You, a monster, still want to travel to the West?

"Zhi Ming!"

Qingxin suddenly became very anxious and ran forward, but he didn't dare to take action and just checked with his eyes first.

This investigation took dozens of breaths. After a while, Qing Xin frowned and reached out to pick up the still trembling white snake, saying in a dissatisfied tone:

"Zhiming, don't scare me. Why are you lying on the ground so early in the morning?"

"..."

"Speak~"

"Let me take my time..."

"Hmph~" Qing Xin snorted when she saw that he was alright, picked up the white snake and turned to go into the courtyard. After the door closed again, she spoke again:

"By the way, did you sleep well last night during that severe thunderstorm?"

"..."

"Zhiming, did you sleep outside all night..."

"You think I do?"

"You're not going to suffer?"

"After morning class, take me to see the master..."

"Why?"

"Although I don't know what I did wrong, I'm going to admit my mistake first..."

"?"

Chapter 24: Godlike

While chatting on the road, Qingxin naturally hung the snake around Xia Zhiming's neck. However, Xia Zhiming did not circle around her twice as usual. He just put his tail in front of her and lifted the snake's body against her shoulder.

Qingxin saw that he was not as listless as before, and thought that he had finally recovered, so she didn't take it seriously.

When Qing Xin brought Xia Zhiming through the Pearl Pavilion and arrived at the main hall, as they were about to walk through the door, they saw that most of the junior brothers in the hall were smiling and raising their hands, but when they saw her expression, they were all stunned...

"what happened?"

Qingxin tilted her head and asked softly, but suddenly a monkey jumped out from beside her. Upon closer inspection, it was Sun Wukong who jumped to her side and waved his hand towards her head, then excitedly shouted, "White Snake! White Snake!"

Xia Zhiming was stunned when he saw Sun Wukong approaching the girl. However, he also missed him a little because he hadn't seen him for a long time. He leaned over and said with a smile: "Monkey, why are you calling me?"

Sun Wukong's eyes sparkled and he asked with a smile without hesitation:

"During yesterday's evening class, the brothers predicted that you had great fortune and could transform into a different form, but they didn't know what form it would be."

After hearing the monkey's question, Xia Zhiming knew that he could no longer hide the matter. He glanced at Qingxin, who had already frozen beside him, and then glanced at the brothers in the hall who were looking at him with suppressed laughter. Then he smiled and asked Sun Wukong:

"Do you want to see it?"

"I want to see it! I want to see it! White snake, please transform into one!" However, Sun Wukong didn't have so many thoughts and just raised his hand to beckon again.

Xia Zhiming did not refuse and fell directly to the ground along Qingxin's stiff arm. He coiled his snake body and turned into a human body in the hall.

In the hall, everyone looked at once, and saw—

He wears a silk scarf on his head and a silver waterfall on his body, and a white robe on his body and a cold pine on his body.

His face is like that of a jade-crowned immortal, and his pupils are like those of a real person.

Summary: White hair and red eyes, good looking.

Seeing Xia Zhiming transform, the hall suddenly became noisy. Some of the brothers congratulated him, some praised him, and some pointed at Qingxin and laughed wildly. It was very lively for a while.

Xia Zhiming didn't care. He first bowed to the brothers in the hall, then raised his eyebrows and put on a nonchalant look, and said to Qingxin and Sun Wukong in front of him with a smile: "How is it?"

However, Xiao Qingxin in front of him blushed and turned her head away without saying anything. Xia Zhiming also knew that this girl was shy, so he did not continue to tease her. Instead, he looked at Sun Wukong in front of him and asked again:

"Monkey, how's it going?"

"White Snake, why have you changed so much?"

"Isn't that what transformation is all about?"

"Hey, what are you doing as a snake turning into a human?"

Xia Zhiming was stunned for a moment but didn't explain. He just smiled and said, "Monkey, why don't you become a Zen master in the future?"

