The Monkey King

A ray of sunlight shines through the clouds, illuminating the mountains below.

On the long stone steps, Qingxin, dressed in emerald green clothes, walked step by step under the guidance of a Taoist disciple. Shi Yuxuan, who followed closely behind, held a plate in her hand, which contained three volumes of scriptures.

The group of three people walked step by step to the main hall of Wuzhuang Temple, only to see that the door of the hall was closed.

The Taoist disciple stopped and thought for a moment, turned his head and bowed to Qingxin: "I am afraid that Master's guests have not left yet, so please wait a moment."

Qingxin nodded silently, then walked around in front of the palace door boredly, looking around.

This Wuzhuang Temple is a huge Taoist temple located on the top of Wanshou Mountain. It has towering walls, magnificent halls, and vast squares, and there is a heroic atmosphere everywhere. Even if it is called a palace, it is not an exaggeration. Even in terms of today's mortal palaces, unless they are at the emperor level, they cannot be compared to it.

In addition, there is a small city-state at the foot of Wanshou Mountain, which is directly under the jurisdiction of Wuzhuang Temple. Most of the people living in that city were disciples of Zhen Yuanzi. If you really want to count them, there are as many as ten thousand people.

At the beginning, Wuzhuang Temple in Wanshou Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and Kunlun Mountain were also known as the three major sects of mortal Taoism.

In terms of attainments, Kunlun Mountain ranks first, followed by Xianyue Sanxing Cave, and Wuzhuang Temple ranks last. In terms of disciples and influence, Kunlun Mountain ranks first, Wuzhuangguan comes second, and Xianyue Sanxing Cave ranks last.

Overall, Kunlun Mountain ranks first, although the other two sects are also called the three major sects. But when it comes to actual strength, it is much weaker than Kunlun Mountain, and it is not widely known in the mortal world.

However, that battle more than six hundred years ago. The nine sons of Lingtai died, and the Xianyue Sanxingdong lineage almost disappeared. The disciples of Kunlun Mountain suffered heavy casualties in the Battle of Heaven. After the war, they replenished the Heaven that had been almost completely subverted, and its strength was also greatly reduced. Only Wuzhuang Temple in Wanshou Mountain, although Zhen Yuanzi suffered some injuries and exhausted his spiritual power, and Taoist disciples also suffered numerous casualties because they fled to heaven that day, overall their strength is still there. After the war. It has developed into a major faction as famous as Kunlun Mountain.

A good while. The door of the palace suddenly opened, and Master Taiyi walked out of the hall with a whisk in his hand, somewhat depressed. When they saw Qingxin, both of them were stunned.

Qingxin quickly raised his hands in salute and said, "Qingxin sees Taoist Brother Taiyi."

"Qingxin?" Taiyi Zhenren hesitated for a moment and looked Qingxin up and down. He stroked his long beard and said, "You seem kind-hearted, but...when have we met?"

"Senior Brother Taiyi, noble people often forget things." Qingxin smiled lightly and said, "My master is Subhuti. You and I met once at the Peach Banquet."

"Subhuti?" Upon hearing this, Master Taiyi's face suddenly turned cold. He sighed lightly and said, "It turns out he is from Xianyue Sanxing Cave."

As he said that, he looked back at the main hall, flicked his sleeves, and walked down the steps without saying goodbye to Qingxin. Never looked back.

For a moment, Qingxin was stunned on the spot.

"Why is this Master Taiyi like this?" Shi Yuxuan on the side looked at the retreating figure of Master Taiyi and whispered: "Although Uncle Master is not as famous as him, he is still an equal, so he deserves to be greeted, right? "

"Shh...he'll hear it."

Shi Yuxuan quietly covered her mouth until Master Taiyi rose into the sky and disappeared into the sky. He flattened his lips and said leisurely: "I just told him on purpose."

"well said."

All of a sudden, the two girls covered their mouths and started laughing, causing the Taoist disciples on the side to frown.

Turning his head, Qingxin asked the Taoist disciple beside him: "What is Master Taiyi doing here?"

"I don't know." The Taoist disciple shook his head and said, "Uncle Taiyi came early this morning. He said he had something urgent to see the master..."

"Oh?" Qingxin rolled her eyes and said, "It seems that the so-called urgent matter has hit a wall. Come on, take me to see your master."

The Taoist disciple nodded and made a gesture of invitation.

Entering the main hall, the two of them saw Zhen Yuanzi sitting on the main seat from a distance, holding a scroll of scriptures.

Walking all the way towards Zhen Yuanzi, Qingxin looked at the palace consciously or unconsciously.

This hall is three feet high, ten feet wide, and fifteen feet long. Eight stone pillars carved with dragons, enough for four people to hug each other, are arranged on both sides. The ground is paved with smooth brown flooring, and on the top are hollow wood carvings symbolizing the sun, moon and stars.

