The Monkey King

The sun shines through the thick clouds on the land of Huaguo Mountain, leaving straight traces of light in the air.

Condensing dewdrops, this is considered an innate skill of Cao Xiaohua. Every drop will damage a little bit of cultivation, but there will be no other side effects.

Not long after, Cao Xiaohua condensed dewdrops and dropped them on the antidote according to the monkey's request, allowing the five people to take it one after another, and settled everyone who was still comatose in the underground cave of Huaguo Mountain.

Step by step towards the entrance of the cave, a dazzling light came towards you. The pale-faced Cao Xiaohua stepped on the air, and if it wasn't for Xiao Qi's support, she would have fallen to the ground.

"Thank you for your hard work." Monkey turned around and smiled lightly, and said, "Are you okay?"

"It's nothing." Cao Xiaohua shook her head and said softly: "Thank you, Great Sage, for caring. But... has Great Sage ever seen the appearance of the poisoner?"

"I haven't seen it. But looking at the thing she conjured, it should be a human body and a snake's tail. What? What did you remember?"

"In the early days, Xiaohua didn't even have eyes, so what could she remember?" Cao Xiaohua pursed her lips and smiled helplessly, and said, "But if I can see my empress again in my lifetime, Xiaohua's death will be worth it."

"Do you regret it?"

"regret?"

"I regret helping me save them. After all, they are the people your empress wants to harm."

Xiaohua was silent. After a while, she raised her head and sighed: "What is there to regret? It is the duty of a minister to obey orders. Besides, there must be some misunderstandings between the empress and the great sage. If they can sit down and talk about it, it may not be impossible. solve."

"Are you so sure?"

"Of course. Because the empress is a good person, and so is the Great Sage."

Under the sun, the pale face smiled brightly, but the monkey just rolled his eyes and looked at the sky.

"Am I a good person?"

Sit down and talk with Nuwa? He thought so. It's a pity, judging from the current situation. I'm afraid there's no chance.

Besides, how did the definition of Nuwa come about as a "good person"? Are all the baby boys sacrificed in the Kingdom of Women fake?

Monkey couldn't help but think.

…

"...Your Majesty, this is the whole truth about 'Nuwa Mending the Sky', and also the origin of her half-heaven cultivation." In the tower of Nantianmen, Taibai Jinxing cupped his hands and said softly: "Although this Nuwa Empress She is a half-heavenly cultivator, superior to today's Sanqing. But it is extremely simple to defeat her. Just go to the daughter country to find the location of her sacred stone, and you can break this situation with one blow. Because of this, for thousands of years, she Only then did she stick to her daughter's kingdom and ignore worldly affairs. Because she was too fragile, compared to other powerful powers, she could not get the cause and effect. This time, the monster monkey had a fierce battle with her for a long time, but it was not resolved. I am afraid it was because the monkey didn't know Nuwa at all. The empress has this weakness. Otherwise, the winner should have been decided long ago."

"There are such allusions." The Jade Emperor stroked his long beard and sighed. After a while, he asked softly: "But I don't understand. Since it is Sanqing's job to stop Nuwa, why did Sanqing Are you going to stay behind closed doors again? Even if you mention something, it would be like selling a favor to that monster monkey. Wouldn't it save a lot of troubles and save me... waiting for a waste of time?"

Hearing this, Taibai Jinxing laughed again and said: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, and Sanqing doesn't care. Just because of four words."

The Jade Emperor was obviously a little impatient with this showoff tone. He glanced at Taibai Jinxing and snorted coldly: "What four characters?"

Taibai Jinxing quickly calmed down and bowed, "'I feel guilty'."

"Oh?" After saying this, the Jade Emperor suddenly became interested: "How do you say this?"

…

Zhengfa Ming Tathagata and Ksitigarbha fell quietly on a hillside.

Looking from a distance, the main peak of Huaguo Mountain is already faintly visible.

Looking into the distance, Ksitigarbha sighed leisurely: "The monkey has arrived. Nuwa must be arriving soon."

"I don't quite understand." Zhengfa Ming Tathagata turned his face slightly and asked softly: "Why do you want to help the monkey get out of trouble? Shouldn't you... create all kinds of difficulties for the monkey?"

"Does Your Majesty look at the poor monk like this?" Ksitigarbha looked at the Tathagata Zhengfa Ming with a half-smile but not a smile.

"Isn't it?" Zhengfa Ming Tathagata asked.

"If the Venerable said so, then the poor monk should be Jin Chanzi's enemy. But if he is really the enemy of Jin Chanzi, the poor monk should not interfere, and should even take action to solve the problems that he may encounter along the way. Clean them all up. In this way, not to mention traveling a hundred and eight thousand miles westward at one time, even if you walk back and forth ten times, it will be in vain. Is this right?"

