Chapter 101 - 099: Monkey King Havoc in Celestial Palace
It is said that Wukong had waited in Laojun’s Doulu Palace for forty-nine days, finally achieving perfection in his merits.
Two days earlier, Tao Yao had been personally sent back to the Peach Garden by Laozi himself, and with such a powerful mystic around, outsiders were completely unable to detect them.
Before leaving, Tao Yao told Wukong to remember to visit her often. Wukong naturally felt the same, as Tao Yao, for his sake, had almost lost her life. Such friendship was beyond repayable! Yet Tao Yao merely said they were good friends and shouldn’t talk like this, asserting that it’s only right to help a friend in need. Having such a pure and lovely friend was indeed fortunate.
After Tao Yao left, Wukong then focused on comprehending the Methods of Nine Palaces Eight Trigrams, especially those eight words, which were even more powerful. If they could be written with the Xia Dynasty Dragon Seal, the power might be even more terrifying. The Xia Dynasty Dragon Seal was a special script, which Laojun likely knew about, but he had not mentioned it to Wukong, who had also forgotten to ask.
"Laojun, Laojun! It’s been forty-nine days, I should be going!" Wukong called out.
"Go ahead. Regardless, you will be arrested by Tathagata under some pretext, so you might as well make a bigger scene," Laozi instigated.
Wukong bitterly smiled internally, saying, "That must also be what you desire, old man!"
Laozi did not continue the conversation, saying instead, "Child, see the guest out!"
Golden Horn and Silver Horn, two child servants, came out and said, "Great Sage, please."
Wukong followed the two children out of Doulu Palace. Arriving at the palace gates, he bowed towards the interior, saying, "Thank you, Laojun!"
Once outside the gate, the two children shut the doors behind him. Wukong’s heart pounded with excitement. In his past life, he had caused a great upheaval, and in this life, he was ready for another round—that was truly thrilling! The monkey restrained by the tight hoop was not Sun Wukong; this unrestrained, wild one—was!