By the time the two men entered the mountain, the Mountain God Earth God bid them farewell, "Buddhist Disciple, my dear sir. Ahead lies the prison of the Great Saint. Our mana is but meager, so we dare not accompany the two of you further, lest the Great Saint becomes furious."
After finishing, he glanced at Lu Yu. They had a very deep impression of this Scholar who came to visit the Great Sage Equalling Heaven from time to time; they had not expected that he would brazenly come in this time on the coattails of the Buddhist Disciple, pretending not to recognize them.
Inwardly, they couldn't help but sneer, "What's the act for? You're well-acquainted with the Five Elements Mountain, even if the Buddhist Disciple is not. Pretending as if it's your first time here. Whom are you trying to fool?"
Of course, these thoughts remained unvoiced, as they didn't dare to speak them out loud. On the face of it, they were still very respectful, addressing him formally as 'sir'.
