The monkey looked at her and said nothing, but she had already burst into tears.
It can be seen that she has had a very bad life these past few years. She was already a Daluo Celestial Immortal back then, but now she has only become a Taiyi Celestial Immortal, and was knocked down by the heavenly army in two great realms.
"Great Sage..." Baigu knelt in front of him, crying and calling.
The monkey looked at the cave where Bai Gu had lived for these years, and then at Xuanzang, who was sitting safely on the stone chair in the cave. The monkey's eyes sank, "Are you okay?"
Bai Gu raised her delicate face that was crying, and was supported by the monkey. She stretched out her hand tremblingly to touch the monkey's face, but in the end she just withdrew her hand with tears in her eyes and said, "It's okay."
Fortunately, after five hundred years, Great Sage, you are finally back!"
Monkey opened his mouth, "Xiao Wu's funeral is..."
"After the fifth general died in battle, we found his bones and buried him according to his last wish under the dead tree on the top of Huaguo Mountain, the one where you and the fifth general often sat. There is nothing in Huaguo Mountain now.
It’s a monster, but Heaven still refuses to give rain to Huaguo Mountain, and the place is heavily fortified. Xiaoqi’s child is also alive, and we sent him to Beiju Luzhou to stay with the remnants of the Qianfeng Battalion. It’s still safe there.”
Monkey bit his lips and nodded, "Thank you for all your hard work over the years."
Bai Gu smiled and shook his head, but soon, Bai Gu looked at Xuanzang who came to the monkey, with complicated eyes and said, "Great Sage, since you have come back, why, why...
"
Monkey had heard this kind of question asked by many of his former subordinates before, and this time he turned around and left as before, saying, "I want to accompany this monk to the West to learn scriptures. Only in this way can I have a chance to break through the Great Immortal Daluo Hunyuan."
, only in this way can I come back and do what I should do, tell others not to come again, and not to kill him. Everyone should stay in their caves and wait for the day when I come back."
With a thump of bones, he knelt on the ground, stretched out his hand to grab his trouser leg and said, "Great Sage, you were suppressed by Buddhism back then, but now you want to protect Buddhists traveling westward. What if he just wants to save you?"
I just want you to become the protector of Buddhism forever! This is just a doctrinal dispute in Buddhism, what does it have to do with us? You insist on going west, how can we feel at ease!" Bai Gu cried and shouted.
The monkey lowered his head, "Do I still need your peace of mind? There are not many people in this world who can hurt me. You live well and don't worry about me. If I am really converted, you will treat it as if there has never been anyone in this world.
Live like Sun Wukong and continue to live the life you should live."
Hearing this, Bai Gu lowered his head with tears in his eyes, and then knelt in front of Xuanzang, begging him bitterly, "Please, please let the Great Sage go. The Great Sage is already very tired. He can't leave with you."
This time! I understand your path, but if you defeat the Great Sage, will you definitely be able to break through? Won't he be saved by you? If you lose, how will the Buddha keep the Great Sage this time?
One life! Holy monk, please let the great sage go."
Xuanzang looked at the woman at a loss, because her words pierced his heart. Could he really win?
The monkey clenched his fists tightly, "Skeleton Bones, leaving here and traveling westward will be difficult. I don't want you to be a part of this difficulty. I have killed many of my former generals.
Because they insist on killing this monk, you can’t do it, and I can’t kill you, do you understand?”
The leopard spirit, who had been knocked down from the Daluo Golden Immortal Realm, led two thousand demon troops to block the outside of Bai Gu's cave. He rushed into the cave with a blood-stained sword. When he saw the monkey for the first time, he had been away for five hundred years.
After a while, tears welled up in the eyes of the weather-beaten Great Demon Leopard. He knelt down in front of the monkey and shouted loudly, "Great Sage, since you have escaped the suppression of Buddhism, why don't you lead us to continue to rebel against heaven!
"
The leopard spirit raised his tear-stained face and said, "Do you know, Great Sage, there are less than 20,000 people left in the vanguard camp! There are less than 100 people in the guard camp, and we in Huaguoshan
The Second Battalion of the Eighth Army was almost completely exterminated by Heaven in your absence!"
"But now you actually tell us that you want to protect the Buddhists traveling westward? Great Sage, once you go, I'm afraid you will never come back!"
Every time the leopard spirit said a word, the monkey's hand holding the golden cudgel became harder, but in the end, he just lowered his head feebly and said, "If I don't go, what else can I do? This monk is my last
If he can win, I will have hope of breaking through. If he loses, let's lose. I can't break through Da Luo Hunyuan Immortal. If I can't break through, then it doesn't make any difference whether I live or die.
"
Baigu and Huabao knelt in front of him together, "It's different! Back then, you were still Taiyi Jinxian and you could lead us to conquer the world. Now you are Daluo Hunyuan Daxian, and you are Sun Wukong.
You are the Monkey King of our demon tribe, and you have hope with us, so we must not watch you die!"
Two thousand demon troops knelt down together, "Great Sage, please go back with us! You can't go to the West, you can't!"
Listening to the shouts of the two thousand demon troops, the monkey looked at them helplessly. He knew that they were afraid that he would never come back once he left. In fact, the monkey also knew that if he really went to the West, he would probably never come back.
