The Monkey King

Xingyue Sanxing Cave.

In the hall of concentration, Subhuti and Qingfengzi played chess as before.

Subhuti opened his sleeves and gently put down his son.

Qingfengzi stared at the chessboard expressionlessly for a long time, and then replied.

Repeatedly.

From time to time, Subhuti would raise his eyes to look at Qingfengzi. From beginning to end, Qingfengzi's eyes never left the chessboard. Until he lost every game and was killed without any armor, he neither admitted defeat nor changed his expression, but remained silent.

After the game was over, Qingfengzi lowered his head and silently cleaned the chessboard.

Subhuti raised his head, took a sip of tea, and said softly: "Everything has its fate, so don't think too much about it."

Qingfengzi bowed slightly and said, "Disciple understands."

After putting all the chess pieces into the chess basket, Qingfengzi picked up another piece and was about to place it on the chess board when he saw Subhuti wave his hand gently.

"If it doesn't stop, you won't even bother to stop."

Qingfengzi silently put the chess piece back into the chess basket.

With a long sigh, Subhuti stood up slowly with his knees up, puffed up his sleeves and said, "Starting from tomorrow, I will not be able to go out in seclusion. All matters within the temple will be decided by you."

"Retreat?" Qingfengzi was slightly startled and said, "Master, why did he suddenly retreat into seclusion?"

Slowly turning around, Subhuti said softly: "Reclusion is just an excuse. Tomorrow, your tenth junior brother Wukong will come back to the temple and ask me to unlock the seal on the book of life and death for him."

"The seal must be unbreakable even by the master. In that case, why make excuses to avoid it?"

Pushing back his sleeves and stretching out his hand, Subhuti gently opened the window, blowing up a breeze.

Staring at the bright moon outside the window, he sighed softly: "It's better to avoid seeing it. You know the consequences. If you don't see it, you won't be sad in the future."

In the flickering firelight, Qingfengzi sat quietly with empty eyes.

Not a word.

…

Early the next morning, just as Subhuti said, the monkey dragged the three senior brothers Youquanzi, Lingyunzi, and Yiyuanzi to Xianyue Sanxing Cave.

After more than a hundred years, the entire Xianyue Sanxing Cave looks almost the same as before.

We really need to talk about it. It's just that there are more trees here. There's a tree missing over there or something.

As for the face that has almost completely changed... Monkey has been here for more than a year and has suffered all the hostility from the Taoist disciples. There are few close friends to begin with, so naturally there is nothing sad about it, but Monkey appeared at the door of the Taoist temple. It almost scared the Taoist disciple guarding the door into illness.

Everyone in the audience knew that Uncle Tenth Master was a monkey demon, but this was the first time they had seen him. How can ordinary Taoist disciples who have never experienced the Cai Ning Shen Realm not be afraid of a fully armed Demon King?

Fortunately, the other uncles he was dragging along with him had just been punished here one by one to reflect on their mistakes. The Taoist disciples also recognized it, so there was no confusion.

After entering the gate, the monkey rushed all the way to Subhuti's temple of concentration, only to find that the gate was closed.

Seeing the monkey and his party, Yu Yi, who was guarding the door, was stunned for a moment, then quickly bowed and saluted.

"Yu Yi, see the master, see all the master uncles."

More than a hundred years have passed.

More than a hundred years ago, Yu Yi was just a Taoist disciple who was in the realm of gods. He only stayed with Subhuti because of his honest nature and was appreciated by Subhuti. He also guards the Sutra Pavilion. Nowadays, Yu Yi has reached the realm of refining the gods. In terms of appearance, he is the same as he was a hundred years ago. He just has a beard and looks much more mature.

Before Yi Yuanzi, who was Yu Yi's master, could speak, the monkey had already walked quickly to Yu Yi's side. He held his elbow with one hand to show his courtesy, and pointed to the door with the other hand: "What's going on? Where is the old man?"

