[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

The little monk Kong Ming put "Wang Kong Zhan" into the treasure box, and took a broom and a dustpan to clean up the messy hair all over the place.He stretched out his hand to support me, and said, "Jintao, the Dao Dharma Conference is about to start, let's go there now."

I looked at my appearance in the crystal mirror. I was dressed in a moon-white robe, and the outline of a boyish face with a little boyishness gradually became clear. A silver-gray forehead was about two fingers wide. Needless to say, I used to wear rough clothes and straw sandals. His hair was pulled back and looked extremely sloppy.But as long as I trim my hair, change my clothes, and dress up a bit, I will show my gentle and refined temperament, which is not far from the modest gentleman with three bright and bright moon in his arms.

Kong Ming saw me looking in the mirror and asked, "Are you satisfied?"

I flicked the hair hanging on my shoulders and said, "Satisfaction is satisfaction, but are you sure you only shaved three thousand strands of my hair? How can I look at it? The hair on both sides of the temples seems to be shorter?"

"Amitabha." Kong Ming clasped his hands together and said, "It's like this. After I shaved off the three thousand strands of trouble for you, I suddenly found that the overall image is not perfect... how should I put it, it is not perfect. In order to set off your temperament, So I took it upon myself to help you trim the rest of the hair. If it makes you feel unsatisfied, I’m really sorry.”

I waved my hand and said, "Forget it, it's pretty good-looking. I've never looked so good-looking in my life. Besides, if I'm really dissatisfied, don't you still have the ability to take back my broken hair?" ?”

"This..." The little monk Kongming was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head in embarrassment, "This...of course it is impossible."

"It's just a joke, don't take it seriously." I patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for taking care of me all day, choosing new clothes for me and combing my hair. Then... can you help me again?" A favor?"

Kong Ming said: "Amitabha, please tell me. You are willing to make such a great sacrifice for my Buddhism. No matter what you ask of me, as long as I can do it, I will go through fire and water."

I smiled: "Don't be nervous, it's not as serious as going through fire and water, I just want you to hand over something to the Great Sage for me after my death." As I said that, I took out the clean bottle and handed it to him, thinking about it , and said again: "Or...don't give it to the Great Sage, and when you meet Jin Chan another day, it's the same to give it to him."

"What's in the bottle?" Kong Ming took the clean bottle and looked at it curiously.

I was more serious, and said: "Don't ask, and don't open it. Anyway, it's the most important thing inside. You give it to Jin Chan, and he will know what to do when he sees it."

"Yes." Kong Ming agreed, put away the things, and took me to the Dao Dharma Conference.

At that time, the entire West Heavenly Court was full of golden light and a thousand auras.Four thousand gods and Buddhas have already arrived.

In the middle of the venue was a wide and boundless avenue, paved with gold bricks and embellished with jade. In the dazzling golden light, the cool fluorescent light of jade shone.

Purple-gold auspicious clouds rose on both sides of the road and in front of it. On the road, golden lotuses bloomed and fell, and fell and bloomed again.

The golden arhats are arranged in two rows, facing the road, standing opposite each other.The two venerables, Jianglong and Fuhu, turned into a golden dragon and a white tiger, soaring above the nine heavens, performing an exquisite and fierce fight between dragon and tiger.The bodhisattvas below are standing on their own lotus platforms, and the Buddhas, big and small, are sitting on the lotus golden platform, staring into the distance, watching dragons and tigers fighting, and can't help applauding.

The Grand Dao Dharma Assembly is held once every 500 years, which is equivalent to the grand gathering of flat peaches in the fairy world. The Buddhas of the Western Paradise attach great importance to it, and every time they hold a special event, it is very grand.

This time the Dharma conference was even worse. Not only the four thousand gods and Buddhas from the Western Heaven attended the conference, but also the Jade Emperor, Wenchang Emperor, and Donghua Emperor from the Heavenly Court, Yan Emperor and Nanyang Emperor from the Southern Heavenly Court, and the Beitai Emperor from the Northern Heavenly Court. , even the Lord of the Underworld and Yama of the Ten Palaces all came.

