"Hmm?"
"Young friend Sun, what do you mean by that?"
"What do you mean by 'shocking, but not quite scientific'?"
"Your performance just now was not bad, but you think too highly of yourself. With this much skill, Erlang Shen, Nezha, and others could do the same."
"On what grounds should I think highly of you?"
"On the grounds that you dared to wreak havoc in Spirit Mountain, battle the Heavenly Court, and bribe Yuanshi?"
"Or, on the grounds that you dared to call the Tathagata 'Little Lai Lai'?"
"Don't you think these tricks are too childish? In front of me, if you truly want to leave a deep impression and make me cooperate with your Journey to the West to maximize your gains,"
"Then please present a bigger surprise!"
To Sun Kong's surprise, although the sect leader Tongtian was indeed shocked and rewarded, he did not show excessive emotion.
It was as if Sun Kong's entire combo had been foreseen by him. Therefore, apart from a slight surprise, there was no shock as great as he had imagined.
Now, it was Sun Kong's turn to be surprised and annoyed.
He was surprised that he himself did not know when the sect leader Tongtian, whom he had met only once, had taken notice of him and even calculated his trajectory of actions in advance.
If this were true, it would mean that the Honghuang Three Realms of this time and space were increasingly deviating from the descriptions in the previous life's "Journey to the West."
This was worth Sun Kong adjusting his mindset and re-examining.
What annoyed him was not that the sect leader Tongtian, after saying those words, immediately beckoned and rescued the four injured inner disciples, looking at him with disdain.
He casually turned the four extremely powerful bullets into dust.
More than that, he was annoyed by his own carelessness this time.
Saints were saints after all.
Those below saints were merely those below saints.
He had always been too successful in shocking others before.
Shocking them was as easy as drinking water.
Gaining rewards was as effortless as breathing.
This time, he actually harbored the delusion that, relying on his past habitual path, he assumed that the sect leader Tongtian would also be easily shocked and give him astonishing rewards.
Little did he know.
Ever since Sun Kong's transmigration, he had first refused amnesty, then dawdled in joining Spirit Mountain, then battled Spirit Mountain and the Heavenly Court, then subdued his second and third brothers, teased the Tathagata as "Little Lai Lai," and so on.
This series of self-destructive, frenzied, and shocking actions was not as miraculous as he had imagined. Instead, it had long been seen and remembered by the sect leader Tongtian and others.
According to the thoughts of these saints, they might not understand why he was so rebellious and why he was becoming more and more powerful.
There might have been a few minor shocks.
But it was definitely not as shocking as those below the saints.
It was only that the elder brother Yuanshi, due to Guangchengzi's improving condition, was overjoyed and momentarily distracted, which led him to make an exception and think highly of him.
He spoke words of praise that were not originally intended.
This time, the sect leader Tongtian spoke the truth, entirely because he and Sun Kong did not have deep karmic connections, and he could not find a weakness or anything that could shock him.
This time, it could truly be said that he had lost the watermelon while picking up the sesame seeds. If not for his considerable self-control and the fact that the sect leader Tongtian did not take advantage of his precarious situation, he might have been finished!
It was also at this time.
Sun Kong finally remembered that before setting off, the Tathagata Buddha had told him that this was an opportunity, but also a danger.
The opportunity was that he could slightly shock the sect leader Tongtian three times.
The danger, however, was not elsewhere or at other times, but right now!
"The Upper Pure Saint is indeed the Upper Pure Saint. He actually knows the whereabouts of my journey all along, without any surprise."
"Yes, very good, very good. However, the reason why I dare to visit alone is not just with these little tricks and schemes."
"Since my Journey to the West Gatling can only bully your disciples and absolutely cannot harm you, I will change my approach."
"I wonder if the Upper Pure Saint still remembers the holy water soup you drank last time?"
"Do you still remember its fragrance?"
After a period of painful self-reflection, Sun Kong's courage and fighting spirit did not diminish; instead, they increased. After organizing his thoughts, he once again unleashed his self-destructive madness.
What he had in mind was, of course, nothing else.
But another supreme treasure that could impress the elder brother Yuanshi.
It was the holy water soup that could only be brewed by the Sun Moon Qiankun Furnace!
Despite his confident words.
In his heart, Sun Kong still had a trace of worry.
Not for anything else.
It was precisely because this mistake had made him see himself again as someone who was not yet self-destructive enough, not crazy enough, and not shocking enough to others.
Even though the Journey to the West Gatling was very powerful, it was, at best, just a small toy in the eyes of the saints.
How could it truly shock these old fellows?
To shock them again and restore the sect leader Tongtian's high evaluation of him, the only thing he could present now was probably that pot of holy water soup.
"I never thought that I, Sun Kong, who can shock others so much, would one day be shocked by the sect leader Tongtian."
"I have to say, these saints are really perverted, really hard to fathom."
"Fortunately, I still have a lot of room for growth in the future. Although I might be a bit embarrassed and dejected today, when I develop well in the future, I will definitely be able to shock all of you, and keep shocking you for ten thousand years!"
"I hope this holy water soup still holds some appeal for this old fellow Tongtian, otherwise, I really don't know how to proceed."
Sun Kong waited for the sect leader Tongtian with unspeakable anxiety.
At this moment, apart from realizing his mistake and that he should not treat saints and non-saints as the same and stimulate them with the same level of shock,
more importantly, he thought that when he returned to Spirit Mountain, no matter what, he could not become complacent and forget his original intention just because he had temporarily joined Spirit Mountain.
He would not mention it for now.
In the future, he would indeed find other non-saints to practice with, accumulating more shocking experience and rewards from them.
Thus, he would step out of his comfort zone of the past few days and achieve the ability to shock these extremely rational and perverted saints in an instant, in the near future!
Time passed by the second.
Unlike in the past, every second this time was a considerable torment for Sun Kong. As the silence deepened, his confidence was almost on the verge of collapse.
Suddenly.
The sect leader Tongtian, who just moments ago had almost broken Sun Kong's spirit and made him collapse with just a few words, actually chuckled involuntarily, showing a hint of endless reminiscence on his face.
But he did not admit defeat in his words.
Instead, he became even more disdainful!
"Holy water soup is a product developed by my senior brother. Its efficacy surpasses that of the original Nine-Turn Golden Elixir. What, are you bragging that you, a monkey, know how to make it?"
If these words were not said, Sun Kong might have lost the courage to shock others forever.
But it was precisely because of the sect leader Tongtian's dismissive remark.
It brought Sun Kong back to life from "death"!
Before the sect leader Tongtian, who was even more difficult to serve than the elder brother Yuanshi, could drive him away, Sun Kong chuckled and took out the Sun Moon Qiankun Furnace.
He would brew the soup on the spot!