This day, Sun Wukong vigorously pounded on the door of Princess Iron Fan’s house.
Princess Iron Fan was very surprised because no one had ever dared to knock on her door before.
She initially thought of pretending not to be there, but she couldn’t resist Sun Wukong’s relentless knocking, so she had to open the door.
As she scrutinized Sun Wukong up and down, she frowned and asked, “Who are you?”
“You don’t even recognize me? My famous name, Sun Wukong, is known to almost everyone on Mount Sea Island!”
“Sun Wukong? What are you doing knocking on my door?”
“Well, you see, there’s a mountain fire on Mount Sea Island.”
“A mountain fire? You should go find firefighters for that, why come to me? I’m not a firefighter!”
With that, Princess Iron Fan took out her plantain fan and with one wave, Sun Wukong felt a gust of wind stronger than the fiercest typhoon, blowing sand and stones, making it impossible for him to keep his eyes open.
When the wind subsided, he opened his eyes to find himself facing the Sphinx.
With that one fan, Princess Iron Fan had actually blown him all the way to Africa!
Sun Wukong thought to himself: “This Princess Iron Fan’s plantain fan is indeed formidable. While ordinary fans can only shoo away mosquitoes and provide a breeze, this plantain fan actually blew me all the way to Africa.”
Moreover, just as Princess Iron Fan drove Sun Wukong away and sat down to drink tea, she heard Sun Wukong desperately knocking on the door again.
She was greatly surprised, opened the door, and said, “With one wave of my fan, I sent you all the way to Africa, it would take at least half a year or more for you to come back. Yet, you’ve returned so quickly?”
Sun Wukong grinned and said, “Ordinary people might take half a year or more to return, but who am I, Sun Wukong! You have your plantain fan, and I have my somersault cloud. With just one somersault, I can travel tens of thousands of miles in an instant. Ah, why are you so impolite? I haven’t finished speaking, and you’ve already blown me to Africa.”
“What exactly do you want?”
“I just said, there’s a mountain fire on Mount Sea Island. The wind is fueling the flames, and it’s already out of control. The firefighters can’t handle it anymore. Now the whole island is as hot as Flame Mountain, and the fire is about to reach the foothills. When that happens, it will affect the residential areas and endanger the lives of the islanders!”
Sun Wukong grinned again and said, “My master said your plantain fan can extinguish fires, so I came specifically to borrow it from you. Once we’re done, I’ll return it immediately…”
Before he could finish, Princess Iron Fan raised her plantain fan and waved it at him again…
Once again, the wind blew fiercely, blowing sand and stones, making it impossible for Sun Wukong to open his eyes. But this time, he also felt increasingly cold.
When the wind stopped, Sun Wukong felt like he was about to freeze, but then he heard a loud roar of a fierce beast.
Opening his eyes, he saw a polar bear charging towards him.
With that one fan, Princess Iron Fan had actually blown him to the North Pole!
Sun Wukong quickly leaped onto the clouds, driving his somersault cloud back, while thinking about how to deal with Princess Iron Fan.
He thought irritably, “This Princess Iron Fan really has a fiery temper. Looks like I’ll have to have a showdown with her to borrow that plantain fan.”
To his surprise, as soon as he returned to Mount Sea Island, he found the mountain fire extinguished.
He arrived at Mount Sea Mountain, where Tang Zhi and Zhu Yineng were waiting for him.
Tang Zhi greeted him with joy, “Wukong, you’re truly amazing! Princess Iron Fan has a peculiar temperament, and I thought she wouldn’t lend you the plantain fan. But I didn’t expect you to persuade her and even have her bring the plantain fan herself to extinguish the fire.”
“The mountain fire was extinguished by Princess Iron Fan? Where is she?”
“She just went back.”
Sun Wukong looked around and saw Princess Iron Fan flying back home on her plantain fan in the distance.
He hurried to catch up with her.
He thanked Princess Iron Fan and said, “People say you have a peculiar temper and are difficult to get along with, but I see you have a tough exterior but a soft heart.”
Princess Iron Fan snorted and said, “You don’t need to thank me. I didn’t put out the fire for others, but for myself. I was worried the fire would burn down my house. Don’t count on useless people like you to put out fires!”
With that, she flew away at a faster pace.
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