The Monkey King

There was a moment of trance, and a feeling of extreme fatigue suddenly came over me, as if my whole body was in an ice cave.

The six-eared macaque stared at his palm with wide eyes in horror. He watched helplessly as the wrinkles on his palms grew crazily like the roots of a plant, quickly spreading to every corner.

Then, under his fearful gaze, those wrinkles began to crack bit by bit. Under the skin, there is only hair...

"What's going on...haven't I sucked enough blood? How could..."

"If the energy is insufficient, the body will collapse." A voice sounded in the mind of the six-eared macaque.

He suddenly turned around and saw Ksitigarbha standing behind him!

"You...when did you come in?"

"Just now." Ksitigarbha smiled faintly, and the moonlight shone on his face through the window lattice. There was an indescribable strangeness: "Just when...you picked up the teacup, the poor monk came in. You Don’t you feel it at all?”

"I……"

The six-eared macaque was in a trance for a while. He unconsciously moved his body to get as far away from Ksitigarbha as possible. At this moment, he suddenly discovered that behind Ksitigarbha was Qingxin!

At this moment, Qingxin was surrounded by a ball of faint golden light and suspended in mid-air. Her eyes were closed tightly, and she seemed to have been dizzy.

"You haven't absorbed essence for too long, and your cultivation level is declining rapidly...Have you forgotten that you still have an opponent and have to survive the catastrophe?"

"Isn't she gone? Why is she in your hands?"

"With how you are now. Want to defeat the other you? Isn't it too naive?"

"I ask you why she is in your hands?"

With a roar, the six-eared macaque showed its fangs, and the veins on its forehead popped out instantly. Coupled with the cracks that were slowly spreading, it looked particularly ferocious.

The next moment, the door was burst open. Several demons will file in from outside the house.

"Get out! Get out of here!"

The demon generals who had not yet gained a foothold were given such a drink by the six-eared macaque. Suddenly panicked. Their eyes looking at Ksitigarbha were filled with astonishment.

"Do you want me to say it again?"

The generals looked at each other, and soon one by one reluctantly exited the door, closing the door behind them.

Once again, only the six-eared macaque, Qingxin, and Ksitigarbha were left in the room.

From the beginning to the end, the six-eared macaque stared at the dazed Qingxin with wide eyes. Ksitigarbha looked at him with an indifferent expression.

"Are you asking her?" He took a deep breath and Ksitigarbha sighed softly: "When the poor monk was passing by, he happened to meet her and wanted to leave, so he brought her back to you. You should thank the poor monk. Only monks are right."

"I let her go!"

"Oh? Really?" Ksitigarbha looked back at Qingxin. Youyou said: "Why let her go? This is the best bargaining chip to defeat your opponent."

"You don't have to worry about what I do!" the six-eared macaque roared again.

It was a cry like the roar of a beast. The demons outside the door couldn't help but shrink their necks when they heard this. However, Ksitigarbha was just slightly stunned and smiled.

"Don't worry about me...hehehe, who brought you back to this world?"

"Are you planning to take credit from me?"

"I just want to ask you, do you still want to go back to that dark place?"

Hearing this, the six-eared macaque's eyes twitched slightly. A chill went straight into my heart, so much so that the hair on my body stood on end.

"Don't you think that just because Patriarch Subhuti recognized you, you are the real Sun Wukong?" Ksitigarbha looked at the six-eared macaque with contempt and sighed: "Everything should be bitter first and then sweet. Sweet first. The result is suffering. You, the other one, must understand this very well. Therefore, he can become the Monkey King. And you..."

Looking at the six-eared macaque, Ksitigarbha laughed, making the six-eared macaque's teeth "clack".

for a long time. Ksitigarbha said softly: "If you want to defeat the other you, the poor monk can teach you. If you don't want to...you can just live in ignorance, the poor monk will not force you."

After saying that, Ksitigarbha waved his hand, and Qingxin immediately floated towards the six-eared macaque, and was caught firmly by him.

"If she wakes up and asks where his little disciple is, tell her. Her little disciple went to practice Buddhism with a poor monk. When he completes his practice, she will naturally meet him. Also, don't let her run away again, so as to avoid poverty. The monk will help you catch it again." A breeze came in through the window lattice, and in an instant, Ksitigarbha's figure drifted away like a burst of fine sand and disappeared without a trace. There was only one voice echoing in the six-eared macaque's mind: "As for your own affairs... wait until you think about it clearly before telling the poor monk."

The six-eared macaque gritted its teeth tightly and let out a low growl full of hostility, but there was nothing it could do.

Without essence, he was nothing. Even when Ksitigarbha entered the room quietly, he was not aware of it.

