The Monkey King

Early the next morning, a drop of dew dripped down the rock onto the monkey's cheek. He woke up suddenly and sat up.

By now the shower had passed, the sun was shining brightly and the air was exceptionally fresh. The ground was wet and full of water. Several birds landed in the open space in front of the cave and pecked at the ground, seemingly looking for earthworms that had dug out of the ground after the rain.

Rubbing his eyes, the monkey yawned, stood up and stretched again, took two deep breaths, bowed down, picked up his Cloud Walking Stick, turned around and walked towards the cave.

In the hall of Jinxia Cave, several wine bottles were dumped crookedly on the stone table, making it a mess.

Ling Yunzi lay on the stone table and gritted his teeth, while Yuding simply fell to the ground and snored.

From the looks of it, the two people got excited talking and drank a lot yesterday.

On the side, Yang Chan was almost submerged in the pile of books, boxes and bottles. She was still sitting cross-legged, looking at the letters in her hand carefully. Her originally bright eyes were also covered with bloodshot eyes, and she squinted slightly. He seemed to be sleepy, but he still didn't want to sleep.

"Are you up?" she asked casually without raising her head.

"yes."

"I prepared rooms for you, but none of them were used. It was a waste of my time."

Monkey didn't reply to her words. He walked over and picked up Ling Yunzi, who was still hungover, and asked, "Where is the room?"

Yang Chan pointed casually.

Following the direction she pointed, the monkey threw Ling Yunzi onto the prepared couch and then turned back to pick up the jade tripod.

This time there was no need for the monkey to ask. Yang Chan pointed to another stone room and said, "His room is over there."

"Yes." After a simple reply, the monkey threw the jade tripod back to his room.

Yang Chan added: "There are my brother's clothes in the room over there. You can take them and change into them. However, they may be a bit big."

Looking down at his wet pants, Monkey said: "No need, it will dry naturally after a while."

"As you wish."

In this situation, Ling Yunzi might not be able to wake up for a while. Picking up the walking stick, the monkey walked out of the cave again.

"Don't go too far. There are many sects here. You are a demon. It's easy to get into trouble if you leave the Jinxia Cave."

"knew."

"Take this." Yang Chan casually picked up the waist tag that had been prepared and threw it to the monkey. "If you meet someone, show this to him. Say you are a guest of Jinxia Cave."

Nodding silently, the monkey left Jinxia Cave.

After walking along the mountain road and passing through a small forest until halfway up the mountain, the monkey found a mountain spring.

The spring water turned into a small waterfall and poured down from the mountain. It also formed a clear pool five feet wide in the middle of the mountain, overflowing from the low rocks on the side and flowing down the mountain.

The spring water is crystal clear, and you can clearly see the small fish swimming back and forth in the water while standing on the shore.

After lying down by the lake and drinking two sips of spring water, the monkey felt refreshed. He simply took off his clothes, put them in the water, rubbed them and hung them to dry on the branches nearby. He also jumped into the pool and swam to wash away the muddy water that had stuck to his body last night.

When he had finished swimming, he climbed out of the pool and touched his clothes.

"about there."

The wind here is much stronger and the mountain is high. After a while, the clothes are only slightly damp. If they are left for a while, they will be completely dry.

Thinking about it, he only put on a pair of trousers and lay shirtless on the rocks to bask in the sun. It was like traveling in the mountains and rivers, which was quite comfortable.

After squinting his eyes and taking a nap, he vaguely heard someone's voice.

Propping up his body, he half-sited up and listened. It seemed that a man and a woman were quarreling.

Anyway, he had nothing to do, so he bent down and followed the sound.

I saw a man and a woman standing in the woods. The woman was wearing blue clothes, with long black hair flowing down, and her figure was elegant. The man is tall and burly, dressed in white.

The two men stood not far away, one behind the other, with their backs to the monkey, and their faces could not be seen.

