Chapter 16

"Stop pretending, you can't fool me." Chen Nuo said calmly.

Although he knew the monkey was sincerely learning cooking, Sun Wukong still longed for cultivation.

"Disciple has no..." Sun Wukong's face changed, he said anxiously.

Chen Nuo gently interrupted the monkey, saying: "Listen first as Master finishes speaking."

"Wholeheartedly learning cooking is good, but spending your whole life, how much can you really learn from me?"

Chen Nuo's cooking is not that simple—easy to learn, hard to master!

"Even if you grow old and die here, you still couldn't graduate."

"Is that so?"

A feeling of helplessness suddenly welled up in Sun Wukong's heart.

After Chen Nuo finished speaking, he looked at the somewhat negative Sun Wukong, shook his head helplessly, waved his hand, and a book emitting an extreme ancient aura appeared before Sun Wukong's eyes.

Sun Wukong instinctively took it, Great Brand Heavenly Immortal Decision? What is this?

Sun Wukong began to have some doubts.

"This is a cultivation technique, capable of directly reaching Great Luo Golden Immortal!" Chen Nuo's voice sounded again.

Immortal technique!?

Sun Wukong's breath caught, the hand holding the book began to tremble, the thing he had long dreamed of just fell into his hands like this?

"Thank you, Master!" Sun Wukong was overjoyed, quickly kowtowing to express gratitude.

"There's nothing to thank, if you don't cultivate, how could you learn my cooking?" Chen Nuo said solemnly.

Although he now only knows two dishes, there will be more and more in the future; Sun Wukong, even if he cultivates, may not necessarily finish learning them all!

"With this Heavenly Immortal Secret, you no longer need to worry about lifespan, and in the future you must be diligent—not only cultivation, but cooking must not be neglected either!"

Sun Wukong said with a smile: "Yes, Master."

Chen Nuo nodded, he certainly did not intend to make this monkey wait six or seven years like Bodhi did, with cultivation time only three years, truly wasting Sun Wukong's talent.

Year after year, spring passes and autumn comes, in a blink, ten years have passed.

One day, the various senior brothers and sisters of the Three Star Cave gathered under the big pine tree.

"Junior Brother Wukong, I heard the old master passed on to you the transformation method to escape the three disasters, can you all do it? Let us see, let us broaden our horizons!" a senior brother suddenly said.

Upon hearing this, the six-eared one in Daoist robes had a sinking face, he knew this would soon end.

"Please, senior brother, give me a topic, tell me what to transform into?"

"Then transform into a pine tree!"

"Good!" The six-eared one took a deep breath, then began to chant the mantra, immediately shook his body and transformed, a pine tree appeared before everyone's eyes.

Everyone was overjoyed, praising repeatedly, though what they muttered was Sun Wukong's name.

Finally, the noise disturbed Bodhi.

"What are you doing! Do you still have the slightest appearance of a cultivator!" Bodhi shouted angrily, then saw the six-eared one who had just returned to Wukong's appearance, flicked his wide sleeve, and said coldly: "You may leave now!"

The six-eared one showed neither sorrow nor joy, clasped his hands and said: "Master, where do you want me to go?"

"Return from where you came, if you stay here, it is absolutely forbidden! Once you leave, you will surely bring disaster, no matter how you cause trouble, you are not allowed to say I am your master!"

"If you utter this single word, I will make you never able to turn over for eternity!"

The six-eared one raised his head, looked at Bodhi's eyes devoid of the slightest contempt, nodded and said: "Disciple will keep this in mind."

After speaking, he left expressionlessly, flying toward the direction of Mount Huaguo.

Seeing Sun Wukong leave, Bodhi clenched his fist, and everyone nearby turned to nothing.

Then he took another step, the entire Blood Moon Three Star Cave began to silently tear apart, as if everything no longer existed.

One step shattered the void, instantly, he vanished from the spot.

Before Chaos Residence, Sun Wukong squatted on the steps, holding a huge peach in his hand,

eating it bite by bite.

The peach was heavy and solid, flat and round in shape, pink in color, emitting a fragrant aroma.

If someone knowledgeable looked at it, they would surely recognize this as one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, the peach, and moreover of the highest age limit, otherwise it absolutely could not be this large!

However, this precious peach, at this moment among the monkeys, was like a snack, finished in a few bites, and then, just like a magic trick, he took out another one.

Who let Chen Nuo's peach trees bear fruit once a year, these years the backyard is almost turned into a small peach garden by Sun Wukong's planting.

After continuously eating several, Sun Wukong belched.

In this place he had stayed for a full ten years, during this period he not only cultivated to the mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal, but also comprehended several heaven-defying divine abilities from Master's dishes.

As for cooking, according to Master's words, it could be considered as barely having entered the door.

One could say it was a complete rebirth.

However, Chen Nuo's small shop remains desolate, besides that woman from ten years ago, no one else has ever come, yet Master remains leisurely and content every day, which makes Sun Wukong inwardly admire.

Looking toward the direction he came from, his heart showed a hint of melancholy, adding up the time of his bumpy journey, it has been nearly twenty years.

So long, I don't even know how my monkey offspring are doing.

Now he has also learned some skills, why not go back for a trip, show off a bit?

The thought arose, growing stronger, so Sun Wukong stood up, patted the dust off his body, and came before Chen Nuo inside the house.

Looking at Chen Nuo resting with eyes closed, he shrank his neck, swallowed the words he was about to say.

Then he turned around and wanted to leave.

"If you have something to say, just say it." Chen Nuo opened his eyes and said lightly.

"Master." Sun Wukong hehe laughed, very obsequiously said: "You're awake, not going to sleep a bit more? Why don't I make you a cup of peach juice?"

"No need." Chen Nuo shook his head, glanced at Sun Wukong: "You monkey, these two years you've learned to flatter and fawn more and more."

Sun Wukong quickly shook his head, said solemnly: "Master, this comes from the bottom of my heart, following my true nature!"

If it were someone else, he would act like that, but his master treated him with the kindness of a second creation—he knew it as clearly as if reflected in a bright mirror.

Chen Nuo showed a hint of a smile, and in his heart, a sense of relief naturally arose—this monkey was not taken in vain!

Although it started because of the system mission, over time, he also treated him sincerely.

The Great Sage Equal to Heaven from his previous life coming to be his disciple was indeed a special experience.

"Speak, what is it?"

"Master, I want to go back to Mount Huaguo to see those monkeys and their descendants."

Chen Nuo frowned, leaving Chaos Residence?

Wouldn't Sun Wukong then be exposed to the gaze of the Three Realms? In that case, wouldn't Sun Wukong's fate suffer another twist?

But Chen Nuo also knew this was unavoidable—could he really let Sun Wukong hide for a lifetime?

If it were the King Eight Essence, he might still think it possible, but for this easily impatient monkey, better to forget it.

Seeing Chen Nuo's expression change, Sun Wukong felt uneasy in his heart and quickly waved his hand, saying: "Master, I absolutely have no intention of leaving—I'll come back in a few days!"

"If Master doesn't want it, I won't go back either!"

"I never said you couldn't go back." Chen Nuo tapped the table and said: "But as your master, I need to say a few words to you."