Chapter 18: Sun Wukong Returns Home

"I, Old Grandson, have been learning cooking from my master these past few years and have made some progress!" When speaking of himself, Sun Wukong suddenly recalled Chen Nuo's words about not being too arrogant, touched his head, and hehe-laughed.

The Six-Eared Macaque first sized him up from head to toe, secretly marveling—this outfit truly was that of a cook, and upon seeing the kitchen knife in his hand, he believed it even more.

I never expected that after all the effort the Buddhist Sect put into searching, they wouldn't realize this monkey was right here on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

The two of us have practically been neighbors for over ten years.

Ignoring the smooth path to heaven ahead, he insists on running off to learn cooking—truly ridiculous!

Isn't this clearly just handing him the opportunity on a silver platter?

The Six-Eared Macaque now had no reservations, corners of his mouth lifting as he said: "Since you asked about seeking immortals, why have you become a cook? You're clearly lying—you're the fake one!"

As soon as he spoke, all the monkeys began following his line of thought, nodding repeatedly, finding it reasonable, and their gaze toward Sun Wukong also carried suspicion.

"I, Old Grandson, also have cultivation!" Sun Wukong retorted.

The Six-Eared Macaque stepped onto the treasure seat, pressing forward: "Then do you have the guts to spar with me?"

Just now, Sun Wukong's display that subdued the monkeys was something he could naturally perceive to some extent, but the Six-Eared Macaque paid it no mind.

The monkeys are merely those who have just begun to develop spiritual awareness, or even those without it—achieving this is nothing remarkable.

Perhaps this monkey obtained some heretical trick from somewhere, utterly unable to withstand scrutiny.

He, who was guided by the Holy Person's Good Corpse, is nonetheless brimming with confidence.

"Then let's compare!" Sun Wukong showed no fear at all.

Surrounded by the monkeys, the two walked out of the Water Curtain Cave and arrived at a large open space.

"I see you're bare-handed, so I won't take advantage of you, nor will I use a weapon." Sun Wukong said, then hung the kitchen knife Chen Nuo gave him—used for ten years—back at his waist.

The Six-Eared Macaque gave a cold smile: "If you say your weapon is just this broken kitchen knife, I think you'd better use it."

Sun Wukong's face turned cold—he actually insulted his cooking utensils!

He stopped his movement, and the hand gripping the knife handle exerted even more force.

"You, attack whenever you're ready!" The Six-Eared Macaque provoked with a waving hand, his eyes full of lofty confidence.

Swish!

As the words fell, in the Six-Eared Macaque's eyes, Sun Wukong vanished from his original spot, and almost simultaneously, a sharp tearing-through-air sound rang in his ears.

The Six-Eared Macaque's face suddenly changed color; in an instant, he transformed into a fly-like insect, thus dodging this strike.

"How can you have such speed!" After putting nearly ten meters between himself and Sun Wukong, the Six-Eared Macaque only then dispelled his technique.

Face full of shock, this is simply too fast—if not for his quick thinking in desperation, this blow might have directly sent his soul to the Western Heaven.

"I gained this from drinking soup!" Sun Wukong wore a calm expression, as if that strike hadn't been his doing at all.

"Drinking soup? You're joking with me!"

The Six-Eared Macaque seethed inwardly, yet Sun Wukong had indeed not lied.

This is a new dish he comprehended during these ten years with Chen Nuo, a divine ability realized from the Dragon-Flying Scald, named Adaptable One Thought—with a single thought, one can flee ten thousand li!

"You call this learning to cook?!" The Six-Eared Macaque shouted, half-dead with rage—when did cooks become this awesome!

"Cut the nonsense—are you fighting or not?" Sun Wukong fiddled with his ears, a bit impatient.

"Fight!" The Six-Eared Macaque gritted his teeth, striking first.

He raised his fist and swung at Sun Wukong's face; Sun Wukong neither dodged nor used the knife to chop, merely lifting his left hand and immediately meeting the attack.

Bang!

