Chapter 4

If this were during the journey west and they encountered a monster, wouldn't Sun Wukong be discussing with the monster a hundred ways to eat Tang Seng?

Chen Nuo thought of this and couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Wouldn't the Buddhists collectively come over and smash this little shop?

This scene was too beautiful; Chen Nuo didn't dare imagine it, and he also feared trouble, just as he was about to refuse, the system's voice sounded again in his ears.

"Ding, detected that Sun Wukong wants to become a disciple. As the Cooking God, how could you have no disciple? Please accept Sun Wukong as your disciple and impart cooking skills!"

"Accept, reward: one Innate Spiritual Root, Human Xian Jing cultivation, one Basic Knife Technique manual, one Basic Cooking Utensils Set, one Apprentice Outfit, and after graduation, you will still receive generous rewards!"

"Refuse, Buddhist Sect siege!"

Chen Nuo's mouth twitched. Is this choice even needed? Definitely the first one—this damn thing letting the Buddhist Sect besiege him, is that even okay?

Moreover, in this first reward, aside from that spiritual root and the Human Xian Jing cultivation, the rest are all Sun Wukong's, right?

But after accepting the monkey, Buddhism will probably explode, and the outcomes of the first and second rewards are the same anyway.

If he were given a Pre-Saint cultivation right away, he could still have some confidence to make a move, after all, Saints have long been forbidden foot by Hongjun.

But this Human Immortal cultivation—is the system sure it's not trying to trick me?

"System, if I accept this monkey and the Buddhists besiege me, what should I do?" Chen Nuo made a soul-searching inquiry.

"Ding, as long as the host is near Chaos Residence, they are an invincible existence, and Chaos Residence has the Heavenly Secrets Concealment Function—even if Hongjun himself arrives, he cannot detect anything within Chaos Residence." The system's cold voice said.

Is there still this function?

Chen Nuo froze; having stayed here for so many days, he only just found out.

Hearing this, his heart eased considerably; since there were no worries left behind, he just went ahead and did it.

Sun Wukong lowered his head and waited for half a day, yet heard nothing.

"Is this not acceptable?"

Sun Wukong sadly thought: he had traveled ten thousand miles seeking the method of longevity, finally found two immortal cave dwellings—one he hadn't even seen the face of, the other wouldn't accept him.

"Ah, how hard is a monkey's life!"

"Could it be that one ultimately cannot escape the cycle of birth and death, transcending the mundane world?"

Sun Wukong clenched his fists tightly, his body also trembling slightly.

"I can accept you as my disciple." At this time, Chen Nuo spoke softly.

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong instantly raised his head, widened his eyes, and asked in disbelief: "Really?"

Seeing Sun Wukong like this, Chen Nuo said somewhat helplessly: "Really, but I also have conditions."

Sun Wukong rejoiced greatly, hurriedly saying: "Master, just say it—no problem, disciple will definitely agree to everything!"

"First, during the study period, you must not leave Chaos Residence even half a step!" Chen Nuo said slowly.

Even though he is invincible in Chaos Residence, he doesn't want Sun Wukong to expose himself too early; otherwise, Chaos Residence would be surrounded all day by a group of bald heads, and then this business wouldn't need to be done.

"Second, whatever I teach you, you learn that—no half-point of complaint allowed!"

In the original work, Sun Wukong was picky and choosy, truly disliked.

"Third, accepting you as a disciple, you are free, but every day you must give me ten monkey hairs as tuition for teaching you!"

Since accepting him as a disciple, it would be embarrassing to ask for meal money, so let's collect some tuition instead—besides, this monkey has so much hair, ten hairs a day is not excessive, right?

"Is it that simple?"

Sun Wukong froze; he thought it would be some huge condition.

"Disciple agrees!" Sun Wukong said without hesitation, fearing Chen Nuo might regret it.

