Chapter 58 Bull Demon King: I Don’t Want to Improve

Guanyin Bodhisattva looked back at Sun Wukong and asked, "You monkey, I want to go to the East to find someone to obtain the scriptures, why are you stopping me again?"

She had a dragon bun on her head and was wearing a white silk robe. Her eyebrows were like a small moon, her eyes were like two stars, her jade-like face was naturally happy, her lips were a little red, and she was holding a pure bottle of nectar like a weeping willow. She was noble and holy, with a variety of manners.

He is worthy of being the most handsome guy in Journey to the West!
In the group chat, men and women alike, their eyes lit up when they saw the appearance of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

Even the Trisolaran No. 1379, whose aesthetic taste is different from that of the people on Earth, still felt the indescribable beauty.

Hua Xiaolan said with emotion: "She is much more beautiful than the statues in the temple."

"Yes." Zhao Linger also nodded.

Snow Queen and HolyAngemon looked at each other and felt that they had found another of their kind.

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Don't blame me, Bodhisattva. I just want to ask you when you are free. I have a friend of a friend, who is a sweeping monk, and he wants to meet you."

……friend's friend?

It's a complicated relationship indeed.

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "I am going to the East this time to explore the route to obtain the scriptures. When I arrive in the Tang Dynasty, I should have a few days of free time before I find the pilgrim."

Sun Wukong said: "Okay, okay, I'll go with you."

So, the team looking for the person to obtain the scriptures became three people: Guanyin Bodhisattva, Hui'an Xingzhe, and Sun Wukong.

However, there is also a chat group in Sun Wukong's mind, which contains eight people.

Guanyin Bodhisattva did not fly away from Lingshan, but came to the foot of Lingshan.

She wanted to find out the path that the pilgrims would take in the future, in other words, the journey back west.

It is impossible for the pilgrims to fly to Lingshan Mountain, so the first stop is Yuzhen Temple at the foot of Lingshan Mountain. At this moment, a golden-topped immortal is standing in front of the temple gate.

This Golden Summit Immortal looked like a Taoist child, and it was obvious that he had achieved success in his cultivation and had regained his youth.

When he saw Avalokitesvara, Hui'an and Sun Wukong coming together, he immediately poured three cups of tea and offered them to them. He then asked, "Why is the Bodhisattva traveling with the Great Sage?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva explained: "I followed the Tathagata's order to go to the East to find someone to obtain the scriptures. This monkey wanted to find me, so he went to the East with me."

The Immortal at the Golden Summit asked, "When will the pilgrim come?"

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Not necessarily, maybe two or three years later."

Sun Wukong said: "Not at all. We have to travel through mountains and rivers, and there are monsters blocking our way. We may even go the wrong way. It will take at least another ten years."

Guanyin Bodhisattva thought about it and said, "I didn't think it through. It may take twelve or thirteen years to get there."

The Immortal of the Golden Summit nodded.

Although for an immortal like him, two or three years makes no difference to twelve or thirteen years, knowing a relatively accurate time still makes people feel more at ease.

In the group chat, Hua Xiaolan asked curiously, "Why is there a Taoist temple at the foot of Lingshan Mountain?"

Sun Wukong was doing two things at once. He followed Guanyin Bodhisattva while explaining to Hua Xiaolan: "This is the integration of the three religions. There is a Taoist temple at the foot of Lingshan Mountain, and there is a Buddhist temple at the foot of Nanshan Mountain."

Guanyin Bodhisattva had to attend to important matters and did not dare to stay long, so he bid farewell to the Immortal at the Golden Summit and immediately took Sun Wukong and the traveler Hui'an to leave Lingshan, flying at a low altitude all the way to investigate the route to the west.

At the same time, he said, "Great Sage, in addition to investigating the route, I also need to find three disciples for the pilgrim to protect him. I wonder if you can recommend some candidates?"

Sun Wukong said: "There are many monsters on the way to the west, and we need a powerful person to take charge. I recommend the Bull Demon King."

Journey to the West is a great opportunity to cultivate one's mind and character. Sun Wukong himself no longer needs this opportunity, so he wants to help his relatives and friends to fight for it.

The first person he thought of was his sworn brother, Bull Demon King. After all, among his relatives and friends, the only one who could be qualified to be his eldest disciple was Bull Demon King.

