Chapter 62: See You Again in Reincarnation: One of the Ninety-Nine Lives

【After taking in Monkey, your journey westward became much more lively.】

【Monkey chattered endlessly around you — it turned out that the things you had done in Tianshui Huangchao were already known to all the nearby demons.】

【From then on, demons would from time to time want to join your party, but you refused them all.】

【There were also some demons who didn't know better and came looking for trouble.】

【When you were in a good mood, you would expound to them the Mahayana Buddhist Dharma you had comprehended.】

【When you were in a bad mood, you also knew a thing or two about fisticuffs, and would physically deliver these demons to the afterlife on the spot.】

【After your deeds spread, the demons gave you a name — "Fa Ye."】

【"Fa" represented your profound mastery of Buddhist Dharma, and "Ye" represented status, because demons always liked to call themselves "Ye Ye" to flaunt their own standing.】

【The name Fa Ye represented your status in the nearby demon world.】

【Fa Ye's fearsome reputation greatly reduced the demons who harassed you.】

【But as you moved farther and farther from Tianshui Huangchao, the demons grew stronger and stronger, and you still encountered many obstacles.】

【In this region, you could barely sense the aura of the Pure World Lotus anymore.】

【Not far ahead, a great river blocked your path.】

【The river was boundless, its currents swift, mist blanketing the waters above, and the demonic aura on the other side far surpassed that of the side you stood on.】

【Monkey said, "Fa Ye, past here is the Road of Ten Thousand Demons. This road stretches for thousands of miles, and the greater demons on it are each more powerful than the last. You'd better take it easy and stop being so reckless."】

【You pressed your palms together and replied, "Good."】

【With that, you flew up above the great river.】

【"Demon! I saw you hiding in there long ago, trying to ambush this poor monk? Then this poor monk can only send you to see Fozu first."】

【"Great Awakened Heavenly Dragon!"】

【Under Monkey's shocked gaze, you beat the River Demon King to death right there in the river.】

【"Monkey, keep up."】

【You gave a reminder to the trembling Monkey.】

【Monkey observed a moment of silence for the beaten-to-death River Demon King. "I mean, who did you have to provoke? How did you dare provoke Fa Ye?"】

【As the saying goes — once Fa Ye delivers you to the afterlife, there is no path of past or future life again.】

【You and Monkey reached the other side of the great river.】

【Continuing onward, when passing through a village, you picked up an injured Magpie and healed it.】

【Magpie was also a demon, but its cultivation was meager and it could not Shapeshift into human form.】

【Monkey said, "Fa Ye, you've beaten so many demons to death, why are you so kind to a Magpie?"】

【You said, "Didn't this poor monk also not beat you to death, you mischievous monkey?"】

【Monkey immediately shut his mouth.】

【Not long after, you encountered another demon blocking the road. This demon was very powerful, and you fought bitterly with it.】

【In the end, it still managed to escape.】

【After this incident, you decided to teach Monkey some spells and Divine Powers, so that Monkey could lend you a hand at crucial moments.】

【Surprisingly, Monkey had strong comprehension. He learned several formidable Divine Powers and even mastered the Seventy-Two Transformations.】

【One day, as you were again expounding Buddhist Dharma and Divine Powers to Monkey, a crisp, tender young girl's voice sounded beside your ear.】

【"Fa Ye, Fa Ye."】

【You turned to look — Magpie had actually Shapeshifted, becoming a young maiden of fifteen or sixteen.】

【Looking at Magpie's Shapeshifted form, you were stunned for a moment, feeling that she looked somehow familiar.】

Lin Chuan's subconscious was equally astonished.

The Magpie girl's appearance was exactly identical to his own maid Lü Ya!

The Reincarnation Eye showed that Lü Ya's past ninety-nine lives were all as his own maid — could this count as one of those lives?

【"Thank you, Fa Ye, for teaching me the cultivation method and allowing me to Shapeshift."】

【Magpie danced with joy.】

【You said, "Since you have already Shapeshifted and gained sufficient intelligence and the ability to protect yourself, go your own way now. Do not follow me anymore."】

【Magpie was unwilling to leave. "A demon must not be ungrateful. Fa Ye, you taught me the cultivation method, so I must follow Fa Ye and serve Fa Ye."】

【You said, "Following me will get you killed."】

【The girl puffed out her small chest proudly. "I'm not afraid."】

【You smiled and said no more.】

【The girl added, "Oh right, Fa Ye, my name is Lü Ya."】

【You asked casually, "Who gave you your name?"】

【Lü Ya said, "My master from a long time ago. He was a scholar, and he looked very much like you."】

【You asked, "Then why did you leave your master?"】

【Lü Ya said, "He was a Mortal and died long ago. I accompanied him from the moment he was born crying to the moment he closed his eyes and entered his coffin. It's just a pity that back then I couldn't speak — I was only an ordinary Magpie."】

【Monkey laughed. "Magpie demon, you're talking nonsense. How could you remember things from before you developed intelligence?"】

【Lü Ya pouted. "Then maybe it was from a Past Life. Anyway, I just remember it. Doesn't Fo Men always say that heaven and earth have Reincarnation?"】

【Monkey retorted, "Then it's even more impossible to remember things from before Reincarnation."】

【"I remember, I remember! I just remember!"】

【Lü Ya put her hands on her hips and said indignantly, "I even remember what my master said when he named me. He said: 'Magpie perches on the branch, Lü Ya beholds new life.'"】

【Lü Ya glared at Monkey. "Maybe Fa Ye and I met hundreds of years ago, and Fa Ye just forgot."】

【Monkey curled his lip. "Fa Ye's Divine Powers are vast and mighty. In his Past Life he was a True Immortal with boundless Merit — how could he possibly have been a Mortal?"】

Lü Ya hums: "You don't want to believe because you're afraid the Law Elder will truly meet me first and I will take your position."

Facing the two little demons' nonstop bickering, you only find it amusing.

Before leaving Tianshui Huangchao, you never imagined you would take in these two little demons; it seems fate isn't predetermined.

Another little demon has joined, making the road ahead much livelier.

Monkey and Magpie often argue over who is your most faithful follower.

Whenever Magpie loses the argument, she brings up the theory that in a Past Life she served you.

Time flies.

In the blink of an eye, three years later you, Monkey and Magpie have been traveling west for three years.

After following you for three years, Monkey's strength has grown rapidly and is now a Demon King who can stand alone against an entire front.

By contrast, Magpie is clumsy, stumbling through half a life; only after your enlightenment can she achieve Shapeshifting, and she has no talent for the Divine Path Technique.

Magpie's only talent is to seek auspiciousness and avoid misfortune.

Yet before your powerful Karma sensing ability, this talent is merely optional.

But Magpie's mouth is very stubborn.

Even when facing the now‑grown Demon King Monkey, she can still chatter at length, arguing with Monkey until both are red‑faced.

Monkey kills the monsters blocking the road without mercy, while Magpie only ever moves her mouth, never her hands.

In this day‑after‑day bickering, you reach a nation inhabited only by women, called the Women's Kingdom.

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Magpie·Naïve Little Demon