After shaking off the entangling Liu Boqin, Jiang Liu quickly walked towards the Five Elements Mountain.
Legend has it that it was transformed from the palm of the Tathagata, concealing the power of the five elements: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth. Even though it's called Five Elements Mountain, its shape resembles a hand, so it's also known as Five-Finger Mountain.
The journey was about twenty Chinese miles through the wilderness without a beaten path. So, even with Jiang Liu's brisk pace, it still took him nearly a Chinese hour to reach the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.
As originally described in the novel, Sun Wukong was suppressed under the mountain. Jiang Liu thought about it and decided to walk around the Five Elements Mountain to search.