In the east, west, north, south, and five heavenly courts, except for Emperor Dongsu of the Eastern Heavenly Court who has gone to the mortal world and has not returned so far, and was unable to attend, all those with status were present.In the spirit of Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, friendship and mutual assistance, the Tathagata gave thrones to several emperors and saints, standing high above the sea of ​​​​people, so high that the upper half of the body wished to hide in the clouds.

After 500 years, when I saw the Jade Emperor again, I suddenly remembered what he said on the day he brought me back to Pantaoyuan.He said that I am "the dragon and phoenix among the trees, and the emerald among the peaches", and I shoulder a heavy responsibility. Even if the sky falls and everyone falls, my crooked neck tree will not fall.

I once believed in this sentence, and it was blind self-confidence, and my self-confidence was almost blown out.I am pretentious, my eyes are higher than the top, I think I am really different, I can calmly enjoy the care and envy of those fairies, earth immortals, and little flower demons in Pantaoyuan.

However, it turns out I was wrong, and very wrong.I'm nothing but a crooked tree that won't bloom.Anyone can trample, any bird can shit on my head.Ridiculous, ridiculed, spurned... Almost overnight, all my self-confidence was worn away, and I became timid, sensitive, and inferior.

Then... what happened?It seems to be a monkey?I looked at the crowded square, looked at the smiling Buddhas with benevolent eyes and compassion, and my eyes wandered in the sea of ​​people trying to find a color that looked like a raging fire, but I found... I suddenly couldn't remember what happened afterwards.what to do?What about monkeys?It seems that the monkey doesn't despise me, so he sprinkled a tree of flowers on me again?

I don't remember exactly.

What I remember is that I once had a dream that I have been persisting in for 500 years, and today it will finally come true.Wearing cloud boots and stepping on the auspicious clouds, and wearing a golden armor to hold the long wind, I am the unrivaled hero that everyone is looking forward to.

"Jintao, Jintao? Are you okay?" The little monk Kongming held my arm and helped me into the venue.Everyone looked sideways at me.

"Huh?" I came back to my senses, my mind began to feel dizzy, and something seemed to be passing by.I rubbed my sore forehead and said, "It's okay, I'm fine." Then I raised my head and met Jin Chan's eyes.

Standing behind Jin Chan are Ba Jie and Wu Jing, and there is an empty seat next to him, presumably for a monkey.Looking at the hollow golden lotus, I realized that the monkey will not come today.Because I begged the Tathagata yesterday, please don't let the monkey appear here no matter what.

I don't want to see him again, not even a glance.The more you look, the more you will love, the more you love, the more I will suffer.Chasing after him all the time begging for a response, or even asking for a response, was really tiring.And this tiredness has accumulated over time. When I heard him admit yesterday that my acquaintance with him was only due to his calculations, due to his eagerness to save Jin Chan, he finally gave me the last bit of persistence. crushed.

I have already told the monkey that I am willing to pay back what I owe him in this life. It is just a few peaches, and I am willing to give it up.However, if I am lucky enough to have an afterlife, I just hope that I will never owe him, never see him, or miss him.

At this moment, Jin Chan was looking at me worriedly, as if asking: "Have you swallowed the primordial spirit I gave you?"

"..." I nodded to him, signaling to reassure him.

After Jin Chan got my answer, she bent her mouth, but the moment she lowered her head, her face suddenly turned pale.He naturally knew that the Yuanshen was not his own, but the monkey's.Come to think of it, after learning that I had swallowed the monkey's primordial spirit, on the one hand he was relieved for me, but on the other hand, he felt more distressed for the monkey?

Strange to say, why did the monkey decide to give me his primordial spirit?Is it because I went to die for Jin Chan, he felt uneasy and felt guilty?In fact, he doesn't need it, he obviously made the decision in his heart 500 years ago, so what's the use to me if I pretend to send this half soul today?

