At noon the next day, Uchiha Shin and the others went to the palace to see the king. The king had recovered quite well by now.
The king also invited them to a banquet that evening, along with many ministers.
Naturally, Uchiha Shin and the others agreed.
"After this meal, let's set out tomorrow," Xuanzang said.
Everyone agreed. They had already been delayed in Crow Rooster Kingdom and Flat-Top Mountain for some time, and all felt they had lingered far too long.
Uchiha Shin smiled. In Journey to the West, Flat-Top Mountain and Crow Rooster Kingdom were two great trials, yet he had not expected them to be connected here.
Fortunately, the general direction had not been wrong. If there had been some mistake, Uchiha Shin might not have found it easy to deal with.
Uchiha Shin now understood that some events in this world's Journey to the West differed from the book he had read before. He had to proceed carefully. If some tremendous change truly occurred and he was unprepared, it would be difficult to handle.
That evening, the group entered the palace. The banquet was nearly ready, and everyone had arrived.
Aside from Uchiha Shin and the others, most of those present were princes, nobles, aristocratic clans, and great families of Crow Rooster Kingdom—people of considerable power within the kingdom.
Yet when they saw Uchiha Shin and the others, they all behaved with utmost respect, wearing ingratiating smiles.
No matter how great their power was in Crow Rooster Kingdom, before Uchiha Shin and the others, they were no more than ants. After all, they were merely mortals.
"Your Majesty, where is His Highness the Crown Prince?" Uchiha Shin asked after looking around.
When they had parted earlier that day, the crown prince had said he would come