While Xia Bing's Second Yuan God was exerting his might outside the territory, devouring many worlds and expanding the Yuguang Realm, the monkey in the Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave had a strange thought.

Since a few years ago, Hongjun Daozu was angry because Xia Bing, the biggest pest in the wilderness, dug up Yingzhou Immortal Island and lowered his giant palm to cover the sky and suppress the entire East China Sea, the Monkey King, who was originally heart-beating and just frolicking with the children all day long, had ripples in his heart, and a yearning thought had arisen.

After it felt the endless majesty that came from the giant palm that covered the heavens and the earth and went straight to the depths of the soul, it realized that there was such a powerful and terrifying existence between the heavens and the earth.

In the past, it was rampant in the mountains, and all the jackals, tigers and leopards it had seen were not its opponents, and it thought it was a strong man, but after feeling the endless horror of this giant palm, it knew what was really powerful, and the idea of becoming a strong man like the owner of that giant palm arose in its heart.

If a few saints in the flood wilderness, especially the two saints who are calculating the introduction of this monkey, know that this stone monkey actually has such a ridiculous idea, I don't know whether they should cry or laugh, or sigh that this monkey is ignorant and fearless.

Although the two saints of the West hope that this monkey will open the heart of seeking immortals and asking questions as soon as possible, go to sea to visit famous teachers, and let people lead it to Fangcun Mountain in Lingtai in Xiniu Hezhou as soon as possible, and open the prelude to the westward journey of Buddhism, they don't want such a terrifying thought to rise in its heart, so that it will not be so easy to control it after that.

You must know that the owner of the giant palm of the Dao is the supreme existence of the desolation, the spokesperson of the Dao of Heaven, and the great existence that even they have to surrender to as saints, this monkey who is barely a monster actually wants to become such a strong man, and I have to sigh that this monkey's heart is higher than the sky, ignorant and fearless.

Although the monkey has the idea of becoming stronger in its heart, it has a deep monkey nature, and its heart is uncertain, and it has been playing and playing non-stop as usual for the past few years, and only occasionally in the night when everything is silent will it recall the boundless horror of that giant palm, monstrous and powerful.

On this day, the monkey king led a group of big monkeys and small monkeys as usual, apes and macaques walked freely through the mountains and forests, playing and playing, picking peaches and fruits. There are many monkeys in Huaguo Mountain, and in the face of the powerful monkey group and the arrogant and domineering Monkey King, the tigers and leopards in the mountains all retreat.

The tired monkey king took a group of monkeys and monkeys back to the water curtain cave, sat on the throne, tasted the aura of monkey wine and many fresh melons and fruits, and after drinking a glass of monkey wine with the monkeys, the monkey king couldn't help but sigh and look sad.

Seeing this, the monkeys hurriedly asked, "Why is the king troubled?"

The Monkey King glanced at the monkeys and grandchildren, and replied, "Although I live happily in the mountains and forests with the children every day, and wander in the caves, I am very worried about one thing in my heart. ”

The monkeys laughed and said: "The king is so dissatisfied, we are happy every day, in this fairy mountain-like flower and fruit mountain, there is a water curtain cave to shelter from the wind and rain, carefree, at ease, unlike those human beings who are still under the control of the human king, what else is there to worry about?"

The Monkey King sighed: "Although we are now happy in this mountain forest, but after all, it is difficult to escape the scourge of birth, old age, sickness and death, the palm that appeared in the East China Sea a few years ago scared many children to death, and the children who were lucky enough to survive will still be able to escape the control of the king of Hades in the future, and will eventually turn into a pile of white bones, alas! When will I be able to run rampant in the world like the master of the giant palm, and there will be no more disasters of life and death?"

When the monkeys heard this, they all hid their faces and wept when they thought of their own kind that had died.

