The Monkey King

None of the three senior brothers answered this question.

Maybe I don’t know, maybe it’s not convenient to answer.

"This is the master's plan, right? Use me to break the way of heaven. No, even without him, I am breaking the way of heaven. Every move I make is breaking the way of heaven. He just makes me break the way of heaven more 'smoothly' , to break the way of heaven in the way he wants." The monkey pursed his lips and smiled, and his smile was extremely bitter.

When the truth was revealed, I couldn't say I was shocked, but my heart felt like a mess.

That day, when Subhuti stood at the end of the steps and said to him: "You monkey head is really stubborn... Come on, follow me into the inner room!" He felt as if he owned the whole world.

He thought that the suffering would eventually pass, that the world finally showed kindness after tormenting him for more than ten years, and that a bright future was waiting for him ahead.

But he didn't expect that he would just sink deeper into this quagmire.

Turning his face to the side, he looked at the sun that was gradually setting in the west, biting his lip, and his lips and teeth were trembling: "I was born as a chess piece. He doesn't need to speak, I will choose the path of the traveler myself. In the Three-Star Cave of the Setting Moon, Hone my will. Go to Kunlun Mountain and let me see my situation."

Why not make it clear early on?

If he had made it clear early on, he might not have chosen the Way of the Traveler, he might have cultivated his mind honestly and not sneaked into the Sutra Pavilion, he might not have gone to the Kunlun Mountains to encounter any heavenly soldiers, or left the Xie Yue Sanxing Cave.

Even, maybe, he will return to Huaguo Mountain obediently and follow the original path.

But that's just maybe.

If we really take such a path, what will Que'er do? Can he still resurrect Que'er?

From the moment he left Huaguo Mountain, everything seemed to be doomed without Subhuti's deliberate actions.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, tears welled up in the corners of his eyes. He could only blink desperately and let the wind take away all the grief.

This monkey, which had already entered the realm of refining gods and dared to challenge a thousand heavenly armies on its own, was bowing its body. It still looked so helpless at this moment, as small as a speck of dust between heaven and earth, floating and rootless.

Maybe, knowing everything, he would still choose this path resolutely.

Subhuti just couldn't see through the obsession in his heart, so he was playing a trick. Even without this note, he still...

To this day, he still cannot accept that his master-disciple relationship with Subhuti is fake.

He didn't hate Subhuti, he couldn't even dislike him, but he had to stay away from him. He is not afraid of anyone in the sky or on earth. At worst, he will risk his life. But what about Subhuti?

At this point, a road has been opened in front of him, and there is no other way.

From the moment he was born into this world, it turned out that he was no longer allowed to live in this world. Those who control the way of heaven will detain him and let him follow the original path. Anyone who wants to break the way of heaven must make him an enemy of heaven step by step...

It’s really different paths leading to the same destination.

Now that I think about it, the idea of ​​not being an enemy of Heaven was really a joke.

A long time ago, he had already stood on the opposite side of heaven.

"Breaking the way of heaven? Hahahaha. Breaking the way of heaven?" Monkey murmured in a low voice, smiling bitterly: "Does the master know whether he is breaking the way of heaven or complying with it?"

Make trouble in the Heavenly Palace, be suppressed for five hundred years, and then travel to the west to learn scriptures?

What seemed so far away now seems like an inevitable outcome.

He lowered his head, pursed his lips, breathed rapidly, and blinked constantly.

For a moment, he felt that he was very similar to the old white ape squatting on the stone in the sunset that day, looking like an old farmer worrying about his livelihood in the famine years. Different roads, but the same helplessness and helplessness.

My heart clenches so hard that I want to cry but can't.

Wiping his face with his hands, he gritted his teeth and raised his head, opening his mouth slightly, but nothing came out. He lowered his head and fell into endless silence.

The three senior brothers also remained silent.

The four of them sat like this for a long time, until the sun set, the birds returned to their nests, and the crescent moon hung high in the sky. Xiuyun, a disciple of Youquanzi, lit a lantern in the pavilion. Then the monkey suddenly opened his mouth and asked in a low voice: "That... take Is there any news about the lost soul?"

Youquanzi slowly shook his head and said: "There are no clues so far. Taishang Laojun has been in the underworld for more than half a year, probably just to investigate this. However, you can rest assured. No one will turn into a ghost when he is idle. Being sent to lure away the soul of a canary, and being able to do this, shows that this person is also a person who can predict the way of heaven. In this case, he naturally understands the consequences of mixing in this muddy water. Even though he knows this, he still Dare to intervene, which shows that this person is of extremely high moral character."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Since you dare to touch the things that the Supreme Being is targeting, you must have a complete plan. Maybe there is a way to prevent the Supreme Being from finding it no matter how you investigate it. Maybe... it is the Supreme Being who checks it. There’s nothing we can do to him when we get here.”

