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

"you!!!"

"What are you talking about? Behave yourself!"

Sun Wukong put away his iron rod and stopped talking to him. He kicked the Bodhisattva at his feet and thanked him with his hands clasped together in a serious manner.

Lingji Bodhisattva returned the greeting with amusement, then threw the flying dragon staff in his hand into the sky, muttering a few incantations. When the staff transformed into an eight-clawed golden dragon and snatched up the Yellow Wind Monster, he smiled at the monkey and the snake and said, "This matter is over. I will take him to see Tathagata and see how the Buddha will deal with him. How about we say goodbye now?"

Sun Wukong and Xia Zhiming had no objection and each bowed to the Bodhisattva and said goodbye.

After saying this, the Bodhisattva did not stay long. He rode on the auspicious cloud and went straight to Lingshan. The golden dragon in the air also roared and followed.

After the Bodhisattva left, Sun Wukong stopped pretending to be serious. He couldn't suppress his smile at all, and rubbed his furry paws and laughed: "Comfortable! Comfortable! White Snake, you really didn't lie to me. This Wind-Fixing Pill is really effective! Do you think the old man Taishang has anything like Water-Repellent Pills or Fire-Repellent Pills? I'll give them all to you when I get the chance."

After trying out a game that was mechanically overwhelming, the monkey said that he could never go back to the past. He wished he could go to the Tushita Palace right now to ask for a thousand pills to give himself special attack immunity before coming back to obtain the scriptures.

Xia Zhiming knew exactly what he was up to. He shook his head and laughed, "Don't bother going to Tushita Palace. There's a saying that goes, 'A thief can be a thief for a thousand days, but you can never be on guard against thieves.' There are countless magical arts in the world, but it's impossible to refine ten thousand kinds of bizarre elixirs, right? The Daoist Ancestor doesn't have the time for that."

In this world, there are saints ruling the country, and the underworld and heaven are in charge of yin and yang. Under the condition of basic order, the goal of the world's immortals, gods, demons and monsters is to live forever and freely. Few of them concentrate on studying fighting skills, let alone things like Fengdan.

Only Buddhists are bored and like to delve into some weird stuff, such as shells that can only be opened from the outside, staffs that can turn into eight-clawed golden dragons, golden bowls that are good for nothing except being hard, and bags of human race that sound very disgusting... In short, they are very suitable for teasing monkeys.

Sun Wukong naturally understood this principle. After all, he himself had a famous saying: "Can I achieve immortality?" He no longer bothered about the fire-proof pill and the water-proof pill. Instead, he waved his hand and said, "Since that's the case, I, Sun Wukong, won't keep you. I'll go drink with you guys after I've completed my merits. I'm leaving! I'm leaving!"

Then the monkey leaped onto the clouds and shouted towards the forest below: "Fools! Lead the horses and carry the load! Come and fetch the master!"

Zhu Bajie: "Hey! Here they come! Here they come!"

The two brothers reunited and broke into the cave to rescue their master.

But Xia Zhiming went out to watch a monkey show, and when he returned to Kutuo Mountain, he was inevitably questioned by Qingxin. Naturally, he answered every question, showing his obedience.

Xiao Qingxin asked again, and after confirming that his snake had not caused any trouble, he thought for a while and said, "I have passed by Huangfengling several times. After a smooth road, it is inevitable to cross the Quicksand River. I wonder if Wukong can defeat the Demon King Jiao."

Xia Zhiming shook his head. "It's difficult. Although I don't know much about martial arts, the monkey is now cautious, while the Dragon Demon King can let go. When two masters fight, the lack of momentum is difficult to make up with skills."

Not to mention anything else, the Dragon Demon King could transform into a ten-thousand-foot dragon, but Monkey did not dare to use the magic of heaven and earth to fight him. With the mountains and rivers shattered, Tang Sanzang would definitely die - just this point alone made Monkey suffer a great loss.

Don’t even mention those guardian gods. Put the guardians aside for now and just survive first.

Leopard Weifeng, who was sitting quietly on a cushion nearby, couldn't help but interrupt, "Your Majesty, are you talking about the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and the Great Sage Covering the Sea?"

Xiao Qingxin tilted her head: "You know?"

"A few great saints would occasionally come by and visit. Although they never took action, they invisibly scared away many demons who coveted the incense, saving us a lot of fighting."

Xia Zhiming smiled upon hearing this and said, "This is the first time I've heard of this. Are there any other favors going on? Tell me about it."

"The Holy Lord Erlang has been here."

"I guessed that. His dojo is in the human world, so he's usually quite free."

"The Third Holy Mother was here too," Bao Weifeng glanced at Qingxin cautiously, "and asked if we wanted to worship her as the Second Great King..."

"Is there such a good thing?"

"We didn't agree."

Xia Zhiming was immediately heartbroken upon hearing this: "You are so confused! That is a rare golden thigh!"

