[Journey to the West] Monkey, be good

I didn't think it before, when I walked out of the gate of Yuqing Palace and returned to Xishan, I realized that the whole fairyland had become deserted, and the original golden hall had lost its brilliance and became extremely dim.There were hardly any people to be seen on the wide fairy road, it seemed extremely empty, and it was not at all as lively as Shilipu.

Even if a fairy family passed by occasionally, he was in a hurry and panicked.

Seeing the bare-footed immortal walking towards him, this immortal stepped forward to say hello to him, but he just glanced at him blankly, then walked on his way without saying a word, lowering his head.After that, I met a few fellow Taoists who were fairly familiar, and they ignored me like a barefoot immortal.

Ben Xianjun thought it was a bit weird at the beginning, but it took a long time to realize—they should be afraid of the smiling scholars, so they rushed home and hid, not daring to stay on the street—it seems that the situation is extremely serious. It's no wonder that the Jade Emperor hurriedly summoned this fairy to come back.

I don’t know whether it’s fate or destiny, but I never thought that I escaped the "Dao Fa Conference" 2000 years ago, and at this time, another troublesome "smiling scholar" came, coincidentally Yes, it was me and Jin Chan who were in danger at the same time this time.

Ben Xianjun also said that the Jade Emperor treated me well, personally oversaw the construction of an impenetrable palace for me, and sent many heavenly soldiers to protect me secretly.I don't know what's going on with Jin Chan now.The disappearance of Tathagata is a great event for West Heavenly Court. It is not far from being said to be a catastrophe. It must be that Jin Chan is having a hard time now.Maybe he changed into plain clothes that day and went to see the monkey at Ten Mile Shop, that is to say goodbye to him.

Thinking of this, Ben Xianjun suddenly felt palpitations and became a little uneasy.When the Western Paradise is in trouble, Jin Chan will never sit idly by.And when the golden cicada is in trouble, how can the monkey stand by and watch?

If this is the case, why did the monkey never mention anything about the West Heavenly Court when he was with the Immortal Lord in the months after Jin Chan left?He must have known about the Smiling Scholar a long time ago, and he had the intention to help Jin Chan, so when the fairy king decided to be recalled to heaven, he readily agreed.Because even if I don't talk about going back to the fairy world, I have already planned to come back.

That's all, I also know the monkey's temperament. When he is cold, he will deny his relatives, but when he is serious, he can give up his life and forget death, so let him go.If he really abandoned the golden cicada, it would not be him.This fairy just pretends that he doesn't know what he has done, and is happy to go back to Xishan alone to enjoy the peace.

Zitong has already returned to our new mansion one step ahead, planning to tidy up the house and prepare to move in officially.Ben Xianjun walked to the foot of the West Mountain, and when he looked up, he saw a golden mansion halfway up the mountain. The stone slabs were laid straight up step by step.

"Your Majesty!" Zitong stood outside the door to greet him.

There is a plaque hanging in front of the door, engraved with the five characters "Chengxian Yuanjun Mansion" - Jade Emperor's old man's handwriting is good, but the ability to name the name is probably useless - "Cheng Xianyuan Jun Mansion "Five words, it is so straightforward that it cannot be more straightforward.

"This house is really big." Ben Xianjun looked at the gate that was more than ten feet high, and felt sincerely.Although Zitong didn't say anything, the look in his eyes showed that he also agreed with the words of this fairy.

"Thank you for your secret protection. Now that you are home, you might as well follow me to the mansion for a cup of tea." Ben Xianjun said to a group of heavenly soldiers hiding in the dark.

"Yuan Jun is polite, it is the duty of the humble job to protect you, and I dare not take credit for it."

Ben Xianjun smiled and said: "You are the shadow guards of the Jade Emperor, but now you are sent to secretly protect this Xianjun. You are really overqualified and wronged. It is also hard work to follow all the way. Come in and have a cup of tea and do a little work Take a rest."

"This..." Several hidden guards showed their real bodies, clasped fists at me, and entered the mansion with my master and servant.

Zitong had already simmered tea on the stove, and it was still the Yuqian Longjing tea brought back from Shilipu.These heavenly soldiers are used to drinking fine nectar and jade dew, so they feel a little novelty about the taste of new tea.So when they left, Ben Xianjun specially ordered Zitong to pack some tea leaves for them to express his gratitude.

