Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 560 The Gate to the Fourth-Order Gene Lock
Fang Yu sat cross-legged in a secluded mountain cave, with a bolt of purple lightning occasionally striking down from the Nine Heavens Thunder Pool above his head, illuminating his furrowed brows.

The "Secret Essentials of Taiyi Qinghua Cave" lay open before my lap. The text on the fourth page twisted and wriggled like a living thing. I recognized each character, but when put together, it was obscure and difficult to understand.

It's like the numbers a math teacher writes on the blackboard in class. Individually, you can at least recognize them as 1, 2, 3, or 4, but when they're put together, it's a real pain.

"The three souls return to their places, the seven spirits solidify into form." Fang Yu traced the words with his fingertips. "What does this mean?"

He slammed the book shut, veins throbbing in his temples.

Ever since he publicly unleashed the Thunderclap in Chang'an, the flow of spiritual energy within his body has always been somewhat sluggish, like an invisible reef blocking the way in a river.

"Should I ask Zhenyuan Daxian?" Fang Yu chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Since that ancestor of the Earthly Immortals used his "Hidden Universe in His Sleeve" technique to throw him to Chang'an, he clearly had no intention of interfering further.

He's now just like that monkey who was thrown out of the Crescent Moon Cave; his sect doesn't recognize him anymore.

"Ask someone else? Wouldn't that be leaking information?"

"What should we do?"

The mountain wind blew through the cave, carrying the chill of late autumn.

Fang Yu suddenly had an idea!
"Five Finger Mountain!"

The Monkey King, who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago, was imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain by Buddha. Now, his sentence is about to expire.
Before his release from prison, he could bribe a monkey with just a banana.

Even a banana tree might provide a hole for a monkey!
Just leave!

Fang Yu went to the market and bought a bunch of fruits, including peaches, bananas, apples, and pears. A day later, he arrived at a desolate valley.

Rather than mountains, they are more like five towering pillars supporting the sky.

The reddish-brown rock formations are barren, and at the foot of the mountain are scattered, severely weathered Buddhist verse stone tablets.

At the base of the central pillar, a dark hole can be vaguely seen.

When he was still a hundred feet from the foot of the mountain, dense Sanskrit characters suddenly appeared on the ground.

These golden characters seemed to come alive, wrapping around Fang Yu's ankles, and the burning sensation instantly penetrated his bones!
"hiss--"

Fang Yu quickly wrapped himself in divine protection, and the burning sensation subsided somewhat.

"You old Buddha!" ​​A hoarse curse suddenly came from inside the cave. "Five hundred years and you still send bald monks to chant sutras? Your grandpa's ears are calloused from hearing it so many times!"

Fang Yu's eyes lit up!
Although the voice was hoarse, it carried a familiar arrogance; it was none other than Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, who had wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace back then!

He endured the burning pain and went forward, finally seeing the scene inside the cave clearly at the corner.

A furry head was stuck in a crevice in the rock, its fiery eyes shining like candlelight in the darkness.

The monkey's head was covered in a thick layer of dust, making it look quite disheveled.

"Huh?" Sun Wukong suddenly sniffed. "Not the bald monk?" He struggled to roll his eyes and finally caught sight of Fang Yu. "Where did this kid come from? Aren't you afraid of getting burned?"

Just as Fang Yu was about to explain his purpose, Sanskrit characters suddenly erupted from beneath his feet!
Dozens of golden chains shot out from the void, binding him tightly.

"Ha!" Sun Wukong grinned gloatingly, revealing a missing canine tooth. "This barrier is specifically designed to counter cultivators; the more you exert your power, the tighter it binds you!"

Upon hearing this, Fang Yu immediately stopped struggling, and sure enough, the chains loosened slightly.

He said, panting heavily, "This junior, Fang Yu, has come to seek guidance from the Great Sage."

"Seeking guidance?" Sun Wukong's ears twitched. "What are you holding in your hand?"

"Fruit, and books."

Sun Wukong's fiery eyes darted around, and he looked shrewd. "Oh? You don't understand the things in the book, so you've come to ask me, Old Sun, for help?"

"The Great Sage is indeed the Great Sage; he understands immediately upon hearing it."

