The Monkey King

While the Guanyuntian Harbor project was in full swing, stirring up the tensed nerves of countless people in the sky and on earth, in Huaguo Mountain, an inconspicuous monkey demon was concentrating on another huge project.

Speaking of which, this project is countless times larger than Guanyuntian Port.

It has been three months since the monkey returned to Huaguo Mountain.

In three smooth months, under the leadership of the monkeys, the monsters built a suspension bridge and moved into the relatively hidden and spacious Shuilian Cave. They also made various wooden furniture from local materials in Huaguo Mountain. After that, Water Curtain Cave looks quite decent, so comfortable that people feel a little forgetful.

After completing the resettlement work, he quickly dismantled the too conspicuous warship with the help of Yang Chan, and all the dismantled metals were moved to the water curtain cave by the monsters with great effort.

Regarding the retention of metals, the reason given by Monkey is that there are no metal minerals in Huaguoshan, and the metals obtained on these battleships will be extremely valuable to Huaguoshan in the future.

"Smelting in Huaguo Mountain?" Yang Chan did not agree with this, but did not raise any objection.

At the same time, the school headed by Lu Liuguai and the popularization of the exercises headed by Yang Chan had already begun. The monsters are eager to learn new skills, but have no interest in learning characters.

When it comes to popularizing writing, even Lu Liuguai, who teaches, doesn't care. Monsters are often forced into the school by monkeys, and then Lu Liuguai shakes his head and finishes speaking, regardless of whether the students have listened or not. When the time is up, Just dispersed. After half a month of school work, the monkeys did a spot check and found that the majority of them turned in blank papers.

Obviously, the five big and three thick monsters have no interest in the ghost-like characters at all. Over time, they even developed a certain sense of disgust. A monster once threatened that he would rather fight the heavenly army if he wanted to read and write.

This sentence may be a bit harsh, but it is indeed a true psychological portrayal of most monsters on the issue of reading and writing.

For this reason, Monkey had to give Lu Liuguai a severe scolding. Lu Liuguai got excited every time he thought about that scolding.

After that, the results of the exam were linked to the allocation of various resources, and the monsters became slightly more interested and went to study hard.

One month after arriving at Huaguo Mountain, Monkey put the fabrication of the organizational structure on the agenda and began the selection of core strengths. And the first criterion he proposed for screening was actually an examination. The way, of course, is to write articles.

Of course, it’s okay to write a whole sentence if you can’t write an article.

This made Yang Chan even more contemptuous, wondering what the monkey was planning.

"Are you going to let a group of monsters hold bamboo slips and preach to the heavenly soldiers?" Of course, she never said this publicly.

In the eyes of the demons, Yang Chan has always been Monkey's staunch supporter.

Come to think of it, being an official is a very desirable thing no matter what form or race you are in. As soon as the core strength screening rules were proposed, the monsters' enthusiasm for learning was immediately raised to an unprecedented height.

At this point, Huaguoshan’s first round of vigorous cultural leap forward kicked off.

During that period, whenever exams were approaching, it became commonplace to fight at night in Shuilian Cave, and the monkey even wrote about the allusion of "hanging beam to stab the buttocks". In Huaguo Mountain, you can often see huge monsters with hideous faces squatting in groups in a corner, scratching their heads in distress, turning over bamboo slips that are only as big as your own palm and reading hard, and from time to time they will dance a few verses from the Book of Songs. The words above come out.

Of course, they may not understand the true meaning of those words, but it doesn't matter, because the monkey's test only requires simple reading and writing.

Exam-oriented education is not sad. What is sad is that there is not even exam-oriented education.

After three months of studying hard, most of the monsters can now read and write simply, except for a few who are really confused. Although the dictation paper is still full of crisscrossed circles, it is better than handing in a blank paper. Not to mention it's a miracle.

In terms of skills, after changing the skills, since most of the monsters practice the Way of the Walker and were unable to do so before, in just three months, more than 30 monsters have broken through from the Concentrating Realm to the Nashen Realm, and three more have broken through. The monster has reached the peak of the realm of Nashen and may break through to the realm of refining gods at any time.

When hearing this result, the monkey was naturally beaming, while Yang Chan slipped in beside him and said, "It will be faster if you don't let them do anything about reading and writing."

When we are two people, Yang Chan is not afraid to say such things.

The monkey glanced at her indifferently and asked: "Is it useful to have a high level of cultivation? Can Yang Jian know how to write?"

"Of course!" Yang Chan glared at him.

"That's right, I have never heard of any Taoist temple's Taoist disciples being illiterate. Why don't the people here know how to read and write? Because they are monsters? Or because they practice the Way of the Walker?"

Yang Chan blinked thoughtfully.

"Once upon a time, there was a monkey with boundless power. He had hundreds of thousands of monkey soldiers under his command. He was mighty and majestic, but he never asked his subordinates to read or write. So when he made trouble in the Heavenly Palace and was suppressed by Tathagata Buddha at the foot of the mountain, no one even went there. Rescue him. Oh, not only is there no one to save him, but there is no one to deliver the food. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, how pitiful." The monkey shook his head, sighed and walked away with a smile.

"Are you thinking about what will happen after failure?" Yang Chan shouted.

"Of course, people have to leave a way out for themselves. The same goes for monkeys." The monkey turned around and replied cheerfully.

"A monkey with boundless power is making trouble in the Heavenly Palace, and is being pinned down by Tathagata Buddha at the foot of a mountain? Hey, is this a story you made up?"

The monkey didn't answer.