The peach blossoms in Pantaoyuan are blooming, and it's time for pollination.So after being bored in the mansion for a few days, this fairy finally couldn't bear his temper, and slipped to Pantaoyuan when Zitong was sleepy at noon—he might have also heard the rumors about the "smiling scholar". After I came back from the lower realm, I have been watching me very closely. Normally, I would not let this fairy step out of the gate.

Although a hundred years have passed in the human world, the time in the sky is only a few months. This immortal gentleman did not expect that the Pantao Garden is already very depressed. The 9000-year reincarnation has not yet arrived, and only [-] of the [-] peach trees in the garden have bloomed, and they are also neglected, and their growth is worrying.

The earth immortals who were guarding the Pantao Garden were also missing, as well as the red, orange, yellow, green, blue, blue and purple immortals, and some spirits and monsters who were cultivating here, they also hid far away, not to mention the timid ones. Butterflies bees too.So I had no choice but to manually pollinate the three thousand flowers by myself, and before I knew it, it was almost dusk.

I still remember that when I first came to Pantao Garden 3 years ago, the Jade Emperor planted me with his own hands, and said that I am "a dragon and a phoenix among trees, and an emerald among peaches".Because of his words, I have been infatuated, stupid, and naive. Later, I finally understood the meaning of it when I stumbled, but I also tasted the bitter fruit I have borne.Looking back now, I still can’t help but miss the surprise and touch he brought to me when I saw the monkey for the first time——

He was the first person to treat me well, let me taste the taste of flowers blooming.So, from now on, everything related to him has become my obsession.Now that time has passed and the situation has changed, this fairy's mind has not changed.

"Cough, cough, cough!" The sky was getting dark, and behind the shadows of trees, there was an old coughing sound suddenly.

After looking for the sound, Ben Xianjun turned to a peach blossom tree, and saw a skinny old wolfberry there, and felt a little familiar in a trance.After thinking about it carefully, isn’t he the wild wolfberry tree that grew under my feet 500 years ago?If he hadn't come up with a bad idea for this fairy at the beginning, let him cut off his roots and chase the monkey to the Five Elements Mountain in the lower realm, maybe this fairy is still a ruthless and loveless rotten tree.

Now this fairy has ascended to become a fairy, but he is still the same as before.Moreover, he was getting older, his body bones were no longer strong, and he showed a bit of an old look. He swayed in the wind and coughed from time to time.

"Hi, I haven't seen you for many years, are you okay?" Ben Xianjun approached him worriedly, greeting him like an old friend for many years.

Maybe he didn't remember me, or didn't recognize me for a while, coughed for a while, covered his chest, and said in a hoarse voice: "Shangxian, you, are you talking to a villain?"

"It's me, old medlar, I'm the crooked neck tree that grew beside you. It's said that distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors, so you must have forgotten me, right?" Ben Xianjun half-jokingly said.

He froze for a moment, frowned and thought for a long time. He seemed to have a little impression, and said uncertainly, "Ah—yes, it's you? You're still alive. I thought you were dead?"

"No, no, my life is quite big." Ben Xianjun said: "Although the roots were broken back then, I was lucky enough to find a small life, and was blown to the Five Elements Mountain by the tornado."

He said: "I know you went to the Five Elements Mountain. I mean the Dao Fa Conference 2000 years ago. Didn't you die at the conference?"

"Huh? How do you know?" The news of Pantaoyuan is blocked, and there are not many people who knew that the real body of this fairy was originally a crooked neck tree in Pantaoyuan. Where did this old wolfberry come from? Woolen cloth?

Old Wolfberry said: "After the Great Dao Dharma Conference, the Grand Sage came. I remember that he was holding a mahogany sword and an oil-paper umbrella, and sat on the open space under your feet in a daze, motionless for dozens of days."

"..." Ben Xianjun took two steps back subconsciously, moved to the side, and looked down at the open space at his feet.For some reason, there are lush flowers and plants all around, and only the place where the monkey once sat has not grown a blade of grass for thousands of years.And the old wolfberry stood on the bare open space, looking desolate and funny.

Old Wolfberry continued: "When I was wondering why the Grand Sage would be in such a state of despair, he finally spoke. He said to himself, he remembered that this was the place where you first met. He also said that you You are bald and ugly when it is not blooming, but when he sprinkles Kazuki’s peach blossoms on you, he feels amazing. At that time, he has been obsessed with an ugly and cute crooked neck tree. It's a pity that by the time he realizes his sincerity, you have already caught the golden cicada, and even more so, the mortal beings—I think that there are not many "crooked neck trees" in Pantaoyuan, and you are the only one, so the great sage refers to about It's you. Only then did I realize that you were already dead—how did you come back to life?"

