Chapter 895: 690 chapters, two strange stones

690 chapters, two strange stones

69o chapters, two strange stones

Last time, the book said, Sun Wukong and the demon were outside the mountain gate, talking back and forth about whose magnanimity was greater.

The demon's intention is obvious. He said Sun Wukong had a big magnanimity, that was to trick Sun Wukong. Just like some swindlers in life, before deceiving you, they always use fine words to lure you into the trap they designed; likewise, some dishonest merchants make false advertisements, saying things more pleasant than singing, actually to lure you into the "Wei Cheng" they designed. He wants to use you, even wants to dig out your heart to eat.

Reader, you understand, a demon that wants to eat people—how could it sincerely discuss with Sun Wukong whose magnanimity is greater?

Because the demon itself is the embodiment of evil, the opposite of goodness.

So, the demon's mouth is full of deceitful nonsense. Yet, the demon's deceitful nonsense actually bewildered Sun Wukong.

That monkey head actually forgot his master Tang Sanzang and his junior brothers Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing; at this moment he is still hanging in the demon's cave. The demons are rolling up their sleeves, preparing to eat them. This monkey head, still leisurely, talks nonsense with the second demon.

Please excuse me, reader: because the monkey-headed Sun Wukong on Flower-Fruit Mountain has not yet fully shed his primitive state, nor been called a true person. At present, Sun Wukong is still not a complete person.

Reader, you surely know this monkey's origin: he is merely a stone monkey from Flower-Fruit Mountain, born from a crack in the stone. He has no father, no mother.

Speaking of that monkey head's parents, the reader will surely recall that legendary tale: on the shore of the Divine Land's Eastern Sea stands a mountain named Flower-Fruit Mountain. That mountain truly is a fine mountain. On it grow wondrous flowers and herbs that never wither, green pines and cypresses that stay verdant year-round. In all seasons, flowers and fruits give off fragrance, and the eight seasonal vines display their lushness.

Right on the summit of this mountain sits a huge strange stone. Calling it a strange stone is well-founded, for on this stone there are nine apertures and eight holes. Humans have only seven apertures and nine holes. Yet this strange stone actually has one more aperture than a person.

Reader, do you say this is not a strange aperture?

No wonder after cultivating, Sun Wukong became more clever and quick-witted than people. Originally, the stone that gave birth to him already had one more aperture than human parents. Good hereditary genes.

Moreover, it is strange that around this stone there are no trees, while elsewhere on Flower-Fruit Mountain there are trees. Yet only around this strange stone are there no trees?

Reader, you know that trees block sunlight; without trees blocking, one can receive more of heaven and earth's essence, and more sunlight.

Of course, to say there is no unobstructed stone on the mountain is not something remarkable.

Such stones can be seen all over that mountain; that's not surprising. What is remarkable is that, year-round, fragrant orchids grow on the left and right of the stone, these orchids blooming opposite each other, their fragrance never ceasing through the seasons. Orchids, for thousands of years, with their fragrance and beauty, have nourished and gently transformed this strange stone.

As for this strange stone, receiving the purity of heaven and earth, the essence of sun and moon, over time it gains a spiritual sense. As the saying goes: with love, sincerity, truthfulness, perseverance, and faith, even a stubborn stone can be transformed.

When the little essay reaches this point in the dictionary, the reader will surely recall the story of Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu from Dream of the Red Chamber, linking Sun Wukong with Jia Baoyu. At this moment, the reader will surely think I have again strayed from the topic.

This time, I have not strayed at all.

Reader, consider: was Jia Baoyu's former self a stone? When Nüwa refined stones to patch the heavens, on the Mount Great Wilderness's Unreasonable Cliff she forged thirty-six thousand five hundred and one stubborn stones, each twelve zhang high and twenty-four zhang square on all sides.

In fact, Nüwa had already measured the deficient parts of heaven. To patch the heavens entirely, only thirty-six thousand six hundred stubborn stones, each twelve zhang high and twenty-four zhang square, would be needed.

Then why did Nüwa refine an extra stone?

This reason is simple: that stone was a reserve, in case she accidentally broke one while patching the heavens, to have a spare.

As it turns out, Nüwa is a woman who is extremely careful in her work; while patching the heavens, she did not break a single stone.

Thus that reserve stone for patching the heavens became useless. It was nothing. Nüwa might as well just cast it aside casually!

Thus, that stone's heart became unbalanced!

Since you have no use for me, why did you create me in the first place? In this world, abandoned in the wild mountains, forgotten by the world, overlooked by people—what value and meaning does my existence as this stone still have?

Thus, this stone ………………………………………………………………