Inside a mountain cave, apart from the sound of dripping water, it was eerily quiet.
Until a sound broke the silence.
"You stinking monkey, come out and face your death!"
The monkey, which had been dozing on the stone platform, slowly opened its eyes. Its pupils were golden. It sat up and saw a dog rushing in, yelling that it should fight it.
Sun Wukong was too lazy to pay attention to it. This Howling Celestial Dog had learned its foul mouth from whoever it was these past few years. I heard that it almost got roasted by Nezha for spouting some nonsense. It seems that it has never learned its lesson.
He looked at the three-eyed general who had entered behind the Howling Celestial Dog.
"Hey, isn't this the person in charge of Guanjiang Estuary? What brings you to my poor, desolate place today?"
Yang Jian rolled his eyes at him with all three eyes, then raised the wine pot in his hand: "I, Yang Jian, never owe anyone anything. This is a pot of wine I'm giving you."
Sun Wukong was stunned for a moment, and his bored expression gradually turned into excitement.
"You encountered it too?"
Yang Jian shrugged: "A full thousand years in the human world. My clones have searched for this place for several lifetimes, and finally I've met the guy you're talking about."
"Come, tell me about it." Sun Wukong crossed his legs, waved his hand, and a stone table floated over. Yang Jian casually placed the wine pot on it and took out two cups.
Although the celestial dog, Xiaotian, loved to bark, it didn't interrupt its master's conversation. It simply sat and listened to the monkey talking to its master.
I don't understand what's so interesting about those mortals; the two great immortals are actually laughing so hard.
"He actually dared to use nine bolts of heavenly lightning from you to escape? This guy is really quite interesting."
"So I took his money, which is fair, I guess."
"Alas, a thousand years..." Sun Wukong sighed wistfully. "Ever since that upheaval, immortals have been forbidden to descend to the mortal realm without permission, and the number of people in the human world who believe in immortals has gradually decreased. I wonder what the human world is like now."
Yang Jian took a sip of wine, shook his head and said, "This is bad. Mortals fight each other, causing great suffering." He paused, "However, do you think he can change his fate this time? I made a special trip down below."
Yang Jian pointed downwards, and Sun Wukong immediately understood.
"This is his calamity, and the calamity of that entire town. Even if he wanted to guide a demon into the path of immortality, it's probably too late..."
"I hate their attitude! On one hand, they won't let us interfere, and on the other hand, they're yelling about some kind of calamity. Bah!" Sun Wukong was clearly agitated. "Don't think that just because I'm wearing these clothes now, I can stop them. Even without these clothes, I'd still dare to fight the Heavenly Court!"
Yang Jian chuckled helplessly: "Look at your temper, so you're all relaxed now, with no chores to do."
Both of them fell silent. Yang Jian knew that Sun Wukong was just venting his anger. After all, his master had appeared during the last turmoil. If he caused trouble again now, the Jade Emperor would probably have to reason with his master. Given Sun Wukong's personality, he would definitely not want to cause trouble for his master.
Just then, the Celestial Hound, who had been lying down, suddenly sat up and looked fiercely out of the cave.
Sun Wukong's hand, holding the wine cup, hovered in the air.
"You monkey! Come out and face your death!"
The Celestial Hound nodded repeatedly; this aura was just right!
"Yang Jian, how about we make another bet?" Sun Wukong's expression turned somewhat cunning.
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