Chapter 290 Accepting a Disciple
[“I don’t want such immortality!”]

[The monkey's decisive words surprised you: because you know how much he is obsessed with immortality. He walked from Dongsheng Shenzhou to Nanshanbuzhou, and even to Xiniuhezhou. He has traveled to three of the four major continents. He is so persistent because he wants the art of immortality.]

[Now, knowing that it will never find a magic method that can make all its monkeys and descendants immortal, it made a decisive life decision: not to go to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain! ]

[There is nothing it wants in Fangcun Mountain. ]

[“Immortal, please accept me as your disciple!”]

[The monkey pays homage to you again, with great piety and sincerity.]

[You were silent for a moment, then spoke slowly.]

[“I don’t have the immortality technique you’re looking for…”]

[To be honest, you and Bodhi Patriarch are one in heaven and one on earth. Bodhi Patriarch couldn't teach the monkey, so you can't teach it either. Let alone leading others to immortality, you can't even guarantee your own immortality.]

[It is a dream to help the world, and it is just a luxury to be good to yourself. Under such shabby conditions, you usually don’t dare to make any promises...]

【but. 】

【“But I’m willing to give it a try!”】

[In the monkey's surprised eyes, you smiled and accepted it as your apprentice: Although you are now penniless and have no wool, you have an advantage that no one else has. ]

[Because as the protagonist, your greatest advantage is never how much wealth you have at this stage, but the possibility that you will win everything in the future! ]

[Failure is not terrible, what is terrible is the possibility of not winning...]

[So on this day, you made a completely different choice from your previous life. You boldly accepted the monkey as your apprentice! ]

[Your destiny and the destiny of the world have taken a path you never imagined. ]

【…】

[After accepting the monkey, you taught it the only "Western King Visualization Method" that you could use at the moment.]

[The monkey was overjoyed and immediately began to study and practice diligently! ]

[But after a while, it opened its eyes in distress: "Master, I can't seem to practice this visualization method..."]

[You subconsciously think that it is the same as you, with poor aptitude, so you comfort it: Take your time, don't rush, practice hard, and you will achieve success sooner or later...]

[“No, Master!”]

[The monkey said in distress: "When I try to visualize, my mind becomes empty. Not only can I not see the King of the West, I can't even see a human figure..."]

【Um? 】

[Surprised, you immediately sent out your Divine Sense, which penetrated into the monkey's body, trying to find out what the problem was.]

But you failed.

[No matter how you investigate, everything is normal inside the monkey...]

【send! 】

【Master Lin has made a mistake right from the start. 】

【…】

[Your investigation yielded no results, so you had no choice but to comfort the depressed animal. After some thought, you decided to let it live with the idle men in the village for the time being, to settle it down first, and then make other arrangements.]

[And the idlers have no objection to your arrangement. Not only do they have no objection, they are even very enthusiastic...]

【"loyalty!"】

[“The disciple of His Majesty the King of the West is also a god. The gods live with us. This is the blessing we have cultivated for three lifetimes!”]

[“Your Majesty has taught us to correct our evil ways over the years, and has also taught us to study literature and answer questions, and to be self-reliant. Your kindness is greater than the sky... Your Majesty’s kindness is still not enough!”]

[The idlers' reaction was as you expected. After you told the monkey about your future daily schedule, you turned and left. You were afraid that if you didn't leave, they would put a yellow robe on you and call you the Emperor of Heaven to repay their kindness...]

[Next, you go home and continue to help your mother with housework. As she nags, you cut the red paper for the wedding and cut out the Chinese characters for "happiness" one by one.]

[She also packed small snack bags filled with melon seeds and dried fish, and prepared to distribute them to her relatives in the same village for good luck.]

[So, we worked until dusk, when your father finally came back from the sea with a gloomy face. Without your help, the harvest of this trip would naturally not be very good. It was a lonely trip to the sea...]

[After being scolded by your father and having a light dinner, you fell asleep.]

[For parents, sleeping means a quiet rest, but for you, sleeping only means that more tiring work has just begun...]

[Today is the day of the grand meeting, so you mobilize the incense and divine power attached to the Dharma image, and then connect the dreams of the believers one by one, and finally form a large dream world dominated by you. ]

……

The world of dreams is invisible above and below.

The fierce and bloody King of the West sat firmly in the middle, and people kept appearing around him:

There were old and young, male and female, a total of about five or six thousand people!
They are villagers from dozens of nearby villages. Ever since Lin Liu began to give lectures through dreams, regular meetings have become a custom. From the initial few people, the number has grown to five or six thousand people today. It must be said that Lin Liu's sect is thriving...

