A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

For Zhang Zhengdao, the Buddha's golden headband was never a problem.

Beneath the Great Way, the Way of Heaven is but a minor path.

Removing the golden headband with the power of the Great Dao is merely a matter of lifting a hand.

Sun Wukong was stunned to find his head empty, and it took him a long time to recover.

He had considered that one day, after the journey to the West was successfully completed, the golden headband would be taken back. But he never imagined that during the journey, the golden headband would be taken away by someone else.

"What would you do without the golden headband?"

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the bewildered Sun Wukong and asked.

After a moment of confusion, Sun Wukong's eyes gradually hardened as he looked at Zhang Zhengdao and said, "Thank you, Daoist Master. I must first return to five hundred years in the future to rescue Bai Jingjing."

"Alright, do as you please!"

Zhang Zhengdao waved his hand, and with a wave of his hand, the Moonlight Box on Zixia's body appeared in his hand. He handed it to Sun Wukong and told him to leave first. He looked at Zixia and said, "Aren't you leaving? You've made a killing on this deal."

Zixia rolled her eyes at him: "What a waste, the Moonlight Box can travel through time."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "The Moonlight Box was originally brought back by Supreme Treasure from five hundred years later, but you stole it. Moreover, after Sun Wukong returned, the Moonlight Box was still yours, and you also received three life-saving hairs from Guanyin Bodhisattva. You took all the benefits."

Zixia retorted, "You got the golden headband for nothing."

Zhang Zhengdao laughed and changed the subject: "Um... are you going to stay here?"

Zixia said, "Wherever you go, I will go."

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

Is this someone trying to cling to me?

"No, I'm free and independent, and I enjoy roaming the world freely. I don't like to show off, and those who don't seek the limelight can't become legendary heroes. I don't meet your criteria."

Zixia: "So what if he's a peerless hero? Does he eat like a star every day?"

Zhang Zhengdao: "I'm not going to ride on a colorful cloud to show off."

Zixia: "What's the use of the seven-colored auspicious cloud? It's just a means of transportation."

Zhang Zhengdao: "I am still a Taoist priest."

Zixia laughed loudly: "How novel! It's as if Taoist priests aren't born of parents. Since they are born of parents, what's wrong with a Taoist priest being a father?"

Zhang Zhengdao: "You mean you want to marry me?"

Zixia laughed loudly: "Did I say that?"

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

You've made it so obvious, could it be that I've misunderstood?

Zhang Zhengdao said, "You are Zixia now, but at night you are your sister Qingxia. Have you ever thought about... one day when you are the only one occupying this body?"

Zixia was also stunned; it seemed she had never thought about this question before.

From the moment she gained sentience, she and her sister Qingxia were always entangled day and night, and she never imagined that one day she would have this body to herself.

"I have no idea!"

Zhang Zhengdao looked at her again and said, "If one day you can stand under the Milky Way, looking at the starlight and the moonlight falling from the sky onto your dress, can you imagine what the night would look like?"

Zixia glanced at the sun, which seemed to be gradually setting in the west.

The orange-red light shone on her figure, and the wind that swept across the dunes stirred up a layer of sand, making her dress flutter like a fairy in a flying apsara mural.

As Zixia watched the sunset slowly descend, an overwhelming longing suddenly welled up within her.

She truly longed to see herself under a sky full of stars, and her shadow gracefully moving under the moonlight. What a romantic scene that would be!

"I have no idea……"

Zixia Fairy is very conflicted.

If she truly possessed this body alone, it would be incredibly unfair to her sister, Qingxia. Although her sister always threatened to hunt her down, Qingxia was still the sister with whom she would be entangled for life.

Zhang Zhengdao said, "I have a wonderful method that can separate you and your sister. Your sister will also get a body. However, the original owner of this body will have to give it up."

This ingenious method is certainly much stronger than the teleportation technique.

The "Transformation Technique" is merely a temporary relocation of the soul into another person's body. Over time, it not only harms the host's body but can also damage their spirit. It's only acceptable for a short period.

After hesitating for a long time, Fairy Zixia finally sighed and said, "No one is willing to use their body to please someone else. Fine, tell me, and I'll listen."

Zhang Zhengdao nodded; this girl was still kind.

"Alright, the sun has set, you have to go now, and so do I."

Zixia: "Can I go with you?"

Zhang Zhengdao laughed loudly: "Qingxia comes out as soon as night falls. She won't come with me. Where will you look for me then?"

Zixia nodded: "That's true. You can stay with my sister at night and stay with me during the day, isn't that good?"

This girl is really outspoken.

Zhang Zhengdao: "You mean... my sister will marry me tonight, and you'll marry me during the day? This... how could I possibly accept that? Haha..."

