Now, Wukong taught Red Boy a method of cultivation.
What he imparted was a section of the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts for tempering the body, refining qi, and nurturing the spirit, along with a few spells.
This was the method Ao Tu had once taught the Daoists of the Wuji Kingdom.
Wukong had later obtained it.
The method was incomplete; its continuation lay within the Buddha statues above the thirty-third floor of the Great Prajna Buddha Pagoda in the Wuji Kingdom.
Earlier, while accompanying Tang Sanzang to sweep the pagoda, Wukong had comprehended the continuation from the Buddha statues.
However, Wukong only taught Red Boy the first part, not the continuation.
Since Ao Tu had chosen to hide the later teachings within the Buddha statues rather than make them public as he had the earlier ones, Wukong naturally could not casually tell Red Boy their contents.
In the days that followed, Red Boy tempered his body, refined his qi, and nurtured his spirit every day. In his spare time, Wukong personally taught him some martial moves.
Bajie and Sha Wujing could hardly eat for free, so they joined Wukong in teaching Red Boy.
Red Boy had originally focused on supernatural abilities and was not particularly skilled in martial arts, but under the combined instruction of the three, he began wielding his Fire-Tipped Spear with proper form.
There was just one problem: the method was incomplete.
Sun Wukong had only taught him a fragment of this profoundly wondrous cultivation technique.
Red Boy asked Wukong for the continuation.
Unable to explain openly, Wukong directed Red Boy to the Great Prajna Buddha Pagoda in the Wuji Kingdom to contemplate the Buddha statues inside.
But Red Boy did not believe him, thinking Wukong was holding something back.
Though young and inexperienced, Red Boy could still