That golden monkey hair hovered within the barrier, trembling slightly as it radiated Sun Wukong's uniquely unruly yet somewhat sly aura. It had not forced its way in; it was more like a precisely delivered "calling card," silently conveying a message: Old Sun knows you're here. I have business to discuss. Open up, quickly.
Li Wuyang and Xuan exchanged glances, each seeing the gravity and faint understanding in the other's eyes. For Sun Wukong to locate the concealment barrier they had set up so precisely and send in a single hair showed that his divine abilities and control over Flower Fruit Mountain ran far deeper than they appeared. Why he had chosen to contact them now remained unclear. Whether he was friend or foe still needed to be tested.
"Looks like this 'old neighbor' is even more impatient than we thought." Li Wuyang tapped lightly with a fingertip, and ripples spread across the barrier's light screen, drawing the hair into the valley.
The hair landed in his palm and instantly transformed into a wisp of pure Spirit Stone Monkey origin aura. Within it was an exceedingly concealed divine-sense transmission that rang directly in Li Wuyang and Xuan's minds: "Heh! You two little troublemakers caused such a huge commotion, and you still dare sneak back into Old Sun's territory? Behind Water Curtain Cave, where the waterfall flows backward for three breaths—the barrier will open a crack for a moment. Miss it, and don't blame me! And remember, clean up your tails!"
The voice still carried that carefree, flippant tone, but there was an unusual trace of urgency and caution in it.
"The waterfall flows backward for three breaths..." Xuan frowned slightly. "He can actually distort part of Flower Fruit Mountain's fundamental laws for a short time? It seems this golden hoop