Zhengfa Ming Tathagata became more and more confused.

Looking at the True Dharma Ming Tathagata, Ksitigarbha smiled lightly and said: "Acute diseases are easy to treat, but chronic diseases are difficult to treat. What the poor monk has to do is to make the water going westward more muddy, the muddier the better. If this path to universal salvation is Real gold is naturally not afraid of red furnace fire. If it weren't for real gold... it would be destined to be burned, so it would be better to end it early."

"Doing this will make the water more muddy?" Turning his face, Zhengfa Ming Tathagata looked towards the direction of the monkey and whispered: "I would like to know how on earth you got Nuwa's thing into trouble. So clear?"

"Because of the underworld."

"Hell?"

"Yes." Ksitigarbha laughed softly and said: "The reincarnation of heaven and everything has its laws. Nuwa hates men and believes that men are the root of trouble in the world. Unfortunately, she cannot violate the laws of heaven, and she cannot bear to execute the infant boy. , Therefore, Nuwa had an agreement with the underworld and was not allowed to release souls to baby boys or even male creatures in the daughter kingdom. Therefore, when they were born, they were just a body, without soul and life. The poor monk took over the underworld and took over After understanding this agreement, you will naturally know more things. It is unparalleled by others."

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"Your Majesty, please rest a moment. Let me listen to what I have to say in detail." In the Nantian Gate Tower, Taibai Jinxing said softly: "All of this must start from the beginning of the world. At that time, all the great masters in the world were devoted to cultivation, but this woman Empress Wa was different from others. When she saw the vastness of the world, she came up with the idea of ​​​​creating living beings."

The Jade Emperor nodded silently and listened quietly.

"At the beginning, the other great masters were not keen on this. They were even a little disgusted. For this reason, the leader of Tongtian also had a dispute with Empress Nuwa and ridiculed her for not doing her job properly. At that time, Empress Nuwa was young after all. Sheng, the more others ridicule her, the more persistent she becomes."

Speaking of which. Taibai Jinxing sighed lightly and frowned slightly.

"In fact, even the great powers that existed at the beginning of the creation of the world did not have the power to reach the sky from the beginning. To be honest, they are just the earliest self-awareness in the world. The early years of the Empress Nuwa How weak is he? Even if he takes form, his cultivation is just like that of a little demon in the God Refining Realm today. Creating living beings and changing the three realms. How can a little demon in the God Refining Realm do this?"

"But she didn't give up. She still went her own way and tried every means... including seeking help from other powerful people."

"It's a pity that at that time, the cultivation levels of the great powers were on the rise. There was no master in the world, and there was competition between them. Who would be willing to allocate his already tight cultivation time to do something with no prospects at all? What about the matter? After all her efforts, all she got was ridicule."

"Helpingless, Empress Nuwa could only improve her cultivation while groping towards her goal of creating living beings. No one knows how many hardships she went through during this period. She was alone, walking on a lonely road for ten thousand years. , on the road with no sight of tomorrow. Until her first 'child' is born."

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In the sky. Nuwa's soul was flying slowly, and she couldn't help but lower her head and look down at the mortal world.

Once upon a time, she had a dream, in which the stretching mountains were no longer monotonous in color, and the breeze blew by, bringing with it no longer just loneliness.

In that dream, there were flowers. There are green leaves, fragrance, and countless creatures. All lives live happily on the same land, leaning on each other and giving each other warmth.

And she can sit on the mountain and watch her children play, immersed in the infinite beauty.

Yes, she had been dreaming about this when she was young. No matter how many years it takes, she is determined to use her own hands to realize this dream. She believes that one day, she will do it.

However, such a road is too lonely.

A stubborn heart can resist all wind and frost, but it cannot permanently isolate the invasion of loneliness.

After five thousand years, when she created the first green leaf, she chose to show her achievements to all the powerful people and once again sincerely invited them to join her in beautifying the world.

Admittedly, they were frightened by the leaf. Including Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Cult Leader, Zhen Yuanzi, Subhuti, and many great powers who have been lost in the dust of history.

Before this time, no one had thought that there was any way to create life other than heaven and earth.

With this leaf, she thought they would reconsider this thing that they had completely rejected.

However, the expected thing did not happen, and the powerful people remained indifferent to this matter.

Is there anything more urgent than improving one's cultivation and competing for heaven and status?

Most importantly, the leaf... withered.

Nuwa still remembers that moment, and her heart was almost broken.

It was just a leaf, but it was also the life she created, her child, and everything she had.

