O43novel Chapter 920 The Fear of Death
Chapter 920 The Fear of Death
The two Western Saints were unaware of Subhuti's ulterior motives, but even if they had, they wouldn't have cared too much. After all, although the Three Corpses are incarnations cut off from oneself and should be subject to the constraints and restrictions of the original body, and serve the original body for life, this does not mean that the Three Corpses, like the incarnations, have no thoughts of their own and must be controlled by the original body at all times!
It's perfectly normal for someone like Subhuti to have such petty thoughts that don't affect his own interests. Normally, as long as the three incarnations don't do anything that threatens their own interests, no one will care about this matter!
Getting back to the main point, although Subhuti obtained the right to educate Sun Wukong from the original body, he was still just an avatar. For important matters concerning the entire Western Religion, he still had to consult the original body and seek its consent before taking any action. Otherwise, if any mistakes were made in the future, he would be in deep trouble!
After thinking about Subhuti's plan and discussing it with Jieyin for a while, Zhunti decided to agree. However, he really didn't have much time in the short term, so he still felt that the teaching of Sun Wukong should be postponed as much as possible.
Otherwise, wouldn't it be a bit ridiculous to start performing a grand opera before the stage is even set up? Besides, there is great terror in the space between life and death. Given Sun Wukong's current foolish and adorable appearance, which has not experienced the baptism of life and death, it is really hard to believe that he can firmly establish his Dao heart and cultivate peacefully!
It was precisely because Zhunti wanted Sun Wukong to experience life and death first that he was able to have such a leisurely time to play peacefully with the monkeys on Flower Fruit Mountain!
Subhuti was a little worried that his future disciple would be spoiled in such an environment. Therefore, during the time when Sun Wukong was leisurely enjoying life, he transformed into an old monkey with some cultivation and the ability to live longer. When signs of Sun Wukong being spoiled appeared, he promptly provided psychological counseling to Sun Wukong and corrected his values!
It has to be said that the environment in the prehistoric world is indeed quite good. Although Flower Fruit Mountain is just an unknown immortal mountain in the prehistoric world and cannot be ranked among the blessed lands, the monkeys and their offspring there can still gain a lot from it. Not to mention anything else, their long lifespan, which far exceeds that of their kind, is enough to make others envious!
It was precisely because the monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain had long lifespans that Sun Wukong was not worried about his own lifespan and lived a leisurely life on Flower Fruit Mountain!
Moreover, thanks to his own strength and agility, after finding the Water Curtain Cave, he successfully became the rightful king of the monkey troop!
After becoming the Monkey King, Sun Wukong ate fruit every day, watched his people busy with their work, and occasionally helped them when they were in trouble!
And so, Sun Wukong lived a leisurely life until one of the old monkeys in the troop died of old age and never woke up again. It was then that Sun Wukong first learned from the old monkeys in his tribe about the extremely terrifying thing called death!
Knowing that he too would eventually weaken, grow old, and die, Sun Wukong couldn't help but shudder. He then asked the old monkey beside him if there was any chance to change this situation!
After pondering for a long time, the old monkey that Subhuti had transformed into mentioned, somewhat ambiguously, that only by becoming an immortal could one escape the suffering of reincarnation!
Upon hearing this, the Monkey King became excited and immediately began to pack his belongings, preparing to leave Flower Fruit Mountain to find the immortal and ask him to teach him the secret of immortality!
The reason why the Monkey King was so excited and acted so quickly was partly because of his desire for the secret to immortality, and partly because, based on the average age at which the older monkeys in the troop died, he deduced that although he was still in his prime, it wouldn't be long before Sun Wukong entered middle age, which meant he would no longer be young.
After he reaches middle age, his physical functions will begin to decline. Just thinking about how he will become as weak as those old monkeys makes Sun Wukong shudder!