Chapter X

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"What is in the sky and on the earth, only me?" Tang Seng asked.

"Monkey!" said Sun Wukong.

"No! it's a pig!" Zhu Bajie shouted.

"It's all wrong, it's me. Tang Seng said. "When the ancestor was born, he pointed to the sky with one hand and the earth with the other, and said so. ”

"The Buddha said, 'Is that you?'" Bajie said.

The Buddha said, "It's me." ”

"That's the Buddha?"

"It's not the Buddha, it's me. ”

"That monk is sick, don't pay attention to him. Sun Wukong said.

"I see, it's the Buddha, it's you, it's me. It's ......," said the pig.

"It's a pig? It's over, it's crazy again. Sun Wukong said.

"I was not there at the time, and if I did, I would have broken it with a cane, so as not to talk nonsense. Annoying!" Sha Seng said angrily.

The three guys stared at him, but Monk Sha yawned and went to sleep again.

Wukong's biography of the middle episode

It's an early morning in the Heavenly Palace again. Zixia came to the peach orchard.

She saw Sun Wukong lying on a tree and asleep.

His hands were shaking slightly.

Zixia stepped forward, wondering if she should wake him up.

Suddenly, Sun Wukong turned over and jumped up, Zixia didn't even have time to shout, her wrist was already grabbed, and the golden hoop stick had been smashed to the top of her head.

The rod stopped the moment it touched Zixia's hair. The pressure almost threatened to crush her into the ground.

Sun Wukong glared at her: "Why are you? Don't come close to me without saying a word when I'm asleep in the future." ”

"You...... Are you nervous, having nightmares?

“...... No. ”

"I had a dream when I fell asleep, but it was a beautiful dream. ”

"What's my business. Sun Wukong turned back to the tree.

"I especially wanted to tell it to one person, but the gods didn't want to hear it. ”

"I don't want to. Sun Wukong leaned on the branch, closed his eyes again and began to sleep.

"Sun Wukong, tell me, what Huaguo Mountain is like. Zixia asked.

Sun Wukong opened his eyes, he looked at the sky and thought for a long time, and said, "Huaguo Mountain......? Yes, it's beautiful. ”

"How is the law?" Zixia asked, "Is it that in summer, the mountains will be full of purple wood flowers?......

"It's red. ”

"Yes, yes, then in autumn, the fallen leaves cover the earth, walking on it like a soft carpet, but the mountains and forests are still green, the deer are jumping on the grassland below, and you look up, the golden sunlight spreads your face, and the blue sky is like transparent jade, there are shadows of cranes and geese wings......"

"You ......"

“...... And when winter comes, the snow covers the mountains and forests, the mountains and fields are quiet, the crystal ice hangs on the trees, every tree seems to be carved out of jade, and the squirrels are in the holes of the big trees, listening to the howling of the wind and the sound of the snow falling, and making a dream about the coming year......"

"Hmph, you can even hear the sound of snow falling, as if you lived there!"

"I've had a dream like this, I've always had a dream like this! I dreamed of such an infinite and beautiful garden, and I was a squirrel in the garden!" Zixia was thrilled by her imagination.

"Squirrel? Hah! Can you climb a tree, climb one for me to see!"

"Maybe that was my past life? Whenever I wake up from such a dream, I think, in the world, there must be such a place! I didn't expect it to really exist! Sun Wukong, Huaguo Mountain is so beautiful, why do you want to come to heaven?"

"I think the sky is good, there are stars and moons, there are no wild beasts, and there is no need to find food every day!"

"But don't you think the sky is too lonely, too lifeless? Don't you want to go back to Huaguo Mountain?"

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

"When you go back, take me to see it." Zixia said.

"Ha! Take you back to Huaguo Mountain?"

"I'll just take a look, and I'll go back to the Heavenly Palace when I fulfill my wish. ”

"Do you really want to go?"

"Hmm. Zixia nodded vigorously.

Sun Wukong said: "You will have a chance." ”

Then he rolled over and walked away.

"Weirdos. Zixia turned around and walked back.

As soon as she remembered her dream, she laughed again.

The sea shone with ten thousand points of silver in the moonlit night, and on the high cliff by the sea, there stood a stone monkey, and he stared blankly at the sea.

Is this what the world looks like? Boundless and boundless, but I can't go any further?

"Monkey King. Suddenly, someone shouted.

"Who is it? Who is calling me? Hey, I was just born, how can I have a name? This must be a dream. ”

The stone monkey looked back, and there was a vast darkness behind him.

"Who called me? But who called me?"

On this lonely moonlit island, the monkey was shouting hoarsely.

Sun Wukong opened his eyes, he immediately remembered who he was, where he was, and the golden hoop stick was still in his ears, which made him feel at ease, and the night in the Heavenly Palace was too quiet, which made him feel confused.

Huaguoshan, I really want to go back to that place, he thought.

