The Monkey King

   "Practice well, and...do something you want to do."

   The Xingyun stick held by the monkey in his arms slowly tightened his grip.

   At night, the stars twinkle, the wind blows, and the leaves rustle. The stubborn monkey bowed, the corners of his mouth trembling slightly, and his face was expressionless.

After hesitating for a long time, Qing Yunzi asked, "What do you want to do?"

   "It's just something I want to do." The corner of the monkey's mouth raised slightly, pursing his lips, but he couldn't smile.

   "You... don't do stupid things."

  Monkey raised his head, blinked, and managed to squeeze out a smile: "What can I do stupid?"

   "Senior brother knows that the current situation is not good for you, but you shouldn't give up on yourself..."

"No." The monkey trembled, gritted his teeth, and said with a dry smile: "The current situation is very favorable for me. Those who want to straighten the way of heaven don't dare to kill me, and those who want to break the way of heaven can't wait for me to be more violent. They all move Not me."

Bowing his head, he panted rapidly, muttering to himself: "They are all good and powerful, so let them fight enough. I only do what I want to do. I don’t want to die. I don’t want to die. I’ll see what they can do to me. They are good at calculating, it doesn’t matter, I know a little about the calculation strategy. Let's see how they can kill me."

The tone of    was as flat as a casual chat with a slight trembling, but the content made the three well-informed senior brothers stunned and stared at him blankly.

   raised his head, the monkey desperately squeezed the cloud walking stick in his hand, finally squeezed a smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. They want to play, I'll play with them to the end."

   The last sentence was almost uttered through gritted teeth, with a torn smile on his face, and boundless pain in his heart.

   A sense of powerlessness penetrated deep into the bone marrow, suppressed, and like a beast trapped in a cage, he couldn't help but want to roar and struggle desperately.

  The three senior brothers were silent. The monkey wanted to say something, but couldn't say anything. He could only lower his head, blinking and repeating the mechanical action of rubbing the cloud stick with all his strength.

  In the quiet pavilion, only the heavy breathing of the monkeys was left, and the atmosphere suddenly became a lot dignified.

   After a long time, the monkey picked up the cold tea, poured it into his mouth, wiped his mouth and said, "Three brothers, it's getting late, I should go back too."

   "Why don't you just stay here tonight." Youquanzi said lightly.

   "No." The monkey took a deep breath and sighed, "If I don't go back, they should be worried."

   "It's up to you. Then I'll ask Yuechao to come over again and take you back."

  …

  Xieyue Sanxingdong, in the Hall of Concentration with the swaying blue lights, Qingfengzi knelt on the futon beside Subhuti.

   stretched out his hand and poured the freshly brewed tea into Subhuti's teacup, pushed his hands over it, and Qingfengzi said, "Master, it seems that the disciples already know something."

  Subhuti was half-recumbent and browsed the scroll in his hand, stretched out his hand to pick up the tea served by Qingfengzi, took a sip, and said lightly, "I know for the master."

   "Now Junior Brother Wukong is in Youquan Valley, I'm afraid..."

   "It's time to let him know." Subhuti sighed deeply and said, "If he doesn't know anything, how can he do what he wants to do?"

  Qing Fengzi lowered his head slightly, and after a long time, he said again: "Master wants to let it go?"

   "The seeds of rebellion have been planted, and the rest is to give him enough sunlight and nutrients, and in the end, he will grow into a big tree."

  …

After the    monkey left, the three of them sat in the courtyard for a while, relatively speechless.

   After a long time, Qing Yunzi said, "Second Senior Brother, look at him like this..."

   "Forget it." Youquanzi smiled wryly, shook his head and waved his hand, "We don't need to think too much, let him go."

   reached out and poured the hot water into the teapot, and Youquanzi slowly brewed tea again.

  Dan Tongzi looked impatient, but Qingyunzi stared at the hot cup of tea in front of him, and was fascinated.

   After a long time, he was surprised when he saw ripples on the tea surface.

  The roaring sound of war drums came from a distance, which was earth-shattering.

  Dantong Zi, who was already drowsy and sleepy, stood up and walked quickly out of the pavilion to look into the distance.

   "What is this?" He suddenly looked back at Youquanzi, who was still sitting there.

   "The sound of the battle drums of the Tianhe Navy finally came. I thought they would not come." Youquanzi smiled and took a sip of tea.

