The Monkey King

The black bear spirit was so frightened that its legs trembled and it looked at the monkey in horror. For a moment, its mind went blank.

The chill had already spread throughout his body.

Staring at the black bear spirit, the monkey's eyes flashed fiercely and he grinned slowly.

"Forget it, you don't have to guess anymore, let's just send you to see your Buddha!"

The monkey flipped and jumped off the stone chair. The golden cudgel was already in his hands before he knew it. During the twists and turns, it was whizzing towards the face of the black bear spirit.

"Great Sage——!" A roar came out.

In an instant, the monkey's golden cudgel paused in the air, and the entrained wind brushed past the black bear spirit's cheek.

At this moment, the end of the golden cudgel was only three inches away from the black bear spirit's cheek, trembling slightly.

The black bear spirit opened his mouth wide, his eyes widened, and his whole body was trembling.

Slowly squinting his eyes, the monkey tilted his head and asked softly: "Do you know me?"

There was just a plop, and the black bear spirit fell to his knees, panting rapidly. He could not slow down for a while, but the hand covering his chest could not help but tremble.

If he had said the words just a moment later, his life would have been lost.

"I'm asking you a question, let's talk." The monkey put his hands on his hips, tilted his head and gently tapped the black bear spirit's shoulder with his golden cudgel.

The black bear spirit blinked his eyes violently, his eyes as wide as a bell, and he was sweating profusely.

After a while, he finally swallowed his saliva, slowly raised his head and said intermittently: "Great Sage, little... little. He once served as the captain of the black-haired squadron under the Yuyuan Department of Huaguo Mountain, and served on the battlefield many times. , Witness the heroic appearance of the Great Sage."

"Feathered Monkey Club?" The golden cudgel immediately turned back. After a pause, the monkey squinted his eyes and thought for a moment. He said softly: "Are those the subordinates of the Macaque King?"

"Yes, yes." The black bear spirit managed to squeeze out a smile on his frightened face, and said cautiously: "I was born in Nanzhan Buzhou when I was young. I participated in the Battle of Shuangyu Mountain, and then moved to Huaguo Mountain with the Macaque King. He joined the Great Sage and was a pioneer when he encircled and suppressed the Tianhe Navy. He also participated in the Battle of Nantianmen and the Battle of Huaguoshan six hundred years ago. Because of his military exploits, the Third Mother conferred the title of general to the younger one. There is also your seal of the Great Sage on the document. The Black Hair Squadron is named after the little one... The little Dui Huaguoshan has always been loyal to the Great Sage... Great Sage, have mercy on me! Have mercy on me. ah!"

At this point, the black bear spirit kept kowtowing. There were muffled sounds, causing the hard ground to vibrate slightly, and blood was drawn from the dark forehead.

"This...he's still an old friend after a long time?" Monkey's brows couldn't help but frown slightly.

There were so many monsters in Huaguo Mountain back then, so many that the monkeys couldn't even remember the names of the monster generals. However, it seems that there really is such a black bear spirit named Heimao. However, at that time, demon generals with such a position could only have a seat at the entrance of the Ten Thousand Demons Hall even during the celebration, let alone directly Dealing with monkeys.

The monkey took a deep breath, looked at the black bear spirit and asked softly: "Then why do you say you want to join Buddhism? What is the relationship between Huaguo Mountain and Buddhism? You don't know, right?"

"This... this..." The black bear spirit lying on the ground said: "The Great Sage doesn't know something. During the battle at Huaguoshan that day, the Macaque King took us to evacuate first. After that, we experienced the battle between the Demon King and the Macaque King. I was too lazy to fight, so I ran away without a trace, leaving me and other generals with nowhere to go. I had no choice but to break up, some took refuge with the Nine-Headed Insect, some with the Bull Demon King, and some with the Bull Demon King. Some of the Peng Demon Kings have even taken refuge in Heaven..."

"So you just want to take refuge in Lingshan? Damn it, this Macaque King is really irresponsible."

"I have been cultivating Buddha here for two hundred years, but unfortunately I have achieved nothing. Even Master Jinchi's original flat peach was found by me with all my efforts...but...but..."

I couldn't say this anymore, and I saw the black bear spirit fell to the ground, with tears and runny nose, and cried loudly: "You are stupid, you deserve to be damned, Great Sage, you really don't want to surrender." Buddhism, as long as the demon clan has a little hope, I won’t want to take refuge in Buddhism! Now that the Great Sage is back, let me wait for you! As long as you say a word, I will let me die. You are willing to do so! Great Sage, please have mercy! Great Sage, please have mercy!"

Looking at the black bear spirit who was crying and unable to breathe, Monkey couldn't bear it anymore: "Then how could you think of killing the scripture collectors I protect to claim credit from Buddhism?"

