Journey to the West: The Ninth Life

"Let's go."

Tang Xuanzang stood on the spot with his back to the sun, half of his face was hidden in the shadow and he couldn't see clearly, and his voice couldn't hear the slightest emotion, as if blown by the wind, it was about to disperse.

The man behind Tang Xuanzang was still wrapped in bandages. He looked seriously injured, but he sat lightly on the farmhouse's kang, raised his head slightly, and looked at Tang Xuanzang with a sneer.

"Why, our holy monk doesn't like me so much?"

The man sighed a few times, his eyes were cold and he said slowly: "Oh, no."

"What is my name a holy monk? Hahaha." He stood up with some difficulty supporting his body, staggered to Tang Xuanzang, lowered his head, and laughed exaggeratedly.

"From this moment on, I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven Sun Wukong, the great disciple of Jin Chanzi. Logically speaking, I should call you Master, right?"

When this man raised his head viciously and triumphantly, that face was, impressively, that of a six-eared macaque that looked exactly like Monkey King.

The hands under the robe clenched into fists.

fiercely.

The nails almost sank into the flesh.

Tang Xuanzang couldn't help shaking his body, but he quickly regained his composure.

He chuckled lightly.

He concealed the sadness in his eyes, and what was converted was Tang Xuanzang's own strength and restraint when the great sage was not around.

The six-eared macaque is about the same height as Sun Wukong, so it is half a head taller than Tang Xuanzang.

Being watched from such an angle by the Great Sage on weekdays, Tang Xuanzang only felt at ease in his heart.

But at this moment, the six-eared macaque looked at him condescendingly in the same posture.

From the beginning to the end, he only felt extremely disgusted and deeply disgusted.

Sneer.

Unhesitatingly raising his head to meet the eyes of the six-eared macaque, Tang Xuanzang's voice was calm and distant, and every word was clear.

"There is only one Monkey King in this world, and that is Sun Wukong."

"And you are just a poor bastard living in the shadow of others."

"What qualifications do you have?"

"What qualifications do you have to be compared with the Great Sage!"

The expression on the six-eared macaque's face changed from complacent and gloomy to a momentary stiffness.

He had never seen Tang Xuanzang like this.

In other words, he felt that Tang Xuanzang was determined for him. He felt that a mere mortal, without any magic power, could only hide behind Monkey King in everything.

Squinting his eyes, the six-eared macaque still wanted to speak, but just opened his mouth, and was interrupted mercilessly by Tang Xuanzang again.

Turn your back.

Don't even look at the six-eared macaque anymore.

Tang Xuanzang's voice seemed to be frozen.

"Remember your own identity."

"You can't be my apprentice, let alone the Monkey King."

"what."

Since meeting Sun Wukong and Tang Xuanzang, the six-eared macaque has almost never been elated.

He was seriously injured by Monkey King's stick. Although he acted out a bitter trick by himself, most of Monkey King's injuries were healed, but he had to nest in such a dirty and despicable place and couldn't move.

Tang Xuanzang recognized who was real and who was fake between him and Sun Wukong, and he was severely punished by Guanyin.

Now finally only Tang Xuanzang is left.

After leaving Sun Wukong, he seemed to be a different person. He didn't show any cowardice, but instead, he was faintly threatening to be provoked.

The six-eared macaque laughed back in anger.

Tang Xuanzang had a tough attitude, but he insisted on provoking him!

Stepping forward, he grabbed Tang Xuanzang's neck fiercely, and with unconcealable anger in his eyes, he spoke viciously.

"how about you?"

"What do you think you are?"

"The poor guy who relied on Monkey King all the way to the present!"

"You recognized me as a fake, so what?"

"Hahahaha, don't you want to obediently take me to the west to learn Buddhist scriptures in the end? Aren't you going to abandon Monkey King?"

"Too ridiculous!"

"Tang Xuanzang, why don't you look at me? You look at me!"

The six-eared macaque narrowed its eyes, seeing that Tang Xuanzang was silent, he felt more and more happy in his heart, sneered, and got worse.

"You should thank me."

"I took the place of Monkey King, so that no one in the world will find out about the affair between you and him."

"Master-student incest, men fall in love."

"Tsk tsk tsk, Jin Chanzi, who is pure-hearted and ascetic, would actually do such a shameful thing."

"Tell me, what qualifications do you have—"

"To shut up."

Tang Xuanzang interrupted suddenly.

He lowered his head, took a deep breath, then raised his head, looked directly into the eyes of the six-eared macaque, and paused every word.

He said shut up.

The six-eared macaque was going to continue talking. He still wanted to continue to humiliate Tang Xuanzang. He also wanted to see where the stupid monk who left Monkey King could bear it.

Meet those eyes.

For some reason, he opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say a single word.

He suddenly thought of Monkey King.

Sun Wukong's black and golden pupils.

The way I looked at you when I was expressionless.

I have to admit that at a certain moment, when Sun Wukong looked at him like that, he couldn't help himself and felt flustered.

But at this moment, Tang Xuanzang looked at him with the same eyes.

He is obviously a mere mortal who has nothing on his body that can threaten him, and who can even kill him with a wave of his hand.

