Tang Dynasty.

On the bank of an unnamed lake.

Jiang Liuer woke up from his coma.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the familiar figure had stood up and was staggering away into the distance.

He didn't care about his dizzy head, he got up and crawled to chase after him.

"Great Sage, let's go and save the silly girl!" he shouted hurriedly.

He finally rescued the silly little girl from the mountain monster. He had been hiding for so long, but unexpectedly, she was kidnapped by the monster king who showed up in person last night.

When he thought of this, Jiang Liuer's mood became heavy.

However, the Monkey King Sun Wukong, whom he had regarded as his idol since childhood and who had pestered the little girl for a long time and promised to send her back to Chang'an, ruthlessly rejected him.

"I can't help it!"

"Great Sage, Great Sage!" Jiang Liuer quickly grabbed his arm.

If even the Monkey King couldn't save that silly girl, then no one could save her? Sun Wukong was in a bad mood at this time.

He threw Jiang Liu'er away and said angrily: "I've already said it, I can't do anything about it!"

Seeing Jiang Liu'er fall to the ground helplessly, his face was full of pain, and the anger in his tone turned into deep helplessness: "I can't control that child!"

I have lost all my magical powers and have become a useless monkey! Yesterday, I was beaten up by the demon king and my head was even stepped on by him!

This kind of humiliation was a million times more painful to him than being suppressed by Tathagata Buddha under the Five Finger Mountain! He was the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, with great power in the three realms, how could he have been treated like this by a small monster?

At this time, he was discouraged, angry and helpless.

Seeing this, Zhu Bajie came forward and tried to comfort the monkey, but was scolded by the angry monkey and grabbed by the collar.

"You are a stupid pig!"

If Jiang Liu'er hadn't been right beside him, the angry Sun Wukong would have wanted to beat up this stupid pig demon to vent his anger.

He finally let go of the other person dejectedly.

Jiang Liuer looked helplessly at the Monkey King in front of him.

After praying again without receiving any response, he was filled with disappointment, cried out "I'll go save him", turned around and ran away.

"Little Master, Little Master!"

Zhu Bajie looked at his figure, shouted a few words anxiously, then turned to look at Sun Wukong helplessly: "Monkey, the little master ran away!"

"Monkey!" he cried.

Seeing Sun Wukong standing there without moving for a long time, Zhu Bajie became anxious and angry, and stamped his feet helplessly.

Sun Wukong stared blankly at the huge rock in front of him, thinking about the scenes after his encounter with Jiang Liuer.

After being sealed under the Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years, he was in a daze, and it was this little guy who woke him up from the seal.

Regardless of the danger, he risked his own life to remove the talisman from the back of the mountain god who was guarding him, thus regaining his freedom.

Only this shackle is left! Sun Wukong raised his wrist and looked at the shackle on his wrist.

It was this thing that limited his magical power, making him powerless against the little demon king, and he had to watch helplessly as the other party snatched the little girl away!

"ah!"

Sun Wukong yelled angrily and slammed his wrist hard on a rock nearby.

Again and again! The rocks shattered, and a piece of rubble even splashed onto Zhu Bajie's head, knocking him to the ground with his head in his hands.

The shackles didn't even show any signs of being damaged! Sun Wukong roared and used all his magic power.

His whole body was shining with golden light, and a strong wind suddenly arose. The fluctuations of magic power caused the surrounding stones to fly up, and even Zhu Bajie couldn't control himself and was suspended in the air.

As he used more and more mana, the pain in his body became more and more intense, as if every inch of his skin was being torn apart! After a moment, Sun Wukong could no longer hold on, and as his body suddenly relaxed, everything fell to the ground.

He fell to the ground weakly, and his body fell into the lake with a thud.

Just like a corpse! He was filled with confusion.

Why can't I do it?

After five hundred years, have I really become a nobody, to the point where even a tiny demon king can step on my worthless body at will?

At first, Zhu Bajie stood by the lake and called out to the monkeys. Seeing no one responded, he tried to fall asleep, but he couldn't fall asleep.

While half asleep and half awake, Sun Wukong heard a voice in his mind.

"Congratulations on your invitation to the Spacetime Tavern..."

Deep under the water, Sun Wukong suddenly opened his eyes.

Was it an illusion? He hesitated for a moment, but his body suddenly disappeared from the spot.

After five hundred years, his sharpness has long been worn away.

Now he can't even deal with a tiny demon king, and can't even protect a little guy who adores him. What else does he have to lose?

…

Inside the pub.

After hearing the familiar welcome words and seeing the newcomer who suddenly appeared and was soaked all over, everyone immediately stopped talking.

Po, the Dragon Warrior, who was asking Xiao Fugui about how many ways to cook bamboo shoots there are, first glanced at it casually.

He was about to look away, but suddenly turned his head and stared at the newcomer.

A monkey! A red-haired horse-faced monkey!

Po laughed out loud: "Finally, someone of our kind has arrived!"

"Hey, that's not a panda!" Xiao Fugui asked suspiciously.

"Aha, they are not human beings anyway!" Abao walked over excitedly.

When he got close to the monkey, he said with a smile, "Hello, I'm Po, the Dragon Warrior. What's your name?"

Sun Wukong stared blankly at the people around him, then turned to the fat panda in front of him.

What kind of monster is this guy? A mountain bear? But it doesn't seem to have any magical power fluctuations. It looks even worse than the pig monster!

"The Spacetime Tavern, could it really be a place beyond Heaven and the West?"

Sun Wukong was secretly shocked.

Facing Abao's kindness, he said: "I am..."

He wanted to say "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven", but when he thought of his current situation, he swallowed the words back and finally just said "Sun Wukong".

"Old Sun!" A Bao put his arm around his shoulders in a familiar manner and said casually, "I will protect you in the tavern from now on!"

Sun Wukong glanced at the fat paws that were resting on him, then glanced at that fat face, and thought to himself that he was really down and out, a panda actually wanted to be his boss.

Xiao Yan, who was chatting with Gus not far away, and Zhao Gang, who was talking to Ying Zheng, all turned their heads.

"The Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong?" Xiao Yan couldn't help but stand up.

He came from Earth and was very familiar with this name.

Sun Wukong, who was being dragged by Po, stopped and said, "Do you know me?"

Xiao Yan looked the monkey up and down in front of him and asked doubtfully, "Isn't Sun Wukong the Lingming Stone Monkey, one of the four great monkeys?"

This big red-haired monkey doesn't look like it jumped out of a crack in a rock! "I was born from a rock, nurtured by heaven and earth!" said Sun Wukong.

Xiao Yan thought again and realized that he had indeed judged a monkey by his appearance.

"Where is your golden hoop? Haven't you started your journey to the West yet?" he asked again.

Tightening curse? Sun Wukong touched his head subconsciously, and instinctively felt that this was not a good thing.

Seeing him shaking his head, Xiao Yan asked again: "You should have learned the Seventy-two Transformations and Somersault Cloud from Bodhi Patriarch by now, right?"

Sun Wukong was shocked: "How do you know my master's name?"

When he left the Three Stars Cave, his master warned him not to reveal anything to anyone. Even when he was confronting the Tathagata Buddha, he never said a word. How could the person in front of him know? "Then you haven't caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace yet?" Xiao Yan became more and more interested.

…

(End of this chapter)