"..." Ben Xianjun sat on the ground, lowered his eyes and said softly: "It was the monkey who exchanged most of his soul. It's just a twists and turns. It's a long story. I'll tell you in detail when I have a chance in the future."

"The Great Sage treats you so well." Old Wolfberry said, sounding a little envious.

Ben Xianjun suddenly remembered that he once said that his wish is to cultivate a human body one day, and then run to the east of the garden to talk to the wild pepper tree at the corner of the fence-he has been secretly in love with him for thousands of years.So he asked, "What about you? Didn't you say that you want to become an adult, and then go to the east of the garden to find Jiaojiao?"

"She——" Old Goji Berry's face was slightly pale, and she seemed to be touched by this fairy, and sighed, "Don't mention it. The little fairy child took the inner alchemy, um, it was an extremely delicate and beautiful purple pepper hanging on her branch, and then... just disappeared. Now, now, only a dry corpse remains."

Ben Xianjun was stunned: "There is such a thing?"

Old wolfberry choked up: "When she left, I didn't even think about practicing. I just thought about going with her someday, and being a couple with her again under the Nine Springs."

"Don't be too sad." Ben Xianjun patted him on the shoulder and said in relief, "Let me go and see, maybe Jiaojiao can still be saved."

Old wolfberry: "Huh?"

Ben Xianjun got up, walked to the east of the garden, found the dead pepper tree that the old medlar had mentioned, and instilled a trace of primordial spirit mixed with spiritual power into her dead branch.Gradually, the color of her dark branches became lighter, showing faint signs of rejuvenation.But after all, she has lost her inner alchemy for a long time, and it is not something that can be rescued by a little soul of this fairy.

"Xianjun, what's the matter with Jiaojiao?" Old Goji Qi asked eagerly.

Ben Xianjun distributed some primordial spirit and spiritual power to him, and said with a light smile: "There is help, there is salvation. As long as I raise her with the primordial spirit for 36 or 49 days, it will be almost the same."

Old wolfberry said: "How can I be so kind?"

Ben Xianjun squatted down and started digging the soil until he completely dug out the roots of the old medlar, then ran to the east of the garden with him in his arms, and planted it next to the wild pepper.I said: "If it was someone else, I might not hesitate to take care of her. After all, this immortal gentleman also cherishes his life. But after all, you and I have been neighbors for 3 or [-] years. This relationship is strong. I can do what I can, so how can I sit idly by?" reason?"

"I don't even know what to say, Xianjun, thank you for your hard work, and moved me to Jiaojiao's side! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know that I would have to wait until the year of the monkey to become an adult, and the year of the monkey to see Jiaojiao." .” Old wolfberry burst into tears.

Ben Xianjun signaled him that you don't have to be polite, remembering that the monkey has repeatedly minded that this fairy gave away the soul at will, so he deliberately told him: "However, you must not tell others, especially the Great Sage, about what I have done for you. "

"I remember." Old Wolfberry nodded.

Seeing that it was getting late, I didn't want to stay any longer, so I left, and made an appointment to come back tomorrow to help Jiaojiao's spiritual power.

Passing through the bare open space while walking, I felt uncomfortable again.Presumably, after the "death" of the Immortal Lord, the monkey returned to the Peach Garden and accidentally discovered the broken root that the Immortal Lord had left behind.He wanted to bury it in the ground to nourish it with the essence of heaven and earth, and he didn't want other wild flowers and weeds to steal the nutrients needed for its growth, so he cast a spell so that no grass would grow within a radius of three feet.

If it weren't for that half of the lifeline, maybe even if the monkey had the power to return to heaven, it would be difficult for this fairy to be reborn.It's just that now that all the immortals are back, it's useless to keep that broken root.After a little hesitation, I still took the half-truncated root out of the ground.

"Hmm!" Suddenly, this fairy felt a dull pain in his heart.Holding the severed root tightly, there seemed to be a great sadness pouring straight into my limbs and skeletons like thunder from the heavens, making me so painful that I couldn't help myself, until the fishy sweetness welled up in my throat, and slowly overflowed from my mouth A trace of blood - that is the obsession left by the monkey.