Even if it saves my life and allows me to live in the world with a dead heart, it is nothing more than adding another walking dead to the world.

"Heh, haha! Hahaha!" I laughed, but my heart felt hollow and hurt, "Hahaha! Hahaha!!!"

Everyone looked at me puzzled, but since neither the Buddha nor the emperors spoke, no one could mess with the rules.

Wu Jing looked ignorant, staring at me and smiling.

But Bajie frowned, gently tugged at the corner of Wujing's clothes, and mouthed: "Where's Brother Monkey? Since he became a Buddha, it's the first Dao Dharma meeting, won't he come to participate?"

Wu Jing shook his head, said: "Yesterday he went out to chase after little master Huanxi, and I haven't seen him since then."

Bajie said: "It's my fault. How did I know that it took Huanxi's soul to bear peaches? I thought it was just a matter of him moving his fingers. What should I do now? The monkey's whereabouts are unknown. Shall we stop it?"

With a bitter face, Wujing said, "Second senior brother, I don't want to watch little master Huanxi die, but how can I stop it? There are so many gods, venerables and Bodhisattvas here. If we stop them, wouldn't it be a rebellion? If we rebel, we will be punished. Branded with the 'Fallen Buddha Seal', that would be a sinner through the ages in the Buddha world."

Bajie thought for a while, nodded and said: "That's right, besides, the two of us alone can't defeat so many gods and Buddhas. Brother Hou is still needed. If he wants to save Huanxi, I will help him no matter what."

Wu Jing said: "Then I will help too, I will listen to you two."

Bajie rolled his eyes, and seemed to be looking for the monkey again: "Where is the dead monkey? What about others? Fuck! I am ready to rebel with him! After I help him rob people, if the West Heavenly Court can no longer tolerate me, I will go back My Gao Laozhuang, live with Cuilan!"

Wu Jing asked, "What about me?"

Bajie glanced at him, "Go back to your quicksand river!"

"Cough!" Jin Chan noticed the interaction between the two of them behind him, coughed lightly, put his hands behind his back calmly, and ripped off the clothes of the two.

Bajie and Wujing looked at each other, but they both closed their mouths.

After a moment of silence, Wujing thought of something again, turned his head and said to Bajie: "No, Second Senior Brother. If Senior Senior Brother takes Little Master Huanxi away, isn't the person who will die today the Master? Senior Senior Brother, can you help me?" Watching Master die?"

"..." Bajie was at a loss for words, he gave Wujing a hard look, and said, "You're the only one who has a lot of questions! Don't ask me, I don't know anything! No matter the monkey, he can do whatever he likes!"

"Ahem!" Jin Chan coughed again, this time Wujing and Bajie were really quiet.

I passed by the three of them, Jin Chan silently recited scriptures with downcast eyes, Wu Jing's eyes were full of sympathy.But Bajie, maybe because I chatted with him for a long time when I was in Daughter's Country, and I heard him tell the story of Cuilan, he felt kind to me, and his expression actually showed distress.

Compared with sympathy and pity, Bajie's little heartache made me feel much warmer.I nodded to him, curled the corners of my mouth, and called out with a smile: "Brother Bajie." Maybe he didn't expect me to smile at him, so he was startled for a moment before returning a faint smile.

It took me almost half an hour to walk from the entrance of the venue along the Tongtian Avenue to the seat of the Tathagata, because the road is too long, and every time I take a step, a golden lotus will grow under my feet.Probably due to the fact that they are both flowers and trees, I am not willing to step on the flowers, so I have to take my steps lightly, so I walk more and more slowly.

At that time, the two venerables, subduing the dragon and subduing the tiger, had finished their performance and returned to their positions.

Tathagata waved his bergamot, and a huge lotus flower rose from the gold and jade floor tiles, only half smaller than his own. Before I could react, I was already sitting in the center of the flower.

"The Grand Dao Dharma Conference, start now." Tathagata said, his voice resounding like a bell resounded through every corner of the venue.

