Hao Yun was the first to jump into the cave from the entrance.
After jumping, Hao Yun realized that the height was a bit exaggerated. From above, it only looked a few meters, but after jumping, Hao Yun found that it was more than ten meters high.
After landing and rolling, Hao Yun crashed into the rock wall.
"Humans! Humans!"
A strange-looking thing rushed out and jumped around Hao Yun.
"Hey, hey! Wait, wait a minute, don't touch me like that!"
Pushing aside the approaching Sun Wukong, Hao Yun used the light from above to examine him up and down.
This person looked rather strange, somewhat like an underdeveloped gorilla. He wore tattered, dirty clothes, as if he hadn't bathed in years, and had a strange odor.
"Wait a minute."
"Come down, don't jump directly, climb down along the rock face."
As soon as Hao Yun finished shouting, Miss Duan jumped down, stepped on the cave wall, and landed gracefully on the ground.
As for Chen Xuanzang, he was crawling down the rock face, bit by bit.
Sun Wukong, who had never seen a human before, was a little dumbfounded. What was going on today? Usually, no one came, but when they did, they came in groups.
"You are Sun Wukong?"
After Miss Duan came down, she looked at the strangely shaped Sun Wukong and thought to herself, "This is the Sun Wukong who made havoc in the Heavenly Palace. It doesn't look like him at all!"
After a brief exchange, Chen Xuanzang and Miss Duan reluctantly came to believe that this person was indeed Sun Wukong.
At this point, the system will display options.
Option 1: Help Sun Wukong escape his predicament (Reward: Eight-Nine Arcane Skill)
Option 2: Stop Sun Wukong from escaping the seal (Reward: Great Sealing Technique)
[Special Option: Have a heart-to-heart talk with Sun Wukong. The longer you talk, the higher the reward (Reward: Unknown)]
Without a second thought, Hao Yun chose the special option. Option one and option two were not in Hao Yun's best interest. If he helped Sun Wukong escape, he would probably kill him as soon as he got out.
As for option two, Hao Yun didn't think he could stop him. Sun Wukong would definitely break free, and he couldn't stay here 24 hours a day to watch him. The Buddhists were watching him, and if he wasn't by Chen Xuanzang's side, he might be killed.
"Hello Mr. Sun, my surname is Chen and my given name is Xuanzang."
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong was so excited that he scratched his head and cheeks. Buddha had once said that five hundred years later, a pilgrim would come here to release him. The pilgrim was named Chen Xuanzang.
After waiting for five hundred years, he can finally leave. As for going to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures, Sun Wukong said he had never thought about it. Once he gets out, he will definitely cause a great uproar!
Chapter 26 Sun Wukong's Scheme
Miss Duan, who had never quite believed that the person in front of her was Sun Wukong, whispered to Chen Xuanzang.
"Husband, have we found the wrong person?"
Chen Xuanzang also felt that they had come to the wrong place. Who was Sun Wukong? He was the one who had caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace. He couldn't possibly be like this.
"Are you really Sun Wukong?"
"Yes, yes, I am Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the one who caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace. Back then, I was young and ignorant, and I had a small grudge against Buddha. Buddha used the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra to defeat me. I realized my mistake, so I locked myself in this small place to sincerely repent."
Sun Wukong spoke sincerely, but Hao Yun, who had seen the movie, knew that Sun Wukong was just talking nonsense; he just wanted to leave this place.
“For five hundred years, I have never gone out. I have been studying the great principles of the Mahavairocana Sutra here. Look at me, I have digested and expelled all the demonic energy in my body. I no longer have the demonic appearance I once had. Now, only truth, goodness and beauty remain in my body.”
Sun Wukong went to great lengths to trick the three into letting him go.
Although Chen Xuanzang was a bit simple-minded, he was quite shrewd at this moment and did not believe Sun Wukong's words at all.
"Mr. Sun, we've come here today to discuss something with you."
Sun Wukong's eyes darted around, and a smile appeared on his face.
"Please feel free to speak."
"I would like to ask you to teach me a way to subdue the pig demon."
Chen Xuanzang came here this time to find a way to get rid of the pig demon.
You mean Zhu Bajie (Pigsy)?
"Yes, that's him. He's killed countless people. I'd like to ask for a way to get rid of him."
After hearing Chen Xuanzang's words, Sun Wukong had a plan.
“There is a way. Look over there, there is a Sacred Flame Token for Exorcising Demons. I brought it down from the Heavenly Palace. It can destroy all demons and monsters.”
Chen Xuanzang looked in the direction Sun Wukong pointed and saw a token on the wall. He secretly glanced at Sun Wukong and felt that something was wrong.
“I don’t want to kill Zhu Ganglie, I just want to subdue him.”
Sun Wukong realized he was in trouble and quickly changed his words.
"That's right, didn't I tell you earlier? The main function of this Exorcism Sacred Flame Token is to subdue demons."
"No, this is too expensive."