Zixia said angrily, "You... what I mean is that you stay with my sister tonight. Anyway, she can't go back to Lingshan. If you don't let her go far, we can be together during the day."

It turns out I misunderstood.

Zhang Zhengdao was a little embarrassed. If he really married Zixia, he could have two women in one, and the long-term effects would be quite significant. However, he had misjudged the situation. What kind of sister would do such a thing?

They have their pride!

Zhang Zhengdao shook his head: "For that little bit during the day, I'd have to stay up all night watching over your sister. It's not worth it, not worth it at all."

Zixia retorted angrily, "Don't you think much of me at all? All this talk about it being unprofitable, all you think about is business. Just give me one answer: yes or no..."

Before Zhang Zhengdao could speak, he heard someone shouting from not far away.

"Senior Brother...where are you going?"

It was Pigsy who shouted that.

"Master, where is our eldest brother going?"

This is what Sha Wujing shouted.

Finally, it was Tang Sanzang who spoke: "Wukong, where are you going? You're so far away from us. Have you abandoned your master? Or have you abandoned Bajie? Or have you abandoned Wujing? If you've abandoned Bajie, I'll let him go further away. If you've abandoned Wujing, I'll let him go further away, but the burden must stay with me. That way, I'll feel more at ease... If you've abandoned your master, I absolutely won't recite the Tightening-Headband Mantra... Oh dear, Wukong, where did the golden headband on your head go? Did you take it off to exchange for money...?"

"Shut up!"

Sun Wukong bared his teeth at Tang Sanzang.

Tang Sanzang said, "Amitabha, Wukong, you scared me again. Tell me about the golden headband. If you don't wear it, how can I recite the Tightening-Headband Mantra for you? If I don't recite it, you'll scare me again. Are you trying to scare me, or do you want me to recite the Tightening-Headband Mantra for you...?"

"Monk, shut up, or I'll hit your bald head right down to your neck with this stick, and then... you'll be stuck reciting the Tightening Mantra over your neck."

Sun Wukong grew impatient and picked up his staff, twirling it around.

Tang Sanzang chanted a Buddhist prayer: "Amitabha, Wukong, if you want to hit me, what's the point of me chanting scriptures? If you don't want to hit me..."

"Shut up--"

The sound was so loud that Sha Wujing, who was standing next to Tang Sanzang, shouted, "Oh no! Oh no! Our eldest brother has killed Master with one blow!"

Pigsy immediately said, "Shut up! Do you want our senior brother to beat us both to death too?"

The two cautiously peeked out from the edge of the sand dune slope and looked in Sun Wukong's direction.

Sun Wukong stared intently at the two of them.

"I don't know anything, I didn't see anything, I absolutely don't know you killed Master..." Pigsy closed his eyes and frantically shook his head.

Sha Wujing: "Second Brother, you should say 'us'."

Sun Wukong didn't even bother to look at them, and curled his lip: "If you shout again, I'll kill you all, and then take your luggage and this white dragon horse and travel to five hundred years in the future."

Pigsy plopped down on the ground: "Big Brother, I'll shut up."

Sha Wujing: "Eldest brother, second brother, I'll shut up too."

Tang Sanzang: "Eldest disciple, I...look at you, you've scared two of your junior brothers again. They are your junior brothers..."

Sun Wukong took out the Moonlight Box.

By this time, it had gotten dark, and the morning star had appeared. Judging from the weather today, there should be moonlight.

Zhang Zhengdao turned to look at Zixia.

"You'll see the Moonlight Box taking the monkey through time in a little while."

"People are troubled by love, even the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong, is no exception. This shows the importance of the journey to the West. Only by obtaining the true scriptures can people be freed from these greedy, angry, and deluded thoughts, and no longer be troubled by love."

It sounds like Brigitte Lin's style.

Because it is nighttime, the sky is full of stars, and a crescent moon hangs in the sky, its light as clear as water.

Sun Wukong arranged the Moonlight Box, letting the moonlight fall upon it. Just as he was about to chant the incantation, Tang Sanzang suddenly said, "Wukong, how long will it take you to return? If you don't come back, will we still be able to retrieve the scriptures? If we don't, we should divide our belongings. You usually have a lot of work and work hard, so I'll give you a larger share. Bajie usually does little work and is lazy and gluttonous..."

Pigsy: "Master, how can you say that about me? If it weren't for me leading the horse all the way, and this white dragon horse not knowing the way, who knows where it would have taken you? It might have taken you to the Dragon King of the East Sea, let alone the Western Paradise."

Before Tang Sanzang could speak, he suddenly heard Sun Wukong shout, "Prajnaparamita—"

Suddenly, a bright light descended from the sky and enveloped Sun Wukong.

As everyone looked in that direction, the pillar of moonlight suddenly disappeared.

Along with the disappearance of the moonlight pillar, Sun Wukong also vanished.