Journey to the West: The Ninth Life

Sun Wukong was a little out of breath.

In other words, the moment he saw Xuanzang standing there in a daze, almost being sucked into a place of death under the boulder, there was an uncontrollable feeling in his heart, almost like a nightmare , Fear like madness.

He didn't want to see him die in front of his own eyes again like he did 500 years ago.

Finding a safe open space, he threw Xuanzang down, Sun Wukong's fists creaked, but he couldn't find a way to vent his emotions.

Holding the golden cudgel in his hand, his temples twitched. Monkey King couldn't tell whether he was extremely angry or sad.

In an instant, the boulder turned into dust.

Taking a deep breath, Sun Wukong straightened his back, his dark red cloak fluttered with the wind, his temples swelled so painfully, but he forcibly suppressed all his emotions, grinned, and looked at the silent smile at the bottom of the cliff. In his eyes, his expression was very calm, but for some reason, it made people uncontrollable, a little inexplicably sad.

Xuanzang was obviously stunned.

He could see that Sun Wukong seemed to be angry, but he didn't understand why he was angry.

After hesitating for a moment, he still stood up and tentatively walked towards Monkey King.

"What did you do just now..."

Before he finished speaking, Sun Wukong turned around, his face completely calmed down, as if the previous violent efforts were just an illusion, looking at Xuanzang's anxious and worried eyes, slightly Exhaling imperceptibly, he shook his head.

"fine."

"It's just been suppressed for 500 years, and it suddenly came out... I'm a little excited."

Excited...?

At this moment, Sun Wukong was sitting on the edge of a cliff not far away with his back to Xuanzang. He was wearing a tattered armor and a piece of blood-stained dark cloak broken off. His back was always straight like a javelin. I couldn't see my face, but where there was the excitement of being released, there was an indescribable loneliness and loneliness.

The atmosphere was a little stagnant for a while.

Sun Wukong didn't speak, Tang Xuanzang naturally didn't know what to say.In fact, for Tang Xuanzang, there was one thing that was very strange, so strange that it even made people feel a little flustered.

He is an orphan without father and mother. He grew up in Jinshan Temple from childhood to adulthood, accompanied by Buddhist scriptures.

Others said that he was the youngest eminent monk who attained the Tao, but only he knew in his heart that the past 20 years he had lived were really boring.When I met Sun Wukong, I couldn't explain the feeling. It was as if I felt at ease from the first time I saw him, and wanted to get close to him for no reason.

But it was obviously the first time for the two to meet, and even one was the Monkey King who caused a disturbance in the Heavenly Palace 500 years ago, and the other was a well-behaved monk who grew up in the temple.

Xuanzang couldn't help being a little downcast.

He read a lot of Buddhist scriptures and learned a lot of Buddhist principles, but no one taught him how to get along with the Monkey King.

In the future, we will travel long distances to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures together, and we are always so silent, how can that be possible?

Because the Buddha's spell to suppress Monkey King was removed, the mountain was still shaking, but there was only one way down the mountain. Monkey King took a look at the situation at the bottom of the mountain, then leaned on the big rock behind him and closed his eyes.

"Let's rest here for a while before we go."

After all, he didn't move, his eyes were closed, as if he was asleep.

After saying this sentence, Xuanzang suppressed the words that Xuanzang had originally prepared. The young eminent monk looked a little sullen at this moment, nodded, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit not far from Monkey King.

Sun Wukong seemed to be fast asleep.

But Xuanzang didn't feel sleepy at all.

At this moment, it was noon, the sun was so strong that it scorched everything and the temperature was frighteningly high. Xuanzang was covered with a monk's robe tightly from top to bottom, so it was naturally very sweltering.

Fidgeting.

Just when he was tossing and tangling about how to fall asleep, Monkey King who seemed to be fast asleep over there, but whose eyes had never been opened raised his right hand slightly, and a spell landed on Tang Xuanzang's body with precision.

A light mask surrounded Xuanzang, as if it could isolate the scorching sun and temperature, and it became much clearer in an instant.

Xuanzang was taken aback for a moment, habitually looking at Monkey King.

But the maker of the mask over there was motionless again and fell into a deep sleep.

"Great Sage, can you turn into a big ice cube?"

"No."

"Great Sage, Great Sage, I know you can, hurry up and change into one, I'm going to die of heat, I'm going to die of heat!"

