The Monkey King

Walking step by step in the treasure house of the Dragon Palace, the monkey looked around blankly, and Ao Tingxin followed closely behind him.

Golden floor tiles, vermilion pillars, scattered gold can be seen everywhere, and gemstones are constantly flashing under the illumination of luminous pearls on the wall. Everything here looks so dazzling.

A few hundred years ago, the monkey would not have even looked at these vulgar objects, but now, he would look at everything carefully and look at it with rapt attention.

In six hundred and fifty years, the entire world has changed. The East China Sea Dragon Palace, which has not been exposed to war, should be the place that has changed the least. But for some reason, the monkey always feels that what he sees in front of him, even a brick or a pillar, is different from what he saw hundreds of years ago.

Maybe, he himself has changed.

Everything looks so strange that it makes people want to cry.

"Great Sage, the armor is stored here."

"Oh." Monkey quickly calmed down, feeling as if he had just been awakened from sleep. He blinked awkwardly and said, "I know."

Leading the monkey, Ao Tingxin slowly walked through a path created by the Dragon Palace from the mountains of treasures and walked step by step towards the depths of the treasure house. There were always a few shrimp soldiers behind him, watching from a distance.

Before the two of them arrived at the treasury where the armor was stored, Prime Minister Turtle had already hunched over and trotted after them.

When he saw the monkey, he flew to the ground and kowtowed: "I didn't know that the Great Sage was coming, and I didn't come from afar to greet you. I really deserve to die! Please forgive me, the Great Sage!"

This scene. The shrimp soldiers behind him were dumbfounded.

Even for the Dragon King, I have never seen the old prime minister who is inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people in the Dragon Palace so awed.

Seeing Prime Minister Turtle making this great gift, Monkey just turned around and looked at him lightly, waved his hand gently and said, "Get up."

Hearing this, Prime Minister Gui said loudly: "The Great Sage does not forgive me. I dare not get up."

"I'm too tired to talk, do you know what I mean?"

This sentence was said extremely lightly, but Prime Minister Gui trembled for a while. He couldn't help but swallowed dryly and shrank back until he saw Ao Tingxin quietly winking at him. Then he stood up tremblingly. But that end is still buried deeply. From time to time, he raised his eyelids and looked at the monkey cautiously.

After a moment of silence, he cupped his hands and said in a low voice: "Great Sage, I would like to pay my regards to you on behalf of my Dragon King."

"Your Dragon King?" The monkey was stunned for a moment, blinked twice deeply, rubbed his temples and said suddenly, "By the way, I haven't seen your old Dragon King since I came here. I want to get it from your Dragon Palace treasure house." Do you, Dragon King, mind if I order something?"

"Why don't you mind?" Guicheng immediately put on a smile. With a flattering look on his face, he said: "My Dragon King said that what belongs to our Dragon Palace belongs to you, the Great Sage. As long as you want the Great Sage, you can pull out his beard without any complaints."

"As long as you don't mind."

With that, the monkey turned around, and Prime Minister Turtle said quickly: "In addition, the Great Sage, my Dragon King has hosted a banquet in the main hall to wait for you later. When the Great Sage has finished picking out what he wants, please ask the Great Sage to move over. In the main hall, let my Dragon King fulfill his duties as a landlord."

Before the monkey could answer, Prime Minister Turtle rolled his eyes twice and added: "Also, my Dragon King has told me that if you want it, the Great Sage. And I don't have it in the treasure house of the East China Sea Dragon Palace, as long as you Just tell me, all over the world, my Dragon King will do their best to search for you."

After saying that, Prime Minister Turtle looked at the monkey with a flattering expression, but the monkey remained expressionless, looking slightly tired.

After a while, the monkey turned to Ao Tingxin and said softly: "Let's talk about it later."

Ao Ting nodded knowingly, took small steps and continued walking slowly along the aisle with the monkey, leaving Prime Minister Turtle standing there blankly.

After a while, he hesitantly followed.

…

At dawn, it started to drizzle.

Xuanzang rode his horse and walked slowly along the rugged mountain road with half-closed eyes. The oncoming raindrops made all the clothes on his body wet.

Gradually, the road ahead became muddy and the rain became heavier and heavier.

Seeing a broken pavilion on the roadside from a distance, Xuanzang quickly rode up to the pavilion and unloaded his luggage to take shelter from the rain.

