Chapter 1287: Leaving

"Damn it, to dare to bully me like this, I will not submit!"

After exchanging pleasantries with the monkey for a while, Su Fan suddenly set up a sound-insulating Forbidden Restriction between the two of them, and then explained the situation regarding the Journey to the West.

Upon hearing this, the monkey did not believe it at first, but then he thought of how he had been suppressed under the mountain by Rulai, and how Guanyin had told him to wait five hundred years for someone to come and rescue him.

The monkey was extremely intelligent to begin with; after all, he was a Heaven and Earth Spirit Monkey. In the original timeline, he had figured it out himself, and now with Su Fan's prompting, he naturally understood it all.

"Great Sage, see things clearly. Your current strength is insufficient, and you must endure. That Buddhist Sect Lord has extraordinary power; even in the Three Realms, he is a rare Quasi-Saint Peak."

"Even that Guanyin Bodhisattva possesses the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal Peak."

"Although you, Great Sage, are a Heaven and Earth Spirit Monkey with an Innate Foundation, compared to their foundations, you do not have an advantage. Those people already attained the Dao after the Investiture of the Gods, becoming either Quasi-Saints or Great Luo Golden Immortals."

"You, Great Sage, are currently only a Taiyi Golden Immortal. Going head-to-head with them is like an egg hitting a rock. It is better to endure for now and cultivate properly."

"This Journey to the West is for the prosperity of Buddhism. The journey is not only for the Future Buddha to spread the teachings, but also for Merit Luck. As one of the key figures, once your merit is complete in the future, your Merit Luck will surely surge. By utilizing this to cultivate, your cultivation will certainly rise to a higher level, and you might even break through to a Great Luo Golden Immortal."

"That is when you should prepare. However, I advise you, Great Sage, that even when that time comes, you should still avoid conflict with that Buddhist Sect Lord, as his strength is terrifyingly abnormal."

"There is no good outcome in opposing him. Unless you, Great Sage, can eventually reach the realm of a Quasi-Saint, you will find it difficult to escape his suppression."

"You, Great Sage, are a Heaven and Earth Spirit Monkey, born from the Five-Colored Divine Stone. Being naturally nurtured with an extraordinary foundation, you still have a chance to break through to a Quasi-Saint. Only then will you be qualified to confront him."

Su Fan watched the fiery look in the monkey's eyes and still poured a basin of cold water over him, dousing him from head to toe, even though it did not completely extinguish the monkey's rage.

After all, anyone who heard that everything since their birth had been calculated by others, and that they were essentially a marionette, would be extremely furious, let alone a monkey with a fiery temper.

The monkey's temper was indeed very explosive, ready to detonate at the slightest provocation.

Especially now, but although the monkey was quick to explode, after what had happened before, coupled with being suppressed for a hundred years, he had become much calmer.

At this moment, after hearing Su Fan's words, his heart was indeed filled with rage that surged to the heavens, but when he thought of his bet with Rulai, he realized he had been controlled like a toy.

That terrifying situation gave even him, who feared neither heaven nor earth, a sense of dread, and he lost his previous impulsiveness.

Seeing the monkey's expression gradually calm down, Su Fan nodded inwardly; although the monkey was reckless, he was not a complete brute.

This was worthy of his status as a Heaven and Earth Spirit Monkey.

As one of the Four Great Spirit Monkeys, his intelligence was not lacking. In fact, none of the Four Great Spirit Monkeys were fools; otherwise, they would not have survived to this day.

In terms of foundation, the monkey was actually perhaps slightly higher than the other three, because he was nurtured by the Five-Colored Divine Stone and naturally possessed Merit Luck.

After all, it was the Five-Colored Divine Stone used by Nuwa Niangniang for Mending Heaven; although it was unused, it had actually been tainted with some Merit Luck.

This was also the reason why Buddhism chose him.

After all, if used well, he could provide a high-end combat force for Buddhism, and being endowed with merit would always be better for future cultivation.

Su Fan knew that the monkey was very smart and not a true brute.

"Then you think I should just go on like this?"

After calming down, the monkey couldn't help but ask: "Become a Puppet of Buddhism?"

"Great Sage, you jest. With your foundation and future potential, how could Buddhism waste such a talent? Naturally, they would not treat you as a mere puppet."

"At most, you just won't be as carefree as before."

Su Fan shook his head: "Besides, once the journey to the west ends, you will eventually become a disciple of Buddhism, and perhaps you will be granted the fruit status of a Buddha. By then, your status in Buddhism will not be low."

In the original timeline, after the monkey was conferred as Dou Zhan Sheng Fo, the Tight-Fillet Spell disappeared. To say he wasn't free wouldn't be entirely accurate; after the pilgrimage ended, he returned to Huaguoshan to be his Great Sage Equaling Heaven, the Handsome Monkey King.

It was actually quite carefree, only he had an extra title, Dou Zhan Sheng Fo, compared to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven of the past.

He could no longer play with his old sworn brothers.

After all, those sworn brothers were mostly Demon Kings, while he was a disciple of Buddhism.

It was just like university students in later generations who all go out into the world, and then one of them enters the civil service, especially a special branch of the civil service; they can no longer communicate, eat, and drink as they once did.

This was indeed a form of lack of freedom.

After Su Fan finished speaking, the monkey indeed shook his head.

"This kind of Buddha, I don't want it."

"Great Sage, it is not a question of whether you want it or not, but that you have absolutely no room to resist," Su Fan said solemnly, looking at the monkey.

"Great Sage, your potential is not small. If you truly cultivate, you will have a chance to break through to a Quasi-Saint in the future, especially when the Great Trend arrives in the next kalpa, and the two worlds merge. That will be a crisis for the entire Honghuang Sanjie."

"But it is a crisis as well as an opportunity. In that kalpa, if you can press your advantage, you might be able to break through to a Quasi-Saint. By that time, even that Buddhist Sect Lord will likely be unable to do anything to you."

"When that time comes, if you want to leave Buddhism and become a true Great Sage Equaling Heaven, no one will dare to say a word."

"Therefore, you must endure for now and secure the Merit Luck first; it will strengthen your foundation and power. Otherwise, when the kalpa arrives and the two worlds go to war, if your strength is insufficient, you will only be reduced to ashes in the kalpa."

"Great Sage, I have said all that I should. Think it over carefully, and do not go against Buddhism for now."

"Eat these spiritual fruits, Great Sage."

Su Fan placed the Ginseng Fruit beside the monkey and used his divine ability to plant a Flat Peach Tree there. Although it was a Postnatal Spiritual Fruit and had no effect on the monkey, it could satisfy his cravings.

What the monkey liked most was the Flat Peach.

"Great Sage, the people from Buddhism are coming. I will go first, and I will come to see you again when I have time."

Sensing the arrival of a Great Luo aura, Su Fan said this to the monkey and quickly transformed into a rainbow and departed.

Su Fan knew the identity of the person arriving: Guanyin Bodhisattva of Buddhism, with the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal Peak. At this moment, he did not want to deal with her, so he left directly.