Having not drunk for five hundred years, Sun Wukong took the wine jug, tilted his head back and drank from it, not until the jug was empty did he breathe a sigh of relief.
"Old man, is there anything else?"
"Yes, plenty."
Lin Han took out another pot of wine and handed it to Sun Wukong.
This time he didn't finish the drink, but drank half of it and sat next to Lin Han.
"Old man, what should we do now?"
"What should I do? Do you want to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures?" Lin Han asked back.
"I don't want to think about it. What does the journey to obtain the scriptures have to do with me? That monk is nagging and doesn't know what's good for him. I have saved his life twice and repaid his kindness. We are even now, even!" said Sun Wukong.
"But you still have to go back." Lin Han said.
"Why?" Sun Wukong asked puzzledly.
"He didn't chase you away, but you left on your own. You've broken your promise to Guanyin, and you still have karma. If you leave now, the Buddhist sect will see they can't subdue you, and will break their promise, so they'll definitely suppress you again. Where can you escape to? If you go back to Huaguo Mountain, you'll bring disaster upon Huaguo Mountain as well."
"This..." Sun Wukong paused.
"Five hundred years ago, you scratched the Book of Life and Death and stole the immortal elixir and peaches. That is a capital crime that can never be forgiven. If they don't subdue you, they won't let you go free." Lin Han said.
"Then old man, what should I do?" Sun Wukong asked hesitantly.
"You have to endure it. Your cultivation has not yet fully recovered. Once it is fully recovered, or even further, you will not be afraid of the Tathagata. Even if you leave, the Buddhist sect will be helpless against you."
Seeing Sun Wukong thinking, Lin Han didn't continue talking and continued fishing quietly.
"Old man, is there any way to quickly restore my cultivation? I don't want to take this sutra for the next day. I don't trust that guy Tathagata." Sun Wukong suddenly said.
"for you."
Lin Han took out another peach and handed it to Sun Wukong.
"Hey, thank you, old man, thank you!" Sun Wukong hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
Drinking fine wine and eating peaches reminded him of the free and easy time five hundred years ago.
You can’t get anything from the journey to the West.
"Are you here to reminisce about the past with the old Dragon King?" Lin Han asked.
"Exactly," Sun Wukong said with a smile. "I haven't seen the Dragon King for five hundred years, and I've missed him terribly. I was just about to return to Flower-Fruit Mountain and passed by here, so I decided to ask for a drink from the Dragon Palace. I didn't expect to run into you, old man. How did you know I was coming to the East China Sea?"
"I have the ability to predict the future, so I naturally know. I also know that if you go to see the old Dragon King, he will definitely persuade you to return to the monk. Do you believe it?"
"Believe it, of course I believe it. Drink, drink!" Sun Wukong picked up the wine pot again.
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