Taking Masters

"How about this: if you can pick up this stick, I'll give it to you."

Upon hearing this, the eldest prince was overjoyed and dropped the staff in his hand to retrieve it. He used all his strength, but the Ruyi Jingu Bang) Ruyi Jingu Bang n't budge an inch.

The third one didn't even bother to think; he simply swung his staff at Sha Wujing, only to have it easily cleaved in two by Sha Wujing. He then took out his magic staff and waved it around a few times.

At this moment, everyone was dumbfounded and speechless. The three little princes knelt down together and said, "Master, we mortals are ungrateful. We hope you can teach us some martial arts so that we can learn them properly."

At this moment, Sun Wukong picked up his Ruyi Jingu Bang) and said to the eldest prince, "This place is too small now. Let me go up into the sky and show you properly."

After speaking, Sun Wukong suddenly appeared outside and summoned his Somersault Cloud, riding on colorful auspicious clouds into the air.

Then he turned the Jingu Bang upside down. Seeing this, Zhu Bajie cheered loudly, and his own hands started itching to try it too. He shouted, "Brother Monkey, wait for me! I want to go up and play with it too!"

Zhu Bajie had barely finished speaking when he suddenly appeared in mid-air, the wind howling and creating quite a commotion. Seeing this, Sha Wujing respectfully addressed Tang Xuanzang:

"Master, please wait here for me a little while, let me go up and have some fun too."

Sha Wujing suddenly leaped into the air, and then his three brothers each Divine Ability. This frightened the three little princes so much that they knelt down in the dust, and all the common people, big and small, were kowtowing and chanting Buddhist prayers.

After spending some time in the sky, Sun Wukong put away his weapons, and together with Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, they came to Tang Xuanzang's side.

Finally, they sat down to eat, and the three little princes hurriedly ran to the palace and said to their father:

"Father, this is truly a good omen! Did you just see the strange phenomenon that appeared in mid-air?"

Upon hearing this, the old prince said with a puzzled look, "I didn't go out to look at anything. I only saw many colorful clouds outside, so your mother and I burned incense and prayed there. We had no idea that it was a gathering of immortals."

The eldest prince then said to the eldest prince, "Actually, they weren't any gods or immortals, but rather the three disciples of Tang Xuanzang. The weapons they used were exactly the same as the ones we use."

"We wanted them to teach us, but they said our palace was too small, so they went up into the air. If I could learn their methods, it would definitely be of great help to our country."

Just then, the old prince and his son hurriedly arrived at Tang Xuanzang's side, where they saw the four of them packing their luggage, preparing to leave.

However, the old prince suddenly knelt down before Tang Xuan, which startled him so much that he didn't know what to do. Sun Wukong quickly stood aside, smiling slightly and not saying a word.

Tang Xuanzang then asked the old prince, "What exactly happened, Prince? Why did you do this?"

After hearing what Tang Xuanzang said, the old prince respectfully said to Tang Xuanzang, "Actually, what I wanted to ask you was, where did you find these three disciples? Could you help me with that?"

After speaking, Tang Xuanzang pondered for a long time before saying to the old prince, "Since you've put it that way, I'll definitely agree. Tell me what it is."

Upon hearing Tang Xuanzang's words, the old prince stood up and said to Tang Xuanzang, "Actually, when you came, I didn't know that your three disciples Divine Ability powerful; I thought you were just ordinary monks."

"It's also because we mortals could see your disciples practicing swords and spears when my three sons, wanting to learn martial arts, humbly asked your disciples to pass on their skills to my sons so they could protect our country."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong immediately laughed and said, "You prince are utterly incompetent! We monks are practically begging for a few disciples."

"Since your son has such thoughts, let alone talk about money, we will definitely help him."

The prince was delighted to hear this and immediately arranged another meal. The group then ate and drank together, enjoying another joyful day.

Before they knew it, night had fallen. The prince then ordered that a very fine bed be made at great expense for Tang Xuanzang and his companions to stay in, with the intention of passing on their martial arts skills the next day.

The next day, just as dawn broke, the old prince, accompanied by his son, arrived to receive Tang Xuanzang. After the formalities of paying respects to the master, the three young princes kowtowed to Zhu Bajie Sha Wujing, and Sun Wukong, formally requesting to become his disciples and inquiring about their origins.

"I've always known that my masters are highly skilled in martial arts, but I don't know what your weapons are?"

As soon as the Little Prince finished speaking, everyone took out their weapons, which surprised everyone. However, Sun Wukong's weapons were even more astonishing.

The old prince then asked Sun Wukong, "Their weapons are all carried on their waists or backs, why is your weapon carried in your ear and grows longer in the wind?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong smiled and began to explain to the old prince. Sun Wukong said:

"You don't know this, but their weapons are all forged through countless hammerings, while mine is the Sea-Calming Divine Needle, personally refined by Dayu when he was controlling the floods. This is no ordinary iron."

Upon hearing this, everyone felt even greater admiration for him.

After a short while, Sun Wukong earnestly said to the three princes:

"I already knew what you were going to learn yesterday, but with your current strength, you're simply not strong enough to wield our weapons, and you probably won't even be able to grasp the essence of it."

"But since you have the integrity to wait until we return from our pilgrimage, we will impart divine power to you and teach you martial arts."

Upon hearing this, the three princes sat down cross-legged. Sun Wukong then took out his Ruyi Jingu Bang) and drew a circle on the ground, allowing them to absorb the power of heaven and earth.

At the same time, Old Ancestor Hongmeng and Ao Changsheng were quite surprised when they saw Sun Wukong's action. Old Ancestor Hongmeng then said to Ao Changsheng:

"This Sun Wukong is quite clever; he knows that when teaching someone martial arts, he needs to transfer his Law Power first."

After hearing what the Old Ancestor Hongmeng said, Ao Changsheng was speechless. He rolled his eyes at the Old Ancestor Hongmeng and said something to him.