Except for a few futons, the twelve feet-high screen behind Zhen Yuanzi, the two large black incense burners placed on both sides, and a few tan futons, there was almost nothing else in the hall, but it gave It gives one an extraordinarily majestic and majestic feeling.

Walking all the way to Zhen Yuanzi, the two of them cupped their hands and said, "Qing Xin (Shi Yuxuan), pay your respects to the Great Immortal Wanshou."

Until then, Zhen Yuanzi slowly put down the scripture in his hand, looked up at the two of them, smiled faintly, pointed to the futon beside him and said: "Sit down, I just mentioned your Xianyue Sanxing Cave. I didn’t expect you to come.”

"Did you mention our Xianyue Sanxing Cave?" Qingxin was slightly startled and said softly: "The mention that Wanshou Immortal is referring to...couldn't it be referring to Senior Brother Taiyi's matter?"

Zhen Yuanzi raised his eyes and said, "Do you know what he wants from me?"

Qingxin shook her head and said, "I don't know. Qingxin was just ordered to deliver scriptures to Immortal Wanshou."

Hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but laugh. He looked at the three volumes of scriptures in Shi Yuxuan's hands and sighed, "I thought I would ask your master to send them over so that we could talk about something by the way. But he asked you instead." Sent over. It seems that the old guy wants to stay out of the matter again."

Qingxin and Shiyuxuan couldn't help but be stunned by this statement, and they didn't know why for a while.

Zhen Yuanzi waved to the Taoist disciples behind them and said, "Put the scriptures away."

The Taoist disciple nodded, took the plate containing scriptures from Shi Yuxuan's hand, turned around and exited the hall.

"Sit down, don't stand." Zhen Yuanzi pointed at the futon again.

The two of them bowed and thanked each other and sat on the futon.

Zhen Yuanzi slowly sat up straight. Youyou said: "Master Taiyi is looking for me, mainly because he wants me to take care of your senior brother."

"Ah?" After hearing this, both of them opened their eyes wide and looked at Zhen Yuanzi in astonishment.

"I'm looking for Old Man Bodhi because of your senior brother's business. But he's good. He taught a disciple to make trouble all over the world, but he hid aside and watched the show. Don't want to wait until everything is settled and then come out to deal with it. "As he spoke, Zhen Yuanzi waved his hand and motioned to another Taoist disciple standing by the gate to serve tea.

"Me...my senior brother?" Qingxin asked hesitantly: "Wanshou Immortal refers to my ten senior brothers?"

"Otherwise, who else could there be? How many senior brothers do you have left?"

The two fell silent for a moment.

Others may not know that the monkey is back, but they... The Jade Emperor sends people to Subhuti every two days, how can they not know?

At most, they just don’t know very clearly.

Not long after. The Taoist disciple brought the tea. He gave each of them a cup and said, "Tea, please." Then he exited the door.

After hesitating for a long time, Qingxin asked in a low voice: "Then, how will Immortal Wanshou plan to deal with my senior brother's matter?"

Zhen Yuanzi lowered his eyebrows and asked leisurely: "He is disturbing the foundation of my Taoist sect. What do you think I should do?"

"It must be a misunderstanding." Qingxin smiled awkwardly and said, "My senior brother is also a member of the Taoist sect. How could he touch the foundation of the Taoist sect?"

"Are you sure he considers himself a member of the Taoist sect?" Zhen Yuanzi asked.

At this question, Qingxin quickly stopped smiling and lowered her head, her scalp numbing for a while.

The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became extremely awkward.

Not long after, a Taoist disciple hurriedly walked in, knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, the demon monkey and his party have crossed the Liusha River from Qiulongtan and came on foot. It is estimated that they will pass by in another month." Wanshou Mountain.”

"Oh?" Zhen Yuanzi was stunned immediately and quietly glanced at Qing Xin who was standing aside. He said: "If there is nothing else, you can go back for the time being. I am still busy with some things here, so I might be inconvenient to entertain you. Please bear with me."

"The words of Immortal Wanshou are serious." Qingxin stood up, bowed respectfully, and said, "Qingxin also happens to have something important to do, so it is inconvenient to stay for a long time."

"Then, say hello to old man Bodhi for me."

"Qing Xin understands."

He bowed silently again. Qingxin took Shi Yuxuan out of the door and walked towards the gate of Wuzhuang Temple.

Along the way, Qingxin asked in a low voice: "Do you know where Qiulongtan is?"

"I don't know, but you can ask."

"Okay, let's go meet this troublemaking senior brother."

"Ah?" Shi Yuxuan was stunned for a moment.

