Chapter 306 - 307: Forcibly Crossing Flame Mountain, a Pillar of Fire Shoots into the Sky
The elder hastily said, "This spring, the local villagers prepared gifts and went to Emerald Cloud Mountain to request the fan. The Rakshasa Women used the Banana Leaf Fan to extinguish the flames, and since then, they have not reignited, thus there is no fire."
"However, it is now autumn, the villagers’ crops have been harvested, and judging by the time, the flames should be about to reignite."
"I see, so we’ve arrived just in time," Xuanzang said with a slight nod.
He brought his hands together and said, "Amitabha Buddha, truly the heavens are protecting us! Since it is so, let us hasten to cross Flame Mountain before the flames erupt! If the fire does break out, how shall we ever get across the Eight-Hundred-Mile Sea of Fire?"
Sun Wukong too nodded and said, "Since there is no fire now, let’s hurry across! If the flames were to reignite, we would inevitably encounter some trouble."
At this moment, the elder suddenly interjected, "Do not act rashly, Flame Mountain spans eight hundred miles, and mere mortals cannot traverse it in a short time. What if you’re halfway across when the flames suddenly erupt? Wouldn’t that be troublesome?"
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong couldn’t help but be somewhat worried and quickly asked, "Then what do you suggest we do?"
The elder hastily said, "If you must continue westward, your only choice is to go to Emerald Cloud Mountain and ask to borrow the Rakshasa Women’s Treasured Fan!"
Sun Wukong frowned, realizing that if the fan were so easy to borrow, the villagers would not have had to prepare so much.
For a moment, the four westbound travelers all grew anxious.
"Wukong, what do you think we should do?"