Chapter Twenty-Three: A Handful of Golden Retrievers
"Although the monkey was a monster, he was not expelled from the dojo, but was accepted as a disciple by the great supernatural person, and allowed him to listen to and practice with his master and ancestor in Fangcun Mountain......"
"Uncle Shizu, how come you don't know the name of the 'monkey demon' that practiced with Shizu?" Hearing this, Lin Junxuan's heart was excited, and he couldn't help but ask anymore. His face is a little blood-red, Uncle Shi's answer will reveal how much "Journey to the West" has to do with the Fangcun Sect of this world, if the monkey demon is really called Sun Wukong, then there is no doubt that Wu Chengen has indeed been to this world, and even the story he created in "Journey to the West" is based on this world at all, and it is real, not a simple illusory novel.
The old man lowered his head, with a thoughtful look on his face, Lin Junxuan didn't dare to come out, quietly waiting for his final answer.
"I don't know that...... After all, how many years ago, it was passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation, and no one knows how much distortion there is in between. The reason why I can be sure that the one who cultivated with the ancestor was a monster and a monkey demon was because according to legend, the monster's favorite thing in Fangcun Mountain was to go to Rotten Peach Mountain to eat peaches. I think that among the animals, only monkeys like to eat peaches the most, and only monkey demons like to eat peaches so much. As for his name, it's too long ago to be clear. I only know that the great supernatural person has passed down twelve generations of disciples, and the monkey demon ranking is the word 'enlightenment', and the specific can no longer be verified. ”
It seems that even if Wu Chengen is not a cultivator in this world, he is likely to be a person who has traveled to this world like me, and at least he has heard of this legend. Lin Junxuan recalled the information of 'Wu Chengen', the great show of the Ming Dynasty completed the creation of "Journey to the West" in about 1550, converted into the time of this world, about four hundred and fifty years ago, that era was really the heyday of the Yu Dynasty, Wu Chengen entered this world should be four hundred and seventy years ago, after traveling through this world, he could return to the original world to create novels.
Many people who have experienced some strange journeys will have an urge to record their experiences in the form of biographies, adventures, etc. Wu Chengen is likely to belong to such a group of people.
In my ears, I only heard the uncle and ancestor narrate: "The monkey demon has an excellent surname, he was born with a hundred tricks, the so-called one trick is all over the tricks, no matter what the Taoist technique he learns very quickly, he can even understand some other Taoist techniques, among all the disciples, no one can stand out from the surname of enlightenment, and therefore, the monkey demon is deeply favored by the great supernatural person." But then something happened that made that great supernatural power thunder angry!"
"What's the matter?" Lin Junxuan asked, thinking to himself, shouldn't he have hit the Heavenly Palace and killed countless Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals.
Different from what Lin Junxuan expected, the real situation has nothing to do with the plot of Sun Wukong making trouble in the sky in "Journey to the West", only listen to the old Taoist: "After the monkey demon cultivated, the cultivation world was in chaos, and the monkey demon resolutely betrayed the master, joined the demon clan, and became the enemy of the human cultivators, not only that, but he was even involved in the battle between the four terrifying existences, that level of battle, even the great supernatural powers who taught it did not want to get involved!
"No one knows the details of that great chaos in the ancient period, only that the great supernatural power finally passed on the throne to the first generation of my Fang Cun Sect, and asked him to make a ban that no demon clan should be included within the walls of the Fang Cun Sect. Because of the powerful influence of the Great Divine Powers, not only the Fang Cun Sect, but even other Dao Sects are forbidden to include demon clan disciples. As for the combination of humans and demon clans, it is even more taboo, which is why your master Songyu fell in love with a nine-tailed fox demon back then, which made all the sects of the Dao Sect extremely angry, and even joined forces to issue a chase order to hunt down and kill the fox demon!"
"Uncle Shi, you know everything. "Hearing the name of 'Songyu', Lin Junxuan knew that this uncle had investigated himself. However, what he said about Songyu falling in love with a fox demon, Lin Junxuan didn't know.
The story of the pine corner that the old Taoist accidentally clicked reminded Lin Junxuan of something else: "Before the assessment, I entered the 'master's room' in Cangsong Yuan and saw a pool of blood, there was a strong smell of wine in the room, and there was no trace of a fight, the bloodstain was probably related to the fox demon......
The old Taoist's face blushed slightly, and he was somewhat embarrassed to investigate the disciples who were more than ten years old under his ranks, but he had been guarding the rotten peach mountain for many years, and no one could move this piece of stake that had fallen in the mud for so long, but a disciple who had just started could move it effortlessly, and when he encountered such a strange thing, it was impossible to let him act as if he didn't see it and did nothing.
"Kid, do you still want to listen to the ?...... behind," the old Taoist said with a frightened face.
"Okay, I won't ask, Uncle Shi, you can continue. Lin Junxuan looked at the old Taoist's expression, smiled, and stopped asking.
