Pigsy suddenly brought up this question, and Sun Wukong froze. He realized that he seemed to have forgotten something very important.
For some reason, the depths of his mind were hazy, and he could no longer remember why he had set out to retrieve the scriptures in the first place.
He only remembered that Guanyin Bodhisattva had told him to take Tang Sanzang as his master and protect Tang Sanzang on his journey to the Western Heavens to retrieve the scriptures.
He remembered the task of retrieving the scriptures, yet had forgotten why they were meant to retrieve them.
Could it have been to attain fruition and save all living beings?
Sun Wukong hesitated. That was his master's aspiration, so it should have been his as well. Yet for some reason, it felt awkward to him.
"Monkey Bro, we've already come so far, and the Western Heavens aren't far away now. If we give up at this point, wouldn't all our efforts have been for nothing? Then our Li Xiang won't be able to come true."
Although Sun Wukong could not figure out why he had wanted to retrieve the scriptures in the first place, he agreed with Pigsy's words.
If they gave up now, then whatever they had originally hoped to accomplish would become impossible.
He stood there blankly for a moment before rising to his feet. "Fine, I'll make the trip with you. This Old Sun will go back and save Master right now!"
Joy flooded Pigsy's face, leaving White Dragon utterly stunned.
That worked?
He had shamelessly lingered in Water Curtain Cave for two whole days without persuading Senior Brother, yet after Second Senior Brother arrived, he had convinced Senior Brother to take the initiative to rescue Master in no time at all.
Was this Second Senior