8mi Chapter 4: The Great Sage Admits Defeat, Foolish Sandy, Let's Attack Together!
Chapter 4: The Great Sage Admits Defeat, Foolish Sandy, Let's Attack Together!
Without saying a word, Sun Wukong put away his golden cudgel and turned to leave.
There was no golden light, no somersault cloud.
They just left like that.
Walk.
He was no longer in the mood for somersaults.
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Inside the camp.
Pigsy is eating fruit again.
Seeing Sun Wukong return, he casually asked, "How was it?"
Sun Wukong sat down by the fire.
"We'll call again tomorrow."
Pigsy had chewed half of the fruit in his mouth when he froze.
He secretly glanced at Sha Wujing.
Sha Wujing was also looking at him.
The two saw the same message in each other's eyes—
Not right.
My senior brother is acting strange today.
This isn't the behavior of the Monkey King who thought, "I, Old Sun, am the greatest under heaven."
But neither of them asked.
Having dealt with them for so long, they knew that if the monkey didn't want to talk about something, asking would be pointless and might even get them a beating.
Only Tang Sanzang raised his head.
He looked into Sun Wukong's eyes.
There was no anger or resentment in those fiery eyes.
Some are confused.
A kind of bewilderment that seeps into your very bones.
This was the first time Tang Sanzang had seen such an expression in his eldest disciple's eyes.
The unease in his heart sank even further.
That night.
Sun Wukong was not asleep.
He sat cross-legged on a tree, holding the golden cudgel, gazing at the moon.
"What the hell are you...?"
The moon did not answer him.
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Early the next morning.
Sun Wukong made a decision that surprised everyone.
"Fool, Brother Sha, come with me today."
Pigsy was gnawing on his third fruit when he almost choked.
"What?"
Sha Wujing also raised his head.
The eldest brother is calling for help?
From the time of his journey to the present, when has Sun Wukong ever proactively called for help?
When has it ever been anything but "I, Old Sun, will be right back"?
You actually called for help today?
Pigsy's eyes darted around, and the corners of his mouth slowly turned up.
"Brother Monkey...didn't you say it would only take one blow? What, one blow wasn't enough, now you want two?"
"Snapped!"
A sharp rap on the top of Pigsy's head.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Sun Wukong glared at him, then cleared his throat with a serious expression.
"I, Old Sun, fought that guy yesterday and have figured out his skills. If I go today, I can take him down in one move."
Pigsy covered his head, looking at him suspiciously: "Then why did you call us to do that?"
"I'm afraid I'll kill him with my staff." Sun Wukong said without changing his expression, "You two go and help stop him. If someone dies, it will be hard to explain on the journey to the West."
Pigsy: "..."
That's what I meant.
If anyone believes that, then that person must be—
"Alright, Brother Monkey!" Pigsy patted his chest. "With me here, that guy won't die!"
--pig.
Sha Wujing didn't speak, but silently picked up his staff.
He didn't believe what Sun Wukong said.
But since the eldest brother has spoken, we'll go.
Tang Sanzang clasped his hands together and said, "Wukong, remember, you must not harm anyone."
"Don't worry, Master."
Sun Wukong led his two junior brothers and flew towards the valley.
valley.
Lu Chen upgraded his equipment today—
A pot.
The iron pot, which I borrowed from the traveling merchant, was placed on the campfire, and inside it was simmering a soup of unknown wild vegetables, which was bubbling away.
He sat on a rock, using a twig as chopsticks, stirring the soup.
Three figures descended from the sky.
Sun Wukong is in the center, with his golden cudgel across his shoulder.
Pigsy is on the left, holding his nine-toothed rake high.
Sha Wujing is on the right, holding his demon-subduing staff.
It was quite a grand affair.
Lu Chen looked up and smiled.
"Wow, there are so many people today. Great Sage, did you call for reinforcements?"
"Enough with the nonsense," Sun Wukong said coldly. "Today, all three of you will come at me at once."
"Three?" Lu Chen looked at Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing with a hint of pity in his eyes. "Great Sage, are you sure? If these two come up, the outcome will be very different from before."
Pigsy was displeased: "What do you mean?! Who do you think you are! I, Pigsy, am a former Marshal Tianpeng, I'll eat two of your rakes—"
"Marshal Tianpeng?"
Lu Chen put down the branch and looked at Zhu Bajie with great interest.
"That's the one who commands 80,000 naval troops in the Heavenly River and leads 360,000 heavenly soldiers. He's one of the most powerful generals in the Heavenly Court."
Pigsy subconsciously puffed out his chest.
That's quite an eye for talent, even if it's unorthodox.