"What do you mean?"

"Praise you~"

After saying that, Xia Zhiming didn't chat with the monkey anymore. He turned around and landed on the ground again, turning back into the appearance of a white snake.

For a moment, everyone in the hall looked sideways, and the brothers were all confused and talking among themselves. Qing Xin in front of Xia Zhiming was stunned for a moment but said nothing. Only Monkey was there clapping and cheering:

"What a change! What a change!"

Xia Zhiming was about to turn around and talk to Qingxin again, but suddenly he heard the sound of the pearl curtain on the jade stage shaking like a tinkling sound.

On the Jade Terrace, a little boy in the blue cloud parted the pearl curtain, and Patriarch Bodhi walked into the main hall. Then he sat on the Jade Terrace and said, "Today I will preach to you all."

The disciples below the stage were secretly delighted upon hearing this, and they all sat upright at their desks. The monkey was the first to flee back to his seat upon hearing the master's words! Xia Zhiming was stunned when he suddenly felt the snake's body lighten—it had been captured by Qingxin.

On the stage, Patriarch Bodhi saw this scene, chuckled, stroked his beard, sighed, and said:

"Today, let's talk about meditation first."

"To be free from external appearances is Zen, to be free from internal confusion is concentration."

"If you are attached to external appearances, your mind will be in turmoil."

"If you can detach yourself from external appearances, your mind will not be disturbed."

"Our nature is pure and stable..."

……

When the saint preached, there would be flowers falling from the sky and golden lotuses emerging from the ground. In the hall, most of the disciples closed their eyes and remained silent, as if they were intoxicated.

But there are exceptions to everything——

In the main hall, there was a man, a snake, and a monkey, sitting, squatting, or lying in front of a table, listening to the lecture.

When they first heard the great truth, the snake and the monkey were naturally very attentive. But soon, Xia Zhiming and Sun Wukong suddenly tilted their heads, with 20,000 question marks appearing above their heads.

After a while, Xia Zhiming and Sun Wukong opened their eyes at the same time and looked around. The monkey and the snake soon made eye contact. Xia Zhiming was about to speak when he suddenly found Qingxin behind him put a bunch of straw on the table.

Suddenly, the snake and the monkey turned their eyes to Qingxin at the same time, and saw the girl raised her beautiful hands slightly, holding straw and seemed to be weaving something.

"Qingxin, why don't I understand?"

"Junior Sister, why can't I understand?"

At the table, a snake and a monkey seemed to have seen their savior and asked in a low voice at the same time.

Qing Xin pouted, but her hands didn't stop. A scarecrow quickly took shape in her palm. She then said softly, "This is not for us to hear."

Xia Zhiming was puzzled: "Master, you wouldn't stop us from listening to the teachings, would you?"

Sun Wukong asked anxiously, "Master, why are you like this?"

Qing Xin immediately rolled her eyes at the two ignorant fellows. After a moment's thought, she lowered her head and softly scolded them, "One is born knowing! The other will never understand!"

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Bodhi Patriarch did not speak for long. He just talked about some things like the outer appearance of the mind. When the sermon was over, the disciples left one by one.

When most people in the hall had left, Qingxin grabbed Xia Zhiming and brought him to the foot of the Yaotai.

Below the stage, Xia Zhiming stretched out his snake body and called out softly, "Master."

On the stage, Patriarch Bodhi raised his whisk and said, "Don't say anything more. Just transform yourself and show me your true form."

Xia Zhiming did as he was told, and then he saw his figure flash and turn back into the immortal with white hair and red eyes.

Patriarch Bodhi took a few glances, nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Please leave."

"Yes~" Xia Zhiming suddenly felt a little dejected. He had wanted to ask his master if it was him who struck him last night. If not, he would ask Monkey to help him get revenge later. But he didn't expect his master not to ask.

As he thought of this, Xia Zhiming suddenly felt a chill on his forehead. He looked up suddenly and found that a green lightning was hitting his forehead directly!

