The Monkey King had never thought that he would provoke this enemy just by speaking to him. In a moment of desperation, he was in a panic and said," How can I become sworn brothers with Brother Bull? Brother Bull, please retract your order…"
The Bull Demon King said," You're a monkey and I'm a bull. If you don't climb up to me, I won't climb up to you either. This is called matching in social status."”Where did this come from? I really don't know where this guy learned all this from.
Just as the Monkey King was at a loss on how to respond, a boy who looked like he was eleven or twelve years old suddenly walked out from the Three Stars Cave. He saw the dragon flame and said happily,"Senior Brother, Master wants you to bring the person you brought over to see him.”
"Got it," said Long Yan.
When the Bull Demon King saw this little boy, he could not be bothered to pester the Monkey King to become sworn brothers. He hurriedly went forward and said,""Xiao Tong, what did Patriarch say?"
The little boy looked at him for a long time." Master said that you two are not fated to be master and disciple. He wants you to go back."”
"Patriarch, did you really say that?"”
"Monks don't lie," the boy said."Why would I lie to you?"”
"You must have heard wrongly," the Bull Demon King said."I'll have to trouble you to ask the Ancestral Master again."”
The little boy said," How could I have misheard Master's words? Master said that you don't have the fate of master and disciple, so you don't have the fate of master and disciple. However, Master also said that although you don't have the fate of master and disciple, since you came to Mount Innerheart, you are fated with him. Therefore, he wanted me to pass you something.”As he spoke, a long object wrapped in yellow silk appeared in his hand. It was about half an inch thick and he handed it to the Bull Demon King.
The Bull Demon King stretched out his hand to take it and asked curiously,"What is this?"”As he spoke, he opened the yellow silk. It was an ancient book. Long Yan and the Monkey King had yet to enter the cave. When they heard the little boy say that Patriarch Bodhi had something to give to the Bull Demon King, their curiosity was piqued and they turned their heads to look. It was just when the Bull Demon King opened the yellow silk. There were no words on the dark green cover. The Bull Demon King flipped through a few pages and found that they were all white silk. There was also not a single word. He was even more puzzled and asked," What is this?"”
"Master said that whether you can see through it or not depends on your good fortune," the little boy said.”
Long Yan's eyes lit up when he heard the little boy's words. His heart thumped wildly as he cried out,"Wordless Heavenly Book!"
"What is the Wordless Heavenly Book?" the Bull Demon King asked.”
Long Yan knew that he had said something wrong and his expression was unnatural. He quickly pulled the monkey king and said,"I didn't say anything. Master is calling me. You should go back to where you came from.”
The little boy also said,"Master wants you to leave the mountain immediately. You can't stay on the mountain, or he won't forgive you."”The Bull Demon King knew that there was no hope of becoming his disciple, so he gave up on this idea. He weighed the wordless book in his hand and found that it was indeed quite heavy. He heard Long Yan say that it was called the Wordless Heavenly Book, and he remembered that the little Daoist had told Patriarch Bodhi that he wanted him to comprehend this book. Then, this book must be related to him. He quickly and carefully put it away. Later on, he studied the Wordless Tomes of Arcane painstakingly and learned it without a teacher, achieving an astonishing feat. When Sun Wukong rebelled against the heavens and proclaimed himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, he also openly raised the banner of the Great Sage of Pingtian. Of course, this was all in the future. At this moment, he looked at the Monkey King who had walked into the Three Stars Cave. His eyes were always a little red, and he was no longer in the mood to become sworn brothers with him. However, he still respectfully kowtowed three times at the entrance of the cave as a form of thanks to Patriarch Subhuti before turning around to descend the mountain.
