Just as Sun Wukong threw Yang Xue onto the bed, ready to avenge his past humiliation, an uninvited guest came to the Flower-Fruit Mountain.
With a gloomy face, Sun Wukong came to the main hall of the Water Curtain Cave and saw Yang Jian sitting inside, sipping tea.
"Why are you here?" Sun Wukong didn't welcome this old rival very much.
Yang Xue followed behind him without saying a word.
Yang Jian's gaze seemingly casually swept over Yang Xue. Meeting Sun Wukong's displeased look, he smiled calmly. "I never visit without a purpose. Naturally, I wouldn't come to see Sun Wukong without something important! Since I'm here, there must be something crucial."
"What is it?"
"I heard that you've subdued the thousand-year-old scorpion spirit?"
Yang Xue frowned. Had her strength been exposed and now the Heavenly Court was wary of her?
"A mere scorpion spirit. Why do you all keep talking about it?" Sun Wukong snorted impatiently. "Do you have anything else?"
"Has the Great Sage ever heard that the Buddha was attacked by his inner demons and seriously injured?"
"The Buddha?" Sun Wukong burst into laughter. "How did he get injured? It's really great news!"
"..." Yang Xue quickly walked behind Sun Wukong and held his hand, afraid that he might get carried away. After all, the Buddha was their most difficult opponent.
"I understand that the Great Sage bears a grudge against the Buddha. It's just that," Yang Jian's gaze fell on Yang Xue, and he said with a meaningful smile, "he wants to meet this White Bone Spirit who has bewitched the Great Sage."
"Meet me?" Great. Instead of sending people to arrest her, he now directly wanted to see her!
What should she do? Could she escape from the Buddha's palm?
"Don't be afraid!" Sun Wukong placed his hand on her shoulder, protecting her behind him. "She's just a little demon. What does the Buddha want to see her for? If he has taken a fancy to mortal desires and wants to return to the mortal world, he can just go and find some beautiful women. Don't have any thoughts about my woman!"
"..." Yang Xue rubbed her forehead. The Great Sage overestimated her strength too much. The only reason the Buddha wanted to see her was probably to take her life!
Presumably, in the eyes of everyone in the Three Realms, she, this White Bone Spirit, was a disaster. She had even made Sun Wukong, the one least likely to be tempted by mortal desires, fall head over heels in love with her, become infatuated with the mortal world, abandon the Buddhist scriptures, and return to the Flower-Fruit Mountain to be the king!
Without even thinking, she could imagine what kind of image she had now.
Yang Jian looked at Yang Xue. "Miss Yang, would you like to go to the Spirit Mountain to meet the Buddha?"
"No." She shook her head vigorously. "In their eyes, I'm unforgivable. I'm not that stupid. If I go to see him, won't I just be throwing my life away?"
"Miss, you've misunderstood. He wants to see you..."
"Stop talking. Please go back, True Lord Erlang!" Sun Wukong pulled her behind him. "See the guest out!"
As he spoke, several tall monkeys in armor, holding long spears, walked in from outside!
"Sun Wukong, after all these years, you're still so impatient!"
"..." Could this phrase be used like this? Yang Xue raised her eyebrows. In her knowledge, this phrase had always been rather vulgar.
"After all these years, you're still such a jerk!" Sun Wukong wasn't angry. He put his arm around Yang Xue's shoulder and turned to leave. "Go."
"Miss Yang, please wait. Since you don't want to go to the Spirit Mountain, I don't dare to force you. But there's someone else who asked me to deliver a letter to you." With that, he took out a delicate envelope from his bosom. "Please accept it!"
"Whose is it?" Sun Wukong suddenly got angry. "The God of Wealth's?"
"Great Sage, why are you so angry? The God of Wealth is sincere. He has no other intentions towards Miss Yang. He just wants to talk to her about something important."
Hey, this Yang Jian clearly came to stir things up.
He knew very well that Sun Wukong had a hot temper, especially when he heard the name of his love rival.
"Great Sage, you can accept it for me." Yang Xue grabbed Sun Wukong's arm, afraid that he might get angry. "You can read it for me too."
"You..." Turning to meet Yang Xue's gentle and smiling face, Sun Wukong opened his mouth but suddenly wasn't angry anymore.
Yang Jian watched their affectionate interaction with great interest, truly shocked in his heart.
This monkey must have been reincarnated. He was so obediently subdued by Miss Yang. He was no longer like a stone monkey but more like a dog wagging its tail.
Since that was the case, then he should add some more excitement.
"Gongming has been feeling dejected these days. He's been staying in my mansion, drinking and playing chess. He's ignored all his official duties. If this goes on, the Jade Emperor might even summon Miss Yang to talk to her. If the Great Sage doesn't mind..."
"See the guest out!" Sun Wukong didn't even look back. He directly disappeared from the spot with Yang Xue.
Yang Jian curled his lips into a smile. "Zhao Gongming, it seems that you're just a passing guest in Miss Yang's life."
He was going to look for the God of Matchmaking to ask for a cup of Forgetfulness Water for Zhao Gongming.
Why did he have to fall in love with the woman of Sun Wukong, that troublemaker? If he wrote to her again, next time Sun Wukong's golden cudgel might be aimed at his throat.
Thinking of the God of Wealth sitting in a daze under his waterside pavilion these days, he couldn't bear it.
Why did he have to fall in love with a woman when he could be a good immortal?
...
In the letter, the God of Wealth just asked how Yang Xue was doing recently. There were no inappropriate words in it. Sun Wukong was quite satisfied and blew on it to burn it.
Yang Xue had learned her lesson and didn't stop him.
At the moment, the most important thing was to find the Six-Eared Macaque. Although she didn't know if it was true that the Buddha had been attacked by his inner demons, Yang Xue truly felt a sense of crisis.
Following the guidance of the Heavenly Book, they came to the Northern Jambudvipa. After entering the Apricot Blossom Valley, they suddenly lost track of the Six-Eared Macaque.
Even the Heavenly Book couldn't guide them to his location. It was as if someone had discovered their purpose and hidden the Six-Eared Macaque.
But Yang Xue still remembered the previous guidance. She followed the winding path in the flower valley, enjoying the scenery along the way, and slowly came to a cave.
"The Nameless Cave?" Looking at the three characters on the stone tablet, Yang Xue couldn't help but secretly complain. The owner of this cave was really lazy. The name was so perfunctory.
On both sides of the magnificent stone gate, there were two stone lions. The tall and imposing stone gate was beautifully decorated. Perhaps the person living here had an extraordinary identity.
At least, he wasn't short of money.
Looking around, the flowers, plants, and trees here were growing well. There were two stone tables under the tall wisteria tree in the distance. This place must be often inhabited.
"This is really a great place. It's no worse than my Flower-Fruit Mountain." Sun Wukong looked at the magnificent cave entrance and couldn't help but wonder. "Since you said he looks extremely similar to me and no one in the Three Realms except the Buddha can tell us apart, in my opinion, he's completely different from me. He has such a cave but has remained unknown for so many years. It seems that he's being controlled by someone."
Yang Xue didn't disagree. "Yes, it might be the Buddha's doing. And today, Yang Jian came and wanted me to go to the Spirit Mountain. There must be a trick in it."
"Let's go in and take a look first." With that, Sun Wukong reached out his hand to push the stone gate.
Unexpectedly, as Sun Wukong gradually exerted all his strength, the stone gate didn't move at all.
With Sun Wukong's strength, even the Five Elements Mountain could be overthrown when it wasn't suppressed by the spell. But now, he couldn't even push a stone gate. It seemed that this gate had been set with a restriction.