This is the first time that this immortal gentleman did not learn from others, but really felt what the monkeys have been like in the past 2000 years.He... Ben Xianjun staggered a step, and supported an old tree next to him, so as not to let himself fall to the ground.In fact, the only thing I want to do at this moment is to fly to the monkey.

In fact, this immortal gentleman has indeed done so.At that time, the night was getting dark, and the immortal gentleman attracted a cloud, stepped across the sky full of stars, and went straight to Huaguo Mountain.

"Brother Huanxi, why are you here?" Tonight, it might be the boy who is keeping watch at night. He stands in front of the mountain gate like a little general, holding a silver spear, quite handsome.

But I couldn't wait for the fairy to tell the monkey, so I turned directly into the Water Curtain Cave, but saw that there was no one in the cave, only a teapot and two cups of warm tea on the stone table.

Two cups of warm tea?Just a moment ago, the monkey was not the only one in the cave?

"Brother Huanxi." The little boy followed, as if he wanted to stop the fairy from the cave, but he broke into the cave first.Seeing that there was no one in the cave, he breathed a sigh of relief, surrounded him affectionately, and said, "A few months ago you came and went in a hurry, and we didn't take a closer look at you. Brother Huanxi, you have missed us for thousands of years." .”

"Well, I miss you too." Ben Xianjun said, the words were sincere, but because the tone was too hasty, it sounded more like perfunctory.Realizing this, Ben Xianjun restrained his expression, rubbed his head, raised his hand but found that he had grown taller, and I couldn't reach it, so I had to give up and asked softly: "Where is your king, is he from the mountains?" Are you a guest?"

"It's not that bald monk!" The boy said, "Just now people were still talking here, but now they are gone, they must have gone down the mountain."

"Jin Chan... Has Jin Chan come here these days?" Ben Xianjun asked.

The little boy said: "I don't come here often, maybe every now and then. Now that the Three Realms are in turmoil, the king said he has important matters to discuss with him." Then he said, "I don't like him. If he hadn't taken the king away back then, the king wouldn't have used it." Going to the west to learn scriptures is a crime. We mountain and village monkeys have always been free, and there are many rules in Buddhism, so my king will not hesitate to do a lot of work to defeat the Buddha!"

Ben Xianjun said with a smile: "Little fool, the 'Fighting the Buddha' is a 'god', but the 'Shanno Village Monkey' in Huaguo Mountain can only be a 'monster'. Demons and Buddhas are different in the eyes of the world. "

The little brat asked naively: "Brother Huanxi, you are now the Immortal Lord of Jiuchongtian, do you also start to mind that my king is now a demon instead of a god?"

"Me?" Ben Xianjun pointed to himself, rubbed his head with a smile, and said, "I don't mind. If you are a god but you can't be free, it's better not to do it. As long as he likes it—well, why don't you see him?"

"Just now I saw that the king walked to the back mountain alone, maybe he went to the forbidden area." Another little monkey came in, which was the star that I had only seen a few months ago.

"Forbidden place?" Two green tombs that depend on each other and the burning peach blossoms surrounding the tomb appeared in the mind of this immortal.Nodding slightly, I said, "I'll go and have a look."

Sure enough, the monkey was standing in front of the tomb of the immortal.

Today he didn't wear a crown, and his blond hair was scattered all over his head. It was rare for him to take off his red clothes and change into a soapy black robe.

There is a saying: "If you want to be pretty, wear soap"—the monkey in black looks really handsome again, less arrogant and unruly than before, and a little more calm and cold—but just as I can't take my eyes off the past.

This is the second time I have come to my grave, but it is the first time I have seen a monkey guarding my spirit.Holding a soft veil in his hand, he wiped every inch of the tombstone carefully, with almost pious focus in his eyes.

"Don't wipe it." Ben Xianjun walked over and grabbed the back of his hand.

The monkey gently pulled me away with the other hand, and held my hand tightly in the palm.He lowered his eyes and didn't look at me, continued to wipe slowly, and said with a light smile, "I've gotten used to it over the years, so I'll come and talk about it if I have something to say. If I don't come someday, it seems like something is missing."

"..." Ben Xianjun forced a smile and said: "Why, can't the living be better than the 'dead'? Great Sage, Huanxi, you have returned long ago."

The monkey paused, and slowly tightened my hand until it hurt me a little, then he turned his head to look at me deeply, and remained silent.

"Yes, my joy is back." After a long time, he smiled.Putting down the cloth towel, raised Ben Xianjun's chin, rubbed his fingertips against the corner of Ben Xianjun's mouth, and asked softly, "How did you do it, but you were injured?"

