Wu Kong's smile lessened as he asked, "What do you want?"
Gu Wen replied, "An artifact for defense."
"A defensive artifact is worth three Taoist soldiers, but it's fine to give one to you."
With a wave of his sleeve, Wu Kong produced a thin gold-threaded armor which flew out; without taking back the Taoist soldiers, he stepped away and vanished from everyone's sight in a blink.
They could not tell by what means he had departed, as space itself had not even rippled.
Gu Wen donned the inner armor and then swallowed a medicinal fruit; the vast medicinal power surged, and his Heavenly Marrow increased by a hundred years at once.
[Heavenly Marrow: Four hundred and sixty years]
Afterward, everyone gathered around, inquiring about what had happened, and Gu Wen did not hide anything, recounting the whole experience and what he had witnessed.
Ao Tang grumbled, "Why didn't Qingcang mention such an important thing?"
