Me and countless me.

Chapter 259: Killing Bajie

For Sun Wukong, catching Zhu Wuneng was not a difficult task, but the difficulty lay in preventing Li Ke from performing his duties as a hero.

Although there was nothing wrong with what Li Ke did, and Gao Yuanwai's family were not good people, Wukong felt that this was not a fatal matter.

Although Zhu Wuneng has no problem with Gao Cuilan's family, and this matter is more of Gao Cuilan's family's problem, he is ultimately a man-eating monster and has no human rights in this world.

After all, Gao Cuilan might not care about an ugly husband, but she would definitely care about an ugly monster.

Those who eat people are monsters. No matter how high their cultivation level was or how many merits they have done, they are still monsters. Both Li Ke and Sun Wukong recognize this.

However, Sun Wukong felt that since Zhu Bajie was a monster, there was no need to be too harsh on Gao Yuanwai's family.

However, Li Ke felt that one is one and two is two. Just because Zhu Bajie is a murderer, it does not mean that other people can be allowed to persecute and murder him without knowing that Zhu Bajie is a murderer.

These are two different things and cannot be confused.

But the monkey felt that his master’s thoughts and actions would definitely be scolded and misunderstood.

However, Li Ke didn't care about these things at all.

"Rules and morals are sometimes counterintuitive, because rules and morals are mainly responsible for the stability of a social group and the survival of most lives, not just for convenience. So a perfect law will indeed have many people who don't understand it, but after understanding it, they are speechless."

Li Ke looked at the monkey and sighed before continuing.

"Just take down Zhu Bajie, and leave the rest to me."

Li Ke held a long sword in his hand and spoke in a calm tone.

"It would be bad to leave it to you!"

Sun Wukong complained in his heart, but there was nothing he could do. Li Ke was his master, and he could only listen to his master.

"I only ask Master to teach me. Before I come back, please don't kill too many people. This will also let me know what truth is."

Sun Wukong has already given his request very seriously and humbly.

Seeing him like this, Li Ke also nodded.

"Okay, (＾－＾)V."

Li Ke smiled, not looking like he was going to kill anyone at all. Seeing this, Sun Wukong couldn't help but tremble, not knowing what was going on with his master.

But for Sun Wukong, catching Zhu Bajie was too easy.

This second brother didn't make Sun Wukong spend much effort at all. Li Ke only waited in Gaojiazhuang for less than two hours, and Sun Wukong came back with Zhu Bajie.

When Sun Wukong came back carrying Zhu Bajie, Li Ke could hear Zhu Bajie's cursing voice from a distance.

"You damned Bi Ma Wen, you actually destroyed my cave, how shameless!"

Zhu Bajie was very angry because when Sun Wukong captured him, he showed no mercy at all and directly broke into his cave without giving him any face at all!

I clearly gave the secret code!

But the moment Zhu Bajie saw Li Ke, he was shocked.

"Zhu Bajie, I'm here to kill you."

Li Ke spoke calmly to his former second disciple in history.

"You were banished to the mortal world, but you refused to repent and killed people, even robbing and eating people. I will kill you today, will you accept it?"

After Li Ke finished speaking, Zhu Bajie was completely stunned.

This is not what Guanyin Bodhisattva said at the beginning!

When Guanyin Bodhisattva saw him eating people, she wanted to persuade him to return to the right path. However, she didn't expect that the pilgrim mentioned by Guanyin Bodhisattva, Jin Chanzi, would want to kill him when he saw him. And this crappy Bi Ma Wen Sun Wukong actually helped him to commit atrocities!
But before Zhu Bajie could say anything, Li Ke spoke.

"But don't worry, I will kill Mr. Gao and Gao Cuilan and take them to the underworld with you, so you don't have to worry."

Zhu Bajie: “…………”

Is this fucking human language?

Not only are they going to kill him, they are also going to kill his father-in-law and wife?
What kind of hatred is this?
Is this what a monk should say?

Zhu Bajie's confusion made Sun Wukong helpless, and the second brother finally reacted.

"Master! Master! Guanyin Bodhisattva once told me that I should protect you on your journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures! You can't kill me! I still want to go to the West with you to obtain Buddhist scriptures!"

Zhu Bajie spoke cleverly, and Li Ke couldn't help but speak after looking at Zhu Bajie's expression.