…

At the same time, Zhen Yuanzi in the main hall frowned slightly and said to himself: "This old man Bodhi sent this girl to me when I asked him to deal with the demon monkey."

"Master, this is..."

"It's nothing." Zhen Yuanzi stroked his long beard and said, "I asked you to come in and reveal the whereabouts of the demon monkey. I'm just following the trend."

"Following the current?" The Taoist disciple hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Disciple doesn't understand."

Looking at the Taoist disciple, Zhen Yuanzi sighed softly: "You don't need to understand it yet."

…

Outside Wuzhuang Temple, Shi Yuxuan put the jade slip into her sleeve, pointed to the place where Xiniu Hezhou and Nanzhan Buzhou meet on the map in front of her and said: "Qiulongtan is the narrowest point of Liusha River."

After a slight pause, she continued: "But the Taoist disciple said that he had passed Qiulongtan and was coming here, not that he was at Qiulongtan. How can he find it in such a large area? Master I told you not to run around...how about we ask Master before we decide?"

"What's so hard to find here? They are walking, so they must have a place to stay. We just wait for them on the road they must pass." Qingxin put the map away and said with a smile: "If you want to ask the master , what kind of thing is he willing to let me do?"

"What if you run into a monster..."

"If we bump into monsters, we'll fight them if they dare to attack them. Who's afraid of whom?"

"Is this okay?" Shi Yuxuan's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

"It's rare to get rid of the old man, so I don't plan to go back directly after delivering the scriptures. Besides, who do I need to approve when I see my senior brother?"

With that said, Qingxin had already taken off into the sky and flew towards the southeast.

Shi Yuxuan had no choice but to follow.

Her uncle, in terms of age, was actually over four hundred years younger than her, but his cultivation level was much higher than hers. What's even more peculiar is that the rapid progress in spiritual practice is not because of the good qualifications of this uncle, but because she has a good teacher.

For example, if Subhuti is a first-class master in heaven and on earth, others can become his disciples because they are blessed from previous lives.

She has two.

One is Subhuti, and the other is the famous Taishang Laojun. And this kind of "blessing" comes from the mother's womb.

Shi Yuxuan still remembers that on that day, Subhuti suddenly took back a baby girl who had just turned one month old from outside the Taoist temple, and publicly announced to all his disciples that this was his eleventh disciple and the new master uncle of all disciples. .

Before those words were finished, Taishang Laojun arrived and wanted to accept her as his disciple.

The two argued for a while, and the final result was that the baby girl was accepted as a disciple by two powerful men at the same time, which made all the disciples in Xianyue Sanxing Cave dumbfounded.

Immediately afterwards, as the baby girl grew up, she began to run in two directions. She was taken to the thirty-third heaven to live for a few days, and then back to Xianyue Sanxing Cave, and was taken to the thirty-third heaven to live for a few days. Tian, ​​​​was taken back to Xianyue Sanxing Cave...

She could use Subhuti's study as her own study, take as many of Taishang Laojun's elixirs as she liked, pull Taishang Laojun's beard and have him praise her: "It's very powerful." Excellent." This is a treatment that no disciple of these two great masters has ever enjoyed before.

This sentence is not an exaggeration at all to describe this uncle who is loved by thousands of people.

If she really wants to show off her magic treasure trove, I'm afraid even a treasure-filled general like Nezha will only be jealous.

What kind of virtue has been accumulated in the past life that can be favored by two powerful men at the same time in this life?

Shi Yuxuan really couldn't understand.

…

At this time, on a hillside more than a thousand miles away from this place, Li Jingzheng personally handed the nine-tooth rake into the hands of the monkey, and then asked his general to hand over the box containing the peaches to the black bear spirit.

Opening the lid and taking a look, the monkey said leisurely: "It's been half a year, and I thought you weren't going to give it away. I was looking to see if I would be free to go to the Lingxiao Palace to talk to the new Jade Emperor and teach him how to do it. Being a human being.”

"The Great Sage is joking." Li Jing wiped the sweat from his forehead, quickly bowed and cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "It's just that I was busy with official duties and was delayed due to some things. In addition, between the mortal world and the heaven, news needs to be sent back and forth. Time, after all, these flat peaches and nine-toothed rake must be given away by the Jade Emperor’s order... Please take care of them, the Great Sage."

"Forget it, just bring it over." Turning around, the monkey casually threw the nine-tooth rake towards the canopy standing not far away.

Canopy caught the nine-tooth rake, danced it twice, and then stood silently without saying a word.

"Who is this……"

"You don't have to worry about who he is." The monkey took a deep breath and said to Li Jing: "By the way, I have something else I want you to check for me. The curtain-rolling general you wanted before, help me check him. Where are you now?" (To be continued~^~)

PS: 4,000 words, still owe 8,000...