Chapter 3 Paradise
On this day, the stone children and the monkeys were playing on the mountain, and suddenly a sharp-eyed monkey shouted in panic: "Look, there are a few big monkeys there." β
Everyone looked in the direction of the monkey's finger and saw a few monkeys coming down the mountain. So everyone hurriedly took spears made of stones and sharpened branches, and prepared for battle, and the monkeys thought that some monkeys wanted to invade the territory.
However, when the monkeys came up, they found that they had no intention of invading. The one who came was led by an old monkey. The old monkey looked like an old Jianghu, and it stepped forward to salute everyone in monkey language and said: "Don't worry, we are not grabbing territory, we heard that you have a stone child here, come and have a look." β
The monkeys let their guard down a little and asked, "Where are you from, and which one are you from?"
The old monkey replied: "We are from the Peach Blossom Cave, and our leader heard that a stone child came and wanted to meet him, so he specially sent me to invite him." β
"Peach Blossom Cave?" When the monkeys heard that it was from the Peach Blossom Cave, they all immediately became respectful, and hurriedly led the old monkey to see the stone child. Originally, this peach blossom cave is the essence of Mount Tai, the peach blossom hole is located in the hinterland of Mount Tai, is the location of the dragon vein of Mount Tai, where the flowers bloom all year round, the climate is pleasant, there are fields and water, the scenery is beautiful, and there are rare treasures "fairy fruit peach" that are abundant there, so there has been been the cave house by the monkey king of Mount Tai.
When the old monkey saw the stone child, he didn't say much, and led him down the mountain and went straight to the Peach Blossom Cave. The monkeys didn't know what would happen to the stone child, but they reluctantly sent him all the way down the mountain.
Not long after, the stone child came to the peach blossom cave, here is really extraordinary, only to see that this is located in the middle of the mountain, the distance is the mountains arch guard, the near is the strange rocks, the cave is condescending to see the mountains are small, it is a good place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In front of the Peach Blossom Cave is a heavenly pool, called Peach Blossom Pond, and the water of the pond is as clear as washing. Outside the Peach Blossom Pond is a peach forest that stretches as far as the eye can see, and the peach trees are full of large bright peaches. The scenery here is really picturesque and beautiful, you can see the falling flowers everywhere, and you can smell the birds and flowers from time to time.
The old monkey led the stone child to continue walking towards the cave, and it didn't take long to come to the outside of the cave, and the monkey of the guard outside the cave saw it and hurriedly went in to report.
At this time, there was a voice from inside the cave: "Please enter the cave". So surrounded by the guard monkeys, the stone children and the old monkeys entered the cave.
I saw that this was a very large cave, and the cave was bright and bright. There are many colorful pennants hanging on the roof of the cave, a big red carpet is spread on the ground, and the cave is also full of colorful and different kinds of exotic flowers and fruits, a festive costume. At the innermost point, near the wall of the cave, there is a throne, which is covered with tiger skin cushions, but the seats are empty.
In front of the throne was a table with offerings on it. On the lower left side of the seat sits an old monkey wearing a hat and a brocade robe, and there are two steps under the throne, and in front of the steps is a spacious hall with a row of seats on the left and right of the hall, on which monkeys of different physiques sit in a regular manner.
The old monkey with the hat saw the stone child and his party coming, so he walked down the steps and stepped forward to meet the stone child, and a pair of powerful hands immediately grabbed the stone child's hand.
Shi Zi carefully observed the old monkey, only to see that the old monkey held his head high, his instrument was extraordinary, and his eyes were bright; the old monkey had a ruddy complexion and a rich body, and the whole looked no longer like an ape, but already a person.
Shi Zi was observing, and then he saw his subordinates bring a plate of peaches, and said very respectfully: "Please taste the longevity peach of the monkey Xiang!" It turned out that today was the birthday of the monkey Xiang.
The monkey took a step forward, grabbed the stone child's hand tightly, and said, "I've been looking forward to this day for a long time, and today I'm finally waiting for you." β
It turned out that this monkey was the left and right of Sun Wukong when he made trouble in the sky, because he was fortunate enough to eat the peaches that Sun Wukong stole back from Pan Taoyuan, so he has lived until now. Back then, Sun Wukong had two think tanks under him, namely Zuo Fu and Right Bi, and this monkey was Zuo Fu back then.
As for Youbi, he has passed away, and he also ate the peach stolen by Sun Wukong back then, but Youbi was young and vigorous back then, and he didn't know anything about the world, and he only threw away the peach after only two bites when he ate the peach, so he only lived to be 800 years old.
The monkey pulled the stone child into his seat, and said to everyone: "I think back then, my lord Sun Dasheng once said, 'This heaven and earth are pregnant with all things, the world is reincarnated, and there will be another monkey king in a thousand years', and now, this is exactly a thousand years since the great sage said this, it seems that the words of the great sage have finally come true, I have finally waited for this day!"
