes. If he hadn't insisted on going alone, if he hadn't taken Master's Transcendence Bloom, if he hadn't been so useless, how could Master have died?

Seeing that Sun Wukong was not in his usual state, Zhu Bajie began to have a bad feeling.

"Brother Monkey? Brother Monkey? Speak to me, where has Master gone? Wasn't Master with you? Where is he?"

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"You fool, Master he, Master he..." Before he could finish, Sun Wukong was already sobbing uncontrollably.

Zhu Bajie was suddenly stunned, his mind blank in an instant.

"Bajie, it's... it's my fault for being useless, I couldn't protect Master, I, I..."

Zhu Bajie suddenly pushed Sun Wukong away, ignoring his own injuries, and with a gesture, his Nine-Toothed Rake appeared in his hand.

The quick-reacting Six-Eared Macaque grabbed the Nine-Toothed Rake from Zhu Bajie's raised hand and said, "Calm down, don't be impulsive."

"Calm? How do you expect me to stay calm? Back when we went to the Western Paradise to retrieve the scriptures, we faced eighty-one trials, and Master did not die. The last time we launched a massive attack on Heaven, Master survived. Even when that Tathagata old man ambushed us, Master lived. But now, you're telling me that Master is dead?

Without Heaven, without Buddhism, who would harm Master? How could Master possibly die?"

His eyes were red with rage, and Zhu Bajie, the Great Saint, bellowed furiously, not caring that his injuries deepened once more. Tears streamed down his face, his chest aching as if it would explode.

"Sun Wukong, you truly falsely claim to be the Great Sage Equalling Heaven. I came here today to tell you one thing: Chang'er wants to kill you, so you better run as far as you can. One last thing, this Chang'er's strength surpasses even that of the Saints."

After finishing, Zhu Bajie slowly approached Sun Wukong. The Six-Eared Macaque and Meng Gui were about to intervene, but Sun Wukong waved his hand, stopping them.

"You fool, I know I'm useless, I caused the death of White Dragon, I caused the death of Old Sha, and now I've caused the death of Master. I have no face to be your senior brother. If you want to avenge Master, to kill or to carve, I, Old Sun, will not even frown."

But just as Sun Wukong finished speaking, Zhu Bajie suddenly slapped him hard across the face and bellowed angrily, "Don't treat me like I'm so stupid. I, Old Pig, can still discern who the real enemy is. I'll avenge Master on my own, I don't need your help."

Having said that, Zhu Bajie turned and rode his cloud away without a moment's hesitation.

Who would have thought that a meeting between brothers would end like this? The Six-Eared Macaque wanted to advise, but found himself unsure of what to say, while Meng Gui and Mu Jingshi were at a loss.

"Heh, now Bajie has left too. Perhaps, I was truly in the wrong. Maybe I should have stayed at Flower Fruit Mountain and lived carefree as a small monkey, that would've been nice."

"All of you go ahead, Six-Eared, go see if the monkeys and their offspring are still all right. I... I'd like some time alone." Having said that, Sun Wukong rose and mounted his somersault cloud, indifferent to direction, and left.

"Six-Eared, perhaps, you should follow him and see? I'm somewhat worried." Mu Jingshi was ultimately concerned, or perhaps didn't dare to gamble the fate of the Demon Clan on it.

"Forget it. Since the boss said he wanted some time alone, let him have his time. Let's go, I'll go check on the little ones."

Meanwhile, Sun Wukong carried an endless heartache and ran wildly. After several days and nights of flying, he finally stopped his somersault cloud in front of a great mountain.

It was because before Sun Wukong's eyes appeared a cave dwelling, and in front of the cave, there was a stele that read, "Mount Fangcun of the Spirit Platform, Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars!"

As it turned out, Sun Wukong had inadvertently arrived at the dwelling of Patriarch Subhuti.

(Sanzang wishes that the youngsters facing their college entrance exams will achieve satisfying results. If you encounter problems during the test that you can't solve, just silently chant "Flower Fruit Mountain, Water Curtain Cave, Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong" three times in your heart, and the difficult questions will unravel themselves. Hahaha)