The Monkey King

The wind chime next to the introspection stone opened its mouth wide and stared dumbly at what the monkey was holding.

"This is...this is..."

"Help me read it." The monkey spread the bamboo slip on the ground: "I can't read, please help me read what is written on it."

"Monkey! You stole something!" the wind chime shouted in panic.

"Shhh..." The monkey quickly covered the mouth of the wind chime: "It's not stealing! It's not stealing! It's borrowing!"

"Wu-wu..." The wind chime struggled to break away from the monkey and picked up the bamboo slips on the ground: "You went to the Sutra Pavilion? There is Master's seal on it! This is the book collection of the Sutra Pavilion!"

The monkey scratched his head in embarrassment and laughed.

Staring at the monkey, Fengchi shouted angrily: "I want to tell Master!"

After saying that, he took the bamboo slips and turned around to leave. The monkey stopped him quickly and said, "He knows even if you don't tell him."

"What?"

The monkey pursed his lips with a smile, stared at the wind chime and said slowly: "Do you think any of the things in this Taoist temple can be blinded by the master's eyes?"

Feng Chime squinted at the monkey suspiciously, then looked at the bamboo slip in his hand, thoughtfully.

The monkey then said: "Why do you think the master informed me this morning that I don't have to go and invite him early in the future?"

Feng Chime thought and nodded unconsciously.

"But it's not right for you to do this! If Master doesn't blame you, you can't..." Feng Chime still shouted reluctantly: "If you really need to see it, Master will definitely show it to you directly! What about the theft?" Is this something that a cultivator can do?”

The monkey took the opportunity to grab the bamboo slip that fell into the hands of the wind chime, stuffed it into his sleeve, and jumped on the introspection stone: "Then I don't know what he was thinking. Maybe he is afraid that I will cause trouble in the future and tell him that he is My master. If this is the case, he can shirk the fact that I secretly learned it in the Sutra Pavilion and it has nothing to do with him."

"Nonsense! Master would never do this!" Feng Ling shouted.

"That's hard to say. If not, why did he know that I wanted to learn the Seventy-two Somersault Clouds, but he only wanted to let me practice the path of enlightenment that takes hundreds of years to cultivate the mind and cultivate the mind, instead of letting me choose the good deeds? How many years does it take to achieve the path of a traveler?"

"That...that's just my guess! Master never mentioned that he would only teach you the path of enlightenment!"

"Really? Hahahaha." The monkey stood on the rock and spread out the scroll in his hand: "I'm afraid that if I follow his method and meditate here for ten years to cultivate my mind, I may not be able to achieve anything. It's the same as No, it doesn't matter. You only need to know that yesterday I stood in front of him and moved my mind, but he didn't reprimand me. Today I stole the book, but he didn't teach me a lesson. This is acquiescence. Since the master acquiesces, you teach me to read. , it’s just a favor.”

"This... this..." Feng Chime was suddenly speechless.

She felt that what the monkey said made sense, but she did not dare to go behind Master's back and become the monkey's accomplice.

In her mind, sneaking into the Scripture Pavilion and stealing books were unthinkable.

"How about this?" The monkey lay on the stone, hung the bamboo slip in front of the wind chime, and said, "I just ask you, do you recognize all the words on it?"

"Wind Chime has been practicing with my master since I was a child. How can I not recognize these words?"

"As long as you recognize it." The monkey rolled up the bamboo slips again and jumped back to the ground: "I will copy these words out and you will teach me how to practice calligraphy. Even if I have to teach you, the master will not teach you how to read and practice calligraphy." Bar?"

"Can……"

"You don't need to worry about the book theft. The Taoist disciple guarding the Sutra Pavilion is fine, so how can it be your turn?" Monkey Jiejie laughed.

The wind chimes definitely couldn't defeat the monkey, so in the end she had no choice but to agree. Unfortunately, she couldn't sleep well for the next few days. No matter what she did, she felt like someone was watching her, as if she had lost her soul.

After all, he is just a ten-year-old child.

At the same time, the tense relationship between Tianting and Yang Jian continues.

There are rumors from the outside world that there is no way for Yang Jian to be defeated by the soldiers and generals in the heaven. Although Marshal Tianpeng actively asks for help, if he loses the battle, it will be the Jade Emperor who loses his face.

In view of Marshal Tianpeng's well-known strength, the Jade Emperor obviously cannot afford to be embarrassed. Over and over again, the start of the war was delayed again and again.

But the war cannot be fought, and the Jade Emperor cannot remain silent. So he issued an order to the Dragon King of the Four Seas: The residents of Guanjiangkou respected Yang Jian, the rebel, so they sentenced Guanjiangkou to constant flooding.

After receiving the Jade Emperor's order, the Dragon King of the Four Seas naturally did not dare to neglect it. I don't know what the trick was on the Dragon King of the West Sea. He actually sent his daughter to go. As a result, the three princesses of the West Sea were directly detained by Yang Jian.

The day the Dragon King of the West Sea got the news, he rushed to the Yunxiao Palace and cried, saying that he had followed the Jade Emperor's order to rain water but was detained, and asked the heaven to send troops to rescue him.

The Jade Emperor had no choice but to comply because of his face, but he could only issue an order to order Yang Jian to release him immediately.

Thinking about who Yang Jian was, how could the Jade Emperor be able to move him with just one word? The imperial edict of Splendid was immediately used as a rag. In the end, it just adds to the jokes.

The matter was just left aside.

But the problem was not over yet. A few months later, the Seven Sages of Meishan revealed that Yang Jian was about to get married, and his wedding partner was the third princess of the West Sea!

