Finally Free of the Great Burden of Five Fingers Mountain

Sun Wukong told Tang Xuanzang the origin of the two scrolls on the mountain behind him, and then tearfully recounted his feelings at the time.

"Waaaaah..."

"I never imagined you had such a tragic past. You're so pitiful."

For some reason, Tang Xuanzang was moved to tears by Sun Wukong's words, and his words and the look in Sun Wukong eyes were filled with sympathy.

"Master, please stop crying. Quickly help me remove these two posters so I can regain my freedom and be your good disciple."

When Sun Wukong saw Tang Xuanzang crying again, he was completely dumbfounded. He quickly told Tang Xuanzang to stop crying and reminded him that it was more important to help him remove the post.

"Oh, right, I almost forgot about that. I'll go get it for you right away."

After hearing Sun Wukong's words, Tang Xuanzang realized that he had not yet helped Sun Wukong accept the two invitations.

He immediately wiped away his tears and began climbing towards the summit of Five Elements Mountain.

Fortunately, the Five Elements Mountain was not very steep, and there was a place to stand every few steps. Tang Xuanzang not only had a profound understanding of Buddhism, but he was also quite skilled in hand-to-hand combat.

In less than ten minutes, he had already climbed to the top of Five Fingers Mountain with his bare hands.

"What does it say on this? 'Yaomo, leave quickly!'"

"This must have been written by Taishang Laojun himself."

This is my Buddhist Six-Syllable Mantra.

"This must have been written by the Buddha Tathagata himself."

"Forget it, who cares who wrote it? Let's tear these two posts down first and rescue my good disciple who's trapped under the Five Elements Mountain."

After climbing to the top of the mountain, Tang Xuanzang glanced at the two posters, then cleared his mind of all distractions and reached out to take them.

"Anyone who dares to expose this post will have their entire family die."

When Tang Xuanzang reached out to take the Buddha Tathagata's invitation, before he even touched it, a line of golden text appeared below it.

After seeing it, Tang Xuanzang was so frightened that he shuddered and withdrew his hand.

"Let's put the Buddha Tathagata's matter aside for now. I'll go take a look at Taishang Laojun's post first."

After withdrawing his hand, Tang Xuanzang said with lingering fear, then reached for the note left Taishang Laojun, wanting to take it down before making any further plans.

"Oh dear, do you want to fight Laojun?"

When Taishang Laojun Tang Xuanzong reached out his hand to the note left by Taishang Laojun, a line of text began to appear below it.

"This line of text means that if I dare to accept this invitation left by Taishang Laojun will come to me for a fight."

Upon realizing this, Tang Xuanzang shuddered and immediately withdrew his hand from the invitation to Taishang Laojun.

"Master, is it done yet?"

Just as Tang Xuanzang withdrew his hand, staring at the two posters and pondering whether or not to tear them down, Sun Wukong's voice came from below the mountain.

"No, when I tried to take those two posters, a line of text appeared under each one, threatening me and warning me not to remove them, or something terrible would happen."

Tang Xuanzang truthfully told Sun Wukong what had happened.

"Read to me what words appeared below that post."

After hearing what Tang Xuanzang said, Sun Wukong asked him a question.

Tang Xuanzang truthfully told Sun Wukong all the words that appeared under the two posts.

"Master, they're just teasing you."

"Let's talk about the Buddha Tathagata first. Don't forget he's the Buddha; how could he commit such a heinous act of killing?"

"The people he killed were usually heinous and unforgivable. Why would he kill one of his own Buddhist Order disciples for no reason?"

Sun Wukong began by analyzing for Tang Xuanzang the words left by the Buddha Tathagata.

"You mean the line below this post by Buddha Tathagata is fake?"

"Is this all I wrote to fight this, to mess with the person who exposed this post?"

After listening to Sun Wukong's analysis, Tang Xuanzang asked with some uncertainty.

"Yes, Master, you heard me right."

"The Buddha Tathagata wrote this line so that when someone came to remove the postmark later, it would give them a fright."

Sun Wukong gave Tang Xuanzang a positive answer.

"Then tell me about this one about Taishang Laojun). Was he just playing around too?"

Tang Xuanzang then asked Sun Wukong about the meaning behind the words left by Taishang Laojun.

Of course!

"Master, you have no idea how busy Taishang Laojun is. He spends all his time in his Tushita Palace refining elixirs and hardly ever goes out to travel throughout the year."

"Not to mention that because you accepted his invitation, he specifically put aside his alchemy work and came down to the mortal realm to settle accounts with you."

After hearing Tang Xuanzang's question, Sun Wukong was both amused and exasperated. After organizing his thoughts for a moment, he finally answered Tang Xuanzang.

"That's good, then I'll take off the poster now."

After hearing Sun Wukong's words, Xuanzang felt as if a reassuring pill had been placed on his mind.

He mustered his courage and walked towards the two posts. The closer he got, the more clearly the words below the posts became, as if trying to scare him away with their brightness.

However, all of this was to no avail. Tang Xuanzang grabbed one of the scrolls from Taishang Laojun and the Buddha Tathagata in each hand, and then yanked them off the mountain wall.

"Wukong, look! Your master has already removed these two posters for you."

After Tang Xuanzang received the two invitations, he quickly headed towards the foot of the mountain. Upon reaching the ground, he placed the invitations in front of Sun Wukong and excitedly addressed them.

"Well done! You truly deserve to be my master, Sun Wukong."

"But Master, you should get away from this Five Elements Mountain now, lest you get hit by falling rocks when I overturn it."

After seeing the two posts, Sun Wukong was immediately filled with power. He praised Tang Xuanzang and then told him to leave immediately.

"Okay Wukong."

After agreeing, Tang Xuanzang happily ran off into the distance.

"Wukong, is this distance enough?"

Is it safe?

After running for about a mile, Tang Xuanzang turned back to ask Sun Wukong if the distance was safe enough.