You Buddhist Sect Still Thinks It Can Order the Heavenly Court Around? A Slap for You! I Answered Only to My Conscience

The monkey shouted from dawn until dark.

His voice had grown as hoarse as a broken bellows, yet he kept shouting, desperate to learn the reason from the Golden-Headed Guardian.

But the five bald monks sat off to one side without a word.

Now and then, they cast him strange looks. It drove Sun Wukong wild. He roared and bellowed with all his might, determined to get to the bottom of it!

To no avail.

After all that time, he still had no answer!

At last, one of the Heavenly Court's immortals could bear it no longer. With a soft sigh, he said, "Since the Great Sage Equal to Heaven wants to know, I'll tell him the truth..."

"Don't tell him, fellow Daoist!" the Golden-Headed Guardian sneered. "This demon monkey made his own bed. Why tell him the truth?"

"Exactly. He brought this on himself. It has nothing to do with anyone else. There's no need to say more."

"Have you forgotten how he humiliated the Heavenly Court, fellow Daoist? Why tell the demon monkey what really happened? There's no need!"

"He's committed so many wrongs. Let him suffer a little longer. Don't tell him the truth..."

The Buddhist Sect's side all tried to stop him.

But the immortal among the Four Duty Merit Officers still began, "Great Sage, here's what happened..."

"Why are you helping the demon monkey, Year Duty?"

The Golden-Headed Guardian's expression changed. He snapped coldly, "That demon monkey did so much wrong and dragged the Heavenly Court's name through the mud. You're still going to help him? Do you want me to report you to the Heavenly Court?"

"Get lost! Who do you think you are, trying to frighten me?"

The Year Duty Merit Officer spat straight into the Golden-Headed Guardian's face. "Your Buddhist Sect has