The Monkey King

Not long after, Qingxin left Nantianmen, accompanied by Nezha, who looked puzzled.

The two of them headed towards the mortal world, but instead of heading west where the monkey was, they flew all the way to the southeast.

"Where exactly do you want to go?"

Along the way, Nezha asked this more than once. However, Qingxin didn't answer even a single sentence. She only lowered her head to figure out the beads in her hand from time to time, seeming to be thinking about something.

For hundreds of years, she has always followed her two masters, never even leaving the distance of a hundred feet between them. Even if I sneak out a few times by chance, they will appear immediately if something happens. Maybe it's Subhuti, maybe it's Taishang Laojun, or sometimes it's a fellow disciple whose cultivation has reached a certain level. In short, no matter when and where, there will always be one of them looking after them.

In the past, she only felt that her master was very strict with her and cared about her very much, so she was so meticulous.

Of course, Qingxin had also questioned the reason for this. After all, she did not have very outstanding qualifications. Apart from the two masters, she did not have a very impressive background. How could a woman with an ordinary background win the favor of two powerful men and become their disciples as soon as she was born?

This is simply something that has never been done before or since. Almost every immortal who has just heard about this will find it incredible and even raise some level of doubt. However, this question has never received any answer, and even Qingxin himself cannot figure out the reason.

It’s been a long time. It becomes a habit.

But just now, she suddenly realized a problem...that is, this situation seemed to be changing.

When did it start?

It seems to have started when Subhuti asked her to deliver something to Zhen Yuanzi.

Until just now, she suddenly realized that no one was following her anymore. Even the disciples from Xianyue Sanxing Cave or Tushita Palace who were originally following him disappeared.

I didn't deliberately avoid anyone, but they all walked away. This feeling is very different from usual. Just then, this wonderful bead appeared...

Faintly, she already knew who gave her the bead.

But why on earth would he give himself this bead at this time? When he was thinking about investigating what happened more than six hundred years ago, when he felt that he had no way to start, he handed this bead that he didn't know about to himself in this way.

It was originally hazy. Things that are impossible to start with. Suddenly it became traceable.

Does this mean you are pushing yourself to move forward?

Is there something at the end of this road that I must know, but it is not convenient for the two masters to tell me directly?

Qingxin couldn't figure it out, so she could only go down this path.

Faintly, she had clearly felt that her two masters were quietly guiding her. Towards a buried truth. Unfortunately, when she realized this, the original feeling of curiosity and excitement suddenly disappeared. What's left is just indifference.

Not long after, the two traveled thousands of miles to Dongsheng Shenzhou.

Looking at the direction Qing Xin was heading, Nezha Ban suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly stopped, and asked in horror: "Do you want to go to Huaguo Mountain?"

Qingxin also paused and turned around to look at Nezha lightly. He asked instead: "Can't you?"

"Heaven has not set foot on Huaguo Mountain for hundreds of years. It is a forbidden area."

"Who stipulates it?"

"This..." Nezha scratched his head and frowned: "There are no specific regulations, but the demon clan regards it as a holy land. If you set foot on Huaguo Mountain privately, you may cause unnecessary trouble. This is not the case in Heaven. Everyone knows it.”

Qingxin raised her head and thought for a while. Said: "Have you been to Huaguo Mountain before?"

"Been there."

"Lead troops, or go directly inside?"

"Tried it both ways."

"Have you ever seen that monkey in Huaguo Mountain?"

"That's for sure, otherwise why would I go?"

"That's enough. Li Jing did not introduce the wrong person."

After saying that, Qingxin turned around and continued moving forward.

Seeing Qingxin flying all the way to the southeast with no intention of looking back, Nezha hesitated for a moment and had no choice but to follow.

Soon, the two of them landed on the outskirts of Huaguo Mountain.

Standing on the cliff, facing the wind with a clear heart, I looked at everything in front of me with some surprise.

The lifting of the rain ban has brought the long-lost nectar to this land, and has also alleviated the raging yellow sand storm a lot. However, this does not make the land look any better.

The originally raging sand disappeared, and everything hidden under the sand was revealed, like a scar that had been covered for a long time.

Boundless ruins buried in yellow sand and red soil, swaying stone pillars and broken walls, mountains that were smashed to pieces during the battle, and huge pumice stones inserted into the ground and exposed above the surface...

The trauma caused to this land by that battle six hundred years ago still cannot be completely healed to this day.

"This is Huaguo Mountain?"

"kindness."

"It doesn't match its name." Qingxin sighed.

"It wasn't like this before." Nezha said lightly: "In the earliest days, this was a mountain forest with spring-like seasons and flocks of birds and beasts. Later, the demon tribe rose up here and turned it into a demon kingdom. And later on ...After the war, the heaven banned rain and the monsters scattered everywhere, which is why this place became like this. The rain ban was only lifted not long ago. If it were a year or two ago, there wouldn't be even a little green here."

Two birds flew overhead, chirping.

Lowering his head, Qingxin noticed that in the gaps between the rocks, a little bit of green was growing tenaciously, but it was only for a short time, and it was inconspicuous in this land full of death.

After a pause, Nezha continued: "There are some monsters here. If you want to go in, our identities are not suitable, so it is best to become monsters."

As he said that, Nezha turned back to look at Qingxin, only to find that she had risen into the air and fallen towards the bottom of the cliff.

Nezha was suddenly surprised. He quickly transformed himself into a mouse spirit and followed him.

