He shows his new powers and replicates himself. “He plucked out a handful of hairs, bit them into small pieces and then spat them out into the air, crying Change! The fragments of hair changed into hundred small monkeys, all pressing around in a throng” (Wu Ch’Eng-En pg. 30). The monkey since illumination could change his soul many different ways with just his hair, being immortal was very important to the Monkey and he received it early on in the novel. By chapter four and five the Monkey is in heaven where he weasels his way into getting his own office from the Jade Emperor. He gets a job to watch over the Peach Garden, where he eats all the large ripe peaches and gains way more power. “Whoever eats them can levitate at will, and never grows old. They ripen once every nine thousand years. Whoever eats them outlasts heaven and earth, and is the conqueror of the sun and moon” (Wu Ch’Eng-En pg. 54). Pretty powerful quote that shows what power the Monkey gains from eating the peaches with purple spots on
He shows his new powers and replicates himself. “He plucked out a handful of hairs, bit them into small pieces and then spat them out into the air, crying Change! The fragments of hair changed into hundred small monkeys, all pressing around in a throng” (Wu Ch’Eng-En pg. 30). The monkey since illumination could change his soul many different ways with just his hair, being immortal was very important to the Monkey and he received it early on in the novel. By chapter four and five the Monkey is in heaven where he weasels his way into getting his own office from the Jade Emperor. He gets a job to watch over the Peach Garden, where he eats all the large ripe peaches and gains way more power. “Whoever eats them can levitate at will, and never grows old. They ripen once every nine thousand years. Whoever eats them outlasts heaven and earth, and is the conqueror of the sun and moon” (Wu Ch’Eng-En pg. 54). Pretty powerful quote that shows what power the Monkey gains from eating the peaches with purple spots on