"...Jiang Liu'er, you really annoy me to death."

The nagging little monk in my memory is most afraid of heat. When the weather is a little hotter, he will sweat even the tip of his nose, and he can’t sleep no matter what. I let him take off the cumbersome monk’s robe, but he stubbornly refuses. You have to pester yourself to turn him into ice cubes.

Sun Wukong closed his eyes, with the sun shining on his face, he sighed imperceptibly, and seemed to smile again.

500 years and nothing has changed.

Tang Xuanzang was also a little tired after walking all the way up the mountain to save Sun Wukong. Now that the light shield cuts off the scorching sun, he also closed his eyes and gradually fell asleep.

There is the faint sound of cicadas and the wind blowing over.

The distance between the two people is neither far nor close, but it is the harmony that has not been seen for 500 years.

"Ouch-"

"Crack-"

After an unknown amount of time, he heard a roar of an animal, followed by the sound of a branch being trampled. Tang Xuanzang was a light sleeper. After hearing the sound, he habitually opened his eyes and looked ahead.

Seeing this, almost instantly, a cold sweat broke out.

A black and yellow tiger was heading towards Monkey King!

A pair of green eyes like copper bells shone fiercely. Obviously, it was the red cape on Monkey King that attracted the king of beasts.

Because he fell asleep, the evil spirit on Sun Wukong's body was put away, and the red cloak behind him was stained with too many blood stains. In this way, in the eyes of this big tiger at this moment, the Monkey King lying asleep on the big rock is the best prey it is about to devour!

He didn't dare to disturb the tiger, but Monkey King didn't even have the slightest intention of waking up.

Plop - plop -

The heart was beating violently in his chest. Tang Xuanzang had never encountered such a situation before. All he felt was a little dry mouth and extremely nervous, and even his palms were covered with sweat.

Although the boulder on the Five Elements Mountain rolled down just now, he had already seen how powerful and majestic the legendary Monkey King was, but at this moment Monkey King was sleeping soundly.

How to do?

Before he could think carefully, he picked up the stick on the ground and hit the tiger on the back. He wanted to drive it away, at least to keep him away from Monkey King.

Little did they know that as soon as the stick was lifted, the tiger realized Tang Xuanzang's movement, opened its bloody mouth, and turned its head suddenly to bite Xuanzang.

"Ow—"

"boom--"

Tang Xuanzang picked up the wooden stick in his hand and prepared to resist it. After waiting for a long time, he didn't hear the tiger's movement again. He hesitated for a moment, suppressed his beating heart and looked over.

I saw that vicious big tiger fell to the ground straight, bleeding all over the ground, as if it was dead?

And not far away, Monkey King woke up at some point, holding a golden cudgel in his hand, and couldn't see his expression clearly.

Tang Xuanzang was overjoyed and took a step forward, "This tiger..."

"What are you doing stupid again?" Before he finished speaking, Sun Wukong interrupted him angrily, his tone was extremely severe, as if he was trying his best to suppress the raging anger.

"You idiot, Jiang—Tang Xuanzang, you idiot!"

The blue veins on Sun Wukong's forehead twitched, and he turned around several times in a row in anger. Finally, he was so angry that he picked up a big tiger weighing several hundred catties, and tossed it by tearing its skin and bones several times. over and over again.

In fact, he was already awake when the tiger came.

But Sun Wukong, the majestic Monkey King, how could he put a mere tiger in his eyes?Not to mention that he was awake, even if he fell asleep and did not move, the tiger might not be able to bite him.

As for Tang Xuanzang, let alone a tiger, even if a monster came, the mask he cast on him was more than enough to resist.

But it never occurred to him that Jiang Liuer was such an idiot.

This idiot!

He was going to hit the tiger single-handedly with a wooden stick!

Sun Wu was so angry that he wanted to smash open his brain with a golden cudgel to see what was inside, but the angrier he got, the more he couldn't restrain himself, and his heart softened a lot.

He is very clear.

Jiang Liu'er did it to protect him.

Sun Wukong wanted to laugh, but he couldn't help feeling that his throat was very dry, so he had to clenched his fists and said hard-heartedly: "You are a monk with no strength to restrain a chicken, you insist on fighting that tiger. This is not hitting a stone with an egg. What?"

