Chapter 4: A Hundred Years of Cultivation Suffering, Sun Yuanhua's Fruit Mountain Reveals Its Might

  "Great King, who is he to be the second Great King? I don't accept it!" A gibbon from Sun Wukong's side jumped out, clenched its huge fists and stared at Sun Yuan, as if ready to punch him at any moment.

  Although Sun Wukong was willing to be the second-in-command, there were still those who disagreed. As long as society exists, there will be classes, and even in a primitive monkey troop, being the second-in-command is an enviable title. Who knows how many monkeys coveted this position? At this time, a monkey who thought he was number one and Sun Wukong was number two jumped out.

  "Hey, don't be too arrogant, Huang Hou was once the number one master of our Western Mountain. With your skills, even two or three of you wouldn't be a match for him." A voice came from the entrance of the cave, and the monkeys looked up to see that it was Zhang Mao who had arrived.

  He happened to witness this scene, and he was delighted that his brother was crowned the second great king. Since Sun Wukong unified the monkeys of Mount Huaguo, the stone monkey, who used to be very close to him, gradually drifted away from him. In these hundred years, the only thing that remained unchanged in their relationship was the strange yellow monkey staying on top of the mountain.

  "Who do I think you are! It's actually my defeated general, Long Mao. The lesson I taught you last time wasn't enough? I think this time you'll have to stay in bed for a few more days. And by the way, I've never heard of any masters from the Western Mountain Monkey Group." Tong Bei Hou turned around and burst out laughing, but immediately realized he had misspoken, saying "Of course, except for Your Majesty, because Your Majesty isn't even part of the Western Mountain Monkey Group!"

  "Through the back, this time the long-haired one didn't say wrong, I really admire the strength of Brother Huanghou, and I think you're not a match for him." Sun Wukong nodded in satisfaction, calmly accepting the respect from his monkey subordinates.

  "It seems that some of you still don't accept me as the second-in-command, so let's settle this with a fight. According to our usual rules in the Flower Fruit Mountain monkey troop, we'll use battle to prove the facts. What do you say?" Sun Yuan smiled slightly and stood up from the stone bench, looking at the gibbon ape in front of him.

  "Brother, since that's the case, you go try it out. I don't believe there's anyone in the entire Mountain of Flowers and Fruits who can be your match except for the Great King." A monkey behind him spoke up, but Tong Bei Hou didn't move.

  Seeing Sun Yuan's confident appearance, Tong Bei Hou suddenly hesitated. Unlike Sun Yuan, Tong Bei Hou had a high reputation in the monkey group. If he won later, it would be fine, but if he lost, he would lose face and prestige.

  "What, the loud and proud Tong Bei is actually afraid? I'm not seeing things wrong! Long Mao, you were actually defeated by this guy, it's really embarrassing for me, how did I teach you back then!" Seeing Tong Bei showing fear, Sun Yuan didn't plan to let him off.

  These years, he had also heard about the long-haired monkey being beaten by the gibbon, but these small fights among the monkeys, he didn't have the heart to ask about, and the long-haired monkey's personality, if not suppressed a bit, would go crazy. So he never paid attention to such things. However, now that the gibbon had come to his door himself, Sun Yuan was not unwilling to teach him a lesson.

  "Alas! I regret not doing it earlier." Long Mao was taken aback for a moment, then caught the eye signal from Sun Yuan Shi and recalled the riddle that two monkeys used to tell after getting caught stealing wine 100 years ago. Suddenly enlightened, he said "Think back to when I competed with Tong Bei Hou before, the white-haired monkey from next door insisted on marrying his five daughters to me. Who do you think the white-haired monkey was? Do you still remember?"

  "Isn't that the old man who married a black monkey wife? Apart from brewing some special monkey wine, he's useless in every way. However, your relationship with him was still pretty good back then, but I suppose he should be dead by now!" Sun Yuan furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and suddenly realized something.

  "It's true, old white head, you said we two stole the monkey wine from others for so many years. As for his last words before death, how could I not agree? So on the eve of the battle with Tongbei Monkey King, I had a great one-night stand seven times. Think about it, how could I still be his opponent after dawn?" Long Mao sighed deeply, and the monkeys suddenly burst into a knowing laughter.

  "You... Fine, I won't argue with you either. Since that's the case, today I'll make a move and let you see that my reputation as Tong Bei Yuan Hou isn't undeserved." Tong Bei Yuan Hou's fluffy monkey face suddenly turned bright red, matching his buttocks. Although Tong Bei Yuan Hou had an innate advantage in terms of martial arts, if it came to a battle of wits, ten Tong Bei Yuan Hous wouldn't be able to match one Long Mao.

  Seeing their goal achieved, Sun Yuan cast a glance at Zhang Mao, who tacitly winked in response, a habitual gesture they had developed over the years.

  "Alright, this is the real Monkey King, the fighting monkey of the monkey tribe. Make your move!" Sun Yuan took a step forward and said calmly.

  At this time, under Sun Wukong's rebuke, the monkeys retreated and gave way to two monkeys, allowing them space. The beautiful monkey king sat on his throne with interest, knowing the strength of Tongbei Yuan. In his heart, Tongbei Yuan was no match for Sun Wukong. He did not stop this trial, but rather wanted to see Sun Wukong's current strength. After a hundred years, the beautiful monkey king was very interested in Sun Wukong's strength, which had been almost equal to his own back then.

  "Hmph, this is what you get for asking for it. Let me show you what a real skill looks like." With a flick of his wrist, the gibbon swung his fist over.

  Faced with Tongbei Yuan's incoming fist, Sun Yuan's face suddenly showed a crying and laughing expression. No wonder, because the route of fist used by Tongbei Yuan was exactly the Monkey Fist that Sun Wukong had stolen from him.

  He was well-versed in this road's fist method, and even with his eyes closed, Tong Bei Yuan Hou wouldn't be able to hit him. Indeed, following Sun Yuan's seemingly simple small step, Tong Bei Yuan Hou was instantly dodged to one side.

  "This doesn't count, let's do it again." After being easily dodged, Tong Bei's face turned bright red as he faced the burst of laughter from the monkey group, and this laugh was undoubtedly coming from that long-haired guy.

  The time that followed became Sun Yuan's performance time, as he dodged and weaved to avoid the attacks of the Tongbei Monkey King, who was getting more and more exhausted, almost unable to catch his breath.

  "Hiding and dodging is no skill, come at me with all you've got!" The furious gibbon let out a loud roar and charged forward again.

  "Alright, try the hard one then!" At this point, Sun Yuan had also witnessed the moment when Sun Wukong became king. There were still 200 years before Sun Wukong left Mount Huaguo, and during these 200 years, he must make further progress, otherwise Sun Yuan estimated that it would be difficult for him to safely cross the Eastern Ocean, time was running out.

  It was easy to dodge the attack of Tong Bei Yuan Hou, Sun Yuan didn't plan to continue playing with him. Sun Yuan stretched out his arms and tightly grasped Tong Bei Yuan Hou's arm, saying "Old brother, your strength still needs to be trained."

  "You..." The monkey's face turned bright red with rage, but no matter how hard he struggled, Sun Yuan's arm was as still as if it were cast in iron.

  "If you want to move, just say so, I'm not unreasonable." Sun Yuan smiled slightly and swung his arm, sending the ape flying out and smashing into the wall far away.

  With a loud "peng" sound, the monkeys' hearts skipped a beat as they turned their heads to see that Tong Bei's monkey had formed a large character shape and was stuck to the wall. The monkeys were secretly astonished in their hearts - how did this seemingly weak little monkey have such great strength?