Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 255: The Monkey’s Amazing Brain Circuitry
Having returned a grateful look to Chen Nuo, Xuan Feng turned toward Sun Wukong, trying to keep her tone as even as possible.
"Sun Wukong, my mistress would like to see you, can you come with me?"
"Not going!" Sun Wukong refused without hesitation.
Xuan Feng unconsciously asked, "Why not?"
The speed of Sun Wukong’s refusal caught her somewhat by surprise; it was outright without consideration!
"I don’t even know who your mistress is, why should I go with you?"
At the corner of Xuan Feng’s mouth, a twitch formed — indeed, that seemed to be the case. The monkey had asked before, but she had not answered.
Thinking of her mistress’s identity, Xuan Feng couldn’t help but straighten up, and with pride on her face, she said, "My mistress is none other than Saint Nuwa!"
As she finished, Xuan Feng’s lips curved up unconsciously, believing that in all the heavens and earth, Saints were the strongest; by revealing her mistress’s identity, who in the Three Realms would dare not comply?
Sun Wukong fished in his ear: "Not going."
"That’s right! Just follow me, since my mistress said she just wants to have a look, it’s merely a look, no need to be afraid," Xuan Feng said, as if she had forgotten her earlier timidity before Nuwa’s anger, nodding her head with triumph.
But as soon as she finished speaking, she caught herself, staring at Sun Wukong with wide eyes in disbelief, "Did you just say you’re not going?"
A Taiyi Golden Immortal actually dared to defy the will of a Saint?
Seated on the table with one leg swinging, Sun Wukong declared nonchalantly, "Yeah, why should I go? I still have to stay here to perfect my ’Buddha Jumps Over the Wall’!"
His master was relying on him to shine at the Buddhism feast!
"Our mistress is a Saint, you know!" Xuan Feng found it somewhat incomprehensible.
In the Three Realms, who wouldn’t respect and fearfully heed a Saint’s words? How could this monkey remain so unfazed? 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
If someone as supremely powerful as Shopkeeper Chen were unfettered, well that’s another story; but for a monkey of the Taiyi Realm to behave so arrogantly? He’s a bit too full of himself!
"My mistress is a Saint!" Xuan Feng proclaimed boldly, a reminder that perhaps this monkey didn’t even know what a Saint was!
"A Saint is the strongest in all of heaven and earth, and our mistress is one among them. You should know, below the Saints, all are mere ants!" Xuan Feng quickly enlightened him.
However, Sun Wukong simply didn’t care and, jingling his leg, he grinned and said, "So she’s a Saint, what of it?"
In his view, there was only one strongest in the Three Realms, and that was his master. What’s this ’one of the strongest’ talk?
Xuan Feng opened her mouth but no words came out for a long time. She realized her trump card was useless against this troublemaker of a monkey!
Xuan Feng felt somewhat helpless and decided to make one last struggle.
"The mistress is particularly interested in Chaos Residence. She wants to learn more about it, but I’ve only been here twice and can’t say much."
"Shopkeeper Chen must always be at the restaurant and probably can’t leave his post, leaving only you left, right?"
She sighed, saying this offhand without much hope. After all, if the imposing presence of a Saint wasn’t persuasive, what good were the made-up reasons?
But as soon as the words were out,
"Hey! Why didn’t you say that earlier!" Sun Wukong pushed himself off and leapt down from the table, patting his chest and saying, "This is something old Sun excels at. Isn’t it just about introducing and describing the master’s Chaos Residence?
Sun Wukong smiled wide. This was his expertise honed over more than a decade! A memory engraved in his very bones!
"Let’s go, let’s go! Let old Sun give your mistress a, ah no, have a talk with her!" Sun Wukong happily bounced towards Xuan Feng.
So when it came to promoting Chaos Residence, it was Sun Wukong’s unshirkable duty!
However, before he had walked a few steps, Sun Wukong suddenly realized something, shrank his neck, turned around to look at Chen Nuo, and sheepishly said, "Master, can I go?"
