Saving Someone

"If you wait until Sun Wukong escapes danger, it would be lenient if he spares you, but if he doesn't, you will die."

The mountain god paused here before continuing.

Upon hearing this, the local deity was immediately terrified and quickly released Sun Wukong.

After Sun Wukong came out, he saw the local earth god and said to him:

"Now you all stand still, one of you take that stick and hit yourself twice."

Upon hearing this, the local earth god and mountain god were greatly surprised and quickly said to Sun Wukong:

"Great Sage, we kindly rescued you, so why are you attacking us?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong became slightly angry, so he abandoned himself, scratched the fur on the back of his hand, and said to the local earth god:

"You two aren't afraid of me, but you're afraid of that monster."

Upon hearing this, the local earth god and the mountain god quickly explained to Sun Wukong:

"That Yaomo possessed great Divine Ability and boundless Law Power. When he chanted his incantation, he would lock us inside his cave and have us take turns standing guard for him."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong was greatly surprised and cried out to the heavens, lamenting the injustice they had suffered. A short while later, Sun Wukong saw something glittering with golden light on the other side of the sky and asked the local earth god and mountain god:

"You've been taking turns standing guard at his cave entrance, do you even know what that glowing thing is?"

Upon hearing this, the Earth God said to Sun Wukong in a very serious tone:

"That glittering thing must be the fairy coming to capture you."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong transformed into an old man and sat down. Soon after, the two demons approached Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong stretched out one of the demons with his Jingu Bang, and the demon, caught off guard, was thrown to his feet and only then saw Sun Wukong.

"Hanhao, our king values people like you highly; otherwise, you would have died long ago."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and said to the little demon, "We're all family, please don't blame me."

Upon hearing this, the little demon immediately said to Sun Wukong:

"Then why are you sleeping here? And why did you make me fall? What are you up to? You keep saying we're all family, but you've been tricked by geomancy."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled at the little demon and said:

"Since you're meeting this old Daoist priest, you should naturally kneel and bow as a greeting gift."

The little demon was instantly angered upon hearing this and was about to lash out when he was stopped by another demon, who said to Sun Wukong:

"Your attire doesn't seem to suit the locals. So, where are you from?"

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Of course I didn't come from here; I came from Mount Penglai."

Upon hearing this, the two little demons immediately sensed that Sun Wukong's origins were extraordinary, and promptly said to Sun Wukong:

"So it's the old immortal! How could we mere mortals possibly recognize you? We were rude and our words were a bit harsh. Please don't take offense."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong was very pleased with himself, and continued to talk nonsense to the two little demons in a serious manner.

"Of course not. As the saying goes, old immortals like us can't possibly come to your room. Today, I'm going to take one of you two with me up the mountain to attain immortality."

The two little demons were overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately began vying for the spot. Before long, the two little demons started fighting. After a short while, Sun Wukong couldn't bear to watch any longer and stopped them.

Where did you two come from? Where are you going?

Upon hearing this, the little demon immediately spoke respectfully to Sun Wukong:

"The two of us came from Lotus Cave to capture that Sun Wukong!"

Sun Wukong was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"Those two idiots, I just said it offhand, and they actually believed it. Let me ask them again what they're going to do."

After thinking for a moment, Sun Wukong continued speaking in a serious tone:

"Is he the Sun Wukong who followed Tang Xuanzang from the Great Tang of the Eastern Lands to the Western Heaven to retrieve Buddhist scriptures? The Sun Wukong who caused Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago and was imprisoned under the Five Fingers Mountain?"

Upon hearing this, the little monsters nodded quickly. Seeing this, Sun Wukong immediately said to them:

"That monkey is indeed being a bit unreasonable, and I happen to have some past grievances with him, so why don't I go with you to catch him?"

The two little demons were very surprised when they heard what Sun Wukong said.

"How can that be? Master, please sit here. We'll catch that Sun Wukong and bring him back for you to see in a bit."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong looked at the little demon with a knowing expression and asked:

"Why do you have the audacity to try and capture Sun Wukong? You must know that when Sun Wukong wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, none of the gods could subdue him; they could only imprison him under the Five Fingers Mountain."

The two little demons were also innocent and naive, and then took out the Law Treasure that Golden Horn had given them and said:

"Master, you don't know this. When we left, the King specially gave us two Law Treasure."

After speaking, the two little demons took out a red gourd and Jade Purity Bottle. Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong quickly asked the two demons, "How did you manage to put Sun Wukong inside these two items?"

Upon hearing this, the two little demons quickly said to Sun Wukong:

"As long as you point the fine part of this treasure at Sun Wukong and call out to Sun Wukong, if Sun Wukong responds, he will be trapped inside. If he were in heaven, with the talisman personally crafted by Taishang Laojun, Sun Wukong would be reduced to pus and blood in a short while."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong was immediately shocked and quickly continued his deception towards the two little demons:

"Could you two please lend me that treasure you have so I can take a look? Although I come from Immortal Mountain, I truly have never seen such a powerful treasure before."

The two little demons, like fools, handed the treasure to Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong was overjoyed to receive it and immediately wanted to leave, but then he suddenly thought of something.

"If I leave now, wouldn't I ruin my reputation as the Sun Wukong, Great Sage Equal to Heaven? No rush, watch me toy with him."

After thinking for a moment, Sun Wukong plucked a hair from his tail and said to the little demon, "Take a look at my gourd."

Upon seeing Sun Wukong's large gourd, the little demon spoke:

"Master, your gourd is quite big and looks nice, but it's all show and no substance."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong felt a slight urge to laugh, but Sun Wukong held it in and said to the little demon in a serious tone:

"My gourd is all show and no substance; it could hold the whole sky!"

The two little demons were very surprised when they heard this, and Sun Wukong quickly demonstrated it to them.