Chen Xuanzang hurriedly refused and also stopped Miss Duan from taking the exorcism sacred fire token.
"It's not valuable, it's not valuable, I don't need it anyway."
Sun Wukong smiled kindly, grabbed Chen Xuanzang's hand, and told him to go and get it.
"This is too valuable, Mr. Sun, you should keep it for yourself."
Seeing that his deception had failed, Sun Wukong became somewhat exasperated and roared angrily.
"Just take it! I already said it was a gift for you."
"What do you want to do!"
Miss Duan shielded Chen Xuanzang behind her, glaring angrily at Sun Wukong.
Hao Yun, who was watching the commotion, stepped forward and laughed loudly.
“Great Sage, I know you want to leave here, but you're being too impatient.”
Hearing that his thoughts had been accurately predicted, Sun Wukong glanced coldly at Hao Yun.
"Let's all sit down and talk slowly, what's the rush? Don't you think so, Great Sage?"
Hao Yun took out melons, pears, peaches, and a pot of fine wine from the package and spoke slowly and deliberately.
"Okay! Let's talk about it slowly then."
Sun Wukong was no longer in a hurry. He sat down across the stone table. He had already waited five hundred years, so what was a little more time?
“Great Sage, why don’t you sit down and have some fruit and some fine wine? I’ve heard of your name before. You are the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong. Back then, you stormed the Lingxiao Palace and made the Jade Emperor tremble with fear. What a mighty figure you were! If you hadn’t been tricked by the Buddha, how could you have lost?”
This flattery pleased Sun Wukong greatly.
"Continue, continue."
Hao Yun gave Chen Xuanzang a look, reassuring him to sit down.
Hao Yun was going all out for the special option. Since the longer the heart-to-heart talk lasted, the higher the reward, he had to plan carefully. Ideally, he could talk to him for ten days or so until he returned.
"Great Sage, your reputation still resounds in the outside world. Who doesn't know the Monkey King of the Water Curtain Cave of Flower Fruit Mountain, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong? Those Buddhists are really despicable; they only know how to use underhanded tricks."
Mentioning Buddhism, Sun Wukong's face darkened. He hated the Buddha the most; if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been trapped here for five hundred years.
Five hundred years! During those five hundred years, Sun Wukong was tormented to the point of almost going insane.
"You're right, all the Buddhists are scoundrels! Especially that old Buddha!"
The two men's back-and-forth banter made Chen Xuanzang very uncomfortable. After all, he was a member of the Buddhist community, and it was a bit much for them to curse the Buddha to his face.
The conversation lasted for three hours, during which Hao Yun didn't discuss any serious matters. At first, Sun Wukong could still say a few words to him, but in the end, he simply stopped talking.
Just as Hao Yun was rambling on and on, Sun Wukong slammed his hand on the table.
"Enough! What exactly are you trying to say?"
Hao Yun chuckled and glanced at the special reward in the system.
(Conversation time: 6 hours, 42 minutes, and 18 seconds)
"Why is the Great Sage in such a hurry? We've already waited five hundred years, what's a little more time?"
Sun Wukong snorted and chuckled.
"If it were before, you would have been reduced to dust by now. Tell me, what do you want me to do before you let me out?"
"It's simple. We just need your help to catch Zhu Ganglie. If you help me, I'll definitely let you go."
Hao Yun spoke with great conviction, since he couldn't break the seal anyway, so he didn't care if he agreed.
"no!"
Chen Xuanzang hurriedly stopped him, not wanting to release an even more powerful demon just to subdue Zhu Ganglie.
Hao Yun tugged at Chen Xuanzang and gave him a look, telling him to calm down.
"Alright! It's a deal then. You lure Zhu Bajie here, and I'll take care of the rest."
Sun Wukong readily agreed, his eyes crinkling with laughter.
"But how do we lure the pig demon here?"
Hao Yun raised a question, knowing that in the movie, it was Sun Wukong who taught Chen Xuanzang the musical score, which gave him the opportunity to lure the pig demon here.
"That's easy. Although Zhu Ganglie was killed by his wife and her lover, he still deeply loved her. He liked to watch her dance under the moonlight, and he even wrote a poem for her as a token of their love. All you need to do is find a beautiful woman and sing this poem in the form of song and dance on the night of the full moon. That will naturally attract the pig demon."
Sun Wukong then gave the poem and the dance to Chen Xuanzang and Miss Duan.
Having obtained what they wanted, the three left the cave to prepare. As soon as they stepped outside, Chen Xuanzang questioned Hao Yun.
"Do you really intend to capture Zhu Bajie and then release Sun Wukong?"
Hao Yun shrugged. "Of course I was lying to him. The seal here was set up by Buddha. How could I possibly break it?"
Chen Xuanzang was taken aback. Yes, how could the seal set by Buddha be broken so easily?
"Let's go, hurry up and prepare. Whether we can subdue Zhu Ganglie depends on you."