Wukong raised his staff as though to strike and scolded him with a laugh:
"You idiot, you're just asking for a beating! Old Sun had neither father nor mother. Born of heaven and nurtured by earth, I was a wild mountain monkey who sprang from a crack in a rock. How does that count as a noble birth?"
Bajie stiffened his neck and retorted loudly:
"That's called an innate sacred spirit body, a spirit blessed by heaven and earth! With heaven as your father and earth as your mother, just how great and illustrious does that make your lineage?"
"Only you could get away with it! After you wreaked Havoc in Heaven and brought down a calamity that towered to the skies, all you got was five hundred years under a mountain? Had it been anyone else, hmph!"
At this, Wukong's smile faded. He lowered the Golden Cudgel and rested it against the ground, his voice carrying a hint of world-weariness:
"Idiot, you're not wrong about that."
"But let me ask you this: did even the tiniest bit of Old Sun's abilities today come from my birth?"
He pointed at his own chest and spoke each word distinctly:
"Back then, I crossed the seas alone, seeking immortals and searching for the Way. How much hardship did I endure? How many scornful looks did I suffer? How much did I go through before I learned any real skills?"
"Later, I ate the Peaches of Immortality, wreaked havoc in Heaven, and was pinned beneath Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years. That was because I was young and reckless, and because my abilities fell short. But if you ask how much I regret it?"
"Not one bit!"
Wukong's voice rose, filled with an arrogance that looked down upon the whole world:
"What