Curing the Poison
"Oh, it's Great Sage Sun! My apologies, where did you come from?"
The Bodhisattva Fangkong clasped his hands in return and said to Sun Wukong.
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong Bodhisattva Fangkong with a puzzled expression and asked, "How do you know I am the Great Sage?"
"When you caused Heavenly Palace in the Heavenly Palace, your image was everywhere; who didn't know you, who didn't recognize you?"
The Bodhisattva Fangkong spoke to Sun Wukong.
"Ah, that's really a good thing. Bad news travels fast, but I've now converted to Buddhist Order, something you probably don't know!"
After speaking, Sun Wukong scratched his head sheepishly. At this moment, Sun Wukong's tone revealed a sense of confidence and pride.
"Is this true? When did you convert to Buddhist Order? Congratulations! This is wonderful!"
Upon hearing this, the Bodhisattva Fangkong was very surprised and immediately asked Sun Wukong for an answer.
"When I was imprisoned under the Five Fingers Mountain and later escorted Tang Xuanzang to the Western Heaven Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures, I had already converted to Buddhist Order."
Sun Wukong seemed completely unhurried and slowly spoke to the Bodhisattva Xiaomingming.
"So what exactly happened that led you to come here? If there wasn't something wrong, I don't think you would have come here in the first place."
After speaking, the Bodhisattva Fangkong revealed a hint of doubt in his tone, so the Bodhisattva with the Bodhisattva Fangkong narrowed his eyes and stared coldly at Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong felt uncomfortable under the gaze of the Bodhisattva Fangkong, so he slowly explained to the Bodhisattva Fangkong:
"I was protecting Tang Xuanzang on his journey to the Western Heaven Paradise to obtain Buddhist scriptures. Now, we passed by the Daoist priests at the Yellow Flower Temple, who poisoned him. My master, my junior brother, and I fought against that monster."
"But who knew that the monster would emit golden light and blind me? I had to use my Divine Ability to escape. I heard that you could destroy him, so I came here specifically to find you."
The Bodhisattva with the Bodhisattva Fangkong sensed something suspicious in Sun Wukong's words, so he said to Sun Wukong Bodhisattva Fangkong:
"Who told you that I haven't left my house for three hundred years since I returned from the banquet? I've been living in anonymity and no one knows me at all. How did you find out?"
After saying this, Sun Wukong's heart skipped a beat, and he sighed inwardly:
"Oh no! Bodhisattva Guanyin just told me not to expose her. I have to come up with a lie to fool her."
Thinking this, Sun Wukong smiled awkwardly at the Bodhisattva Fangkong and said, "I've always been on the local earth god's side. No matter where you are, I have some inside information that constantly tells me your location."
"Very well, very well. I didn't really want to go in the first place, but since you've come in person, I can't let my determination to go on this pilgrimage be extinguished. I'll go with you now."
After pondering for a long time, the Bodhisattva Fangkong spoke to Sun Wukong.
"Really? That's wonderful! I'm so ignorant, that's why I couldn't help but urge you. But I don't know what weapon you're going to bring to subdue the monster."
Sun Wukong said such things because he saw that the Bodhisattva Fangkong was unarmed. If he went empty-handed, it would be difficult to subdue the monster. Therefore, Sun Wukong couldn't help but say such things to the Bodhisattva Fangkong.
"Sun Wukong, you don't understand. I have an embroidery needle that can subdue monsters."
The Bodhisattva Fangkong sneered and said to Sun Wukong.
"It seems I've delayed you, Bodhisattva. If I had known you had an embroidery needle, I wouldn't have needed to come looking for you; I have plenty of embroidery needles."
Sun Wukong felt that the words spoken by the Bodhisattva Fangkong were completely useless, so he was very disappointed and was about to leave when the Bodhisattva Fangkong suddenly stopped him and said to Sun Wukong:
"Sun Wukong, wait a moment. Your embroidery needle is nothing more than forged steel. It doesn't need my treasure, which is neither steel, iron, nor gold, but was forged in my son's eye."
Sun Wukong was very surprised to hear this, and then said to the Bodhisattva Fangkong:
Who exactly is your son? Do you even have a son?
"Hmph! You are truly ignorant. Almost everyone knows that Hairy Head Sun Stellar Official is my son."
Sun Wukong was horrified and said seriously:
"What exactly is that thing used for? Could you demonstrate it to me now to satisfy my curiosity?"
"There's no need for that. You'll see it when the time comes. Don't be in a hurry. Take me to Yellow Flower Temple first."
Upon hearing this, the Bodhisattva Fangkong smiled and said to Sun Wukong.
"Okay, I'll take you there now."
After speaking, Sun Wukong summoned his Somersault Cloud, soaring through the clouds and bringing the Bodhisattva Fangkong with him, and they arrived above the Yellow Flower Temple.
"Bodhisattva Fangkong, look ahead! That glittering golden light is the Yellow Flower Temple."
"Whoosh!"
Upon hearing this, the Bodhisattva Fangkong quickly took out an embroidery needle from his collar. The needle was as thick as an eyebrow and as long as a finger. He held it in his hand and threw it into the air, where it instantly pierced through the golden light.
Sun Wukong was overjoyed and quickly said, "Bodhisattva, this is truly amazing! I'll retrieve that needle for you right now."
"There's no need to search anymore. You should hurry and save your master. The needle is in my hands now."
The Bodhisattva Fangkong had her hand outstretched, revealing only a needle lying quietly in her hand.
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong jumped off his Somersault Cloud and arrived at the temple. He saw that the demons had already closed their eyes and were completely immobilized. Seeing this, Sun Wukong shouted:
"You monster, still pretending to be blind? I'm going to beat you to death today!"
After speaking, Sun Wukong took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang from his ear, and was about to strike when the Sun Wukong Bodhisattva Fangkong suddenly grabbed Sun Wukong and said, "Great Sage, please don't hit him! You must hurry and save your master!"
Sun Wukong walked all the way to the back and saw that Tang Xuanzang, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing were already asleep on the floor, foaming at the mouth. Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong wept bitterly and said:
"What should we do now? I was too late, that's why there were no three of you. Now that all three of you are dead, I don't want to live anymore."
"Great Sage, please don't be sad. Consider today my trip out, so I might as well do some good deeds. I have some antidote pills here, so I'll give you three."
The Bodhisattva Fangkong patted Sun Wukong on the shoulder and said to Sun Wukong.
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately turned around, knelt down, and begged for the three antidote pills.
The Bodhisattva took out a paper packet from her sleeve and handed the antidote pills to Sun Wukong, then instructed Sun Wukong to put all the antidotes into the mouths of Tang Xuanzang and the other two.
Sun Wukong held out his hands to pry open their mouths and stuffed a pill into each of their mouths. In an instant, the pills dissolved into a puddle of water as soon as they entered their mouths.
Then, Tang Xuanzang and the other two vomited together, expelling the poison they had just ingested, and thus escaped with their lives.