After a long while, Sun Wukong finally stopped clutching his head in pain, but before he knew it, his face was already streaked with tears.
Sandy's heart jolted, and he hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother, what's wrong...?"
"Monkey Bro, what happened to you?"
Sun Wukong silently shook his head, walked out of the room, and entered the courtyard.
A long time had passed. It had still been noon when they left the Royal Palace, but now the sun was already slanting westward.
He saw the brilliant sunset clouds in the Western Heavens and burst into tears once more.
"Zi Xia..."
A name slipped uncontrollably from his lips.
Yet all he could remember was that name and an exceedingly blurry figure.
"Elders, Your Majesty has sent me to invite you to the banquet."
At that moment, a Royal Palace guard arrived at the inn.
Wang Yuan, Sun Wukong, and the others followed the guard to the Royal Palace.
At this moment, in the rear garden of the Western Liang Women's Kingdom Royal Palace.
The Western Liang Queen stood amid the flowers, lovelier than the blossoms themselves.
Tang Sanzang hurriedly lowered his head and closed his eyes, silently reciting several lines from the Heart Sutra as he forcibly calmed his fluttering heart.
"Royal Brother, why won't you raise your head and look at me?"
In the span of a single afternoon, the Women's Kingdom's queen had changed the way she addressed Tang Sanzang from Holy Monk to Royal Brother.
Left with no choice, Tang Sanzang opened his eyes and looked at her.
"Royal Brother, are you traveling west to seek the true scriptures and save all living beings?"
Tang Sanzang nodded.
"But I am also one of all living beings. I am also someone you are meant to save."
Tang Sanzang closed his