The Three Stars Cave was deep and winding. The Monkey King followed the dragon flame and the little boy all the way. The sunlight outside had long been unable to shine into the cave. There were no lamps, candles, torches, or other illuminating objects along the way. However, there was a kind of lustrous light in the cave, and there was no sense of darkness at all. The Monkey King could not help but think of the colorful stalactites in the Water Curtain Cave that could emit light, and then he thought of the nest of monkeys. In these seven years, who knew how many people had died, aged, and died. Although he had found his master, he did not know how long it would take for him to learn. How many monkeys would be able to survive when he returned to Flowerfruit Mountain? She recalled the scene and sighed for no reason. When she thought of the touching part, her nose felt a little sour.
Although the light in the cave was not as bright as the light emitted by the stalactites in the Water Curtain Cave, the light was dense, and it was like a real illusion. Walking in it was like walking in a fairyland. The Monkey King had also learned from Long Yan that the Three Stars Cave was actually the place where Patriarch Subhuti cultivated in seclusion, and that there were other houses and halls built on Mount Innerheart for his disciples to live in. Now that the Patriarch was alone in the cave to see him, how could he not know that there was a deeper meaning?
After walking for a meal, he suddenly heard the sound of gurgling water. The Monkey King's heart stirred as he thought to himself,""So this ancient cave also has spring water. It's comparable to my Water Curtain Cave.”After making two more turns, the little boy led them into a stone chamber with a dome. The stone chamber was extremely large. It was obvious that it had been artificially excavated. There was a pool in the middle. Four white jade curved bridges arched into an exquisite pagoda above the pool. Wisps of green and white smoke were rising from the pagoda. In the middle of the dome was a huge round bead the size of a basketball. It emitted bursts of fluorescent light, reflecting the smoke swirling around the exquisite pagoda, making it even more misty. There were no lamps, candles, or torches in the stone room, but because of the luster of the pearl, nothing could be distinguished.
The Monkey King was in this heavenly paradise and was attracted by this strange scene. He was completely immersed in it and forgot about it, as if he was in a daze. It was only when he heard a soft shout that he woke up. Long Yan and the little boy had already disappeared. Suddenly, Long Yan's voice sounded,"You monkey, how can you be so rude? You don't even greet Master when you see him.”
The Monkey King was startled by Long Yan's reprimand. He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a stone platform as tall as a person at the front of the stone chamber. The stone wall behind it seemed to be a natural back. The high platform was connected to the ground by jade steps. There was a praying mat made of golden threads on the high platform. At this moment, a Taoist with white hair and a youthful face was sitting on the praying mat. He was wearing a red Eight Trigrams immortal robe and a purple gold Taoist crown on his head. Long Yan and the little boy who had just led him into the cave were standing beside the Taoist. The Monkey King and the Taoist were separated by an exquisite pagoda, and the smoke on the pagoda was lingering. The Monkey King was also attracted by the fairyland-like scene, so he did not see the Taoist for a while. Now that he was awakened by the dragon flame, he knew that this was the master that Manjushri had instructed him to worship. This scene had been played out countless times in his dreams, but now that he was facing it, he didn't know what to do. Hearing Long Yan's reprimand, he panicked and knelt down. He was terrified and spoke unnaturally,"Disciple has offended Patriarch. Please forgive me.”
When Patriarch Subhuti saw this, a smile appeared on his face. He spoke in an amiable manner,"Come forward and talk."
The Monkey King accepted the order and went around the pond. However, he didn't dare to go any further when he reached the jade steps. He quickly knelt down again and listened to the teachings. "There's no need to be so reserved. Raise your head.”
Only then did the Monkey King raise his head, and his eyes met Patriarch Subhuti's. The patriarch's silver beard was as white as snow, but his skin was as red as a baby's without a single wrinkle. In this way, it was impossible to tell how old he was. "Where are you from?" the Patriarch asked.”
The Monkey King thought to himself, You can even predict when I will come to take you as my master, but you don't even know where I came from.”However, he didn't dare to say anything and said,""Disciple lives in the Water Curtain Cave of the Huaguo Mountain in the Aolai Nation.”
Unexpectedly, Patriarch Subhuti's face darkened."The Aolai Kingdom is far from my Mount Innerheart. There are two oceans in between. How can your mortal body reach it?”
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