Fist met fist, and the Six-Eared Macaque instantly felt a tremendous force surge from his arm—utterly unstoppable—he was sent flying backward.

He knocked down several natural fruit trees on Mount Huaguo.

How is this possible!

The Six-Eared Macaque was shocked to the core; though he wasn't skilled in strength, he was also a master of high-level attacks!

Earlier, that punch of his was wrapped in magical power—how could he possibly lose? He is, after all, a Taibai Golden Immortal at the initial stage!

But how would the Six-Eared Macaque know how much Sun Wukong has grown in Chen Nuo's shop over these years? In ten years, his cultivation went from nothing to something, directly reaching the mid-stage of Taibai Golden Immortal!

Moreover, from Chen Nuo's dishes he has comprehended multiple divine abilities, plus the nine-thousand-year-old peach—such immense energy is easy to imagine!

If Chen Nuo hadn't deliberately suppressed Sun Wukong's cultivation, allowing this energy to solidify his cultivation and temper his physical strength,

the current monkey would likely have already attained enlightenment as a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Furthermore, Sun Wukong also cultivates the same Great Brand Heavenly Immortal Scripture; facing the Six-Eared Macaque, there is only one outcome—he will be crushed!

Ten years as a Taibai Golden Immortal is indeed astonishing, but Sun Wukong is born of the Five-Colored Supplementing Heaven Stone, resides in Heaven-Mending Merit, and has absorbed unknown amounts of sun and moon essence over the years—he can absolutely achieve this.

After all, many innate prodigies are born as Great Luo Golden Immortals.

The Heavenly Court.

"Report to the Jade Emperor—bad news, that monkey has started fighting!" Thousand-Mile Eye rushed in anxiously, his face bearing a hint of urgency.

Haotian lowered his head to read the memorials of the celestial officials, not lifting his eyelids once: "Let them fight—what's there to report?"

That monkey isn't just fighting now—he'll come up here to fight again in the future!

"No, it's that monkey fighting himself!"

Haotian was instantly dazed—what is this situation?

Seeing Haotian's dazed expression, Thousand-Mile Eye quickly organized his thoughts in his mind and said again: "Report to the Jade Emperor, two stone monkeys have appeared on Mount Huaguo, and they've already started fighting!"

Two stone monkeys? How is this possible? Haotian and the immortals remain dazed.

Nüwa the Holy Person clearly left behind only one Supplementing Heaven Stone—could it be twins?

Haotian raised his hand, immediately summoning the Haotian Mirror; the immortals focused their gaze, unable to help but exclaim in shock.

"Indeed, there really are two! Just dressed differently, but the gap in strength is huge."

"The monkey wielding the kitchen knife keeps chasing and chopping the one in the Daoist robe—the one being chopped can only flee in disarray."

"You... seek death!" The Six-Eared Macaque, retreating step by step, finally couldn't bear it—his eyes bloodshot, he leapt onto an open space and roared: "Heaven and Earth Dharma Form!"

Six Ears' body rose with these words, climbing section by section, swelling in the wind, and in the blink of an eye became as large as a mountain.

His face was ferocious, like a giant beast, and his massive body gave Six Ears full foundation.

Waving his fists, Six Ears laughed loudly: "Just now I let you be arrogant—now watch my true ability!"

Divine Body Technique is an extremely powerful combat divine communication; as the body enlarges, combat power increases multiple times—this is Six Ears' box-bottom secret skill.

"Originally you were like a loach, and Old Grandson still worried I couldn't knock you down—now it's fine, you're practically asking for a beating, aren't you?"

Sun Wukong gave a hehe smile, utterly unafraid.

Six Ears gave a cold hum, his voice like thunder, and swung his fist to smash down on the ant-like Sun Wukong.

Boom—

With this punch, half of Mount Huaguo trembled, some Flower Fruit Mountain Monkeys were shaken straight off the trees, gritting their teeth in pain.

Cracks spread from where Six Ears' fist struck.

"I'll pinch you to death, just like pinching an ant!" Six Ears laughed.