"Zixia, why have you been with that demon monkey lately. Erlang God said, "He's a demon king who kills people without blinking." ”

"I don't think he's as terrible as the legend says, except that he doesn't like to deal with people. ”

"That's because you didn't see him when he was vicious, the Heavenly Palace and the demon clan fought for many years, I don't know how many heavenly soldiers and gods will die at his hands, I have fought with him many times, this demon is extremely dangerous, no one dares to go to Pan Taoyuan on weekdays, you often go!"

"I just want him to take me to Huaguo Mountain to have a look. ”

"Huaguoshan, where are you going, what are you doing?"

"Just wanted to check it out. Sun Wukong said that it was very beautiful there. ”

“...... Are you really going to Huaguo Mountain?" Erlang God pondered, "Okay, I'll let you take a look." ”

"Great!" Zixia called out in surprise.

The great chariot of the gods rumbled to the ground.

"Why did you make the car like this? Such a thick carapace, full of antennae. Like a monster. Zixia asked.

"You'll find out in a moment. Erlang God looked ahead and said with a cold face.

Zixia suddenly felt that his expression was too similar to the look of Sun Wukong when he woke up in his dream that day.

They were all afraid of something.

Dressed in thick black clouds, you can see the blue earth.

"Come down. We're here. When the chariot finally stopped in one place, Jirojin said.

Zixia stepped out of the chariot, and she smelled a fishy smell coming to her face.

In front of him was a black mountain, covered with charred soil, and the charred trees on the slopes of the hill were like fierce claws that protruded from the ground. A thick black fog enveloped the place, making it invisible for days. The cemetery-like mountains were lifeless, except for the shrill chirping of some strange birds, like the cry of ghosts.

"This is Huaguo Mountain. Jiro God said, "The place you yearn for." ”

"I don't believe it! It's not! How is Huaguo Mountain like this?" Zixia cried out.

"Why can't Huaguo Mountain be like this?" Erlang God stepped forward and kicked a stone on the ground, it turned over, and Zixia saw a few words on it: "Huaguo Mountain blessed land, water curtain cave cave sky." ”

"That monkey has lied to you, hmph, how can you think it is beautiful in a group of demon spawns? How can goblins live in a garden? Only the Protoss Heavenly Realm can be picturesque. ”

Zixia was dumbfounded.

"Now that you've got your wish, we can go back?"

“...... I would like to stay a little longer. ”

"There are demons here, I advise you to leave early, this is not a place where you fairies come. ”

"I've never been out of the Celestial Realm, and I didn't think it would be like this on the ground. ”

"Not all places are like this, those places that worship the heavens and worship the gods, the wind and rain are smooth, all kinds of people are happy, you can go there when you have time, and when you go back, don't look for the demon monkey again. ”

"It turns out that I dreamed of ...... Isn't it Huaguo Mountain?" Zixia muttered.

"Well, I'll show you around so you can see clearly!"

Erlang God and Zixia flew over Huaguo Mountain from the sky.

"What are those strange birds? I've never seen them. Zixia said.

"Those? They are the aura of the goblins who were killed in the war between the demon race and the god race, and they can't enter the underworld, and they can never be reborn, only gather into this kind of bird, and they will cry for eternity. ”

"That's ...... Isn't there any living creature here?"

Erlang God smiled: "Hmph, why not." ”

He turned and disappeared, and flew back in a moment, clutching a goose in his hand.

"And geese here?" Zixia said.

"Hmph, I caught it from somewhere else and used it as bait. You watch. ”

Erlang God pinched his hand, and the goose's blood was squeezed out and sprinkled to the ground.

Suddenly, the land began to churn, and countless goblins came out of it, looking up at them and screaming.

Erlang God threw the dead goose in his hand to the ground, only to see that the countless goblins rushed straight towards the goose, squeezed into a pile, and a hill arched upside down on the ground. In order to compete for food, some goblins first bit each other, and those who were bitten down were torn apart by other goblins......

Zixia was stunned.

A few days later, Tiangong Pan Taoyuan: "I went to Huaguo Mountain." Zixia said.

"Oh. How's that, it's fun. Sun Wukong said, but there was no smile on his face.

"I saw everything. ”

"Oh. ”

"Why did you lie to me?"

"If you say I'm lying to you, then I'm lying to you. Sun Wukong said.

"I'm not going to be here anymore. ”

"That's good. ”

"Do you really like this kind of life, being alone in the garden and talking to the trees?"

"It's better than before. ”

"What did you fight with the Heavenly Realm back then?"

"I thought...... Some things can be changed by strength, only to realize later that resisting only increased the pain, and then he was named an immortal. ”

"But in the eyes of the gods, you are a demon. ”

"Immortals...... Demon, what's the difference?"

“...... Immortals are not as disgusting and greedy as demons. ”

"Really? God is not greedy, why can't he tolerate a little disrespect for him, God is not evil, why do you want to hold the fate of thousands of living beings on the earth in your hands?"

“......”

"Why should I be an immortal? Because I thought, at least my own life would not have to be held in the hands of others. Sun Wukong's voice was raised.

