The Great Emperor Zhenwu ultimately gave up on capturing the Nine-Headed Beast.

The Nine-Headed Beast harbored resentment but dared not show even a trace of it in front of Sun Wukong.

"You're more reasonable."

Transforming into a Daoist, it spoke to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong smiled and inquired about its relationship with the Bull Demon King.

The Nine-Headed Beast and the Bull Demon King were friends of many years; after the Bull Demon King settled down in Wanling City, he invited it over to catch up.

It couldn't stop praising the Bull Demon King's pulled noodles.

Sun Wukong then asked, "Do you want to stay in Wanling City too, find a job and settle down?"

"I don't like to be constrained."

The Nine-Headed Beast rejected the idea without hesitation: "Thank you for the kind offer, Great Saint."

The Nine-Headed Beast was somewhat afraid of them; after exchanging a few words, it clasped its hands in a gesture of farewell.

"Great Saint."

The Great Emperor Zhenwu watched the Nine-Headed Beast's retreating figure: "He must be involved with the spaceship."

"Mm."

Sun Wukong had his suspicions.

He too found it suspicious that the Nine-Headed Beast, a demon from the Western Continent, would appear on the spaceship launched from Huaguo Mountain.

Sun Wukong turned to question the Bull Demon King: "Did you really invite him here?"

"Of course, I did."

The Bull Demon King nodded, "Is there a problem with him?"

"It's still unclear."

Sun Wukong then asked, "Has he always looked like this?"

"Well..."

The Bull Demon King slightly furrowed his brows: "His human form does seem a bit different."

Sun Wukong and the Great Emperor Zhenwu exchanged glances.

"That simplifies things."

Both had the same answer in mind.

The Nine-Headed Beast dared not linger and flew toward the borders of Wanling Country.

Only after passing the Tongtian River did it breathe a sigh of relief, pulling out a white cloth bag from its bosom.

Before even opening it, a beam of yellow light flew out of the bag.

The yellow light landed and transformed into a Daoist who almost exactly resembled it.

"You see I wasn't wrong!"

The Nine-Headed Beast said to the Daoist: "That Great Saint has vast divine skills; if it weren't for me, you would've been caught instantly."

"My cloth bag can even contain immortals, what fear could I have?"

The Daoist appeared unconcerned, holding the bag and saying: "But you are indeed loyal. I'll share half of these spiritual objects with you."

Seeing the Daoist keeping his promise, the Nine-Headed Beast was delighted.

The spiritual objects from Huaguo Mountain were of great value; obtaining just half of them meant no worries about food and drink for decades.

With this money, one could well enjoy life everywhere, who would still want to work in Wanling City.

"Daoist friend, with such a treasure, why don't we cooperate more?"

The Nine-Headed Beast eagerly looked at the cloth bag: "You said it can contain even immortals, is that true?"

"Of course, it's true."

The Daoist eyed him warily and made it clear: "Don't get any ideas about it; you don't know the spell, it's useless in your hands."

As the two were talking, a force of suction came from above; the Daoist was caught off-guard, and the cloth bag was instantly swept up by the wind.

"Human Species Bag."

Sun Wukong stood amidst the clouds, catching the bag and thinking it's no wonder.

There was only one white cloth bag in his memory, and that was the Human Species Bag of Maitreya Buddha.

So it turns out he is the Yellow-browed Boy?

Sun Wukong looked at the Daoist rushing towards him with an urgent shout.

Under his Eyes of Golden Flame, the angrily staring Daoist indeed had two yellow eyebrows.

"You macaque, quickly hand over the Human Species Bag to me!"

The Yellow-browed Daoist then took out a pair of Golden Cymbals.

Sun Wukong shook his head; was this guy specifically here to deliver treasures to him?

He reached out and grasped; the Golden Cymbals too landed in his hands.

The Yellow-browed Daoist now became truly flustered.

The Nine-Headed Beast beside sensed something wrong, turned, and flew away into the distance.

"Where do you think you're going!"

A figure blocked his path; it was none other than the True Martial Emperor.

Sun Wukong glanced over and without saying another word, put away the Human Species Bag and the Golden Cymbal, and turned to fly towards Wanling City.

The Huangmei Daoist was stunned, wondering why Sun Wukong would let him go, when suddenly two figures landed and surrounded him from the left and right.

"Wang Lingguan, let me handle this!"

The Immortal of Colossal Spirit stopped Wang Lingguan, who was about to step in, saying, "Since he has done evil in front of me, it's natural that I be the one to defeat him."

Then a fierce battle ensued.

Several days later, the True Martial Emperor extracted the spells for using the Human Species Bag and the Golden Cymbal from the Huangmei Daoist and informed Sun Wukong.

However, the Huangmei Daoist only knew the spells; he was not the true owner of these two treasures.

Sun Wukong opened the Human Species Bag and retrieved the lost Spiritual Objects.

"It was easy to claim the treasures, but Maitreya Buddha will definitely want to take them back."

As Sun Wukong watched the demons move the Spiritual Objects away, he asked the True Martial Emperor, "How did the Huangmei Daoist manage to steal them from Maitreya Buddha?"

The True Martial Emperor gave a reason not much different from that in the Heavenly Book.

The difference was that the reason Huangmei Daoist stole the Human Species Bag and the Golden Cymbal was because he was punished by Maitreya Buddha and acted out of spite.

"Why was he punished?"

Sun Wukong inquired.

"According to him, he couldn't help but laugh a few times during a Dharma assembly upon seeing Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva."

The True Martial Emperor was also puzzled: "As for the reason why he laughed, he didn't dare say, only that he feared retribution after death."

Sun Wukong immediately understood.

"It must have been because of the turtle."

"Turtle?"

The True Martial Emperor looked perplexed: "What's so funny about that?"

"Some days ago, I went to the Underworld and heard that Houtu had drawn a turtle on the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's head," Sun Wukong said.

The Water Moon Fairy, who had just entered from outside the hall, stopped in her tracks and hurriedly turned to leave.

"Fairy?"

Daji, who had come with her, didn't understand and could only watch her depart.

"Daji, what brings you here?"

Sun Wukong asked.

"Great King."

Daji collected her thoughts and bowed to Sun Wukong.

She was so beautiful that, apart from the True Martial Emperor and Sun Wukong, the eyes of all the Immortal Officials present were fixed on her.

Daji spoke, "We hope to set aside an area in the Floating City to establish an art academy."

This was the wish of all the girls in Chuanyin Hall; they hoped to become instructors, teaching music and dance to the students.

"I've already discussed this with the Grandmaster."

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Don't worry, everything that should be built will be."

The Academy City was not just for teaching skills and culture—aspects of emotional cultivation were also very important.

"It's just that..."

Sun Wukong said, "First, you'll need to choose a principal."

"We've already made our choice."

Daji said, "I am the principal."

"You?"

Sun Wukong was somewhat surprised.

Daji was actually willing to take up such a tedious job.

"Well then."

He nodded in agreement and consented.

Meanwhile, the Water Moon Fairy left Wanling Country in a hurry and returned to the South Sea Purple Bamboo Forest.

"Bodhisattva!"

The young disciples came forward to pay their respects.

"Why did you have time to come back today?"

The Water Moon Fairy did not answer.

"Has the assembly at Lingshan ended?"

She took the Jade Purification Bottle, transformed back into her Buddha body, and said, "I want to go see."

She was curious about how the turtle drawn on Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's head would look.

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