Chapter 349: Seeing the big picture from the small details, understanding people’s minds

【The past is like smoke, nothing more than that. 】

[You slowly narrated to the monkey all that you had seen and heard in your three lives, clearly and without any pretense.]

[Firstly, it can tell if you are lying, and secondly, you don’t have to lie to it. ]

[Sincerity is the ultimate weapon that can never fail...]

【Obviously, your sincerity worked! 】

[The surprised monkey has been trying to see a hint of disguise in your eyes, but from beginning to end, it only sees a clear heart. ]

【“You…did not lie.”】

[The monkey muttered to himself: "But... I am not your disciple. Your past and present lives belong only to you, not to me, and certainly not to anyone else..."]

【"I know."】

[Your calm voice was without any ups and downs: "So when you ran away from me, I didn't force you to become my disciple... In essence, everything in this life is brand new and has nothing to do with my previous life..."]

[The monkey was stunned: "Then why do you want me to stay now?"]

[“Because of loneliness and worry.”]

【You smiled.】

[“I have saved too many people in my life, but in the end I realized that even if I could save more people, I could not save myself…”]

[“To this day, I am still shouldering the mission of moving towards perfection, but I no longer have the courage to move on to the next life… because I am worried, because I am afraid, and because I cannot find the way forward.”]

[“The life and death of all sentient beings who have been liberated to the Pure Land depends on me alone. How can I dare to die? If I rashly start the next life without any ability to pass it, it would not only be a ruthless abandonment of sentient beings in this life, but also irresponsible to sentient beings in the next life…”]

[Your sincere words completely changed the monkey's bad impression of your evil heart, and it finally accepted you as a "bad guy" with good intentions.]

[“So, you want me to live here with you and coexist with you?”]

【The monkey asked curiously.】

[You nodded: "I am the protagonist of this life's reincarnation, and you are the protagonist of the dream world. I cannot die, and neither can you, because our death is not only our own business, but also the business of all living beings."]

【Just think of it as doing it for the sake of the people in the world, okay? 】

“I don’t think it’s good.”

[What you said does make sense, but surprisingly, the monkey rejected your proposal.]

[“If what you said is true, and everything in this world is a game waiting to be solved, then no matter what, there must be a solution. It’s impossible that there is really no solution at all!”]

[The monkey has exerted the wisdom of "the man of destiny". After careful sorting, he gradually regrouped the fragmented information you leaked and came up with his own insights.]

[It pondered: "Since there is a solution, if you insist on getting stuck in this process... you will never be able to pass the level."]

【So, lying down is not a good way to solve the problem. 】

[“The most important thing to do now is to have the courage to try!”]

[Try? Of course you understand this principle.]

[But you still shook your head: "Zhao Si and I have tried our best and have already verified it... Our limit is here. Now is the best result we can achieve. In the next life or the next life, we will not be able to do better than now."]

[“No, I’m not talking about you…”]

[The monkey pointed at himself and said seriously: "I am talking about me. I am the one who should try more!"]

[“Since there are only two of us in the world, and you have done your best but still cannot succeed, then it is obvious that the problem lies with me.”]

[“I should die more often, and restart more often… If there really is a perfect way to clear a level, it can only appear in this way!”]

[Its careful analysis has left you in silence...]

[But your silence was not because you were shocked by its earth-shattering statement. In fact, you had thought about it a long time ago! ]

[From the moment it floated ashore, you had already thought of this: since there are only you and it left in the world, and you have already maxed out your skills, then the problem will obviously only be with it... The most important thing you should do is to slap this monkey to death! ]

[You had even thought about this a long time ago. During the time between rescuing it and it waking up, you had the urge to kill it countless times. Under the influence of your evil nature, your murderous intent was naturally strong.]

[But, you didn’t do it once in the end, because…]

[“Because I’m afraid…”]

[You lower your head: "Of course I know that I should use your life to find a way to pass the level, but your life is also related to the survival of all living beings."]

[“Once you die, the world will go back to the moment you were born... Does this mean a crisis for the sentient beings in the paradise?”]

“No one knows.”

[You pointed at yourself again: "What's more, the process of your retracing of time is no less than the reversal of heaven and earth. Under such a mighty force, how can a mere True God like me survive?"]

[“Once I die, won’t it all be empty?”]

[The answer is clear: So what if you know it might be a key point? Do you dare to bet? Can you afford it? ]

[You are no longer the carefree young man who dares to gamble on anything when his mind is hot. Under your youthful appearance, you are an old man who is getting old. As an old man, you know what your bet is! ]

[Those are countless lives! Those are countless lives that you easily saved with great ambition! You made the decision to end their lives rudely, and in the end, are you going to just throw them away after being forced onto the pirate ship?]

