The Shrimp Soldier saw the East Sea Dragon King’s rage, his legs went soft, and he knelt on the ground, replying, “The princess was playing happily on the surface of the sea, but then the Stone Monkey called her over.”
“We just don’t know how, but she followed the Stone Monkey back to Flower-Fruit Mountain.”
The East Sea Dragon King wished he could boil this Shrimp Soldier.
“You…”
The East Sea Dragon King sat down, holding his forehead, feeling distressed.
The East Sea Dragon King’s biggest fear had come true; he was afraid his daughter would get involved with the Stone Monkey.
After all, how could he not know what the Stone Monkey would do in the future?
Getting involved with the Stone Monkey would surely lead to bad luck.
“Hurry up and send someone to call the princess back!”
Hearing the Dragon King’s words, the Turtle Prime Minister immediately nodded and scurried out.
To be honest, the East Sea Dragon King truly did not want to have any connection with the Stone Monkey, and even less did he want any of his family members to be on good terms with the Stone Monkey.
Guanyin naturally guessed the East Sea Dragon King’s meaning.
After some thought, Guanyin spoke, “Dragon King, there’s no need to be like this.
How about this…”
“If you help me, I will take your daughter back to the South Sea later and keep her by my side.
When anything happens, she won’t be here…
So…”
“Hmm?”
Hearing Guanyin’s words, the East Sea Dragon King frowned and asked curiously, “Great One, is it something important?”
Guanyin smiled and said, “It’s just a small matter.
We just need Little Dragon Girl to relay some information to the other party through her mouth after she returns.”
“Then many thanks, Great One.”
The East Sea Dragon King seemed to understand Guanyin’s meaning and expressed his gratitude.
Guanyin’s meaning was very simple: the current predicament of Flower-Fruit Mountain was something the Stone Monkey definitely couldn’t solve.
So, by using Little Dragon Girl’s mouth, let the Stone Monkey know that there is an expert in Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave, on Western Niuhe Continent, and if he learns magic from him, he will naturally be able to break the predicament of Flower-Fruit Mountain upon his return.
Apparently, Sun Wukong still didn’t know that this trick was faster than leeks; leeks are cut and then grow back.
This trick, however, was like a surging river, continuous and endless.
However, at this moment, Sun Wukong and Ao Xiaomeng were having a great time playing with the monkeys.
On the ice river, five or six people (dragons and monkeys) at a time, each sitting on a piece of wood, would slide down from high to low, following the terrain of the ice river.
Whoever slid the fastest was the first…
It must be said, Sun Wukong really knew how to have fun.
After playing for a while, the monkey troop had already started returning with food, one after another.
Seeing the Old Monkey leading a large group of monkeys, Sun Wukong went up to him and asked, “How is it?
How much food did you find?”
The Old Monkey sighed and replied, “The situation is a bit grim.”
“We found a lot of food, but these spirit fruits can’t be stored for long.
If this heavy snow continues, our monkey troop can only last for about a month at most.”
After all, the entire Flower-Fruit Mountain was sealed by heavy snow, and what they could eat were only the spirit fruits that had already grown.
But these spirit fruits would be eaten up, and if it was still covered in heavy snow and ice by then, not only would no new spirit fruits grow, but many animals and plants would also face death.
At that time, even if they tried to escape, they would all flee Flower-Fruit Mountain.
Sun Wukong thought for a moment and said, “Can we eat fish?”
“We’re so close to the sea; even if the seaside is frozen, we can still break the ice and catch fish to eat.”
The monkeys suddenly froze, looking left and right, feeling a bit confused.
Fish?
Speaking of fish, although most of the monkeys lived on Flower-Fruit Mountain, bordering the East Sea, more than eighty percent of them had never eaten fish.
“Is fish…
tasty?”
“Fish that swim in the river?”
“Are we going to eat that from now on?”
“Can it work?”
To be honest, most of the monkeys had not seen much of the world.
Only a few knew about cooked food.
“Of course grilled fish is delicious!
And spicy crayfish, dry pot spicy shrimp, hairy Crabs, turtle soup…”
In an instant, Sun Wukong listed more than ten types of seafood.
Bang!
A pair of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, who had just arrived from the East Sea to call Ao Xiaomeng, instantly stumbled in fright.
They thought to themselves, “Oh my goodness!”
“This Stone Monkey is too terrifying!”
Sun Wukong heard the commotion, turned his head, and instantly exclaimed with delight, “Wow…
such big lobsters and Crabs!”
The monkeys were a bit confused, looking at Sun Wukong with bewildered expressions, then at the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals, and said, “Eat…
these?”
“No…
you can’t eat them!”
“You can’t eat these; they’re here to call me home.”
Seeing this, Ao Xiaomeng quickly stood in front of the Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals.
The Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals also wiped away cold sweat and said, “Miss, your father is calling you back; he has something important.”
“Please go back quickly; he’s very anxious.”
Ao Xiaomeng nodded and said, “Okay, then let’s go back.”
“Stone Monkey, I’m going back now, but I’ll come to play with you again tomorrow!”
Sun Wukong nodded.
Of course, he was just joking earlier; he had no intention of eating these Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals.
“By the way, aren’t you cold?”
Sun Wukong suddenly thought of a question.
Most of these monkeys were still covered by leaves or animal skins; they didn’t have any clothes.
Now that the mountain was sealed by heavy snow, weren’t these monkeys cold?
“Yes, we’re cold!”
“Of course we’re cold…”
Listening to the monkeys’ replies, Sun Wukong looked closely at them again.
Their faces were calm, their bodies were natural, not shaking or trembling, not at all like they were suffering from the cold.
The Old Monkey saw Sun Wukong’s confusion and said, “Even in winter, we are pretty much like this.
Although it’s a bit colder now, it’s not a big deal.”
“It’s just that some of the younger monkeys might not be as resistant to the cold and can’t run around outside for long periods.”
Flower-Fruit Mountain was a blessed land, and there were all sorts of rare fruits on the mountain.
The monkey troop had lived there for a long time, and each of them had already become spirits.
This also explained why, when the one hundred thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals besieged Flower-Fruit Mountain, the monkeys, who had only practiced for a short time, were able to contend with them.
“Stone Monkey, if you’re cold, I’ll cut the skin of those three wolf demons from yesterday and put it on you later,” Big Monkey said from the side.
“Oh, oh!
It’s fine, I’m not cold.
I was just curious and asked.”
After replying, Sun Wukong felt more and more that these monkeys were amazing the more he interacted with them.
“By the way, have you seen that Bai Jingjing?”
“The woman from last night?” Sun Wukong asked.
The monkeys scratched their heads and replied, “She flew away.”
“Yes, she flew away early in the morning.”
“That woman is so powerful; she can fly, and she flew straight up into Heaven…”
Sun Wukong nodded and didn’t ask any further questions.
After thinking for a moment, he said, “Then let’s go to the seaside now and break the ice to catch fish.”
The monkeys nodded vigorously.
This fish might be the key to filling their bellies in the future.
At the seaside.
Sun Wukong brought hundreds of monkeys here and then began to break the ice.
Speaking of the ice at the seaside, Sun Wukong was impressed; it was really thick, nearly a meter thick.