In order to save it, she knelt before Taishang Laojun's door, she knelt before Yuanshi Tianzun's door, she knelt before Tongtian Cult Master's door, she knelt before Zhen Yuanzi's door, and she knelt before Subhuti's door. I also knelt down.

She just wanted to beg them to save her child.

However, no one took action, because in the eyes of the powerful, what Nuwa did was just making trouble unreasonably.

As a mother, Nuwa could only watch the leaves wither little by little and eventually turn into fly ash. Wash your face with tears.

In those gloomy days, Subhuti was her only friend, but he did not agree with her actions. He earnestly advised: "Heaven and earth are like a cage. The resources, space, and everything in this cage are limited. You and I are not the only ones who have consciousness, and there will be more in the future." . Instead of wasting time doing such meaningless things, it is better to study hard, improve your cultivation, and avoid being eliminated. Otherwise, no matter how good you have it, it will eventually be taken away."

"They will not be taken away. They are my 'children'. How can anyone take away my 'children'?" As the first mother in the world, Nuwa made a concession. At that time, Subhuti couldn't understand the answer: "Can they have the heart to abandon their mother?"

finally. Subhuti waved his sleeves and left.

No one can understand the heart of a "mother" because she is the only "mother" in the world. But what does it matter? Nuwa still goes her own way.

As long as her children can understand her painstaking efforts in the future, it will be enough. This is her only sustenance and only expectation as a mother.

She smiled and said to herself: "Today I did not give up on them. So in the future, they will definitely not give up on me. Because I am their mother."

The leaves withered, and everything returned to its original point.

From then on, she began to inject her own essence and blood into every experiment, giving all her love, hoping to add even a little more vitality to the "child" born. This directly caused her cultivation to be difficult to make any progress for a long time, and her ranking among the powerful was getting lower and lower. It's even on the verge of being eliminated. Even became a laughing stock.

In the blink of an eye, another five thousand years have passed.

The Emperor and Heaven paid off, and the first real grass in the world was born, a real life created by powerful hands.

She planted it in the water curtain cave of Huaguo Mountain and named it "Grass Flower", hoping that one day it would bloom. Talk to it every day. Talking about his sadness. Talk about your own troubles and talk about your dreams. From now on, I am no longer alone.

Her ranking is getting lower and lower day by day, and she has been reduced to a third-rate power. If it were not for the care of her former friend Subhuti, her lifespan may have come to an end.

But, is strength really that important?

Nuwa felt that nothing was more important than her grass.

As the days passed, the grass grew up day by day. Due to her successful experience, Nuwa became more and more skillful in creating creatures. Race after race that had never existed before was born on this land.

after all. All this attracted the attention of the top powers.

At this time, most of the great powers left behind at the beginning of creation have reached the end of their lifespan, and the speed at which life is naturally produced in the world is much slower than they initially expected. And the cultivation of the remaining great masters has reached a level that is difficult to advance even an inch.

Yuanshi Tianzun said to Nuwa: "We have thought about it. This world is indeed too monotonous. So, you are right. We intend to participate in your plan."

That day, Nuwa's smile turned into a flower. Happier than ever.

Being new to the world, she opened her arms and accepted help from other powerful people. In order to better realize her dream, she shared her many years of exploration experience.

It was perhaps the best time of her life.

With the help of other powerful people, things began to evolve in the direction she wanted at an extremely fast speed, with new creatures appearing every day.

Under the sun, Nuwa felt that the whole world was so warm that it was about to melt. She watched with pleasure as the creatures in this world became richer and richer day by day, and watched her "children" grow up day by day. She thought her dream would come true soon, but fate played a malicious joke on her.

At this moment, the dream stopped forever...

That day, she discovered that her most precious "human" had learned to be selfish and deceitful.

"Who taught them these things?"

No one answered, and all the powerful ones were silent. That look seemed to be saying to Nuwa: "Aren't they supposed to understand this in the first place?"

Yes, they all participated in the activity of creating living beings, but they all had completely different purposes from Nuwa.

The colorful world sounds beautiful, but when the world becomes more and more crowded and the spiritual energy becomes thinner and thinner, the powerful people begin to regret it. They hope that there will be a kind of creature that can control all the other creatures in the world for them, and this kind of creature must be able to internally consume itself and not grow beyond its control.

Human beings have become their first choice.

The three Qing Dynasties united to establish the East Heavenly Palace, forged the underworld, and drew a circle for all living beings, trapping them in reincarnation forever. They selected humans as the executors of heaven's law to limit the reproduction of demons, and amplified the various desires of humans, allowing them to kill and fight each other without going beyond control.