[You are not a true evil god, you cannot do such a shameless thing. ]

[You in this life are no longer the General Lin who held the power of the world in the previous life, but you will always be the General Lin who is willing to fall to pieces for the sake of all living beings! ] [It is only the truth that you fall to pieces for all living beings, but it is not the truth that all living beings fall to pieces for you. The blazing ideal still burns in your aging chest. ]

[Although the world has changed a long time ago, your bleak autumn wind remains unchanged for thousands of years...]

[“So, you still don’t want to try to clear the level?”]

[The monkey, knowing all your worries, sighed and asked.]

【You didn’t speak.】

[“Okay, I understand…”]

[The monkey sighed: "However, I still don't want to stay with you like this. I want to ask that Bodhi Patriarch and verify the truth of what you said with Him."]

[“Once I have verified it, it won’t be too late for me to come back and find you…”]

[Its answer makes you happy: "So are you willing to come back?"]

【"Um."】

[It nodded and said helplessly: "What else can I do? You are carrying the lives and futures of so many people, can I force you to give them up?"]

[“I will come back to find you when I have verified it, so that we can keep each other company, so that we two precious kids won’t be so lonely that we want to commit suicide…”]

[“By the way, remember to teach me how to fish. I will learn to be a fisherman from you. I will be happy without any worries!”]

[The monkey chattered a lot, all about his plans for after he came back: he wanted to build a small courtyard himself, and then bring the monkeys from the Flower-Fruit Mountain to live with him. They would fish and farm together. Although it wouldn’t be lively enough, it would definitely be fun…]

[You are very happy about its future plans, and you promise to make it happen! ]

[“Then I’ll take you there! I have the skill of riding clouds and mist, and I can fly a hundred thousand miles in an instant. We’ll be in Xiniu Hezhou in no time!”]

【"Don't!"】

[The monkey waved his hands, rejecting your kind offer, and said seriously: "I have not met Patriarch Bodhi yet, and I really don't know his personality. Although it would save time if we flew over, I am afraid that he would think that I am not sincere, which would make him unhappy and he would not let me in..."]

[“Didn’t you say that Lingtai Fangcun and Xieyue Sanxing both represent my heart? Since it involves the heart, I’d better try to pay attention to it… Anyway, with the direction you pointed out to me, it won’t take me many years to find it.”]

[“Three years, at most three years, and I’ll be back!”]

[You thought about it: Yes, you should pay more attention.]

[“Okay, then three years!”]

[A "three-year agreement" was thus concluded...]

[Fast forward to Doudi riding a horse! ]

【…】

Sitting on the fishing boat given to it by Lin Liu at the beach, the monkey cupped his hands and smiled:

"Thank you! See you in three years!"

"See you there or not!"

Lin Liu also smiled and bowed to it.

So after saying goodbye, the monkey paddled his boat and headed for the vast ocean, gradually disappearing where the sea and the sky met...

This scene made Lin Liu feel as if he had traveled through time:
In the first life, the monkey also embarked on a journey to find immortals with his own support. Unexpectedly, in the third life, this scene was repeated again...

"It can be considered a kind of fate..."

Lin Liu couldn't help but sigh as he watched the monkey go away, then turned around and went home.

[After seeing the monkey off, you happily returned home and continued to pack up your fishing gear and catch.]

[Perhaps it is because you have hope in your heart that you now do these mundane tasks with ease. When you are in a good mood, you are full of energy in everything you do.]

[As for whether the monkey will come back? You have no doubt at all. After all, you have already seen Bodhi Patriarch in your previous life. He said in person that there is no way! ]

[The only result of the monkey's search for Him was that he returned empty-handed three years later. From then on, he and you became fishermen on this seashore, living a relatively enjoyable life...]

[And this so-called "three-year agreement" actually determined the outcome from the beginning. ]

[And the monkey is even more ridiculous. It can tell at a glance whether you are lying with its magical powers, but it still has to go to Bodhi Patriarch in person to ask again... And because it is afraid of making Bodhi Patriarch unhappy, it insists on rowing a boat for three years all the way there to show its sincerity...]

[What an overly cautious monkey! ]

[Thinking of this, you can’t help but laugh…]

[Then, you suddenly realized something and shuddered, and the smile on your face froze.]

[Without time to think too much, you immediately dropped the fishing net in your hand and flew towards the deep sea in a hurry! ]

[But you are too late. There are no monkeys on the sea anymore. There is only an ownerless old fishing boat floating alone on the waves...]

[The three-year agreement was not kept, and even three days were not kept... Seeing the big picture from the small details, knowing the human mind, the monkey who can only see through the human mind can certainly use and deceive the human mind. ]

[Obviously, you were deceived...]

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(End of this chapter)