The Monkey King

When night fell again, the stone monkey finally opened his eyes. The first thing he did was to eat a bunch of fruits brought by the monkeys, and then bandaged his wounds with vines and fan leaves. .

Taking advantage of the gap, he also had a bowel movement.

Talking about defecation made him palpitate again. There was no toilet paper, and the only thing he could use was leaves. Most of the leaves were too smooth and could not be wiped clean no matter how hard they were wiped. In desperation, he could only use a kind of leaf with fine hairs.

As a result, the chrysanthemum naturally died.

The thought of having to use this kind of thing for a long time in the future couldn't help but make Shi Hou feel even more sad and miss his old life.

In the next few days, he was determined not to leave the tree hole unless there was special need. While he stayed in the tree hole to recover from his injuries, he began to remotely command the monkeys to chase the tiger.

The pursuit method is very effective. It is basically impossible to kill the tiger by smashing fruits, but he can starve the tiger to death!

The monkeys, divided into ten groups, harassed the tiger day and night and broadcast the tiger's movements everywhere. In this way, the prey has already disappeared before the tiger arrives.

Unable to bear the nuisance, the tiger had no choice but to run to the area outside Huaguo Mountain that was not covered by trees.

As the saying goes, a tiger falls on the plains and is bullied by dogs. Tigers are suitable for living in the woods. When they go to open areas, the fur on their bodies is so bright. Prey can be seen clearly from a distance.

Although it is not impossible to find food, starvation has become inevitable.

How could the former king of the forest endure such injustice? He knew very well who was behind all this. So, on several dark and windy nights, the tiger went back to try to capture the thief and capture the king first.

However, Stone Monkey is not a vegetarian, and he does not dare to take it lightly in the face of life and death. His sentry posts were posted throughout the forest, and he would often hide in tree holes before the tigers arrived.

What's more, he didn't have time to recuperate from his injuries. If there weren't many tree holes, he would dig them himself! He commanded the monkeys and their grandchildren to use stone knives to dig a hiding place specially tailored for him at the roots of the big tree.

At this time, the entire forest became his fortress.

Of course, there are times when Baimi is careless, especially when the subordinates performing the task are a bunch of unreliable monkeys.

They may fall asleep while standing guard, they may run to play while performing tasks, they may forget what they were told to do after peeing... In short, any weird thing may happen to these monkeys.

For this reason, Stone Monkey has been in danger several times, his nerves are in an extremely tense state, and he has nightmares at night.

Far away from civilization, the life of living in the open air has greatly damaged Shi Hou's body and mind, and the tiger that is chasing after him has almost brought his spirit to the edge of collapse.

From this perspective, Tiger’s anti-harassment efforts are not without achievements.

This has evolved into a protracted war of attrition, and whoever fails to hold on first loses.

After a month of struggling like this, the depressed stone monkey recovered from his injuries, but the tiger was already as skinny as a stick. From a distance, it was not an exaggeration to say that he was a sick cat.

At this time, with the consumption of physical energy, the tiger had to devote more energy to difficult hunting on the plains and set foot in the woods less and less. It seemed that it had intended to end this endless war.

But Stone Monkey doesn't think so.

"You want to kill him? But he hasn't come for a sneak attack for five or six days, so why bother?"

"It must die! I'm going to set it up and bake it!" Stone Monkey, with a pair of thick panda eyes, roared almost crazily: "If that guy doesn't die, I won't be able to sleep for a day!"

Canary's eyes widened, and she suddenly realized that the monkey in front of her was not particularly vengeful.

It wasn't until hundreds of years later that someone asked Stone Monkey who the most memorable opponent he had ever encountered in his life was. His answer was not Tathagata Buddha, not the Jade Emperor, and not Yang Jian. But this tiger doesn't even have a name.

This was the longest life-and-death struggle in his life, leaving behind a psychological shadow that can never be forgotten.

Another month passed, and the starved tiger became even weaker, while the stone monkey, who was in a state of madness, had mastered all monkey survival skills, including climbing trees, and became a competent monkey king.

The final battle begins.

The stone monkey tied a banana leaf around his body, put on a solid wooden shield that he finally made, and a stone dagger, and led a group of monkeys equipped with sharpened wooden sticks toward the tiger. Marched into the place.

In a long and narrow valley, the life-and-death enemies who had been fighting for two months met again.

The moment the tiger saw the stone monkey, the tiger was completely desperate.

"Does it have to be like this?" it asked.

The stone monkey did not answer, but waved to let the phalanx of monkeys holding long sticks advance.

That's the answer.

The tiger grinned, the hair on its body stood up, and roared crazily at the monkeys. The dying struggle of a ferocious beast was really nerve-wracking, but it couldn't make the monkeys take a step back.

Trust in the Monkey King has overtaken fear of the tiger.

The war, which lasted for two months, finally ended with the monkey's victory, and the canary will always remember the scene of that day.