She has both financial resources and background, and she doesn't even want your love. How can I let go of such a sweet and soft thigh!

If it were him... well... he wouldn't dare to hug...

"Zhiming, don't do anything weird~"

"okay!"

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Chapter 235 Audacious!

It was a rare opportunity to come to Kutuo Mountain, so Xiao Qingxin stopped taking his apprentice out for the following days. He just focused on being the king of the mountain and tried to handle the affairs of the mountain.

Firstly, he wanted to experience the thrill of being a king, and secondly, he wanted to see how the temple with his name on it operated. Therefore, he held a "morning court" in a formal manner and summoned his subordinates to "participate in politics" every day.

Xia Zhiming listened carefully for a few days and thought there would be a lot of intrigue, but he didn't expect that the demon kings were more cooperative than each other, which really opened his eyes.

The local demon kings were beyond reproach. Having experienced what happened to the three demons of the Lion Country, they felt no awkwardness when they called out "King". The demon kings from outside were even more powerful. When they heard that Qingxin did not want to be worshipped, they worshipped him wholeheartedly. They had completely lost face as demon kings, and it was simply unbearable to watch.

Although the matters handled were small, they were also very serious. For example, there was a big beast in a village, or a pig dragon was hiding in a river. Most of them were disasters that pilgrims talked about, and there were also news brought back by the little demons sent out.

In short, not a single wisp of incense is burned in vain, and he is truly the conscience of the monastic world!

During the period, the man and the snake also asked about the "Temple of the Monkey King". After all, the temple had taken root in the Kutuo Kingdom hundreds of years ago. How come there was suddenly no news after so many years?

As a result, when asked about this, all the subordinates began to hesitate and talk about other things, as if they were afraid that people would not know that there was something fishy going on.

Xiao Qingxin was a person who could not keep things in her heart, let alone be cunning. She just shook her little hand and the sword came out. The Qingping sword stabbed into the ground. In less than two breaths, the matter was revealed by Yingluan.

Xia Zhiming carefully sorted it out and roughly figured out the inside story:

However, it is said that when the demons and fairies came out of the mountains to slay the demons, temples sprang up everywhere like mushrooms after a rain. Among them was the "Monkey King Temple". The temple was like the "Emperor Temple" in Qingxin, and there were also big and small leaders of Kutuo Mountain.

Although they didn't recognize the monkey at the time, the demon kings soon discovered that the monkey that popped out of the cracks in the rocks was so rich that it refused to eat any incense.

When encountering such a good thing, these demon kings are naturally happy to see it happen. After all, they dare to embezzle even Qingxin's shares, so they are not short of monkeys.

Until the stories became more and more outrageous, the demon kings realized that something was wrong and asked the king of Kutuo Kingdom in their dreams to build a "Temple of the Emperor" to put an end to the incident of going out of the mountains to slay demons. People in various places also built many temples in the same way.

The "Emperor Temple" had the king's endorsement, and was also managed diligently by many demons and fairies. Naturally, it was difficult for the folk beliefs of the Great Sage Temple to compete with it, and it was gradually abandoned as "bad money".

Up to now, the "Great Sage Temple" in Kutuo Country can only be seen in some small towns.

But for some reason, the Great Sage Temple had taken root in the neighboring Zhuzi Kingdom and Bhikkhu Kingdom hundreds of years ago. In addition, Qingxin had shown his divine power in the Great Sage Temple once, and now these demon kings have also sneaked into the Great Sage Temple next door.

They even expanded their business to the next door. The expatriates mentioned earlier are doing this.

That’s right! He’s still secretly devouring the monkey’s incense! He never stops doing it for a single day!!!

After sorting out all this mess, Xia Zhiming couldn't hold it in for a moment and complained: "Let me tell you: a few years ago, that monkey was trapped in the Five Elements Mountain by the Buddha and couldn't get out. Now he has escaped. You guys better take it easy. I don't want to confront the monkey if he comes to my door one day."

Bao Weifeng asked in confusion, "Why is it so? I've heard about this from the Great Sage Tongfeng. They do the same thing over at Flower-Fruit Mountain..."

Xia Zhiming: "What?"

Xiao Qing's eyes lit up: "Great! If Huaguo Mountain can do it, then I can do it on Kutuo Mountain too!"

After saying that, Xiao Qingxin patted his chest and told the monsters to eat and drink as they pleased, and asked them to take care of the people's livelihood first, and worry about other things later. Although Xia Zhiming felt that something was wrong, he was too lazy to calculate these petty profits and simply let it go.

Anyway, that's roughly what it is.

Although there were some minor setbacks, life was peaceful.

More than a month passed, and it was midsummer...

At midnight one night, when the moon was dark and the wind was strong, Xiao Qingxin, who was immersed in her sleep, frowned, suddenly kicked her short legs twice, then suddenly woke up and sat up from the bed.

Awakened by her sudden kicks, the little fox beside him rubbed his sleepy eyes and said pitifully: "Woo~ Sister Qingxin, why did you hit me?"

