One day at Yunmeng Sect.
While cultivating, Li Ming suddenly noticed that the World Tree moved slightly, as if it was giving him a hint.
Li Ming pondered for a moment, then quickly calculated with his fingers and arrived at a conclusion.
"Three hundred years have passed since Huaguo Mountain was built, and the monkey is about to emerge from the mountain." Li Ming was very excited; the monkey was finally about to face his tribulation.
Li Ming was more concerned about his fate and tribulations.
If he hadn't come here by accident, he should have stayed in Flower Fruit Mountain for three to five hundred years.
Because I came here.
He studied his skills for hundreds of years in advance, and no one knows what level he has reached now.
He quickly called Green Ivy and the black dog to the living room, drew the curtains to create a nighttime movie-watching atmosphere, and began to watch the live broadcast, eager to know what was about to happen to the monkey.
"Is the monkey still slacking off?"
Green Ivy was wearing a light green dress, with her hair tied in two half-ponytails, and the tuft of hair on her head was twitching.
The monkey had just left Yunmeng Sect. Li Ming had used the Boundless Bowl to observe it for a period of time. At that time, the monkey was catching fish and shrimp and showed no signs of cultivation.
Li Ming shook his head and said, "Impossible. He's just a monkey at heart, used to being wild. If nothing unexpected had happened, he would have calmed down long ago, and his cultivation level would definitely be terrifying now."
Green Ivy looked at Li Ming and said, "How about we make a bet? If we lose, the dog has to do a headstand while washing its hair?"
Li Ming replied without hesitation, "Okay."
Black Dog was in a bad mood. "What does your bet have to do with me? I didn't even say anything. And you want me to wash my hair upside down? You're dreaming."
The image on the Wuliang Bowl began to project the world of "Journey to the West".
In the Eastern Continent of Divine Victory, in the Kingdom of Aolai, at Flower and Fruit Mountain.
A monkey with forked fur emerged from a cave, its snout and cheeks tucked in, its aura concealed, making it look like an ordinary monkey.
A group of monkeys rushed over, shouting, "The three-hundred-year period has come; we respectfully invite the Monkey King to emerge from seclusion."
The Monkey King was very low-key. He waved his hand, jumped into a waterfall, took a bath, and after he finished, he asked the many monkeys to report on the events that had happened three hundred years ago.
The results came quickly: only some of the monkeys had mastered one or two magical techniques, while the others were still in the cultivation stage, which seemed to be a matter of talent.
After hearing this, the Monkey King ordered all the monkeys to remove all traces of their cultivation.
He then set fire to his secluded cave, erasing all traces of the immortal techniques he had brought back from the Yunmeng Sect.
He had basically mastered the knowledge, and burning it now was just a way to play it safe.
This world is teeming with powerful beings, and immortals, gods, Buddhas, and demons roam freely; it's best to be cautious.
After all, he was still too weak; he couldn't even beat a dog and a child.
We need to be careful.
After doing all this, the Monkey King went to look at the two trees from three hundred years ago. These were immortal trees grown from the immortal fruit of the Yunmeng Sect, but they had not yet blossomed or borne fruit in three hundred years.
After reading it, the Monkey King decided to set off for the Cave of the Crescent Moon and Three Stars to learn more skills.
Many monkeys saw them off.
The Monkey King waved goodbye to his troop of monkeys, stepped on a bamboo pole, and set off for the vast ocean.
Following the southeast wind, they encountered a powerful and monstrous beast at sea.
The Monkey King casually released a few wisps of his aura, and the demons scattered and eventually arrived at the northwest bank.
Looking at the coastline, I saw many people doing different jobs: some were catching fish, some were hunting geese in the sky, some were digging for clams, and some were panning for salt.
As soon as they approached to ask questions, these ordinary people all ran away.
He figured that these people might have never seen a monkey before, and that's what scared them.
So he transformed himself into an ordinary person. This is the application of the Seventy-Two Transformations magic, which can transform oneself or objects.
By changing his appearance, he easily found out the location of Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and Xieyue Sanxing Cave.
Then he clicked on his body's meridians and acupoints, concealing his cultivation level, and walked seven or eight miles before finally arriving at the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, where he observed the surroundings for a while.
Just then, a celestial boy suddenly appeared. The Monkey King quickly stepped forward, bowed deeply, and explained his purpose.
The fairy boy said, “My master was just about to give a sermon when he suddenly called me to open the door. He said that someone had come to seek apprenticeship. It was you! Come with me!”
The Monkey King followed the fairy boy to the cave and came before the Bodhi Patriarch.
The Patriarch, having ascertained his purpose, was pleased. Seeing that he had no name, he said, “Though your body is ugly and lowly, you resemble a monkey that eats pine cones. I will take your body as a surname, meaning you will be named ‘Monkey.’ Removing the beast radical from ‘Monkey’ leaves the character ‘Gu’ (古) and ‘Yue’ (月), which means yin. Old yin cannot nurture. I will also give you the surname ‘Sun.’ Removing the beast radical from ‘Sun’ leaves the character ‘Zi’ (子) and ‘Xi’ (系), which means infant. This perfectly aligns with the nature of an infant. I will give you the surname ‘Sun.’”
The Monkey King thanked him profusely and asked the Bodhi Patriarch to bestow another name upon him. The Patriarch thought for a moment and said:
"Our sect has twelve characters used for naming different lineages: Guang, Da, Zhi, Hui, Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ying, Wu, Yuan, and Jue. Your lineage corresponds to the character 'Wu'. How about we give you the Dharma name Sun Wukong?"
The Monkey King said, "Good, good, good, from now on I shall be called Sun Wukong."
"Li Ming, you mentioned before that this monkey's name is Sun Wukong. So that's where it comes from." Green Ivy suddenly realized that his name was given by the Bodhi Patriarch. "Bodhi Patriarch, is he powerful?"
“Very powerful,” Li Ming said. “He is a powerful expert who has cultivated for many, many years, ridiculously powerful.”
"oh."
"Just look, don't talk." Li Ming patted Green Ivy's head and said, "Do you want to sit in my lap and watch? I think it will be more effective."
Green Ivy rolled her eyes and chuckled, then continued watching Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong was very low-key and never revealed his cultivation level. He remained unknown, learning common sense from his senior brothers, studying the classics, and doing chores like sweeping and carrying water in his spare time.
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