Chapter 890: 670 chapters, Monkey Head, stop daydreaming

670 chapters, Monkey Head, stop daydreaming...

67o chapters, Monkey Head, stop daydreaming...

In the previous chapter, it was said that Sun Wukong introduced the splendid features of Huaguo Shan's Water Curtain Cave to the demon, hoping to attract the demon to Huaguo Shan to sightsee the Water Curtain Cave, using the 'lure the tiger away from the mountain' ploy to 'move' the demon away; thus, Sun Wukong could safely rescue his master.

Sun Wukong had no idea; who would have thought, that demon was also very clever. The demon had already seen through Sun Wukong's scheme. The demon laughed and said to Sun Wukong: 'Monkey head, are you treating me like a monkey to play with? Am I just bored? I tell you, I have crossed more bridges than you have walked roads; I have eaten more salt than you have eaten rice. Don't try to bore me with your petty tricks.'

Sun Wukong also laughed and said: 'This is truly "monkey sees monkey, no jump." I've been talking for ages, still just talking nonsense. Monster. Let's have a rematch. If I lose to you, I'll think of another way to save my master; if you lose to me, then please release my master. How about that?'

The monster readily agreed: 'You just want to fight, don't you? My hands have been itching for a fight; fighting? Fighting, to me, is as enjoyable as taking a wife.'

Sun Wukong laughed: 'All monsters love to cause trouble. That's a common trait of ruffians. Looks like the monster of Pingdingshan is no exception. Then let's begin! Let you "marry another wife".'

The demon said: 'Sun Wukong, since you've boasted to this extent, let's have a rematch!'

The monster said: 'I don't need fists; even if I used fists, Huaguo Shan's monkey fist is number one under heaven, I could never beat you; nor a staff—I couldn't either. Your golden hoop staff, I couldn't withstand a single blow. I want to defeat you with a treasure. How about that?'

Sun Wukong laughed: 'Monster, as long as you defeat me, you may use whatever treasure you like.'

The demon said: 'Monkey head, you don't need to boast; I'll call you three times "Sun Wukong", if you answer once, dare you answer me once?'

Sun Wukong Sun Wukong said: 'Monster, how shall we compete? With fists or staff? The seventy-two weapons, take your pick.'

Having heard Sun Wukong's words, the monster thought: 'Huaguo Shan's monkey fist once won an Olympic gold medal and took the championship; I cannot compare with this monkey head. Even a few moves from our Pingdingshan would surely fail against him; the staff wouldn't work either. Everyone knows that the golden hoop staff Sun Wukong wields is the sea‑stabilizing treasure kept in the East Sea Dragon Palace? It was a divine iron that measured the depth of rivers and seas when Dayu tamed the floods. After Dayu brought the waters under control, that measuring rod became useless. Later, Dayu's descendants treated it as junk and sold it to the East Sea Dragon King, who loved collecting curiosities. When Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace to borrow a treasure, none of the weapons in the palace—swords, spears, halberds, axes, lances, sickles, targets, tubes, bows, arrows, crossbows, forks, lances, shields—were suitable for him; they felt awkward. The Dragon King offered steel, but Sun Wukong found it too small; he also rejected the painted halberd as too small. Finally, the Dragon King, vexed by Sun Wukong's mischief, produced the divine iron he had once bought from Dayu's descendants—the heavenly river's bed‑settling sacred metal—and gave it to Sun Wukong. This piece of divine iron weighed 13,500 jin. Though so heavy, in Sun Wukong's hands it can grow large or shrink small: large enough to reach from Earth to the Moon, small enough to be hidden within a strand of hair. This divine iron is called the golden hoop wish‑fulfilling staff. The staff is fearsome: a touch kills, a graze destroys, a brush breaks the skin, a rub injures the tendons—truly an invincible weapon under heaven.'

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Seeing the monster frightened by him, Sun Wukong said: 'Demon, you don't dare to compete with Old Sun, do you? We haven't even clashed yet, and you're already stunned. Then hurry up and release my master; that way we won't harm our harmony. We'll go to heaven to fetch our scriptures, and you can be the king of your great mountain. How about that?'

The monster laughed: 'Monkey head, stop daydreaming? Do you think I'm afraid of you? You have your golden hoop staff, I have my Red Gourd..........'