All the heavens begin with the mind-monkey.

Zheng Zha asked with some surprise, "Brother Monkey, why did you change the basic internal energy cultivation method, and then also the basic qigong and basic Chinese martial arts books? What's the difference between these three books?"

Zhe Xingsun scratched his head and said, "Basic Qigong and basic internal skills, according to the main god, are respectively from the outside to the inside and from the inside to the outside. I think if I learn both, wouldn't I be much more powerful than practicing only one? There's also the basics of Chinese martial arts, which, according to the main god, is the method of combat."

"When I was in Flower Fruit Mountain, I never learned any martial arts. I just followed those old monkeys, wielding a stick and fighting with the beasts in the mountains. Later, I broke off a withered pine tree, wove it into a raft, and cut bamboo into a pole. I boarded the raft and went out to sea, all the way to the Southern Continent."

"In those populated areas, I saw some performers who showed off their skills, and I learned some rudimentary martial arts from them, but not much. Today, having come to this sacred land, I've learned internal energy cultivation, but my combat techniques are still very basic. So let's exchange them for those too..."

Zheng Zha nodded upon hearing this. He recalled that in the original story, Patriarch Bodhi asked Sun Wukong whether he wanted to learn the Heavenly Gang Technique or the Earthly Fiend Technique. The monkey then said that he was willing to learn more and wanted to learn the Earthly Fiend Transformation.

This is also the nature of a monkey; it is inherently greedy, so Zheng Zha was not surprised.

However, he still said, "Brother Monkey, in the so-called path of cultivation, single-mindedness is stronger than half-heartedness. Mastering one martial art to a profound degree is more powerful than mastering ten martial arts superficially."

He tried to persuade him, but the monkey seemed to have made up his mind. He just nodded, but held the secret manual tightly in his hand.

At this moment, Chu Xuan stepped forward and said, "Wukong, could you lend me the manual you have? I can use the printer in the room to make a few copies and send them to the other teammates. Although we may not be able to learn it, it's good to broaden our horizons. As payment, I will have Arno write his Evil-Repelling Sword Technique into a manual and exchange it with you."

Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun was about to nod when Zheng Zha, standing nearby, immediately coughed and said, "Brother Monkey, just look at that Evil-Repelling Sword Manual; don't try to learn it!"

Zheng Yu looked somewhat worried, after all, a Sun Wukong who practiced the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique sounded really too strange.

Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun nodded and said, "That's true. I've often heard that to cultivate true skills, one must have perfect innate qualities; otherwise, with insufficient aptitude, it's difficult to succeed."

The two then exchanged the manuals. Before long, Chu Xuan copied Zhe Xingsun's three manuals, and also distributed the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique manual written by Arno to everyone.

However, apart from Zhe Xingsun accepting it generously, Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie, Li Xiaoyi, and Lingdian all seemed awkward when taking the manual, as if it were a hot potato.

Even the Overlord, after being told in a low voice at midnight the price he would have to pay to cultivate the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, had his hair stand on end, looking as if it had exploded, and had a horrified expression on his face.

Zheng Zha, who had just received the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, suddenly felt a pair of hands reach behind him, pinching the tender flesh of his waist and twisting it.

Turning his head, he saw Lori emerge from the room at some point and stand behind him. Upon seeing Zheng Zha's expression, she immediately whispered, "You're not allowed to practice this manual, understand? Just take a look, or you might as well not look at it at all. Give the manual to me later, and I'll lock it up."

Zheng Zha coughed upon hearing this, about to say something, when Zhang Jie, who was not far away, suddenly burst into laughter and said, "Don't worry, little girl, with such a precious treasure like you, I bet Zheng Zha won't be willing to learn that Evil-Repelling Sword Technique, hahahaha!"

Lori blushed slightly upon hearing this. She thought she had spoken very softly, but she hadn't expected that everyone would hear her clearly.

