The Monkey King

In the thick circle, the monkey looked at Yang Chan with slightly widened eyes.

At this moment, everyone's eyes were focused on Yang Chan. Everyone held their breath. Even the six-eared macaque was secretly watching Yang Chan from the corners of his eyes.

However, Yang Chan just covered her face and stood quietly, sobbing and unable to calm down for a long time. No one can see her expression clearly at this moment.

The hand covering her face was this stubborn woman's last line of defense at this moment.

The monkey clutched the golden hoop tightly and panted heavily.

In the silence of this world, time passed bit by bit. Everyone is waiting anxiously.

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In the courtyard of Sanxing Cave in Xianyue, Qingxin and Xuanzang were sitting in front of the stone table.

The wind blew gently, swaying the shadows of the trees falling on Qingxin. She sat motionless, her long hair hanging slightly down, covering her face.

Opposite the stone table, Xuanzang lowered his head and sipped tea silently, looking at Qingxin from time to time.

Everything seemed to be still. Under the sun, everything around me was so warm, but there was a kind of powerlessness that penetrated into my heart. People don't have the courage to face it.

She suddenly remembered that day more than six hundred years ago.

That day, she faced exactly the same choice as today. With tears in her eyes, she persuaded the monkey to pick up Yang Chan. Then he mustered up the courage to face his fate alone with a smile.

That was the bravest decision in the life of a weak and insignificant girl. However, in the end, it just started a catastrophe that affected the three realms.

In this life, she wants to escape and end everything here. However, when he opened his arms towards himself... unfortunately, everything was in vain after all.

In this life, she was no longer so weak, and she was even a little domineering. However...she suddenly discovered that she was still the same, and she had never changed in her past life.

In the warm sunshine. The short-lived happiness quietly leaves from the fingers like quicksand. No matter how hard you hold it, you can't hold it.

What is left is still the nightmare of those three lives.

In silence. The heart is withering little by little.

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On the balcony, Subhuti was alone, quietly listening to the sounds of the three realms.

Behind him, in front of the tea tray. Laojun was sipping tea silently.

One has a solemn look on his face, and the other has a leisurely look on his face.

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In Miluo Palace, Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Cult Master looked at each other silently without saying a word.

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In the Great Leiyin Temple, all the Arhats stretched out their necks and waited quietly, looking at each other in astonishment.

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A wisp of breeze passed by, stroking the fallen leaves, bending the wormwood, and even the formation of the battleships in the sky slowly loosened.

It's been a long wait. In the silence, a restlessness was already quietly occurring.

"Okay?" Taking a step forward, the monkey stretched out a hand from a distance: "Promise me to go back with me?"

The hand stretched out towards her hung far in the air.

However, Yang Chan just covered her face.

It has been eight hundred years, and she has been waiting for eight hundred years. All of this started long before the monkey went to heaven to become an official.

Eight hundred years of hard waiting, isn't it just for these words today?

She's got it. She really defeated the originally invincible "enemy", but...

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In front of the stone table, Qingxin lowered her head, holding the cup with only a little tea stain left in her hands. Sitting motionless.

"The six-eared macaque kidnapped the benefactor Yang Chan. The Great Sage suddenly lost his sense of proportion." Xuanzang sighed softly and said: "According to the poor monk, even if this trip is successful, it will only be a disaster in the future. That’s all.”

Qingxin blinked her eyes blankly, staring at the empty tea cup in her hand, lost in thought. In those slightly widened eyes. Under the shadow of the swaying trees, it sparkled like a lake under the moonlight.

"Does Master Qingxin know how the Great Sage was defeated that day?" Taking a deep breath, Xuanzang closed his eyes and said leisurely: "In the end, the war between great powers is about the nature of the mind. Great Sage The force is tyrannical, but unfortunately... his character is incomparable to those of the mighty men who have lived for tens of thousands of years. Because of his emphasis on friendship, he was able to become the all-powerful Monkey King. However, it is also because of his emphasis on friendship that he was suppressed. At the foot of the Five Elements Mountain. That is his biggest weakness. In such a situation, his weakness is clearly exposed. How can he have the upper hand in the game? "

Qingxin smiled slowly, a tear streaking down her cheek.

"Yeah...how could he win? Actually, it's all my fault. If it weren't for me, no one could control him. He...wouldn't have been used by Tathagata. From the beginning, it was a mistake...everyone It’s my fault that I didn’t insist on finishing the incantation. Otherwise, everything wouldn’t be what it is today.”

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Looking up at the sky, the old man stroking his long beard sighed softly: "Do you know why I chose the word 'Qingxin' for that girl's Taoist name?"

In the breeze, Subhuti slowly turned around and stared at Lao Jun, but did not speak.