  Qing Yunzi hurriedly shook his sleeves and stood up and walked quickly to Dan Tongzi's side: "What are they doing? Go to Youquan Valley to play the drums?"

   "Come and ask for someone." Youquanzi said lightly.

   "Come for Junior Brother Wukong?"

   "I originally wanted to find Junior Brother Wukong, but the people they sent wanted to sneak in. I detained him, and he is now in custody."

   "You came to Youquan Valley to ask for Junior Brother Wukong? You really see me as nothing." Dan Tongzi snorted and laughed: "How many people are they here?"

   "Ten thousand."

   "Is Marshal Tianpeng here?"

   "No, it's the Tianheng Army."

"Tianhengxing?" A cold light flashed in Dan Tongzi's eyes: "Recently, the hostility in my body is just so dry. It just so happens that the three of us are here, I'm the striker, the fifth junior brother, your assistant, the second senior brother. , you control the field. Don't let these ten thousand heavenly soldiers go back. It is rare for such a thing to happen, and they take the initiative to provoke the door, so the master will not say anything. "

  You Quanzi tsk tsk and laughed: "Third Junior Brother, you are still so belligerent."

"Hey, I'm a traveler, can't you let me go to alchemy if you don't fight?" Dan Tongzi rubbed his wrist guards and said excitedly: "The Tianhe Navy has been so arrogant recently, who didn't know that there was a big thunder in Xiniu Hezhou. Yin Temple, Xieyue Sanxingdong, Wuzhuang Temple, and he also came to get a Guanyuntiangang, what does this mean? It’s just right, we’re going to send his face to the door, without giving them a loud slap in the face, we have been repairing for so many years in vain!”

   "No." Youquanzi shook his head slowly.

   "No? Could it be that you have also learned from the elder brother, and you have to ask the master about everything?"

   "Let me ask you, if you kill these ten thousand celestial soldiers, will the Tianhe water army give up? If Marshal Tianpeng comes, what will happen?"

"When Marshal Tianpeng is here, I will call the sixth junior brother and seven junior sisters to come with me. It's really not good. I will call the fourth junior brother, eight junior junior and ninth junior brother. The eight of us, the Tianhe Navy and the nine stars will not necessarily take advantage of it, not to mention a day. Marshal Peng!"

   "What if other troops from Heaven are also brought in?"

   "This... If they really dare to do it all, Senior Brother won't just sit back and ignore it, right?

Youquanzi snorted contemptuously, shook his sleeves, stood up, and walked out of the pavilion step by step: "Why didn't you think about not making things so big? We'll give him a light slap to let him know it hurts. That's it, why do you really get hurt? This is a matter of harming others and not oneself.

   "Renshan is bullied by others, Ma Shan is ridden by others, Second Senior Brother!"

   "Third Senior Brother." Qing Yunzi stretched out his hand to grab Dan Tongzi's sleeve and said, "Second Senior Brother must have a plan, so we won't get involved."

   "You! Do you know how much anger I have left recently? You let me let go of such a great opportunity?"

   "It's a big thing, and the master has locked you in confinement for two more years. By then, you will accumulate more." Youquanzi laughed.

  …

  In the courtyard, the newly arrived monkey stood blankly, looking up at the sky.

   Hearing the sound of the war drums, Yang Chan, Lu Liuguai, Dajiaoyi and others who were staying in the room all rushed into the yard, and even Short Mouth, who was injured, hurried out on crutches.

   "It's the Tianhe Navy." The monkey turned his head and said to Yang Chan, "Call all the active ones and prepare for the battle!"

"it is good!"

  Yang Chan turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yuechao and said, "Uncle Sun, the three uncles are here now, and the Tianhe Navy can't get in anyway. Don't worry."

   "The three of them, can they deal with so many heavenly troops?"

  …

   After a while, the three senior brothers finally reached an agreement. Youquanzi came forward to negotiate. If the other party was arrogant, then Dan Tongzi would go out to "talk".

   At this time, dozens of warships were already seen coming towards Youquan Valley from afar.

  These battleships are different from those used by the Tianhe Navy when they fought against the monkeys, and they are more inclined to the ones they encountered in Kunlun Mountains.

  Tianheng vacated the sky and hung on the bow of the ship, shouting loudly: "The Tianhe Navy is visiting, Tianheng, under Marshal Tianpeng, sees Old Man Youquan!"

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