Chapter 465: Gathering at Emei Mountain

If Chenxiang had chosen Dingxiang just now, Duan Fengyun would not have said anything on the surface.

But deep down, he would have completely given up on Chenxiang, and Duan Fengyun would have abandoned the idea of apprenticing under Sun Wukong together with him.

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Fortunately, Chenxiang did not let momentary romantic feelings get in the way and cast Duan Fengyun aside.

After confirming the candidates and briefly saying goodbye to Dingxiang, Chenxiang and Duan Fengyun set off for Emei Mountain under the guidance of Zhu Bajie.

At this moment, inside the True Monarch Hall, Erlang Shen Yang Jian, watching Chenxiang and Duan Fengyun follow Zhu Bajie toward Emei Mountain, also wore a smile.

Chenxiang was finally going to find Sun Wukong; once Chenxiang returned from learning arts from Sun Wukong, all of his plans could truly begin.

However, before that, he had to make a trip to see Sun Wukong.

Without his behind-the-scenes push, it would be nothing but a pipe dream for Chenxiang and the others to learn magic from Sun Wukong.

"Xiaotianquan, Meishan Brothers, follow me to Emei Mountain to capture Chenxiang."

Yang Jian withdrew his previous kind expression and spoke in a tone as cold as frost.

This was Yang Jian, an Erlang True Monarch who hid everything in his heart.

At this time, Duan Fengyun and Chenxiang, led by Zhu Bajie, had also successfully arrived before Sun Wukong's Cave Abode.

Zhu Bajie stood before Sun Wukong's Cave Abode and shouted:

"Senior Brother, I have arrived. Why don't you come out to see me?

We two brothers haven't seen each other for several hundred years; don't you miss me?"

A loud shout came from inside the Cave Abode:

"Hey, you fool, you haven't come to see me for several hundred years, I thought you had forgotten me.

Who are the two people beside you?

You know my habits; I don't like seeing outsiders, and I don't want to be disturbed in my quiet cultivation. You should go back quickly."

Sun Wukong's response was within the expectations of both Duan Fengyun and Zhu Bajie.

If Sun Wukong were so easy to get along with, the path to his place would likely have been trodden flat over these past few hundred years.

Zhu Bajie continued:

"Senior Brother, the people I brought this time are not ordinary people.

Do you remember Sanshengmu, who helped us out on our journey to the Western Heaven to retrieve the scriptures back then?

The Chenxiang beside me is the son of Sanshengmu, and he has come this time to apprentice under you."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong said:

"Oh, he is the son of Sanshengmu, which means he is the nephew of Erlang Shen Yang Jian.

Why does he want to find me instead of going to his uncle to apprentice?

Does he not want to learn Erlang Shen's magic and want to learn mine instead?"

Ever since he was conferred the title of Douzhanshengfo, Sun Wukong had been in Seclusion on Emei Mountain, never concerning himself with affairs of the outside world.

Therefore, Sun Wukong did not know that Yang Jian had placed righteousness above family and suppressed Sanshengmu under Huashan.

Seeing that Sun Wukong was unaware, Chenxiang spoke up:

"Douzhanshengfo, I hear from your tone that you are acquainted with my mother.

I am indeed the nephew of Erlang Shen Yang Jian, but ever since he suppressed my mother under Huashan, he is no longer my uncle.

I have come to apprentice this time specifically to defeat my uncle and rescue my mother."

Sun Wukong laughed heartily upon hearing this:

"Hahahaha, I never expected that the Jade Emperor would suppress Yang Jian and Sanshengmu's mother, Yaoji, under Mount Tao back then.

Now Erlang Shen Yang Jian is imitating the Jade Emperor, suppressing his own sister under Huashan.

Truly, they are cut from the same cloth."

Facing Sun Wukong's mockery, Chenxiang did not refute him.

He had long heard about the matter of his grandmother, Yaoji.

The experiences of his uncle Yang Jian and his mother Yang Chan back then were similar to his own.

Their father was cruelly murdered by heavenly soldiers and generals, and their mother was suppressed under Mount Tao by her brother, the Jade Emperor.

In the end, after Erlang Shen Yang Jian practiced magic bitterly and split Mount Tao to rescue Yaoji, the Jade Emperor released the ten Golden Crows, who scorched Yaoji to death alive.

Finally, Yang Jian killed nine of the Golden Crows in a rage; if Chang'e had not sacrificed her life to protect the last Golden Crow, the Three Realms would have been left without light.

Sometimes Chenxiang did not understand why Yang Jian, having experienced the pain of his own mother being suppressed, would want to suppress his own sister under Huashan.

Chenxiang said:

"Douzhanshengfo, you are right; my mother did indeed suffer the same fate as my grandmother.

But I will not let my grandmother's outcome repeat itself with my mother.

I beg the Douzhanshengfo to teach me magic so that I can defeat Erlang Shen and rescue my mother."

Sun Wukong's laughter came from inside the cave.

"Hahahaha, why should I help you deal with Erlang Shen Yang Jian?

Ever since I was conferred the title of Douzhanshengfo by Rulai Fozu, I have stopped concerning myself with the affairs of the Three Realms.

This is a matter between you and Yang Jian; you must resolve it yourselves.

I will not intervene, so you should leave quickly."

Seeing the cold-hearted Sun Wukong, Duan Fengyun had long been prepared.

Duan Fengyun said:

"Douzhanshengfo, you speak so sanctimoniously, but I think you are just afraid of Yang Jian.

Legend has it that when you wreaked havoc in Heaven back then, no one could deal with you, and in the end, it was Yang Jian who stepped in to subdue you."

