Chapter 355 Sun Wukong's Dark History
"Uh... bro, what is this Shangqingtian Miluo Palace? Yuanshi Tianzun sounds very powerful, but how come I have never heard of it?"
"Also, who is this old Taoist with a long beard? Is he powerful? What is the Hunyuan Dao fruit he is talking about?"
In the game room, everyone is watching Journey to the West in the hall.
Perhaps because he has not talked to anyone for five hundred years, Sun Wukong has a lot of questions.
Now I have seen the ninth episode, stealing ginseng fruit, which starts with what Zhenyuanzi said when he was about to go out. Sun Wukong's questions also came as expected.
Li En was very patient with him and even got him some clothes to prevent my Monkey Brother from being naked and violating morals.
"Great Sage, Yuanshi Tianzun is the Three Pure Ones, that is, three saints, the strongest existence in the world. Immortality is only the most basic. Any of them has the ability to reopen the world."
"Reopen the world?"
"That is to destroy all things in the world and return everything to chaos. After a million years, new life will reappear."
Hearing Li En's words, everyone looked quite serious. Fortunately, there was no such saint in their world, otherwise it would be a disaster.
Even Sun Wukong frowned and asked, "How is it compared to Tathagata Buddha?"
"Hehe." Li En smiled and said, "Under the saints, everyone is an ant. Although the setting of your world may be different, it should not be much different. I guess Tathagata Buddha is a little better and can give him a shoe."
Sun Wukong was obviously stunned for a moment, but he did not suspect that Li En was lying.
After all, he could even play the video of his apprenticeship and let him see his master again. Such a powerful person should not bother to lie to him.
There are such powerful gods in the world, and he didn't know it all the time.
Sun Wukong's face was a little red, especially at this time, he was still talking nonsense in the play.
"The immortal palace, the Taoist family with the same longevity as the sky, hehe, what a big tone, when I was making trouble in the sky, I never saw such a couplet in front of Taishang Laojun~"
"..."
Black history! A complete black history!
In the first few episodes, Sun Wukong was so majestic, talking to everyone, and he was very proud. Now, he can only cover his eyes with his hands, and he can't see the arrogant self in the play anymore.
Everyone laughed, and Li En went on to explain; "This old Taoist with a long beard is the Immortal Zhen Yuanzi, known as the ancestor of earthly immortals, with great strength and a very high generation. In front of him, Tathagata and the Jade Emperor can only call themselves juniors and dare not act rashly."
"And the Hunyuan Dao Fruit... well, it would be very troublesome to explain it in detail. The general meaning is to listen to the saints preaching and discussing the Tao, and those who can participate are definitely the great powers of heaven and earth."
Li En suddenly thought of something and said: "Look, the group of monsters on the road are all thinking about Tang Monk's meat, wanting to live forever, but it None of them dared to take the ginseng fruit. Do you know why? "
"Why?"
"Because ginseng fruit is vegetarian, but Zhen Yuanzi is not a vegetarian."
At this time, Tang Seng in the play also asked: "Why don't the Taoist temples worship the Three Pure Ones and the Four Emperors, and the gods of Luotian, but only offer incense to the two words of heaven and earth?"
"To be honest with you, Master, the Three Pure Ones and the Four Emperors are my master's friends, and the Nine Star Gods are my master's juniors, so they cannot be worshipped."
When Sun Wukong heard this, he still chose not to believe it and laughed.
How happy he laughed in the play, how embarrassed he was when watching the play.
If there was no land under the game house, he would have drilled down long ago.
As the saying goes, shame can turn into anger. Sun Wukong was so angry that he didn't even eat the fruit. He held his hands and said angrily:
"Where did so many powerful guys come from? It's really annoying!"
People are always carefree when they are young. The more they know, the more they can feel their insignificance, and thus become cautious.
In fact, after being pressed under the Five Elements Mountain, Sun Wukong understood that there are people beyond people and there are heavens beyond heaven.
However, he did not expect that there is a universe beyond heaven!
And he is just a drop in the ocean, which makes him, who has always been proud, a little bit unacceptable.
You know, he is very proud of making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, so he often talks about it, and sometimes even when he introduces himself, he says:
"Listen! I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven Sun Wukong who made trouble in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago!"
Every time Sun Wukong said this, he was full of pride, and every time he saw the shocked face of the monster, he was very proud.
But now, when he thought of so many powerful beings in the world, he felt a little ashamed.
He has grown up a little and will no longer be complacent because of some trivial things.
Sun Wukong watched the play quietly, pushing down the ginseng fruit tree by himself, and then being caught by Zhen Yuanzi again and again, without any room for fighting back.
From here he can see that Zhen Yuanzi is stronger than Tathagata.
Tathagata had to trick himself into jumping into his palm Buddha Kingdom to suppress him, but Zhen Yuanzi didn't need to. He could beat him without any chance to fight back with just one move of his sleeve. The difference between the two sides was obvious.
It was not until the end of this episode that Sun Wukong asked the last question.
"This Zhen Yuanzi Immortal... why did he want to become sworn brothers with me? Or eight sworn brothers?"
Sun Wukong really didn't understand. He was such a powerful person, but he stole his fruit and broke the tree. In the end, he just helped him restore the tree. As for eight sworn brothers?
If it were in the past, no matter who came to him to become sworn brothers, he would nod and agree with a smile. He would treat everyone equally, from the Jade Emperor to the shepherd boy.
But now, after understanding how powerful Zhen Yuanzi was, Sun Wukong was actually a little unconfident.
"This..."
In fact, Li En didn't really understand the specific background of Journey to the West. According to the Investiture of the Gods, it was a great catastrophe of heaven and earth, Buddhism was flourishing, and the ninety-nine eighty-one difficulties corresponded to a merit, and all the gods in the sky wanted to share a piece of the pie.
Although Zhen Yuanzi was indeed strong, he was far from a saint, and he also needed the power of merit, or in other words, no god below the saint would dislike that his merit power was too much.
Therefore, he became sworn brothers with Sun Wukong in order to share more merit in the difficulty of "stealing ginseng fruit".
But this is just the theory of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth, and it does not apply to Journey to the West. From many details, it can be seen that there is no so-called division of merit in the background of the story.
Then, there are several possibilities. First, Zhen Yuanzi loves to make friends. Jin Chanzi only chatted with him at the banquet, but they could be called old acquaintances. After reincarnation, he offered ginseng fruit to Tang Monk. From this point, we can see that his character is like this.
Second, it may be because Sun Wukong is a congenital creature born and raised by nature, and it has not appeared in the world for a long time, so Zhen Yuanzi has a natural liking for him.
Third...
"Maybe it's because of your master, Bodhi Patriarch."
"Master... Master."
Sun Wukong was slightly stunned. At this time in the play, Sun Wukong prayed to the gods and Buddhas to find a way to cure the tree, but no one could help him.
Finally, he returned to the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon in Fangcun Mountain to find his master.
But this place is deserted, covered with spider webs and dust, and no one has been here for a long time.
But the master is the master after all. Although he didn't let Sun Wukong come back, and even didn't let him mention his name, the apprentice ran back to help, which must be a problem that he couldn't solve.
So, he still spoke up and gave a hint.
Listening to the familiar voice in the play, Sun Wukong's eyes were a little moist, and the memory of learning skills in the past seemed to be vivid.