Boom! ! !

Inside the hall, as Qingxin and Qingyun stared in amazement, Patriarch Bodhi raised his hand and a bolt of green lightning knocked Xia Zhiming's snake body back!

"Naughty disciple!!!"

"A human heart! Yet only wants to be a snake! Born a demon! Yet wants to transform into an immortal body!"

"One hundred and eight years!!!"

On the ground, feeling the familiar numbness in his body, Xia Zhiming rolled his eyes and his tail twitched uncontrollably.

Chapter 25 Because I Just Met You

On the Yaotai, Patriarch Bodhi rewarded Xia Zhiming with a green thunder, and then said nothing more. He stood up and led Qingyun out of the hall. Seeing his master like this, Qingxin in the audience was stunned for a moment, but then did not follow him.

Looking at the twitching white snake beside him, Qing Xin thought for a moment and decided to pick him up. When they walked out of the main gate, Qing Xin looked at the Pearl Pavilion and Qionglou outside the palace. After a long pause, he took a firm step forward...

On the road——

"Zhiming, are you feeling better?"

"Don't ask. If you ask, I'll just get confused."

"Does it hurt?"

"Hehe, Master is reluctant~"

"You~"

After receiving a beating from his master, Xia Zhiming finally felt at ease for the rest of his life...

?

Well, at least he no longer acts on impulse. He just concentrates on practicing in the Sanxing Cave. He pesters Qingxin in his dreams to learn some magical skills, but he doesn't dare to take her out for a wandering anymore.

However, since he has transformed, Xia Zhiming naturally cannot live in his hometown anymore. After all, his fellow brothers are all in the cave sweeping the floor, tilling the garden, watering the flowers and planting trees. How can he be the only one outside like a wild snake?

Therefore, Xia Zhiming also found a quiet room in the cave to settle down. The location of the quiet room was not far away. It was the room that Qingyun Qingxin took him to when he first became a disciple, and it was next to the monkey.

Xia Zhiming was not used to it when he first moved in. After all, when he was a snake, he was free and easy and did whatever he wanted. But after he transformed into a human, he had to consider more things. It can only be said that there are gains and losses.

……

Time flies in the mountains...

On this day, before dawn, the monkey opened Xia Zhiming's door as usual, pulled out a white snake from the quilt and shook it.

"White Snake, White Snake, wake up!"

"Monkey! If you keep throwing yourself around, I'll bite you to death!"

"Hehe~"

Xia Zhiming was not angry when the monkey pulled him out of the bed. After all, he was used to such days. He just fell to the ground and turned into a human form, then followed the monkey that had already rushed to the door and walked out of the dormitory.

Light incense, light candles, prepare firewood, fetch water, ...

After a busy day, when it was getting light, Xia Zhiming looked at the sky and was about to go to the main hall for morning class, but suddenly he saw Sun Wukong coming out of the kitchen. His eyes lit up immediately and he grabbed Sun Wukong's shoulder and turned into a white snake and hung on him!

"Monkey! Take me to the main hall!"

"White Snake! How can you be so lazy!"

"I like it!"

"You're not leaving if there's no one else?"

"Isn't this just the right time to meet you~"

A monkey and a snake were walking in the corridor while bickering with each other. Occasionally they would greet their senior brothers who were rushing to attend morning classes. The senior brothers would look at the monkey and the snake and smile and bow in return, as if they were used to it.

After a while, when the monkey and the snake arrived at the main hall, they saw that all the brothers had already taken their seats.

The monkey bowed to his fellow brothers, then took the book down from Xia Zhiming and put it on his desk. He ignored him and picked up a scripture to read.

Xia Zhiming didn't care. He glanced at the scriptures on the table that he had flipped through countless times, then raised his snake body, opened his mouth, and then lay back on the table, staring at the monkey who was working hard beside him and swinging his tail boredly.