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Sun Wukong lived at Patriarch Bodhi's place for seven years.

During these seven years, he listened to lectures with his fellow disciples every day, learned to write, did some miscellaneous work, and life was very peaceful.

One day, Patriarch Bodhi asked Wukong in class what kind of magic he wanted to learn.

But Wukong said that he only wanted to learn the magic of immortality and did not want to learn anything else.

Upon hearing this, Patriarch Bodhi suddenly stood up angrily, hit Wukong on the head three times with a ruler, then walked out the back door with his hands behind his back.

The fellow disciples, seeing the master angry, all blamed Wukong.

But Wukong understood the master's meaning in his heart.

That night at midnight, he quietly got up, entered Patriarch Bodhi's room through the back door, and knelt in front of the bed.

Patriarch Bodhi sat up and deliberately asked him why he wasn't sleeping.

Wukong said that the master hitting him three times during the day and walking out the back door was to tell him to come through the back door at midnight to learn magic.

Patriarch Bodhi saw that Wukong was so smart, and was very happy in his heart, so he no longer blamed him.

That very night, he taught Wukong the secret of immortality.

For the next three years, Patriarch Bodhi also taught Wukong the Seventy-Two Transformations and the Somersault Cloud.

After learning the Somersault Cloud, he could fly 108,000 li in a single somersault.

Wukong learned these skills and felt very proud in his heart.

One day, he was playing outside the cave with his fellow disciples, and to show everyone his abilities, he transformed into a pine tree.

Everyone saw it and cheered loudly.

Unexpectedly, Patriarch Bodhi happened to pass by, saw Wukong showing off like this, and was very unhappy in his heart.

Wukong saw that his master's expression was not good, and immediately smiled and admitted his mistake.

But Patriarch Bodhi shook his head and said to him: The fate between us master and disciple ends today.

You leave here and go back to your Flower-Fruit Mountain.

Wukong heard this and was very surprised, he quickly knelt down and begged, saying that he had not yet repaid his master.

But Patriarch Bodhi was very firm, he insisted that he must leave, and also told him: "Once you leave, you will definitely cause trouble in the future."

From now on, you absolutely must not tell anyone that I am your master.

Wukong saw that there was no way to stay, so he had to agree with tears in his eyes, and kowtowed to his master to say goodbye.

Wukong rode his somersault cloud, and in the blink of an eye, he returned to the Flower-Fruit Mountain that he had not seen for a long time.

The monkeys in the mountain saw him return, they all gathered around, crying and telling him a piece of bad news.

It turned out that recently, a demon called the Chaos Demon King had come, seized the Water Curtain Cave, and also captured many little monkeys.

Wukong heard this and was very angry.

He immediately rode the cloud to the front of the cave where the Chaos Demon King lived, shouted loudly, and announced his own name.

The little demon guarding the gate was terrified and quickly ran inside to report.

That demon king rushed out holding a big sword and fought with Wukong.

Wukong saw that his martial arts were ordinary, so he plucked a handful of hairs from his body, put them in his mouth to chew up, then spat them out and shouted "change".

Those hairs immediately turned into two or three hundred little monkeys, each holding weapons, tightly surrounding the demon king.

The demon king was flustered and couldn't block the attacks, so Wukong took the opportunity to snatch his big sword and cut him in half with one strike.

Wukong rushed into the cave, drove away the remaining little demons, and rescued the captured monkeys.

Everyone was very happy and returned together to Flower-Fruit Mountain.

To celebrate the great king's return and defeating the demon king, the monkeys prepared a lavish feast.

During the meal, Sun Wukong was very happy and performed a few more magical tricks for everyone to see.

The monkeys watched, all clapped and cheered, and were extremely impressed by the great king's magic.