Just as Pan Heng was about to return to the valley, he suddenly remembered that Sun Wukong would never obediently stay where he was and wait for him.
That meant, if his guess was right, Sun Wukong might already have gone off to fight a Sage!
At the thought, Pan Heng could not help growing anxious.
Without the slightest hesitation, and without worrying about revealing anything, he immediately sent voice transmissions to Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi.
"Daoist Companions, has a monkey come looking for you recently?"
Pan Heng was truly on edge now.
After all, although Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi had previously enjoyed very pleasant dealings with him,
their relationship with him was not particularly close.
If Sun Wukong really had approached Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi, there was little chance either of them would hold back.
Fortunately, both Laozi and Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi gave Pan Heng a negative answer!
Yet this only made Pan Heng even more anxious.
Aside from those two, none of the remaining Sages were easy to provoke!
There was no need to even mention Nuwa and Houtian. They had Xu Tong behind them, and if Sun Wukong really offended the two women, even Pan Heng's intervention might not help.
As for Zhunti and Jieyin, although neither had anyone backing them, given their personalities, they might very well force Sun Wukong to remain on Spirit Mountain!
No matter how he looked at it, nothing good could come of that!
Pan Heng hurried toward Spirit Mountain. His greatest hope now was that he would find Sun Wukong there.
Otherwise, what came next would be truly difficult to resolve.
Fortunately, when Pan Heng arrived at Spirit Mountain, he discovered that a fierce battle was underway.
The two combatants were Sun Wukong and Buddha Tathagata.
Neither Zhunti