Chapter 37: Shen Gongbao's Roar
Taiyi Zhenren left Yuxu Palace happily, but Shen Gongbao was still kneeling on the ground.
Shen Gongbao knelt on the ground, and Yuanshi Tianzun didn't seem to have any intention of letting him get up. He seemed to be frozen for a moment.
Time passed little by little, and in the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.
Shen Gongbao, who was lying on the ground, gradually began to change his expression. Finally, he slowly raised his head and looked at Yuanshi Tianzun, wondering, "Teacher, you called me here just to let me kneel here?"
Yuanshi Tianzun had already closed his eyes at this moment, not bothering to look at him at all. When he heard his question, he said calmly: "Evil beast, do you know your mistake?"
Upon hearing this, Shen Gongbao's heart suddenly flared up with nameless anger, but he suppressed it forcefully, trying to remain calm and say, "I wonder where I went wrong? Please enlighten me, Master."
"You're really so clueless that you don't even know the etiquette. Do you really not know where you went wrong?"
Yuanshi Tianzun said indifferently.
The corners of Shen Gongbao's eyes twitched, and his temples began to tremble, but he still gritted his teeth and suppressed his anger, saying in a deep voice: "Disciple, I don't know!"
"I've already told you that you don't even know the etiquette, yet you still don't know where you're wrong. You're truly dull and unteachable."
Yuanshi Tianzun finally opened his eyes and glanced at Shen Gongbao. His eyes were calm and his words were also calm, as if he had no emotions.
"Hahaha!"
Shen Gongbao was no fool; on the contrary, he was very clever. Hearing Yuanshi Tianzun's words, he came to his senses. "Okay! You're blaming me for offending Taiyi Zhenren!"
All of a sudden, Shen Gongbao raised his head and burst into laughter.
Yuanshi Tianzun just looked at him calmly and let him laugh.
Shen Gongbao laughed for a while, tears welling up in the corners of his eyes. He then slowly stopped laughing and said word by word, "Teacher, I know you've always been partial to those brothers, but I never thought you'd go to such lengths!"
At this point, Shen Gongbao flicked his finger towards the door and shouted, "You are the Hunyuan Wuji Sage. Nothing in heaven or earth can escape your divine eyes. Didn't you just see that it was Taiyi who tried to attack the Crane Boy first, and I couldn't bear to see it, so I saved him. And then he insulted me first!?"
"Taiyi is your senior brother. If you know the etiquette, you will be willing to learn from him. How can you argue with him?"
Yuanshi Tianzun's voice remained emotionless, as if it were the Great Dao: "You have no respect for your elders. When my senior brother lectures you, you respond with harsh words. Where is the slightest bit of courtesy? You are truly stubborn and unteachable."
"Hahaha!"
Hearing this, Shen Gongbao burst into laughter again.
As he laughed, tears finally flowed from his eyes. He spoke in a hoarse voice, "I have been a disciple of Master for sixteen thousand years. I don't know how many times I have been looked down upon and ridiculed by my twelve senior brothers! They never acknowledged me! They always looked down on me as a beast! A beast! A monster!"
At this point, Shen Gongbao looked up at Yuanshi Tianzun and shouted, "Eighteen thousand years! Do I have one, one, chance to refute it?!"
Yuanshi Tianzun closed his eyes and said nothing.
Shen Gongbao shook his head and said, "Not even once. No matter how they humiliated me or mocked me, I endured it all. But you, Teacher, couldn't see these things! And today, I was just so angry that I said something back, Teacher! And you just happened to see it! Hahahaha, hahahahahaha!"
Shen Gongbao's laughter, filled with endless resentment and unwillingness, echoed throughout the void. As he laughed, he slowly stood up and stopped kneeling.
Yuanshi Tianzun also did not open his eyes.
After Shen Gongbao stood up straight, he finally stopped laughing and said calmly, "Before, I always wondered why all this happened. Was it because my cultivation was so shallow? That's why I was like this? So I practiced and cultivated desperately, never tired, regardless of the cold or heat. Even now, my cultivation is a little higher than that of Taiyi Zhenren, but the looks and words I get are still disdainful."
Shen Gongbao paused, looked at Yuanshi Tianzun, and his voice gradually became cold: "But until today, I finally understand, all of this is because I am a demon! Teacher! Including your disciples! Look down on demons! Always look down on them! No matter how hard I try!!"
"Stupid."
Yuanshi Tianzun finally opened his eyes, looked at Shen Gongbao, and said calmly.
"right!!"
Shen Gongbao shouted again, "I am extremely stupid! It is precisely because of this stupidity that I joined your Chan Sect!"
"Brother Shen Gong." The White Crane Boy on the other side quickly spoke in human language, "You can't speak to the teacher like that!"
"Not yet!?"
Shen Gongbao turned abruptly to look at the White Crane Boy, raised his hand and pointed at Yuanshi Tianzun, and shouted, "Can't you understand what he means? Me! You! Are all beasts! You will always be furry, horned, foolish, and unteachable beasts!"
"Brother Shen Gong!"
The White Crane Boy was completely panicked for a moment. After shouting, he had no idea how to dissuade Shen Gongbao.
Shen Gongbao finally relaxed completely. He turned around and looked at Yuanshi Tianzun and said, "Teacher! You may know how much hardship it takes for a beast to cultivate into a human form, but you will never know why I must cultivate into a human!"
Yuanshi Tianzun looked at Shen Gongbao, shook his head slowly, and then closed his eyes again.
Shen Gongbao continued with tears in his eyes, "Because in the eyes of animals, the world is only black and white. Teacher, do you know how monotonous that is?"
At this point, Shen Gongbao smiled miserably and said, "That's more monotonous and lonely than you can imagine. Later, I heard that human eyes can see a completely different world! A world full of exotic colors!"
Shen Gongbao's eyes lit up, and his voice grew louder and louder: "From that day on! I swear! I must cultivate to become an immortal, because only by becoming an immortal can I transform into a human form! I want to see this colorful world! Even if! Just for a glance!"
Upon hearing this, Yuanshi Tianzun finally opened his eyes again. He looked at Shen Gongbao and sighed, "Are you here just for this one look?"
Shen Gongbao cried, "Yes! Just for this one glimpse! Finally, I saw it! I saw this colorful, incredibly beautiful world! I was lost in it!"
Yuanshi Tianzun shook his head slightly.
Shen Gongbao continued, "Another ten thousand years passed! I came to your Yuxu Palace! I became your disciple! Because I heard from my fellow Taoists! Yuanshi Tianzun! You are the most wise! The most fair! The most protective! And the most loving disciple!!"
Shen Gongbao suddenly burst into tears and roared, "It's fake! It's all fake! You only love humans! You only love humanity! I always thought that I wasn't virtuous enough! So I tried! I fought hard! But what did I get in return? Still contempt! Disdain! Scorn! For a full 18,000 years!"
Yuanshi Tianzun said calmly: "So, you've had enough?"
"Yes! I've had enough!!"
Shen Gongbao roared fiercely: "Here, there is no so-called fairness! There is no so-called wisdom! There is only injustice! There is only despair!"
When Yuanshi Tianzun heard this, he sighed slowly and closed his eyes again.
Shen Gongbao roared loudly: "So! I've had enough!!"