Apricot of the Great Desolation

Chapter 285 Curiosity Killed the Monkey
At this moment, Jin Guang was speechless. He even felt that the Buddha's light in the little monk in front of him, who only had the cultivation of God Refining and Returning to the Void, was purer than his!
Jin Guang looked at Xuanzang intently for a while. To him, Xuanzang's idea was very stupid, almost beyond imagination.

But Jin Guang admires him very much. You can laugh at his stupidity, but you can't laugh at his attitude towards apprentices.

He had also been a teacher and a disciple. If Tongtian had been good at disciplining his disciples, he would not be where he is today.

However, the Great Way to Heaven is like this. After all, there are too many disciples and we cannot take care of everything.

But admiration is admiration, and the task that needs to be completed still needs to be completed. The monkey's foundation has not been damaged, so it can only be forcibly converted, just like the Second Saint in the West treated Jin Chanzi.

Jin Guang stared at Xuanzang and said, "Have you thought about it? That monkey once made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, and millions of heavenly soldiers couldn't defeat him!"

"Although he calls me master, not master, I also recognize him as my disciple. Now that I have accepted him, no matter how glorious his past was or how many mistakes he made, it is my responsibility to teach him! If the teaching is not strict, , The teacher is lazy." Xuanzang made a decisive statement.

The golden light is solemn and the sound is loud, like morning bells and evening drums, directly cleansing people's soul:
"Xuan Zang, that monkey's cultivation is all over the world, his mind is unruly, he has great power but does not know the restraints, the consequences will be endless disaster and destruction!"

"This time he killed those six people without saying anything. He may fight again in the future. You are an ordinary person, how can you teach him?"

Although Xuanzang respected Jin Guang, he would not give in at this time.

He also spoke, and although his voice was not as powerful as Jin Guang's, it was still loud and clear:

"The Buddha cut his flesh and fed it to the eagle, and fed his body to the tiger, attracting the poisonous dragon to cover the rain. Even if the cold-blooded and ruthless poisonous dragon can be influenced, the little monk can naturally lead Wukong back to the right path!"

Jin Guang's expression didn't change when he heard the words, he never thought it would be so easy to persuade Xuanzang, he only heard him say in a gentle tone:

"If a human master teaches his disciples, there are springs and autumns and a ruler. You only have the Dharma and no ruler. How can you teach?"

After hearing this, Xuanzang was shaken in his desire to influence the monkey.

yes!Although there are compassionate people in Buddhism, there are also angry-eyed kings, eminent monks who practice Buddhism, and warrior monks who protect Buddhism.

Seeing Xuanzang hesitated, Jin Guang continued to strike while the iron was hot: "I can teach you this tightening curse, and you can decide for yourself whether to use it or not!"

Tang Seng hesitated for a while and finally agreed.When Jin Guang saw this, a smile appeared on his lips, but he couldn't see it under the dazzling Buddha light.

In fact, when Xuanzang hesitated, he had already made a decision.

Tang Monk looked at the felt hat in his hand for a moment, then sighed softly and put the felt hat in his baggage.

.........

But it was said that after the monkey left Tang Monk, he did not go to his six sworn brothers, but went directly to the 33rd heaven.

When they met again, Monkey found that the gods in heaven were still enthusiastic about him, and their cultivation levels had also suddenly increased, most of them were Da Luo cultivation levels.

Seeing this scene, the monkey did not act impulsively, but watched with cold eyes.

When he came to Heaven again, he also went to Leicheng, but he didn't even enter the city gate. The divine general stationed in Leicheng was Da Luo. Combined with Leicheng's formation and heavenly soldiers, even he was not sure of defeating him.

As a last resort, the monkey came to Yunlou Palace to look for Nezha.

After some exchanges between the two, Nezha's persuasion, and Monkey's intention to peep into the truth, Monkey was convinced, and he was ready to go back!
Monkeys have a quick mind, so they have naturally noticed that everything around them is wrong.

The riot in the Heavenly Palace 500 years ago was just a show, and Buddhism was most likely the director, and all the gods in heaven were playing him.

The ultimate goal is to let him assist Tang Monk to learn Buddhist scriptures from the West!Therefore, it is impossible for him to leave before getting the truth.

When he came back again, Xuanzang's attitude was much better, and he stopped talking about Monkey King beating six mortals to death. Instead, he asked with concern:
"Wukong, where have you been during this time?"

The monkey was a human being, with a gentle look on his face. A smile appeared on his ferocious face. He stepped forward in three steps and said with a smile:

"Master, I'm sorry. In the past, I, Old Sun, was too angry and didn't know what to do. Please forgive me, Master!"

After the monkey finished speaking, he stepped forward to take the package from Xuanzang's shoulder.

But Xuanzang's calm expression changed. He subconsciously tightened the package tightly and avoided it without leaving a trace:
"Wukong, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. It's better to carry this package for your master!"