"Zhu Bajie, you were once the Marshal of the Heavenly Peng. Are you willing to be born as a pig for the rest of your life? Why don't you go through the reincarnation stage again, atone for your sins in this life, and then continue to practice. As for the journey to the West to obtain the scriptures... Sorry, my purpose is different from yours, so let's forget about it."

Li Ke's voice was very gentle, but both Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie had bitter smiles on their faces.

It is not that simple. Even if political prisoners like them are reincarnated, it is impossible for them to return to their original organization and position unless they have made great contributions to save the world.

Even getting back into the system is not a very realistic thing, so Zhu Bajie gave up on himself and even resorted to cannibalism.

Li Ke said it simply, but for most people in the three realms and six paths, once they are punished, there will be no chance again.

Those who can start practicing again like him, and even become stronger than in the previous life, are basically the privileges only available to those with great supernatural powers.

“Master, you don’t know that even if I could achieve perfection in my practice, it would be difficult for me to pass the immortal test and become an immortal again. That’s why I transformed into a demon and eat humans to survive. It was only because Guanyin Bodhisattva saved me that I would still be a demon now…”

Zhu Bajie looked at Li Ke's determined eyes, and his years of work experience told him one thing.

I'm really screwed this time.

The person in front of me said he wanted to kill me, and he didn't show any sign of wavering. If he couldn't see this after all this time, then he had lived in vain.

After all, there are many gods in heaven who hate evil, and he is also very clear that he has eaten a human. Any god who exorcise demons will not spare his life if they see him in a formal occasion.

But when death was imminent, Zhu Bajie became more relaxed.

"But Master, I understand that you want to kill me, but why did you kill my wife and my father-in-law?"

Zhu Bajie didn't quite understand this. He accepted being killed for eating people, after all, he used to catch man-eating monsters. He deserved to be killed for giving up on himself.

But he really didn't understand why Li Ke wanted to kill Gao Cuilan and Gao Yuanwai.

"Because they are trying to murder you. Although you are a demon, you did nothing wrong to them when you were at Gao Cuilan's house. But they still invited all kinds of monks and Taoist priests to kill you. This is murder."

Li Ke paused before continuing.

"Moreover, they beat servants to death quite a few times. There are many innocent souls in Gao Village, and many tenants were forced to death by them."

Li Ke did not kill people simply for Zhu Bajie. Outside the territory of the Tang Dynasty, slaves were not considered human beings, which was not something to be praised. So he was justified in killing.

After hearing this, Zhu Bajie was silent for a while, then he sighed.

"You, a monk, are really strange."

Most of the monks he saw were different from the monk in front of him, so he didn't understand why Li Ke was so serious and so fussy.

What happened to Gao Cuilan and the others was not a big deal in this era. They just beat a few slaves to death, and murdering themselves was normal.

"I don't blame them, holy monk, please forgive them."

Zhu Bajie clasped his hands together. He had realized his mistake thanks to the enlightenment of Guanyin Bodhisattva. What happened now could be regarded as karma. This Tang Dynasty monk killed him in revenge for the people he had eaten. His death was what he deserved.

However, as husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace, he still did not want Gao Cuilan and others to die.

"Perhaps, dying at the hands of this poor monk is also a good thing."

Li Ke swung his whisk and revealed his other identity.

"I am the Tang Dynasty's Recruiting Envoy, and I am here to provide geographical information and help the army advance. If I don't hurry up, I'm afraid I will be overtaken by the army."

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Bajie immediately understood why Li Ke said that dying at his hands was a good thing. If they fell into the hands of the Tang army at that time, it goes without saying what would happen to Gao Yuanwai and Gao Cuilan.

The local prominent families will be divided up. It is impossible to expect the Tang army to be polite to you at this time. This rapidly expanding empire has not yet reached its limit and does not need the support of the local government for the time being. Small villages like Gao Laozhuang naturally have no value in existence.

"Monk, you..."

Zhu Bajie's way of addressing Li Ke changed again, but Li Ke didn't care about it.

For Gao Cuilan and Mr. Gao, the arrival of people from the Tang Dynasty was a disaster for them. However, for their servants and servants, the arrival of people from the Tang Dynasty was an opportunity.

"Well, Marshal Tianpeng, enter the reincarnation as soon as possible and continue to practice! We will meet again someday!"

Li Ke stopped talking and waved at Sun Wukong.