"What a pity—" Lu Chen changed the subject, his smile becoming playful, "The dignified Marshal Tianpeng was banished to the mortal realm and reincarnated as a pig just because he got drunk and flirted with Chang'e. 360,000 heavenly soldiers were gone just like that."
Pigsy's smile froze.
"You mean that once-majestic General Tianpeng is now following a monk around every day, carrying a rake and begging for alms..."
Lu Chen clicked his tongue and shook his head.
"The drop in status is greater than falling from the sky into a latrine."
"You fucking—!"
Pigsy flew into a rage and slammed his rake down!
Lu Chen turned his head slightly, his smile undiminished.
"Getting impatient? Marshal, don't be impatient. Am I wrong? Think back to when you were flirting with Chang'e, did you ever think about this day?"
"I'll kill you!!"
Sun Wukong grabbed Zhu Bajie and said, "Calm down, you idiot!"
Lu Chen completely ignored Zhu Bajie and turned his gaze to Sha Wujing.
Sha Wujing tensed up.
"You must be the Curtain-Rolling General," Lu Chen said with a smile.
Sha Wujing's pupils contracted slightly.
"You're more wronged than Marshal Tianpeng," Lu Chen said. "At least he made a mistake by flirting with Chang'e. What about you? You just broke a cup."
Sha Wujing gripped his staff tightly.
"A glass cup." Lu Chen held up one finger. "Just a cup. Banished to the mortal realm, thrown into the Flowing Sand River, to suffer the torment of flying swords piercing your heart every day."
He looked into Sha Wujing's eyes.
"General Rolling Curtain, have you ever calculated how much a glass cup is worth? Do you think a cup is worth suffering for hundreds of years?"
Sha Wujing's hands were trembling.
"You…" his voice was hoarse, "How do you know all this?"
Lu Chen smiled kindly.
He spread his hands, looked at Sun Wukong, then at Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, a mischievous glint in his eyes.
"The three of you, I know everything about you. The Great Sage was tricked into becoming the Keeper of the Heavenly Horses, the Marshal made a mistake while drinking and was reincarnated as a pig, and the General suffered for hundreds of years after breaking a cup. Oh, and by the way, the Great Sage was later imprisoned under the Five Fingers Mountain for five hundred years, eating iron balls and drinking molten copper for five hundred years, right?"
The expressions on the faces of the three people changed simultaneously.
An eerie silence filled the air.
Sun Wukong was the first to recover, his face turning ashen. "Enough with the nonsense. There's only one thing today—fight."
"If you can't kill him, then beat him to death!"
Lu Chen stood up and picked up the broken wooden stick.
"Let's all three of you come together."
Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, and Sha Wujing attacked at the same time.
The golden cudgel cleaved down from the front!
The nine-toothed rake swept horizontally from the left!
The Demon-Slaying Staff stabs from the right side!
Three divine weapons, from three angles, simultaneously attacked Lu Chen!
The wooden stick in Lu Chen's hand—
"Smack."
It split into three strands.
One rod blocked the golden cudgel.
One rod held up the nine-toothed rake.
A staff that had been used to subdue the demon was blocked.
Simultaneously.
Precise.
Each one is just the right amount.
Pigsy's eyes widened.
He pressed down on the rake with all his might, but it didn't budge.
The force emanating from that wooden stick was exactly the same as his.
Not a penny more, not a penny less.
Sha Wujing felt the same way.
That feeling was so weird. It was like you were fighting with a mirror. The harder you put in, the harder the mirror hits back.
It moves quickly if you move fast, and slowly if you move slow.
You can never catch up with them, and you can never shake them off.
"What the hell is this monster?!" Pigsy was the first to break down, howling as he swung his rake around and smashed it down.
The power is doubled.
The force transmitted from the wooden stick opposite also doubled.
"impossible!!"
Sha Wujing unleashed the full power of his demon-subduing staff, which shone with golden light!
The same golden light also shone on the wooden stick opposite.
flat.
Three people attack together, from three directions simultaneously. The score is still tied.
Lu Chen was fighting three people alone, and he managed to draw every time.
The battle lasted for a full half day.
Fighting from sunrise to sunset.
Finally, all three were knocked back by the shockwave.
Sun Wukong was struck in the chest by a staff, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
Pigsy was tapped on the left shoulder, and his entire arm went numb.
Sha Wujing was hit on the calf and started limping.
And Lu Chen—
He had a red mark on his chest, blood at the corner of his mouth, a slightly drooping left shoulder, and a limp when he walked.
The exact same injury.
Even their positions are the same.
Pigsy was horrified when he saw that Lu Chen had the exact same injuries as him.
"A monster! It's definitely a monster!"
Lu Chen patted the dirt off his clothes and waved to the three of them with a smile.
"The three of you, shall we continue tomorrow?"
No one answered him.
The three beams of light disappeared into the distance.