At this time, a tall, thin and old monkey in the monkey group jumped out and shouted: "Great king, it is really the blessing of my monkey clan that the king has such a heart! However, if the king wants to become a great existence like the master of the giant palm, it must not be obtained in the morning and overnight, and he needs to be immortal before he can be free from the control of the king of Hades, and he can only become such an existence with a long lifespan. ”

The Monkey King listened and asked with smart eyes: "Then do you know how to live forever without the pain of birth, old age, sickness and death?"

The gibbon replied: "O king, there are only three kinds of people among the five insects who are not under the control of Lao Tzu, the king of Hades, but the Buddha, the immortal and the sacred, who have escaped reincarnation, are immortal and immortal, and live with heaven and earth. ”

The five insects are the winning scales and feathers, in which the caterpillars refer to mammals, and the monkeys belong to the category of caterpillars, among the five insects.

When the monkey king heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Then where are they? I will go to them and learn immortality, and then come back and pass it on to the children, and everyone will live together with heaven and earth, isn't it beautiful?"

The gibbon replied again: "They are all in the realm of the Yan Fushi, in the ancient cave immortal mountain, which is unusual and can only be found with great wisdom and perseverance. ”

The Monkey King was full of joy when he heard this, and said: "Okay, good, tomorrow I will say goodbye to the children, travel to the capes, and travel to the ends of the world, and I will definitely find the immortal skills they have learned." ”

When the monkeys heard this, they all cheered in unison.

The Monkey King turned his head again, stared at the old gibbon with a suspicious face, and said, "Old Tongji, how do you know this?"

The old gibbon monkey replied indifferently: "The king doesn't know, the old monkey I used to be like the king when I was young and wanted to find immortals and visit the Tao, and I learned immortality, but unfortunately I still found nothing after traveling around the world for decades, so I could only return to Huaguo Mountain and live this life." ”

At this time, an equally old black-haired gibbon monkey stood up and said to the Monkey King: "King, I also know about this, and when the old man came back, he was laughed at by our good students?"

When the monkey king heard this, he was really puzzled, and patted the old gibbon on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Don't worry, old Tongji, this time this king must seek the art of immortality, and come back to pass it on to you, you have your wish." "It is also the monkey's frizzy heart and carelessness, if it were more careful at this time, it would find that the black-haired gibbon monkey who testified for the old gibbon monkey had a confused look in his eyes, as if he had lost his soul.

The old gibbon monkey listened to the Monkey King's bold words, and naturally felt grateful to the Monkey King.

The next day, the Monkey King summoned a group of monkeys and monkeys, folded the dead pine on Huaguo Mountain, woven it into a raft, used a bamboo pole as a penny, and then picked many fresh melons and fruits and placed them on the raft, and arranged the affairs of the monkey group, so he stepped on the raft, propped up the penny, and went out to sea with a swaying and fluttering.

As soon as the Monkey King went out to sea here, the old gibbon monkey on Huaguo Mountain turned into a gust of wind and disappeared on the mountain, and when it reappeared, it was already on the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain in Xiniuhezhou, which was 108,000 miles away, and turned into a bald Arhat.

Su Bodhi on Fangcun Mountain in Xiniu Hezhou Lingtai was told about Huaguo Mountain, and his compassionate face was initially a little puzzled why the stone monkey went to sea so early, more than two hundred years earlier than the original calculation, but when he heard the Arhat around him mention that Sun Wukong was because of Hongjun's arrival in the East China Sea a few years ago, he could only sigh at the impermanence of heaven.

"Go back, protect him in secret, and lead him here. Subodhi instructed the Arhat beside him.

The arhat received the decree and departed.

So the stone monkey boarded the raft on the second day encountered the southeast wind, a blow for a few days, directly sent it to the northwest bank, the south of the state boundary, the stone monkey only thought that it was transported to the time, but did not know that someone secretly helped.

