Hong Kong Young Writers Anthologies Fiction 3 2018 | Page 246

He had the same dream again. The same place, the same conversation with the same people.
When he woke up, he saw that he was in a house.
The house in the dream.
He couldn’t believe what he saw so that he kept rubbing his eyes.
At this moment, the pig he saw in the dream came into the house and said, 'Oh, Wukong. You're finally
awake!'
Wukong didn't know who he was. Therefore, he got up and shouted at him, 'Who are you? Don't get any
closer!'
The pig said, 'Seems you lost parts of your memory, let me help you to recall them after Xuanzang
and Sha Wujing. By the way, in case you don’t remember, I am Bajie.'
As Xuanzang and Wujing came back, Bajie said, 'Now it's time to recall your memory, Wukong.'
Wukong felt so curious but he followed the instructions of Bajie.
Wukong dreamt again but it was a different one. He saw himself with Bajie, Xuanzang, and Wujing going
to many places and fighting against many monsters. Finally, Wukong remembered everything which had
happened in the past.
They were having a journey to the west to get the Buddhist sacred texts- Sutra.
Unfortunately, Wukong was being imprecated in a fight, which was why he lost all the memories and
was sealed under a rock.
Bajie asked, 'So. Are you ready to go on the adventure again?' Wukong replied exhilaratingly, ‘Sure!’
After they had packed the stuff they needed, they started their journey again.
They had walked into a misty forest. They kept walking to the west side with the help of the compass.
Unexpectedly, the guiding principle started to turn around again and again. They were lost.
Xuanzang said, ‘Stop moving, I can feel something.’
As soon as he finished his last word, a monster screamed loudly, said, ‘'Ha-ha you guys won't be able to
escape this forest.’ Xuanzang shouted, ‘ Come out, Monster. Let's have a fight.' The monster said, 'Oh, you
are so confident about yourselves. Great, I appreciate your confidence.'
Then, they saw a shadow coming out from the mist. The monster was as tall as a tree, it was much bigger
than an elephant. It was just far scarier than what you can imagine. Xuanzang said, 'Run! We can't beat it!'
Although they ran really fast, the monster still stayed so close with them.
Luckily, they saw a cave with a small entrance that the monster couldn’t go into it. After entering the
cave, Xuanzang asked Bajie and Wujing to check whether there was any food inside the cave.
When Wukong was getting ready to go with them, Xuanzang told him to stay.
Xuanzang said, ‘Wukong, you are now too weak to attack the monster that we might meet in the future.
Here is a guidebook, follow the instructions. After you have practiced all the 72 Maneuver, a flying cloud
will come here and take you to where we are. Just believe in yourself, then you will be able to do it.’