Chapter 81: Expert, Huh? (Seeking Subscriptions)
[Congratulations on completing the suggestion—using the Stalling Tactic against the Fearful Sun Buddha while pushing the problem to the other party, rewarded with a Fourth-Rank Treasure Box]
When Sun Wukong heard the prompt in his mind, joy naturally filled his heart, but he did not stop there.
Seeing the Fearful Sun Buddha at a loss for words, he pressed his advantage, "Does the Buddha hesitate because his words are insincere? Unwilling to aid my Fruit Mountain?"
"Amitabha, a monk doesn’t speak falsehoods," declared the Fearful Sun Buddha with a single hand raised in salute.
"Then why are you still standing here doing nothing?" Sun Wukong asked in surprise.
The Fearful Sun Buddha fell silent. He had wandered through the Western Calabash Continent, often engaging others in contests of wit, and had subdued countless demons without a single defeat. He had not expected to be outwitted by this monkey today.
He knew that there was no hope of obtaining the formula for crafting Spirit Guiding Instruments this time, of course, he had not held much hope from the beginning.
Afterward, he bowed to the Jade Emperor and took Golden Cicada away with him.
When they had left the Heavenly Court far behind and were on their way back to the Western Paradise, Golden Cicada asked, "Fearful Sun Buddha, I am puzzled.
If the formula for crafting Spirit Guiding Instruments is so important, the Heavenly Court would never give it to our Buddha Sect. Why then did you still go and personally request the Heavenly Emperor for the formula, only to suffer humiliation for nothing?"