Looking at the gray sky, he couldn't help but sigh deeply.

At this time, in the distant mountains and forests, Manjusri and a young monk were watching Xuanzang from a distance.

After a long time, the monk laughed slowly and said softly: "The monster monkey didn't go west with him. How can he reach the Great Leiyin Temple in Lingshan like this? I don't think he can even pass today's test."

Manjusri did not answer, but stretched out his hand to push aside the covering leaves and continued to look at Xuanzang carefully.

…

Walking into a low treasury, Monkey saw nearly a thousand sets of armors arranged like a military formation. Although the pieces may not necessarily look comparable to the armor worn by the heavenly generals, they are more than enough compared to those worn by ordinary heavenly generals.

Ao Tingxin turned around and saluted, and said softly: "All the armors stored in my East China Sea Dragon Palace are here, but it may be difficult to find armor that matches the status of the Great Sage in this treasure house for a while. "

"No, I think the armors here are quite good." The monkey waved his hand and said: "In the final analysis, it's just a shameful thing. If the other party can hurt me, let alone Dragon Palace, I'm afraid there won't be one in this world. A piece of armor can protect you."

"The Great Sage is right." Ao Tingxin nodded slightly, then turned to Prime Minister Gui and said, "Go and get some inner clothes for the Great Sage."

"No!" Gui Chenglian nodded quickly, turned around and walked out quickly.

Walking slowly along the aisle, the monkey looked at each item with indifferent eyes.

Not long after, he stopped in front of one of the golden armors and reached out to touch the carving on the breastplate.

"Does the Great Sage like this one?"

"This one is somewhat similar to the one you gave me when I returned to Huaguo Mountain from Heaven."

Ao Tingxin smiled lightly along her lips and said, "The Great Sage is joking. That one is the chain-locked gold armor collected by Xihai. How can it be compared to this one?"

The monkey also smiled, rubbed his face and sighed: "When I was the groom, I wore the ones you gave me, but it was a pity that they were all ruined later."

Say this. Ao Tingxin quickly calmed down the expression on her face, not daring to laugh anymore.

After hesitating for a moment, she whispered again: "If the Great Sage really likes it, he can order someone to recast it. However, the craftsmanship of the chain gold armor is extremely complicated. Even with all the efforts of the world, I'm afraid it will not work. It will take more than a month to cast it."

"No need. I'll just say it casually. The armors here are all very good, you don't necessarily need that one. Besides...even if it's really made, it won't be the original one."

With that said, the monkey turned around and continued walking forward. Ao Tingxin also quickly followed.

…

At this time, Prime Minister Turtle had already hurried into the hall.

As soon as he saw Prime Minister Turtle, the old Dragon King hurried up to greet him and asked directly: "How is it?"

"Your Majesty." Prime Minister Gui frowned. He swallowed dryly and said, "Yeah...it's not that bad either."

"Nothing special?"

"Yeah, it's okay."

The old Dragon King couldn't help but frown, and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure it's him?"

"It should be right. Even if I made a mistake, how could the fourth princess also make a mistake?"

"It's really him..." The old Dragon King put his hands in front of him and rubbed them repeatedly. After hesitating for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Have you conveyed everything I said to you?"

"Everything was conveyed, word for word."

"Then he didn't say anything?"

"Didn't say."

"Also...didn't you mention that after his defeat at Huaguo Mountain, our Sihai Dragon Palace still surrendered to the Heavenly Court?"

"I didn't mention it at all. He looked a little weird, as if...he came here just to borrow some clothes."

"Borrow some clothes?"

"Yes, it's not surprising. Your Majesty, you haven't seen it. I don't know how he has lived these hundreds of years. He only has a few leaves to cover his body." When he said this, Prime Minister Gui became excited. . He quickly said: "It's broken. We can't delay any longer. I have to quickly find some underwear for him and send them over."

With that said, he turned around and ran out of the hall.

"Underwear?" Old Dragon King shouted quickly: "Remember to choose the best! Give him the best, and get a few more!"

"Old minister understands!"

Until then, the old Dragon King slowly breathed a sigh of relief and sighed softly: "It's better that the monkey didn't make trouble. It's better that it didn't make trouble. She kidnapped the fourth girl and went to Huaguo Mountain, but now it seems that it was a blessing in disguise." At any rate...no matter what, there is always someone he can talk to."

…

Gradually, the rain stopped.

