Chapter 407: Lei Gong and Dianmu Electrocute the Great Saint

In the wild.

Sun Wukong, Bajie, Heixiong, and Xiaobailong were shivering in the cold wind.

In truth, the coldness of the body was nothing; the coldness in their hearts was the real thing, piercing and agonizing.

Bajie wore a look of complaint and said, "What is all this? What is going on? Houzi, is there still justice? Is there still law?"

"..., you fool. If you have the energy for this, you'd be better off getting some rest."

Sun Wukong lay on a tree branch, his arms pillowed behind his head, his gaze fixed on the night sky.

As it turned out, not long ago, their master had stayed behind alone to save the Chen Family and Lady Chen.

They had been driven out, forced to continue their Scripture Seeking through the night, without even having time to eat a single hot meal.

Although he was very shocked, Sun Wukong still trusted his master deeply, always feeling that his master was doing something of great importance and that they were not suited to be present.

Ever since he came out from under Five Elements Mountain, Sun Wukong had trusted Xuanzang implicitly.

He felt that his master was different from those bald donkeys in Buddhism who were full of schemes and calculations; was his master not a man of great wisdom and high standing?

He could understand his master, but Bajie could not.

With nowhere to eat or sleep, they could only sleep in the wild, pitch-black and full of mosquitoes.

"Houzi, the master didn't treat us as his own. He even became a son-in-law, yet he didn't secure a job for any of us.

Actually, we don't even need a job, just a single hot meal would do.

That Chen Family, Lady Chen, and her four daughters—can the master handle them all by himself? His appetite is so big," Bajie said.

"Bajie, you just want to be a son-in-law like the master. Unfortunately, they don't have eyes for you," Sun Wukong laughed.

"Nonsense! I am a dignified Fleet Admiral Tianpeng. It's not that they don't have eyes for me; I don't even have eyes for them.

But to be fair, those daughters of the Chen Family are each more luscious than the last, absolute beauties. If I, Old Zhu, could marry one, it would be worth it," Bajie said with a look of anticipation.

"You? Hmph." Sun Wukong gave Bajie a Byakugan.

"Houzi Brother, will the master be in danger? I always feel that those female Bodhisattvas are a bit problematic," Heixiong asked, leaning in from the side.

"What danger could the master be in? Perhaps he is enjoying the blessings of a harem right now," Bajie said, his words dripping with jealousy.

"What are the blessings of a harem?" Heixiong asked naively, scratching the back of his head.

"Hehe." A lewd smile appeared on Zhu Bajie's pig head.

"Heixiong, don't pay attention to this fool. My Old Sun feels that the master must have his own ideas; he surely has his reasons for doing this," Sun Wukong said.

"Dead monkey, you really don't understand our master. Don't look at him as a man of Buddhism; that rebellious spirit of his is plain for all to see.

Is there also a possibility that the master simply took a fancy to their beauty?" Bajie retorted.

"I also feel that the master is not that kind of person. The master is a monk of great virtue. Ever since I followed the master, my lost Dragon life suddenly found its goal and direction; the future is promising."

Xiaobailong held the master's exclusive body-refining technique, "Moral Tendon," in his hands; his muscles were full and firm, and he looked full of Buddhist nature.

"……!"

Bajie was speechless, but he wouldn't give up, saying directly: "Fine, then why are we still seeking scriptures? Let's just break up. Houzi, you go back to Huaguoshan; Xiaobailong, you go back to Yingchoujian; Blackie, you go to Heifengdong; Old Sha, you go back to Liusha River. Let's all go our separate ways."

"That wouldn't be good, would it? It was so hard for me to find a master," Heixiong said.

"..." Shaseng remained silent, saying nothing.

"If you want to go back, go back, you fool. But don't say my Old Sun didn't warn you when the master butchers your pig head for a drinking snack later," Sun Wukong said.

"..., damn it!" Bajie was speechless.

"What a disaster!"