The Dragon King of the West Sea even received a handwritten letter from the Third Princess of the West Sea, saying that he was willing to do so.

Now, the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas went to heaven together, squatting in the Lingxiao Palace, crying and fussing, saying that Yang Jian had used despicable means to soil the innocence of the three princesses of the West Sea and wanted the Jade Emperor to make the decision.

Helplessly, the conquest of Yang Jian was put on the agenda again.

However, this is a story for another day.

This period was a time of constant worry for Heaven. The first rebel against Heaven had not yet been solved, and the second rebel was already in his infancy.

It is precisely because of Yang Jian's existence that no one in the sky or on earth cares about whether the stone monkey became a disciple three hundred years early or learned the art three hundred years early. No one even thought of such a monkey.

Since Monkey stole the Sutra Pavilion, his life was suddenly full of hope. From then on, besides Subhuti, he had another master - Wind Chime.

Even on the eve of the college entrance examination, he had never worked so hard. In just three days, he had a rough idea of ​​the three scrolls he had obtained.

The first volume talks about the pharmacology of certain herbal medicines for alchemy.

The second volume talks about an essence-extraction technique in the refining process of flying swords.

The third volume was very mysterious and mysterious, about spiritual energy, spiritual power, karma breaking, etc. The monkey, who had no foundation in cultivating immortals, didn't understand why.

It seems that cultivating Taoism is not something that happens overnight. Even if the formulas of Seventy-two Transformations and Somersault Clouds are put in front of a monkey, he may not be able to fly up a branch and become a phoenix based on his current foundation.

But the monkey has nothing but stubbornness. If you don’t understand, let’s learn and understand!

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye, and Monkey has secretly gone to and from the Sutra Pavilion dozens of times. He copied a copy of every book he got, and then hurriedly sent it back.

After these three months, I don't know whether it's because the stone monkey's cerebral cortex is larger than that of ordinary people or something else, but the monkey has been able to read all the mixed characters of this era. Except for a few new words, it basically doesn't need the help of wind chimes.

However, I secretly searched through the entire seven floors of the Sutra Pavilion, but I didn't find any books with the words "Seventy-two Changes" or "Somersault Cloud".

"Could it be that the old man is hiding?" Monkey thought.

But thinking about it, he didn't give up.

I know my own situation. I have copied many books during this period of time, but very few are useful. Thinking about it, the key thing now is not to find the Seventy-two Changes and Somersault Cloud, but to catch up on the basic knowledge first.

Basic knowledge is really difficult without Subhuti's guidance, but at least there is a semi-beginner who is willing to help, so it's not a big deal.

First of all, it is about the most basic "Walker's Way" and "Enlightened One's Way". To put it bluntly, it is the difference between military generals and civil servants.

A man who is good at fighting and capable of transformation, but does not know how to make elixirs or smelt weapons.

A person is good at refining alchemy, smelting weapons, and divination, but is not good at fighting.

The two actually have different professional directions.

The Way of the Enlightenment emphasizes profound knowledge. If you don't have a thousand years of cultivation to come up with a magic weapon that can be put on the table, it is impossible to even think about it. Moreover, the road to cultivating immortality is long, and those with unwell temperaments will most likely give up halfway.

The Way of the Practitioner is much simpler. It does not pay attention to character and the time is short. As long as the qualifications are suitable, you can achieve success in a few years. Of course, everything has advantages and disadvantages. The practitioner is greedy for karma and accumulates hostility, so he needs to break through the calamity of killing.

No one can say for sure about this matter of life and death. It would be fine if it were placed in the chaotic times of Fengshen, but if it were placed in today's peaceful and prosperous times...

In general, as long as you persist in the path of enlightenment, you will gain something. The premise is that you have peaches to eat, fine wine to drink, and your life is long enough.

However, there are risks in the path of practitioners, and the risks are not small. Excessive absorption of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth accumulates a large amount of violent energy. If there is no place to release it, the cultivation will stagnate. If it is released, there will be endless troubles.

Coupled with an invisible killing calamity, he might have died before the killing calamity was broken.

Therefore, before becoming a god, there were many practitioners who practiced the Tao. However, after becoming a god, apart from a few fairies with really bad character, there were only a handful of practitioners who practiced the Tao.

Monkey thinks clearly about this issue.

Depending on his character and control of the future, if he chose the path of enlightenment, he would probably have a narrow escape from death. Besides, the Way of Enlightenment cannot cultivate the tough body of the Way of the Walker no matter what, but the Way of the Walker can take elixirs and use magical weapons just like the Way of the Enlightenment.

After all, it's just that he can't do it, but it doesn't mean that he can't use it. If it doesn't work, he can just grab it.

Isn’t this what the real Sun Wukong did all along?

Moreover, as far as he knew, his qualifications as a practitioner could be considered as some arguments. If he were to practice the path of enlightenment, it would be like fishing for the moon in the water.

But in this case, why did Subhuti allow himself to practice the path of enlightenment?

Could it be that he is really forcing himself to learn the way of a practitioner, so that if something goes wrong in the future, he can completely blame it?

The monkey really couldn't understand.

The days passed by again, and one night half a year later, the monkey entered the Sutra Pavilion in the dark again.

While he was secretly searching for the books he needed, a figure quietly floated in from the window and fell to the ground without making a sound.

The monkey started suddenly and rolled into the darkness, holding its breath.

The breeze blew open the gauze on the window, and the moonlight shone on the person who came. He was dressed in a blue Taoist robe, with an immortal air, and long hair, but his face could not be seen clearly.

The man stood motionless.

"Come out, don't force me to do it."

Qingyunzi!