"Tell me honestly, what exactly happened before? Did you go mad, or did you have some incredible encounter?"
"Don't try to fool me like you fooled Tathagata or beguiled the Jade Emperor with those nonsensical tales. Your mother isn't an idiot, but a Saint. I can divine the truth behind all your lies."
"It's best if you're not lying. For any difficulty, any trouble, your mother can still help you think things through."
"But if you dare to lie, to deceive even your mother, beware, for I will be the first to not let you off."
"I could forge your physical body with the Five-Colored Stone, and I can also reclaim it. Think about it, without the Five-Colored Stone as your physical form, you won't be that powerful. But you will suffer greatly!"
Legends say women are difficult to deal with, especially female Saints. Nuwa, in particular, is even harder to get along with. One wrong step, and you've offended her.
Indeed, these words did not deceive Sun Kong.
Sun Kong was still in the early stages of fawning and tentative probing.
He hadn't yet figured out a specific method to trade for the fragment of the Tiangang Guiyi Gong from Nuwa's hand, to complete the set.
Little did he expect.
This mother he had just recognized was even more formidable than him. With just a few sentences, she had almost him cornered.
If Sun Kong at this moment were not a transmigrator, but the original Sun Wukong, he would have been absolutely startled by Nuwa's words, and without daring to delay, would have immediately confessed everything.
But coincidentally, he was indeed a transmigrator, so he wouldn't be so foolish.
However, to deal with this Nuwa, he still needed to come up with a flawless explanation!
"Mother!"
"What are you saying?"
"Some people curse that I, your son, was born but not raised, destined to be a monkey demon, driven by them. That's fine, your son doesn't mind. At worst, I'll show them after completing the Journey to the West."
"How can even you, the closest and most loving mother, speak to me like this?"
"If you want to know about what happened before, I will tell you everything, without hiding a single word or punctuation mark. But you really shouldn't scare your son like this."
"'The Mani Pearl given by the Western Teachings, which forged my soul,' I have no interest in such things."
"In my son's heart, the Five-Colored Stone given by Mother is still the most important, the most precious. Therefore, if Mother believes rumors and wants to punish your son, your son will not resist. I will only beg you to take back the Five-Colored Stone first."
"After all, it's only natural for Mother to discipline her son, but it's a shame to let Mother's efforts go to waste. Take this Five-Colored Stone back, wash it, and it will still be good for the next son of Mother to use."
"Even if your son dies, he will bless and pray for Mother, for Mother to be the most respected and admired Saint in the Three Realms of the Great Desolation, without exception!"
As he spoke, Sun Kong went all out. He not only genuinely knelt down, begging Nuwa to take back the Five-Colored Stone from his body.
Even seeing that Nuwa didn't act, to show his filial piety and innocence, he resorted to a stratagem of self-inflicted injury.
With the Chaos Golden Cudgel in hand.
He moved his physical body closer, intending to smash himself to death with the Chaos Golden Cudgel in front of Nuwa, to separate his physical body and return the Five-Colored Stone to Nuwa.
This scene was utterly unprecedented.
This scene was the most ruthless display from Sun Kong.
This scene, as expected, instantly shocked and moved Nuwa!
Although she knew that she and Sun Kong were using each other.
One for merit and to become a Buddha.
The other to push the Journey to the West to fulfill his mission.
The so-called mother and son were just temporary pleasantries.
But she didn't expect that her casual remark would be taken seriously by Sun Kong. Thinking about it, which Saint in the Three Realms of the Great Desolation had devoted disciples?
Only she didn't.
Now, just as she had gained one, and because of her suspicion and the rumors from outsiders, he was about to commit suicide. Wasn't this making her uncomfortable, returning to her original state of loneliness and boredom?
Absolutely not!
Thinking this, the originally calm Saint Nuwa temporarily disappeared, replaced by a mother heartbroken and filled with remorse for her son.
She quickly stopped Sun Kong, who was about to smash himself to death with a single blow!
"Silly child, why are you taking this so seriously?"
"Hurry up and stop. Don't think your mother is a fool who can be misled by a few words from outsiders. I wasn't questioning you just now; I was merely asking casually."
"How could I not believe you?"
With Nuwa saying this, Sun Kong naturally seized the opportunity and didn't actually smash himself. He secretly smiled and returned to the main topic.
For the next hour.
Sun Kong told Nuwa about almost every major and minor event, except for his transmigration and system. Of course, he described his recklessness and madness as being forced by the Buddhist monks of Spirit Mountain and the immortals of the Heavenly Court.
He portrayed himself as being used and abandoned by them, and even insulted and reviled, to the point where they insulted his mother, Nuwa.
In summary.
The shock of the Buddhist monks of Spirit Mountain was not his fault, but the fault of the monks, who shouldn't have refused him entry into Spirit Mountain, nor prevented him from serving Buddhism early.
The shock of the immortals of the Heavenly Court was also not his fault, but the fault of the immortals, who shouldn't have insulted him with the position of Bima Wen, nor forced it upon him later.
Even the shock of the great Saints and countless beings in the Three Realms of the Great Desolation was not his fault; it was merely their astonishment due to their extensive experience.
With these words, he truly convinced Nuwa, and for the first time, Sun Kong's every action after being shocked was given the most reasonable explanation.
Perhaps others would not forgive him.
But with the sympathy and understanding of his "mother," Nuwa, Sun Kong could henceforth act with a clear conscience, even more recklessly and madly.
This is what it means to be a treasure for a child with a mother!
"So, besides visiting your mother, you also want me to help you with something, don't you?"
After wiping away the last tear, Nuwa regained some composure and asked.
"Actually, Mother, it's not really about asking for help. Your son knows that Mother also bears the mission given by the Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Dao, and the pressure is not small, so I wouldn't dare to trouble Mother."
"I just heard that Mother has a fragment of the Tiangang Guiyi Gong. It is said that this item belongs to Zhu Bajie in his future reincarnation as Zhu Yishi."
"So, I've come to borrow it."
Seeing that Nuwa had finished being moved and had resumed the rationality of a normal Saint, Sun Kong dared not delay and tentatively brought up the matter.
He had expected Nuwa to perhaps delay with excuses.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing that it was for her son's needs, Nuwa did not hesitate at all. She took out the fragment of the Tiangang Guiyi Gong and let Sun Kong complete his set.
But before Sun Kong could get too happy, Nuwa suddenly stopped him, as if she also had something she needed his help with!
"Does Mother have any instructions?"
Sun Kong asked curiously.
"It's not really an instruction, it's just that this golden brick of yours, can you find a few more? My palace is lacking it for decoration."
"If you could find a complete set, that would be best."
Nuwa said this lightly.
But it shocked Sun Kong too!
This darned mother is not to be trifled with! She's trying to extort me?