"Bajie, don't keep grumbling. Think about it carefully: those few female Bodhisattvas, can you really afford to provoke them?"

"In any case, my Old Sun is intimidated!"

"The master must have learned something, which is why he let us leave; it was for our own good," Sun Wukong said.

"Dead monkey, how could I not know those female Bodhisattvas are problematic? But so what? As the old saying goes, 'Better to die under a peony flower, even as a ghost, I'd still be romantic,'" Bajie argued eloquently.

"You fool, you are truly blinded by lust!"

"If this were five hundred years ago, my Old Sun would have given you three strikes of the staff," Sun Wukong said, feeling frustrated that he couldn't make him see reason.

"Houzi, it's not that Old Zhu is bragging. If it were really five hundred years ago, at my peak, you might not have been able to take me down. Who in the Heavenly Court doesn't know that my Jiuzhi Dingpa doesn't kill nobodies?" Bajie said toughly.

"Oh ho, Bajie, why don't we brothers spar a little?" Sun Wukong said.

"So you're saying that was five hundred years ago? Now we are dear friends and family, Houzi. You can't bully me, Old Zhu," Bajie said.

Boom!

Suddenly, a series of muffled thunder rumbled in the sky, flashes of lightning appeared and disappeared, and drops of fine rain began to fall.

"It really is 'when it rains, it pours.' It's bad enough we have nowhere to stay, but now it's raining too."

Bajie hid under a tree, hoping the dense leaves could shield him from the wind and rain.

Sun Wukong also felt things were going poorly—why was it raining in the middle of the night? —so he shouted to the sky:

"Lei Gong! Dianmu!"

"What kind of game are you playing? Don't you see we're down here on the ground?"

"Houzi Brother, if you shout like that, can they even hear you?" Heixiong couldn't help but ask.

"Rest assured, no matter what, my Old Sun was once the Great Saint Equal to Heaven. The gods of these Three Realms and Six Paths all give me some face," Sun Wukong said confidently.

"Great Saint!"

"His Majesty the Jade Emperor has an edict: to ensure the journey west goes smoothly and Merit is fulfilled, he has specially sent down rain to help you temper your Dao hearts and cleanse your restless minds from the mortal world."

From within the clouds, a rough and loud voice rang out.

"..." Bajie.

"..." Xiaobailong.

Sun Wukong was silent for half a second, then pointed a finger at the sky and roared:

"Jade Emperor, I, Old Sun, thank you so damn much!"

As the words fell, a torrential rain poured down, and a bolt of Daolei even struck the tree that Sun Wukong and the others were huddled against.

The damage from that lightning was not high, but the insult was extremely strong.

Even with Sun Wukong's Indestructible Vajra Body, he was still electrified until his fur stood on end.

There is no need to even mention Bajie; he became a piece of black pig charcoal, spewing foul-smelling air from his mouth.

Because of their body-refining, Xiaobailong and Heixiong actually had their muscles electrified until they shone brightly by the power of the lightning.

Sha lay on the ground rolling his Byakugan, his entire person emitting waves of burnt smell just like Bajie.

Inside the clouds.

"Leizhenzi, aren't we going a bit too far? We can't beat that monkey," Dianmu said, for she was timid.

"No need to worry, this is the Jade Emperor's decree."

"We are just following orders."

Lei Gong said with full confidence; besides, they didn't strike them on purpose—who told Sun Wukong and the others to hide under a tree? Wasn't that just asking to be struck by lightning?

No sooner had the words fallen than Sun Wukong, who never suffered a loss, quietly appeared behind Lei Gong, holding the Golden Cudgel in his hand, and sternly said:

"Good for you, Leizhenzi, how dare you use lightning to strike me, Old Sun!"

"If I, Old Sun, don't beat you until you call me Grandpa today, then I am not Sun Wukong."

"Hey!"

"Eat a blow from me, Old Sun!"

Leizhenzi was terrified, not expecting this monkey to have run up so quickly, and hurriedly said:

"Grandpa Sun, spare my life!"