Chapter 749: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 9
Chapter 749: Lotus Lantern + Journey to the West - Tang Monk's Flesh 9
The days of practicing in Huaguo Mountain were plain and peaceful. Except for Yang Chan who would come to stay for a few days every once in a while, no one else came to disturb them.
Fortunately, although Ruyi was a homebody, he did not forget to visit Sun Wukong at Wuzhi Mountain from time to time, bringing him medicine and peaches, and occasionally returning to heaven to chat with Ruoshui so that Ruoshui could understand the situation in the lower world.
Three hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye. Ruyi's cultivation level had also broken through from the middle stage of the god level to the late stage of the god level, which was almost the peak of the earthly immortals, thanks to the continuous supply of peaches and immortal pills during these three hundred years. With Ruyi's current cultivation level, if he met the people in the heaven again, he would be almost invincible except for the eight veteran celestial immortals.
The plot of Journey to the West officially begins. When Ruyi went to Wuzhi Mountain for the last time to give peaches to Sun Wukong, she deliberately said hello in advance. She said to Sun Wukong: "Great Sage, five hundred years have passed. I think you will be able to come out in a few days."
"If you encounter any monsters on your journey to obtain the scriptures, remember to listen to what they say first."
"Listen to what they say?" Sun Wukong was confused by Ruyi's request. He thought for a moment and looked at Ruyi, only to see that Ruyi's face once again showed the same meaningful expression that he had shown when they met in Pantao Garden and Tushita Palace.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind. He secretly reached out and patted Ruyi's clothes, motioning Ruyi to come over and whispered to confirm: "Girl, what do you like now?"
Ruyi's care for Sun Wukong over the years is not fake. In terms of trust, in Sun Wukong's eyes, even his master Bodhi Patriarch is not as trustworthy as Ruyi, the elder sister. Sun Wukong is not stupid, he just simply does not understand those calculations.
If no one had reminded him before, Sun Wukong would naturally have a better impression of Western Buddhism, which captured and released him. Now with Ruyi's almost explicit reminder, no matter how naive Sun Wukong was, he had realized something.
"Great Sage, guess?" Ruyi smiled mysteriously and deliberately did not tell the truth.
Sun Wukong's pair of flaming eyes spun left and right, but he really couldn't think of anything. After all, at that time, the rumor that eating Tang Monk's flesh could make one immortal had not yet spread.
Five hundred years is just a blink of an eye for gods, but for ordinary people in the mortal world it is a world of change. Almost in the blink of an eye, the owner of this land in the underworld changed from the Zhou Wu Dynasty to the people of today's Tang Dynasty. Tang Sanzang, the tenth reincarnation of Golden Cicada, finally started his journey to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
Erlang Shen Yang Jian has been wandering around to avoid the third princess in these years and was unwilling to return to Guanjiangkou. One day, he came to the mortal world with Roaring Sky Dog and happened to meet Tang Sanzang. Due to his past friendship with Jin Chanzi and his admiration and emotion for Tang Sanzang's spirit of saving all living beings, Yang Jian decided to secretly escort Tang Sanzang to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
Everything was normal at the beginning, but halfway through, Yang Jian couldn't stand Tang Sanzang's nagging anymore and ran away. After Yang Jian ran away, Tang Sanzang encountered dangers one after another. In the end, Yang Jian returned and turned into a hunter to help Tang Sanzang survive.
"Master, this Tang Sanzang is always too kind-hearted. He is either captured by this monster today or by that monster tomorrow. Do we really have to follow him like this forever?"
Yang Jian, the master who has been following Tang Sanzang and helping him clean up the mess, has not yet become impatient, but Roaring Sky Dog beside him has already begun to become impatient.
"No, I won't follow him forever." Yang Jian shook his head. Cleaning up the mess for Tang Sanzang is not easier than getting along with the third princess. Yang Jian is a little tired after wasting so much time.
"The Five Finger Mountain is ahead. Once Tang Sanzang reaches the Five Finger Mountain and releases the monkey, we can leave."
So there were two more people hoping that Tang Sanzang would release Sun Wukong as soon as possible. Seeing that almost everyone's eyes were on the Five Finger Mountain in Heaven or Western Buddhism, Ruyi ran to Huangfeng Ridge in advance to make preparations.
She was not greedy and had no intention of overturning the arrangements made by the gods in heaven. She only planned to fish in troubled waters and grab a piece of Tang Sanzang's flesh every time a disaster caught him. After all, Tang Sanzang would not die if she lost a piece of meat.
When Yang Jian saw that Tang Sanzang accepted Sun Wukong as his disciple, he could finally leave with peace of mind. And Sun Wukong officially became Tang Sanzang's eldest disciple and began his journey of escorting him.
They first came to a farmhouse to spend the night, one leading a horse and the other riding a horse. Who would have thought that as soon as they got off the horse, they saw a flash of white light, and Tang Sanzang's white horse disappeared. Sun Wukong chased the white light and found Yingchoujian, where he met the little white dragon who ate the white horse. The two fought, but Sun Wukong did not win because he was not good at water battles.
Sun Wukong was already unhappy when he returned to the farmhouse. He encountered three robbers who came to rob the farmhouse, so Sun Wukong killed the robbers directly. However, he did not expect to be blamed by Tang Sanzang. Sun Wukong left in anger and returned to Huaguo Mountain to find Ruyi. "Strange, why is my sister not here?"
The king who had been out of contact for many years had returned. The monkeys in Huaguo Mountain were all very surprised, but fortunately it was night, so they did not celebrate in a big way. When the old monkey heard the king asking about the second king, he immediately stepped forward to inform them of the situation: "The second king came back not long ago and gave us some elixirs. He told the monkeys and their grandchildren to practice well, saying that he was going out to do some work and would be back in a few days."
"Doing things?" Sun Wukong asked the old monkey Ruyi what he was going to do, but the old monkey could not answer. Helplessly, Sun Wukong came to the edge of the East China Sea, where he met the old Dragon King of the East China Sea. Under the persuasion of the old Dragon King of the East China Sea, Sun Wukong changed his mind. From the old Dragon King's story, he understood the experience of the third prince of the West Sea Dragon, that is, Xiaobailong, so he was no longer angry about not defeating Xiaobailong.
The next day, Sun Wukong returned to his master. Tang Sanzang was fiddling with a flower hat in his hands. As soon as Sun Wukong came back, Tang Sanzang enthusiastically gave him the flower hat.
"Wukong, this is the hat that Master prepared specially for you. Put it on and show it to Master."
Sun Wukong took the hat and was about to put it on his head, but for some reason he suddenly remembered what Ruyi had said to him, "If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief!"
"Last night this bald donkey blamed me for killing and wanted to drive me away, so why is he so kind as to give me a hat today?" The more Sun Wukong thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. He held the flower hat in his hand and was reluctant to put it on his head. This made Tang Sanzang, who was already feeling guilty, very anxious.
"Goku, why aren't you wearing it?"
It would have been better if Tang Sanzang didn't say anything. The more he spoke, the more suspicious Sun Wukong became. He squinted his eyes and used his Fiery Eyes to take a closer look. He realized that what was in his hand was not a flower hat but a tight hoop.
"Lazy! You bald donkey have bad intentions. You say you are a monk, and you dare to deceive me, Old Sun. This is clearly a tight headband. Once you wear it, you will be controlled by others. How dare you say it is a fancy hat!"
When he saw clearly what was in his hand, Sun Wukong became furious on the spot. He threw the flower hat to the ground, took out his golden cudgel and was about to hit Tang Sanzang.
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