"But the goblins of the earth, you have abandoned them. ”

"I was wrong in the first place, goblins never need people to save them, you want to turn them into people, and you end up hurting them. ”

"I don't understand what you're saying. ”

"Now I just want to save myself. Sun Wukong said, with a weird smile on his face.

"I thought you were different from those gods and Buddhas. ”

"It used to be different. ”

"Now you are no different from them, you will float around in the clouds without expression and purposelessness, I used to envy you for having a soul, but now, in order to be a god, you have thrown it away. Zixia said with a sneer.

"Then there will be no pain. Sun Wukong said, he hit his head against the tree next to him, "You see, I don't feel pain anymore now, this is really a wonderful thing." "What is pain? Are you so afraid of it?"

Sun Wukong's eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, he grabbed Zixia, and said viciously: "When you dream that you are a squirrel, in that big forest, in the middle of the night, have you ever heard that howl, when you see your legs being torn off!"

"What are you talking about, let go of me!" Zixia cried out in horror.

"Are you scared? Have you ever heard a clattering sound, it's your natural enemy gnawing on the bone, the thing in its mouth is not dead, you can still hear it struggling, and the next one to be chewed may be you! This sound will seep into your dreams at night, and you can still have a dream about the coming year? You will have no tomorrow at any time!"

"Let go of me, you look so scary!"

"You are in the tree, you don't dare to sleep for a moment, you pay attention to the unusual noises at all times, you will be afraid, when you open your eyes you will see a large mouth of blood, your body is ready to bounce up and run for your life or fight, every night is so long, until the faint light of the sky hits your eyelids, you will think thank God you have lived one more night, for the day you have earned another day you have to jump and scream and stuff all you can find food into your mouth, but the night will soon come again, and you will not even have time to find a friend, you will think that you have had enoughBut you can't live without living, you are afraid of life, but you are afraid of death, you don't know why you live like this every day, oh...... Now you know, why should I be an immortal!" Sun Wukong said so much in one breath, let go of his hand with relief, and left Zixia down.

“...... But you've got a lot of power......"

When I was a child, my greatest wish was to be able to defeat the male monkey on the opposite tree who used to rob me of food and beat me, and when I finally won against him, I found that he was old. But I still beat him up because that's how the world is. After I defeated all the monkeys in my clan and became the monkey king, I found that my daily task was to stand in the treetops and observe the tigers, bears, and leopards, and then shout...... Do you know what it's like to be chased by a leopard? I'm running out of breath...... cough, cough ......" Sun Wukong choked his neck, looking uncomfortable, "Hell, I thought I had forgotten about these ......"

"Well, I'd love to hear it. Zixia grabbed Sun Wukong's clothes and shook them vigorously.

"I don't want to be like this, I watched my kind die after the revelry, I don't want the sun to go down but always watch the sunset disappear little by little, I don't understand why other creatures are safe, that day I suddenly had a thought, is there anyone who can get rid of it, is there anyone ?...... So I went overseas to learn the skills, and I learned the seventy-two changes, and I asked the master if I could not be afraid from now on, and the old bastard shook his head and kept laughing, and I wanted to beat him up when I laughed. When I came back, I found that there was nothing left to hurt me, and I was going crazy with joy. But the good times didn't last long......"

Sun Wukong suddenly stopped talking, his eyes were staring straight ahead, and Zixia saw a strange light in it, like terror and resentment.

"Why...... Why are there immortals in this world, why are they in charge of the life and death of all things in the world!" Sun Wukong gritted his teeth and said.

"Because they made everything in the world?"

"But I'm not! I jumped out of the stone, the one who gave birth to me is heaven and earth, and no one is qualified to care about the life and death of my grandson, whether he is the king of Hades or the Jade Emperor!"

"So...... So you're going to smash the dungeon?"

"Hmph, hum, hum......" Sun Wukong sneered, the laughter seemed to be crying, "I wrote off the book of life and death, and also removed all the nine shadows and ten categories from the name, from now on, the primates in the world are all immortal, the world is full of life, I thought I would be carefree from now on, but I didn't expect ......"

"What?"

"It turns out that all the things that the gods can't control like this have a name, called - demon!"

Zixia couldn't help but be shocked in her heart, she listened to the gods talk about demons on weekdays, but she thought it was a monster who did a lot of evil, and she didn't want to mean it this way.

Sun Wukong continued: "Immortals turned out to be intolerant of spiritual creatures in the world who could pretend to be self-proclaimed......"

He stopped at this point, thought about turning around and leaving.

Zixia grabbed him: "Later...... Is it the battle of gods and demons in that hundred years? Heaven can't kill you, that's why I made you an immortal? But those demons ......?"

"You have also seen that although the Heavenly Court promised not to kill them again, Huaguo Mountain has long been destroyed in the war, and there is no more grass, and now it is just a hell on earth. ”

"You're just leaving them alone?"

"I did the wrong thing, and that was to make them immortal. I can't save them, I think you saw those strange birds in the sky over Huaguo Mountain. ”

“......”

"If Lao Sun continues to fight, I think one day I will be the same......"

Zixia lowered her head and was silent, but when she looked up again, Sun Wukong was gone.