Chapter 25: Congratulations
It's raining, it's been falling.
The four continents, the overseas fairy mountains, everywhere is raining non-stop, and it has been raining for ten days and ten nights!
"Wukong, look at it, you can't go to the Dragon Lord to talk about it, rest for a few days!" Monk Tang stood at the bottom of a rock cave, his body drenched, and said to Sun Monkey tremblingly, "This rain makes me feel cold!"
"Master, this rain is strange!" the monkey said, "I see, this is not like the Four Seas Dragon King traveling clouds and rain, but like the water of the heavenly river is leaking!"
"It's not like, it's true, Tianhe is not leaking, but the whole thing is pouring into the world!" Not long after returning to the team, the old pig's mouth that has changed greatly gnawed on the dry and hard steamed buns, "When my old pig was in charge of the sailors of the Tianhe, he was naturally very familiar with this Tianhe, and it was not rain at all, but the water of the Tianhe!"
"The water of the heavenly river falls?!" Tang Seng's face turned white all of a sudden, "How is this good, this is no night, how is it a head, when will I continue to set off to the west to learn the scriptures!"
The monkey's eyes rolled and he didn't speak again.
"It's all this time, don't think about learning scriptures!" the old pig snorted and said, "If it goes on like this, I'm afraid there won't be a living person in the whole world!"
"Amitabha, good, good!" the old monk chanted the Buddha's name in his mouth, with an anxious look.
"Alright, alright, I'll go and see what the hell is going on!" the monkey became a little impatient, jumped into the clouds, and headed straight for the Nantianmen.
The old pig shook his huge head and leaned against the rock wall, but he also closed his eyes and no longer paid attention to the anxious Tang monk.
But he said that the monkey went up to the sky, and in a moment, he arrived at the Nantian Gate.
"Hey, strange, why is no one on duty today?!" The monkey looked at the empty Nantianmen, and was a little surprised in his heart, if it was in the past, these four heavenly kings would have already greeted him, and now there is no one.
With doubts, the monkey slowly walked towards the Lingxiao Temple.
The further forward this goes, the more wrong it feels, why is this Heavenly Palace so chaotic?
Countless immortals shuttled back and forth, and the golden armor god generals had serious faces, and even the previous few favorite troublemakers were not in the mood at this time.
"Hey, old man, what's going on?!" The monkey's eyes were sharp, and he grabbed Tai Bai Xing, who was hurrying past him, "What's going on, why is there no one on duty at Nantianmen?!"
"Alas, it's the Great Sage!" Li Changgeng saw the monkey, his whole body was excited, and he said in his heart, "My God, what kind of fun is this monkey coming here now!" said with a strong smile on his face, "Great Sage, this, I'm really embarrassed, now this Heavenly Court is a little chaotic, is there anything important about the Great Sage?!"
"It's okay, it's okay, I'm just idle, come up and play!"
Li Changgeng choked, and the heart of strangling the monkey was gone, what is this, what is it called to come up and play tricks, don't you see us turning around here?
But the more at this critical time, the more he didn't dare to offend this goods, so he said, "Great Sage, it's really a coincidence that you came, this heavenly court has suddenly changed greatly, and now it's a mess, I see, you should go back to the world and continue to play, right?!"
"You old man, what are you talking about, why do you want me to go back to the world and continue to play?!" he grabbed Li Changgeng's collar, "Tell me quickly, what happened to this heavenly court, why is it like this, the Jade Emperor?!"
"Ouch, my great sage!" Tai Bai Xing pushed away the monkey's hand and stabilized his body, "If I knew where Your Majesty is now, this Heavenly Court wouldn't be as chaotic as it is now!"
"Oh?!" the monkey's face changed slightly, "The Jade Emperor is gone, what's the matter?!"
"No one knows what's going on!" Tai Bai Xing was not in a hurry at this time, in fact, it was useless for him to be in a hurry, "An hour ago, His Majesty sent Li Tianwang to take all the heavenly soldiers and generals to Moyun Mountain, and he left the Lingxiao Hall alone, but now, an hour has passed, and he has not returned!"
The monkey was slightly stunned, "It's just an hour, how can it become so messy?!"
"Alas, Great Sage, don't forget, this heaven is a year on the earth, an hour in this sky, more than ten days have passed on the earth, no matter how big the matter, it should be sent back, but not only did the news come back, but the water of the Tianhe, which had been supported by His Majesty's imperial energy, suddenly lost control ......!"