On the other side, after putting away the secret manual, Zhe Xingsun said to everyone, "Brothers and sisters-in-law, I will be hosting a banquet for you in the cave later. Please come."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Zha remembered something and quickly chimed in, "You don't know, when I went to Monkey King's room earlier, he had transformed it into the Water Curtain Cave of Flower and Fruit Mountain. It's a huge world, and the scenery inside is far more beautiful than any 5A-level scenic spot I've ever seen in China. It's practically a fairyland on earth."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested. After all, they had heard of the Water Curtain Cave of Flower and Fruit Mountain since they were young. Even Ba Wang had heard of the famous "Journey to the West" when he was abroad, and after returning to the Main God Space yesterday, he also exchanged for a "Journey to the West" DVD to watch in his room.

Seeing that everyone had agreed, Zhe Xingsun went back to his room on his own.

Upon arriving at his room, he did not immediately begin his cultivation. Instead, he first arranged the various exotic fruits, yams, polygonatum, orchids, and rare flowers and herbs growing in different parts of Flower Fruit Mountain, setting up a stone table and benches. He then exchanged some celestial wine and delicacies with the main deity.

When Zheng Zha and his group arrived at Zhe Xingsun's cave, they saw the delicacies placed on the stone table.

Zhe Xingsun said, "Brothers and sisters-in-law, please take a seat."

Zheng Zha asked, "Brother Monkey, did you bring all these fruits and yams from Flower Fruit Mountain?"

Zhe Xingsun nodded and said, "They were indeed sourced from various places in Huaguo Mountain, but unfortunately, I tasted them before and they weren't as sweet as those from Huaguo Mountain."

Chu Xuan, standing to the side, reached out and picked up a longan that looked thin-skinned and sweet, and a small, red lychee. After peeling them open and taking a couple of bites, he said, "The room designed by the Supreme God, like creation itself, has some hidden limitations. The Flower Fruit Mountain where Wukong originally lived is the ancestral vein of the Ten Continents and the source of the Three Islands. It was established after the separation of the pure and the turbid, and formed after the primordial chaos was divided. It is a unique immortal land."

"The fruits and herbs growing inside must be extraordinary. If we were to exchange them from the main god, it would require at least some reward points, or even side quests. Of course, the main god wouldn't create them for us out of thin air."

Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun scratched his head and said, "I see. Next time, when we all obtain immortality from the Lord God, I invite all my brothers to come to Flower Fruit Mountain and taste the local specialties."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Yu smiled and nodded, "Then I look forward to that day."

Just then, Zhang Jie suddenly stood up and said, "Wait for me."

He then turned around and left Huaguo Mountain, before running back to the Main God Square.

When he returned, he was carrying a large table of delicious food. He said, "Brother Monkey, although the dried fruit in Flower Fruit Mountain is sweet, it's all vegetarian. I traded it with the main god for some meat dishes. Everyone, please have a taste. By the way, Brother Monkey, can you eat meat?"

Upon hearing this, Zhe Xingsun glanced at the ingredients Zhang Jie had exchanged and immediately felt a pang of envy.

He said, "Yes, yes, yes! But this time I'm troubling you with the expense, brother."

Zhang Jie smiled and said nonchalantly, "It's just some reward points. If it were ingredients that require side quests to exchange for in the main gods, I couldn't afford them. But those ingredients might not be much worse than the real ingredients from Flower Fruit Mountain."

Afterwards, everyone held a banquet, which lasted until evening before everyone went to rest.

At this moment, Zhe Xingsun emerged from the Water Curtain Cave, stood on the Iron Bridge, gazed at the moonlight in the sky through the waterfall, then took out the three secret manuals, laid them out in front of him, and studied them carefully.

Half an hour later, Zhe Xingsun's breathing suddenly became faint, sometimes long and sometimes short, but continuous.

A warm current suddenly and slowly rose from the dantian, then went down to the perineum, up to the Baihui point, passed through the dantian, and then through the Mingmen point.

This warm current circulates once more, returning to the lower dantian.

Zhe Xingsun opened his eyes: he had mastered the basic internal skills.