Chapter 892: 674 chapters, this monkey head has said it all
674 chapters, this monkey head has said it all.
674 chapters, this monkey head has said it all.
In the previous chapter, the Classic of Documents said that the two demons of Pingdingshan Cave and Sun Wukong of Huaguo Shan wanted to compete with the monsters.
As for how to compete, the two have not yet reached the same opinion.
Sun Wukong proposed to compete in monkey boxing, but the monster disagreed. The monster said that Huaguo Shan's monkey boxing is the number one supreme skill under heaven, having once won an Olympic gold medal.
No matter what Sun Wukong said, the monster also refused.
The monster, also called an evil person. An evil person's mind is certainly not simple. Who said that? Heaven and earth give birth to people; aside from great benevolence and great malevolence, the rest are not greatly different; great benevolence arises with fortune, great malevolence arises with calamity.
Thus, the monster in this cave is undoubtedly born of calamity. Those born of fortune, if they succeed, can govern the world. Great malevolence is born to disturb the world.
Therefore, demons and monsters must not be taken lightly, nor underestimated. Sun Wukong, for the time being, still does not know this. Because Sun Wukong is still a monkey. How could a monkey know human affairs?
Sun Wukong again proposed to compare monkey boxing with the monster, but the monster firmly refused. Sun Wukong then proposed to compete with the monster using staffs, but the monster was frightened and kept waving its hands, saying that was even worse. The two demons said: staffs also won't do. Everyone knows that the staff Sun Wukong uses, the golden hooped staff, is the sea‑stabilizing treasure from the East Sea Dragon Palace? It is the divine iron that once set the depth of the rivers and seas when Dayu controlled the floods. After Dayu had tamed the waters of the world, that piece became useless. Later it was treated as scrap by Dayu's descendants and sold to the East Sea Dragon King, who loved collecting. When Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace to borrow a treasure, the swords, spears, halberds, axes, lances, whips, shields, staves, bows, arrows, crossbows, forks, lances, shields and other weapons in the palace did not suit him, were awkward to wield; the Dragon King offered steel, but Sun Wukong said it was too small; he also refused the painted halberd. Finally, the Dragon King, vexed by Sun Wukong's mischief, took out the divine precious iron that he had once bought from Dayu's descendants, the Heavenly River‑stabilizing divine iron, and gave it to Sun Wukong. This lump of divine iron weighs 13,500 catties. Such a heavy thing, in Sun Wukong's hands, can become large or small: large enough to reach from Earth to Yueqiu, small enough to be hidden within a strand of hair. This divine iron is called the golden hooped wish‑fulfilling staff. That staff is fearsome: a touch kills, a strike destroys, a graze breaks the skin, a scrape injures the tendons—it is truly invincible under heaven…
Sun Wukong said, "If you won't compete in monkey boxing, then let's compete in somersaults—how about that?"
The monster said, "Monkey head, you're not asking the right question, are you? Somersaults—I know nothing about them, how can I compete with you? Somersaults are a traditional event on your Huaguo Shan and a specialty of your monkey family; how could we match that? Moreover, your Sun Houtou's somersault—who doesn't know that one of your somersaults can travel 108,000 li? Isn't that a master of space travel?"
Sun Wukong, hearing the monster's words, became very angry and said to the two demons, "This also won't do, and that also doesn't matter? In that case, are you just trying to play tricks? Won't you release my master?"
The two demons said, "We demons of Pingdingshan have always been fair and just. When have we ever played tricks?"
Sun Wukong laughed and said, "You evil ones still talk about fairness and justice? That's a huge joke! You do every evil, exhaust all good words, commit every wicked deed, have abandoned all conscience—where does any fairness and justice come from?"
The two demons said, "Monkey head, why can't you speak properly? In our demon realm there is no fairness at all—do you really think all humans are fair? That all humans are kind?"
Sun Wukong thought about the two demons; although they are demons, what they said is not without reason. Yes, among humans, are all people fair? Isn't there too much unfairness?
Seeing Sun Wukong lower his head and stay silent, the two demons thought they were right and mocked him, saying, "How about it, monkey head—is what I said unreasonable?"
Sun Wukong said, "Monster! What you said does have some truth, but it is not the truth. Although we humans are not fair and there are people who deceive each other, people are still people. Bad people can be changed through education and reform, but you monsters and demons can never compare to us humans. Humans are humans, monsters are monsters; monsters can never become **."
The two demons said, "This monkey head is not yet a human. Look at how absolutely you speak. If that's the case, then can a human not become a monster? Can a monster not become **? Humans will always be humans, monsters will always be monsters.'………………………………………………………………….."
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