The Demon King: “It didn’t tell me it was a monkey coming to challenge me!”
After Sun Wukong heard Su Qing’s description, he couldn’t help but be furious at the Chaos Demon King, roaring:
“How dare this Chaos Demon King speak of my Big Sister like that? He is utterly detestable. Does he really think that because my Big Sister is kind and not good at fighting, he can insult her as he pleases? Hmph! Big Sister, rest assured, your Old Sun will go meet that Chaos Demon King right now! I’ll teach that Demon King a lesson!”
“As for the Water Curtain Cave, your Old Sun doesn’t want it. Big Sister can continue living there. I’ll just keep living in that wooden house.”
In Sun Wukong’s eyes, Su Qing was a very gentle and kind person, and not skilled in combat…
So it was understandable if she couldn’t defeat that Demon King!
After all, no one stipulated that the most favored disciple of Patriarch Bodhi had to be very skilled in combat.
However, it didn’t matter if Big Sister couldn’t defeat the Chaos Demon King… not being good at fighting also didn’t matter…
He had always received help from Big Sister, and rarely had a chance to help her.
Since Big Sister wasn’t good at fighting, he would handle the fighting!
Su Qing heard this and shook her head slightly. If the Water Curtain Cave couldn’t be given away, wouldn’t she have moved out for nothing?
Su Qing said indifferently: “If I said the Water Curtain Cave is for you, then it is for you! My mind is made up on this. Besides, I already moved out of the Water Curtain Cave years ago and picked a good spot to live on Flower-Fruit Mountain. The Water Curtain Cave has been empty for a long time. So you can just move in.”
Sun Wukong heard this, scratched his head, and didn’t refuse for a moment.
After all, it was disrespectful to keep refusing a gift from an elder.
“Since Big Sister says so, then I’ll shamelessly accept it.”
Hearing this, Su Qing also nodded with satisfaction.
“Oh right, Big Sister, does Big Sister know where that Chaos Demon King lives?”
“Head straight north, there’s a beautiful mountain, and in the mountain, there’s a Watery Filth Cave. That’s where the Chaos Demon King lives.” Su Qing had been there once and even plundered his cave dwelling, so she naturally knew where the Demon King lived.
Afterward, Sun Wukong cupped his hands and said: “Big Sister, I’ll go help Big Sister avenge her grievance first! I’ll be back soon; Big Sister just wait for my good news.”
Sun Wukong formed a hand seal and chanted a spell, his body soaring, and he departed like a fiery red pinwheel, riding his Somersault Cloud.
Su Qing watched this scene and couldn’t help but nod.
This way, another matter was settled.
However, the Chaos Demon King, who had managed to survive until now, was probably doomed…
“It seems my ability to trick people has also improved a bit!”
Su Qing chuckled, looking at the clouds in the sky, and couldn’t help but think:
“I feel like having a drink again.”
Leng Xiang saw Su Qing like this, as if she knew what Su Qing was thinking.
She took out a wine cup and a wine pot from her sleeve and said: “Master… remember to drink less.”
Su Qing looked at Leng Xiang, slightly puzzled: “Leng Xiang, can you read minds?”
“Of course not. I just understand Master.”
“…”
Su Qing suddenly felt that Leng Xiang was truly amazing… she felt completely seen through by this person, didn’t she?
But this was also quite good. The obedient and loyal Leng Xiang probably wouldn’t use this understanding for anything bad…
So having such a ‘maid’ who understood her was a very good thing.
Leng Xiang refilled Su Qing’s wine and then dismissed the monkey troop, letting them go about their business.
Afterward, she sat outside the Water Curtain Cave, watching the waterfall and drinking wine, waiting for the monkey’s good news.
Leng Xiang stood calmly beside Su Qing, quietly accompanying her.
Sun Wukong traveled north, looking down.
Suddenly, he saw a tall mountain. This mountain had towering peaks and deep, winding ravines; it was truly a magnificent mountain.
The Monkey King looked around, searching for the Chaos Demon King’s residence, but suddenly heard voices and immediately descended the mountain to find them.
Before long, Sun Wukong arrived before a steep cliff and saw a cave dwelling called Watery Filth Cave.
Outside the cave, a few small demons were dancing. Upon seeing Sun Wukong, they immediately tried to flee.
