Lao Tzu is Ji Gong

Tang Sanzang looked at the gourd in front of him and asked, "Wukong, what do you think we should do?"

Sun Wukong thought for a moment and said, "Bajie, go over there and use your Earthly Fiend Technique to see if you can move this gourd away."

Although Pigsy was unwilling, he had no choice but to step forward and move the gourd.

Pigsy took a few steps, then suddenly stomped his foot and used his Earthly Fiend Technique, shaking the entire canyon so violently it seemed about to collapse. It was truly a powerful display of force.

Pigsy lunged forward and grabbed the gourd stuck in the canyon, intending to move it. However, the gourd suddenly became incredibly heavy, pressing down on Pigsy so much that he couldn't breathe. Helpless, Pigsy had no choice but to give up.

Looking back at Sun Wukong, he complained, "When I, Old Pig, use my Earthly Fiend Skill, I can lift a mountain. But this big gourd suddenly became too heavy and almost crushed me to death."

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Is it really that strange? Come, come, step back. Let me test him." Then he flew over.

Looking at the gourd in front of him, Sun Wukong said, "If I can't move you, I'll smash you. That way I can pass through."

At this moment, Sun Wukong took out his golden cudgel, intending to use it to smash the gourd to pieces.

The Golden Cudgel weighs 108,000 jin. It was originally a magic needle that Yu the Great placed in the East Sea to stabilize the waters when he was controlling the floods. Its weight was immense. Back then, apart from Sun Wukong, no one else could lift this magic needle.

Sun Wukong's staff strike could injure even a Great Luo Golden Immortal, or at the very least, severely injure him. But something unexpected happened to Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong immediately swung his staff, and with a loud bang, he discovered that the gourd had turned golden, as if it were made of metal or stone.

After Wukong swung his staff, there was only a loud bang and nothing else. Wukong then struck several more times, the loud bangs echoing continuously throughout the canyon.

Sha Wujing and Zhu Bajie were unaffected. But Tang Sanzang couldn't take it; he was immediately stunned and fell off his horse.

Sun Wukong turned around and asked, "Master, what's wrong?"

Tang Sanzang, exhausted, said, "Wukong, if you can't get it out, then stop. This sound wave is so deafening, I really can't take it."

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "Alright, you two keep a close eye on your master. I, Old Sun, will use my Fiery Eyes to see what this thing really is."

Sun Wukong used his Fiery Eyes of Truth to look at the large gourd. He saw that inside the large gourd were seven smaller gourds of different colors.

Sun Wukong immediately stepped forward and picked up the gourd himself. Suddenly, the gourd became much heavier. Sun Wukong looked around and saw that one of the seven gourds was emitting light.

Sun Wukong immediately took out his golden cudgel and smashed it against the gourd. He saw that another gourd immediately emitted light.

Sun Wukong thought to himself: Could it be that each of the smaller gourds inside this gourd possesses a unique ability? The first is super weight. The second is hardening.

"Alright, let me, Old Sun, give you another try. I'll test all seven of your abilities and then use the ones you don't have to counter you. Let's see what you do then!"

Then, Sun Wukong gathered firewood and lit a fire under the gourd. Sure enough, he discovered that there was another light emanating from inside the gourd.

Sun Wukong looked closely and indeed discovered that the gourd was a water gourd, made entirely of water.

Sun Wukong couldn't help but laugh and say, "What a wonderful treasure!"

In fact, these were the seven gourd heroes under Li Xiuyuan's command. However, Li Xiuyuan had released them not long ago, intending for them to hinder Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

Sun Wukong looked at the gourd and then tried to use magic to freeze it, but at that moment, flames and lightning lit up the surface of the gourd, melting the ice directly.

Li Xiuyuan's seven gourds each possessed extraordinary abilities. He released them with the intention of making things difficult for Tang Sanzang and his disciples.

Later, Wukong used many methods and demonstrated the abilities of all six gourds, but he still couldn't discover the special power of the last gourd.

However, Sun Wukong thought it was almost done. He was just about to take the gourd away.

Sun Wukong's fiery eyes peered into the gourds and saw seven gourds, presumably containing seven gourds. However, each of them seemed to possess a unique ability.

However, what Sun Wukong couldn't understand was these seven gourds.

Seven gourds—that's incredibly rare. They could even be considered treasures, possessing extraordinary abilities, almost like those of an ancient sorcerer.

Chapter 545 Seven Gourds

Sun Wukong had considered the giant gourds, but these gourds were incredibly magical. They possessed many extraordinary abilities, and he couldn't even find a weakness to overcome them.

Sun Wukong was also helpless and turned to leave.

Pigsy asked, "Brother Monkey, after all this time, have you finally come up with a solution?"

Sun Wukong shook his head and said, "I have no other choice. Why don't we fly over from above?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang immediately said, "Wukong, this is absolutely unacceptable. If we fly there, what difference is there between that and flying directly to the Western Paradise? If we encounter obstacles, we'll just have to take a detour. Even if we reach the Western Paradise, we probably still won't be able to obtain the true scriptures."

Sun Wukong was very troubled and said, "Master, you don't know. Inside that big gourd are seven smaller gourds. Each gourd has its own special ability. I don't know where to start."

Upon hearing this, Tang Sanzang realized the severity of the situation and sighed, "Oh dear, what should we do?"

Pigsy said, "It's still because I'm not strong enough. If we could invite the Giant Spirit God from Heaven, that Giant Spirit God would be incredibly strong. He could lift anything, no matter how heavy it is."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong seemed to have an idea. He said, "That's right. No matter how heavy this gourd is, as long as you're strong enough, you can lift it!"