"I think you must be afraid of Erlang Shen, and therefore dare not move against him."

Hearing Duan Fengyun's mockery, Sun Wukong inside the Cave Abode was instantly enraged.

Although a practitioner of Buddhism should be neither arrogant nor impetuous, these words from Duan Fengyun struck directly at Sun Wukong's sore spot.

Suddenly, a lightning-fast figure rushed out from the Cave Abode; Duan Fengyun knew and had already anticipated how Sun Wukong would attack him.

However, Duan Fengyun did not dare to expose his strength now, so he chose to hide his cultivation and pretended not to have noticed Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong arrived in front of Duan Fengyun with extreme speed, looked him up and down, and said:

"Who are you, you stinking brat?

Where did you hear the words you just said?

It is true that I, Old Sun, was defeated by Erlang Shen several hundred years ago, but that was only because Taishang Laojun used the Diamond Hoop to knock me unconscious, which gave Erlang Shen the opportunity.

Otherwise, how could Erlang Shen have possibly had the chance to defeat me, Old Sun?

If you don't know what you're talking about, brat, then don't spout nonsense, or don't blame me, Old Sun, for being impolite to you."

Being face-to-face with Sun Wukong allowed Duan Fengyun to understand Sun Wukong's strength: mid-stage Divine General.

He is indeed the divine stone left behind by Nuwa when she mended the heavens; in just a few hundred years, Sun Wukong has actually reached this realm.

Seeing Duan Fengyun being put on the spot, Zhu Bajie immediately stood out to protect his disciple and said:

"I say, Monkey, is there a problem with what my disciple said?

By the way, I haven't introduced him to you yet; like Chenxiang, he is also my disciple, and he has also come to seek your guidance and learn your arts.

Is there a problem with what he just said?

Didn't you lose to Erlang Shen several hundred years ago?

A loss is a loss; where do all these excuses come from?

Now that Guyue and Chenxiang have come to seek you as their master, it is to give you a chance to regain your honor and defeat Erlang Shen. Once they defeat Erlang Shen, the fact that you are their master will naturally spread throughout the Three Realms; won't that prove that you, Sun Wukong, are stronger than that Erlang Shen?

I don't believe you have swallowed this resentment for so many years and just let it go."

Others might not understand Sun Wukong, but how could Zhu Bajie, as Sun Wukong's junior fellow apprentice, not understand him?

Of course, Sun Wukong could not swallow this resentment in his heart, but he has now entered the Buddhist fold, and he truly does not want to get involved in these disputes anymore.

Just as Sun Wukong was at a loss for what to do, Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, arrived at Emei Mountain with Xiaotianquan and the Meishan Six Brothers.

Erlang Shen looked at Sun Wukong and said:

"Monkey Sun, mind your own business regarding the matter between me and Chenxiang, otherwise I will definitely report you to Rulai Fozu and make you suffer the consequences."

As the saying goes, a dog relies on its master's power; seeing Erlang Shen by his side, Xiaotianquan could not help but straighten his back.

Xiaotianquan said:

"Keeper of the Horses, if you dare to teach Chenxiang magic, I absolutely guarantee that you will die a very, very miserable death."

Upon hearing Xiaotianquan's words, Sun Wukong looked at Xiaotianquan with a smile on his face.

Bimawen.

For hundreds of years, apart from that death-defying, stupid pig Zhu Bajie, no one has dared to call him by that name.

Because Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong have a good relationship, Sun Wukong couldn't be bothered to care how Zhu Bajie addressed him.

But today, when Xiaotianquan actually dared to call out this nickname that Sun Wukong detested so much, Sun Wukong was instantly enraged.

Sun Wukong did not speak; a fast figure was seen arriving in front of Xiaotianquan.

It was the furious Sun Wukong; Sun Wukong grabbed Xiaotianquan's nose and said:

"Keeper of the Horses, is it?

If it weren't for this pair of noses of yours back then, I, Old Sun, would not have suffered so much.

I had always wanted to take revenge on you, but I never had the chance; since you have delivered yourself to my doorstep today, I must take good care of you."

During the great battle between Sun Wukong and Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, back then, Sun Wukong suffered greatly under Xiaotianquan's move, "Heaven and Earth Boundless, Ten Thousand Mile Tracking."

Sun Wukong had always wanted to take this revenge, but had no opportunity to do so; today, he finally found the chance to settle the score.

Sun Wukong pinched Xiaotianquan's nose and said:

"Don't you always boast about your 'Heaven and Earth Boundless, Ten Thousand Mile Tracking'?

Don't you rely on your good nose?

Today I will cripple this pair of dog noses of yours, and let's see if you can still be arrogant in the future."

Sun Wukong pulled hard on Xiaotianquan's nose and then flicked it forcefully; a large red bump instantly appeared on Xiaotianquan's nose.

Xiaotianquan touched his nose, but he could not feel its existence.

Xiaotianquan used his magic power and shouted:

"Heaven and Earth Boundless, Ten Thousand Mile Tracking!"

Xiaotianquan tried hard to sniff around with his nose, but he could not smell a single scent.

Refusing to believe it, Xiaotianquan used his ultimate move again.

"Heaven and Earth Boundless, Ten Thousand Mile Tracking."

But the result remained the same; he could not smell a trace of anything at all.

Xiaotianquan now believed that he had completely lost his sense of smell and was no longer the dog with the most sensitive nose in the Three Realms.

From now on, he would be of no use to Erlang Shen.

Thinking of this, Xiaotianquan immediately walked to the side of Erlang Shen, Yang Jian, to seek comfort.

"Master, he destroyed my nose; I can no longer smell anything.

Master, you must take revenge for me and deal with this damn monkey properly."