"Bring it here, let me see it." Fang Yu crawled forward, the chains hissing against his flesh with every inch he moved.

After finally handing over the book, Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Peel a banana for me first!"

Fang Yu chuckled awkwardly, pulled a handful of bananas from his bag, and Sun Hou's eyes lit up, swallowing hard!
Five hundred years!

The person who can give it a banana is more precious than the Star of Africa or the Tear of the Ocean!

After all, this is a barrier set up by Buddha. Ordinary people would be afraid and run away if they came, and those with cultivation would not be able to withstand it. Only a great immortal who is neither here nor there can come to the monkey, but he has to consider whether the Western Paradise will hold a grudge against him, and whether he will be tainted by "karma".

Fang Yu shoved the banana in front of Sun Wukong's mouth, and Sun Wukong opened his mouth and took a bite!

"The skin isn't even finished being peeled yet!"

"Smack, smack!" Sun Wukong said impatiently as he ate, "I don't care about this or that! Give me another one!"

After all that commotion, Sun Wukong ate all the fruit Fang Yu had brought.

It licked its lips contentedly, closed its eyes, and was about to fall asleep.

"Hey! You monkey, what's wrong? Trying to back out?"

Sun Wukong blinked. "Look at my memory, I'm so stupid! Oh right, what were you going to do again?"

Fang Yu sighed. "Ask you what those words in the book mean."

"Oh, I can tell you, but... I've been imprisoned at the foot of the mountain for five hundred years. I rarely get anything to eat, and I only drink the occasional drops of mountain spring water and the sour wild fruit that accidentally slips onto my face."

Fang Yu understood perfectly well that Sun Wukong was playing the victim and trying to raise his price. He slapped the person opposite him and said, "You wait."

Before Sun Wukong could figure out what the V50 mark on the ground meant, Fang Yu suddenly disappeared!

"Hmm?!" Sun Wukong noticed something amiss. His eyes blinked rapidly, but he couldn't figure out what kind of supernatural power this was.

Not long after, Fang Yu reappeared in a flash.

This time, he was carrying a bag bigger than anyone else!
Upon seeing this, Sun Wukong's heart immediately raced!
This tastes amazing!
It's all bananas and peaches!

Fang Yu gave Sun Wukong a smile: "Go ahead and build, build as much as you want."

Sun Wukong was moved to tears, "I, I am Old Sun!"

Fang Yu waved his hand and used the green light energy to create a rotating fruit conveyor belt. Sun Wukong looked at the fruit rotating above the conveyor belt and Fang Yu peeling bananas, and finally couldn't hold back anymore!

"Kid! Wait until I finish eating! After I finish, I'll say whatever I want! Just wait!"

The ground was littered with fruit peels and scraps of paper. Sun Wukong was so full that even his burps smelled like bananas. He gestured for Fang Yu to scratch his face, and the monkey laughed awkwardly, "This is the first time I've realized how small the crevice in this mountain is. There's no room left for my stomach!"

Seeing his childhood idol being tortured to this extent, Fang Yu suddenly felt a little teary-eyed. He also understood why the Great Sage was evenly matched with everyone during the journey to the West, completely losing the pride he had when he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace.

Even if someone were to be imprisoned under this godforsaken Five Finger Mountain for five hundred years, shitting in their crotch and urinating on their legs, and not seeing their own penis for five hundred years, they wouldn't dare to cause trouble or have any disloyal thoughts.
After resting for a while, Sun Wukong stared at the fourth page of the booklet with his fiery eyes, and after a long while, he said, "You're stuck on 'The Three Souls Return to Their Places'?"

"Yes, every time I practice."

"Idiot!" Sun Wukong interrupted, "I'll teach you!"

He suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Listen carefully!"

A tongue-twisting mnemonic rang in Fang Yu's mind like a thunderclap.

He trembled violently, and the stagnant spiritual energy within his body suddenly surged like a tide, clearing new paths through his meridians!

"Hehe, you've learned it, haven't you?"

Fang Yu immediately felt refreshed!

It seems that even the threshold of the fourth-order gene lock is subtly stirring!

(End of this chapter)