Sha Wujing asked naively, "Brother, do you have a solution?"

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "Perhaps, you can wait here first."

Then Sun Wukong returned to the gourd and said, "You seven demons, get out of my way right now! Otherwise, I, Old Sun, will make you regret it!"

But the gourd still didn't move. Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Very well, if you insist on doing this, don't blame Grandpa Sun for not letting you have an easy time."

Little did they know, these Calabash Brothers were also Sun Wukong's junior brothers, or rather, Sun Wukong's junior brothers, only they were younger. They were probably even younger than Red Boy.

Then Sun Wukong flicked out his golden cudgel again, placed it under the gourd, and then silently chanted a spell.

Then we saw the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) grow thicker and thicker, eventually transforming into a truncated cone that was rising upwards, lifting the gourd directly up.

Seeing this, Tang Sanzang and the others behind him were all smiles, and Zhu Bajie cheered repeatedly. Tang Sanzang said "Amitabha" and then said, "It is truly the Buddha's blessing."

Sun Wukong looked quite smug and said, "Monster, show yourself! Mo Yan has fallen to his death."

At this moment, the gourd had already been lifted over a hundred feet by the Ruyi Jingu Bang, but it still did not move.

Seeing that there was no movement, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Haha. If you won't show yourselves, then I'll force you to."

Then he uttered the word "collect," and the Ruyi Jingu Bang, which was originally like a pillar supporting the sky, suddenly shrank to the size of an iron rod and was collected by Sun Wukong.

The giant gourd fell from the sky, but there was still no movement.

Because Sun Wukong slightly changed the direction of the gourd when he lifted it, it didn't get stuck in the canyon when it fell.

The next moment, the large gourd crashed with a loud bang onto a hilltop not far away.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples could see clearly. Sun Wukong explained it clearly: there were seven demons inside, and they all wanted to see clearly what kind of demons they were.

The large gourd crashed to the ground with a loud bang, and the next moment, the screams of a group of children rang out.

Tang Sanzang and his disciples looked at the giant gourd, which then fell to the ground. It had transformed into seven children and scattered.

All seven Calabash Brothers were rubbing their bottoms and crying out in pain, clearly from the fall. Sun Wukong was even more surprised to find a group of children inside the gourd; he was speechless. No one could have imagined that it was a group of children.

Everyone was quite embarrassed. Tang Sanzang said with a wry smile, "Amitabha, Amitabha, it is truly a sin, truly a sin."

Pigsy and Sandy were already laughing heartily. Pigsy, holding the seven gourd brothers, laughed and said, "Brother Monkey, you're really something. You threw out a bunch of babies all at once. Now you can raise them. But you won't have any milk to feed them, they won't survive."

Sha Wujing laughed and said, "What kind of situation is this? How did you end up with a bunch of dolls?"

To everyone's astonishment, the seven children glared angrily at Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Whose children are you? Why don't you reveal your true forms and give us water to drink?"

The Calabash Brothers grew increasingly angry as they listened, and immediately transformed into individual gourds, attacking Sun Wukong. Sun Wukong dared not underestimate them, but these little Calabash Brothers were so adorable that he couldn't bring himself to harm them.

Then, in a short while, Sun Wukong captured all seven Calabash Brothers and bound them with a rope.

Unexpectedly, a fire-breathing doll burned the rope, and all the dolls came out again.

These Calabash Brothers were so cute that even Pigsy came over to join in, asking, "Which tree are you from?"

A group of children spoke up: "We are not on the same tree, we are on the same vine."

Sun Wukong laughed and scolded, "What an idiot! Gourds grow on vines, not on books."

Sun Wukong was very puzzled as to why these seven gourd brothers had appeared out of thin air.

Finally, Tang Sanzang spoke, "Children, you should leave now. We are on our way to the Western Paradise to obtain the scriptures. We cannot delay."

Huowa said, "Master told us to come and find our senior brother. If we can't find him, we can't go back."

Tang Sanzang asked, "Your senior brother? Are you looking for your senior brother? Who is your senior brother?"

Huowa said, "Master said that our senior brother is a monkey with a stick."

Pigsy suddenly realized and said, "Really? Isn't this the one who came to find Brother Monkey?"

Sun Wukong asked, "Are you Master's disciples?"

Sun Wukong had only heard that Li Xiuyuan had taken in Bodhidharma, who was now the Arhat who subdued dragons.

I've never heard of him. He even took in seven Calabash Brothers, including Red Boy, who is just a page. Actually, Li Xiuyuan did this on purpose, just to stop him today.

However, what surprised Sun Wukong was their individual special abilities.

Chapter 546 Miyin Valley

Just as Sun Wukong was deep in thought, the seven gourd brothers surrounded him, circling around him.

Sun Wukong laughed and scolded, "Master really has an eye for talent, taking in so many dolls. Those who know him say he took in a bunch of dolls, but those who don't might think he gave birth to a bunch of dolls."

However, Sun Wukong was very puzzled. That big gourd from before was truly magical, so he asked, "How did your seven small gourds turn into one big gourd?"

The Calabash Brothers said, "What's wrong with that? Master taught us seven people, one for each side?"

Sun Wukong exclaimed in surprise, "What?"

Fire Boy said, "If Senior Brother doesn't believe us, we'll conjure one up for him to see." As soon as he finished speaking, Sun Wukong saw seven dazzling lights, and then a Calabash Brother appeared.

The Calabash Brother grinned and said, "Senior Brother, my name is Little Vajra."