He glanced at Yi Yuanzi quietly. Yu Yi's eyes flickered and hesitantly whispered: "Master is in retreat."

"You're in seclusion? Who are you lying to? Honestly, did the old man say he won't see me?"

Yu Yi remained silent.

Yi Yuanzi slowly walked up to Yu Yi and asked in a low voice: "Master, when did you go into seclusion?"

When his master spoke, Yu Yi naturally did not dare to be perfunctory and had to answer truthfully.

"Master was in retreat last night."

"You just retreated last night?" Monkey suddenly laughed.

"Look, I already told you that I won't help, so it's all in vain." Ling Yunzi said, spreading his hands.

The monkey closed his eyes and felt it for a moment. After a while, he could only open his eyes helplessly and said: "He is not inside."

"Are you still planning to force your way in if he's here?" Ling Yunzi asked jokingly.

The monkey did not answer this question.

The slightly solemn expression immediately made several senior brothers tremble in their hearts, and they regretted accompanying him on this trip.

After thinking for a moment, the monkey turned to Yu Yi and asked, "Is the senior brother in the temple?"

"Master uncle is in the temple."

"Take me to see him." Monkey raised his hand.

"What are you doing to find Senior Brother?"

"Go and ask him what the old man means."

Hearing this, Ling Yunzi's face suddenly twitched.

…

In the Zhengyuan Hall, Monkey and Qingfengzi looked at each other and sat on the ground. The other three senior brothers sat on either side.

Yiyuanzi quietly made tea for everyone.

The atmosphere was indescribably stiff.

Suppressing his eagerness, Monkey took a sip of tea and said softly: "Elder brother, did the master say anything to you before he went into seclusion?"

"Master said that he can't help you with what you want him to do." Qingfengzi replied expressionlessly.

"He already knows what I'm looking for him for?"

"Maybe."

Pursing his lips, the monkey looked at Qingfengzi and said with bared teeth: "Then does he already know what is in the book of life and death?"

"This makes it inconvenient for a disciple to speculate."

After a moment of silence, the monkey turned and asked, "Where is the master retreating?"

"have no idea."

"He didn't even explain where he was going to retreat?"

"Does the master need to explain to his apprentice what he does?"

Monkey's brows trembled slightly, and he couldn't hold himself back any longer.

Taking a deep breath, he suppressed a smile again and said: "Senior Brother, I came back to see Master this time because there is something urgent."

"I know, you haven't been back for more than a hundred years. How could you come back without something urgent?"

"Don't worry about this now, okay? You and I know very well what the reason for this old feud is... I'm really in a hurry."

"I know."

Let's talk, Qingfengzi still has that indifferent expression.

The tea in front of him was a little cold, but he never touched it from beginning to end.

Pursing his lips, the monkey kept opening and closing his hands to make fists.

This is about to happen.

Ling Yunzi on the side quickly moved the futon in the direction of the monkey, stretched out his hand to tug on the monkey's sleeve, and advised in a low voice: "I already knew the situation, there is nothing to be angry about."

Standing up slightly, Qingfengzi said calmly: "There are still many things to be busy with in the temple. If there is nothing else, then... I won't send it off."

As soon as these words came out, Monkey's expression suddenly froze.

After a while, he smiled grimly and said, "Eldest brother, do you want to drive me away?"

"So be it."

In just a moment, before everyone could react, the monkey had already jumped up, pointed the golden cudgel directly at the bridge of Qingfengzi's nose, and said angrily: "I must see the master today! I don't believe he can still come out after destroying the entire Xianyue Sanxing Cave. !”

The raging airflow instantly blew everything in the entire hall topsy-turvy.

All the senior brothers opened their eyes in shock.

In the midst of the chaos, Qingfengzi stroked his long beard as if nothing had happened, slowly raised his head, and stared at the monkey indifferently.

"Want to fight?" (To be continued ~^~)

PS: Severe cold, fever, cough, migraine...am I dying? Please understand, I can only add so much today. Sorry, sorry~