Nuwa is going crazy, but what can she do?

Her qualifications are excellent, but she has spent too much time, and her cultivation has dropped significantly. Without the strength, she had no way to influence Sanqing's decision.

She could only pull Subhuti. As a mother, she stood outside Nantianmen and cursed, but unfortunately, no one paid attention to her.

"I've said it a long time ago. If you don't have enough cultivation, no matter how good it is, it will be taken away."

"No! They are my 'children' and no one can take them away!"

Facts have proved that Nuwa was wrong.

A mother is willing to protect her child under her wings forever, but the child may not accept the mother's love.

When she came to the world, she only saw a bloody scene.

No one cares about her anymore...

When she saw the war between humans dyeing the entire grassland red, she finally understood. She had lost her child forever. Except for a false name. Nothing left.

At that moment, tears filled my eyes. She cried out desperately, but no one responded. In the end, he could only imprison himself in the cave.

However, sad news still keeps coming.

Some things, once started, cannot be ended. The entire three realms. It has fallen into a quagmire that even Sanqing cannot control.

She closed her eyes, covered her ears, and withered her heart, not seeing, hearing, or thinking. But she couldn't help it...

Finally, she found a person in the crowd who could change the situation in the Three Realms - Gautama Buddha.

"If I no longer object to what they are doing, can you help me talk to Sanqing and let me participate in Heavenly Court?"

"Why?" Subhuti asked.

"This child needs someone to protect him." Nuwa said, pointing to the immature Sakyamuni in the crowd.

Yes. She surrendered, losing her dignity and face. In order to get his child back, he is willing to sacrifice everything else and abandon everything else.

"We agree to your request, but please remember what you said." This was Sanqing's reply to her.

Next, there is a thousand-year protection.

Sakyamuni said that he wanted to cloud. There are clouds coming from afar.

When Gautama Buddha asked for rain, it rained from the sky.

Gautama Buddha said that if you ask for wind, there will be a gentle breeze blowing the earth...

Sakyamuni's cultivation improved day by day.

Nuwa used all the power she could use to protect Sakyamuni from the wind and rain. She is waiting, waiting for her child to grow up, to save other children.

However, the development of things once again exceeded her expectations.

"Everything is suffering, why not let it go?"

Sakyamuni attained enlightenment and became an existence comparable to Laojun. However, under Laojun's enlightenment, he proved "selflessness" and became Buddha.

At that moment, Nuwa's world shattered into powder.

Due to the failure of that game, Nuwa was completely deprived of her power to intervene in the human world and her priesthood in heaven, and was exiled to Huaguo Mountain.

In desperation, the woman who was robbed of her "child" went completely crazy.

No real "mother" would give up her child willingly, and the same goes for Nuwa.

She hated Sanqing to the core, hated Tathagata who had high hopes but abandoned her, and hated everyone in the world who was fighting for power, especially men!

Almighty cannot be relied on, not even her own "children", it doesn't matter...she can still rely on herself! She can also fight like a mother!

She began to secretly plan to improve her cultivation.

It is a pity that the knot in the heart has arisen and the path to enlightenment is hopeless. The only possibility left is the extremely dangerous path of the traveler. This adventure finally pushed her into a situation of no return...

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"Your Majesty, after that, there will be the story of 'Nu Wa patching up the sky' that the old minister just said." Taibai Jinxing stroked his long beard and sighed: "Forcibly overcoming the catastrophe, once I missed it, the empress Nu Wa turned into stone. A prisoner in the prison. This imprisonment lasted for more than two thousand years, without caring about worldly affairs. No matter how you defend it, Sanqing has always taken Nuwa's...'child' by force. Therefore, as long as it is not too much, Sanqing, It’s impossible to take action against Empress Nuwa.”

After hearing this story, the Jade Emperor was completely silent.

The original panic gradually disappeared from those eyes.

After a long time, Taibai Jinxing bowed and cupped his hands, and said softly: "So, Your Majesty, you can rest assured. No matter what, it is impossible for Empress Nuwa to do anything that harms the common people, let alone to storm Nantianmen. We and others only need to stand still, Just sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight."

"No." Looking blankly at the changing clouds outside the Nantian Gate, the Jade Emperor said slowly: "Send an order to Li Jing and let him go... find a way to persuade both parties."

"Your Majesty, this is..."

"It would be great if Nuwa Empress could capture that monkey, but what if..."

The Jade Emperor's words stopped here, and the monarch and his ministers just looked at each other silently.

After a while, Taibai Jinxing bowed and said, "Old minister, I understand."

After saying that, he turned around and hurriedly walked out of the palace. (To be continued ~^~)

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