And after half an hour's journey, it was terribly slow, literally like a leisurely outing.
At this speed, who knows when in the year of the monkey or horse year we'll reach the Western Heaven Great Leiyin Temple and complete this Westward Journey catastrophe!
Sun Wukong initially tried to persuade Chen Sanzang with painstaking effort to at least extend the travel time a bit and walk a bit faster.
But that guy was unresponsive to persuasion, insisting that three meals a day must ensure quality and standards. Cultivation, of course, must not mistreat oneself. It's all nonsense that an Immortal should forget emotions completely; isn't eternal life for better enjoyment?
So after the monkey tried three times, he also gave up.
"Do whatever you like; I, Old Sun, won't bother anymore. If the Western bald donkeys are so capable, they should handle it themselves!"