"The Jade Emperor's imperial qi can't support the water of the Heavenly River, he's dead!" the monkey's heart moved, and he couldn't think of any other reason than this explanation.
Tai Bai Xing's face showed layers of hidden worries, obviously, he was also worried about the occurrence of this matter, but the problem is that none of these immortals in the sky can figure out what happened, originally, it is nothing if you can't see the Jade Emperor, this lazy thing can see a few times in a year, it would be good, but suddenly the water of the river drained and poured into the world, and now, the fun was great.
All the people were looking for the Jade Emperor, but all the people couldn't find it, and then, they went to Yaochi to look for the Queen Mother, but found that there was already a person who went to the empty building.
Now, there is no backbone.
Heaven is in turmoil.
It was also at this time that these immortals who secretly slandered the Jade Emperor for his incompetence suddenly discovered that in fact, in the final analysis, in the entire heavenly court, the real backbone is really the Jade Emperor, with the Jade Emperor, no matter what kind of major events happen, no matter how much there is in the world, he can always find a way to solve it, although sometimes it is extremely ugly, but after all, it is solved, isn't it?
But now, there is not even one to call the shots.
The monkey frowned, this thing is interesting, the Jade Emperor is gone, the imperial qi that should have been used to control the water of the Tianhe River has disappeared, is this Jade Emperor really dead?
He began to wonder in his heart what the consequences of this matter would be, and--suddenly, he raised his head and asked, "What did the Jade Emperor send people to Moyun Mountain for?!"
"Alas, it's not ......!" Tai Bai Xing suddenly stopped, looked at the monkey and smiled, "Hehe, Great Sage, you see, this is His Majesty's secret order, and Xiao Xian doesn't know what those heavenly soldiers and generals are going to do in Moyun Mountain!"
"You sleek thing!" the monkey laughed and scolded, and asked, "Then, the water of the heavenly river has been pouring down like this?" I have been drenched in the rain for ten days and ten nights in the world, and I can withstand it, but others can't stand it, and if we continue like this, let alone learn the scriptures, we can't go, even if we go to the west and take the scriptures back, I'm afraid we won't listen to it!"
Tai Bai Xing smiled bitterly, who said that it was not, he also knew the other stakes tightly, but if he didn't find the Jade Emperor for a day, he wouldn't be able to control the water of the Tianhe River on this day, in fact, at this time, even if he found the Jade Emperor and controlled the water of the Tianhe, this matter could not be solved.
Because the sky is broken.
What is Heaven?
To put it bluntly, it is a layer of prohibition and a layer of enchantment.
30,000 years ago, in order to vent the depression in his heart, a certain big man turned over a big slap, and shook a good desolate world, and a good piece of the land was beaten into countless pieces by her palm, the largest four pieces, and the current four continents were formed.
But this is not important, the important thing is that the vitality that filled the desolate world was scattered by her slap, of course, it can't be dispersed anywhere, but most of them are condensed, become one, floating between heaven and earth, and can no longer fall, this is the current heavenly court.
In desperation, Hongjun and the saints agreed to establish the Three Realms, which is for the heavens, the earth and the people, and the human world, which is based on the four continents, and the underworld is used for reincarnation.
As for the Heavenly Realm, it is the current Heavenly Court, because as long as a cultivator knows the important surname of Heaven and Earth Yuanqi, the surviving cultivators at that time all ran to the Heavenly Realm one by one, which is also the so-called truth that people die for wealth and birds die for food. As a result, among these cultivators, except for some who are really strong, the others are really dead, why?
The vitality is too strong, isn't there such a word in traditional Chinese medicine, void is not replenished, and there is a saying, called starving to death the faint-hearted, supporting the gallant, these guys, all of them were supported to death, entered this group of aura, and before they could react, they were blown up by the powerful heaven and earth vitality, and the form and spirit were destroyed.
In the end, there is no way, Hongjun uses his great supernatural powers, ** force combined with the essence of the earth, and gives this heavenly realm an enchantment, a time enchantment, so that the time flow here is slower than that of the human world and the earth, that is, one day in the sky and one year on the earth, this is not an integer, but this time flow rate is at the critical point where most immortals absorb the vitality of heaven and earth.