"I really don't know that it is you, the Great Sage, who protects people who seek scriptures. Elder Jinchi only said that he is a monkey demon who has attained the level of cultivation. There are so many monkey demons in the three realms, and the Great Sage has not been heard from for hundreds of years. , How could I have thought that the monkey demon in his mouth is actually you, the Great Sage!" At this point, the black bear spirit rushed over and hugged the monkey's thigh, pleading: "Great Sage... The Great Sage is just looking at you. For the sake of the little one who has done his best when he was in Huaguo Mountain, give him a chance and spare him!"

"open!"

With a cold scolding, the black bear spirit shrank back in fright, lying on the ground and not daring to move.

"Stand up, don't lie down."

"Little...little dare not."

"Okay, those who don't know are not guilty, I forgive you, get up!"

The black bear spirit stood up tremblingly.

Looking at the black bear spirit who was still trembling slightly, the monkey couldn't help but sigh.

The blood-stained forehead, the red eyes, the tears and snot on the face, coupled with the body like a hill, the broken armor...it really doesn't match.

The Macaque King left his subordinates alone, so how could they not be the "orphans" he left behind?

…

In the Zen room, Jin Chi said cautiously: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, the poor monk has already made an agreement with the black bear spirit in Heifeng Mountain. The black bear spirit will devote himself wholeheartedly to Buddhism and will do his best. Once night falls, the black bear spirit will Attack the temple at night, and then the poor monk will order people to set fire to it. Even if the black bear spirit is not as powerful as the demon monkey, the poor monk can still ambush the swordsman and take advantage of the fierce battle between the demon monkey and the black bear spirit to kill Xuanzang. Eight dollars!”

Hear the words. Manjusri smiled helplessly.

Jin Chi was stunned for a while, and quickly asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, do you think this is inappropriate?"

"Do you know the origin of the black bear spirit?"

"This..." Jin Chi was stunned for a moment, and after thinking for a long time, he clasped his hands together, lowered his head and said, "I don't know, I don't know."

"It's been more than two hundred years. He even found a way to get flat peaches for you. He's half your disciple, but you don't know his origin? Without his flat peaches, you wouldn't be as old as you are these two hundred and seventy years. , not to mention there won’t be so many believers, and come to think of it, there won’t be a scene like the Guanyin Temple now, right?”

Jinchi blinked. After staying for a long time, he said: "What the venerable taught me is this. After this matter is over, the poor monk will inquire carefully about the origin of the black bear spirit."

At this time, the expression on Manjusri's face was indescribable. It was like a smile, but also more like sarcasm. He shook his head helplessly, waved his hands and said, "Go ahead. Just do what you think you should do."

After hesitating for a long time, Jin Chi finally clasped his hands together and exited the door.

…

In the forest, the monkey walked step by step, stopped and looked back.

Less than two feet behind him, the black bear spirit stood awkwardly.

"Why are you following me?"

"The younger one...the younger one is the general of Huaguoshan, so naturally he should follow the Great Sage."

"Aren't you afraid of fighting? There will be a big fight along the way."

"It's different." The black bear spirit said quickly: "Follow the Macaque King, and fight back and forth, either against the Demon King or against the Heavenly Court. You will never end up, but there is still a glimmer of hope with the Great Sage."

"There is no hope in following me!" The monkey couldn't help but scolded: "Have you not seen what will happen to the millions of monsters in Huaguo Mountain who follow me?"

The black bear spirit immediately knelt down, and regardless of the situation, he knelt and said: "The little one has nowhere to go. I beg the Great Sage to take him in. The little one is willing to serve the Great Sage."

After saying that, the tears were already flowing.

"Don't you still have Black Wind Mountain? Why don't you have nowhere to go?"

"Heifeng Mountain...Does the Great Sage want to keep the little one in the Black Wind Mountain?" Raising his head, the black bear spirit looked at the monkey quietly. Those eyes were full of tears.

Seeing his appearance, the monkey felt a little soft-hearted.

"stand up."

"The Great Sage promised to let me serve you?"

"Damn, how come you know how to 'serve and serve' all day long? Did I teach you to do this in the first place? After all, you are also a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Can't you raise your head and speak?"

"This..." the black bear spirit frowned and said, "The little one is a demon, and the Great Sage is the king of demons. Isn't it natural for the little one to serve the Great Sage?"

Suddenly, the monkey burst into laughter.

What kind of logic is this?

It can only be said that Yang Chan did such a good job in ideological work that these barbaric monsters were actually trained like this...

With a long sigh, the monkey walked step by step to the black bear spirit, pulled him up from the ground, and said softly: "Although I am only protecting a monk along the way, it is actually very dangerous. There are many people who will come to make trouble. It is inevitable. There is going to be a conflict. Six hundred years ago, we lost, and you all did your duty. In fact, if you really want to say it, I owe you, and you don’t owe me anything. I don’t want to involve you this time, stay in Black Wind Mountain, is that okay?”