No matter whether Xuanzang can win or not, will he become a Buddha or himself?
But the world has given him no choice, and he has no way to go. The only way is to go west. He is the Monkey King of the Monster Clan. He is responsible for tens of millions of Monster Clan, so he must go, and he must go
Bet this time, even if the bet is himself.
"Get out of the way." Facing the two thousand demon army, the monkey said solemnly.
"No! If you are not here, what hope do we have of living? If you insist on doing this, great sage, just step over our corpses!"
Two thousand demon troops roared in unison, "We have all sworn to be loyal to the Monkey King forever and ever under the banner of the Monkey King! I will die for you without any regrets!"
The monkey's hands were trembling. He closed his eyes with tears and asked softly, "This is a difficulty, right?"
Xuanzang said nothing and finally nodded feebly, "Yes, this is a difficulty on the way westward."
"okay, I get it."
The monkey raised the golden cudgel in his hand. Before swinging the cudgel, he looked at Xuanzang, who was staring at him blankly, "Monk, I am willing to do anything to help you achieve enlightenment, because you and I have been tied to
Together, if you lose, you may still have a life, but if I lose, there will be no turning back. I hope you won't let me down."
After finishing the words, the monkey faced White Bones, murmured to himself, and then hit White Bones on the head with a stick.
The moment the golden cudgel fell, the monkey roared in pain, "Ah——!"
In the end, the two thousand demon army dispersed, leaving only the withered bones of a girl and a little leopard that had been beaten back to its original form.
Looking at them, the monkey knelt down, clutching the soil with his hands tightly, and his lips were bitten with blood.
"When I come back, just wait here for me to come back. I will definitely let all monsters live in an upright world! You no longer need to run away, you no longer need to live in an ignoble existence, I will definitely give you such a world! Wait for me
!”
Before leaving, the monkey blew out a gust of breeze, sealing Bai Gu's cave, along with her and the leopard spirit, in the cave.
Thousands of years later, they will all wake up. I hope that when they wake up, they can see a dream world.
The monkey turned around and continued walking on the westward road with Xuanzang.
He overcame this difficulty.
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Along the way, Monkey met many of his old subordinates in the past, such as the multi-eyed monster, the tiger force, the sheep force, the deer force, the nine-headed insect, Guzhi Gong, Ling Yunzi, Xingxian, these subordinates who followed him through life and death in the past.
One after another appeared in front of him, begging him not to go westward.
"Great Sage, you can't go! This monk is lying to you! Even if he wins, you will definitely be able to break through! But once you go, I'm afraid you will never come back!"
"The demon clan cannot live without the Monkey King!"
Looking at the old faces of those generals, seeing them kneeling in front of him bitterly and begging him not to go, and even risking his life to kill Xuanzang for him, the monkey closed his eyes with tears and waved his hand.
Got his golden cudgel.
He sealed them all in his cave for a thousand years, and they would not wake up until a thousand years later. By then, no matter whether he succeeds or fails, everything may be a foregone conclusion.
The monkey followed Xuanzang all the way west. He killed too many people he didn't want to kill, and also spared too many people he didn't want to let go.
Faced with the green bull spirit, the yellow-robed monster, the Dapeng King, the Lion and Camel King, these monsters from the heavenly Buddhist sect, the monkey finally took back his golden cudgel because he could not kill them because Xuanzang wanted to save them.
The monkey asked the monk, if you don’t kill them, will they be saved? Can they really be good? Are they really saved by you?
Xuanzang did not speak. After a long time, he nodded his head and said, "I know that they were not saved by me. They just lowered their heads because of your existence. If they come down to earth again, they will still be dead."
It will cause harm to the world. But you can't kill them. Behind them are the righteous gods of Heaven and Buddhism. If they die, Heaven and Buddhism will have a reason to personally intercept and kill us, and they have been waiting for that opportunity.
"
The monkey sneered, "Is this your Pudu? The Pudu with its hands tied? They can't die, so my demon army in Huaguo Mountain should die!"
Xuanzang thought for a long time and then said with a smile, "Haven't they all put down the swords in their hands?"
"I put it down after my stick was pointed at my head!"
"But they finally let it go."
Under the monkey's murderous eyes, Xuanzang pointed to the figure of the green bull spirit who was taken away by Laojun and said, "Today they have seen me and you. The seeds have taken root and sprouted in their hearts. I believe that even today they
They have not been saved by me, but they will definitely gain something in the future, because they have all seen and understood what Mahayana Buddhism is, and they have also put down their swords and guns."
"This is the true meaning of the journey to the west. Regardless of monsters or mortals, we will guide them and plant spiritual seeds in their hearts. When the time comes, the seeds will take root and sprout."
"I believe that what we did today was not meaningless because we did it."
Xuanzang looked at the monkey with a smile in his eyes, "After walking for so long, do you understand what Mahayana Buddhism is?"
The monkey knocked away the dead wood next to him with a stick, "I don't know, and I don't want to know."
The monkey kicked Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, telling them to follow quickly, but he didn't notice Xuanzang, who was standing behind him, looking at his back with lonely eyes.