Master Mutten

"Did you hear that, Young Master Yamcha? They just said that the Dragon Ball could grant any wish!"

Yamcha nodded seriously. Then he said:

"I heard. I never thought the legend was true! If I got all seven Dragon Balls, I could make my great wish come true!"

"Your wish? What is it, Young Master Yamcha? Do you want to become the richest man in the world?"

Yamcha shook his head and spoke candidly:

"Of course not. Money means nothing to me! If I want some, I can steal it or rob someone whenever I like! My wish is to overcome my fear of girls!"

"Then I'm off!"

With that, Goku prepared to leave on the Flying Nimbus!

"Wait a moment."

Hearing Ox-King's voice, Goku stopped and turned around. "Is there something else?"

"Well, I have an only daughter named Chi-Chi. I sent her alone to look for Master Mutten. If you see her, you can travel with her," Ox-King explained calmly.

"Chi-Chi's a wonderful girl. Given my relationship with Gohan, if you behave yourself, I can let her be your bride!"

"Oh, right. Here's a picture of her!"

"A bride? Is that something you can eat? Whatever. Got it. See you, everyone!"

With that, Goku jumped onto the Flying Nimbus. A golden streak flashed across the sky, and Goku soon disappeared from sight.

"Ziye, are you all right? Does your wound still hurt?" Bulma walked up to Ziye, her face flushed and her expression a little embarrassed.

Oolong rolled his eyes at her and said disdainfully, "Why do you care so much about him? Don't tell me you've fallen for him! Ziye, I'm telling you, you don't want a lovesick girl like this..."

Thump!

Bulma's temper flared, and she hit Oolong hard on the head. A huge bump sprang up there the next moment.

"Young man, I'm truly sorry. What happened earlier was a misunderstanding. Does your chest still hurt?" Ox-King came over with an apologetic look and asked.

"I'm fine. It's just a small injury. I'll be better in a little while!"

Just as Ziye finished speaking, a familiar blue-green glow appeared before him again!

Ziye hurried over excitedly. He saw the number "+20" written in the glow, and was utterly stunned. After all, in all the time he'd trained with Goku, the numbers from the lights he'd seen had only added up to 15.

He glanced secretly at Ox-King. He'd barely registered in Ziye's memories of his past life, but it turned out his battle power was much higher than Ziye had imagined.

"Do you think Ziye's gone stupid? Why's he staring blankly at the ground?"

Thump!

Bulma smacked Oolong on the head again, then shouted angrily:

"You're the stupid one!"

Ziye paid no attention to what the others thought. He hurriedly reached out and gently placed his palm on the blue-green glow. A familiar warmth flowed into him, and his strength increased once more.

"Mr. Ox-King, how about we fight again?"

Ziye stood up and looked at Ox-King beside him, his expression serious.

"Oh, no. I think Ziye really has gone crazy. Bulma, looks like you're going to be a widow!"

Oolong shook his head and sighed.

"You're the crazy one! Shut your mouth," Bulma snapped.

"Are you sure? I hit pretty hard."

"That's exactly what I want!"

Ziye chuckled and took up a fighting stance.

Seeing this, Ox-King merely shook his head casually. "Come on!"

Ziye didn't hold back. He summoned all his strength and charged at Ox-King!

Perhaps Ox-King thought he already knew how strong Ziye was, because he didn't seem to take the attack seriously. Ziye punched him in the face.

Thump!

The next moment, Ox-King went flying.

"How is that possible? How did you suddenly get so strong?"

Ox-King covered his mouth, looking incredulous.

"Heh heh. Let's go again!"

Ziye rubbed his nose and grinned.

"All right."

This time, Ox-King didn't let his guard down. He took up a fighting stance again and treated the match seriously.

Thump!

Their fists collided. Ziye staggered back several steps, his palm stinging fiercely, while Ox-King appeared completely unharmed.

"Sure enough, there's still a gap between us," Ziye said gravely.

"Stop! Don't fight anymore! Let's just talk and wait here for Goku to come back!"

Seeing Ziye get the worse of it, Bulma rushed forward to break up the fight.

"In that case, let's leave it here for today!"

Hearing Ox-King say that, a flicker of disappointment crossed Ziye's eyes. He'd wanted to use this opportunity to rack up more experience, but Bulma had interrupted them. Seeing that Ox-King had lost interest, Ziye couldn't press the matter, so he let it go.

After waiting for a while, Goku finally returned with Master Roshi and Chi-Chi.

"Master Mutten, it's been a long time!"

Seeing Master Roshi, Ox-King hurried over and knelt before him.

"Ox-King, I heard you've killed a lot of people in recent years to protect your treasure. Is that true?" Master Roshi asked sternly.

"I'm sorry, Master. I was blinded by greed all these years and did many terrible things. I'll mend my ways from now on!"

Ox-King prostrated himself on the ground, his face full of remorse.

"You couldn't even put out a little fire like that. Compared to your senior brother, you're nowhere near his level."

Master Roshi spoke with an air of noble virtue.

"You're right, Master."

Ox-King lowered his head in shame.

"Mm."

"Goku, come over here for a moment!"

Master Roshi then pulled Goku aside and asked in a low voice:

"Don't forget, you promised that once I got here, you'd let me have that girl... Heh heh."

As he spoke, blood began to trickle from Master Roshi's nose...

"I'll have to talk it over with Bulma first!"

PS: Dragon Ball's battle power levels are all over the place, so everything in this story will follow the author's setup. If you have any other ideas, you can vote in the comments. The author may make suitable changes as long as they don't affect the plot.

Ox-King's battle power: 50

Sun Wukong's battle power: 16

Master Roshi's battle power: 139

Yamcha's battle power: 9

Ziye's battle power: 36

Oolong's battle power: 1

Bulma's battle power: 0.5