"Huh?" Ben Xianjun was a little dazed, wiped the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, wiped a half-dried blood stain, and then remembered what happened in Pantaoyuan just now.Ben Xianjun shook his head and said softly: "It's okay, just now my mind was agitated for a while, and my blood was inadvertently rushed to my heart."

The monkey seemed worried, and held the fairy's wrist to check his pulse for a long time. Seeing that I was really fine, his expression was really relaxed.

Ben Xianjun took out the half of the tree root, held it in the palm of his hand and turned it into a "very! Very! Simple! Simple!" golden hairpin, blinked and said: "Do you see what treasure I dug up in the peach orchard?"

"..." Monkey lowered his head, his pupils narrowed slightly, and his Adam's apple rolled up and down several times before he said, "How did you dig it out? I kept it here specially—"

"For you!" Ben Xianjun took his hand and stuffed the hairpin into his palm.

"..." Monkey was taken aback.

"Don't hold it so tightly, be careful to pierce your palm!" Seeing that he was holding the golden hairpin tightly in a daze, this fairy hurriedly opened his fingers one by one.

"Did the old medlar tell you all about it?" the monkey asked softly.

Ben Xianjun put his toes on a little bit, pulled up half of his loose hair, pinned it with the golden hairpin, and muttered: "He is my friend, so naturally he has said everything that should be said. Presumably he has also I told you that in order to go with you to the Five Elements Mountain, but I listened to his bad idea, so stupid that I was willing to cut off my own roots. It hurts when I cut off the roots, and I was so painful that I fell into a coma for dozens of days. But The good news is that when I woke up again, I opened my eyes and saw you——hmm—huh?"

The monkey didn't let the fairy finish his sentence, so he blocked the fairy's mouth.Unlike the gentle and shallow kisses before, this time I directly taught this fairy to be all kinds of meat and vegetables, and his eyes widened unconsciously.

When the fairy came back to his senses, he and the monkey were already lying in a coffin of purple cool jade.

"This is a double tomb, which means 'the same quilt for life, the same hole for death'." The monkey leaned over the ear of the fairy and said in a low voice, his voice slightly hoarse.

Several long lamps were burning in the tomb, illuminating the tomb as bright as day.However, the monkey's face seemed to be hidden in the shadows, and he couldn't see it clearly.Ben Xianjun can only listen to his breathing and feel his touch.Suddenly, he stopped, stretched out his hand, and summoned a dazzling golden light from outside.

At the same time, as if there was an earthquake, the surrounding area began to make a violent and rhythmic "rumbling" sound, and the ground shook violently.It was the Ruyi Golden Cudgel that had been buried deep underground for 2000 years, and it was pulled out of the ground!

The magical soldier who once shook the world and wept ghosts and gods has finally returned to the world.It has been suppressed for too long, and this time it should be another earth-shattering event, which will teach all demons to fear and all ghosts to cry together!

When the monkey sealed the golden cudgel in front of the tomb, it was the time when the Three Realms were at peace after the Grand Dao Dharma Conference; but now that the world is in chaos, it is understandable for him to recall him to protect the Three Realms.

Ben Xianjun looked at Ruyi running rampant in the tomb like a child who had just finished his homework in the school and was released by the teacher to have fun, and couldn't help but said: "You have shut it down for 2000 years, now is the time to let it out .”

The monkey kissed me lightly on the lips of the Immortal, and said, "Yes. When you come back, it no longer needs to guard an empty grave."

"..." Ben Xianjun felt that something was wrong.

The monkey snapped its fingers and called out "Ruyi, come here".

I saw that the originally thick Ruyi golden cudgel shrank rapidly until it became the thickness of a little finger, and then made a circle by itself, opened its mouth and bit its own tail, and turned into a delicate golden bracelet.

Ben Xianjun's wrist felt cold, but he didn't realize that Ruyi had already wrapped herself around like a small snake, nestled on my wrist and obediently remained still.

Ben Xianjun realized it later, and hurriedly said: "Brother Changliu! I have the Prajna Bell to protect me. Ruyi is the most convenient weapon for you. How can you put it on me?!"

The monkey grabbed my hand that was trying to pick off the bracelet, and said solemnly: "Wear it well, be obedient."

The author has something to say: I exchanged rings with Brother Changliu before, and now I exchange hairpins and bracelets with Monkey, which can be regarded as two tokens of love~~~