Seeing this, Sun Wukong immediately stopped them and said: “Don’t run! I ask you! Is this the residence of the Chaos Demon King?”
The small demons dared not refuse to answer and quickly nodded.
They only said: “Is the Monkey King looking for our Great King for something?”
“Hmph, go deliver a message for me! Just say that Sun Wukong, the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain, has come to spar with him! I want to see how that Chaos Demon of yours dares to insult my Big Sister!” Sun Wukong said.
The small demon heard this, nodded hastily, and then ran into the cave.
Reporting: “Great King, Great King, it’s bad!”
“Shut up! Your Great King is perfectly fine, speak, what is it!”
Ever since the Demon King returned to Watery Filth Cave, Su Qing had not come to find him or teach him a lesson.
After several months, the events of those days had gradually faded from his memory…
He felt that since Su Qing hadn’t come to trouble him for so long, she must have already forgotten about him, an unimportant character.
So these days, the Demon King was getting restless, wondering if he should go to Aolai Kingdom to rob some treasures.
Just as he was happily thinking, he was interrupted by the chattering of this small demon.
“Great King, there’s a monkey outside claiming to be the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain! He says you insulted his Big Sister, and he’s here for revenge!” the small demon quickly said.
The Demon King snorted coldly, slammed his stone chair, and said: “Hmph, a mere monkey dares to call himself the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain! Hmph, take me to meet him! By the way, what does that monkey look like, and what weapon does he have?”
The small demon said: “That monkey has no weapon. His attire is neither monastic nor secular, nor does he look like a cultivator!”
The Demon King immediately understood upon hearing this. It was just a boastful, unruly monkey, nothing to fear.
He naturally hadn’t forgotten what Su Qing had said earlier…
And he knew someone would come to challenge him.
But he didn’t think this person would be the monkey who came today!
This monkey dared to call himself the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain, which showed he was unaware of Su Qing’s existence, an arrogant, unruly monkey.
Furthermore, how could this monkey be considered a human? At most, humanoid.
Since this was not the challenger Su Qing spoke of, he naturally feared nothing at all.
“Bring me my weapon!”
Although there was only one weapon left in the treasury now, he couldn’t lose his imposing manner.
The small demon heard this and scurried off to fetch the Demon King’s weapon.
Then, he went out with the other demons and loudly proclaimed: “Who dares to call himself the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain?!”
Sun Wukong saw that the Demon King was indeed very tall!
He said: “This unruly Demon King has such big eyes, yet he’s blind and can’t see your Old Sun!”
The Demon King heard this and laughed: “You’re not even four feet tall, and you have no weapon in your hand, yet you’re so bold and arrogant, daring to call yourself the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain? Do you know who the current Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain is?”
“Hmph, I am the current Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain, how can there be a ‘claiming to be’ about it? Besides, if I want to be big, I can be big! Even your physique is quite small, isn’t it?”
“Hahahaha, truly an unruly monkey! How utterly ignorant!” the Demon King sneered.
Sun Wukong said: “Enough! I’m too lazy to waste words with you. Since you insulted my Big Sister, and now you insult me, today, I will certainly teach you a lesson!”
With that, Sun Wukong leaped up and struck him directly in the face!
The Demon King snorted coldly and also reached out to block!
Although he didn’t know where this monkey got the confidence to call himself the Great King of Flower-Fruit Mountain, nor did he know who the Big Sister he spoke of was.
But since this monkey dared to provoke him, he would certainly teach him a lesson.
“Let me see what abilities you, this arrogant monkey, possess!”
The Demon King finished speaking and began to fight Sun Wukong.
The Demon King cared about his reputation. Since the monkey didn’t use a weapon, he didn’t either.
But after several rounds, he was actually beaten to aches and pains by this monkey.
Seeing this, he no longer acted big and raised his weapon, slashing towards Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong quickly retreated, causing the Demon King to strike air.
Seeing his ferocity, Sun Wukong no longer took him lightly. He unleashed his magic, plucking a handful of hairs, chewing them in his mouth, spitting them out, and shouting “Change!” The spat-out hairs transformed into three to four hundred small monkeys, attacking the Demon King together.
The fight here was intense, while on the other side, it was quite leisurely.
Su Qing originally wanted to watch the show too, but she felt lazy and didn’t move.