"I am your master."

Tang Xuanzang hesitated for a moment, but he still didn't hesitate to meet Sun Wukong's gaze, "You said you wanted to be my apprentice, but I'm your master. If you encounter danger, shouldn't the master stand in front of your apprentice?"

Take a deep breath.

It was actually the first time for Monkey King to experience the feeling of being choked and speechless.

"Then you remember from now on, I don't need your protection, if I encounter danger, hide away from me." With a soft breath, Monkey King stopped looking at Xuanzang, his voice was deliberately cold and scary.

However obvious.

Even if the memory of the previous life was erased by the Buddha, the character in the bones cannot be changed artificially. 500 years ago, Jiang Liuer, who was able to use soft and hard foam to almost collapse Monkey King, Monkey King, was stubborn in his bones.

The young and handsome monk shook his head, "No, I am your master."

"I will never hide away, we must bear the danger together."

His voice rang in his ears, and Sun Wukong could hardly control it. He recalled again 500 years ago, when he saw Jiang Liuer with his own eyes, like a kite with a broken string, fell in front of him and lost his vitality.

I couldn't help but see blood red.

His fists were clenched and creaked.

Cold face, hard heart.

Like extreme anger, but also like disdain.

Sun Wukong raised his head and laughed loudly, "I am the majestic Monkey King, Monkey King, do I need you, a stupid monk, to protect me?"

As soon as the words came out, Tang Xuanzang couldn't help being aggrieved. He wanted to defend himself, but his face turned red, and he didn't know what to say.

Looking at his expression, the emotions in Sun Wukong's heart were churning even more violently, the part of his heart seemed to be tightly held by someone.

Fool!

What a fool!

It's not enough to die once 500 years ago!

Now you have to rush forward to protect me stupidly!

What a big joke!

Great joke!

His fists were clenched and his temples were in severe pain. He forcibly suppressed the urge to yell at him. The appearance of Monkey King at this moment was actually a bit ferocious and scary.

Xuanzang couldn't help but feel worried, "What's wrong with you, I..."

"Shut up, I'm too lazy to talk to you!" With a bang, Monkey King flew directly into the air, gnashing his teeth, without looking at Tang Xuanzang, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Xuanzang was stunned.

To be honest, he didn't know why Sun Wukong was angry, but he could vaguely feel that Sun Wukong's anger seemed to be related to him.

A little dejected and sat back on the spot, although he didn't know where Sun Wukong flew to, but he was vaguely sure that as long as he waited for him here, he would always come back.

I don't know how long it took.

"Xuanzang, the seal of the Five Elements Mountain has been released, and Sun Wukong has recognized you as a teacher, why don't you rush westward?" When Tang Xuanzang was chanting scriptures cross-legged, Guanyin Bodhisattva appeared in the sky at some time, surrounded by auspicious clouds, Sitting high on the lotus platform with a willow bottle in hand, he looked at Tang Xuanzang and asked, "Why isn't Monkey King here?"

Seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva, Tang Xuanzang hurriedly saluted, clasped his hands together, and was extremely respectful.

"Returning to the Bodhisattva, it is now noon, so the poor monk wants to rest here for a while and leave later."

"What about Sun Wukong? Why isn't he with you?"

Mentioning Monkey King, Tang Xuanzang's heart tightened suddenly.

He knew that Sun Wukong made a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace 500 years ago, so he was punished by the Tathagata Buddha and kept under the Five Elements Mountain for 500 years. fined.

In his first reaction, what he thought in his heart was not to ask Guanyin Bodhisattva to help find Monkey King, but to protect Monkey King and not let Guanyin know.

Tang Xuanzang bowed to Guanyin Bodhisattva with no clue on his face, "The poor monk just asked him to go around for alms. He just went there for a while and hasn't come back yet."

"Sun Wukong is stubborn and tyrannical by nature, and it is difficult to subdue." Avalokitesvara waved his right hand, and with a golden light, a golden hoop appeared in front of Tang Xuanzang out of thin air, "This is the golden hoop prepared by the Buddha for the monstrous monkey. If you recite the mantra, he will have a headache and he will just let you go."

"Golden hoop?" Tang Xuanzang reached out and picked up the golden hoop on the ground, frowning, the first reaction in his heart was resistance.

