Chapter 837: 541 chapters, on Huaguo Shan

541 chapters, on Huaguo Shan......

541 chapters, on Huaguo Shan.....

――――A red apricot branch sticking out over the wall

In the previous chapter, the Classic of Documents said that Sun Wukong was talking with the Mountain God, the Land God, and Jiedi when, only to see rosy light and flames bursting from the mountain hollow, Sun Wukong could not help but be startled, he hurriedly asked the three people standing before him: 'Where does that rosy light and fire in the mountain hollow come from?' the Land God said: 'That is the monster's treasure sword shining; please be careful, Great Sage, lest that monster comes again to seize you.'

Sun Wukong said: 'Am I someone they can easily capture? If they want to catch me, let them try. Is this monster just tired of living, or does it deserve a beating? Isn't this also too much bullying of me, Lao Sun? Look how I, Lao Sun, will deal with him. Land God, I ask you: what people around here often come and go with the monsters in Lianhuadong?'

Land God said: 'This monster relies on its demonic arts being unstoppable, and also counts on its ability to steal money, having much money; with money, it becomes arrogant. There, it still looks down on others. This monster usually also practices alchemy, and the only one it associates with is the Quanzhen Daoist of South Mountain. The two often hang out together.'

All right, no need to say more; I know everything. My master was kidnapped by that monster. You all hurry off and hide on that distant hilltop; watch how I, Lao Sun, deal with this pack of demons. Sun Wukong drove off the Mountain God, the Land God, and Jiedi; he himself took the form of an old Daoist on South Mountain, wearing a patched Daoist robe, leaning lazily against a big tree on the hillside, waiting for the two little demons who would come to capture him, holding the 'Red Gourd' and the 'Jade Pure Bottle'.

Not long after, the two little demons arrived. Sun Wukong extended the golden hoop he had prepared in his hand, sweeping it under the feet of the two laughing little monsters walking forward, and the two little monsters were instantly tripped by Sun Wukong's golden hoop staff and fell to the ground.

The two little demons got up and saw that it was the old Daoist in ragged clothes before them, whose staff had tripped them. The two little demons angrily blamed the old Daoist: 'Are you blind? Did you intentionally use your staff to trip us? You old immortal, despite your age, we'll make you suffer!'

Sun Wukong quickly put on a smiling face toward the little demon and said: 'It's all the old Daoist's fault—his eyes are blurry and his ears are deaf, he tripped you. You are a demon, I am a Daoist; demons and Daoists are originally one family, so don't quarrel.'

That little demon Daoist, relying on his power to bully others, with the master mighty and the servant also mighty, and not allowing anyone to speak reason, said: 'Your eyes are blurry and your ears are deaf, and you cannot use your staff to trip me. Are you looking for death? Do you know who we are?'

Sun Wukong said: 'I truly do not know who you are.'

The little demon said: 'We are the lackeys of the West Mountain King. We run errands, we are flatterers, we are confidants. Do you understand?'

Sun Wukong said: 'The West Mountain King is my friend. Why aren't you serving the great king, but running down to the mountainside to do what?'

What are you doing? Haven't you seen we are holding two bottles in our hands? This is the mountain-shaking treasure our great king stole from the Supreme Elder Lord in the Western Heaven. One is called the Red Gourd, the other is called the Jade Pure Bottle. The great king ordered us to take these two bottles down the mountain to capture the Sun Wukong pressed under the mountain and put him into the bottles. Now his master and his junior fellow disciple have been seized and bound by the two demon chiefs in our mountain cave, ready to be eaten. The two little demons, fearing Sun Wukong might not understand, chattered on to him.

Sun Wukong, having heard the two little demons' words, deliberately said: 'That Sun Wukong? Is he the one who followed Tang Sanzang to the Western Heaven to seek the scriptures?' The two little demons in unison said: 'Exactly, exactly. Do you know him?' Sun Wukong said: 'Yes, yes. I have long known him. Isn't he the monkey with a pointed mouth and cheeky face from Huaguo Shan who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace? I have had disagreements with him, we have formed grudges. I can still help you capture him together. Perhaps I can also lend you a hand.'

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