After Ye Chen said this, Sun Wukong suddenly lowered his head. He knew that, under the circumstances, there was no way he could kill Ye Chen. All he could do was lower his head and avoid Ye Chen's gaze.
"Monkey, I know not only who your master is, but his true identity too. Do you want to hear it?" Ye Chen pressed his trump card.
In truth, Ye Chen had no idea who that Bodhi Taoist priest really was. But after reading Journey to the West from beginning to end, he'd come up with a bold theory: the Bodhi Taoist priest was actually Tathagata Buddha.
Ye Chen had no direct evidence, but there was a question that had always nagged at him: Tathagata Buddha had become a Buddha beneath a bodhi tree. What kind of ability did Sun Wukong's master possess to dare call himself the Bodhi Taoist priest?
An ordinary kami certainly wouldn't use "Bodhi" as his Taoist title, nor would an ordinary kami be able to teach a disciple like Sun Wukong.
But if he was a powerful kami, why conceal his identity? And why risk being investigated by Buddha just to take such a title?
So Ye Chen could think of only one person: Tathagata. Tathagata Buddha must have wanted to keep his identity secret while raising the monkey, so he had assumed the name "Bodhi" to teach Sun Wukong magic spells.
As for why Tathagata had taught Sun Wukong magic spells, that was something only Tathagata himself knew. Ye Chen had all sorts of theories, but he didn't dare make wild claims.
When Sun Wukong heard Ye Chen say he knew the Bodhi Taoist priest's true identity, he abruptly lifted his head. A glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes, but soon faded.
"My master had