In the desolate mountains, not a bird remained in sight.
Chen Wei sat cross-legged amid a heap of rubble, forcing the vicious wind rampaging through his meridians out of his body.
Madam Iron Fan truly was merciless. That single stroke of her fan had sent him from the Western Ox Continent all the way to the Eastern Victory Divine Continent.
"She really hit hard. Not a shred of mercy." Chen Wei stood up and sighed.
Even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, with his bronze skin and iron bones, had been sent tumbling across the sky back then.
As a Golden Immortal who had climbed the ranks by eating Immortal Pills and putting in his time, he had only escaped the Banana Cave in one piece because Madam Iron Fan had waved her fan casually, without using her full magic power.
His life was safe, but Chen Wei was now in a bind.
He could make no further progress on the errand Laojun had assigned him.
Should he visit Green Cloud Mountain again?
But how?
If he went wearing Sun Wukong's face again, Madam Iron Fan was still furious. With old grudges piled atop new grievances, one glimpse of that Thunder-God Mouth would surely earn him another head-on blast from her fan.
But what if he went in his true form?
Madam Iron Fan was an enlightened Earth Immortal, theoretically on par with a Golden Immortal in cultivation. Yet she had the Banana Leaf Fan, a supreme treasure bestowed by Taishang Laojun. She had refused to show even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who had wrought Havoc in Heaven, any courtesy. Why would she show him any?
The Banana Leaf Fan might not send him flying this time, but she certainly would not even open the door, much less