Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong

Chapter 308: Chapter 308: Loyalty (3rd Update)

Of course, it’s not like there’s no way at all. After all, the Dragon Cat is a divine beast. Although it doesn’t have much attack power, it still possesses other capabilities of a divine beast. It can only enter that one small space, but forcibly opening a channel to other small spaces is not a difficult task for it, especially since this is only a replica Qiankun Bag and not the superior-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Ruyi Qiankun Bag.

Of course, the consequences of doing so are hard to predict. The worst-case scenario would be triggering a chain reaction, causing all the spatial barriers within the replica Qiankun Bag to collapse, resulting in all of the contents being scattered, or even directly cast into the endless void, never to be found again.

If such a situation were to occur, Sun Wukong would probably be so angry that smoke came out of his seven orifices. Would he chop up the Dragon Cat and roast it directly?

“Uh~!”

Just at the thought of this, the Dragon Cat felt a chill run through its body and swallowed hard in fear. Better forget it, it’s too uncontrollable, the risk too high, it’s better not to try it rashly.

“Boss, you better wake up soon, or I really won’t be able to stop myself from making a mistake!”

Looking pitiful, the Dragon Cat licked its lips and hopped onto Sun Wukong’s chest, bringing its fluffy face close to Sun Wukong’s, and started staring at him as if this would somehow wake him up.

And believe it or not, it worked. Whether it was because Sun Wukong’s Great Dao integration had reached a bottleneck, or the last bit of his internal injuries had finally healed, or perhaps he sensed the Dragon Cat’s earnest hope, Sun Wukong woke up with a low groan and slowly opened his eyes.

“What the hell is that!”

The moment he opened his eyes, Sun Wukong got a fright. There was a dragon face up close to him, staring at him with big eyes. Sun Wukong’s instinctive reaction was to throw a punch.

“Meow! Ouch!”

The punch hit the Dragon Cat right in its right eye. Even with the Dragon Cat’s resilience, it was sent flying with a miserable scream. The Dragon Cat’s defensive power may be freakishly strong, but Sun Wukong’s attack power is freakishly strong as well!

“Dragon Cat? Why is it you?”

Leaping to his feet, Sun Wukong finally saw clearly that it was the Dragon Cat he had sent flying. A look of surprise flitted across his face. Wasn’t the Dragon Cat sleeping in the replica Qiankun Bag? When did it come out? “How long have I been asleep, Old Monkey?”

“Boss, you are so heartless!”

The Dragon Cat had a panda eye, its right eye turned completely black from Sun Wukong’s punch. It looked at Sun Wukong with an aggrieved face and complained, “You have been asleep for such a long time, and I’ve been right here protecting you all along. And now, as soon as you wake up, you hit me. Wah~!”

Apparently hitting a sore spot, the Dragon Cat started bawling. It wasn’t easy for him, guarding Sun Wukong with an empty stomach. No merit for labour, but still deserving of some sympathy, only to be rewarded with this punch!

“Don’t cry, don’t cry. I just didn’t see clearly that it was you, it was a reflex, completely a reflex!”

Sun Wukong began to chuckle sheepishly, indeed he had been rather mean on this account. It was natural for the Dragon Cat to feel aggrieved, so he quickly pulled the Dragon Cat into his arms to comfort it, but this made the Dragon Cat cry even harder.

“Alright, stop crying! If you cry any more, I’ll make your other eye look the same!”@@novelbin@@

Frustrated with the Dragon Cat’s crying, Sun Wukong yelled, and the Dragon Cat’s sobbing ceased instantly. It blinked its large eyes, looking at Sun Wukong with a mix of grievance and fear, and sniffled.

“Okay, okay, I’ve apologized already. I didn’t mean to hit you. Look at you, crying nonstop!”

Sun Wukong then put on a smile again. Just then, a “gurgle” came from the Dragon Cat’s stomach. It seemed the little guy was quite hungry!

“I knew it. How could you come out to protect me, Old Monkey? You were woken up by hunger and came out looking for food, right?”

Sun Wukong’s eyes moved as he quickly understood. The Dragon Cat must have woken up hungry and came out looking for food, only to find Sun Wukong unconscious, floating in this spatial corridor, which is why it stayed by his side. Even so, the fact that it had kept guard over him moved Sun Wukong quite a bit. He might jest, but he flipped his palm and a big Peach of Immortality and several Immortal Fruits flew out from the replica Qiankun Bag, floating above his hand, and he passed them to the Dragon Cat, “Eat.”

“Wow! Peaches of Immortality!”

The Dragon Cat’s eyes lit up. It grabbed the peach and started munching on it with big bites. In no time, it had finished a peach aged six thousand years, leaving only the pit. Then, it wolfed down the other Immortal Fruits like a storm, leaving none behind. It blinked at Sun Wukong, “Boss, I’m not full yet. Can I have another one?”

