Wukong stood rooted to the spot, the old scenes of his monkey children and grandchildren gathered around him still vivid before his eyes. Only after a long while did he recover his senses.
Six-Eared Macaque said, "Well? Do you admit defeat?"
Faced with this question, Wukong found it hard to speak.
In prosperity, ten places like this could not compare with Flower-Fruit Mountain.
But...
Wukong fell silent.
Sha Wujing sensed something was wrong and stepped forward.
"Demon, this remote, barren place of yours, shrouded in demonic miasma, is nothing but an insignificant wild mountain, gathering a pack of demons that haven't even attained human form. How could it compare with my eldest brother's Flower-Fruit Mountain, a blessed grotto-heaven where the finest essences of heaven and earth converge?"
Six-Eared Macaque said, "What of it being a wild mountain? What of it being insignificant? Is your eldest brother's Flower-Fruit Mountain so distinguished?"
Sha Wujing said, "Hah! Demon! What do you know? My eldest brother's Flower-Fruit Mountain is a famed mountain overseas in the East Victory Divine Continent, the ancestral vein of the ten continents, the source of the three islands' dragon veins. Over countless years, it nurtured a spirit monkey like my eldest brother, born of heaven and earth. Heaven arranged it, and Buddha personally appointed him to protect Master Sanzang of the Great Tang in the Eastern Land on his Journey to the West, to attain true fruition. What could a wild demon like you possibly have to compare?"
Hearing this, Six-Eared Macaque could not help laughing.
Sha Wujing said, "Demon, what are you laughing at?"
Six-Eared Macaque said, "What am I laughing at? A good question! Let me tell you. What makes this king laugh is that I rule here in the wilderness, without spiritually blessed mountains and rivers or