Chapter 288 - 253: Heart of the Flame Mountain - Monkey Frustrated
It has been a long time since Wukong passed through the Women’s Kingdom, and he had yet to encounter the Six-Eared Macaque. It seemed that Tathagata thought Wukong had become sincere, and besides, his mana was so high that releasing the Six-Eared Macaque would only get it killed; thus, the matter had to be dropped.
Now, he arrived at Flame Mountain, which was said to have been formed when he destroyed Laojun’s pill furnace in a previous life, causing the flames within to pour out. However, this time, he hadn’t damaged Laojun’s furnace, let alone released any flames. It seemed that the Three Pure had played a trick again, only framing it on Wukong.
Wukong thought to himself, "Before, I let the Six-Eared Macaque be killed, but my Primordial Spirit temporarily resided in the Heavenly Dao, clear about the successive disasters. It was clear that the Six-Eared Macaque went to borrow the Banana Leaf Fan from the Banana Leaf Cave and it took several tries before he obtained the fan to extinguish the fire of Flame Mountain."
The fire of Flame Mountain, neither big nor small, was a nightmare for mortals, but for someone like him, a Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal who had already reached perfect harmony, it was merely child’s play. The fire was not an ordinary fire; perhaps it really contained a trace of the fire from Laojun’s furnace, otherwise, any immortal would have simply summoned the wind and called the rain to extinguish it.
The fire of Flame Mountain grew fiercer upon encountering water; ordinary water could not contain it, only the Banana Leaf Fan of Princess Iron Fan had an effect.
This Banana Leaf Fan specifically subdued all fires in the world. If you waved the fan at the source of the fire, irrespective of whether it was innate or cultivated, it would be extinguished in one flick.
"Why do I feel that Flame Mountain is extraordinary? The Women’s Kingdom represents extreme Yin energy, while Flame Mountain is ultimate Yang! Yin and Yang complement each other, just like a natural formation. No wonder, drinking the river water from the Women’s Kingdom would result in pregnancy! There truly is something curious about this," Wukong briefly pondered and soon figured out the profound secret between Flame Mountain and the Women’s Kingdom.
Women represent Yin, and the river water of the Women’s Kingdom is extremely Yin and soft, causing even men to conceive and bear children when they drink it; the flames in Flame Mountain, perhaps containing a trace of the Purifying Purple Fire from Laojun’s furnace, are as fierce as thunder and extremely yang. This indeed forms a balance of Yin and Yang.
Flame Mountain and the Women’s Kingdom seemed to form a formation, but it was unknown why such a formation was laid out.
Drenched in sweat, Tang Sanzang was stripped down to his underwear, unable to help but sigh, "Why is the weather so intensely hot, as if I’m in a furnace, I’m about to be roasted dry!"
Sha Wujing fetched some water and offered it to Tang Sanzang, saying, "Master, I just inquired around, and this place is called Flame Mountain!"