The Verbal Duel Between Xuanzang and Kongxu

Seeing Zhu Bajie vanish without a trace, Prince Important was furious. He pointed angrily at Chen Xuanzang. "You... you..." As his finger trembled, the nine divine swords turned and pointed at Chen Xuanzang as well. Seeing this, Sha Wujing immediately flashed in front of Chen Xuanzang, glaring at Prince Important with an unfriendly expression. Even the water in the river beside them began to churn restlessly.

Yin Kuang and Li Shuangmu exchanged a glance, then quietly signaled the others. With Zhu Bajie gone, there would probably be no more trouble. Though Prince Important was angry that Chen Xuanzang had stopped him, he was unlikely to truly want to kill Chen Xuanzang—whether he could kill him was another matter entirely.

"Hmph!" Sure enough, with a curl of Prince Important's finger, the nine divine swords turned and flew back into their sword case. Then Prince Important said to Chen Xuanzang, "Beggar, tell me this: how do I get to Five Finger Mountain?" Since he had already been exposed, Prince Important no longer bothered sneaking after them and simply asked outright. Compared to Zhu Bajie, Sun Wukong was clearly of far greater concern to him.

Chen Xuanzang stepped out from behind Sha Wujing and said, "You're going to Five Finger Mountain too? Oh! I understand now. So you've been following me all along. Impressive—I didn't notice you the entire way." Chen Xuanzang really did catch on quickly. Prince Important angrily flicked his sleeve. "Why so much nonsense? Tell me how to get to Five Finger Mountain."

Chen Xuanzang asked curiously, "You're going to Five Finger Mountain too? What for?" Then he added, "Since we're all going to Five Finger Mountain anyway, why don't we travel together? It's a long journey, so we can look after one another. The steamed buns I bought are