Though he partly wanted to go, if Master ordered him to keep practicing, he would definitely not say a word and go back to the kitchen to train hard!
Chen Nuo nodded and casually said, "Go ahead."
He didn’t really have any objections; he had even let Wukong go to Buddhism, so what’s the harm in letting Wukong recognize a relative at Nuwa’s place?
"Thank you, Master!" Sun Wukong beamed with joy and confidently said, "Master, don’t worry, I will definitely introduce our Chaos Residence perfectly!"
Chen Nuo rolled his eyes; the Chaos Residence was already on the right track, did it need your reckless promotion?
"After the visit, you can head straight back to the Heavenly Court," Chen Nuo instructed.
"Ah?" Sun Wukong was a bit anxious upon hearing this, quickly saying, "Don’t say that, Master! If you don’t want me to go, I won’t!"
The corner of Chen Nuo’s mouth twitched.
"I was planning to send you away after a while anyway. You’ve learned almost everything you need to, there’s no use staying here."
Chen Nuo shrugged; the system would automatically block out presence in his place, so even a saint with Tongtian abilities couldn’t divine any heavenly secrets.
If Wukong stayed with him too long, Buddhism would start to get nervous.
Sun Wukong scratched his head, still thinking Chen Nuo was somewhat displeased, and stammered, "I can clean up and do odd jobs here! Besides, with you, Master, guiding me by my side, I will definitely improve faster making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall than if I were to practice on my own!"
"You’re the head chef of the Heavenly Court’s Imperial Kitchen; how many days has it been?" Chen Nuo said flatly, glancing at the monkey still playing up.
Right! Sun Wukong was suddenly stunned; he realized this too. The ones in charge at the Imperial Kitchen were now Old Zao and Old Shi. He wasn’t being demeaning, but their culinary skills at this point simply couldn’t handle it!
Even more, if he returned any later, he might not even be able to see them one last time. Not to brag, but it was entirely possible this could happen.
Seeing Chen Nuo like this, Sun Wukong believed that he wasn’t angry.
Before Sun Wukong could say anything else, Chen Nuo added, "Remember, you must keep in mind the things I have entrusted to you these past few days."
"Don’t worry, Master! You can count on me!" Sun Wukong said cheerfully, patting his chest.
Chen Nuo rolled his eyes; reliable and you, what a joke!
"All right, all right!" With Chen Nuo’s consent, Sun Wukong was also at ease and said to Xuan Feng, "Let’s get going."
Xuan Feng was agape, her face full of astonishment, and took a while to respond. Just follow her like this, how come it’s so easy?!
Xuan Feng was still a bit slow to catch on!
Pulling a saint’s tiger flag had been no use, but just mentioning an interest in Chaos Residence and he agreed so readily. This monkey’s thought processes seemed a bit odd. She had just mentioned it in passing!
"Let’s go, let’s go!" Sun Wukong urged again. He was eager to finish the visit early and return to the Imperial Kitchen, feeling a bit worried about leaving Old Zao and Old Shi behind.
"Oh, oh!" Xuan Feng nodded subconsciously, quickly turned to Chen Nuo, and bowed deeply, "Shopkeeper Chen, then we’ll be leaving first."
Chen Nuo waved his hand nonchalantly.
After leaving the Chaos Residence, Xuan Feng led Sun Wukong to an open space. Grabbing Sun Wukong’s shoulder, Xuan Feng cautioned,
"Monkey, ready your mana for protection. I’ll carry you as I fly, don’t let the strong wind from my flight hurt you!"
The gusts produced by a Great Luo Golden Immortal flying at full speed were no small matter, and even if this monkey was at the Taiyi level, if he wasn’t careful he could easily get hurt.
However, Sun Wukong didn’t care for Xuan Feng’s goodwill, he shrugged his shoulders to shake off Xuan Feng’s hand.