"Great Sage, let me follow you."

"This journey is a bit dangerous. It's inappropriate for you to follow me. I have immortality, do you have it?"

The black bear spirit patted his chest and said, "Great Sage, the young ones are not afraid of death."

"This is not a question of whether you are afraid of death. Even if you are going to die, you have to choose a worthwhile place, right?"

"It's worth following the Great Sage!"

Sighing helplessly, the monkey grabbed the black bear spirit's face with both hands, looked at each other, gritted his teeth, and said word by word: "You don't need to die, understand? Someone can solve this matter, I don't need you, you Just stay still! Do you understand?"

The black bear blinked his eyes blankly, nodded and said: "Understood."

The monkey then slowly breathed a sigh of relief and loosened his hands.

Before the monkey could take a step forward, the black bear spirit asked cautiously: "Then... can the little one follow the Great Sage?"

The monkey suddenly lost his temper. He stretched out his hand to grab it, and a golden cudgel appeared out of thin air in his hand. He pointed at the bridge of the black bear spirit's nose and shouted: "Are you done? I told you that I don't want you to follow me anymore, and you keep asking." Keep asking! If you want me to die, I will grant it to you today!"

Before he finished speaking, the black bear spirit was so frightened that he ran ten feet away. But he still stared at the monkey pitifully.

His empty hands were placed on his chest and he was rubbing them constantly, his eyes full of pleading.

After swallowing dryly, the monkey pointed at the black bear spirit and said viciously: "I'm telling you for the last time, you are not allowed to follow me. If you do, you will suffer a lot!"

Say it. Turn around and leave.

On the way back, the monkey did not choose to fly directly, but walked slowly, turning his head to look at Black Wind Mountain from time to time.

When he went there, he made up his mind to kill the black bear spirit directly, but he never expected that the black bear spirit was actually his old subordinate. The result was this.

There were so many monsters in Huaguo Mountain back then. How many will we encounter on this westbound journey?

Nine-headed worms, bull demons, white-bone spirits, multi-eyed monsters, spider spirits... He already knew so much, but what about the things he didn't know?

For Xuanzang, the journey to the west was a journey to enlightenment, but for him, couldn't it have become a journey to visit friends?

"It's really not a pleasant journey..."

Faintly, his scalp was numb.

That half-true "Journey to the West" has hit almost every node so far. The most unwilling Five Elements Mountain has already experienced it, even Xiao Bailong. It was also harvested in Yingchou Stream, and the monkeys even accepted their fate. As long as Xuanzang can be safely sent to Lingshan and allowed to attain enlightenment, everything will be over.

He also knows that everything will not go according to the script, but the difference is too big. What was supposed to be a fun and exciting fight turned into a sad conversation.

He walked in a daze all the way around the mountain road and walked through the stone steps. When he came to the gate of Guanyin Temple again, it was already dusk.

Suddenly. He was suddenly startled, turned into a ray of golden light, jumped directly over the towering temple wall, and roared towards the courtyard where Xuanzang was.

From a distance, he had seen a dozen monks gathered outside the gate of the courtyard, carefully looking inside through the ajar door.

"What are you doing-!"

With a shout, the monks fled in panic.

After hastily pushing the door open, the monkey was stunned.

In the courtyard, Xuanzang was chatting with the little white dragon and the black bear spirit around the stone table.

Saw a monkey. The black bear spirit stood up almost reflexively, a little panicked.

"Why are you here?" the monkey shouted with eyes wide open.

"I...I..." the black bear spirit said coquettishly: "Great Sage, the little one, the little one is here to become my disciple..."

"Apprenticeship?"

Before he finished speaking, the black bear spirit turned around and fell to the ground, making three "boom, boom, boom" noises towards Xuanzang.

"Please ask Master Xuanzang to accept Heimao as his disciple!"

"You——!" Pointing at the black bear spirit, the monkey was speechless for a moment.

"The donor is quite Buddhist, but a poor monk cannot accept you as his disciple."

"Why?"

Taking a deep breath, Xuanzang sighed: "How can a poor monk accept disciples indiscriminately even if he has not yet attained the Great Dao? This is an act of misleading others and himself."

Looking at the monkey with some panic, the black bear spirit said quickly: "Master, no matter what, please accept Heimao. If you don't accept Heimao as your disciple, just let Heimao be a servant. You can do whatever you want." , please be sure to accept Hesse."

After that, there were three more beeps.

Xuanzang slowly looked towards the monkey.

After hesitating for a long time, the monkey finally nodded silently.

