Chapter 62: Real or Fake Monkey King?
Sun Wukong bowed and said with a smile: "Old sir, there is no need to be on guard against me. I no longer do that kind of thing."

The Supreme Lord Lao said, "You monkey, you caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago and stole countless of my elixirs. I had Little Saint Erlang capture you and send you to my elixir furnace to be refined for forty-nine days. I don't know how much charcoal I used!"

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Li Jie glanced at the Bagua furnace and thought, hey, the coal should be washed with water.

But... maybe the charcoal in heaven is very powerful. After all, the remaining fire in a few bricks fell into the human world and turned into the 800-mile Flaming Mountain. This charcoal must be divine charcoal.

Is it coal? Or charcoal?

While Li Jie was thinking, Taishang Laojun continued to say to Sun Wukong: "I heard that you left the Five Elements Mountain and did not return to your Flower-Fruit Mountain to cultivate yourself. Why did you come to my Tushita Palace?"

Sun Wukong pointed at Li Jie and said, "My friend wants to learn the method of refining weapons. Among the three realms, only your method of refining weapons is the best, so I came here to ask for your advice."

Li Jie bowed and said, "Thank you, old lord."

Taishang Laojun asked: "Isn't this your body? How can you say it's your friend? Don't think I'm old and blind."

Sun Wukong said: "This is a long story. He is not from the Three Realms and has no body in this world. I lent him one, so he has the same last name as me, Li, so he can be considered one of your family members."

Li Jie said: "It just happens that my last name is Li."

"Oh, you're from outer space? No wonder your temperament is so different from that of a monkey like you."

Taishang Laojun just sighed and replied: "The way of refining weapons is broad and profound. I still have to make elixirs, so I don't have time to teach you how to refine weapons. You should ask someone else for help."

Li Jie said: "I don't ask Laojun to teach me how to refine weapons. I only want to refine one thing. Please give me some advice."

When Taishang Laojun saw that he had spoken in person, he nodded and said, "If you want to learn, then you should speak first. How can you let that pill thief who prefers to target the elderly keep making noise?"

This sarcasm made Sun Wukong roll his eyes. It's just that he ate a few gourd pills. It's just that I pushed you and made you fall headfirst...

Li Jie laughed and said, "So there is such a deep meaning behind this. I thought that if I can't ask you for help, I will go to Lingshan to ask the Buddha for help."

Taishang Laojun smiled and said, "You are honest. Tell me what you want to cultivate. Why do you go to Lingshan Buddha when asking me for help doesn't work?"

Li Jie said: "I want to make a tight hoop. This is the magic weapon created by the Buddha. If Laojun is unwilling to guide me, I will naturally go to find the original owner."

Taishang Laojun couldn't help but smile. Instead of looking for the original owner, he came to him, which was a great affirmation of his way of refining weapons. Although he was the ancestor of Taoism, he still felt relieved when he heard this.

Then he asked the fairy boy who was refining the elixir to stop and empty the Bagua furnace.

Li Jie said, "Wait a minute, Laojun!"

Taishang Laojun asked in confusion: "Why?"

Li Jie said: "Although this Bagua furnace is good, there is no such Bagua furnace where I am. Please teach me a method to refine magic weapons with bare hands."

Taishang Laojun said: "A gentleman is good at using things. It is twice as effective to refine treasures with bare hands. This is not good, not good... Let's make a bet. If you win, I will teach you how to make the Bagua furnace."

…These big guys really love gambling.

It is probably the way for them who are immortal to pass the time.

After all, when one reaches their level of practice, daily practice becomes more of a habit and cannot actually produce any substantial progress, so they will inevitably go looking for fun.

Gambling is one form of entertainment.

Daozu's life is so plain and boring.

Li Jie pondered and said, "Laojun, your Purple Gold Bell was defeated by Guanyin Bodhisattva just like that."

Taishang Laojun said: "You are a person from outside the heaven. You are so arrogant that you even compare yourself to a Bodhisattva?"

Li Jie said: "That's not what I meant."

The Supreme Lord said, "Since that is not what you mean, let's make a bet. If you can take down the monkey (Sun Wukong), you win. I will not only teach you how to make the Eight Trigrams Furnace, but also teach you how to make the Tight Hoop. If you can't take it down, you lose. Go to Lingshan to find the Buddha."

Sun Wukong: "..."

Li Jie said: "In that case, I have to win."

If we can get the Bagua furnace, everything will be twice as easy. Li Jie looked at Sun Wukong and advised: "Brother Monkey, admit defeat."

He already has the strongest energy and is not afraid of fighting. Even if his opponent is Sun Wukong, he is not afraid at all.

However, if Sun Wukong could admit defeat, he could save a lot of energy.

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Old Li, what nonsense are you talking about? If I admit defeat, wouldn't I be labeled as a bully of the elderly? That's absolutely not acceptable."

Looking back to the past, he just pushed Taishang Laojun to the ground, but he was stigmatized as a person who hits the elderly. If he admits defeat now, wouldn’t he have another stigma?
Although he has reached the level of enlightenment and is indifferent to fame and fortune, it does not mean that he wants to have another stigma.

Li Jie asked again: "Is it necessary to fight?"

Sun Wukong nodded and said, "We have to fight."

Taishang Laojun nodded and said, "Not bad, not bad! Let's fight quickly! Oh, one more thing, go fight outside and don't destroy my Tushita Palace again."

"..."

Li Jie was speechless for a while.

He had no choice but to walk out of the Tushita Palace with Sun Wukong.

As he walked, he said, "Brother Monkey, I have your indestructible body, and you are only an alien body now. How can you be my opponent?"

If his real body was here, he would only be a fourth level one, and without the Shura Armor, even ten thousand of him would not be a match for Sun Wukong.

But now, he is using Sun Wukong's body, and his magical powers are the same as Sun Wukong's.

On the contrary, the body that Sun Wukong is using now is just an external body made of monkey hair, and it is no longer indestructible.

Sun Wukong said: "You have the indestructible body, but I have the enlightened soul. Don't try to use the wind against me."

Ordinary external bodies are made of monkey hair, so they are very light and can be restrained by strong winds. For example, in the original book, when the Samadhi Divine Wind blew, Sun Wukong's external body was dispersed.

Now Sun Wukong's external body has his own soul, which is different from ordinary external bodies. Even if the Samadhi Divine Wind comes again, it can only blow him away but cannot blow him away.

"I didn't expect that the true and false Monkey King would be on stage before the journey to the West even started!"

In the group chat space, "live broadcast" is always on.

Hua Xiaolan, No. 1379, Snow Queen, Holy Angewomon, Zhao Linger, Da Gu, Peter Parker and others have all seen the True and False Monkey King in Journey to the West, but that was just a text description after all. What is to be performed now is a live version of the True and False Monkey King, and the feeling is completely different.

Therefore, everyone could not help but look forward to it.

"Old Li, you use my body and your skills are the same as mine. Who can be better depends on wisdom." As Sun Wukong spoke, he took out the golden cudgel from his ear.

Even when his soul was lured to the underworld, he was still able to take out the golden cudgel.

"This monkey actually took out the golden cudgel. He really doesn't know the seriousness of the situation!"

Taishang Laojun walked to the gate of Tushita Palace with the Seven-Star Sword and shouted to Li Jie, "Friend Li over there, you can't do this with your bare hands. I have a sword here, you can use it."

"..."

"..."

Sun Wukong was speechless.

Li Jie burst out laughing.

Laojun, Laojun, are you so looking forward to me beating Monkey King?

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