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

"White Snake! Why are you looking at me!" After a while, the monkey, feeling uncomfortable with his stare, put down the scripture, scratched his cheek and scolded in annoyance.

Xia Zhiming was immediately amused by his monkeyish appearance and said in a somewhat nonsensical manner: "I think you are very lucky today, Monkey. Good things will definitely happen~"

The words were not serious, but Sun Wukong was stunned for a moment, and asked doubtfully: "Really?"

After spending a long time together, Sun Wukong also discovered Xia Zhiming's magical side, which was that whenever Xia Zhiming said there was a good thing or a bad thing, it definitely happened. In any case, it was basically not nonsense - except when the white snake tried to fool him...

Xia Zhiming nodded and was about to speak when he noticed Qingxin had already sat down next to him. He wagged his tail towards the girl and said hello: "Good morning~"

On the side, Sun Wukong, who had originally planned to continue asking questions, did not say anything else. After calling out "Junior Sister", he quickly sat back down - the master is here!

As expected, at this moment, Patriarch Bodhi walked out from the Yaotai, followed by Qingyun. The disciples heard the Patriarch on the stage say, "Today, we will discuss magic and supernatural powers."

In an instant, all the disciples in the hall sat up straight, except Xia Zhiming, who turned his head and glanced at the monkey beside him.

On the stage, Patriarch Bodhi raised his whisk, and flowers fell from the sky, golden lotuses emerged from the ground, and he wonderfully expounded the Three Vehicles, and the subtle myriad dharmas were fully realized...

This was the first time that Patriarch Bodhi had preached the Dao and magical powers since Sun Wukong and Xia Zhiming joined the sect.

Even though Xia Zhiming had heard it a hundred times in his dream, he still understood something. He only confirmed it in his heart. Meanwhile, Sun Wukong, who was standing next to him, was so happy when he first heard the wonderful method that his eyes lit up. He smiled and couldn't help dancing with joy after hearing the wonderful points.

I do not know how long it has been--

On the stage, the master's voice suddenly stopped. Most of the disciples were stunned. After they came to their senses, they heard the master on the stage calling out:

"Wukong, why are you acting so crazy and enthusiastic in class and not listening to me?"

Upon hearing this, the disciples below the stage all looked towards the monkey. They saw that the monkey had come to his senses and bowed, saying, "Master, I have listened attentively and was overjoyed at the wonderful points I heard. I hope Master will forgive me!"

Patriarch Bodhi immediately stroked his beard and chuckled. The brothers below the stage all smiled and shook their heads, not blaming him. But the Patriarch said, "Since you recognize Miaoyin, let me ask you: How long have you been in the cave?"

Sun Wukong: "Master, I am ignorant and don't know the seasons, but I know that I ate seven peaches on Rotten Peach Mountain. I guess it must have been seven years..."

……

One hundred and fifteen years

In the audience, watching the question and answer between the Patriarch and the Monkey, the White Snake did some calculations and came up with this number.

Then, Xia Zhiming stopped listening to the conversation between the ancestor and the monkey, and turned to look at Qingxin behind him, but found that this girl, who had seen this scene hundreds of times, was still staring at the hall with a clear look in her eyes.

"Qingxin."

"Ok?"

"I want to go down the mountain."

"What to do?"

"Didn't we agree last time to become the demon king?"

"No, you are just the wife of the leader."

Chapter 26: Supreme Goodness?

In the main hall, Xia Zhiming raised his snake body and looked at Qingxin in front of the table. Just as he was about to complain about this troublesome wife, he heard a light shout from Patriarch Bodhi on the stage!

Xia Zhiming was so frightened that his head shrank back. Turning around, he saw Patriarch Bodhi stepping down from the Yaotai, ruler in hand. He pointed at Sun Wukong, who was sitting next to him, and shouted, "You monkey! You won't learn this, and you won't learn that! What are you going to do?"

"Master!" Sun Wukong was startled and was about to speak when he bowed, but he was hit on the head three times in a row, which directly knocked back the rest of his words!

Beside him, Xia Zhiming couldn't help but laugh at the three unexpected blows, but what was even more unexpected was -

Snap~!

