Chen Sanzang muttered about his bad luck but didn't rush to climb the mountain right away. Instead, he headed toward Sun Wukong's place of imprisonment.
"Little Kongkong, has your fateful teacher come to pull you into the gang?"
Holding a staff in one hand and a small wine gourd in the other, Chen Sanzang sat astride Little Tiger, drinking and chanting Buddhist prayers at the same time.
"Eh, what have we here? A boozy monk arriving today? Old Sun hasn't had a drink in ages, pour me a cup to satisfy the craving."
Cared for by the people of the Great Qin Empire, Sun Wukong was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, unable to move, but his eating and drinking needs weren't neglected.
However, he was seldom offered alcohol because the monkey had a notorious drinking temper—prone to cursing the heavens, the earth, and The Buddha in his drunken stupor.
