The Monkey King

"The boy Zi Xin, who is under the Supreme Lord's seat, asks to see Patriarch Subhuti!"

After shouting something loudly, the boy stood in front of the mountain gate, staring at the buildings inside the temple from a distance.

For a long time, there were insects and cicadas chirping and birds chirping all around, but no one was seen and the red door was tightly closed.

The boy in purple had no choice but to raise his hands and shout again: "The Supreme Lord, the boy Zixin wishes to see Patriarch Subhuti!"

I sighed secretly in my heart: "Is it really what the master expected?"

The eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit, thinking carefully.

At this moment, the door suddenly opened, and Yu Yi led two Taoist disciples along the long stone steps to the boy in purple. He cupped his hands and said, "The boy has come from afar, and I am sorry to meet you from afar. Please atone for your sins."

The boy raised his head high and asked with a cold snort, "Is your master, Subhuti, here?"

"Master is practicing in Qingxin Hall."

"Oh? Why don't you take me to see him quickly?"

"This..." Yu Yi hesitated and replied, "I'm afraid it's not very convenient."

"Is it inconvenient?" The boy's eyes immediately widened as big as a bell.

Yu Yi hurriedly bowed and cupped his hands and said: "On weekdays, unless the master summons him, we would not dare to disturb his practice. I think the master also knows that the boy is coming at this time, but the practice has reached a critical point, so it is not convenient to interrupt. Please also ask the boy Please bear with me. Why don't you follow me into the temple? Now my uncle Qingyun is in charge of the temple. If anything happens, I can tell him and listen to him."

The boy's expression changed slightly, showing that he was angry.

As a boy under Taishang Laojun, although he has no official immortal status and only does trivial things on weekdays, he is still the nominal disciple of Taishang Laojun. His status can be said to be lower than that of one person and higher than that of ten thousand people. No matter where I go, I have never been so ignored.

If it had been anywhere else, he would have had an attack by now.

It's just that Subhuti is an ancient immortal. If trouble really breaks out, even if Taishang Laojun protects his shortcomings, he will give Subhuti face in public, but in the end he will suffer the consequences.

Thinking of this, he had to suppress the anger in his heart and said calmly: "Seeing what those irrelevant people are doing, since Laojun sent me to see Subhuti, I will only see Subhuti. If it is inconvenient now, we will ”

Yu Yi bowed and apologized and said with a smile: "I have wronged the boy so much. I think this is your first time coming to my Xianyue Sanxing Cave. Why don't you take this opportunity and let Xiaodao show you around?"

"Oh?" When he heard this, the boy immediately became excited and said quickly: "That's great!"

With the boy in purple, Yu Yi began to wander around the Taoist temple, explaining in detail along the way, but the boy didn't listen to a single bit. He was minding his own business, scanning every corner of the Taoist temple with a pair of eyes. He took out a bead hidden in his sleeve and examined it.

In the temple, Subhuti opened a crack in the bamboo curtain and looked at the boy from a distance.

Qingfengzi behind him bowed and sighed: "The Supreme Lord has not interacted with the master for hundreds of years. I am afraid he has noticed this time and must have sent a boy to test him."

Subhuti put down the bamboo curtain, stretched out one hand and pointed to the east and said, "Your Majesty is now a hundred miles east of here."

Qingfengzi's expression suddenly changed and he was shocked.

Subhuti just looked at him and smiled lightly, and said: "It must be the fission of heaven. The Supreme Being searched all the way from Huaguo Mountain to this point and was unable to do it himself, so he sent a boy to come and find out. This chess game has gradually been revealed. There’s a clue…”

Qingfengzi's face suddenly became serious and he said: "Master, this disciple has something unclear."

"speak."

"Since he knew he came to inquire, why didn't the master see the boy? Instead, he sent Yu Yi to show him around. In this way, it's not..."

Subhuti waved his hand gently, went to sit on the futon, and said: "I and the supreme Taoist are different and have no sympathy with each other. We are just like passers-by. But after living together in this narrow world for thousands of years, we have no respect for each other's temperament. They are all very familiar. If I see that boy, I will feel guilty. If he wants to explore, let him explore."

Qingfengzi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If we can hide this from the Supreme Being, the road ahead will be much easier."

I heard Subhuti laugh twice and said: "Hide it? It's just letting go of the fog. How can it be so easy for the Supreme Being to hide it?"

"Then Master sent Junior Brother Wukong to Kunlun Mountain, wouldn't it be..."

"It's dark under the lamp. It's already happened. Everyone already knows it, but they haven't revealed it yet. Even if there is no trace of Wukong in this temple, the Supreme Being has already recognized me. Hehehehe, just recognize it. My teacher is not afraid that the old man will find out. But if he finds Wukong at this time, it will be a tricky thing. In this way, he can take a step back. It is difficult to find a monkey in this world. It's not difficult, but it's easy to say it's not easy." Subhuti stretched out his hand to fiddle with the black and white chess pieces on the chessboard, and said with a smile: "I once played chess with the Supreme Master in my early years, but in the end my strength was inferior to him, so I lost. I just don’t know what the outcome will be if we play another game now when the Heavenly Dao is fissuring. Hahahaha.”

Subhuti said it calmly, but when it fell into Qingfengzi's ears, it was as if it was a critical moment.

The bright sunshine shines through the gaps in the bamboo curtains and shines on Subhuti's old face. Between the light and dark, there is a kind of vicissitudes that has been baptized by the years, which is the mark of seeing the changes in the world.

