Each of the four monkeys wore a golden circlet around his head. Though they did not resemble the golden circlets from Blue Star's television drama Journey to the West and were merely golden bands, they clung tightly to the monkeys' heads.
With only a brief glance, Wang Xian saw through the various runes and restrictions within the golden circlets—imprisonment, soul-locking, tracking, punishment, and more.
Clearly, these golden circlets had been used to control the four monkeys!
"Master..."
All four monkeys revealed expressions of grievance, anger, and shame. They felt that they had disgraced Wang Xian.
"Little Nezha, do you know what happened?"
Wang Xian looked at Little Nezha in his arms.
"Master, I don't know either. When I met my four senior brothers at Emperor Pass, they were already wearing the golden circlets. I asked them about it, but they wouldn't say anything," Little Nezha immediately replied.
"Speak!"
Wang Xian glared at the four monkeys.
At a time like this, what was there to hesitate over?
"Master, it isn't that we refuse to say it. We truly don't know where these golden circlets came from."
As the eldest disciple, Spiritual Insight Stone Monkey Sun Wukong lowered his head. He did not dare meet Wang Xian's sharp gaze, but he still explained the situation.
"You don't know where they came from?"
Wang Xian frowned.
Six-Eared Macaque Xiao Liu hurriedly said, "Master, after we separated from Mistress, although we were not taken away by any powerful expert, we lost consciousness. When we woke up, the golden circlets had already appeared on our heads."
Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey and Arm-Through-the-Heavens Ape Monkey nodded as well.
Wang Xian sighed softly.
Someone had put golden circlets on the four monkeys yet had not restricted their freedom. It was likely because, at present, the four monkeys were