Stone Monkey went into battle in person. He grinned and roared crazily. His red eyes were bloodshot and the veins on his face were exposed.

The repression of the past few months was completely released. Like a complete beast, he smashed the dying tiger's head with a stone and smashed it into meat paste. Still not satisfied, he inserted the tiger's body and roasted it before eating it.

This was the only time Stone Monkey ate meat in his life, which caused him to have diarrhea for seven or eight days and only a layer of skin was left before he could catch his breath.

But the matter is not over yet. As we all know, in the animal world, there is the concept of "territory". When the tiger as the "lord" dies, a new carnivore at the top of the food chain will naturally take the place of the "lord".

Another month later, the "new lord" arrived - a leopard.

This put the stone monkey, who had been preparing to cultivate his health, on the verge of collapse again. Although he already had experience in dealing with tigers, the smaller leopard that could climb trees was obviously not as easy to deal with as the tiger.

The most desperate thing is that even if the new lord is defeated again with great efforts, other carnivores will still take its place.

Fortunately, this leopard was not very interested in provoking a large and relatively united group of monkeys, which allowed the stone monkey to have a moment of peace.

However, this kind of peace was also extremely short-lived. One night half a month later, a newly grown baby monkey in the monkey group disappeared, and the stone monkey found half of it still stained with debris in the leopard's nest. Flesh skull…

The monkey group's nerves were instantly tense to an unparalleled level, and the security net was pulled open. Because they could not fully trust the unreliable monkeys, Sun Shihou, they had to get up several times every night to check the guard, sometimes even because they could not find a guard. The monkey replaced himself.

But no matter how hard he tried, missing people would still appear in the monkey group from time to time.

He began to try to fight back, but the leopard's movements were extremely agile, and the nuisance could not have the same effect as against the tiger - the monkey that came to cause nuisance was the best prey!

Once, the leopard showed a strange smile to the stone monkey from a distance through the monkey group. The hunter's smile towards the prey was like a seed of fear that was deeply buried in the heart of the stone monkey and took root.

Countless times, Stone Monkey dreamed that his throat was bitten open in his sleep, and blood flowed desperately. This ever-present threat of death has brought Stone Monkey to the brink of collapse...

Finally, Shihou, who had only been here for four months and could not stand firmly on his feet, had no choice but to turn his attention to the sea.

"You want to go to sea?" Canary screamed in shock.

"I'm going to Xiniu Hezhou Lingtai Fangcun Mountain Xieyue Sanxing Cave to find the Bodhi Patriarch to seek immortality and learn Taoism."

"I've been to Xiniu Hezhou, but I've never heard of this damn place."

"I remember you said that you have met people called 'immortals' during your travels. As long as you find them, you will definitely know."

"Then how do you cross this sea? Not even humans can cross this sea and get here."

"That's because they don't have a guide. The biggest fear at sea is getting lost, and I have you!" Stone Monkey said firmly.

"When did I agree to go to sea with you?"

Canary was extremely contemptuous of this statement, but in the end she was tied up in Stone Monkey's chariot, perhaps because Stone Monkey would make her happy when he was free.

She liked the little wild flowers that Stone Monkey put on her head, and also liked that Stone Monkey said that she was the most beautiful bird in the world.

Soon, Stone Monkey mobilized all the monkeys to help him make preparations for the sea. This was a huge project.

For these monkeys who are far away from civilization and don’t have any tools, it is extremely difficult to cut down trees and transport them to the beach to build a raft. What’s more, what the stone monkeys want is not as simple as a small raft.

Moreover, throughout the preparation process, they must always be wary of threats from leopards.

After working around the clock for three months, they finally completed the six-foot-square raft. During this period, four more monkeys were unfortunately bitten to death by leopards.

The whole monkey group was red-eyed when they parted.

"Your Majesty, will you come back? We are a little scared."

"Yes, I will come back and kill the leopard after I learn the seventy-two transformations!" Stone Monkey vowed.

Watching the stone monkeys stepping onto the raft covered with rough bark, the monkeys hugged each other and cried bitterly.

Although these monkeys are very stupid, it is undeniable that without them, the stone monkey would have become a dinner for the tiger. What's even more rare is that when they knew that the Stone Monkey was preparing the raft to leave, they still kept their promise and obeyed the Monkey King's orders. You know, once the stone monkeys leave, what will they do to defend themselves against the leopards?

They are simple, honest, and quite silly, but they are also so silly that it makes Stone Monkey feel a little distressed.

The low tide rolled the raft toward the distant sea. The stone monkey climbed onto the specially reserved observation pole in the center of the raft and shouted loudly: "You must live well and don't let the leopard eat you. Wait for me to come back!"

"My lord, you must come back!"

At this time, Stone Monkey's eyes were filled with tears.

"If you are so reluctant to leave, why do you still want to leave?" Canary asked.

Shihou didn't answer. He had struggled here for the past few months and now lived like a primitive man. Only he knew the hardships.

There is no other choice in seeking the path of truth.