A ruler was used to hit Xia Zhiming's snake head, and the white snake was knocked back onto the table!

Qingxin saw him being beaten and was about to look at his master, but he didn't expect that he was also hit!

In the main hall, the brothers who were frightened by the master's appearance saw that the man and the snake had suffered an unexpected disaster, and they immediately looked serious, looked up at the sky and pretended that they didn't see it.

At this time, after knocking on the door, Bodhi Patriarch glanced at the disciples in the hall. After seeing that everyone was looking straight ahead and had a serious expression, he put his hands behind his back, walked inside, closed the middle door, and stood up to leave.

When the disciples saw this and realized that their master would not come back, they all breathed a sigh of relief, bowed one by one, stood up and left.

After a long while, when most of the people in the hall had left, the monkey with shining eyes turned to look at the White Snake and Qingxin beside him and asked:

"White Snake, why did Master hit you?"

"Are you feeling comfortable with it?"

"Little Sister, why did Master hit you?"

"A beating in advance?"

In front of the table, the monkey looked at the man and the snake who seemed confused, his eyes rolling around, but in the end he didn't say much.

At noon that day——

dong dong~

There was a knock on the door. Xia Zhiming, who was preparing to practice, got up and opened the door. He saw Qingxin standing at his door carrying boxes of Taoist and Buddhist scriptures.

"What's wrong?" Xia Zhiming was stunned for a moment when he saw her preparing to go out.

"Together." Qingxin said, and prepared to pass by Xia Zhiming with the box on her back.

Xia Zhiming was immediately delighted. He grabbed Qingxin's shoulders, transformed into a snake, and slithered around the girl's neck. He then extended half of his body, looked at little Qingxin, and teased, "Let's go! Let's go! Let's watch our Qingxin ancestor kill!"

"Zhiming, do you need to fight to become the demon king?"

"Why not?"

“But I just want to preach…”

"You can't even defeat a monster, and you expect him to listen to your sermon?"

Hearing Xia Zhiming's words, Qing Xin, who had put the box beside the bed, paused for a moment, but then said nothing more. She just sat down on the bed, took off her shoes and socks, and lay down...

Dreams

In the main hall of Sanxing Cave, Qingxin and Xia Zhiming were groping around on the Yaotai, as if they were looking for something.

Xia Zhiming was puzzled by the girl's look on her neck. Just as he was about to ask, Qingxin cheered and grabbed a familiar ruler from the lampstand. It was the same ruler that had hit the man, snake, and monkey today.

"Why are you taking Master's ruler?" Xia Zhiming was puzzled. He just lowered his head and saw only...

On one side he carved birds, beasts, insects, fish, flowers, plants and trees, and on the other side he painted immortals, gods, monsters and ghosts. At first glance they seemed ordinary, but upon second glance they were filled with divine light.

"Qingxin..."

"how?"

"Master, is this ruler still a treasure?"

"Ok!"

"Then why didn't you run away after taking it?"

……

In the sky, Qingxin used the wind control technique to fly towards the northwest. After a while, she heard Xia Zhiming say in her ear: "Qingxin, Master doesn't seem to be ready to pay attention to us~"

Hearing this, Qing Xin rolled her eyes at him and asked, "Zhi Ming, where are you going to become the Demon King?"

Xia Zhiming spoke without hesitation: "Let's find a big mountain, the bigger the better, there will definitely be more monsters there!"

The girl responded, and then stopped talking. She just looked down at the fields, rivers, forests, etc. below her.

until--

The sun sets in the west, and the sky is filled with red clouds like a curtain.

Xia Zhiming and Qing Xin landed in front of a high mountain. They saw that the mountain peak pierced the blue sky and blocked the sun with stars. There were several strange peaks guarding it around. The peaks formed a ridge that stretched for 800 miles. There were dense forests, strange rocks, flying birds and running animals everywhere.

"Zhiming, is this mountain okay?" Xiao Qingxin looked at the mountain in front of her, her eyes sparkling.

"How about changing to another one?" Xia Zhiming looked at the huge mountain range that stretched for 800 miles, and for a moment he began to back out.