The wrinkled eyes were slightly lowered, and hidden in the wise eyes was an indestructible will.

Qingfengzi knew that nothing could change the mind of this ancient immortal. Thousands of years later, this game has begun. I will give everything I have to bet on the future of the people. Even he himself had already been placed on the gambling table by Subhuti. There is no turning back.

"Throw everything to death and then live, haha." Subhuti fiddled with the chess pieces with his index finger and sighed slightly: "What a golden cicada."

…

A hundred thousand miles away, the sun is warm and warm.

It's still the familiar place, but it's no longer those trees and grass.

Without the original dead wood forest, the place is lush and green, and it is also a picturesque scenery.

Twelve years of long waiting, the passage of time, the passage of time, are enough to change countless things, even the scars in the world are enough to fade, but they still cannot get rid of the knot in Shihou's heart.

Only such a stubborn monkey would hold on to that memory and never let go even if his body was shattered to pieces.

Following this strange yet familiar road, the monkey came step by step to Queer's grave, feeling uneasy in his heart.

The simple tombstone has long been eroded by wind and rain so that the writing cannot be read clearly, and it is submerged in the weeds everywhere, but the saplings planted by hand beside it are already more than ten feet tall.

The flowers on the tree have bloomed for a long time.

"Qier, I'm back."

At this moment, a suffocating pain emerged from the memory, and his heart beat rapidly. The monkey stared at the small mound of soil for a long time, entranced.

His eyes gradually became moist.

He let out a long sigh of relief.

Twelve years later, after traveling hundreds of thousands of miles, and suffering many days and nights, the immature little stone monkey back then has become extremely strong, but facing this lonely grave, the helpless feeling The pain is still there.

Leaning the cloud stick in his hand against the tree trunk, he squatted in front of the grave. With red eyes, the monkey removed the weeds one by one without saying a word.

Behind him, Yang Chan hid on the edge of the boulder and watched from a distance while suppressing his breath.

Looking at this normally wild monkey, he was squatting in front of the lonely grave with his head lowered, as quiet as a different person.

Watching his tears fall unconsciously, they were molded into the grave along with the soil.

Listening to him say: "I thought I would never cry again."

After removing weeds and shaping the body of the tomb, the monkey found a piece of wood and sat in front of the tomb to carve seals carefully.

"Quier, I have already been to Xie Yue Sanxing Cave, became a disciple, and studied there for more than a year."

"Now that I have reached the realm of the gods, I will be able to learn the seventy-two transformations in a short time. The master has promised me."

"The old man has a weird temper, but he keeps his word. Hahahaha, he won't lie to me."

"When I become the Monkey King with boundless power, I will come to marry you wearing golden armor and holy clothes and walking on seven-colored clouds."

Looking at the mound of soil, the monkey's eyes gradually dimmed a little. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, laughed out loud, and said: "I still can't get rid of this problem of making random promises. But I haven't said a word to you. Forget, really, I want to build a palace for you in Huaguo Mountain, and I want to snatch you back to be the wife of Yazhai."

The breeze blew down the wild grass and brushed the stone monkey's cheeks.

Under the green shade, the scars all over this monkey's body are surprisingly gentle, as if they have nothing to do with the stubbornly struggling soul in the temple.

Maybe it was just a hard shell, and only here could he take it off, revealing the softer side of his heart.

Twelve years later, the knife is carved on the tombstone, but it still hurts as if it was carved in the bottom of my heart.

Yang Chan watched from a distance, watching quietly, letting time pass by.

It turns out that such an incredibly stubborn heart also has such a soft side. A concern will hurt when touched.

Gradually, she saw clearly the crooked handwriting on the tombstone.

"What a silly monkey." She couldn't help but smile sadly.

Before leaving, the monkey pretended to smile and said: "Qier, I will learn the seventy-two changes soon, and you will be resurrected by then. I will definitely fulfill my promise and never let you suffer any injustice."

He wanted to say something more, but found that he was too choked to speak.

He had no choice but to lower his head silently, turn around, and return along the way he came.

…

On the way to Kunlun Mountain, the monkeys were all gloomy. Ling Yunzi, who had always talked a lot, was also unusually taciturn, with a hint of exhaustion in his expression. Only Yang Chan remained as arrogant as usual, but did not want to talk too much. say.

Tengyun's gossip streaked across the sky.

The scorching sunset, the sea of ​​clouds thousands of miles away, the fierce wind and the clouds and mist came towards me, but they were lost in front of me.

This is a fairyland-like scenery, but the three of them each have their own thoughts and are silent, and no one appreciates it.

Looking for a suitable opportunity, Monkey said: "Senior Brother Lingyun, I want to ask you something."

"Don't ask for advice, just have something to say."

"Senior Brother Lingyun, if a bird dies and you want to resurrect it, what should you do?"

"If the body is well-preserved and the soul can be found, a resurrecting pill will suffice. Although it is a top-quality pill, it is not difficult to get help from the master."

"What if the body is not well preserved and how long has it passed?"

"That's going to be difficult." Ling Yunzi thought about it carefully and said, "I need to go to the Yama Palace in the underworld. I don't know what to do in the future. This is Yin and Yang magic, which is not my specialty. If you see Second senior brother Youquanzi or master, you will know after just asking."

The monkey nodded and kept it in mind.

Yang Chan on the side glanced at the monkey with his peripheral vision, his face expressionless.

When the sky was filled with stars, they arrived at the gate of Kunlun Mountain.