The Monkey King

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

The monkey held the walking stick in his arms and slowly tightened it.

At night, the stars twinkle, the gentle wind blows by, and the leaves rustle. This stubborn monkey bowed, his mouth trembled slightly, and his face was expressionless.

After hesitating for a long time, Qingyunzi asked: "What do you want to do?"

"It's just something I want to do." Monkey raised the corners of his mouth slightly and pursed his lips, but he still couldn't smile.

"You...don't do anything stupid."

The monkey raised his head, blinked, and managed to force out a smile: "What stupid thing can I do?"

"Brother, I know 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 to me. Those who want to straighten the way of heaven dare not kill me, and those who want to break the way of heaven wish that I would make more trouble. They all moved Not me."

He lowered his head, panted rapidly, and murmured to himself: "They are all awesome and powerful, so let them fight to the fullest. I only do what I want to do. I am afraid of being arrogant, but I am afraid of being intimidated." I'm afraid of losing my life. I don't want my life, I just want to see what they can do to me. They are good at calculation, it doesn't matter, I also know a little about calculation strategies, the most important thing is that I am not a man of heaven, and I don't play my cards according to the routine. Let’s see how they can kill me.”

The tone was as plain as ordinary chatting with only a slight tremor, but the content made the three knowledgeable senior brothers suddenly startled and looked at him blankly.

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

The last sentence was almost said 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 and was depressing, like a beast trapped in a cage that couldn't help but want to roar and struggled desperately.

The three senior brothers were silent. Monkey wanted to say something more, but couldn't. He could only lower his head, blink and repeat the mechanical action of rubbing the cloud stick, trying his best.

In the quiet pavilion, the only sound left was the monkey's heavy breathing, and the atmosphere suddenly became a lot more solemn.

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

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

"No." Monkey took a deep breath and sighed: "If I don't go back, they will be worried."

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

…

In the Sanxing Cave under the slanting moon, in the Qingxin Hall with the green lantern swaying, Qingfengzi knelt on the futon beside Subhuti.

Reaching out to pour the freshly brewed tea into Subhuti's teacup, and pushing it over with both hands, Qingfengzi said: "Master, the juniors seem to have known something."

Subhuti was lying half-lying and browsing the book in his hand. He reached out to pick up the tea offered by Qingfengzi, took a sip and said calmly: "Master knows."

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

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

Qingfengzi lowered his head slightly, and after a long while, he said, "Master, do you want to let things go?"

"The seeds of rebellion have been planted. All that's left is to give it enough sunlight and nutrients. One day, it 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 while, Qingyunzi said: "Second Senior Brother, look at him like this..."

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

Reaching out and pouring the newly heated water into the teapot, Youquanzi slowly started brewing tea again.

Dantongzi looked impatient, but Qingyunzi stared at the cup of hot tea in front of him, fascinated.

After a long time, he saw ripples on the tea surface and was shocked.

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

Dan Tongzi, who was already drowsy, suddenly stood up and walked quickly out of the pavilion to look into the distance.

"What is this?" He suddenly turned back to look at Youquanzi, who was still sitting where he was.

"The war drums of the Tianhe navy are finally here. I thought they weren't coming." Youquanzi smiled and took a sip of tea.

Qingyunzi quickly shook his sleeves and stood up and walked quickly to Dantongzi's side: "What are they here for? To play drums in Youquan Valley?"

"Come to ask for someone." Youquanzi said calmly.

"Come to ask for Junior Brother Wukong?"

"I originally wanted to find Junior Brother Wukong, but the people they sent wanted to sneak in secretly, but I detained him and are now imprisoned."

"Come to Youquan Valley to ask for Junior Brother Wukong? You really treat me as if I were nothing in the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave." Dan Tongzi snorted and laughed: "How many people have come?"

"Ten thousand."

"Is Marshal Tianpeng here?"

"No, it's Tianheng who leads the army."

"Tianheng Star?" Dan Tongzi's eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light: "Recently, the hostility in me has been very intense. It just so happens that the three of us are here. I am the forward, the fifth brother, you assist, the second brother , you control the field. Don’t let these 10,000 heavenly soldiers go back. It’s rare for them to take the initiative to provoke us, so Master probably won’t say anything.”

Youquanzi clicked his tongue and laughed: "Third Junior Brother, you are still so bellicose."

"Hey, I'm a traveler, why don't you let me make elixirs without fighting?" Dan Tongzi rubbed his wrist guard and said excitedly: "The Tianhe navy has been so arrogant recently. Who doesn't know that there is a big thunder in Hezhou, Xiniu? Yin Temple, Xie Yue Sanxing Cave, Wuzhuang Temple, and he also came to build a Guanyuntian Harbor. What does this mean? It’s just right. If you don’t give them a loud slap, we will have been building it for so many years in vain!”

"No." Youquanzi shook his head slowly.

"No? Could it be that you have also followed the example of senior brother and asked the master for everything?"

"Let me ask you, after killing these ten thousand heavenly soldiers, will the Tianhe naval army give up? What if Marshal Tianpeng comes?"

"Marshal Tianpeng is here, so I asked the sixth junior brother and the seventh junior sister to come together. If that didn't work, I called the fourth junior brother, the eighth junior brother, and the ninth junior brother. There are eight of us, and even if the nine stars of the Tianhe navy come together, we may not be able to take advantage, let alone one Tianhe navy. Marshal Peng!”

"What if other troops from Heaven are also attracted here?"

"This... if they really dare to take full action, senior brother will not just sit back and ignore it, right? Once the Jiuchen Formation is set..."

Youquanzi snorted disdainfully, shook his sleeves, stood up, and walked out of the pavilion step by step: "Why didn't you think about not making the matter so big? He sent him to the door, let's give him a gentle beating to let him know it hurts. That’s it, why bother to really hurt him? This is something that harms others but does not benefit oneself.”

"A good person will be bullied by others, and a good horse will be ridden by others, Second Senior Brother!"

"Third senior brother." Qingyunzi reached out and grabbed Dantongzi's sleeve and said, "Second senior brother must be confident, so we should not get involved."

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

"If things get serious, master will lock you up for another two years. You will have accumulated more by then." Youquanzi laughed.

…

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

Hearing the sound of war drums, Yang Chan, Lu Liuguai, Dajiao and others who were staying in the room all rushed into the yard. Even the injured Duan Zui hurriedly ran out on crutches.

"It's the Tianhe navy." Monkey turned his head and said to Yang Chan: "Gather all those who can move and prepare for war!"

"good!"

Yang Chan turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yue Chao, who cupped his hands and said: "Uncle Sun, the three uncles are here now, and the Tianhe navy cannot attack them no matter what. Don't worry."

"Can the three of them 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 unreasonable, Dantongzi would go out to "negotiate" instead.

At this time, dozens of warships were seen heading towards Youquan Valley from a distance.

These warships are different from those used by the Tianhe navy when they fought against the monkeys. They are more inclined to the ones they encountered in Kunlun Mountain.

Tian Heng rose into the air and hung on the bow of the ship, shouting loudly: "The Tianhe navy is visiting. Tian Heng, under the command of Marshal Tianpeng, is meeting the old man Youquan!"

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