The monkey swallowed dryly, raised his head, blinked and asked, "Then, who could it be?"

"It's hard to say. Among the Three Pure Ones, the Tongtian Cult Leader, the Original Heavenly Lord, the Western Buddhas, Nuwa, Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of the Earthly Immortals, and even the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother of the West are all possible. In the final analysis, Your Majesty I’ve been sitting in my current position for too long, so it’s no surprise that anyone is jealous.”

The monkey smiled bitterly: "It's amazing. In the past, this row has been filled with top figures. Hahahaha, there are two who know who they are, and for those who don't know, there is at least one more. I am sitting with you right now. Here, maybe there are several pairs of eyes staring at you."

This is a huge whirlpool, a whirlpool that covers the entire world. I stand in the center of the whirlpool, but I can't control the pulse of the whirlpool.

With his head lowered and his hand holding the edge of the table secretly exerting force, the monkey grinned and smiled stupidly, a bit silly and a bit crazy, but it also seemed to be trying to restrain itself and burning with anger that had nowhere to vent. .

When the three senior brothers faced this scene, they were all slightly moved.

"Where is Taishang Laojun?" Monkey asked: "Why did he suddenly lift the surveillance of Xianyue Sanxing Cave? Shouldn't he hope to find me immediately?"

"Perhaps it's because the cultivation base of Tiandao has been sealed. The incident you caused in Ziyun Bibo Pond had a disaster on the entire Tiandao. Maybe he has already found you, but the master is protecting you."

Raising his head and exhaling, the monkey asked: "Is this what the master asked you to tell me?"

Qingyunzi slowly shook his head: "Master didn't say a word, but he didn't stop us from investigating. He asked me to come this time, and he didn't even say a word. I'm afraid I thought it was time to let you know something."

Dan Tongzi interjected leisurely from the side: "At this moment, if I were you, I would go back to Xie Yue Sanxing Cave. Although the master has other agendas, after all, you are his apprentice, so he will still care about you. . Anyway, as long as you exist, you are breaking the law of heaven, so it doesn’t matter..."

"If you don't want to, you can stay here with me." Youquanzi added.

"Thank you, Senior Brother Youquan, for your kindness. No. Wherever I go there is a whirlpool. In this case, it is not easy to cause trouble." The monkey shook his head, blinking and staring at the cold cup in front of him. The clear tea seemed to be trying hard to clarify his thoughts.

After a while, he raised his head and said, "In a while, can the three senior brothers do me a favor? I would like to thank you in advance."

"What's the business?" Youquanzi asked.

"I want to go back to Huaguoshan... If you can, help me get them there together."

"Back to Huaguoshan?" Qingyunzi was slightly surprised.

Even Dan Tongzi turned his head and glanced at him.

"Since I can't get out of this vortex no matter what I do, then it doesn't matter what I do. In this case, I will let my nature take its course."

The three senior brothers were silent.

Monkey blinked his eyes, pursed his lips and said, "In addition, Senior Brother Youquan, I have one more thing to ask you for help."

"Tell me, if you can help, I will definitely help."

The monkey stretched out his hand, and a magic circle flashed in his palm.

"This is……"

"Inside, there is the soul of a... friend who was killed by me. I know that the person I killed cannot be reincarnated until his life is over. It must have been almost a month by now. I would like to ask my second senior brother for help. I can't let him become a wandering spirit."

Youquanzi stretched out his fingers and scratched the magic circle in his palm twice, closed his eyes tightly, frowned slightly, raised his head and said: "There are quite a lot of souls in here, most of them are heavenly soldiers and monsters... There must be four or five hundred."

"Yes." The monkey nodded slightly: "My friend is a white ape."

Reaching out and grabbing it, Youquanzi grabbed a ball of white mist from the monkey's palm, spread his hands and rubbed it, and said: "His life span has expired."

"ah?"

"Three months ago, Yangshou ended. This life should belong to you. Do you... also want to resurrect him?"

The monkey shook his head slowly: "Being a demon is too hard. Let him be reincarnated. If he lives in a good family... he should enjoy happiness."

"Okay." Youquanzi raised his hand, and the soul flew into his sleeve, and said: "In the future, you don't have to put the soul into the magic circle anymore. The Supreme Lord has already issued an order in the underworld to let the ghosts send Those who have not yet reached the end of their Yang life will also be collected and sent to reincarnation according to the normal process."

"Um."

"What do you want to do after you return to Huaguo Mountain?" Dan Tongzi asked, crossing his hands.

The monkey sighed and said: "Practice well, and...do something you want to do."

The Xingyun stick in his arms was slowly tightened.

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