“You’re still not full after a six-thousand-year-old Peach of Immortality? You really can eat a lot!”

Sun Wukong rolled his eyes. Most of the Peaches of Immortality he had picked were used to brew the Victorious Fighting Wine, and he only had a few of each kind left. Only for the Dragon Cat would he be willing to part with them.

Despite rolling his eyes, Sun Wukong still handed another nine-thousand-year-old Peach of Immortality to the Dragon Cat. The Dragon Cat’s eyes brightened, and it reached out its little paw to grab it but caught air as Sun Wukong withdrew the peach midway, “Let’s get this straight first. After you’ve eaten your fill, you’re not allowed to burrow into the Qiankun Bag to sleep like you used to. At critical moments when I need your help, it’s no use even trying to wake you up!”

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“I won’t sleep, I promise I won’t sleep!”

The Dragon Cat hastily assured, eyes glued to the nine-thousand-year-old Peach of Immortality in Monkey’s hand. Monkey shook his head in amusement and stopped teasing him, handing over the peach and watched as he wolfed it down voraciously.

“Which realm does this space channel lead to, Dragon Cat, can you make it out?”

Activating his Void-Breaking Divine Eye, Monkey looked around. A space storm raged not far off, where he had come from. The direction he was headed was quiet and dark, revealing no clues.

“I don’t know!”

The Dragon Cat shook its head, “If you don’t know, boss, how would I? But the space channel here is very stable, and the space storm is powerful; it must lead to a larger world. Hey, by the way, boss, how did you end up in this space channel?”

“It’s a long story!”

Monkey shook his head and sighed before briefly recounting the events that took place in the Heavenly Court. “That’s what happened. Those guys in the Heavenly Court definitely think that I, Old Monkey, am dead from that Spatial Thunder, they’ll never expect that I’m not afraid of the Spatial Thunder at all!”

Although a smug look flickered across his face, Monkey’s expression once again turned forlorn: “But I, Old Monkey, am now trapped in this damned place, not even knowing where it leads. How is that different from perishing? And how is Flower-Fruit Mountain doing now? That old Jade Emperor will definitely not let it go. Without I, Old Monkey, to restrain him, he will surely trouble Flower-Fruit Mountain! Dammit!”

“The Endless Abyss, it’s this place!”

Listening, the Dragon Cat’s mouth hung open in surprise.

“What, you’ve heard of here?”

Monkey looked astonished, his eyes lighting up.

“Yes, my inherited memories mention this place; it is the connecting zone between the main world of the Three Realms and various realms, filled with mixed Space Force. The Spatial Thunder you mentioned is produced by the compressive force between different spaces, and its destructive power is incredibly frightening!”

The Dragon Cat nodded, looking at Monkey with admiration. “I thought only I could withstand the Spatial Thunder; I didn’t expect that you could too, boss. That’s awesome! You truly deserve to be my boss, my judgement is indeed excellent!”

“Are you praising me or boasting about yourself?”

Monkey was speechless, “Stop the empty talk and tell me how to get out of here!”

“It’s simple, just continue along this space channel into another world, then search for two realms channels to return to the main world of the Three Realms!”

The Dragon Cat blinked, “Boss, you’ve already braved the toughest space storm; there’s nothing to worry about on the road ahead, no dangers. Just fly straight out along the channel.”

“Is it that easy?”

“It’s that easy!”

“…Alright, then. I’ll listen to you, but you’re still forbidden to sleep, you must walk with me. Who knows when I might need your help!”

“…Boss, this is child abuse, it’s inhumane!”

“I, Old Monkey, am not even of the Human Race, what do I care about humanity? Besides, are you still a child? Aren’t you ashamed?”

While bantering, Monkey controlled his movement and flew along the space channel. Although often unreliable, the Dragon Cat’s inherited memories probably weren’t wrong. Having come this far, it seemed that the only option was to keep moving forward, hoping the other end of this space channel wouldn’t be too outrageous and he could quickly find a channel leading back to the Three Realms.

Flower-Fruit Mountain in the Aolai Kingdom of the East Victorious Divine Continent, within the Three Realms.

More than a year had passed since the news of Monkey’s fall in the Heavenly Court’s Endless Abyss reached this place. Over this year, the Heavenly Court had not made any other significant moves, not even sending scouts to Flower-Fruit Mountain; they seemed to have forgotten there was such a place as the Flower-Fruit Mountain in the East Victorious Divine Continent. However, both Leng Xuan and the Erlang God Yang Jian knew very well that the Jade Emperor would never forget Flower-Fruit Mountain. Even if, in his view, Monkey had perished, he would not let go of the Flower-Fruit Mountain that Monkey had established. He would surely want to thoroughly eradicate Flower-Fruit Mountain, to cut the grass and remove the roots!

Hence, there was no relaxation in Flower-Fruit Mountain over this past year. All preparations were actively made, ready all times to meet the fierce onslaught from the Heavenly Court.

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