Of course, in addition to these aura, other auras are scattered all over the world, some places are thick, some places are rare, the thick place is the immortal mountain blessed land, and the rare place is the place where ordinary humans live, and because some immortal mountain blessed land aura is not as good as the heavenly realm, but the speed of time is fast, you cultivate for a year, the heavenly talent cultivates for a day, if you are lucky, if you work harder, the effect of cultivation is not worse than that of the heavenly realm, so there are many cultivators who stay in the world.
Later, with the passage of time and changes, this heavenly realm is no longer just a void with abundant vitality, people always like to enjoy, whether it is the ancestors or humans, or the demon clan, when they have strong strength and a good place to settle, enjoyment has become the next project, so, a round of construction of the heavenly realm has appeared, these powerful immortals use mana, in this void to build all kinds of palaces, buildings, or rely on the vitality, or with the support of innate spiritual objects, anyway, it is only three or four years, in the human world is one or two thousand years, this heavenly realm has completely changed。
Water is the mother of all things, the source of all living beings, and the heavenly realm is naturally incapable of water, and at that time, there was too much water in the ruins, and it was about to submerge the four continents, so soon after, Hongjun divided the water between heaven and earth into two with ** force, and moved half of it to the heavenly realm, which was the heavenly river.
The chicks of the heavenly court were formed.
It's just that Hongjun is Hongjun after all, and he can't use so much time to take care of the heavenly realm, and at the same time, there are more buildings in this heavenly realm, but there is so much water in one son, half of the water between heaven and earth, and the layer of enchantment under Hongjun is a little difficult, and by the special surname of water, even if Hongjun will be infinitely strengthened by the result of that time, the water drops will wear through the stone, and finally there is a point, this water will still break through the enchantment, so Hongjun built five heavenly pillars to support the Tianhe, which is the five pillars of Tongtian, the most famous of which is Buzhou Mountain。
Later, Gonggong knocked down Buzhou Mountain, Nuwa refining stones to make up for the sky, but it was already a little late, lost Buzhou Mountain, even if this day was made up, the water of Tianhe would one day break the barrier, so, in order to alleviate the impact of Tianhe, Hongjun and the saints selected an immortal with the heaviest imperial qi from among the immortals to suppress Tianhe, this person is the Jade Emperor.
Later, the other five of the six emperors were established, and the pattern of the heavenly court began to appear, and the Jade Emperor suppressed the Tianhe, with great merit, as the head of the six emperors, and ruled the three realms.
The monkey was not very familiar with the history of this heavenly court, but he also knew that he couldn't ask anything from the mouth of this Tai Bai Xing, so he didn't linger anymore and flew straight towards the heavenly river.
"Wukong, where are you going!" Before he reached Tianhe, a familiar voice suddenly sounded from the air, and the monkey's body shook violently, and he stopped and looked back, only to see that Su Bodhi Ancestor was already standing behind him at some point.
"Master!!" the monkey didn't want to think about it, he bowed his head and bowed, this master is not as cheap as Tang Seng, Tang Seng's cheap master, where can he compare to this Su Bodhi ancestor, genuine, and as heavy as a mountain.
"Get up!" said Su Bodhi Ancestor with a smile.
"The disciple is not good, don't dare to get up!" said the monkey.
"Yes, I've grown up and become sensible!" Su Bodhi nodded with satisfaction, walked up to the monkey, pulled him up, and then looked at it carefully from top to bottom, "Well, it's good, it's improved, I'm very happy!"
"Master—!"
"Okay, okay, such a big person, and he still learns to cry his nose!" Su Bodhi smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Didn't you keep Tang Seng learning scriptures, what are you doing in this heaven!"
"Master Rong Yu ......!" the monkey didn't hide it, so he told him why he went to heaven, in fact, there was nothing to hide.
Su Bodhi nodded, "Wukong, go back, this trip to the sky is not what you can flow now, go back, honestly keep that Tang monk to the West Heaven, after taking the scriptures, it is serious, I can teach you anything, only this merit can't be given to you, I think, you have already felt it, what you did before has made you entangle too much karma, now, only after you have walked this road, the benefit to you is the greatest, do you understand?!"
"Disciple understands!" the monkey nodded, "It's just that the river has been leaking all the time, even if I go back, I can't leave!"
Su Bodhi smiled, "You don't have to worry about this, this Tianhe, it won't take much time to leak, just hurry up, you go back, soon the rain will stop!"
"In this case, the disciple has retired!" the monkey bowed respectfully again, and turned to leave.
"Wait......" Subodhi seemed to think of something, and stopped the monkey again.
"Master, what do you want if you don't have a family?!"
