Chapter 1360: Reminder: The Urgent Old Monkey (2/5, Requesting Subscription)

Ye Hei: "That's right, Brother Monkey, rise up!"

Han Paopao: "Is it really wise to urge Great Sage like this?"

Long Wang of the East Sea: "Indeed, there may be no Sages in the Journey to the West world, but there are certainly Pre-Sages. If Great Sage isn't careful, he might truly fail."

Su Xiao: "Didn't I say? Brother Taixuan is here!"

Yang Jian: "Su Miss is a modern person; her understanding of Master differs from ours ancients. In ancient times, after leaving the master's side, a disciple would exhaust all means to solve problems themselves, not rush to call the master at every difficulty. Only in moments of crisis would they seek the master's aid."

Yang Jian: "Clearly, Great Sage's first thought is not to seek help, but to find a way to solve it himself."

Long Wang of the East Sea: "Exactly. Master is Master, not a nanny."

Su Xiao: "So? Wasn't becoming a disciple in ancient times a bad deal?"

Hu Yifei: "Treating your master like parents or servants is abnormal. Even in modern times, who calls their master for help over every little thing?"

Xiao Mai: "True."

Xiao Yan: "That's why Su Xiao has been coasting all this time—she's gotten used to it."

Great Sage Equaling Heaven: "You're right. I should find my own solutions. If I need Master's help for everything, what's the point of being Great Sage Equaling Heaven!"

Great Sage Equaling Heaven: "But right now, I have no idea what to do. Do any of you have suggestions?"

Su Xiao: "How bold of you to ask me? 【Shocked face】"

Xiao Mai: "No, maybe Great Sage will just filter out your words entirely."

Su Xiao: "That's hurtful—I'm a Taiyi Jin Xian too, just like Great Sage!"

Yang Jian: "Your Taiyi wisdom is insufficient to engage in such planning."

Su Xiao: "Second Lord Zhenjun, don't think your good looks will save you from a beating!"

Yang Jian: "Can you even beat me?"

Su Xiao: "So frustrating!"

Nakano Sanjiu: "Is there really no way?"

Hu Yifei: "No way! The group is full of Taiyi, Jin Xian, and Tian Xian—none of us have the wit to plan against a Da Luo or Pre-Sage."

Bai Zhi: "Besides Lord Daojun, who else could have a solution?"

Hua Yuan Bai He Ling: "I think Daojun might not help directly, but he could give a hint."

Sun Wukong: "That's true. Without a reminder, even if I break my monkey brain, I still won't know what to do."

Zhang Taixuan: "Read the Journey to the West again, and refine the Shen Luo Wan Xiang technique until it becomes effortless. That's all the reminder I'll give. Whether you can penetrate its secrets and find a way out depends on you. If you cannot, stay in the Taixuan Realm and cultivate slowly—you're not suited for strategy. If you do, Da Luo is within reach."

Great Sage Equaling Heaven: "Master, rest assured—I'll give it my all."

Southern Continent.

Tang Dynasty.

Sun Wukong had long since devoured all the demons and monsters he could, and his cultivation had reached the peak of Taiyi Jin Xian.

As for those he hadn't devoured, they may not yet have descended to the mortal realm.

Moreover, he might not easily devour them.

Thus, he transformed into a scholarly white-robed scholar and entered the Tang lands, wandering mountains and rivers, refining his Dao heart.

In the Journey to the West, Buddha had dismissed the Southern Continent as utterly worthless: "The Southern Continent is greedy, lustful, and fond of chaos—rife with slaughter and strife, a battlefield of tongues, an ocean of evil."

Sun Wukong, upon arriving in this continent, felt profound insights.

Buddha's words naturally elevated his Western Paradise and belittled the Southern Continent to facilitate the spread of sutras.

But from the standpoint of immortals and Buddhas, there was some truth to it—other continents, though overrun with demons and monsters like hells, still held paths to cultivation.

The Southern Continent, however, was human territory, where most humans had abandoned cultivation, chasing only worldly fame, profit, and desires.

Otherwise, in ancient times, how could Li Er of the Tang have been frightened by the Kings of Hell?

The human king represents the dignity of humanity, protected by the destiny of the human race.

Not even the Ten Kings of Hell, let alone the Jade Emperor, would dare to treat him disrespectfully.

A powerful human king could even stand equal to the Heavenly Emperor.

But now, humanity has declined.

The human king is no longer what he once was.

From the immortals' perspective, the Southern Continent is nearly a realm of crimson filth and malevolence, filled with beings lost in mortal desires—an abyss of infinite evil.

Immortals seek transcendence.

Places that ensnare the soul in such ways are naturally seen as floods and ferocious beasts.

Combined with the need to spread sutras, Buddha naturally vilified it as utterly worthless.

But from the human perspective,

the Southern Continent is a paradise on earth.

Do you not see? Many souls reborn, and even monks from the Western Paradise, call the Tang of the Southern Continent the blessed land of China.

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This is the place everyone vies to be reborn in.

Sun Wukong, as an observer, took in the entire continent's condition, refining himself amid the crimson dust, feeling his Dao heart grow harmonious and his spirit clear.

Yet even so, he still found not a single clue to break the deadlock.

This Journey to the West scheme is the will of Heaven's great tide, a plan by Da Luo and Pre-Sage powerhouses—how could a mere Taiyi Jin Xian easily unravel it?

He took out the Journey to the West again and began reading.

Meanwhile,

Huaguo Mountain.

The decoy puppet's form of the Monkey King was still eating fruit, leisurely and content.

Although this figurine was only a small object, having stayed in the Journey to the West world for over three hundred years, it had already become spiritually aware and possessed an extraordinary spiritual intelligence.

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He knew his own mission, and every day he was cautious and careful, merely stalling for time.

"Great King, you saw those monkeys and grandchildren die—could you really not feel even the slightest bit of anything?"

An old monkey, anxious at heart, looked toward the substitute monkey lying to one side, gnawing on a peach, and reminded him.

According to the script, shouldn't this monkey have already gone overseas to seek immortality?

How come it was still leisurely lounging on Flower-Fruit Mountain, gnawing on peaches!

Could it be that three hundred years of time had already worn away the monkey's Dao-nature, causing him to become lost amidst the human world, no longer seeking the path of transcendence?

The substitute monkey started, then said with an expressionless face: "I'm very sad!"

The old monkey pressed: "And then?"

"And then?" The substitute monkey spread his hands. "Where would an 'and then' come from? I see that after the people of Aolai Nation die they must be buried—could it be that you want us to start up funeral customs as well? It's not that we can't. It's just that this way, everyone would have to labor a bit more, and it would be rather uncomfortable."

The old monkey was so anxious he scratched his ears and cheeks, nearly jumping up: "Great King, that's not what I meant."

He only wanted the Great King to realize that life has an end.

Even if one wants to enjoy life, one should first cultivate an immortal, deathless body before enjoying it.

He never expected that this monkey was simply impervious to all persuasion, maintaining a lazy posture, which nearly drove him frantic.

In fact, it wasn't just him—the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas of Lingshan were also getting anxious.

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