On a beautiful mountain, beneath a bamboo grove, Uchiha Shin leaned against a bamboo stalk, his head spinning.
He had only taken an afternoon nap—how had he ended up here?
"Watching chess, the axe handle rots; chopping wood, ding-dong... Where we meet, one is either immortal or Daoist, sitting quietly to discuss the Yellow Court."
Uchiha Shin heard someone singing below, and the song sounded strangely familiar.
Filled with doubts, Uchiha Shin followed the sound.
A woodcutter was swinging an axe and chopping firewood. He had been the one singing just now.
Uchiha Shin froze for a moment. This scene seemed familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.
"Big Brother, may I ask where this place is?"
The woodcutter set down his axe and returned Uchiha Shin's greeting. "Hello, little brother. This is Western Ox-He Continent, Mind Platform Square-Inch Mountain."
Mind Platform Square-Inch Mountain!
Uchiha Shin was greatly startled. Looking at the woodcutter again, he recalled that when he had read Journey to the West, wasn't there a woodcutter singing when Goku came to Mind Platform Square-Inch Mountain? Was this that very man?
I wonder whether Great Sage Goku has arrived yet. If he has, I must make friends with him. And I should take Patriarch Subhuti as my master and learn some powerful skills! Hehe. Uchiha Shin thought.
"Little brother, you don't look like a local. You must be here to seek a master and learn some skills, right?" Seeing the delight on Uchiha Shin's face, the woodcutter asked.
"Exactly. I have crossed countless dangers and traveled thousands of miles to come here, all to take Patriarch Subhuti as my master."
The woodcutter laughed heartily and pointed ahead. "Little brother, follow the path south for seven or eight li, and you will reach the old immortal's residence.