After hearing Wukong out, Bajie gave him a thumbs-up.
"Brother, that's just like you."
The corners of Wukong's mouth had only just lifted.
Bajie immediately frowned again.
"But I still don't get it."
"Where did the original Fetus-Reflecting Spring and Abortion Spring come from, then?"
"And what about Pipa? She was a perfectly normal person. How did she end up becoming that Wind and Moon Demon?"
The smile vanished from Wukong's lips. "..."
Jade Flute sat there in a daze as well.
In all these years, he had never considered any of the things Wukong had just said.
He had always believed that Pipa made his master guard the Abortion Spring simply to torment him.
But if Wukong's guess was right, what they had guarded all those years was far more than a spring that could abort a fetus.
Jade Flute could not help looking toward Wukong.
"Great Sage..."
Wukong hastily waved his hand.
"I'm not Master. How would I know that much?"
"What I just said was only a guess Old Sun came up with after piecing your story together."
Bajie immediately said, "Then why did you make it sound like it was all true?"
Wukong glared at him. "Was my guess wrong?"
"All right, all right."
Bajie hurriedly nodded.
But Wukong had already turned away. "Still, even if I don't know, someone does."
"Wasn't there someone else in Jade Flute's story who's sitting right here?"
He grinned. "Wouldn't you agree?"
"Bodhisattva?"
Everyone froze.
Following Wukong's gaze, they all turned at once.
Guanyin had remained seated there ever since Jade Flute began his account.
She had not spoken a word.
Now, as everyone looked her way, they saw that compassion still graced her face, but there was more helplessness in her eyes than usual.
And a trace of