The Monkey King

  The quaint meditation hall, the morning sun shines through the gaps in the windows, leaving little mottles on the quaint floor.

   Deep in the main hall, Subhuti sat cross-legged on the futon, still holding the black piece of wood, bowing his head and making fine seal carvings.

   "Why, just want to come back and watch?" He asked casually.

Qing Fengzi, who was sitting next to him, nodded slightly and said, "After all these years of traveling, I'm really tired. Maybe I'm old. I'm here. I also ask the master's permission."

Subhuti smiled faintly, the seal carving knife in his hand did not stop for a moment, he lifted the black piece of wood and lit it at the light from a different angle, gently blowing off the sawdust on it, then lowered his head to continue carving, and said slowly: "There's nothing wrong with this. You're just going on a tour, and you're not being expelled from my division. It's just that the reason for coming back is probably not to miss you."

   Having said that, he cast a meaningful glance at Qing Fengzi.

  Qingfengzi opened his mouth slightly, but said nothing, then lowered his head and remained silent.

   After a while, Yu Yi stepped into the hall with wind chimes.

   As soon as he saw Qingfengzi, Feng Chi's face turned pale, and he turned around and wanted to leave, but Yu Yiyi grabbed his arm and dragged him in front of the two.

  The wind chimes had to kneel down obediently and salute: "See... see Master, Master."

   didn't dare to look up, but those emerald eyes kept aiming at Qing Fengzi, feeling uneasy.

  Subhuti nodded slightly, then glanced at Qingfengzi.

   That Qingfengzi seemed to be a little embarrassed. He only glared at the wind chimes, and then stopped looking at it. He stared at the empty stone wall on the side, and the expression on his face seemed to be a little unhappy.

  Subhuti still bowed his head and said softly, "Tell me."

   Knowing that he can't hide anything from his master Subhuti, Qingfengzi could only cough twice, then stared at the wind chimes and asked, "Have you gained something from your two years of practice?"

   With this stare, the head of the wind chimes was buried even lower, and a pair of small hands tightly tugged at the corner of the robe, not daring to speak.

   "I think your cultivation level has gone backwards since I saw you two years ago." After that, he slapped the floor with a palm.

With a sound of   boom, Feng Chi's petite body trembled slightly, biting his lip, tears fell down.

   Seeing that the wind chimes were already crying, Subhuti had to raise his head: "Alright, alright, she's still a child, isn't she a brilliant pill. Yu Yi, go and call your Uncle Lingyun."

   Yu Yi bowed and cupped his hands, glanced at Qing Fengzi, turned around and left the hall.

"Master, it's not just about Kuo Lingdan!" Qing Fengzi turned his head and shouted at Subhuti: "For more than a year, she has been hanging out with Junior Brother Wukong all day long, and her cultivation has not improved. I'm old, so what if it goes on like this? I'm afraid I won't be able to cultivate in the God Refinement Realm, let alone the God Transformation Realm!"

   Just listen to Subhuti muttering casually: "You were still herding cattle when you were ten years old, but now you are not in the same state of spiritual transformation?"

   Hearing this, the wind chimes suddenly burst into laughter, and had to pretend to wipe away tears with one hand and cover the corners of the raised mouth with his sleeves, biting his lip to restrain himself from making a sound.

   "Master, this...this...this is different!"

"Why is it different? Your aptitude is higher than hers? As a teacher, I remember that there are a lot of people with poor aptitude. If you hadn't herded the cows every day, you would run to my door and stand guard, and an old immortal would stalk you every day. Let it go, the teacher will never pick you as the first apprentice."

   This old bottom is revealed…

  Qing Fengzi's face turned red, and he shouted angrily, "Master, you are my master!"

   "You haven't been in Guanli for the past two years. Didn't I bring the wind chimes? She is half my disciple and half my apprentice."

Looking at Subhuti, who continued to carve wood as if nothing had happened, but every sentence was fatal, and at the wind chimes whose eyes were bent like Xuanyue, while crying and trying to hold back their laughter, Qing Fengzi suddenly became angry, and directly rolled it up. The hand didn't say a word.

   Only then did Subhuti put down the wood in his hand, with a smile on his face, he raised his head and said to the wind chimes, "Fang chimes, go down first."

  The wind chimes did not dare to go, so they could only look at Qingfengzi with teary eyes.

   glanced at the wind chimes, and Qing Fengzi said impatiently, "Go on."

   "Master Xie." He kowtowed, and the wind chimes exited the door.

  After the wind chimes left, Subhuti said slowly: "How can you not know what the nine brothers and sisters are thinking in your heart."

   "But... Master, you said this... How can it go on like this!"

