Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 1-2 | Page 555

The New Journey to the West
Yew Chung International School (Primary), Pang, Hao Chor Phoebus - 9
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long time ago, LaoFu was not like the other gods. He was the bitter god of death, and he was
jealous of the sky god and the sea god’s beautiful realms, while his was the gloomy underworld. He
was jealous of the music god’s humour and music, and the war god’s combat skills while he was
weak and serious. He was jealous of the light god’s glory, and the moon goddess’ majestic moon while he
lowly. In general, he was jealous of everything other people owned.
LaoFu, along with devils from the underworld, devised a plan. In his plan, skeleton warriors would assault
the land of China every night, charging into villages, killing people and steal their belongings.
If this plan worked and China fell, the gods, who loved the land of China, might surrender, leaving LaoFu
to take their powers and belongings one by one. If the gods decided to fight, they would fight and win. It
was a genius plan.
When LaoFu announced this plan to the skeleton troops and citizens on the underworld, they were
overjoyed. Yells echoed in the gloomy realm of lava and skeletons, “No more of this!” “Let's get out of this
stinking land!” “The gods shall fall!”
A brave monkey called Sun Wukong was determined to save the people of China from LaoFu, the devils
and their skeleton troops. He knew of a great sword far west, but the trail was guarded by monsters and
devils of every kind.
He went to before the gods, for he was a demigod, and asked for a weapon. Even the god’s weapons were
not as powerful as the sword far west, therefore they are not able to stop them, as only the most powerful
weapon can defeat the devils and monsters in china.
The gods gave Wukong the Still-water Staff, powerful enough to slay the zombies that guarded the trail to
the weapon.
He set off the next day. He battled through the underworld as in that part of the normal world, there was a
volcano eruption, so he cannot cross. Finally, he came to the most dangerous part of the underworld, the
dragon’s den. Waving his staff, he advanced towards the dragon, using the shield that he collected earlier on
from the fallen skeletons of the underworld to block the dragon’s flames. With a roar, he leaped into the air
and swung his staff at the dragon’s heart. With a loud whine, the dragon fell. Wukong took the dragon’s
wings and made them into gliders. With them, he soared out of the underworld and into the normal world.
He soon journeyed into the mountains, battling frozen zombies and speed zombies, and made it to the top
of the mountain. He saw a floating island, and thinking the ultimate sword will be there, he glided onto the
island.
There, instead of seeing the great sword, he met a wise and kind monk who allowed him to stay for the
night, and gave him a map and information about the ultimate sword that will save china. The next day, he
left the monk to find the sword.
He soon entered the flaming valley, where it is 200 degrees celsius and where the fire demon and the fire
boss lives. Thanks to his demigod powers, he survived the heat. He knew the fire demon and the fire boss’s
caves hold treasures, and so he fought, and killed them and took the treasures.
After walking for 3 weeks without stopping, he finally arrived at the mouth of the Mystic Cave, where the
sword is placed. He made his way into the cave, finding the sword, which was made out of dragon iron.
He took the sword and started to go home, but he went the wrong way. He ended up on a beach and made
his own ship out of wood. He sailed through the storms and waves, and nearly sunk twice.