Traveling through various miniature worlds with a small restaurant

Chapter 247 World of Famous Works 36

Lin Xiaoqian became interested, got up, went to the counter, grabbed a bottle of good wine and a glass, sat down opposite the old man, and solicitously unscrewed the cap to pour him a glass.

"Old man, why don't you explain in detail the part about Bodhi Patriarch erasing cause and effect?"

The old man glanced at her sideways and said, "Little girl, the main body says you are not from this small world, and that you want to take that little monkey Sun Wukong with you away from this world. Why don't you talk to me first and tell me why you insist on taking the little monkey away?"

Lin Xiaoqian was somewhat surprised, "How did you know about this?"

The old man picked up a wine glass from the table, smelled it, pointed to the ceiling, and said, "The original body of that guy has lived for so long, and he still has some connection with that person."

Lin Xiaoqian, puzzled, asked, "Who is it?"

The old man looked at her with a "How could you be so stupid?" expression and pointed to the dark figure behind her, saying, "Didn't this little brat talk to that person? You didn't even think of that?"

It turns out that he learned this from the consciousness of the smaller world. If what this old man said is true, then Bodhi Patriarch's abilities and status in the Journey to the West world are quite extraordinary.

Lin Xiaoqian said righteously, "We want to take Brother Monkey away because we can't stand the unfair treatment he's received here. He's so capable, kind-hearted, and respectful of women, yet he still gets schemed against. You may not feel sorry for him, but many others will."

The old man looked at Lin Xiaoqian with surprise and said, "Scheme? You mean the Buddhists? Or the Heavenly Court?"

Does the Heavenly Court even have a share?

Lin Xiaoqian nodded decisively: "Yes, I have both."

The old man frowned and pondered for a moment before slowly saying, "Although I don't know how you learned about the little monkey in the other world, I think you must have misunderstood."

From the old man, Lin Xiaoqian and his companions heard another version of Journey to the West.

At that time, Sun Wukong was still learning from the Bodhi Patriarch. He was naturally lively and active, and after learning some skills, he couldn't help but show off.

Bodhi Patriarch saw that he had not changed his monkey nature, which was not conducive to his cultivation. It was no longer appropriate to let him stay in the Three Star Cave to cultivate.

So they let him leave the mountain and erased the karmic connection between them, so that outsiders would not know that his master was Bodhi Patriarch.

The real purpose was to allow Sun Wukong to properly experience the world. Otherwise, everyone would know that he had a powerful backer like Patriarch Bodhi, so who would dare to offend him? What would be the point of him experiencing anything then?

Sun Wukong returned to Flower Fruit Mountain and became a demon king, originally intending to live a carefree life with his monkey followers. However, he still lived within the Three Realms, where all beings of the Five Elements were subject to the rule of the Heavenly Court. Birth, aging, sickness, and death were the cycle of cause and effect. Yet, due to his nature, he went to the Underworld and caused a great disturbance, tearing up the Book of Life and Death.

The Heavenly Court was furious when it found out, but initially it did not want to expend too much manpower on him. It wanted to appease him without firing a single shot, but because it saw that he had no background, it looked down on him and was only willing to give him a minor official position as a horse groom.

When Sun Wukong found out, he was furious. He was so proud that he decided to give up his official position in Heaven and return to Flower Fruit Mountain to proclaim himself the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

This enraged the Heavenly Court. "You monkey, you're asking for it!" they thought. So they sent heavenly soldiers and generals to besiege Flower Fruit Mountain.

As a result, these heavenly soldiers and generals did not put in any effort and were all defeated by Sun Wukong.

The Heavenly Court, having lost face, continued to send people to besiege Sun Wukong. In the end, they only sent out Erlang Shen, who was willing to fight. As a result, he fought Sun Wukong to a standstill, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

In the end, it was Laozi who intervened and captured Sun Wukong.

Laozi is one of the Three Pure Ones, the Supreme Pure Moral Heavenly Venerable, a true sage.

He later realized that this monkey with no background was actually a disciple of the Bodhi Patriarch. According to this line of rank, the monkey's status was no less than that of the Jade Emperor.

The people of Heaven were stunned to learn that Sun Wukong had such a powerful background.

But they've all been brought back, what are we going to do now?

Moreover, Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) damaged Sun Wukong's eyes, turning his innate ability to break through illusions into fiery eyes, and also gave him the habit of being afraid of wind and smoke.

Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) simply didn't want to get involved anymore.

No one else in Heaven dared to make things difficult for Sun Wukong. Just then, Buddhism was preparing to spread its teachings to the East, so the Jade Emperor made a deal with Buddha.

I'll send people to help you spread your teachings, and in return, you'll help me suppress Sun Wukong.

How could Buddha not know this was a trap? But in order to enter the East to spread his teachings, he pretended not to know. However, in order not to offend Bodhi Patriarch, he promised to suppress him for only five hundred years. After five hundred years, he would let Sun Wukong participate in the journey to the West and give him a Buddha position as an explanation.

Bodhi originally wanted to train Sun Wukong, so he tacitly agreed to the matter.

The old man took a sip of wine, narrowed his eyes, and said, "Therefore, all of this is the result of weighing the options among various forces, and it cannot be entirely described as a scheme."

After listening, Lin Xiaoqian frowned. She began to suspect that the old man in front of her was a member of the Buddhist sect. How could he suddenly whitewash Buddhism?

Or did they really misunderstand?

Looking at the old man in front of her who kept drinking, she couldn't help but ask, "From what you're saying, it was Patriarch Bodhi who instructed you to secretly protect Brother Monkey?"

The old man hiccuped and waved his hand, saying, "Ah, it's not so much about protecting him. He was sent out to gain experience. What would it be like for an old man like me to keep an eye on him every day? I usually don't interfere in the little monkey's affairs, otherwise, wouldn't his true form erase the karma between the two of them for nothing? I only saw him once before, when the little monkey was trapped under the mountain, and I haven't seen him since."

Lin Xiaoqian understood that if the old man in front of him was truly an incarnation of Bodhi Patriarch, then he was unreliable.

He probably just verbally agreed and kept an eye on Monkey King, but who knows where he's actually hiding away drinking.

But it doesn't matter. Even if this old woman who claims to be the incarnation of Monkey King's master is unreliable, there's still the strategy she gave Monkey King. Hopefully, Monkey King won't be too honest like in the original story.

Lin Xiaoqian still had some questions for the old man, but when she looked up, she saw that the old man had drunk too much and was already passed out on the table, muttering to himself.

She asked Jiang Shuang and Mo Ying beside her incredulously, "Can even immortals get drunk and pass out?"

Mo Ying frowned slightly and shook his head: "I don't understand. I only feel that he is an ordinary mortal, but my divine sense can't see through him at all."

Lin Xiaoqian thought to himself that the system's electric shocks didn't seem to have any effect on him either.

Thinking of this, she frantically cried out in her mind: System, come out and say something!

System: ...Speechless.

Lin Xiaoqian: Why did you send him to electrocute him, only to let him dodge it? Tell me!

System: ...The system didn't actually shock him; he was just teasing you after he realized you were going to attack him.

Lin Xiaoqian: ? ? ?

System: If you insist on having the system shock a being that is close to the consciousness of a small world, then this system thinks you are probably crazy.

Lin Xiaoqian: Huh?