5: Chapter 5 You Don’t Want a Monkey’s Life Anymore 5: Chapter 5 You Don’t Want a Monkey’s Life Anymore Wang Yang was startled to see Sun Wukong disappear.
Sun Wukong’s talent was too immense.
Could it be possible that by merely watching him perform the Wind Escape once, Sun Wukong had learned it?
However, upon further reflection, Sun Wukong, being transformed from the Five-Colored Divine Stone and situated atop Mount Huaguo, devouring the spiritual energy and essence of the sun and moon from the Nine Provinces, already possessed an exceptionally powerful Mana.
It was for this reason that Sun Wukong was hardly inferior to the Innate Deities that emerged from Chaos.
What he lacked were the Cultivation Methods.
Thus, after cultivating for seven years in the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, he had reached a level of the Taiyi Sword Immortal that countless beings could not achieve in hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years.
This was clearly being restricted; having become so powerful after just a few years of cultivation, if left unchecked, probably only a few Saints in the Three Realms could suppress him.
No wonder then, the Saints plotted and oppressed him.
The intent was to limit Sun Wukong’s cultivation.
Now, Sun Wukong had learned the Nine-Turn Profound Art from Wang Yang’s teachings.
With a bit of comprehension, Sun Wukong immediately mastered it, quickly grasped the working method of Wind Escape, and learned it right away.
This was sheer talent.
At that moment, as Sun Wukong felt the presence of the wind and seemed to merge with it, he disappeared in the blink of an eye, covering hundreds or thousands of miles in an instant.
Wang Yang hadn’t even had time to react.
Gentle breezes began to stir again within the Daoist Temple.
A figure reappeared in front of him, it was Sun Wukong.
And by then, Sun Wukong already had two peaches in his hand.
“How far did you go?”
Wang Yang curiously looked at Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong handed one of the peaches to Wang Yang, then wore a hesitant expression.
“I don’t know, but there were some peaches there.”
Wang Yang took the peach, closely examining its extremely fresh appearance, clearly just picked not long ago.
Within a thousand miles, aside from the Tarnished Peach Mountain behind the hill, there were no other peach groves.
Could it be that this peach’s spiritual energy differed from those of Tarnished Peach Mountain, indicating it came from over a thousand miles away?
This left Wang Yang utterly dumbfounded.
He could only go a few hundred miles, nearly a thousand at most, and now Sun Wukong had just learned and was already so powerful?
Looking at Sun Wukong now scratching his head, Wang Yang felt somewhat defeated.
Among the disciples here, even though his cultivation speed was not fast, his mastery of Magic Techniques was still very formidable, but now even this sole advantage was surpassed by this newly initiated Sun Wukong?
“Elder brother, do I have great talent?”
Even though Sun Wukong didn’t know whether the Escape Skill he’d just used was powerful, judging from Wang Yang’s expression, he could guess.
He was, after all, the Great King of Mount Huaguo, the leader of many monkeys and monkey descendants.
How could his talent be lacking?
Wang Yang looked at Sun Wukong, who because of this incident nearly had his tail reaching the sky, and thought, this really won’t do.
Later, he might be provoked by the people of Celestial Court, then ascend to heaven, and create Havoc in the Celestial Palace.
Wouldn’t all his teachings be in vain?
It seemed he needed to further cleanse Sun Wukong’s mind.
He should make Sun Wukong refrain from recklessness and bravado, and focus on ruling well as the Great King of Mount Huaguo.
Even if he went Seeking Scriptures, it should not be under the control of those celestial Deities.
“Brother, what’s wrong with you?”
At that moment, Sun Wukong noticed Wang Yang’s gaze and couldn’t help but shiver.
“Junior brother, I’ve thought of another question for you to consider,”
said Wang Yang with a smile.
Sun Wukong tensed up and nodded, “Please tell me, senior brother!”
“This question is as follows: one day, if you found yourself being soul-snatched by two ghost messengers who don’t look particularly strong, what would you do?”
“First: use all your strength to deal with them directly, they dared to appear before you and even dared to snatch your soul!”
“Second: when you hear that you are supposedly dead, thinking of your monkey descendants, and hoping that they live long, you decide to play along, head to the Underworld, erase your name and the names of your monkey descendants from the Book of Life and Death, create a havoc, and then leave contentedly!”
“Third: pretend to follow them to the Underworld, then use a doppelgänger to take your place while your true body quietly returns, without anyone noticing!”
“Come on, make your choice!”
Wang Yang looked at Sun Wukong.
“Senior brother, I think once I’m more cultivated, I could easily defeat such soul envoys, but I wish more for my monkey descendants to live long, so I choose the second option!”
Sun Wukong came here for the sake of immortality, so naturally, he also didn’t want his monkey descendants to perish.
Wang Yang was infuriated, feeling like his previous explanations were wasted.
He grabbed a banana and knocked it on Sun Wukong’s forehead.
“Do you no longer care about your monkey life?
What did you just say?
The world is dangerous, you know?
And now just a bit of cultivation makes you think you are invincible?”
Wang Yang sighed to himself, knowing such a conclusion was inevitable.
“Senior brother, I just want to save my monkey descendants, I don’t want them to die, isn’t wiping their names off the list supposed to grant them longevity?
Besides, if I can’t defeat them, I’ll just run away!”
Sun Wukong felt somewhat helpless.
“How do you know erasing names will work?
If that really was effective, wouldn’t the powerful immortals never have to die?
Everything ultimately depends on one’s own strength!”
Wang Yang shook his head, appearing disappointed.
After Sun Wukong was sealed, Erlang Shen went up to Mount Huaguo and slew many monkeys, and yet these monkeys still died.
So the Book of Life and Death is only effective for those with minor powers; in front of beings with great strength, it is practically useless.
“Ah, I hadn’t thought about that!”
“Then I choose the third option!”
Sun Wukong didn’t hesitate at all and immediately chose the third option.
“Senior brother, can I teach my monkey descendants how to cultivate?”
Sun Wukong asked curiously.
“Of course, you can, but you always need to consider whether it will bring trouble to yourself and your monkey descendants!”
Wang Yang shifted the direction of his advice.
Sun Wukong fears neither heaven nor earth, but his monkey descendants are not Sun Wukong; they are much weaker.
“You’re right, senior brother, I’ll remember that!”
Sun Wukong was quick to grasp the concept.
He might act recklessly, but what about his monkey descendants?
“However, you must remember that anything you do might endanger your disciples, unless you truly become overwhelmingly powerful and can face any danger.
Otherwise, the best course is to avoid trouble!”
“Even if you really must face trouble, always conceal your strength so that you might surprise your opponents and escape the crisis!”
“Senior brother, I understand now!”