The monkey then said: "Coincidentally, we welcomed the descendants of the great sage today, and it just so happened that today is my birthday, this is really providence, I have lived a thousand and sixty years old." The monkeys all said:
"Congratulations to the monkey Chitose Chitose!"
The stone child finally understood why the cave was so festive.
In the evening, there is a big feast in the cave, everyone congratulates the monkeys, and wishes the old birthday star a blessing such as the East China Sea Shoubi Nanshan, and all the monkeys enjoy the joy of the festival.
The festive and lively day finally passed, and the stone child was treated like never before.
Under the arrangement of the monkey Xiang, the stone child learned the etiquette of literacy and hyphenation, poetry and calligraphy, and the monkey also arranged for the strong monkeys to teach the stone child the martial arts such as knives, guns, sticks, and other martial arts; most importantly, they also let the stone child learn the human language.
The stone child let it go, not being wary of them, and not knowing what their plans were. It's just that he often wakes up from dreams and dreams that the eyes of the ghost fire follow him all the timeγγγγγγ
Stone Child grew up here day by day, and as he grew up, the body hair on his body gradually degenerated, although he still had long body hair, but it had decreased a lot compared to when he was born. The contours of his face are also more human-like. Walking, behavior, and other aspects are not much different from people. He gradually grew taller, as if he had become a teenager.
The stone child grew up very quickly in the cave, and because he had little to do, the major events in the cave were still presided over by the monkey minister. The monkey phase and the monkey elders trained him as a successor. Among the knowledge that the monkey arranged to teach him, his favorite was to learn fist and foot martial arts such as knives, guns, sticks, etc.
After these years of study, his martial arts have made great progress, Shi Zi is very strong by nature, he likes to learn martial arts with his partners, after years of practice, gradually his martial arts have no opponents among his partners of the same age;
Shi Zi learned about the Monkey King here, in the Peach Blossom Cave he can often hear the old monkeys tell the Monkey King to make trouble in the sky, subduing demons and subduing demons all kinds of stories, he admired the Monkey King five bodies to the ground, vowed to be like him, to be a big hero who stands up to the sky. He thought that he and the Monkey King were from the same background, so he decided to name himself Sun Xiaokong.
Shi Zi told Monkey Xiang about this decision, and Monkey Xiang laughed after hearing this, and said: "This decision is so right, you should have been called this name, you are born of heaven and earth like the Great Sage, you should have done something great like your ancestors." So Shi Zi officially changed his name to Sun Xiaokong. In his heart, he identified Sun Wukong as his grandfather.
One day, Sun Xiaokong found the monkey and asked: "Father, I want to find my grandfather Sun Wukong, can you tell me where he is?" Sun Xiaokong has great respect for the monkey and regards him as his biological parents, and has always called the monkey like this.
The monkey laughed when he heard this, and said, "Child, you can't find your grandfather, he has lived in seclusion since he learned scriptures from the west, and you can't see him anymore." β
Sun Xiaokong couldn't help but be a little disappointed, but he was still unwilling, and asked, "It's hard that I'm his grandson, and he doesn't see me?"
The monkey replied, "I won't see it, his old man has devoted himself to cultivating Buddha since he was named the Buddha of Fighting Victory, and he will never see anyone again." β
"Then do you know where his old man is living in seclusion now?" Sun Xiaokong asked again.
"I really don't know this, he hasn't been back since he became a Buddha. The monkey replied.
"You're his left assistant, haven't you seen him yet?"
"I really haven't seen it. β
"Why should he live in seclusion?"
He has experienced too much on the way to learn the scriptures, and he has seen through the good and evil in this world, and he is no longer willing to pay attention to us ordinary people. β
"Have you ever gone to his old man's house?"
"We and a group of monkeys have been to Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave and other places have been searched, but we have not found it, it seems that his old man has a resolute attitude of seclusion, and he really doesn't want to meet the world again!"
Sun Xiaokong was very disappointed, he had hoped to find his grandfather and let him teach him the martial arts of seventy-two changes, but it seemed that it was about to come to naught.
Sun Xiaokong thought for a while, and then said, "Is it so difficult that my grandfather will never come out again in the future?"
This question stumped the monkey Xiang, he scratched his scalp and thought for a long time and didn't dare to give Sun Xiaokong a positive answer, so he said vaguely:
"This, maybe when mankind suffers a catastrophe in the future, his old man may not ignore it!"
Sun Xiaokong had never doubted the monkey appearance, but after this conversation, he had an idea in his heart: "Could it be that grandpa has been given to them by themγγγγγγ However, this thought only flashed in his heart, and it did not affect his life, he should eat, sleep, and practice martial arts, but from then on he had more eyes.
Sun Xiaokong grew up vigorously in the Peach Blossom Cave and lived a peaceful life like a paradise. However, one thing changed all thatγγγγγγ