Thinking of the monkey's intention to deal with him, Zhu Bajie attacked first. The Tuo Dragon rolled his eyes; now captured, he had nothing more to say!
But you, a pig demon, were captured so easily, yet you dare to whine and complain!
However, the situation was beyond his control now!
Sun Wukong waved his hand, letting Mo Ang escort the Tuo Dragon away. He had no interest in dealing with this wicked beast!
The master and his disciples crossed the river. Just as they were about to leave, the River God immediately said, "Great Sage, there is another big river ahead, which is far more dangerous than this Black Water River. Great Sage, you must be careful!"
Sun Wukong was stunned. "Damn it, two rivers in a row blocking our path? This can't be right!"
So, not long after the master and his disciples left, a large river indeed blocked their path. The river water was yellow, and the bottom was unclear. The current was especially strong. The river was at least dozens of meters wide. Sun Wukong was helpless, and the critical point was that there wasn't even a boat!
"Brother Monkey, the old River God just said this one is more dangerous. I'll go check it out!" Zhu Bajie immediately said. After his previous failure, Zhu Bajie wanted to prove himself!
Hearing Zhu Bajie's words, Sun Wukong nodded. This simpleton was finally growing up!
"Bajie, if you encounter a demon inside, don't fight. Lure him out, and I'll deal with him!" Sun Wukong said immediately!
With Sun Wukong's promise, Zhu Bajie directly jumped into the river. After all, he was the Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy in the Heavenly River back then, so water combat was no problem for him!
However, Sun Wukong waited and waited, but Zhu Bajie didn't come up. This was frustrating. Had the simpleton gotten lost inside?
He then looked at Sha Wujing!
"Eldest Brother, I'll go and see too!" With that, Sha Wujing also jumped down. Unfortunately, after a long time, there was still no movement. At this point, the monkey became anxious. What was going on with these two?
But he wasn't foolish enough to jump down directly. Sun Wukong transformed into a carp and swam towards the bottom of the water!
Suddenly, Sun Wukong felt a hammer strike coming towards him. Without thinking, Sun Wukong shot up into the sky. The hammer actually chased after him. Sun Wukong turned and smashed it with his Golden Cudgel, but the hammer was too powerful, directly sending Sun Wukong, along with his cudgel, flying a great distance!
When Sun Wukong flew back, he saw that his master and the White Dragon Horse on the shore were gone!
Sun Wukong was greatly alarmed. Thinking of the hammer from before, he breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it wasn't the Purple Lightning Hammer, or else he would have gone directly to find the Tathagata!
Having experienced much, Sun Wukong now knew the power of innate spiritual treasures. That hammer was probably an innate magical treasure, but the monkey's knowledge was limited, so he didn't know what it was called.
Now, the monkey was furious. He hadn't even seen the demon before being beaten out. This was too embarrassing. No wonder Bajie and Sha Wujing couldn't come up after going down. They were ambushed by that hammer. If he hadn't been alert, he probably wouldn't have been able to come up either!
Scratching his head, the monkey was momentarily stumped. What was going on? Usually, they encountered a demon only after walking for a month or two, but now, within a day, they had met two. Moreover, these demons were immensely powerful, far beyond comparison to that Tuo Dragon!
"I should first ask about any hammer-like magical treasures. In the Heavenly Court, Old Longevity seems to know the most!" With this thought, Sun Wukong went to the Heavenly Court in a somersault cloud. He had no choice but to find out the origin of the demon!
Arriving at the residence of the Star Lord Shou, also known as the Old Immortal Nanjixian, he found the immortal inside. Sun Wukong was overjoyed and quickly grabbed the immortal, asking, "Immortal Elder, you have lived for a long time. Do you happen to know of any hammer-like magical treasures that someone uses?"
Immortal Nanjixian rolled his eyes. "Do you know how to speak properly?"
But seeing Sun Wukong's anxious face, he recalled and said uncertainly, "Is it an innate spiritual treasure? Or an acquired spiritual treasure?"
Sun Wukong was stunned, then stammered, "I don't know!"
Immortal Nanjixian was speechless. The two looked at each other, and Immortal Nanjixian could only say, "If it's an innate spiritual treasure, there shouldn't be many. I only know of two! If it's an acquired spiritual treasure, then there are many. Many people can forge hammer-like magical treasures, so it's hard to say!"
Sun Wukong thought for a moment and asked, "Are there any obvious differences between innate and acquired magical treasures?"
Immortal Nanjixian smiled and said, "Innate magical treasures, as the name suggests, existed before heaven and earth. Their might varies, and their divine power is extraordinary. Although acquired magical treasures can also be powerful, compared to innate spiritual treasures, the difference is like that between clouds and mud! Of course, that excludes treasures of merit!"
Sun Wukong nodded immediately. Since it was a hammer-like magical treasure that could knock him away with such force, it was likely an innate magical treasure. He then asked, "Then Immortal Elder, what are the two innate spiritual treasures you know of?"
"The first one is the Purple Lightning Hammer, a treasure of a sage, given to Kong Xuan! The second is called the Primordial Chaos Hammer, said to have been given to Wuyun Xian," Immortal Nanjixian said!
Sun Wukong rolled his eyes. He knew the first one. The Purple Lightning Hammer had made him cry and wail back then, even causing the Buddha to lose his Three-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit because of it!
He hadn't heard of the second one, Wuyun Xian!
So he asked, "Who is this Wuyun Xian? What's the story?"
Immortal Nanjixian immediately understood that Sun Wukong had likely encountered Wuyun Xian!
"This Wuyun Xian was the chief among the seven attendant immortals of Sage Tongtian back then. I don't know the specifics," Immortal Nanjixian blinked his eyes and said. The rest was up to Sun Wukong to figure out!
Sun Wukong was helpless. He served a sage, so it was no wonder he was so powerful. However, he didn't know much about Wuyun Xian. But since he was a disciple of Sage Tongtian, and there were many of Sage Tongtian's disciples in the Heavenly Court, he could go and ask!
So Sun Wukong immediately left and went to find the God of Wealth, Zhao Gongming!
At Zhao Gongming's residence, Zhao Gongming was drinking with a few sisters. Seeing Sun Wukong barge in, he said speechlessly, "Great Sage, what brings you here today?"
"Haha, the Great Sage must have encountered a problem. Did someone block your path?" Bi Xiao said with a smile!
Sun Wukong was teased by them and was very helpless. He picked up a cup of wine from the table and drank it, saying, "Aren't you all from the Jie Sect back then? Do you know Wuyun Xian?"
Zhao Gongming and the Three Xiā looked at each other. Zhao Gongming said, "Wuyun Xian, our junior brother, was the chief among the Teacher's seven attendant immortals. His strength was immense. Great Sage, did you encounter him?"
Sun Wukong shook his head and said, "I'm not entirely sure, but he used a hammer-like magical treasure. That hammer was very powerful. I think it's an innate spiritual treasure. I just asked the Immortal Elder, and he said there are only two innate spiritual treasures that are hammers. If it's not the Purple Lightning Hammer, then it must be the Primordial Chaos Hammer!"
Zhao Gongming nodded. It was likely Wuyun Xian!
After all, the Jie Sect had been assigned many tribulations, and the lower realm was to trouble Tang Sanzang. This monkey coming here probably had the intention of "borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha" (meaning to take advantage of the situation).
Sun Wukong also stared at the four of them, trying to see if it was indeed Wuyun Xian!