Now Wukong was about to go to Flower-Fruit Mountain to fetch melons to compensate Ao Tu.
Ao Tu stopped him.
Wukong said, "What? Why are you stopping me?"
Ao Tu said, "Where are you going to fetch the melons?"
Wukong said, "The Flower-Fruit Mountain Blessed Land, the Water Curtain Cave Grotto-Heaven, in the East Victory Divine Continent."
Ao Tu said, "This old man has never heard of that place. How many miles away is it?"
Wukong laughed. "It's over a hundred thousand miles from here. How could you have heard of it?"
Ao Tu feigned surprise. "So far away! When will you ever bring them back?"
Wukong laughed. "You old fellow, what do you know of Old Sun's abilities? One Somersault Cloud of mine covers a hundred and eight thousand miles. I can go to Flower-Fruit Mountain and return in less than half a day."
Ao Tu said, "You monk, all you do is boast. You really can't be trusted. If you're going so far away, leave a few things as security first. Otherwise, I fear you'll run off, and I'm too old and feeble to go looking for you."
Wukong could not help laughing. "You old fellow, do you know that Old Sun is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace all those years ago? Would I cheat you out of the price of ten melons?"
Ao Tu said, "The Great Sage Equal to Heaven?"
Wukong puffed out his chest. "Precisely."
Ao Tu said, "Never heard of him."
Bajie could not resist laughing to Sha Wujing. "This old fellow has no idea who the Great Sage Equal to Heaven is!"
Thoroughly annoyed, Wukong said to Ao Tu, "Those two are Marshal Tianpeng and the Curtain-Rolling General. Have you heard of them?"
Ao Tu