The night breeze blew slowly, and the flames rising from the campfire drifted in the direction of unity.

Xuanzang stared ahead with a lonely expression, sitting motionless and silent.

In the distance, the youkai were all silently watching the two people by the campfire.

After a long time, the monkey sighed softly, "Failed, right?"

"Also...... There were no failures. Xuanzang lowered his gaze slightly and said, "As long as you haven't reached Lingshan, you haven't failed." ”

When he said this, Xuanzang's hand gently stroked the Buddhist beads in his hand.

"You haven't failed before you reach Lingshan?" the monkey couldn't help laughing, "Do you mean that we are going to stay on this road forever? Oh, no, it can't be forever." Because you hardly have any intention of stopping. ”

As he spoke, the monkey picked up a stone in his hand, gritted his teeth, and threw it out into the distance with all his strength.

The stone pierced the night sky like a meteor and quickly disappeared into the endless darkness.

The little white dragon not far away couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The talk has collapsed?"

"I don't know. Tianpeng shook his head and said, "It's not a good thing after all." ”

Hearing this, the little white dragon glanced at Tianpeng meaningfully: "I see that you are not in a hurry at all, everyone is in the same boat, and it is not good for anyone to overturn." ”

"Is it useful to be in a hurry?" asked Tencanopy rhetorically.

This question, the little white dragon directly asked. I had to pout, and continued to look at the two of them from a distance: "I'm still waiting for the success of the westward journey, please ask the Great Sage to help me find a daughter-in-law." ”

Canopy smiled wordlessly.

Behind him, a demon general who came in a hurry was talking to Lu Liugui in detail, and his eyes widened in shock.

"What's the difference between that and failure? Make up a lie and deceive the Three Realms, and in the end, everyone becomes a joke. The monkey stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes tightly, and said impatiently: "At your current speed, when you get to Lingshan, it will be in these three months." Do you have any other tricks? Speak up and listen. I want to be practical, and I don't want to listen to things that are not reliable anymore. ”

In the face of these questioning words, Xuanzang folded his hands and sighed lightly: "As long as you are sincere, the poor monk believes that one day, he will be able to preach Pudu." ”

"Do you believe ......," the monkey bared his teeth, and continued, "someday, what day is it?"

Xuanzang didn't answer anymore, just closed his eyes and sat quietly. Like a Buddha statue.

"Someday...... Hehehehe, that's a beautiful thing to say. It sounds like a prayer for mercy. Raising his head, the monkey looked at the starry sky dimly, and chuckled: "Lao Tzu has been against the sky all his life, and you are now telling me to ask for mercy." Funny, funny! fucking funny!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already slammed his fist on the stone beside him, and the huge stone was directly smashed into pieces.

Under the loud noise, the demon generals in the distance were all so frightened that they shrunk their necks.

"Turned your face?"

"No, it won't. We protect Master Xuanzang all the way, even if it's true...... You don't need to do anything. ”

For a while, monsters, you look at me and I look at you, the original irritable mood suddenly dissipated, and it was replaced by a little worry.

Slowly getting up on his knees, the monkey walked away without looking back.

......

In the three-star cave of the oblique moon, the six-eared macaque intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the solemn Qingxin beside him and said: "Master, just let them go, it's really a tiger returning to the mountain." ”

As he said this, Qingxin kept glaring at him.

Being stared at by Qingxin like this, the six-eared macaque can be said to be uncomfortable, and the kneeling feet can't help but move and move. On the other hand, Subodhi, who was sitting on the other side, seemed to be thinking about something, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

"Master, master. The six-eared macaque stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Subodhi's eyes.

Su Bodhi suddenly woke up, and hurriedly took a deep breath and said, "You...... You go back first. ”

"I'll go back first, master, just leave them alone?" The six-eared macaque stretched out his hand and scratched his cheeks, chuckling, "The two of them may do something when they go." If you leave it alone, the great cause of going west may be completely ruined. ”

Subodhi lowered his head and blinked his eyes blankly, and for a short time, it seemed that his mind did not know where to go.

"Master......"

The six-eared macaque wanted to reach out again. Qingxin on the side hurriedly grabbed his wrist and said lightly: "If the master asks you to go back, you will go back, why do you say so much?"

"What's the matter?

"What am I angry about?"

"Angry with me. The six-eared macaque shook his head and said, "Isn't it because I didn't listen to you that I broke into the Taoist temple?" ”

Qingxin didn't answer, but still stared at the six-eared macaque.

The six-eared macaque glanced lazily at Su Bodhi, stood up slowly with his knees helpless, and sighed: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll go back first." Say hello to something. ”

As he spoke, he walked step by step towards the door with his hardcore soldiers. It just so happened that a demon general arrived and whispered a few words in his ear.

Hearing this, a little joy suddenly appeared on the six-eared macaque's face, and he was stunned when he saw it.