Everyone took out the scriptures and recited them one after another. For a while, all the voices floating in the entire venue were talking about scriptures and Taoism.Everyone discusses with each other from time to time, and when they have different opinions, they fight on the spot, and whoever wins listens to whoever wins.After fighting and deciding whether to win or lose, put your hands together and say a word to the other party: "Amitabha", and you will be reconciled as before.

With so many people discussing scriptures and fighting in groups, it is really a wonder in the world, no, it is a spectacle in the sky.It's a pity that I'm an illiterate, and I couldn't understand what they were doing, so I had to squat on the lotus platform and doze off bored.

The Tathagata and Maitreya Buddhas treated me very well. I remember that I said that I did not want to participate in the Dharma conference, let alone listen to people chanting scriptures. I was sleepy when I heard them. They also prepared delicious snacks such as snacks and candy for me very thoughtfully. Put it on the lotus platform, I squatted on it and opened it up to eat.And there are earplugs for me to plug my ears so that I don't have to listen to those mantra-like scriptures.

The Dao Dharma Conference was held on July 49th. Everyone present, except me, did not close their eyes for 49 consecutive days. They kept discussing, fighting, discussing, fighting, discussing... I It's eating, dozing, eating, dozing, eating...

Until the end of the meeting, someone collected the results of everyone's discussions, wrote them on gold leaf and presented them to Tathagata.After the Tathagata and Maitreya had reviewed it, they determined the parts of the existing scriptures that needed to be revised and supplemented one by one, and then ordered people to take them for transcription.Everything was in order, and I had finished my snacks and had a good night's sleep, and everyone turned their attention to me again.

At this time, thunder rolled over the nine heavens, the original auspicious clouds and fairy mist suddenly turned black like ink, black dragons were churning in the clouds, and a picture scroll that was constantly switching appeared on the horizon——

Some people had their arms and legs severed and rolled into the frying pan, some had their eyes gouged out and were thrown into a sea of ​​fire, some were stripped of their clothes and thrown into a mountain of knives, some were skinned and cramped and thrown into a cow pit...

Western Heaven and Hell seem to have opened a gap that exists in the dark at this moment, one thought of hell and one thought of heaven.The scene in the scroll continued to rotate, and suddenly turned into a gap that could swallow everything.Some young novice monks who were not yet cultivated were directly sucked into the tunnel and fell into hell.The crowd began to commotion, and people with poor concentration began to run wildly with their heads in their hands, but the more they ran, the more they were sucked in and couldn't move an inch.

"What you saw just now was the scene after their death in their previous life, and it was also their inner demon, the so-called 'Life Tribulation'." Tathagata said to me, he was still calm and kind-hearted.

I looked at him and said, "Do you have a previous life?"

Tathagata smiled and said nothing.Ran Deng slowly said: "Jintao, let's go."

After speaking, the lotus platform I was sitting on suddenly spun rapidly, and suddenly, a golden light suddenly appeared, and it turned into a pair of shining golden armor.As soon as I hesitated, the golden armor was already wrapped around my body, and then a colorful cloud emerged from under my feet, leading me into the sky.

It's too high, I fly so high that I can see not only the gods and Buddhas, but also the mortal beings in the lower world who are not even as good as a sesame seed, the three realms and six realms, livestock and demons, as long as I If you want to see it, you can see it.Naturally, as long as they look up, they can also see the golden light against the background of layers of dense black clouds.

More than 1?More than the attention?more than!At this moment, I am willing to believe it, I believe that I am a world-class hero like a monkey, wearing a golden armor and riding auspicious clouds, more than attracting the attention of everyone!Three Realms and Six Paths, who dares to say that I am not a hero?

But why can't I see a little bit of hero worship in their eyes?Until I tore up the golden armor and turned it into a golden peach tree in the Three Realms, I forced the soul to every branch, and in an instant ten thousand peach blossoms bloomed, I still didn't see in their eyes what I wanted to be. need.

Only amazing.

I heard someone whisper from below: "Ah, the golden peach blossoms... so beautiful..."

beautiful?

Maybe.