As soon as he landed on the ground, Nezha shouted eagerly at Qingxin: "You're really going to get into trouble!"

"What will happen?" Qingxin continued walking forward as if nothing had happened.

Nezha's scalp felt a little numb.

What on earth does this aunt want to do?

He couldn't figure it out, but he couldn't leave her alone, so he had to be more vigilant and follow closely while maintaining his rat-like appearance.

The wind blew slowly through the ruins, making various strange sounds.

Two people in this ruins. A leisurely stroll. One of them looked around furtively as if he had entered enemy territory.

Looking at Nezha's nervous look, Qingxin said leisurely: "Don't be too nervous. Heavenly Court didn't dare to step here before because of the situation at that time. Although the demon kings have already left here, they even often have internal strife among themselves. , but so far none of them have dared to declare their complete separation from Huaguo Mountain. Huaguo Mountain is a banner of the Monster Clan. In other words, Heavenly Court does not set foot here because it actually does not want to give them an excuse to reunite. Now that the monkey has returned, this concern is meaningless."

"How do you know? Have you researched it?"

"I guessed it." Qingxin said with a smile.

"Guess... can you rely on guessing for such a thing?" Nezha couldn't help but puff up his cheeks. Just when he looked back and was about to glare at Qing Xin, he suddenly found that she was looking at the beads in her hand intently.

Slowing down a little, Nezha fell behind Qing Xin and carefully peeked at the beads in Qing Xin's hand.

You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.

From the bead, Nezha saw the bustling streets of Huaguoshan in the past. I saw an endless stream of monsters.

"What's this?"

"A mirror that can see the past." Qing Xin said: "It seems that the scale of Huaguo Mountain was really extraordinary at that time. It's no wonder that the Heavenly Court at that time was forced to huddle in the Nantianmen, and there was nothing that could be done about Huaguo Mountain. .Didn’t you say you’ve been here before? Where did you see the monkey?”

Nezha frowned and thought for a long time, then pointed to the main peak of Huaguo Mountain not far away and said: "I'm afraid it's hard to find other places now, but there is one place that should be right, and that's it. Mountain. The first time I met him was in a cabin on the top of that mountain.”

Qingxin nodded, soared into the air and flew towards the main peak of Huaguo Mountain. In this process. She turned around again and took advantage of the limited time to use the beads in her hand to carefully look at the Huaguo Mountain that was more than 600 years ago.

Standing on the ground and looking at this monster city-state more than 600 years ago with a bead, the first thing she felt was her own insignificance. And when she looked down at the panoramic view of the Huaguoshan city-state from the air through the bead, she felt , is shocking.

The city-state stretches for hundreds of miles, the pumice stone blocks out the sky and the sun, the splendid palaces, the huge fleet constantly coming and going, the strong ships and sharp guns. That scale was several times greater than today's Heavenly Palace.

When she saw this scene, Qingxin was completely stunned.

She couldn't believe her eyes.

I once heard Yu Yi and Yu Xuan mention that Huaguo Mountain created an extremely powerful and prosperous monster civilization during the era of Monkey King. Even the firearms used in war were first made by the monsters in Huaguo Mountain. The civilization created in just a few hundred years and the peak period of Huaguo Mountain were not comparable to any force in the Three Realms. But at that time, she just treated it as a joke.

Today's demon clan lives like wild beasts, living a life of consuming hair and drinking blood. If the demon race can live a civilized life, why not now?

However, she was wrong. The demon clan can really be extremely civilized, and everything seen through the beads is proof.

They not only know how to destroy, but as long as conditions permit, they can also create civilization, which is even more brilliant than what humans have created.

However, since they could create a powerful civilization more than 600 years ago, why did it become like this?

Qingxin really couldn't understand this.

Slowly, the two of them landed on the main peak of Huaguo Mountain.

Taking the beads and looking around, Qingxin asked, "About when did you see him here?"

"I can't remember exactly. It must have been more than seven hundred years ago. I really can't remember the specific time..."

While he was talking, Nezha suddenly saw a brown-haired monkey demon not far in front of them, watching them warily. His hand had already been pressed to the handle of the knife at his waist, and the fur all over his body stood up.

For a moment, Nezha and Qingxin stopped moving and stared at the monkey demon with wide eyes.

After a long time, the brown-haired monkey demon took a step back, slowly grinned and revealed its fangs, and growled: "Who are you? What are you doing in Huaguo Mountain?"

"God Refining Realm?" Qingxin slowly breathed a sigh of relief, straightened up and took a step forward.

The brown-haired monkey demon was startled and quickly took a step back.

"Who are you? What are you doing here at Huaguo Mountain? If you don't tell me, I'm going to take action!"

Saying that, the monkey demon was about to draw his sword.

But before he could completely pull out the knife from his waist, Qingxin had already stretched out his five fingers towards him, and the five rings on his fingertips echoed each other, emitting a soft light.

The demon monkey immediately opened its eyes in horror as if it was frozen.

He suddenly realized that he could no longer move. His whole body seemed to be tightly controlled by countless hands, and he could only maintain his original movements without moving. Even the mouth was blocked and no sound could be made.

The knife was slowly sheathed.

"I'm worried about not having a guide. If you are a monster born and raised in Huaguo Mountain, that would be just right." Qingxin said. (To be continued ~^~)

PS: Well, one chapter has been updated. The turtle is back to coding~