......

By the dry stream, Xuanzang was still sitting quietly by the campfire. The monsters were still left to dry.

Without saying a word, the monkey pulled the canopy to the other side of the creek.

Seeing that the monkey's face was extremely bad, Tianpeng asked in a low voice, "I heard that you and the six-eared macaque did something in the three-star cave of the slanting moon?"

"Yes, not only did I move my hands, but my master ...... That dead old man actually helped the six-eared macaque, and even wanted to replace me with a six-eared macaque. When he said this, the monkey's teeth clucked.

Hearing this, Tianpeng glanced at the monkey intentionally or unintentionally, and his expression was as usual.

"Looks like you guessed it. The monkey snorted helplessly.

Tianpeng nodded silently and said, "Expected." If...... If the memory is a six-eared macaque now, he will choose to help you. ”

"What do you mean?"

"As long as you have a memory, you will follow Rulai. Because that's a deep hatred that can't be resolved. It's hard to say if you don't remember...... On the side that has no memory, he naturally has to find a way to hold it and avoid letting him lean towards Rulai's side. ”

"So, our master-apprentice relationship exists in name only, right? ”

"It should ...... Let's just say that. Didn't all of your nine senior brothers die like this? This is something that is known to all the Three Realms. ”

Staring at the long-dried and pitch-black river, the monkey grinned slowly, but did not make the slightest sound. Under the moonlight, the bloodshot eyes reflected a faint fluorescence.

The two of them just stood silently.

After a while, the monkey reached out and patted Tiancang's shoulder lightly, and said, "To be honest, I always wanted you to die, I mean, hundreds of years ago. You are the same as the evil Jiao, and you are the person I want to kill the most. ”

"Oh?" Canopy glanced at the monkey with a blank expression.

"After traveling west, I knew that you had the jade slip of Nantianmen on you, but I didn't say it because I didn't want to tear my face. ”

Tianpeng lowered his head and took out the jade slip hidden in his waist, gently rubbed it twice with his thumb, and put it back again.

"But that's all in the past. Holding the golden hoop stick, the monkey staggered and sighed: "Who would have thought that? At a critical time, you are the only one I can talk to." It seems that my personality is really not very good. I don't even have a friend to talk to. ”

"How do you say that?" Tianpeng smiled faintly and said, "Lu Liugui, isn't it?"

Glancing at Lu Liugui from a distance, the monkey snorted and said, "I just learned that he concealed Qingxin's contact with the six-eared macaque. He dared to hide this kind of thing. Didn't you already know?"

Canopy lowered his gaze slightly, but did not answer.

Qingxin was trapped in the lion camel country before, in fact, Tianpeng also knew. Concealing the monkey was a joint decision of him, Lu Liugui, and the Bull Demon King.

After a long silence, the monkey continued: "You are a bystander, I want you to analyze one thing for me. ”

"What's the matter?"

"Lao Jun's 'inaction' seems to have a chance to recover. If he can resume his cultivation, it will obviously sound more reliable than Purdue. I wanted to lean over to him. Of course, don't worry, I will do what I promised you. Even if Purdue didn't work out. But...... Lao Jun said that there is a price. And it's a price to pay. I was forced to tell me that the price was not small. I want to know...... What could it be?"

Looking at the monsters on the other side, Tianpeng asked softly, "What do you care about the most?"

The monkey half-squinted his eyes and said, "I want Rulai to die, completely dead." ”

"What else?"

"Qingxin, Yang Chan, they can't get involved. ”

"What else?"

The monkey tilted his neck slightly, looked at the monsters on the other side and said, "And them, my brothers, I don't want anyone to die." ”

"And more?"

"What else can there be?" the monkey snorted and said, "If you are dead, Qingxin and Yang Chan are fine, and they are fine." That's not enough, I'm going to live my free life, what else do I need?"

Tianpeng hesitated and said, "I think ...... 'price' is this." ”

The monkey was stunned for a moment, and looked back at the canopy. Gradually, the surprise in his eyes turned into astonishment.

"You mean ......"

"Freedom, your freedom. Tianpeng said lightly: "You are a soul from outside the world, because of you, you destroyed the Heavenly Dao Stone and broke Laojun's cultivation." The six-eared macaque has no memory, and he does not pose a threat. You're the only one who poses a threat, or rather...... Your freedom. I think that's the price. At least, that's included. ”

In an instant, three words flashed through the monkey's mind: "Tight hoop".

For more than 800 years, that "Journey to the West" is like a curse, no matter how he struggles, how he dodges, and how he makes the world unrecognizable, he still has to return to the original point.

Perhaps, this is the root cause of Purdue's inability to make progress. He gathered all the people who traveled west, but he was missing only this crucial item......

Under the moonlight, the monkey gritted his teeth, clenched the golden hoop stick, and smiled helplessly, laughing out of tears. (To be continued.) )