The first two conditions naturally need no saying; this third condition's monkey hairs—there's absolutely no problem, what monkeys have the most of? Of course, monkey hair!

Not to mention ten hairs a day—even a hundred hairs a day, he would do it!

Chen Nuo nodded and said: "Good,

From today onward, you are my Chen Nuo's disciple. May you study diligently and train hard, never be lazy—know that the sea of cooking is boundless, suffering makes the boat; if you do not advance, you retreat."

"Disciple understands!" Sun Wukong joyfully agreed, not knowing what "suffering makes the boat" meant, but anyway, whatever the master says is right.

Seeing Sun Wukong's such proactive attitude, Chen Nuo also felt greatly relieved, able to let this single-minded longevity-seeking Sun Wukong shift his goal—he really isn't just generally awesome.

"Ding, congratulations host on completing the disciple recruitment task, rewards distributed!"

As the system's voice fell, Chen Nuo's aura instantly surged!

Starting from an ordinary mortal, continuously advancing, instantly reaching the Human Xian Jing.

The sudden change in aura startled Sun Wukong, after all, he had never come into contact with cultivation.

He only felt the master's aura suddenly become terrifying.

After the inheritance ended, Chen Nuo clenched his fists, feeling the surging power within his body.

This damn thing is awesome—could this be the legendary one-step ascension to immortality?

Afterwards, Chen Nuo glanced at the trembling Sun Wukong in the corner, smiled helplessly, then waved his hand—several items instantly appeared before Sun Wukong's eyes.

Exactly the last three items from the rewards.

This conjuring of objects from thin air also startled Sun Wukong greatly—master not only has miraculous cooking skills, but also such methods.

"These are your clothes, cooking utensils, and knife technique—keep them well." Chen Nuo said lightly.

"For me?"

Sun Wukong hurriedly put these several items into his bosom, overjoyed.

"Boil some water, first go wash up, take off your clothes." Chen Nuo instructed, since having accepted Sun Wukong as a disciple, his image cannot be too poor.

Besides, this Sun Wukong has been rushing around, his body all smelly.

"Understood, Master."

On the other side, Bodhi Patriarch was so worried he could die—he even followed the monkey's trail from Fangcun Mountain to Mount Huaguo, searching everywhere.

Yet still found nothing—this monkey seemed to have vanished into thin air.

"Impossible!"

Bodhi's eyes were somewhat reddened; with that monkey's steadfast Dao-heart, how could he have just left?

He was calculating the time, calculating that the monkey's state of mind should have just been irritable, and even if he had left, with his Prepared Saint cultivation, how could he not have deduced it?!

Bodhi furrowed his brows tightly—could it be that the Journey to the West Great Calamity has come early?

The first difficulty is finding the monkey?

But I am not the One Who Takes the Scriptures!

After another round of deduction, still no news at all—Bodhi was completely at a loss.

He sighed heavily; now, there was nothing else to do but this.

Sitting cross-legged on the Immortal Clouds Above, Bodhi closed his eyes tightly.

In the Purple Heaven Palace, the old monk in meditation, Zhunti, suddenly opened his eyes, his face showing surprise.

"Junior Brother, what happened?" Jieyin, standing nearby, was also startled and opened his mouth to ask.

"The envoy destined for the Western Journey—my disciple of Good Corpse Heavenly Determination has vanished!"

"Vanished?"

Jieyin was stunned, then said: "This is what the Heavenly Dao selected—how could he possibly be gone?"

"He really is gone." Zhunti shook his head; when he received the news of Good Corpse, he too had not believed it, but after personally sensing it once, he indeed found no trace of the monkey.

It was as if he had vanished into thin air.

Upon hearing this, Jieyin also began to deduce in his mind; shortly after, his expression grew even more bitter, and he sighed: "We in the Western Paradise have waited so long for the Great Prosperity Opportunity—how could an accident occur before it even began?"

"Could it be the work of Nüwa?" Zhunti speculated.