"Wukong, go ahead. My master's strength has not yet recovered, so you should do it. As for the mortals..."

Li Ke drew his sword.

"I am the master!"

"Master..."

Sun Wukong frowned and looked at Li Ke.

"They don't have to kill them, right?"

Sun Wukong still felt uncomfortable and didn't quite understand why Li Ke was so extreme and why he did this.

It was clearly possible to ask Gao Yuanwai and his men to submit to the Tang Dynasty, so why did he do it so extreme? It was as if his master would not be happy if he did not kill all the evildoers he saw!
"Because this is a chaotic world!"

Li Ke held the sword in his hand and looked at Sun Wukong calmly. His eyes recalled what he had seen and experienced in Tianzhu. He knew very well that only killing these guys who refused to obey the king, had not been tamed by the great unification, and had no concept of propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame could change everything.

"Even if there are a myriad of evil causes in the world, I will shoulder them all!"

He has endured too long! Too much!
Therefore, his journey to the west can only be -

kill!

After Li Ke finished speaking, he picked up his sword and walked over. The people in Gao Village also discovered something was wrong at this time. However, in front of Li Ke, who had telepathy, none of those who had forced others to death or had forced tenants to death with their own hands could escape. The killing was endless and blood flowed like a river.

This was the early Tang Dynasty!
How many good people are there in this world?
Zhu Bajie looked at Li Ke's expression, and then looked at Sun Wukong, who was holding the golden cudgel and was ordered by Li Ke to kill him but never did anything, and he couldn't help but sneer.

"Bimawen, why are you so nagging? Do you think you can escape after accepting a master like this?"

Zhu Bajie has become very calm and no longer cares.

Sun Wukong was silent for a while and couldn't help shaking his head.

"I feel like I've been suppressed for so many years, but I still can't see the world clearly. What a waste of time."

He didn't understand Li Ke. Under the Five Elements Mountain, he thought he understood the world, but when he saw Li Ke, he felt that he no longer understood the world.

What Li Ke did was completely different from what he realized under the Five Elements Mountain, but it was very much in line with his wishes, which made him very conflicted.

"He is doing the right thing, but most of the time, the right thing is very painful, and that's what so-called practice is... doing the right thing and walking the right path. It's a pity that I only understand this now."

Zhu Bajie's expression was full of sorrow, for only at this moment did he understand why, although he was the Marshal of the Heavenly Peng and was greeted by countless immortal officials when he ascended to heaven, no one actually looked down upon him.

It’s not because his cultivation level was obtained by eating the golden elixir, but because in their eyes, he is not a cultivator at all.

I don’t understand the principles of this world, nor do I have my own path to follow.

He became an immortal without knowing it, was demoted to the mortal world without knowing it, was converted by Guanyin Bodhisattva without knowing it, and then was killed by Sun Wukong on the orders of Jin Chanzi without knowing it.

He had never been able to tame the monkey in his entire life, and ended up being killed by the monkey.

I have never conquered my desires.

To be precise, I have always been led by my worldly desires and forgotten what I really want.

But what is it that you really want?

Confusion appeared in Zhu Bajie's eyes again.

To achieve great success and obtain righteousness, but what is his righteousness?

Is he the high and mighty Marshal Tianpeng in the past, or the Buddha in the future, or the mortal who is eternally damned in the cycle of reincarnation.

At this moment, Zhu Bajie finally understood why Li Ke wanted him to practice again, because how could a person who didn't even know his true desires practice? How could he really cut off his physical desires?
At this time, Zhu Bajie looked at the dead people and the monk who was still otherworldly in the blood, and finally he had a great enlightenment.

"Sun Wukong, you are in trouble. Following such a person, your journey to the West to obtain the scriptures is destined to be filled with countless difficulties and obstacles. It will definitely not be the smooth road you want. What he wants is actually the word fairness, but these two words represent incomparable difficulties and obstacles..."

Zhu Bajie clasped his hands together and looked at Sun Wukong, because he could see that Sun Wukong was still very confused, just like himself, and didn't know what he really wanted.

Just follow such a master and one day you will understand.

Unfortunately, I don’t have that opportunity anymore.

"Come on! Bi Ma Wen!"

　Well, it's better to kill Bajie, because this Tang Monk doesn't want to spare a man-eating demon just to obtain the scriptures...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)