"No, the sun has set. Let's stop looking for it!" Qing Xin held up the scriptures on her back, and without waiting for his objection, she walked into the forest with her head held high and the white snake in her arms.

Click~

Xisuo～

Gugu~

Dusk had fallen, and the forest, once again covered by dense trees, was dark and silent. A man and a snake walked among the dead branches and rotten leaves, while birds and small animals occasionally flew through the woods...

Soon, the man and the snake found a huge rock. Qingxin stepped forward, pointed, frowned, and shouted softly: "Open!"

As a small cave was pointed open, the girl did not rush to go in. She just held back her smile and stretched out her finger to write four words on the top of the cave -

Qingxin Patriarch

"Puchi~" Xia Zhiming couldn't help laughing when he saw these four words.

"What are you laughing at!" Xiao Qingxin stamped her feet and said angrily: "Isn't this your name~"

After saying that, Xiao Qingxin ignored the white snake and took out a red candle from the box and lit it. Then she took out a book and sat outside the cave, placing the book directly between her legs.

Xia Zhiming looked down and saw only three words on the cover of the book:

Records of Learning

“Why haven’t I read this book?”

"Then you can study together."

"Read it to me."

Some of his disciples secretly recorded Mr. Yangming's words.

When the Master heard this, he said: "A sage teaches people like a doctor uses medicine..."

In front of the small cave, a clear and pleasant sound of reading slowly rang out, and gradually spread to the distance through the echo of the valley.

From the girl's shoulder, Xia Zhiming looked up at the dim, dense forest before him. Above the treetops, birds were roaming home, and on the ground, mice, rabbits, snakes, and insects were all watching. After a long moment, he heard the roars of countless beasts in the distant valley!

Xia Zhiming suddenly looked up, then leaned over to take a look, only to see that the little girl in front of him was unmoved, only concentrating on reading the book in front of her -

To seek the highest good in everything is beyond the realm of righteousness.

Chapter 27 The Right Path

In the valley, Xia Zhiming watched the birds, beasts, insects and fish peeking out from the forest. He did not follow the reading, but just listened silently to the girl reading, until -

"It is said: There is neither good nor evil in the stillness of the principle, but there is the movement of good and evil spirits. Without movement and without spirit, there is neither good nor evil, and this is called the highest good..."

"Qingxin, someone's here." Xia Zhiming leaned over to the girl's ear and interrupted her reading. The girl tilted her head, glanced at Xia Zhiming with some confusion, and then looked up and forward.

In the dark forest, illuminated by the dim candlelight, only hundreds of birds and small animals were staring intently. Qing Xin was about to frown and ask again when he suddenly heard a wild laugh that echoed throughout the forest:

"Hahahaha!"

Before the echo faded, the snake and the man looked up and saw a howling wind, flying sand and rocks! All the birds and beasts fled in panic, and then they saw a demon appear in the wind and sand.

But I saw that demon——

He has a wolf's waist and a tiger's back, but a leopard's head.

It is nine feet tall and has an iron tail.

He has black fur but is wearing a tiger skin.

He was carrying a wine jug and four or five cups.

Summary: It is a black panther spirit.

Qing Xin looked at the newly arrived leopard spirit, thought for a moment, and then asked softly, "What's the matter?"

But the leopard demon didn't answer when he heard this. He just held up his wine glass and walked directly to the man and the snake without any defense. He sat down cross-legged, then raised his head and said:

"Nothing happened! I just didn't expect that a Taoist cultivator would come to visit me today! Would you like to have a couple of drinks with me?"

After saying this, the leopard demon didn't wait for Qingxin to reply. He placed two glasses of wine on the stone table, then raised his hand and said, "Please!"

After saying that, the leopard demon stopped moving. He just calmly picked up the wine glass and stared quietly at the little Taoist priest with a white snake in front of him.

In front of the cave, a demon and a Taoist stared at each other silently for a long time. The scene was terrifyingly quiet for a while.

But at this time——

"The child is too young. How about I drink with you?" Under the somewhat surprised gaze of the leopard demon, Xia Zhiming, who was hanging on the girl's shoulder, suddenly stretched out his snake body and spoke softly.