"I won't say much about your master, you can ask your master when you have time in the future......" The old Taoist said vaguely: "Anyway, what happened later is that the great supernatural power left after the ancestor, and no one knows where he went." And when the monkey demon was learning the Tao in Fangcun Mountain, he often liked to go to this rotten peach mountain. Because of the monkey demon, the surname Suo in the sect set this rotten peach mountain as a forbidden place. Originally, the peach mountain would fall to the ground before the peach was ripe, and later our Fangcun Sect opened a sect and experienced 5,000 years. The aura of heaven and earth drawn by countless disciples has moistened these peach trees over and over again, and after absorbing a large amount of aura, these peach trees have also changed, and the peaches have grown because they are moistened by the aura, juicy and sweet, and there is a place to stabilize the mind, and it has become what it is today...... , the general story is like this, but these are legends after all, no one knows if the real situation is like this, it is likely to be true, but there are also pure rumors!"
Things that were originally clear, but as the last sentence of the old Taoist became blurred again, the name of another legend behind one legend was like a veil in the fog, making the people watching it even more unreal. Lin Junxuan sat silently on the pouch plate, thinking.
"Kid, are you interested in these legends?" said the old man.
"Hmm. Sensing that the old Taoist was still looking at him, Lin Junxuan woke up from his contemplation, stood up, looked at the peach forest full of dark green leaves through the fence, and asked tentatively, "Uncle Shi, this peach forest is not hiding any important secrets in the sect, can I go to the peach forest to have a look?"
"Go ahead. The old Taoist simply surprised people: "Didn't I tell you? Even if you go to the peach forest to pick peaches, even if the head of the house says nothing." There have long been rumors in the sect that as long as you can move this stake, you are a person who is destined to be in the peach forest, and what will others say when a person with a fate enters a place where there is a fate?"
On the Rotten Peach Mountain, dense dark green peach trees stretch out, covering the entire hill, and the branches and leaves beckon each other in the clouds and mist. Crossing the mountain gate, Lin Junxuan stepped into the 'Rotten Peach Mountain'. Under the feet are thick [***] peach leaves, which turn into dirt under the feet and make a rustling sound when stepping on them.
The air is very fresh, Lin Junxuan walked in the peach forest, as far as the eye could see, except for the peach trees or peach trees. Large red peaches hang among the leaves. Although it looks tempting, Lin Junxuan doesn't have much to eat, and this kind of thing doesn't have much effect on him.
The peach trees are curled and look like they have survived for a long time. Lin Junxuan walked around the peach orchard and was not interested.
"After all, legends are just legends, maybe the character of Sun Wukong is really made up by 'Wu Chengen'. Standing at the highest point of Rotten Peach Mountain, Lin Junxuan thought, "Let's go." ”
With a step under his feet, his right foot unconsciously hooked, raising a handful of rotten leaves and dirt, and just took a step, Lin Junxuan only felt that something under the soil was kicked out, and a golden light shot into his eyes.
"What is it?" Lin Junxuan stopped and bent over, his palm turned in the rotten peach leaves, and in a stack of dead peach leaves, a pinch of golden hair appeared in Lin Junxuan's field of vision. Lin Junxuan picked up the handful of hair and brought it to his eyes to take a look: "Golden, about five inches long, well, there are five...... It should be animal hair. ”
Leaned over to the end of his nose and sniffed it, there was only a smell of earth that had been buried in the ground for a long time, and there was no other smell, Lin Junxuan looked at it for a long time, but he didn't see a clue. When he was about to be deflated, when he saw the peach tree full of eyes, a thought suddenly crossed his mind: "This is the place where the monkey likes to come the most, is it possible that the monkey came to pick peaches when he rubbed it off?"
After thinking about it, Lin Junxuan hid the handful of hair in his arms, and then walked down the mountain: "This handful of golden retrievers has time to investigate it again." ”
"Came out, did you find anything?" said the old Taoist at the mountain gate.
Lin Junxuan shook his head and said, "Uncle Shi, it's almost time for lunch, I'll go back to the mountain first, and I'll come back to chat with you when I'm free." ”
"Hehe, good...... By the way, why don't you pick a few peaches when you enter the peach forest? Come on, bring a few more peaches back to eat!" The old Taoist waved the dust, and a few more peaches flew out of the peach forest and landed towards Lin Junxuan.
Lin Junxuan smiled bitterly, this peach was so big, he could only hug it with two hands: "Thank you, Uncle Ancestor!"
Back in the room, Lin Junxuan put down the peach, closed the door, took out the handful of golden retrievers from his arms, and looked at it again, but still couldn't see anything famous, so he had to open the bookcase, hide the handful of hair at the bottom of the bookbox, and press it with books.
The mystery of the golden retriever could not be solved, so Lin Junxuan no longer took it to heart. Taking out the ancient seal character page in his arms, Lin Junxuan sat on the futon, facing the ancient seal character page, reviewing the ancient seal character.
(To be continued)