"That monster named Mo Xuan, you've seen it!"
The monkey was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "I've seen it, and I fought a fight!" Speaking of this, his face looked a little ashamed, "I'm embarrassed to the master, I lost that fight!"
"It's nothing if you lose!" Su Bodhi said with a smile, "He is the art he learned with you, and he can be regarded as your junior brother, but you are in the light and in the dark, although his qualifications are not as good as yours, but his mind is a hundred times more shrewd, plus in the past few hundred years, there have been many adventures, and it is strange that he can't win against you!"
The monkey looked at Su Bodhi with some puzzlement, and some seemed to understand it.
"My junior brother?!" asked the monkey, "I haven't seen him before!"
"Of course you haven't seen him!" Su Bo mentioned, his tone was a little helpless, "His origin is mysterious, five hundred years ago, he used a trick to cover up the heavens, so I can't count his whereabouts for a while, as for now, I can't count it, but if you see him again, you might as well tell him, if you have time, you can come to me in the three-star cave of the slanting moon, I really want to meet him!"
"Yes—!" said the monkey.
"Stop fighting him, you're no match for him now!"
The monkey nodded, did not speak again, and a somersault flew back to the world.
"Alas, my apprentice!" Su Bodhi shook his head with a wry smile, this was his most satisfied apprentice, and at the same time, he was also his most heartfelt apprentice.
"It's a pity for this monkey to Nuwa!" Chang'e's beautiful voice sounded behind Su Bodhi, "How about it, bring him back again!"
Su Bodhi smiled, "There is no turning back, bringing it back, what can it be, everyone has the responsibility he must bear, although he is stubborn, but the responsibility on his shoulders is not lighter than anyone else, including the one you admire!"
"Responsibility?!" Chang'e raised her eyebrows a little depressed, "You know, that's the word I hate the most!"
"But in the same way, even if you are as powerful as you, you can't escape the word!" Subodhi said, "You need to do your part as you do now!"
Chang'e snorted coldly and didn't speak again, just slightly picked the index finger of her right hand, and a small cloud of colorful light flew out from her finger.
After the multicolored light group left her finger, it grew bigger and bigger, and the five-colored light became more and more abundant, disintegrating into nine slightly smaller light clusters in the air, and brushing them into the nether realm.
At this time, in the human world, dark clouds hung in the sky, thunder bursts, from the southernmost part of Zhanzhou in the south to the northernmost part of Luzhou in the north, from the seaside in the east of Dongsheng Shenzhou to the extreme west of Niuhe Continent in the west, on the land of hundreds of millions of miles, people who had almost begun to despair saw that nine clouds of colorful divine light rushed out of the dark clouds, shining with thousands of feet of light, and then scattered into the low-hanging lead clouds.
As the light submerged, the rain that had been falling for fifteen days and fifteen nights gradually stopped, and the dark clouds in the sky began to dissipate, and the long-lost sunlight began to shine through the gaps in the clouds and hit the earth.
"Long live Niangniang, long live Nuwa Niangniang!!" all the people on the earth fell to their knees on the ground, shouting the same name in unison.
"Long live Nuwa Niangniang!"
"Nuwa Niangniang!!" the corners of Su Bodhi's mouth tugged, "Nuwa Niangniang, hehe, interesting, interesting!"
"Everyone in the world is stupid!" Chang'e said coldly, "I didn't expect them to be grateful to me!"
"I understand this!" Su Bo said, "If you let me come, won't you just let me see you mend the sky!"
"Of course not, I have a few things I want to confirm!"
"About what?!"
"I'm interested in the fact that the crow stole from you!"
"What a coincidence, I'm also interested in that crow!" said Su Bodhi smiled.
................................................ The rain has stopped!!
Standing at the highest point of Moyun Ridge, Mo Xuan looked at a ray of sunlight from the sky, and slowly let go of his heart.
"Do you regret it?"
"No, it's just a little scared!" Mo Xuan said, "It's just a fear!"
"I understand!" Kong Xuan nodded, and suddenly laughed, "I understand, I'm just afraid!"
"Is there anything strange?!"
"No!" Kong Xuan looked up at the sky, and then at Mo Xuan, "I don't know if I should congratulate you now, or if I should feel sorry for you!"
"What?!" Mo Xuan was a little puzzled.
"It's nothing!" Kong Xuan waved his hand, handed the jar of wine in his hand to Mo Xuan, and said with a smile on his face, "Congratulations!"
(To be continued)