Xuanzang stretched out his hand from the pavilion, looked at the sky, took a long breath, and led the horse down the three-step staircase. Strap the luggage back onto the saddle.

Just as he was about to get on the horse, he couldn't help but froze for a moment. He held the white horse's mane and said, "I have forgotten to feed you for more than a day. Hey... It's rare that you have no complaints."

Shaking his head, he smiled, untied his luggage again, led the white horse to a tree beside the stream, and gnawed grass nearby. He himself took out a Buddhist scripture from his luggage and studied it carefully.

The monk in the distance sighed leisurely: "Shelter from the rain, feed the horses, and have to eat, drink, and sleep. With such a mortal body, how dare he make a great wish to save all sentient beings? He said that he was the reincarnation of Master Jin Chanzi. What did I think? It's amazing. I didn't expect that a good Buddha would end up like this. Why bother?"

Manjusri looked at him lightly and said, "Don't underestimate him. It is precisely because he is weak that he dares to have such great ambitions. He is brave."

"That's right. Let's see how he solves the problem. Leave this matter to the disciples. He wants to save sentient beings, so I will send a few people to help him save the lives." With that said, the monk turned and walked away. .

Manjusri hesitated for a moment, glanced at Xuanzang, turned around and followed him.

…

Not long after, in a cave in the distance, a bearded man suddenly woke up.

…

In the treasury of the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, Prime Minister Turtle finally delivered the lining, and the monkey had already selected a pair of armor.

However, that armor was beyond Ao Tingxin's expectation.

The black breastplate was divided into two parts, with a few strokes of clouds and mist simply carved on both sides, while the wrist guards were completely embellished with stripes. Coupled with a pair of black boots that look very simple...

Just such a pair of armor, not to mention the one Dragon Palace gave him earlier, was much worse than the one he wore every day in Huaguo Mountain. And in this Dragon Palace treasure house, it is not considered a good thing.

Just such a piece of armor. If you really want to pick a good one, it is that this armor is rare in terms of low-key appearance among many armors. Even if it were placed in the mortal world, no one would think it is a rare thing.

However, now that the monkey has confirmed it, Ao Tingxin and Prime Minister Gui can't say anything more.

After thinking for a moment, Ao Tingxin stepped forward and took the inner coat in his hands. Shake straight. Slowly walked towards the monkey.

"What are you doing?" Monkey suddenly asked.

Ao Tingxin hesitated and said: "Serve... serve you to change clothes..."

Hearing this, the monkey smiled helplessly and snatched the clothes from Ao Tingxin's hand.

"Come on, do you really think of yourself as a maid? Why didn't I see you so afraid of me when we were in Huaguo Mountain before?"

"Today is different from the past." Ao Tingxin said softly: "The Great Sage is now a cultivator of heaven. With Tingxin's status, I am afraid that I may not be able to be your maid."

"Hey, what kind of cultivation base is there? If the Taoist heart is broken, what kind of cultivation base is there?"

"Is your Taoist heart broken?"

The two people present couldn't help but be startled.

The monkey just smiled, raised his head and said: "You can cultivate back at any time. However, it's not bad. Anyway, even if you cultivate back, I can't do anything to Tathagata. Even if you don't cultivate back, these three realms will not be able to do anything to you." It’s fair to say that no one can do anything to me. Let’s talk about it when we have time.”

After saying that, the monkey looked at Ao Ting and said, "Can you turn around? Although I am covered in hair, I am still changing my clothes."

Ao Ting was startled and turned around quickly.

In a hurry, the monkey quickly changed his clothes and put on the selected armor. But with just this pair of armor on his body, he was like the majestic Monkey King, the Monkey King. But it's a completely different style.

If the one wearing the golden chainmail is the king of demons who aspires to swallow up the world, then the one in front of him is just an ordinary monkey demon.

Even judging by his clothes, no one would doubt that he was a demon general in the God Refining Realm.

Looking at himself in the life-size bronze mirror placed nearby, Monkey looked lonely.

After staring blankly for a while, he pouted slightly and smiled.

Prime Minister Gui finally breathed a sigh of relief, bowed and said, "Great Sage. Since you are satisfied, please move to the main hall. My Dragon King has prepared a banquet, and everyone in the Dragon Palace is waiting there."

"No." The monkey sighed softly: "Thank you to the old Dragon King for me. I have something else to do, so I won't stay here."

