Chapter 34
The demons who were still awake on Huaguo Mountain heard the commotion and came to watch the show.
When he looked up, he saw that there were actually two Great Sages in the sky.
Their figures and appearances were exactly the same.
Even their movements were indistinguishable.
This Great Sage flashed the Jingu Bang. That Wukong also had the Jingu Bang in his hand.
Even Xuanzang was confused.
It could only be determined by whether there was a tiger-skin skirt around his waist.
When the demon saw Wukong,
There was an indescribable excitement. "Since I've bumped into you, don't blame me for not listening to my master's teachings.
Today, I'll see who is worthy of being this' Wukong '! "
Wukong saw that the person was not only pretending to be him.
He also had an arrogant attitude.
He was even more furious.
However, when he heard the hidden meaning in his words, he was suspicious. "Master's teachings?
Whose disciple are you? "
"I'm from the same sect as you." The demon raised his staff and pointed at him. "Monkey King, let's fight.
Why don't we have a real fight? If you lose, I'll give you a chance.
You'll admit that you don't have the ability.
Just retire in Huaguo Mountain and never come out again.
I can still spare your life.
Everything you have will belong to me.
Including the name 'Wukong.' "
Wukong looked at him as if he had heard a joke. His eyes were filled with arrogance and contempt. He threw out a sentence lightly, "I won't lose."
The demon was also a proud and conceited person. Seeing that Wukong was even more arrogant than him, he was provoked. "I'm kind enough to let you go, but you don't know what's good for you!"
The two of them fought in midair. The demon did have the strength to be proud. He was evenly matched with Wukong. Although he didn't know where the Sea-Calming Divine Needle in his hand was a substitute, it wasn't inferior to the real one. They fought from Huaguo Mountain to the East Sea and back. The Dragon King was so shocked that he secretly came out to observe.
Wukong gradually felt that he couldn't use his strength. He instinctively touched the tight band on his head. It was this thing that bound him.
Where did this come from?
Since when did he wear that thing?
While he was distracted, his opponent took advantage of his weakness and hit him halfway up the mountain. The demon used the Golden Cudgel in his hand to press against his forehead. "How does it feel to be tightened?"
Wukong didn't move. He could feel a power that didn't belong to him accumulating in his body. It was a primordial aura that seemed ready to merge with him at any moment.
Seeing that he did not move, the demon sneered. His eyes were filled with hatred. Just as he was about to finish him off, he found that his body could not move. Branches and leaves came out of nowhere and silently wrapped around him. He was shocked and wanted to break free. However, these were not simple branches. His magic power was rapidly depleting. His body also changed and shrank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The ginseng fruit tree used Living Soil as nourishment, and the two were combined!
He didn't expect that the combination of the Living Soil and the Ginseng Fruit Tree was much more powerful than he had imagined. It turned out that the Five Elements could not only break the Monkey King's Tight Band, but also had such a powerful force.
He was too careless. He shouldn't have been arrogant and thought that he could be invincible just because he understood his opponent well enough.
His heart sank to the bottom. Seeing that his hand had turned into the shape of a child, Wukong pulled his arm unhurriedly and turned around to look at him from above.
To the demon that had turned into a child, he was as tall as a mountain and cast a shadow over him.
Wukong couldn't figure it out. He instinctively knew that there was something in his body that could make the demon return to his original form. However, this child's golden hair, including his face, was exactly the same as his at the same time!
What exactly was he?
"Crack!"
There was the crisp sound of bones breaking. The demon immediately screamed. His arm seemed to have been twisted off.
Wukong made a "tsk" sound. "Sorry, I didn't expect it to be so brittle."
The monkey drank some wine and didn't know how to control his strength.
The demon gritted his teeth. "If you agree to bet, you must accept your loss … give me a quick death!"
Wukong obviously didn't intend to give him a quick death. Just as he was about to ask him something, he heard a cry of surprise. "What are you doing?"
It was the voice that called him over and over again.
For some reason, Wukong became impatient when he heard the voice. He couldn't help but look towards the source of the voice.
He saw a dirty young monk with a bald head. He didn't even wear a kasaya. It was obvious that he had escaped in a hurry. At this moment, he was being held up by his two monkey subordinates with knives and sticks.
Wukong frowned. He wanted them to release him but his hands were empty. It turned out that the demon took advantage of his distraction and used all his mana to escape on a cloud.
The monkey general was too rough. He held his hands behind his back. The monk had soft skin and tender flesh. It was obvious that he had never suffered before. His eyes were always filled with tears. Anyone who saw him would feel sorry for him. Wukong hesitated between chasing the enemy and the monk. In the end, he chose the latter.
Wukong jumped back to the top of the mountain and ordered loudly, "Release him."
The monkey general knelt down and reported, "Great Sage, this mortal was sneaky and didn't have good intentions. That's why we captured him."
Xuanzang held back his tears for a long time. He choked and called out, "Wukong …" His voice was filled with endless grievances.