He was a little hesitant.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva told the Western Paradise to keep the Tang monk safe, and the Buddha also said that if something happened to Tang Xuanzang, he would die.

Countless calculations flashed through my mind.

The six-eared macaque snorted coldly, glared at Tang Xuanzang, and stopped talking.

Tang Xuanzang also stopped looking at the six-eared macaque, took a deep breath, turned and left the farmer's house.

He didn't look back all the way.

"Mr. Mr."

A little boy ran over from behind at some point, holding a rough and crude windmill in his hand, tilting his head and calling Tang Xuanzang in a childish voice.

Tang Xuanzang's back stiffened suddenly.

He stopped in his tracks, forced a smile on his face, and nodded at Xiao Tong.

"Xiao Gang, you—why are you here?"

The little boy named Xiaogang smiled, his eyes were black and white, very clean.

"Last night there was thunder in the village all the time. It was windy and rainy. It was terrible, so my parents didn't allow me to come out. I didn't sneak out to play for a while until the sun cleared."

"Sir, did you hear the thunder last night?" Xiao Gang tilted his head and curled his lips, with a thoughtful look on his face, "I heard from the Wang Po in the next village that such a big thunder must be caused by immortals ascending It's gone, or some monster has crossed the catastrophe."

"Sir, sir, do you believe it?"

The body trembled violently.

Tang Xuanzang's eyes were almost bloodshot, his right hand trembled slightly, and his throat seemed to have a dagger in it.

He gently rubbed the bun on Xiaogang's head, his voice hoarse.

"no."

"The thunder last night was because someone got married."

"marriage?"

Xiao Gang's eyes widened in surprise, "Sir, how can there be thunder when someone gets married?"

The world of children, obviously, can't understand what Tang Xuanzang said. After thinking for a while, he smiled at him foolishly, and said with dancing, "Oh, oh, I know, I know."

"Sir, there must be very powerful people getting married, so Tianlei also came to celebrate for them, right?"

Looking up, the little child looked childish, but serious, as if he was asking Tang Xuanzang if he was right, or impatiently waiting for praise.

Throat twitches.

Tang Xuanzang's arms trembled slightly.

He was dressed in a white monk robe, standing in the cold morning wind, looking a little thin and lonely.

He smiled at the child.

He said yes.

What Xiaogang said is true.

A very powerful person got married, so Tianlei also came to celebrate for them.

"Hey, big brother is here too."

Xiao Gang has been focusing on talking to Tang Xuanzang, and now he sees the six-eared macaque coming up from behind, and immediately recognizes him as Monkey King at first glance, and steps forward with some joy, ready to talk to him.

Didn't take two steps.

The expression on Xiaogang's face was a little hesitant, he pouted, turned his head to look at Tang Xuanzang, and then at the six-eared macaque.

"Sir, who is this man?"

The child didn't know how to hide his emotions. He blinked his eyes in doubt and hesitated, "It looks like my big brother, but...but it's different from my big brother."

Tang Xuanzang's body shook violently, and his face became paler.

Noticing that the six-eared macaque's eyes gradually showed a fierce look, he restrained all his emotions, and subtly blocked Xiao Gang behind him.

Crouch down.

Gently rubbed the child's face a few times.

Tang Xuanzang smiled softly at him.

He said that Xiaogang is really smart, big brother, he is still sleeping at home.

He patted the child on the head, signaling to let him go back to play alone, until Tang Xuanzang stood up and prepared to leave when his back disappeared from his sight.

"Does it feel strange?"

Tang Xuanzang turned his back to the six-eared macaque, and suddenly spoke.

The six-eared macaque naturally knew what he wanted to say, and sneered, "The holy monk wants to say, even a child can recognize me, isn't it Sun Wukong?"

"Still want to tell me that there is an insurmountable gap between me and Monkey King?"

"I know that you all look down on me, so what? At the very least, I am the one who replaces Monkey King to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, not someone else."

The eyes gradually turned cold, and the six-eared macaque stared at Tang Xuanzang's back and spoke word by word.

"Holy Monk."

"Even in my life, I can't compare to Monkey King."

"But there is one thing, I am better than all of you."

Having said that, Tang Xuanzang finally turned around, his eyes were calm, and he could hardly see the slightest emotion. He looked into the eyes of the six-eared macaque and did not speak, as if he was waiting for him to continue talking.

The six-eared macaque laughed.

Standing in the biting wind in the early morning, he looked at Tang Xuanzang with almost pity.

"Sun Wukong's magical power is unrivaled in the world, but he was still suppressed by the Five Elements Mountain for two 500 years, and even hacked into pieces, and he was punished in purgatory."

"And you."

"The second disciple of the majestic Buddha, who was supposed to enjoy the incense and devote himself to worshiping the Buddha, was hit by five thunders and wiped out by the sky thunder. He had to endure humiliation and take me, whom you despised, to go to the Western Paradise to learn scriptures."

"why?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Because you have weaknesses in your hearts, and because you are willing to die for each other."

"And I'm different."

The six-eared macaque narrowed its eyes, proud and arrogant.

"I have no weaknesses."

"In this life, the only thing I love the most is myself."

The author has something to say:

I don’t know if everyone has this kind of experience of learning to dance after entering university. It’s so painful and tearful! Laozi’s legs are about to be chopped off!