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- One day when the Patriarch and the various pupils were admiring the
- evening view in front of the Three Stars Cave, the master asked, "Wukong,
- has that matter been perfected?" Wukong said, "Thanks to the profound
- kindness of the master, your pupil has indeed attained perfection; I now
- can ascend like mist into the air and fly." The Patriarch said, "Let me see you
- try to fly:' Wishing to display his ability, Wukong leaped fifty or sixty feet
- into the air, pulling himself up with a somersault. He trod on the clouds
- for about the time of a meal and traveled a distance of no more than three
- miles before dropping down again to stand before the Patriarch. "Master,''
- he said, his hands folded in front of him, "this is flying by cloud-soaring:'
- Laughing, the Patriarch said, "This can't be called cloud-soaring! It's more
- like cloud-crawling! The old saying goes, 'The immortal tours the North
- Sea in the morning and reaches Cangwu by night.' If it takes you half a day
- to go less than three miles, it can't even be considered cloud-crawling."
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