Tripitaka had already set off on his quest but now had only his horse for company because the two monks hired to protect him had been killed by Demons along the way. In the middle of a rain storm, cold and wet, he stumbled upon Monkey trapped in the mountain. Monkey recognized him of course, because Guan Yin had told him a holy boy would come to his rescue, though Monkey didn’t expect it to take five hundred years! The priest removed the Buddha seal which had stopped Monkey from escaping and with an almighty crash and bang Monkey exploded out of the mountain, spreading rocks and dust far and wide.