Wukong's heart trembled and he felt an inexplicable pain. He suppressed this strange feeling and turned his gaze towards Xuanzang, "Monk, who are you?
What's your purpose here? "
Xuanzang stared at him in a daze. He suddenly felt that Wukong was very unfamiliar.
He stood alone on the top of the mountain. He didn't have a dazzling purple gold crown or dazzling clothes. He only wore ordinary tiger skin clothes. However, he was full of pride and insolence. The moonlight crowned him and the grass and trees bowed down to him.
He was the king, the one and only king.
Xuanzang suddenly had the intention to retreat. He asked uncertainly, "Wukong, are you playing with me?
I'm your master. "
The king seemed to have heard a joke, "Everyone says that monks are honest. You're a monk full of nonsense. You want to be my master?"
He wasn't delusional. He had clearly been acknowledged a while ago …
Xuanzang couldn't help but cry again. His grievances and bitterness welled up in his heart.
Wukong couldn't bear to see him cry. He only took it as disgust and looked away, "Bring him back for interrogation."
"Great Sage, there are two more here!" A few more monkey generals brought two people over. They were Ba Jie and Wujing, who were on the verge of death from the battle.
Ba Jie saw that Xuanzang was also being detained and Wukong was still looking on coldly. He immediately became angry and scolded, "You monkey, did you take the wrong medicine?!
It's fine if you let the monkeys capture us, but how can you capture our master too?!
How can you bear to do that?! "
Wukong turned to him, "And who are you?"
Ba Jie was about to scold him. He stared at him and asked in disbelief, "Monkey, you lost your memory?"
Xuanzang was lowering his head to let his tears fall faster. Hearing this, he suddenly raised his head.
No wonder Wukong was so cold. He actually lost his memory.
"Interrogate them together." Wukong said impatiently and disappeared.
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In the Water Curtain Cave, Wukong sat on his throne leisurely. Beside him was a pile of good wine and fruits. Many monkeys accompanied him and served him. There were also a few young and beautiful female demons who moved closer to him, both openly and secretly.
The monkeys brought three people to him and forced them to kneel. Ba Jie Wujing swore that he would die. Xuanzang bit his lip and couldn't resist. His knees were about to bend and the tears in his eyes grew stronger. Wukong saw this and waved his hand, "Stand."
Ba Jie didn't wait for him to ask and said, "Big Brother, how can you lose your memory after returning home?
Did you forget that we were ordered by the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara to protect Master? "He glanced at Xuanzang and said," Master, you should remember, right? "
Wukong's eyes moved between the three of them. His fingers tapped on the armrest. He seemed to have lost a lot of memory. There was a part of his brain that was blank. From leaving the Five Elements Mountain to returning to the Huaguo Mountain, there was a break in the middle.
After a while, he finally said slowly, "You said that I escorted him to the Buddhist scriptures?"
"Yes." Ba Jie paused, "Although you don't seem to remember."
"How long has it been?"
"A year?" Ba Jie didn't count. After all, Master was 20 years old.
Wukong was silent again. He turned to Xuanzang and said, "How did I promise to escort you to the Buddhist scriptures?"
Xuanzang was in a state of sleepwalking. He didn't know how to answer the question and only looked at Wukong.
It turned out that he was supposed to be like this.
Without any restrictions, he was a king, as free as the wind.
What a strange Wukong. He didn't joke with him, ask about his well-being, or hug him to sleep.
But he was so bright that he could compete with the sun and the moon.
For the first time, he felt that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace was not a lie.
No wonder he was so angry when he was put in a tight band.
Xuanzang thought of the past buried in his heart. He thought of his mother who blamed herself for being unfaithful and committed suicide. He thought of his father who was still young and aged 20 years after his mother jumped into the river. His father held his hand in the middle of the night and said with tears in his eyes, "I endured all these years because I wanted to reunite with my family one day. I didn't want to see my wife commit suicide as soon as I came back to life!
My son, you know Buddhism. Does Buddha also think that a woman's life is cheap? "
"My wife endured humiliation for many years to take revenge. She was loyal and righteous. It was not her intention to be taken by a thief. What did she do wrong?
Why should she lose her life because of these unreasonable moral shackles? "
Xuanzang hugged his father and cried for the whole night.
Buddha said that all living beings suffered, but also said that all living beings were equal.
He took the path of the Buddhist scriptures not only for the country and the people, but also for his own selfishness. He hoped that his mother's tragedy would not happen again.
He hoped that all living beings were equal and that there would be no bullying.
So Wukong was also like that. Why should he be bound and do things that he didn't want to do?
Wukong saw that he was in a daze and asked again, "Are you a dumb monk?"
Xuanzang came back to his senses and was about to spit out the words "sorry to disturb the king" when he saw the tight band on his father's head.
No way.
As long as this thing was still there, he would be controlled and would have to come back to the Buddhist scriptures at any time.
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