Enough is enough, and the word "amazing" is enough.

I forgot.At the very beginning, before I met the monkey, my dream was not to become a shitty hero at all. What I wanted, my original intention, was just... just, one day, I could be like the most ordinary peach tree , Is a tree full of prosperity?

Great.I think that's fine for now.I can finally throw away my unrealistic and silly thoughts, and be a tree in peace.

As for the "big hero that everyone is looking forward to", one is enough in the world.

Talking about the great hero, I seem to have really seen him. He is dressed in red, and his golden eyes are the same as when I first saw him in Pantaoyuan 500 years ago.

I am a little bit regretful, regretting the request I made to the Buddha yesterday.If only the monkey was here, I would be able to show Kazuki flowers by myself, and he would no longer have to work hard to pick the flowers and put them on me.

However, the flowers only bloomed for a moment, and then withered quickly.Then four thousand golden peaches grew on my body.But it may be [-], the Yuanshen is almost consumed, and I don't have the energy to count how many I have.

I just squeezed out desperately, squeezed out the last bit of soul, to ensure that every twig was covered with golden peaches.

Is it enough?It should be enough for them to exchange for the Golden Cicada, so that a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand...eternal... will be safe and sound, right?

Jin Chan's expression changed, he stood up, looked at me in astonishment, and said, "Jintao! Didn't you eat the primordial spirit I gave you?!"

"..." I couldn't speak anymore, I turned into a tree, and I couldn't speak anymore.What's more, even if I am a human body now, I don't have the strength to speak.

Countless peaches fell off my body, like a golden rain.Everyone stretched out their hands to pick up the peaches. After the last peach fell off, my branches withered instantly. One by one, they cracked and turned into powder.

I want to say, how could it be?How could I swallow the primordial spirit of the monkey?He gave me the primordial spirit just for peace of mind.But why doesn't he think about it, he lied to me so badly, and lied to me for 500 years, but I don't even want to hate him, so how could I be willing to swallow his primordial spirit, ruin his cultivation, and destroy it once? ?

"Happy!" Bajie flew up and caught me who was slowly transforming back into a human body.

"..." Bajie treated me well, I was grateful that he didn't just let me fall from the sky and fall on the cold gold and jade floor tiles.

When I fell into Bajie's arms and slowly fell back to the ground, I inadvertently turned my head and saw that the monkey was at the foot of Lingshan Mountain.

To me he is just a tiny speck.I couldn't see his face clearly because it was too far away.I was standing too high and couldn't see him clearly.

But I know it must be him.

Because only he, no matter how far away, can always attract my attention at once.I stared at him intently, watching him waving the golden cudgel constantly to smash the enchantment set by Tathagata.

But I know that he must not come in.

Tathagata promised me that monkeys would not be allowed to enter the venue.The Buddha above the nine heavens has possessed divine power for hundreds of thousands of years. How could his enchantment be easily smashed by a monkey?What's more, the monkey gave me most of his primordial spirit, so he must be seriously injured right now.

"Jintao, Jintao." Jin Chan came to see me.Wu Jing also hurried forward.Bajie hugged me and shouted urgently: "Is there any help? Don't worry about eating peaches, who will come and see if anyone is still saved?"

"Use Yuanshen, Wukong's Yuanshen." Jin Chan said, "His Yuanshen has been exhausted, and he can only replenish it immediately before his soul is gone."

"Where's Brother Monkey? Where did Brother Monkey go?" Bajie asked.

Wujing said: "It's too late, Master, can't we use our primordial spirit, let's use my old Sha's to make up for it."

Jin Chan shook his head helplessly, and said: "Those who are capable of being robbed, we have to rely on Jintao to survive the robbing, so even if we give him our soul, it is useless. Only Wukong was born of Nuwa stone, not in the five elements." Among them, there is no need to be robbed, his will do."

Bajie became anxious and scolded: "Fuck! Where did the monkey die!"

Jin Chan stopped him, grabbed my wrist, and asked, "Where is Wukong's soul? I gave it to you, Jintao, you... you..."