"It's taken from the 'pure heart' in 'pure heart and few desires'." Pursing his lips, Lao Jun slowly closed his eyes and sighed softly: "We are playing games, so girl, aren't we playing games? It's just that we What she was gambling for was the Three Realms, and what she was gambling for was her own happiness. Unfortunately, she was destined to be the loser in this game. After three lives, although her personality has been completely different, her essence has not changed. She did not lose to Yang Chan, But she lost to...that monkey. From the very beginning, the moment she gave everything she had, she was already at a disadvantage. It has been eight hundred years, but she has not been able to break free."

After saying that, Laojun opened his eyes, and his gaze slowly moved towards Subhuti. The moment their eyes met, Subhuti avoided it.

Lao Jun laughed helplessly: "It was a dead end more than six hundred years ago. With her character, there was no possibility of escape. I only hope that she can come out today..."

Subhuti squinted his eyes slightly and still stood motionless, looking into the distance.

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Surrounded by layers of circles, Yang Chan slowly lifted up her white boots. Under everyone's attention, Yang Chan finally took a step back hesitantly.

The monkey opened his eyes blankly.

Putting down her hands, Yang Chan looked at the monkey with her red and hazy eyes.

"I'm sorry, I can't go back with you."

"Why?"

"In short, it's not possible." Yang Chan smiled slowly, feeling more comfortable than ever before.

It was a genuine smile.

"Thank you..." A voice sounded in the monkey's mind: "I am already content. But I will not go back with you. Because we still have a long way to go. If this is fate, then , let us face it together and walk this road together."

Gently pushing away the six-eared macaque's sharp knife, she whispered to the six-eared macaque: "If he doesn't leave, let's go."

"Okay... okay!" The six-eared macaque nodded blankly, and then looked back at the monkey with a hint of provocation.

The demon generals behind him quickly made way for an aisle.

Yang Chan left step by step with the six-eared macaque and a group of demon generals. In the blink of an eye, it had disappeared from the monkey's sight.

The siege above and below the ground was slowly lifted that day, and the army slowly shrank and retreated, like a receding tide. The whole world seemed to be moving away from him.

Among the ruins, only the monkey was left standing blankly, looking at the direction where Yang Chan disappeared.

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In the Sanxing Cave under the setting moon, a Taoist disciple hurriedly broke into the courtyard.

"Uncle Wukong, he..." Before the Taoist disciple could finish speaking, he suddenly realized that another Taoist disciple was already there.

Taking a deep breath, the other Taoist disciple sighed softly: "I have already... reported it."

Drops of tears fell on the back of Qingxin's hands.

On the opposite side, Xuanzang was shocked and quickly shut up.

After a while, Qingxin slowly raised her head and said, "Send Master Xuanzang back..."

"Many...thank you, Master Qingxin, for your understanding."

"No." Looking at Xuanzang, Qingxin said calmly: "What I mean is to send you to the temporary accommodation prepared in the temple. Unless he comes to pick you up, you are not allowed to go anywhere."

"ah?"

Before Xuanzang could react, one of the Taoist disciples on the side had already bowed and raised his hand, and then made a "please" gesture towards Xuanzang.

When he looked at Qing Xin again, Xuanzang suddenly found that Qing Xin was frowning slightly, but there was nothing in those eyes.

In desperation, he had no choice but to roll up his sleeves, stand up and leave with the Taoist disciple.

"You go down too."

Hearing this, the remaining Taoist disciple was slightly startled, and had no choice but to bow slightly, cup his hands, and quietly exit the courtyard.

In the small courtyard, only Qingxin and Agarwood, who had been standing aside, were left.

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"Hehe, I didn't expect you to choose me. To be honest, I'm a little surprised." The six-eared macaque said with a smile: "Don't worry, I will listen to you from now on. Tomorrow... no, now, now we will Move the capital to Huaguoshan! I want to take back my position as the Monkey King in a dignified manner!"

Yang Chan walked forward step by step without squinting.

"The road will be long, difficult and dangerous."

"What are you afraid of? If he can do it, I can definitely do it too!"

"You have to go to war with many, many people, including the Tathagata of the West and Ksitigarbha who resurrected you. You must be mentally prepared."

"The Buddhists are just a bunch of bald donkeys who only know how to talk. Only he will be defeated by them. Hahahaha, as long as you help me, who are they?"

The six-eared macaque gestured happily.

From the beginning to the end, Yang Chan just smiled sweetly, but there was nothing in her eyes.

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In the blink of an eye, there was no longer a monster around.

The monkey stood alone.

After a while, he turned around and flew into the sky, flying towards the distance.

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"Master, why are you crying?" Chen Xiang carefully took out the handkerchief and handed it over with both hands: "That monkey...did he do something to make Master unhappy again?"

However, Qingxin did not pick it up. She turned her face, stretched out her hand to hug Agarwood into her arms, and said with a smile: "It's the master's own fault, it's none of his business." (~^~)

PS: La la la, I finally recovered~