"After that yang spring appeared, no one initially knew what it did. People near Mount Jieyang occasionally drew water from it to drink, but noticed nothing unusual."
"That changed when a woman accidentally drank its water."
"She had recently drunk mother-child river water and was waiting to visit the Fetus-Reflecting Spring."
"But not long after the yang spring's water entered her belly, the ghost fetus inside her began to fade, and her body returned to normal."
"Others tried it afterward, with the same results."
"And so that spring gradually came to be known as the Abortion Spring."
"But for the Wind and Moon Demon, the trouble with this spring did not end there."
"By then, the demon had already used the Fetus-Reflecting Spring to complete its Wind and Moon method, and had become deeply entwined with the spring itself."
"The stronger the demon grew, the more abundant the extreme yin power within the Fetus-Reflecting Spring became."
"But as yin flourished, yang flourished along with it."
"Thus, the stronger the Fetus-Reflecting Spring became, the stronger the Abortion Spring would become as well."
"And as long as the Abortion Spring existed, yang energy would continually spread outward."
"Over time, the Yin-Yang energies here would return to balance, gradually wearing away the Wind and Moon Demon's Wind and Moon method."
"The Demon Net it had spent years weaving would also grow weaker and weaker."
"If it allowed this spring to remain, the Demon Net it had painstakingly laid over many years would sooner or later be torn apart, thread by thread. Even the Wind and Moon method itself would not be safe."
The corners of Wukong's mouth lifted.
"Now that's interesting. No wonder the demon wanted to destroy it later."
Bajie quickly caught on as well and could not help laughing. "The Heavenly