Chapter 741

Ye Xuan here was extremely depressed, but online, people were still discussing the *Journey to the West* incident with great fervor.

And so, another bold netizen appeared immediately. He was a book reviewer with five million followers who usually relied on reviewing these works to gain attention.

Actually, to put it bluntly, it was just a book-dismantling job, adding a few personal viewpoints in the process, and he dared to shamelessly claim he was a book reviewer.

Seeing that the heat of this wave of *Journey to the West* hadn't faded yet, but was instead gradually rising, how could he miss this wave of heat? So he stayed up all night to finish reading *Journey to the West*.

I don't know if he saw those comments online saying one should memorize it by heart, but he actually really finished reading *Journey to the West* backward.

And so, as soon as he finished reading, he started posting a little article online, not forgetting the same tactic, remembering to tag the original author, Ye Xuan.

06 His little article started like this.

After having read Mr. Ye Xuan's *Journey to the West* twice, I specifically tried to read it backward once, and I really discovered the profound meaning within it.

Take the beginning after their successful pilgrimage and look at it backward: the five master and disciples were immediately conferred titles and generals, obtaining supreme glory, but were sent down to experience eighty-one tribulations.

Tang Seng turned from a god and Buddha into a mortal body, having to experience various tribulations, cutting off love and desire before it was possible to return to the immortal position.

Therefore, throughout the entire process, the goal was clear; whether it was a beautiful demon or the solicitation of powerful forces, he remained unmoved, not confused by money or beauty, insisting on walking the path of cultivating immortality.

If he hadn't experienced the glory of becoming a Buddha, how could he have such a firm goal? In the final analysis, in the eighty-one tribulations he experienced, he hadn't encountered a greater temptation than becoming a Buddha.

After all, humans are the creatures best at weighing pros and cons.

As for Sun Wukong, looking at it backward, his experience is actually even more tragic.

Although he was conferred the title of Victorious Fighting Buddha, after re-experiencing the eighty-one tribulations backward, he first returned to the Flower-Fruit Mountain to become the Great Sage Equal to Heaven after subduing various demons.

Unfortunately, he was too arrogant. Clearly knowing that this day was a rule designated by the Jade Emperor, he still tried to defy the law. His Fiery Eyes were destroyed by the alchemy furnace, his Seventy-Two Transformations were all dissipated, and even the Golden-Hooped Rod was returned to its original owner because he trespassed in the Dragon Palace.

Then what did he have left in the end?

In the very end, on the way to worship his master, he encountered natural disasters on the way back, and after death, he turned into a stone, with no one remembering his existence.

Perhaps it was because he was born without parents, with no one to help him speak a word of justice, and even the memory of his existence was dissipated.

Then what about Zhu Bajie? Relatively speaking, he was still considered good.

Slaying demons and eliminating monsters along the way didn't consume much effort. Not only could he return to the Gao Village at the beginning and marry a beautiful wife, but he could also have a decent job, which was the Marshal Tianpeng; he could be called a winner in life.

Sha Seng could be considered to have obtained what he sought, diligently doing his duty, and in the end, he was restored to his original position, becoming the General of the Water Curtain, and perhaps in the future, he would meet a clam spirit with whom he shared a mutual understanding and become a couple.

As for the Bai Longma, it could be said to be cultivation and upgrading. He didn't exert much effort along the way, and when he achieved success and fame, he could rely on his family's connections to return to the Dragon Palace to be his Crown Prince Supreme, enjoying a life of wealth and honor.

Then, these demons and monsters defeated along the way had a common problem.

If they encountered a demon like the White Bone Spirit, who had no power, no influence, and no background, regardless of whether they harmed people or not, they would be beaten to death with a stick, or beaten to death with a stick.

And when encountering a demon like the Great Peng, who had a strong background, not only would they not be beaten to death with a stick, but they wouldn't even be scolded, and would be taken back by their respective backers.

Looking at it this way, this *Journey to the West*, in the final analysis, is nothing more than a group of people with or without backgrounds coming out to experience life. In the end, those with backgrounds can return to their respective life trajectories after experiencing life.

And for the demons without backgrounds, they all ended up dying miserably, with no way out at all.

It is very much like the life of us ordinary people. If you don't have background or strength, don't be confused by poisonous chicken soup, and don't squander your life, thinking that you can become like those with backgrounds by dealing with them.

In fact, everything has a track to follow; don't try to change the Heavenly Dao with your own strength.

Once this "backer theory" viewpoint came out, how could the netizens online sit still?

After all, the viewpoints proposed by the previous two were relatively further away from ordinary life, and there would be some sense of distance, not feeling the unfairness so obviously.

But once this "backer theory" viewpoint came out, people from all walks of life felt deeply touched, and the comments became increasingly intense.

"Yes, yes, that's the logic. For those with backgrounds, no matter what they do, it's much simpler than for us ordinary people. This world is an unfair existence."

"Therefore, no matter how hard we work at our jobs, in the end, even the best-performing Sun Wukong is not as good as someone who knows how to talk like Zhu Bajie and gets the leader's appreciation, nor will he be like Sha Seng, who only does his duty, with effort proportional to reward, and even less like the Bai Longma, who has connections and does the easiest work. Of course, he will be even less like Tang Seng, who gains the most honor and praise without working. Thinking about it, it's not just unfair; it's practically carrying out the 'backer theory' to the end, leaving us 697 ordinary people with no way out."

"Such a dark side of life was actually written so obscurely by Mr. Ye Xuan, which is enough to show that he is a life mentor with vision and profound connotation. I found that searching through all the vocabulary in my brain, I couldn't find a word to describe a great god like him. He is too awesome, portraying such a realistic subject so vividly."

"How many experiences must a person have to write a work at the level of Mr. Ye Xuan? Moreover, *Journey to the West* is truly a work that you will have different feelings about every time you read it. Shouldn't it be worthy of being selected for the must-read list in China, so that the flowers of our motherland can also read and learn from it?"

"I really have to admire Mr. Ye Xuan's skills, being able to expose such a dark side and using irony. Not only is the subject novel, but even the logic inside is so strong. He is truly an awesome person, making people admire him to the point of prostration."

No matter to what extent the online boasting about Ye Xuan reached, at this moment, he was heartlessly kicked out of the house by his own mother.

If those netizens knew that someone as powerful as Ye Xuan would be reduced to this point, they would definitely swarm over to recommend themselves. I'm afraid that by then, they could even trample his threshold flat.

Leaving Ye Xuan's mother dazzled, not knowing which one to choose as a daughter-in-law.