Sun Wukong said: "The Bull Demon King's martial arts and magical powers are not inferior to mine."

When Guanyin Bodhisattva heard this, she was delighted. With such a master protecting the pilgrims, she could rest assured. She asked, "Where does the Bull Demon King live now?"

Sun Wukong then led Guanyin Bodhisattva and Hui'an Xingzhe to the Banana Cave in Cuiyun Mountain to find the Bull Demon King.

The current Bull Demon King has not yet married into the Moyun Cave in Jilei Mountain.
Today, Sun Wukong did not send Red Boy to be the Good Fortune Boy, nor did he bully Princess Iron Fan. Even though he and Bull Demon King had not seen each other for five hundred years, they were still polite to each other.

Sun Wukong exchanged a few pleasantries with him, and then told him about the journey to the west: "Brother, if you only protect the pilgrim for ten years or so, he can obtain the true fruit, and at least become a powerful bull king bodhisattva, isn't that wonderful?"

The Bull Demon King said, "My dear brother, you made a scene in the Heavenly Palace and were imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha. Now you have escaped and come to find me. I am very happy. But I am free and happy here. Why do you need to go to Lingshan Mountain to be disciplined?"

It was clear that he didn't want to improve.

Sun Wukong had no choice but to leave.

In the group chat, everyone expressed their opinions on this.

"The Bull Demon King failed to seize the opportunity."

"Are you going to look for the six-eared macaque?"

Sun Wukong said: "The six-eared macaque just looks like me, but has a bad temper. Besides, I don't know where he is, so it's hard to find him. It's better to go look for the black bear demon."

Upon hearing this, Li Jie suddenly laughed.

Sun Wukong asked, "Old Li, what are you laughing at? Is there anything wrong with what I said?"

Li Jie said: "It's not wrong, I just feel there is some fate."

Sun Wukong asked curiously, "Oh? Where does fate come from?"

Li Jie said, "Brother Monkey, you don't know that there is more than one version of Journey to the West. Before your version of Journey to the West, there was another Journey to the West, and there was also Sun Wukong there."

The Journey to the West he was talking about was the Yuan Dynasty's zaju Journey to the West, which is the prototype of the mainstream 100-chapter version of Journey to the West.

Sun Wukong had long known that there was more than one Sun Wukong in the universe. When he heard about another Sun Wukong, he was immediately delighted and asked expectantly, "What happened to that Sun Wukong?"

Li Jie said: "That Sun Wukong was not the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, but the Great Sage Who Knows All. He lived in Black Wind Mountain and had a princess wife whom he had robbed from the Kingdom of Jinding. In order to please the princess, he stole clothes from the Queen Mother and held a Fairy Clothing Conference, which caused a disturbance in the Heavenly Palace. Later, he was suppressed under the Flower-Fruit Mountain."

When everyone heard about the man trying to steal a princess as his wife, they immediately thought of the story of the Yellow Robe Monster.

It seems that the story of the Yellow Robe Monster also originated from this period.

After hearing the other Monkey King's embarrassing story, Sun Wukong laughed and said, "No wonder I felt an indescribable sense of familiarity when I saw the Black Bear Demon. It turns out that he was my 'previous life'. We have such a fate. He is even more suitable!"

So Sun Wukong said to Guanyin Bodhisattva: "There is a black bear demon in Black Wind Mountain. His martial arts are not inferior to mine."

Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "You said earlier that Bull Demon King's martial arts and magical powers were not inferior to yours. Why did the Black Bear Demon only say that his martial arts were not inferior to yours this time?"

What this means is that the Black Bear Demon is inferior to Sun Wukong in everything except martial arts.

Sun Wukong's mind moved, and he said: "Although his magical power is inferior to that of the Bull Demon King, he has a heart of cultivation. If he is given a chance, he will surely achieve the right result."

The Black Bear Demon has three friends, the White Snake Scholar, the Canglang Taoist Priest and the Jinchi Elder, who correspond to the Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism respectively. It can be seen that he, like Sun Wukong, studies the doctrines of the three schools.

In the original novel, the Black Bear Demon saw the Guanyin Temple on fire and originally wanted to put out the fire, but on the way he saw the colorful cassock, became greedy, and stole the cassock.

(End of this chapter)