After Qitian
When the weight of Wuzhishan dissipated, the first thing my fingertips touched was not the wind, but the warmth with the smell of fireworks.
Five hundred years have been enough for the stones to weather, enough for the sea to turn into dust, and enough for that unruly demon to rub the lines of the golden cudgel until they shine at the bottom of the dark mountain. Avalokitesvara said that there are sutras in the Western Heaven, which can be retrieved to resolve countless calamities. When Tang Monk's Zen staff touched my shoulder, I heard Jin Chanzi's soul sighing in his bones and blood, just like the wisp of smoke leaking from Lao Jun's elixir furnace at the peach banquet.
I didn't say it. In fact, I am no longer the monkey making trouble in heaven.
During the days at the foot of Wuzhi Mountain, I saw spring grass climbing up the cliff, I saw Orion's children grow into white-haired weeping weeds, and I saw the water in Liusha River rise and fall, fall and rise again. In those years, I no longer thought about the Monkey King, I just wanted to know why the Jade Emperor in the Lingxiao Palace could sit on the dragon throne and look at all living beings like ants.
The journey to learn the scriptures is long, Bajie is still greedy, Sha Monk is still silent, and Tang Monk's reciting of the tight mantra gives me a headache. But I no longer swing the bat and hit like I did back then. The White Bone Spirit transformed three times. I could see through her demonic aura at a glance, but when Monk Tang was reciting the incantation, I withdrew the golden cudgel. I saw the resentment in her eyes, which was very similar to the Huaguo Mountain that was trampled to pieces by the heavenly soldiers. The blood of those monkeys dyed the stones of the Water Curtain Cave red.
When passing by the Flame Mountain, Princess Iron Fan's banana fan filled the sky with red flames. She hates me and hates me for harming Hong Boy. I stood in the sea of fire, looking at her eyes that were red from crying, and suddenly I remembered the old monkey in Huaguo Mountain. I remembered that I broke into the Dragon Palace to seize the treasure. When I returned to the mountain, the cave full of monkeys surrounded me and called me king. I lowered my hand and said,