The shrewd eyes of the monkey showed suspicion!

The Lingming Stone Monkey is famous for its intelligence. Just imagine, among the four great spiritual monkeys, the Viper Ape can hold the sun and the moon, shrink thousands of mountains, has the highest magical power, and is powerful in combat.

The ability of the red-breasted horse monkey to control water is not inferior to that of the ancient ancestor Wu Gonggong, not to mention the instinct to seek good fortune and avoid evil.

Needless to say, the six-eared macaque is a being that can be overheard even when a Taoist ancestor is preaching.The Taoist ancestor at that time was Hunyuan.

It is not outrageous to explain that a creature who is not even a Da Luo can overhear Hunyuan's sermon.

And the Lingming Stone Monkey, who is equally famous as them, naturally has his own innate magical power, which is intelligence.

The Lingming Stone Monkey is the smartest among the four spiritual monkeys, so he can comprehend the three saintly methods in less than a hundred years.

The smarter the creature, the more it thinks. What's more, the monkey has been suppressed for 500 years. It is no longer the innocent and innocent monkey it used to be.

Now he is like a hedgehog covered with thorns, fully guarded against everything. Seeing Xuanzang's actions, he can't help but wonder what is in that baggage?
However, he didn't show anything strange, he still smiled and continued to move forward with Tang Seng.

One day, the two came to a mountain top. Tang Monk was still meditating and recovering his magic power, but the monkey used the Nightmare Prayer in the 72nd Earth Demon Transformation. Although the nightmare was not activated, it still created an illusion.

Then he jumped in front of Xuanzang, took off the bundle he was holding tightly in his hands, stepped aside, and opened it with anticipation in his eyes.

Apart from the brocade cassock and a few Buddhist scriptures, the only thing that caught my eye was a felt hat.

He naturally recognized the brocade cassock and the Buddhist scriptures. After all, he had always carried this package on his back, but he did not recognize the felt hat.

Sun Wukong curiously took out the felt hat and put it in front of his eyes to examine it.

He looked over it over and over, and found that there was no aura of law on it. It looked like a mortal object, but when he tore it hard, it was indestructible.

The monkey was curious and put the felt hat on his head.

The next moment, a sharp pain came from the top of his head, a pain that directly affected his soul.

In the monkey's sea of ​​consciousness, a golden Buddha statue sat cross-legged. The Buddha statue had a withered face and a slight smile. Although it did not open its mouth, the murmur of the Buddha's voice sounded in Sun Wukong's mind.

At the same time, deep in the sea of ​​monkey consciousness, a Bodhi tree exuded a gleaming luster and looked extremely sacred. The Bodhi tree shook, and the whirling sound of its leaves was faintly in harmony with the sound of the Buddha.

In an instant, the world was spinning, and Monkey felt an overwhelming sound surrounding his ears, over and over again, cleaning his heart.

Let him be kind, let him be compassionate, erase his pride, and cleanse his unyielding soul!
For a moment, the monkey felt scared. He was not afraid when he made a big fuss in the underworld, nor was he scared when he made a big fuss in the heaven. Even when he was pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, he was just angry.

He was really scared now, even more scared than he was when Subhuti drove him down the mountain.He is not afraid of pain, but he is afraid that he will become another monkey, that he is not him!
At this moment, a colorful light bloomed from the depths of the monkey's sea of ​​consciousness, forming a halo of light. Wherever the halo passed, all the Buddha's light retreated.

The smile on the face of the golden Buddha statue disappeared, and the "Swastika" character in the monkey's sea of ​​consciousness jumped hard.

The colorful light slowly dissipated, and a Taoist with black hair like a waterfall, pulled into a bun by a sword hairpin, an extremely handsome face, and wearing a Taoist robe with green background and purple stripes appeared in front of him.

Even if Sun Wukong looked at it from a monkey's perspective, he felt that this was a unique beauty in the world.

The Taoist glanced at Sun Wukong, and the two looked at each other.

In an instant, Sun Wukong forgot everything. He forgot that his name was Sun Wukong, he forgot to study at Fangcun Mountain in Lingtai, he forgot to cause havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and he forgot to journey to the west.

In Sun Wukong's mind, there was only a pair of glazed eyes staring at him quietly.

Then, the Taoist walked past him, walked towards the golden Buddha statue, sat down cross-legged, and seemed to be confronting the Buddha statue.

The two seemed to be talking, but Sun Wukong couldn't feel anything, but this was clearly his sea of ​​consciousness.

Zhunti clasped his hands together, bowed slightly and said, "I have met Tianzun!"

Zhang Ye nodded: "I have seen Mother Zhunti!"

"Although this monkey is the heel of the innate gods and demons, it can't enter the eyes of the Heavenly Lord! I wonder what the Heavenly Lord means by this move?" Zhun asked, his tone was calm, even vaguely respectful.

"Because of the unyielding soul!" Zhang Ye's tone was equally flat.