Prime Minister Gui seemed to still want to persuade, but one of his hands was already held down by Ao Tingxin, and he quickly swallowed back the words that came to his lips.

"You just said that you usually go to Huaguo Mountain when you have nothing to do?"

"As far as the Great Sage is concerned, yes."

"Can you stop being so formal?" Monkey frowned helplessly and said, "I'd like to trouble you to take me on a trip. I don't know if they still recognize me. If you go there this time, be sure not to be kicked out by them." good."

"The Great Sage is joking. Although six hundred and fifty years have passed, not many monsters from back then are still alive, but there must still be many who recognize you. There is no need to worry, the Great Sage." As he said this, Ao Ting felt thoughtful He turned around and said to Prime Minister Gui: "Ting Xin wants to accompany the Great Sage to the Huaguo Mountain, so I'll trouble Prime Minister Gui to tell my father."

"This..." Prime Minister Gui's eyes rolled with anxiety, but he did not dare to say "no".

Seeing this, Ao Tingxin could only wink at him repeatedly, smile and nod.

Prime Minister Turtle felt a little more at ease.

With Ao Tingxin, the monkey quickly left the East China Sea Dragon Palace and headed towards the Huaguo Mountain.

…

By the creek, the white horse was still gnawing grass leisurely. The world after the rain was wet, but there was a rare cleanness.

Xuanzang was pacing back and forth in the pavilion with a staff in one hand and a scripture in the other. Sometimes he raised his head, sometimes he closed his eyes tightly, as if he was constantly thinking about something.

Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps coming from all around.

A group of thugs dressed in civilian clothes with bare chests and abdomens, holding weapons and swords, rushed out from behind a nearby tree, and in the blink of an eye, they had surrounded the pavilion where Xuanzang was.

"Hey, there really is a monk! I said my grandfather didn't lie to me!" The bearded leader laughed loudly while waving a machete in one hand.

Xuanzang couldn't help but be startled, glanced at the visitor, and said to himself: "There are six in total."

As he spoke, the hand loosened and the scripture in his hand closed with a "click" sound.

Anyone can see that this situation is not good.

The monk secretly watching from a distance couldn't help but laugh and sighed: "Isn't he going to save all sentient beings? Then let's save these few first."

Manjusri on the side remained silent.

The bearded leader straightened his belt, puffed out his chest and said, "Are you Xuanzang from the East?"

"It's the poor monk." Xuanzang threw the scriptures in his hands onto the luggage aside, took a step forward, and bowed to them with his staff: "I wonder what the donor is looking for for the poor monk?"

As soon as he said this, the gang of villains laughed.

"It's nothing." The bearded leader pointed at Xuanzang and said loudly: "Well, your grandfather and I will introduce ourselves first. My surname is Wang and my given name is Wu. People in the world call me Da Dao Wang Wu. Where are the people in this area? Everyone calls me King. I usually have nothing to do, just collect tolls here, and when I meet someone who is not discerning, I just send him to the west. So, do you understand? "

Xuanzang stared at the bearded man expressionlessly and said softly: "Is that... what the bandit means?"

As soon as he said this, the gang of villains laughed again.

"That's right. Anyway, I haven't found a more appropriate word for the time being." Staring at Xuanzang, the bearded man said with a smile: "I originally planned to take a rest today, but my grandfather just gave me a dream, saying There is a monk named Xuanzang who is passing by here today. He also said that you have a golden bowl in your hand that can gather all the wealth in the world. Is this true? If you are wise, I will leave the golden bowl and spare your life."

Xuanzang replied expressionlessly: "The poor monk is Xuanzang, but he doesn't have the golden bowl."

"No golden bowl?" For a moment, all the bandits looked at each other.

"You idiots, do you really think he doesn't exist when he says he doesn't exist?" The bearded man said in a long voice: "Even the name is correct, there must be this golden bowl, search!"

Before he finished speaking, the two bandits had already rolled up their sleeves and walked towards Xuanzang's luggage.

Just when their hands were about to touch the luggage, there was a "dong" sound, and one end of the staff in Xuanzang's hand fell on the luggage.

All the bandits were stunned.

I saw Xuanzang holding the other end of the staff, looking at the bearded man expressionlessly and saying: "It is not the behavior of a gentleman to take it without asking. Donor, please respect yourself." (To be continued ~^~)

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