When the monkey king came to the shore, he abandoned the raft and the penny, and came to the shore, and saw that there were many fishermen cleaning up the newly caught fish and shrimp, and he was curious, and walked forward to make a grimace, so that the mortal fishermen thought that it was the monster of the deep mountain and old forest who ran out, and threw down the basket of fishing nets, and ran away in a swarm, and the slow runner was caught by the monkey king, pulled out his clothes, and also wore them on his body like those fishermen.

It's really a monkey crown.

I saw it put on people's clothes, and also learned to walk in general, swaying, passing through the state, learning human etiquette in the market, speaking people's words, although it has been in the market for a long time, but it is bent on seeking immortals and visiting the Tao to learn the art of immortality, but I see many mortals, all of whom are fame and fortune, fighting for power and fortune every day, intrigue, and none of them care about their own life expectancy, and are unwilling to pursue immortality.

Whenever he asked people about the immortal Buddha living there, and the art of immortality that could be learned there, he would be greeted with a burst of ridicule.

In this way, the monkey king inquired around, searched for the sacred place, and traveled through the Great Wall in the southern Ganbu Prefecture to visit the small county, and unconsciously passed seven or eight years, and seemed to forget what the old gibbon monkey told him that the immortal Buddha was only in the realm of the Yama-Floating World, in the ancient cave fairy mountain.

One day the Monkey King came to the West Sea beach, looked at the boundless sea, saw the nameless fairy mountain island looming, thought that it must be the place where the gods lived, and built a raft again, still holding up the penny, floating across the West Sea, and came to the West Niu Hezhou.

After landing on the shore to search for a long time, I finally found a beautiful and exquisite, deep and silent, cloud-shrouded and precipitous mountain, the monkey was naturally bold, and was not afraid of any wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, demons and monsters, and went straight into the mountain.

Suddenly, in the depths of the jungle, he heard someone talking, and hurriedly walked through the jungle to find the sound, only to see a woodcutter singing and cutting down trees, and the song was not understandable to the Monkey King, but it heard what gods, immortals, and Taos were in it.

Hearing these monkeys, they couldn't help scratching their ears and cheeks, and said with joy: "The gods are here." ”

Hurriedly jumped out and shouted closely: "Old immortal, old immortal, the disciple is polite." "Let's make a decent salute.

When the woodcutter saw this, he hurriedly dropped the iron axe in his hand, and hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You monkey, I am just a woodcutter who is not well clothed and fed, what kind of 'fairy' is there, how dare you be so gifted." ”

The monkey said: "Aren't you a fairy what did you say about those fairy words just now?"

The woodcutter wondered, "How can I say anything fairy?"

The monkey didn't follow: "How could it not be? I just heard you sing about God, fairy." ”

"Oh~, you mean that song just now, that song is really taught to me by a fairy. The woodcutter suddenly realized, "The fairy and I are neighbors, and one day when he saw that I was troubled, he taught me this song, and when I was bored, he sang it, and it will surely relieve the troubles in my heart." ”

"Since you are neighbors with that immortal, why don't you ask him for immortals, and practice from him, but instead chop wood here?" the Monkey King wondered.

The woodcutter explained: "There is still an old mother in the family to take care of, and it is not too late to go back when the mother is adopted." ”

"I didn't expect that my brother was actually a filial son, I didn't know if he might take me to meet that immortal, I wanted to worship him as a teacher and practice with him. Sun Wukong said.

"You go straight along this path, and when you reach the top of the mountain, you will see the fairy cave. Then the woodcutter swung his axe and chopped wood.

The monkey tried to pull him to show him the way, but the woodcutter said angrily, "It's only a little while, just go by yourself, don't delay my livelihood here." ”

The monkey had no choice but to go up the hill alone, and the woodcutter smiled meaningfully at the monkey's back, and continued to sing the strange song he had had been singing before, chopping wood.

And what about monkeys?

It is as soon as he enters the three-star cave of the oblique moon, the monkey king is known as Wukong from then on, and the seventy-two true changes are true, and the somersault cloud is true.