"It's okay, don't pursue this matter." Subhuti waved his hands, rested his legs on the ground with both hands, stood up staggeringly, straightened his clothes, and stroked his beard with his hands behind his back: "This wind chime is here. The child is like the same jade and gold. When your ten junior brothers first came to the Taoist temple, they knew nothing about cultivating immortals, and it was inconvenient to be a teacher. If there were no wind chimes, it would be really difficult to handle. When she got up, she also did a big favor to the teacher and saved a lot of heart. The fallen cultivator will make up for you, and will never bring harm to your good apprentice. This matter is just turned over like this, and it will not be possible in the future. Then train her for it."

   "Yes, master, the ten junior brothers... Feng Chi is so close to him, I'm afraid that I will..."

   "I know that you are nervous about your apprentice." Subhuti patted Qing Fengzi's shoulder lightly, and said, "But are you going to force it?"

   Qingfengzi was speechless.

"Today, she is still a child, under your control. But sooner or later, she will grow up. It takes a few years of effort to grow into a slender body. For us cultivators, a few years are only a blink of an eye. At that time... The Jade Emperor still can’t control the Seven Fairies, how can you be a master? Let’s just let it go.”

   "Let's go with the flow..." Qingfengzi repeated silently, very helpless.

   At this moment, Ling Yunzi had walked in from outside the hall, and when he saw Qingfengzi from a distance, he wanted to turn around, but was stopped by Subhuti.

   "Sit down." Subhuti said, pointing to the vacant futon.

   Helpless, Ling Yunzi had no choice but to timidly walk to the futon, but he did not dare to sit cross-legged like Qing Fengzi, but knelt on the futon, lowered his head, and glanced at Qing Fengzi from time to time, showing a guilty conscience.

  Qing Fengzi just had a cold face and didn't look at him.

   But in this way, Ling Yunzi was even more uneasy.

Regardless of the relationship between the two of them, Subhuti walked to the side of the bookshelf to find something, and went straight to the subject and said: "The Kunlun Mountain is now in charge of the real Taiyi, and the teacher has passed a letter to him, you can do it tomorrow. set off."

   "We can leave tomorrow? But Junior Brother Wukong doesn't seem to want to go." Ling Yunzi replied cautiously, and his eyes were still fixed on Qing Fengzi.

He took out two bamboo slips from the bookshelf, and Subhuti walked up to Ling Yunzi and handed it to him: "This is the "Complete Scroll of Daoism of Jinzun" written by the real Taiyi for the teacher, and handed it over to him on behalf of the teacher. As for this, it is It is the "Book of Infinite Strange Clouds" that was given to the real person Yuding, presumably according to his character, he will be happy."

   "Just give it to them like this?" Ling Yunzi opened his eyes in disbelief holding two precious scrolls.

"If you want to accept other people's apprentices as apprentices, you naturally have to give them enough face, otherwise the rumors will stir up as if we have dug a corner, and it is easy to cause troubles. When I accepted you for my master, I gave out more than one or two copies. I really owe you, master and apprentice, in my previous life. Hahaha, it’s fine, but it’s just the scriptures, just copy a few more copies for the teacher.” Subhuti snorted helplessly and laughed.

   smiled and sat back on the futon again.

  Ling Yunzi's head could only be lowered slightly: "Master, my disciple must let that Yang Jian pay back."

   "What to pay?" Subhuti sighed: "Can you pay it back? You and I will be less troublesome. The matter of your brother Wukong, I will tell him for the Master, so you don't need to worry about it. There's more."

Having said this, Subhuti paused, pointed at Qingfengzi and said, "You have to make amends with your senior brother about the Kuo Lingdan. Other people's apprentices have not been entrusted, so how can it be your turn to dictate to you? , and also gave Kuo Lingdan?"

   Hearing that Subhuti was going to be an elder, Ling Yunzi felt a lot of peace of mind, and quickly fell to the ground, bowing his head and admitting his mistake: "Young master, you are not going to do anything, please forgive me this time."

Qingfengzi didn't buy it, but snorted coldly: "Forgive this time and there will be another time! When I first entered the spectacle, I said that it's a matter of time, and now I'm 500 years old, and it's still a matter of time? I haven't even had a line for so many years. Changed, it can be said that there is no sincerity!"

Ling Yunzi was suddenly embarrassed, and Subhuti had to come out again to smooth things out: "Okay, okay, since you have admitted your mistake, it's over. Your little apprentice became so angry after eating a Kuo Lingdan, my apprentice almost He killed him, shouldn't he be skinned? Ah? Hahahaha."

   Hearing this, Ling Yunzi couldn't help but sigh...

  Old man, nothing is missing...