Xuanzang puffed up his sleeves and stood up slowly. He stretched out his hand to support the black bear spirit and said, "In that case, the donor will follow us for the time being. However, he is neither a disciple nor a servant, but just a friend who is traveling with us. How about that?" ?”

"No matter what happens, as long as the master agrees. Thank you, master, thank you, master!"

After breaking free from Xuanzang, the black bear spirit bowed and kowtowed in the direction of the monkey: "Thank you, great sage, thank you, great sage. I will do my best and never give up even if I die!"

The monkey quickly walked up to him and pulled him up from the ground. He turned back and glanced at the ajar door. The monks outside the door quickly dodged.

"You keep kneeling and worshiping like this to embarrass me, right?"

"Great Sage, I definitely don't mean this!"

"I know you don't!" The monkey pointed at Xuanzang and said, "I told you to be a 'friend'. Do 'friends' always kneel down and worship like this?"

"this……"

"Okay, okay, go ahead and do what you have to do!" The monkey gave the black bear spirit a blank look and hurried into the house without looking back.

…

At this time, in another corner of Guanyin Temple...

"What are you talking about? A black bear spirit came to the Zen courtyard?" Jin Chi said in shock: "Isn't it not dark yet? Why..."

"Master, don't be afraid." A monk said hurriedly: "Although a black bear spirit came, it did not cause trouble. It just went straight to Xuanzang to talk. Judging from the situation, he should know him. I think there was a person beside Xuanzang. It’s not surprising that there’s an extra black bear among the monkey spirits.”

"This is not a question of whether you are afraid or not! Wait..." Jin Chi was startled for a moment and then said, "What did you just say? He went straight to Xuanzang... to talk?"

"Yes." The monk nodded and said, "My disciple also went to check it out just now. Xuanzang and his entourage were chatting with the black bear spirit in the courtyard. The black bear spirit also said that he wanted to worship Xuanzang as his teacher. Hey, luckily he did. Xuanzang is my master, and Xuanzang will leave early tomorrow morning. As soon as he leaves, the black bear spirit will also leave with him, no danger at all, no danger at all."

"This... this..." After gritting his teeth and thinking for a long time, Jin Chi had no choice but to stand up: "Let's go and take Master to have a look."

"Eh."

…

At night, after a fast meal, Xuanzang lit a candle and read the scriptures carefully in the room as usual. Black Bear Spirit started carrying water, washing horses, packing bags, and busy with various chores.

Looking at the busy black bear spirit, Monkey's brows couldn't help but frown.

"Are you done yet? It's just a trip to the west. Do you need to be so active?" Xiao Bailong beside him whispered.

After rolling his eyes at Xiao Bailong, the monkey shook his head helplessly: "I'm starting to regret letting you join. Look at him, his cultivation is higher than you, he also knows some Buddhism, and he is down-to-earth and diligent in doing things. How can he be better than you? .”

"Then..." Xiao Bailong was stunned and asked cautiously: "How about you let me go?"

Turning to look at the little white dragon, the monkey said with a smile: "If you dare to run away, I will tear you alive."

"Why?" Xiao Bailong asked with a sad face.

Raising his eyebrows, the monkey whispered viciously in Xiao Bailong's ear: "Because I am happy."

After that, the monkey flipped and jumped onto the roof, leaving Xiao Bailong standing alone in a daze with a look of helplessness on his face.

Standing on the roof, the monkey had a panoramic view of the entire Guanyin Temple, and occasionally looked down at the busy black bear spirit and little white dragon in the yard.

Why must Xiao Bailong stay? In fact, the monkey can't tell clearly.

Maybe it's because of the changing tides. More than six hundred years ago, the monkey was a complete destroyer of order, and Laojun was the guardian of order.

More than six hundred years have passed. Unexpectedly, today, monkeys have become the guardians of order. Because the final result he knew was that Xuanzang arrived at the Great Leiyin Temple successfully.

It's a pity that he is not as capable as Lao Jun, so he can only stick to the blueprint as much as possible, for fear of a little change, although in fact it has already changed beyond recognition.

Lying on the roof, the monkey held the golden hoop in his arms and slowly closed his eyes.

…

In another part of the Zen courtyard, Jin Chi opened the door of the Zen room with his eyes wide open and trembled slightly.

The moonlight shines in.

Hearing a thud, Jinchi knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "This poor monk is incompetent and has disobeyed the Lord's instructions. Please punish me!"

Manjusri slowly opened his eyes, but said nothing, quietly staring at Jinchi.

"Then... that black bear spirit, for some reason, not only failed to attack as promised, but also took refuge in Xuanzang... This poor monk is incompetent, please punish him."

Pursing his lips, Manjusri slowly raised his head and said: "No problem." (To be continued ~^~)

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