Back to His Old Trade

"It's only been one mile, this distance is too dangerous. Master, please run a little further, retreat about two miles."

Sun Wukong looked at the location Tang Xuanzang was currently heading to and was speechless. However, there was nothing he could do, so he could only gently tell Tang Xuanzang to continue running a little further away.

"Okay, Wukong."

Tang Xuanzang readily agreed to Sun Wukong's request and continued running in the same direction, covering about two miles.

Is this location safe?

After he climbed up a small hill, he shouted at Sun Wukong with all his might, asking if it was safe.

"Run a little further away, do you see that slightly higher hill behind you?"

"Climb up and hide behind that hill. Come out when I call you."

Sun Wukong squinted and measured it, then said something to him.

"Good."

Tang Monk immediately hardened up and quickly ran towards the hill that Sun Wukong had mentioned.

"Master, hide well, be careful."

When Sun Wukong saw Tang Monk hiding behind the hillside again, he shouted something to him.

Then Sun Wukong used all his magical Law Power to break free from the restraints pressing down on his back.

As Sun Wukong's Law Power continued to increase, cracks gradually appeared on the Five Elements Mountain that was pressing down on him.

"Open it!"

With Sun Wukong's loud shout, the Five Elements Mountain, which had been pressing down on him for nearly 500 years, suddenly flew into the sky and disintegrated, turning into one stone after another.

"My goodness, is Sun Wukong really that strong? He easily overturned such a huge mountain."

Tang Xuanzang happened to see it, Sun Wukong overturned the Five Elements Mountain that had been pressing down on his back for nearly 500 years.

After Sun Wukong smashed the Five Elements Mountain into countless pieces of rock that fell from the sky, he finally beckoned Tang Xuanzang Sun Wukong come out.

Has Sun Wukong finally escaped his predicament?

"Let me go and have a good look at my disciple."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's call, Tang Xuanzang excitedly ran out from behind the small hill and headed towards Sun Wukong's location.

"Yes, yes, I'm free!"

After Sun Wukong removed the restraints from his back, he danced with excitement.

"That wretched Buddha Tathagata! He imprisoned me for 500 years in one fell swoop!"

Then Sun Wukong remembered cursing the Buddha Tathagata who had imprisoned him, and kicked a stone at his feet, which made him feel somewhat relieved.

"Ah!"

However, a short while later, Sun Wukong heard a scream from Tang Monk.

"I hope something's happened to this guy. I have to go check on him. If something's wrong, it'll be hard to explain."

After muttering a sentence, Sun Wukong summoned his Golden Dipper Cloud and quickly rushed towards Tang Xuanzang's location.

"Wukong, my good disciple, quickly help your master find out who was using this stone to ambush me just now."

"Once we find him, we must teach this person who ambushed me a lesson he won't tolerate."

When Sun Wukong arrived at Tang Xuanzang's side, he found Tang Xuanzang lying on the ground, one hand covering his injured forehead, the other pointing to the stone that had hit him, and saying in pain.

"Master, I have already searched the area within a ten-mile radius. Apart from the two of us, there are no other living creatures here."

After hearing Tang Xuanzang's instructions, Sun Wukong immediately mounted his Somersault Cloud and circled around the area in a pretentious manner before returning to report in a serious tone.

"What? There isn't a single living creature within a ten-mile radius of me?"

"Then explain to me what exactly happened with this rock that hit me!"

After hearing Sun Wukong's report, Tang Xuanzang asked somewhat angrily.

"It might not have been an ambush, but rather because the rock was so small, it took longer to travel through the air, and it just happened to hit you on your way here."

After listening to Tang Xuanzang's words, Sun Wukong began to seriously analyze why the stone hit Tang Xuanzang. In reality, all of this was to cover up the fact that the stone he kicked had hit Tang Xuanzang.

"I guess I'm just unlucky."

"Let's go, Wukong."

Tang Xuanzang had no choice but to accept his bad luck, and then led Sun Wukong toward where he had tied his horse.

However, when Tang Xuanzang arrived at the spot where he had tied his horse, no matter how much he pulled on the white horse, it wouldn't budge.

"It's strange what's wrong with this horse today; it's usually quite obedient!"

After trying several times without success, Tang Xuanzang said with some doubt.

"It's probably because I overturned the Five Elements Mountain when I escaped, making too much noise and startling the horse."

"Master, don't worry, let me comfort him. Back when I was in the Heavenly Palace, I served as the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses of the Heavenly Horses for a few days, so I have a lot of experience in taking care of horses."

Upon witnessing this scene, Sun Wukong immediately stepped forward and told Tang Monk that he could cure the horse.

"Then why don't you give it a try!"

Tang Xuanzang stood up and made way for Sun Wukong, allowing Sun Wukong to comfort his white horse.

As expected of someone who had served Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, Sun Wukong knelt down beside the horse, stroked it a few times, and whispered a few words to it, and the horse recovered.

"Master, I've calmed the white horse down. Mount it, I'll lead you, and we'll go."

After calming the white horse down, Sun Wukong spoke to Tang Xuanzang.

"No rush, Wukong, you should wash yourself first."

"You haven't bathed in over 500 years, and I won't even go into detail about the smell."

At this point, Tang Xuanzang suggested that Sun Wukong take a bath to clean himself of the dirt.

After listening to Tang Xuanzang's words, Sun Wukong even raised his arm to smell it. When he smelled that indescribable odor, his eyes widened and he immediately felt dizzy.

"Alright, I'll go right now. Master, you stay with me on the shore and wait for me. That way, I can take good care of you. I've seen many ferocious beasts in this Five Elements Mountain. I'm worried about leaving you here alone."

Sun Wukong immediately agreed and led Tang Monk to a riverbank, where he told Tang Xuanzang to wait on the shore while he went into the water to bathe.

Tang Xuanzang was stunned after glancing at Sun Wukong's bathwater.

This Sun Wukong truly lives up to his reputation as someone who has been imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain for over 500 years without ever taking a bath.