Yang Chan's brows furrowed even more tightly.

Naturally, Yang Chan wouldn't believe these nonsense. If that were the case, she would definitely turn around and leave. According to what she knew about monkeys, this would never really be the case.

But that’s not the idea, so what exactly is it? After staying here for three months, she found that she could no longer understand this monkey.

Regarding the decision, Monkey never explained it to anyone, not even to Yang Chan. Because it doesn’t make sense.

Many things need to be explained clearly in a short time. Fortunately, the monkey has absolute power in Huaguo Mountain. Even if Yang Chan is not absolutely obedient, he will try his best to maintain superficial cooperation. The implementation is not delayed in the end. Everything is carried out in an orderly manner. It just follows this pattern. No one here, including Yang Chan, can understand what kind of force Guoshan will develop into.

…

The three-star cave in the setting moon is concentrated in the palace.

"Teaching monsters to read and write? After three months in Huaguo Mountain, he actually focused most of his energy on this?" Subhuti stroked his long beard and chuckled.

Slightly turning his face to look at Qingfengzi who was sitting beside him, Subhu asked, "Qingfeng, can you understand this move?"

Qingfengzi was stunned for a moment, then slowly shook his head, cupped his hands and said, "When I first learned about this, I just thought that Junior Brother Wukong was a dead horse and became a living horse doctor, which was a random act. But you see, Master, you have to The look on his face after knowing this made me feel that there was something else going on. But what exactly this was, my disciple really didn’t understand."

Subhuti laughed out loud, rubbed the bamboo slips in his hands, took a deep breath, stared at the branches and leaves swaying in the wind outside the house, and said slowly: "You can't understand, it's normal. Even Ling Yun, who is good at calculation, should also understand You don’t understand. Now it seems that you, the tenth junior brother, are really the most qualified among the disciples of Xianyue Sanxing Cave. Not only the path of a cultivator, but also the path of an enlightened cultivator. Apart from the mentality of a stone in a pit, it is also optimal."

After saying that, he lowered his head and took a sip of tea with a smile.

Qingfengzi hesitated and said: "Master, this disciple is confused."

"Do you know why humans are humans and why demons are demons?"

Qingfengzi shook his head.

Subhuti stretched out a finger and sighed: "Words!"

After a slight pause, he continued: "People have blood, inheritance, understanding of people, and understanding of things. All reasons start from the 'words'. Only with words can there be inheritance and collaboration. This thick book There are endless truths to learn from the thick history books. The way of heaven is boundless. If you only have the power of one person to move fast, such as exercises, runes, formations, and elixirs, how can you go fast? And demons are born without father or mother, so they are just alone. . So what if the cultivation aptitude is a hundred times stronger than that of a human being? With only one body of brute strength, the demon king falls, and the demons will be slaughtered and scattered. If not, how will the current heaven be controlled by humans? "

Qingfengzi lowered his head, turned his face slightly and frowned, as if he had thought of something, but he hadn't thought clearly yet.

"For thousands of years, demon kings have emerged in large numbers. They are robbing the skills, the elixirs, and the magic weapons. But what if they grab them? The skills can be robbed, but the Tao behind the skills cannot be grasped. The elixirs can be robbed, but the compilation Can you understand what the monks in Danfang are thinking? If the magic weapon can be snatched, can the skill of refining the magic weapon be snatched away as well? "

Qingfengzi's brows furrowed even more.

Subhuti let out a long sigh: "This road is impassable, as evidenced by the piles of corpses under the heavenly army's sword! Unfortunately, the demons have no historical data, and naturally they don't understand what lessons have learned from the past. They only know that robbing is easier than doing." But they don’t know that haste makes waste, and the things they steal are not their own after all. Hahahaha, this monkey!"

Subhuti's expression suddenly changed, he stretched out a finger and tapped the floor, and said slowly: "The plan is very big!"

Qingfengzi couldn't help but widen his eyes in shock.

Gently stroking his long beard, Subhuti sighed again: "I looked down on him as a teacher before. But, how did he think of this?"

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly, puzzled.

He has stood between heaven and earth for tens of millions of years and has seen all the changes in the situation, so he can naturally understand them. But how does this monkey know? Could it be that this can be learned by oneself without a teacher?

Qingfengzi thought for a long time, then raised his hands and said: "What the master said is true. However, for such a layout to be effective, I am afraid it will not happen overnight. The Supreme Being did not inform the Heavenly Court of this matter, and the Heavenly Army will naturally not be interested in it. Junior Brother Wukong is afraid. How does Junior Brother Wukong know that he can wait until the day when the results come out? In contrast, training soldiers and horses is probably more practical at the moment. For thousands of years, many forces in the world have used this to dominate the mountain. It’s the most important thing. Junior brother, I’m afraid my heart is too high and I acted too hastily.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Subhuti waved his hand slowly and said with a smile: "No, no. If you defeat one group of heavenly soldiers, ten groups will come. If you defeat ten thousand heavenly soldiers, there will be one hundred thousand. If not To make millions of heavenly soldiers fearful, what's the difference between defeat in one battle and defeat in ten battles? If you postpone the core thing in order to gain more time, wouldn't you put the cart before the horse and pick up the sesame seeds and lose the watermelon? He This, on the contrary, reveals the inner doorway."

After saying that, he laughed heartily: "Others are trying to seize the mountain and be the king, and they are planning to occupy the mountain and be the king. The only way he can go is to go against the will of heaven. Of course, what he is planning is to go against the will of heaven. How can we generalize it?" ?”