Powerful Wind Magic

Journey to the West 25 Powerful Wind Magic

The wind stopped. Wukong jumped to his feet and called back the little Wukongs. “ Ugh, ” moaned Bajie. “ I need a nap. ” “ Get up! ” yelled the monkey. “ We have to save the Tang Monk before the demon king eats him! ” Bajie rubbed his head. “ How can we save him? That wind was too powerful. ”

Wukong tapped his chin and thought. “ I’ll sneak into the cave to see what I can find out. ” The monkey changed into a mosquito and squeezed through a crack in the cave’s door. Deep in the cave, he heard someone crying. “ That’s the Tang Monk, ” thought Wukong. The monkey found his master tied up in a dark room.

“ Master! ” cried Wukong. He landed on the monk’s shoulder. “ Wukong?” asked the Tang Monk, looking around. “ Where are you?” “ I’m on your shoulder, ” said Wukong. “ I turned myself into a mosquito. ” “ You must save me, ” said the Tang Monk. He started to cry again. “ Stop crying, ” said Wukong. “ You’ll be free soon. First I must defeat the demon king. I’ll be back! ”

Wukong flew down a tunnel and arrived in the throne room. Yellow Wind was talking to some other demons. “ Your wind magic blew Sun Wukong away, ” said one demon. Yellow Wind laughed. “ Only the bodhisattva Lingji can stop my wind magic. Start a fire. We’re having a feast tonight! ”

“ Aha! ” thought Wukong. “ The bodhisattva Lingji lives on Mount Sumeru. I will ask him for help—quickly! ” The monkey leaped onto a cloud and raced through the sky. When he arrived on Mount Sumeru, Lingji came out of his pagoda. “ It’s nice to see you, Wukong, ” said Lingji. “ Would you like some tea?”