"No, I just had a nightmare..."

Xiao Qingxin retracted his legs and rested his head on his knees, complaining bitterly, "I can't be the king any longer. I'm dealing with official business even in my dreams. I haven't made any progress in my cultivation in the past few months..."

"?"

This was the first time the little fox heard that dreaming could affect spiritual practice. He slowly typed a question mark to express his confusion.

In the girl's arms, Xia Zhiming also crawled out of the shell at this time and yawned lazily: "Why are you not sleeping in the middle of the night? One bald donkey in our Fangcun Mountain is enough. If there are more, I won't be able to explain to Master..."

"Brother Zhiming, what does not sleeping have to do with being bald?"

"Staying up late will cause hair loss, why don't you just go to bed."

"Oh~!"

The little fox shrank his neck and buried his head in the quilt.

Little Green Heart

"Zhiming, what should we do?"

"Simple, just put on your clothes now and we'll leave tonight."

Xia Zhiming spat out his snake tongue and gave a very simple answer.

The situation the little girl is facing now is very simple: practicing requires a pure mind and no distracting thoughts. Now she is under a lot of pressure as the king of the mountain. She may save a family's life with a thought, so it is really not a good idea to stay there.

"Don't be ridiculous! I'm the Qingxin King! The Lord of the Mountain!"

"I say, is there a possibility? We can still turn this Kutuo Mountain without you?"

Xiao Qingxin scratched his head, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He put on his Taoist robe and pulled up the little fox next to him. He said mysteriously: "Huo Huo, get dressed quickly, let's go now!"

"Woo, Sister Qingxin, where are we going?"

"Shh! Let's go to the Washing Spring!"

"No, are you really going to a hot spring in the middle of summer?"

"Brother Zhiming, you promised this yourself!"

"Uh...blame it on my brain..."

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Chapter 236 Professional counterpart

Those who understand Qingxin's temperament know it all.

Since we have decided to leave now, there is no need to discuss this matter. Anyway, even ten dragons cannot pull Qingxin back at this time.

Therefore, Xia Zhiming did nothing to stop it except making jokes.

In a short while, the two girls had put on their clothes, quietly performed two invisibility spells, and poked their little heads out of the cave.

It was the end of summer, the moonlight was dim, the night was lonely, and there was no one outside the cave. However, the chirping of birds and cicadas and insects could be heard, making it not seem eerie at all.

Seeing this, Xiao Qingxin immediately breathed a sigh of relief. She led the little fox out of the cave and walked into the forest along the gravel path.

In the girl's arms, Xia Zhiming opened his red eyes slightly, wagged his tail, yawned lazily, and continued to sleep.

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The next day at noon -

In Kutuo Mountain, all the demon kings were dressed in formal attire and squatted in front of the cave, waiting. They whispered to each other from time to time:

"Why didn't I hear that vixen reading today?"

"How dare you! Call me young master!"

"Yingdi, you flatterer, if you have the guts, go out and show me how to fight later?"

"Don't wait, let's come now! Grandpa, am I afraid of you?"

"Okay, stop arguing!"

Seeing that the situation was getting out of control, Bao Weifeng, who was squatting nearby, quickly stood up and said with a fearless look on his face, "You guys wait here. I'll go in and take a look."

The demons were overjoyed when they heard this, and all bowed and said, "Sir, this is so righteous!!!"

They have been guarding the cave entrance for so long, isn't it because no one dares to go in without permission?

The last person who did this turned into a meteor in public and fell all the way from the sky into a pit of feces. When the victim was asked what he saw, he kept shouting in horror: "Eyes! So many eyes!" - It's really ridiculous!

This incident was widely circulated and became a laughing stock, but it also set an example, and since then no one dared to enter the cave without permission.

Back to the topic, although Bao Weifeng boasted, he actually regretted it on the spot. However, as the leader, he couldn't be cowardly at this moment, so he had to bite the bullet and walk into the cave.

Not to mention the fear and anxiety he experienced along the way, when Bao Weifeng arrived deep into the temple, he didn't see a single person, and the cave that was originally decorated as a palace had returned to its original appearance.

Seeing this scene, Bao Weifeng knew that his king had become a hands-off boss again, and he could only shake his head helplessly - if he had known this day would come, he would not have been so sentimental.

After walking around the cave, I only found a pearly tree on the altar and a slightly strange book. I didn't even see a letter.

After confirming that there were no more items, Bao Weifeng turned around and invited everyone into the cave. He pointed at the treasure tree on the table and handed the book to everyone, saying, "The king has left again, leaving only these two things behind."

"Why did you let the king get away? What the hell is this? Let me take a look!"

Yingluan was the first to come forward, and after a few words of criticism, he snatched the book away. A nearby demon king also peeked over, looking at the cover and reading, "'Gold and Mercury Alchemy - Xia Zhiming's Personal Abridged Edition'?"

"What kind of weird name is that?"