"..." I said nothing, and closed my eyes wearily.Kong Ming didn't know that what I gave him was Yuanshen, so naturally he didn't know that what Jin Chan was looking for was the clean bottle he put away.

"boom--!!!"

At this moment, there was a sudden loud noise, and the entire Lingshan Mountain trembled violently.Everyone was shocked and asked, "What sound? What happened?"

The sound was really earth-shattering and weeping ghosts and gods, causing my soul, which was already about to dissipate, to shrink suddenly and return to the body.With the last bit of strength I slowly opened my eyes, I saw that the monkey had smashed the Tathagata's enchantment at some point, and came up to Lingshan on a somersaulting cloud.

"Ah, it's the Great Sage!"

"What's going on? He made the sound just now?"

"That's right, it seems that the Great Sage and Jintao have a very close relationship?"

At this time, the monkey's red clothes were in tatters, and the whole right arm was bloody and bloody from the fragments of the enchantment. A bloodstain.Most of his face was scratched by fragments, and his complexion was extremely pale, probably because he lost half of his soul, or something else.

I laughed, and said silently: "You still look good... when you are wearing golden armor and riding auspicious clouds..."

"..." The monkey said nothing, his face was gloomy and terrifying, his eyes were red, and his body was covered in blood.Seeing him coming, Jin Chan hurriedly walked over to greet him, saying: "Wukong, you..."

"Get out of the way!" Monkey said, his voice was not loud, but it was obviously cold, and his eyes were so dark that he couldn't see the bottom.Jin Chan withdrew her hand, she was about to grab his arm, but now she clasped his shoulder and said in a deep voice, "Wukong, what are you going to do?"

This time the monkey didn't speak, but directly kicked Jin Chan out with his backhand.

Jin Chan clutched her shoulders and took a few steps back, looking at the monkey in astonishment.Wu Jing said: "Eldest brother, you... You hit Master, are you crazy?"

"Monkey, brother monkey?" Bajie saw that the monkey's expression was wrong, and he was walking straight towards him, so he took a step back unconsciously in fright.But realizing that I was still in his arms, he slowly took a small step forward and said, "Master said, I need to use your yuan..."

"Who allows you to make up your own mind?! Ah?!" The monkey came closer, grabbed my wrist with cold fingers, and shouted with red eyes: "Why didn't you give me a chance to explain, why did you decide to come to Lingshan by yourself? , why I gave you the soul, but you don’t use it?!!!”

My ears hurt from his voice, so I opened my eyes a little wider. The strange thing is, I actually saw a little tear in his eyes.

After the monkey roared that sentence, there was no sound.He stretched out his hand to catch me in his arms, and at this moment, my body began to loosen up a little bit.The monkey stared at his hand that had penetrated my body at once, and was stunned for a moment. His pupils widened slightly, and he whispered in disbelief: "Happy?"

Realizing what was happening at this moment, he was a little panicked, quickly turned my face away, pressed his lips firmly against mine, and put his soul and spiritual power into my mouth together.

I can feel the scorching heat brought by that energy, but they swim on my body, before reaching my exhausted sea of ​​consciousness, they dissipate little by little with my body that is gradually dissipating.

"No, don't, Huanxi..." The monkey's arms were finally empty, and he tried to grab something.

Jin Chan came slowly and sighed softly: "His soul is scattered, it's useless..."

"Clap."

"Clap."

With two soft bangs, a mahogany sword and an oil-paper umbrella fell to the ground.

Before I die, I can still get a kiss from the monkey, no matter what, it seems that I have earned it.

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However, if there is an afterlife, please let me be a peach blossom tree that is ignorant, without sadness or joy, without love and love!

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What I owe him in this life, I think I have already paid it off.If I am lucky enough to have an afterlife, I just want to forget all of this, and I will not owe each other, meet each other, or miss each other with monkeys.

The author has something to say: la la la, our nagging fairy is finally back!Enter the last volume from the next chapter, and start the monkey abuse and daily candy sprinkling mode!