They thought a little bit and one of them declared: “King, you are immortal. Any terrestrial weapon will not approach you. We know, where there is a weapon which you speak about, but to get it one has to go to the bed of the ocean. Are you able to do that?”
Soune Ucun has burst out laughing: “I can accept seventy two various images, go on clouds, I do not drown in water and do not burn in fire. And only if the forces of the underwater empire will be united, they can overcome me. So what should I be afraid of? You’d better tell me how to get in this underwater world?”
Four sages explained him everything in details, and he began his way to the iron bridge, under which the river, rolling the waters to the palace of the dragon of East sea, was. Soune Ucun jumped into water there. He was in the open sea soon. He dived there.
Suddenly the loud voice was heard from the seaweeds. Yaxa, one of underwater spirits with the head of a frog, told him: “Who are you? Tell me your name, please». Soune Ucun answered impressively: « I am the king of the monkeys. I have come to make a visit of politeness to the great dragon».
Yaxa disappeared immediately, to inform his king. Burning down from curiosity, king - dragon Aoguan left towards the king of monkeys. He was surrounded by armed soldiers - shrimps and officers - crabs.
He approached the king of monkeys and ceremoniously welcomed him. Soune Ucun answered in the same tone, but he was a little bit amazed by the efforts of the dragon to look like an important person. When they went to the palace of Aoguan they sat against each other on high thrones among curious crowd consisting mainly of fishes. «What do you need, the king of monkeys? » - dragon asked. Soune Ucun respectfully smiled and started confidently:
«You certainly know that I am immortal. I have achieved the highest level of knowledge and wisdom. I need appropriate weapon, and I know, that you have it. You cannot tell me “No”, as I offer you my friendship. By the way, there is a proverb: dragon has all that is necessary ». Aoguan did not answer quickly. King of the monkeys has seemed insolent to him, but in the case if he did not help him he could be laughed at among immortal. He called the silvery perch and ordered him to bring the best sabre. The king of monkeys took it and said: “It does not suit me. I am not created for fencing”. Then sea king sent a catfish and huge eel and they brought a trident. The king of monkeys weighed it in the hand and dissatisfiedly cried: «It is not heavy at all! You must be joking! I asked you for real weapon, instead of this thing, that is the same to the feather in my hands... »
Dragon felt more and more confused: the king of monkeys made him become angry, and it(he) would order to the crabs and shrimps to take him away with pleasure. But he had to respect immortality. He said: “The king of monkeys, unfortunately, I have nothing else. You should visit one of my three brothers reigning in other seas. I am undoubtedly the poorest of them, but one of them can satisfy you».
Soune Ucun laughed inside his soul: if Aoguan tried to make him quit his palace, then he had had something. It is necessary to enforce him to open the secret. Dragon was angry, and the king of monkeys, thought about the ways to get this secret during the talk. He had not to think for a long time.