Ever since Zhang Ye appeared, Zhunti's heart skipped a beat. No wonder all the plans that had been used on the monkey for so long failed. It turned out to be this guy who was protecting him!
Two pairs of indifferent eyes looked at each other, and Zhunti finally gave in. He stood up slowly, bowed respectfully and said:

"Journey to the west is the general trend of heaven. It comes brilliantly and cannot be changed. Our west is barren and it is difficult for the living beings to practice. Please have mercy on the living beings in the west!"

Zhang Ye nodded and said: "Journey to the West remains the same and will never change!"

"So, thank you Tianzun!" Zhunti slowly retreated and gradually disappeared from Sun Wukong's mind.

Just when Zhang Ye was about to leave, Sun Wukong suddenly shouted: "Thank you, senior, for saving me. May I ask my senior's name?"

Zhang Ye's figure has disappeared, leaving only one sentence echoing in the monkey's mind: "Complete the journey to the west seriously, and you will know one day!"

.........

"what!"

The monkey screamed shrilly, the sound penetrated the sky, like the roar of a ghost, waking up Xuanzang who was trapped in the illusion.

Tang Seng opened his eyes and saw the monkey writhing in pain at a glance. For a moment, he was a little dazed.

But when he saw the felt hat that fell on the ground and the golden hoop on the monkey's head, Tang Seng seemed to understand something!
For a moment, Tang Monk was so anxious that he was wandering around. The Bodhisattva only taught him how to recite the mantra, but not how to solve it!

And he hasn’t recited it yet. Why did Sun Wukong become like this?
Time passed little by little, and the monkey gradually became motionless. His body was still spasming and twitching under the aftertaste of severe pain, and his big muscles were twisted into twists.

Xuanzang held the monkey tightly in his arms and smoothed the twitching tendons on his body. His eyes were full of regret. This was the first time he had regretted since he became a Buddhist.

After an unknown amount of time, the monkey slowly opened his eyes, stood up like a carp, and there was a trace of pain that had not yet dissipated between his eyebrows!

He raised his furry hands and touched his head. The metallic texture came along his fingertips, and the monkey felt as if he had been struck by lightning.

There was a trace of confusion in his eyes, as if a Taoist and a Buddha were talking in his mind.

In this moment, the image of one Buddha and one Buddha faded more and more in his mind. Monkey tried hard to recall it, but the more he recalled it, the faster he forgot it.

In the end, he could only remember a pair of glazed eyes and a sentence:

"Complete Journey to the West seriously, and you will know one day!"

The monkey was confused, what do you know?Whose eyes are those?Why did it appear in his mind?

While the monkey was thinking, Xuanzang looked at the monkey's face with worry.

Just now, Sun Wukong suddenly jerked up like a carp, then touched his head with both hands, and then there was a look of confusion in his eyes.

He couldn't help but stepped forward, carefully patted the monkey's shoulder, and whispered: "Wukong! Wukong!"

As Xuanzang called softly, the monkey gradually woke up. The moment he saw Xuanzang, a feeling of disgust arose in his heart, and nameless fire surged out.

"Roar!"

The monkey roared furiously, its hair exploded, and a powerful force rushed towards Xuanzang.

With a "boom", Xuanzang could not bear the pressure and was knocked away. His figure became illusory and his soul gradually began to dissipate.

The monkey only roared for half a sound, and he quickly realized that the man in front of him was his master, Tang Xuanzang.

Therefore, the pressure was released and then withdrawn. If Xuanzang hadn't held the nine-ringed tin staff in his hand, he wouldn't even have a chance to become illusory, and his true spirit would have been extinguished long ago.

Sun Wukong immediately stopped and took a step forward to transfer a ray of life essence to Xuanzang.

How huge is the life essence of a great Luo?With just a trace, Xuanzang's illusory body began to solidify, and his soul stopped disintegrating and began to merge again.

Not long after, Tang Seng recovered completely, and he was a blessing in disguise, going directly from refining the spirit and returning to the void to refining the void and joining the path.

At this time, the monkey also completely restrained the hostility in his heart. A feeling of self-blame arose in his heart, and he bowed and said:

"Master, I'm sorry!"

He didn't know what was going on, but when he woke up and saw Xuanzang, he felt a surge of violence in his aura, as if the man in front of him was not his master, but his enemy.

This was his disgust towards Zhunti. Although he had forgotten everything in the sea of ​​consciousness, he still subconsciously hated this aura!

Xuanzang looked at the monkey and smiled. He asked softly: "Wukong, does it hurt?"

Sun Wukong shook his head and said nothing.

However, Xuanzang began to walk forward on his own, without taking any baggage with him. He leaned on a nine-ring tin staff and said:

"Wukong, since it doesn't hurt, then we will carry the burden of the teacher, and we should set off!"

Sun Wukong realized it later, picked up the package and chased after him!
(End of this chapter)