How could the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who was dressed in gilded flame armor and a hero in the world, be able to wear this kind of thing and be bound for a lifetime?

Tang Xuanzang didn't speak, his face was unpredictable, Guanyin Bodhisattva saw it in his eyes, and gave a meaningful warning.

"Xuanzang, you are the envoy chosen by my Buddha Tathagata to go to the west to learn the scriptures. As long as you can obtain the Western scriptures, you will be able to become a Buddha immediately and achieve a positive result."

"But if you take the wrong path along the way, then ten lifetimes of practice will be destroyed once, forever and ever, forever and ever, do you know that?"

His body shook violently, Tang Xuanzang bowed and nodded, "Xuanzang knows."

Seeing this, Guanyin also nodded slightly, and her voice gradually softened, "When Monkey King comes back, you will find a chance to put this golden hoop on him, understand?"

"Xuanzang knows."

After explaining the matter, Guanyin quickly sat on the lotus platform and flew back to the purple bamboo forest and disappeared.

The young and handsome monk sat there, staring at the golden hoop in his hand, motionless.

After a long time.

He chanted Amitabha, put the golden hoop away, placed it at the bottom of the package, and covered it tightly with his clothes and luggage.

It looked like he was relieved.

In fact, Sun Wukong didn't run very far.

It's just that he was depressed and flustered. After thousands of years of practice, he couldn't control his emotional fluctuations in front of that stupid monk time and time again.

He wished he could hit his elm head hard with the golden cudgel, but he couldn't do it no matter what.

What do you think.

How can you be so stupid?

It's been 500 years, it's been 500 years, I don't even have a memory, and I'm still so stupid that it makes people gnash their teeth and rage.

"A monster! A monster—"

The villagers at the foot of the mountain saw Monkey King's face, and before he could speak, they were scared out of their wits almost instantly.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Sun Wukong tried his best to show himself a little kinder.

"I'm not a monster, I'm here to make alms with you, my little master is a monk from the Eastern Tang Dynasty who went to the Western Paradise to learn Buddhist scriptures—"

"You are a monster, a monster! Go away! Go away!"

Before Sun Wukong finished speaking, the shocked villagers threw brooms and other things out to drive him away.

In fact, for a villager who has been farming for generations, a person wearing rusty armor, blood on his cloak, and full of evil spirits is really terrifying.

For thousands of years, Sun Wukong, the great sage equal to heaven, has he ever been humiliated like this?

The golden cudgel appeared in his hand instantly.

His fists were clenched and creaked.

Finally, he forcefully forced himself to let go of his hand.

Turn away.

He is not a nice guy.

Or, who would dare to brazenly say that the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, who had caused troubles in the Heavenly Palace twice and had blood on his hands, was a good man?

But he vaguely remembered.

500 years ago, there was an extremely stupid monk who tore his robe and told him over and over again.

"Great Sage, Great Sage."

"You are Monkey King Monkey King, you are a hero of the world."

"You must not bully the small with the big, and you must not bully those mortals who have no power to restrain the chicken."

"My lord, did you hear what I said?"

"Great Sage, Great Sage..."

Sun Wukong was alone, wearing rusty armor and a dark red cape flying, he was a little impatient, as if talking to himself.

"I hear it."

"I remember."

In the end, he found something to eat in an orchard at the foot of the mountain. Looking at the peaches packed full, Monkey King stretched out his hand and rubbed his swollen and aching temple.

Without wasting any more time, Feishen turned around and went back to where Tang Xuanzang was.

"Peach, eat." Pushing the peach in front of Tang Xuanzang, Monkey King leaned impatiently and lazily on the big rock without looking at him, and closed his eyes to rest.

Tang Xuanzang hadn't realized when Sun Wukong appeared, he stared at the peach in his hand for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing.

Sun Wukong closed his eyes, tired of hearing him laughing, "What are you smirking about?"

Tang Xuanzang didn't care about his tone at all, walked up to him, and took out something.

"My lord, I made it for you."

As soon as the words came out, Monkey King's head almost buzzed, and his eyes opened suddenly like lightning.

He stared deeply into Tang Xuanzang's eyes, not looking at the things he handed over, he paused every word, almost gnashing his teeth.

"Say it again, what do you call me?"

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I don’t know if everyone thinks that the next day is a bit slow... Forgive me that the summer vacation is actually busier than when I am in class...