The woman seemed very excited and shouted loudly: "Didn't we agree to cultivate immortality together and become local immortals? Why did you also say that we would join the Heavenly Army?"

"I'm going to give it a try. When it comes to cultivating immortality, there's no way to stick to one path to the end. If you can choose to be a general, it's also a way out. Isn't this a matter of not knowing your destiny?"

"You're lying! They said you've got a relationship with heaven, and you're bound to pass this time! Why are you still hiding it from me? Why?" The woman burst into tears.

"You...you believe their nonsense?"

"Then do you dare not to go for this selection?"

"I..." The man turned around slowly. At this time, the monkey also saw his face clearly. He had a Chinese character face, sword-shaped eyebrows and eagle eyes. He was also handsome. He frowned and said, "Why are you so unreasonable?"

The woman cried: "If you dare to go, I will tell the master that you are scornful of me! Tell me everything and let your reputation be disgraced. When I see it, the Tianjun will still want you!"

"You - if you ruin my future, I won't let you go even if you are a ghost!"

After hearing this, the monkey stopped listening.

"A crazy man hates a woman, hey, a passionate woman is a heartless man." Rubbing his eyes, he turned around and left.

How do you manage such noisy matters?

Returning to the pond along the original path, I saw two Taoist disciples fetching water. The two were stunned when they saw the monkey.

"Monkey...monkey! Where did the monkey come from!"

The two people seemed to be new Taoist disciples. Facing the monkey, one was holding a pole and the other was holding a bucket as a weapon. It's just that I don't know the depth of the other party, and I refuse to take a step forward.

His four legs were shaking, and it looked like he could be knocked over by a gust of wind.

As if he didn't see them, the monkey reached out and touched the clothes, but they were not dry yet.

"Forget it, it's just a little moist, and it will dry naturally after you put it on. It's better not to stay in this place of right and wrong for too long."

Although I have not practiced the path of enlightenment, I have read many books on the path of enlightenment, and the monkey still understands this principle.

In front of the two startled Taoist disciples, the monkey put on his clothes.

After tying up the leggings, fastening the belt, and picking up the walking stick leaning against the tree, the monkey took out his waistband and showed it to the two Taoist disciples.

"I am a guest of Jinxia Cave."

The two Taoist disciples then heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.

Regardless of the two frightened Taoist disciples, the monkey turned around and walked away, returning to Jinxia Cave along the way he came.

It was already noon. As soon as we entered the hall, we saw that the stone table, which was originally a mess, had been cleaned up. A plate was placed on the table with many fruits stacked on it.

"It's for you." Yang Chan who was on the side said calmly when she saw the monkey coming in.

At this time, she was no longer studying the letters. Instead, she was wiping the dust off each box and sorting out all kinds of strange things.

Looking at the fruit, the monkey muttered: "Do you know that you were wrong before, so you are so kind to me?"

"Jinxia Cave, I am half the master. The old man doesn't know how to treat guests, so I will do it for him." Yang Chan replied casually and ignored the monkey.

Thunderous snores came from Yuding's room, while from Ling Yunzi's room on the other side, there were bursts of teeth grinding.

"These two guys... depending on the situation, they won't be able to wake up for a while." Monkey sighed helplessly, sat down at the table and ate some fruit, watching Yang Chan work from a distance.

I haven't seen her stop since entering Jinxia Cave. Her energy is so good. Seeing her like this and hearing the past events mentioned by Yu Ding, Hou Hou suddenly felt that his impression of Yang Chan should be repositioned.

This made the monkey curious. What were the people who rarely saw her in Xianyue Sanxing Cave busy doing?

Alchemy? impossible. Smelter? Less likely.

Both of these are professional places, and they are not absent in Xianyue Sanxing Cave, but the use of these places requires reporting, and I have never heard of her going there.

But would a person like her have nothing to do to spend time traveling around? It's not like something she would do.

"Wait!" Monkey's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Yang Chan in shock: "It can't be..."