The Journey to the West is over, and the Perfect Life System is here

Chapter 5 I can’t help myself
Sun Wukong could see that the woodcutter's arrow was obviously blessed with an arrow heart.

The so-called arrow heart means using the heart as the arrow. Everything can be an arrow. When it is fully developed, you will surely hit the target.

Since the woodcutter is skilled in archery and has such supernatural powers, he would never shoot the arrow casually when he has it in his hand.

Even if you intend to conceal it, there will definitely be some flaws!
This is also the source of his confidence in this test.

However, the result of the test was somewhat unexpected. I didn't expect that the woodcutter would not hide anything.

It seems that arrows are more important to the woodcutter than he thought.

With the bow and arrow in hand, one cannot bear to desecrate it and must shoot every arrow carefully.

Perhaps this is why the woodcutter can master the magical power of arrow heart.

These thoughts flashed quickly through Sun Wukong's mind.

"Haha, I guessed it!" The woodcutter suddenly laughed. He went up and grabbed the goose's leg, saying with great joy, "My old mother hasn't had meat for a long time. Today she's going to have a treat!"

After saying that, he turned around and went down the mountain.

"Hehe, you want to leave without explaining yourself clearly?!" Sun Wukong sneered again and grabbed the other person.

"Sun Wukong, what else do you want me to say?" The woodcutter was angry. "Ask yourself honestly, have I ever lied to you?"

"The path you pointed out is correct," said Sun Wukong, "but why did you lie all those times, pretending to be an ordinary person and deceiving me? You said you had an elderly mother to take care of at home and couldn't follow the master up the mountain to cultivate?
You are obviously a true man who has obtained the secret of immortality, so why don't you tell the truth?

Humph, you were just mentioning your old mother, thinking I'm your grandson so you can tease me, huh? "

"My old mother is still alive, she is just sick." The woodcutter took off the hairy hand on his arm.

"Oh?" Sun Wukong scratched his face.

"As for why I didn't tell the truth..." the woodcutter said unhappily, "First, I really didn't practice in the mountains, and second, my master taught me to do this. If you don't understand, go ask him. What's the point of testing me?"

"So, my coming here to become his disciple was all arranged in advance by the master?" Sun Wukong asked immediately.

"Don't ask me! Ask the master, ask the master!" The woodcutter slapped his head, as if he had done something wrong, and grabbed the goose's leg and went down the mountain.

Sun Wukong did not stop him this time because the woodcutter had already given him an answer.

After walking a distance, the woodcutter suddenly stopped, turned back and said hesitantly, "Wukong, don't blame Master. He has no choice. Just remember, he never meant to harm you."

"Go away, you people are always evasive when speaking, it's so unpleasant!" Sun Wukong waved his hands, but he felt relieved in his heart.

If what the woodcutter said was true, then the problems with his master that had previously made him doubt and worried would no longer exist.

At the same time, he also realized that becoming a disciple might involve a lot of things!
How powerful must the force be to make the master unable to control himself?

……

In a quiet room behind the Sanxingdong Palace.

Patriarch Bodhi was sitting cross-legged on a cushion high up, with the woodcutter and Lan Caidu standing below.

"Master, we can't let Wukong keep exploring around," the woodcutter said helplessly. "If he keeps going like this, Fangcun Mountain will be turned upside down by him. Sooner or later, he'll figure out what's going on!"

"I think it's because you didn't keep your mouth shut that you let all your secrets slip away," said Patriarch Bodhi with a smile.

"Master has wronged me this time," the woodcutter said sternly, "Today at Rotten Peach Mountain, Wukong actually took out a bow and arrow to test me.

But the thing is, I never revealed that I was good at archery.

None of the fellow disciples on the mountain knew about this either, so how did Wukong know about it?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Cai next to him showed a hint of surprise on his face. He really didn't know that the woodcutter was good at shooting.

Patriarch Bodhi's expression remained unchanged as he asked, "Anything else?"

The woodcutter looked ashamed. "He found out that my mother was still alive, and he also guessed that my apprenticeship was arranged in advance."

Patriarch Bodhi ignored him and looked to the side again: "What about you?"

Lan Cai frowned and said in a deep voice, "I was just about to tell Master that I accidentally let Wukong see a page of the Shadow God Diagram the other day. At the time, I thought it was just a small demon, nothing serious, but I didn't expect that after the divination, it turned out to be... a very bad omen!
To verify this, I did another divination yesterday, but the hexagram remained the same."

When the woodcutter heard this, he couldn't hide the shock on his face. He was very familiar with Lan Cai's ability to tell good and bad luck, and this divination was basically correct.

Patriarch Bodhi chuckled, "Although he has lived in the mountains for ten years, you still don't know him well enough. This monkey has never relaxed his focus on anything, but you have become lazy."

The woodcutter and Lan Cai looked at each other and bowed respectfully, saying, "Master, please punish me!"

Patriarch Bodhi said nothing, but counted on his fingers, then said with a smile: "It is indeed a very bad omen, but there is good fortune hidden in the bad."

"Is there a blessing in disguise?" Lan Cai fell into deep thought.

"What happens next depends on Wukong's own choice," Patriarch Bodhi continued, "but we really can't let him continue to explore like this. It's enough for him to know this.

Tomorrow, I will stop his sweeping and cleaning duties. I will go and test his cultivation and find him something to do."

……

Sun Wukong is practicing diligently in his residence.

Just like when his master taught him the Great Heavenly Immortal Art, the Seventy-two Transformations, and the Somersault Cloud, he also needed to master the magical powers of water control and arrow heart rewarded by the system.

Suddenly, the system's voice sounded in his mind again.

[Congratulations on completing the task: Cleaning and Self-cultivation. Do you want to proceed with the task settlement?]

"Huh? It's done already?" Sun Wukong was a little surprised. He thought it would take a few more years to sweep.

It seems that this is due to his exploration during this period.

Especially Lan Cai and the woodcutter, since he had found out some things from them, they definitely didn't dare to let him continue exploring.

Then I checked the task settlement and found that it was indeed the case.

[Task Summary: It's called cleaning and self-cultivation, but it's actually a search for the truth. After days of searching, your doubts have been answered, but this direct temptation has also deprived you of the opportunity to continue exploring the truth.

Because your temptation caught the woodcutter and Lan Cai off guard, they went to complain to Patriarch Bodhi.

The woodcutter was worried that after a long time, you would notice something was wrong.

Lan Caize's divinations for several days showed a bad omen.

Patriarch Bodhi was not surprised. He knew you very well and calculated that this was a blessing in disguise. What would happen next depends on your choice.

Finally, he felt that you knew enough, so he decided to stop your sweeping and cleaning homework tomorrow to test your practice and find you something else to do.

"This idiot..." Sun Wukong was shocked.

Does the perfect life system have such insight?

The previous summary was quite normal. It did resolve his doubts and confirmed that his apprenticeship was arranged by his master.

But then the system gave the results of the communication between the master, the woodcutter and Lan Cai, which was unbelievable.

Although the result of this communication is very simple, it is still confusing.

"Good system, good baby!"

Sun Wukong certainly understood the power of this insight, and he felt happy again, and he no longer cared about the lower rating result.

【Task Rating: General】

[Task Reward: Maximum Level of Cleaning Experience, Essentials of Taoist Techniques]

Sun Wukong took a quick look at the two rewards, which were better than nothing, and then forgot about them.

Then, the system voice sounded again.

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