The host and guests took their seats, and the maidservants served spirit fruits and immortal brew. Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong reminisced about old times, speaking of how Red Boy was now cultivating under Guanyin and was doing well enough.
Tang Sanzang asked about the Flaming Mountains. Bull Demon King waved a large hand and laughed. "Rest assured, Holy Monk. This is easily handled."
"Though the fire was caused by my good-for-nothing wife back then, the Banana Leaf Fan that controls the flames is in her hands now. I'll summon her at once, have her fan out the fire, and send you across the mountain."
With that, he ordered someone to invite Princess Iron Fan.
Before long, Princess Iron Fan arrived gracefully. Seeing that the visitor was Sun Wukong, she did not give him so much as a pleasant look.
If anyone was to blame, it was Sun Wukong. He had sent her own son to Guanyin's side, making it difficult for mother and son even to see one another.
However, when Princess Iron Fan saw Tang Sanzang, she immediately bowed and said, "If I am not mistaken, you must be Senior Brother Golden Cicada Child?"
Do not forget that Princess Iron Fan's original name was Rakshasa Woman, and she was the daughter of Patriarch Minghe. Tang Sanzang, meanwhile, was Patriarch Minghe's disciple, so he naturally counted as Princess Iron Fan's senior brother.
Tang Sanzang smiled and nodded, then introduced Mingfei to Princess Iron Fan. After that, Princess Iron Fan no longer paid attention to Tang Sanzang and the others. Instead, she hit it off wonderfully with Mingfei and Gao Cuilan.
Bull Demon King and his wife warmly urged them to stay and held another day of feasting in their honor. The next day, the couple personally escorted Tang