…

At this moment, in Fengxian County, Xuanzang lowered his head slightly and stared at the jade slip in his hand that connected the six-eared macaque, took a deep breath, and put it in his arms.

On the roof not far away, the monkey was looking at Xuanzang intentionally or unintentionally through the leaky window.

The little white dragon on the side whispered: "Great Sage, Master Xuanzang really wants to find the six-eared macaque, right?"

The monkey turned back and glared at him coldly.

"It's really not impossible, Great Sage. Think about it, how many times have you and Master Xuanzang quarreled in the past few days? Maybe he has really moved his mind. I think, otherwise you should just argue with Master Xuanzang. Master Xuanzang, please admit your mistake, otherwise Master Xuanzang will really take refuge in the six-eared macaque." After saying that, Xiao Bailong thought for a while and then said leisurely: "But if you think about it carefully, Master Xuanzang will take refuge in the six-eared macaque. It doesn't matter. Judging from the situation, the six-eared macaque has really figured it out and understood the powerful relationship here. He is willing to help Master Xuanzang achieve enlightenment, which is a good thing. As long as Master Xuanzang can achieve enlightenment, who would Master Xuanzang like to turn to? Who do you rely on, right?"

"you are annoying?"

"Uh?" Xiao Bailong calmed down and quickly closed his mouth.

"Why hasn't the rain come yet? Didn't Li Jing promise to give the rainwater from the Lion and Camel Kingdom to this place?"

"It's not that fast." Xiao Bailong waved his hand and said: "If you give the rain from the Lion and Camel Country to this place, it will only work if there is rain in the Lion and Camel Country. Where does it rain every day? Wait, that's it. It’s been a few days.”

Hearing this, the monkey snorted coldly, turned around and left.

…

Qingxin slowly opened her eyes.

What came into view was a dark cave with a lone lamp. And she herself was lying on a simple stone bed.

A faint sound came from a distance, but it was unclear what it was.

"Where is...where?"

She struggled to get up, but at this moment, a pain hit her, and suddenly her mind went blank.

In a daze, she reached out and touched something sharp, and was so frightened that she quickly retracted her hand. After taking a closer look, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

It turned out to be a table.

This place probably has a long history, and even the tables are badly damaged. Wooden thorns protrude one after another. If you touch it accidentally, it is like touching the tip of a needle.

After finally calming down, she covered her forehead and began to recall in detail.

"I left the Lion and Camel Kingdom, and then... then I met a monk. He said he was Ksitigarbha... and then... wait! Where is Agarwood?"

In an instant, Qingxin suddenly woke up. She was so frightened that she looked around quickly, breaking into a cold sweat.

In the small stone room, there was only a table, a solitary lamp, and nothing else. Not to mention agarwood.

At this moment, her body was extremely exhausted. Somehow, his spiritual power has been completely drained, and just a random movement will make him break out in a cold sweat.

"Agarwood... where is Agarwood?" She struggled to get up and stumbled out of the door.

Outside the door is a dark tunnel. There were small rooms on both sides. When she opened the door, they were the same as the place where she had just stayed. If it weren't for the table being placed in a different position, Qingxin would have thought she was in an illusion.

She forced herself to walk in the tunnel for quite a while, and soon she discovered that the cave was much larger than she had initially imagined. It's so big that although it's not deliberately laid out, it looks like a maze.

Helpless, she had to find a place to sit down and regulate her breathing.

If you can recover some spiritual power, it shouldn't be a problem to get out. However, if you are so weak, recovery may not be a matter of time.

At this moment, a roar came from the depths of the cave. Qingxin was startled, and she quickly opened her eyes, stretched out her hand to touch, and found that none of the magic weapons around her waist were gone.

Probably... let Ksitigarbha take them all away...

She was extremely nervous, but unable to do anything. She could only look at the source of the sound in fear. Waiting for something quietly.

For a long time, the low roar continued, but nothing happened around her. It seemed that the growl was not directed at her. And...it seems a bit familiar?

Driven by curiosity, Qingxin stood up slowly and followed the source of the sound step by step.

After a while, she finally saw a glimmer of light. And the sound seemed to be very close at hand. Even when I touched the rock wall with my hand, I could clearly feel the rock wall vibrating slightly.

She mustered up her courage and continued to move forward step by step.

Soon, light illuminated her surroundings, but the sound stopped.

When she blinked and finally adjusted to the light in front of her, she was stunned.

This is a large underground space.

There were torches burning on the surrounding rock walls, emitting blue light to illuminate everything.

There were monkey hairs and various broken objects all over the floor. Everything that was originally placed here was torn to pieces.

And on the platform in the middle, the six-eared macaque was curled up and looking at her with a ferocious expression! (To be continued ~^~)