After speaking with Universal Manifestation Tathagata in the Present-Moment Pure Land, Daoist Jieyin went to Five Elements Mountain to visit Sun Wukong again.
He did not reveal himself, instead concealing himself within the void.
All beneath Saints were Ants. Even those infinitely close to becoming Saints found it difficult to enter the ranks of Saints!
If a Saint wished to hide,
there were hardly any people in the Primordial Wilderness who could discover them.
Beneath Five Elements Mountain, that monkey remained as he always had.
His head was exposed, his two front paws gripping the rocks, silent and reticent.
However, Daoist Jieyin noticed that Sun Wukong's vitality, energy, and spirit were much better than last time, and there were no signs of torment on him.
This allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
He also knew about Marshal Tianpeng inexplicably coming to cause trouble earlier, but he was a dignified Saint, while Marshal Tianpeng was merely a second-generation disciple of the Human Sect.
There was no need to get angry with such a junior of low seniority.
The Five Directional Guardians indeed no longer dared feed Sun Wukong Copper-Juice Iron Pills.
Those things would not kill Monkey, but swallowing them was still far from pleasant.
Daoist Jieyin had not wanted to use such methods either. It was simply that the scripture seeker could not be allowed to meet with any mishap. Sun Wukong had to remain alive, yet he could not be allowed to have things too easy, lest his wild nature prove impossible to tame.
Now that Tianpeng had made that scene, the Five Directional Guardians had become afraid, and Sun Wukong's days had instead become easier.
However, Daoist Jieyin had no intention of pursuing the matter.
As long as Monkey did not encounter any mishap, that was