Chen Wei had just finished learning a whole array of skills and was getting a little full of himself.
He wondered whether he might be able to exchange a few moves with Yang Jian the next time they met.
"Kid!" Sun Wukong saw right through Chen Wei's thoughts and doused him with a bucket of icy water. "Stop daydreaming. However exquisite your moves are, martial skills can't bridge the gulf between cultivation realms."
"Think you can beat Yang Jian with that footwork?
"You've still got plenty to learn, kid. Put those little schemes away."
"You must find me laughable, Great Sage!" Chen Wei hurriedly took the offered way down, giving an awkward chuckle. "I was only thinking about it. Just thinking!"
While they were chatting idly...
Suddenly, the Jade Pendant tied at Chen Wei's waist glowed red and floated up of its own accord. Then Yang Chan's gentle voice came from within it.
"Thank you, Great Sage, for imparting your skills.
"Qingquan carries out duties away from home, and his martial skills have many shortcomings. I am deeply grateful for the techniques you taught him today. Another day, I shall prepare generous gifts and visit to thank you in person."
The moment her voice rang out, everything fell silent.
Sun Wukong was immensely curious. He peered at the glowing Jade Pendant from every angle.
Chen Wei looked rather helpless at this. Yang Chan had given him this Jade Pendant as a token of their love, leaving a trace of the Third Holy Mother's will inside it and calling it a protective charm.
Who would have thought the thing was actually a surveillance Magical Treasure?
There was nothing he could do.
Heaven was vast and earth was vast, but a pregnant immortal maiden outranked them all. Naturally, Sun Wukong did not