"Huh? Why is there another monkey?" Suddenly, a startled cry was heard. Everyone looked in the direction of the sound. Everyone was surprised:

I saw a strange-looking big golden monkey appear in this dream!
"Where did the monkey come from?"

“Why are there monkeys here?”

"Could it be... a monster?"

"..."

The monkey was at a loss for what to do with the discussions and gazes of the crowd, because it was also confused. It had just settled down in its new residence and wanted to have a good sleep to relieve the mental fatigue caused by wandering on the sea for days. Unexpectedly, it appeared here as soon as it closed its eyes.

But the monkey was not stupid. Thinking about what the master had said during the day, it immediately thought: This must be a meeting!

The monkey was startled and did not dare to move. He just found a place to sit down and waited quietly for his master's arrangements.

[You, in the Dharma phase, looked at it with satisfaction: Not bad, it has good adaptability and didn't scream out of fear.]

[Then, you stand on a high platform and look at these five or six thousand believers...]

[“From today on, it is my disciple. When you see it in the future, don’t be alarmed. Just treat it as normal.”]

[When you introduced the monkey, everyone's eyes lit up with surprise: The disciple of His Majesty the King of the West? Doesn't that mean it's also a deity?]

【…】

【After chatting, you enter the working state. 】

[You are on the podium, earnestly explaining the various teachings of the Xiwang Religion, such as equality, fraternity, friendliness, unity, law-abidingness, etc.]

[Old believers are almost tired of hearing these things, but new believers enjoy listening to them with great interest.]

[After hearing this, the monkey also gained a better understanding of you, its new master... It was very surprised, because it was not new to human society. It had seen so many different kinds of humans all the way from Dongsheng Shenzhou.]

[In its opinion, most humans are treacherous, evil-minded, and their minds are full of beauty, money, and power struggles...]

[Especially in the Southern Continent, everyone there is evil. Except for the young children, almost everyone who sees it clearly shows greed and evil thoughts.]

【Along the way, it has seen too much, and its evaluation of human society has always been low. 】

[But what you preached is different. If you can really put it into practice, then the transformation of the current situation in Southern Continent will probably be more than just talk...]

[The monkey's evaluation of you has increased a lot! ]

[You are completely unaware of this, and you just routinely preach the doctrine to all new and old believers, and then gradually get to the point...]

[You, a god, have treated yourself like a high-level cattle and horses. In addition to giving them lectures, you also have to deal with various problems in their lives. ]

[For example, if there is a conflict between two believers, you have to act like a judge and make a ruling on their case!]

[For example, if someone in someone's family is sick again, you have to prescribe a reliable prescription for him and let him take it to treat the disease well...]

[In fact, you can also use divine power to cure them directly, but this requires burning incense and divine power, and you are already extremely poor, how can you have extra divine power to cure the disease? So you directly choose to let them believe in science, not superstitious about drinking talisman water, and see a doctor when they are sick. ]

[There are also those who are infertile and want to have children... There is nothing we can do about it. You can only use your divine power to heal their bodies and let them have children on their own...]

[You answered all these trivial questions one by one, and your dedication and responsibility moved the believers very much: This is the first time in their lives that they have heard of such an efficacious deity who simply answers every prayer...]

【…】

[So, in this hellish life of doing housework during the day and working like a slave at night, you spent day after day, and the wedding date gradually approached.]

[Although you were married in your previous life, this life is a new one after all, and you still need to show enough enthusiasm to deal with it. ]

[Anyway, you have already made up your mind. After you get married, you and your wife will move to the county town and live an ordinary life like in your previous life... Of course, it is only ordinary on the surface. In secret, this means that you are finally going to develop your faith in the county town! ]

[You have been preparing for this moment for more than ten years. One step forward will turn the world upside down. From now on, you will completely step into this unknown vast world to fight for a bright future.]

[And just a few days before your wedding, the monkey suddenly found you in private... It was a little nervous and didn't know what to say. ]

【"What's wrong?"】

[You asked it doubtfully, is it because it is not comfortable living with the idlers? ]

[“Master, my practice…”]

[The monkey said something timidly, and you thought it wanted to know how to live forever, so you tried to appease it, but it didn't mean that.]

[As you stare blankly, the monkey exudes the obvious divine power of incense, and then it asks cautiously. ]

[“Master, I still don’t have a Dharma image, but I have divine power… Is this normal?”]

【you:……】

[Looking at this nervous monkey who has acquired divine power without a Dharmakāya, you who have worked hard for two lifetimes to cultivate a Dharmakāya, suddenly feel that your struggle is meaningless...]

……

(End of this chapter)