Lin Yanci transmigrated and got bound to a System.
The System said he had to revive the Way of Literature, so ordinary people could take on gods and Buddhas with poetry and prose.
After thinking it over, he decided to start at the foot of Five Elements Mountain.
His first student was Sun Wukong, whom he taught to read and write for three hundred years.
Later, on the journey to the West, the monsters realized something was wrong:
That monkey had stopped hitting people. He handed them a “Notice of Demonic Subjugation” first.
Then he recited poetry until the monsters broke down. “Please, just hit me instead!”
The Celestial Court sent someone down to investigate, but Lin Yanci fended them off with a single line:
“Immortals, would you care to sit in on a lesson first?”
This wasn’t Journey to the West. It was a monkey passing the civil service exam and landing a secure job.