He eventually found a master called Patriarch Subodhi who taught Monkey all of the magic tricks, such as cloud flying and gong-fu, to help him reach his goal. He became a little enlightened but still loved mischief. He stole a magic wishing staff from the Dragon King of the Eastern Sea and wreaked havoc everywhere which made the gods furious, but he was too strong and powerful for them to capture. They even tried to burn him, but being made of stone this didn’t work, it just transformed his eyes into magical crystals that could see through all of the Demon’s disguises.