“Speaking of which, I think I forgot to give him a weapon… Never mind, it shouldn’t matter whether he has a weapon or not.”
Su Qing wasn’t worried about the monkey’s life or death.
Not to mention that the monkey was the future Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and his strength was already extremely powerful when he left his master.
Even she, a leisurely person not good at fighting, could subdue that Demon King in a few moves.
If Sun Wukong went, he could destroy that Demon King even with bare hands.
Su Qing looked at the waterfall, her thoughts drifting, and suddenly she seemed to think of something and said:
“Leng Xiang, how about we go out for a stroll in a few days?”
“Why does Master suddenly want to go out again?”
“Although living on Flower-Fruit Mountain is nice, after staying for a long time, I want to go out for a walk. Besides, now that Sun Wukong is back, Flower-Fruit Mountain won’t have any problems even without me. So I just want to go out and wander…”
Su Qing was just a typical case of being restless after too much quiet.
“All depends on Master’s decision. No matter where Master goes, Leng Xiang will follow.” Leng Xiang said indifferently.
Hearing this, she nodded slightly and said: “Hmm, but I don’t know where to go… I’ll just wander around, wherever we end up, let fate decide.”
“…” Leng Xiang was speechless. Her Master wasn’t thinking about fate at all; she just had trouble making choices.
Su Qing didn’t know what Leng Xiang was thinking, she just looked at the sky and said:
“Ah, calculating the time, the battle should be over by now, right?”
“It’s only been less than half an hour.”
“That’s quite long.”
Leng Xiang was puzzled, only feeling that her Master had great confidence in the Stone Monkey’s combat power.
But she didn’t plan to ask more, she just said: “Then Master… since this matter is settled, do you need to celebrate tonight?”
“Ah? There’s no need… it’s just a small matter, what’s there to celebrate? But the monkeys will probably celebrate, right?”
“So, business as usual tonight? Do you need me to massage you, Master?” Leng Xiang suddenly said something completely unrelated.
“Hmm, thank you for the trouble.” Su Qing didn’t pay much attention, just nodded slightly.
Hearing this, Leng Xiang couldn’t help but smile.
As Su Qing and Leng Xiang finished speaking, a fiery red pinwheel descended from the sky.
Sun Wukong said: “Big Sister, I’m back!”
“How did it go?”
“I didn’t fail! That unruly Demon King is dead! Hehe, I originally thought about bringing his head back for Big Sister to see, but I thought it would be too bloody, so I didn’t. However, I brought back his weapon! This blade is truly sharp, it’s really good.”
Su Qing heard this, nodded slightly, and then praised him a few times.
With Big Sister’s praise, the monkey couldn’t help but feel a bit giddy, and began to recount how he had killed the Demon King and seized this treasured blade.
Su Qing listened without interrupting, just smiling as he spoke.
As he spoke, he couldn’t help but show off his treasured blade.
Although this treasured blade was ordinary, it was ultimately his spoils of war, so he naturally loved it very much before the novelty wore off.
Su Qing just chuckled at the sight and didn’t say much.
She only said: “Alright, alright, you were very formidable this time. But don’t forget your monkey children and grandchildren! They’ve waited for you on Flower-Fruit Mountain for so long! Now that you’re back, how can you not gather with them? You are their Monkey King.”
Hearing this, Sun Wukong suddenly realized and said: “Thank you for reminding me, Big Sister. I was so caught up in my happiness that I almost forgot about such an important matter.”
Su Qing smiled helplessly and said: “Also, since you have already killed the Chaos Demon King, this Water Curtain Cave now belongs to you! From now on, you shall live in the Water Curtain Cave!”
“I’ll listen to Big Sister!”
Sun Wukong nodded repeatedly, thanking Su Qing profusely.
Su Qing smiled and shook her head slightly, saying: “No need to thank me, you deserve it.”
After all, this Water Curtain Cave, according to the original world trajectory, was originally his.
But in Sun Wukong’s eyes now… it was just his Big Sister being kind and not fond of fame and fortune.
Sun Wukong said: “Then Big Sister, I’ll go reunite with my monkey children and grandchildren first. I’ll come back tomorrow to talk with Big Sister alone!”
Su Qing nodded and said: “Hmm, go ahead.”
With that, Sun Wukong was about to leave, but suddenly remembered something. After looking left and right, he said:
“Oh right, Big Sister, one more thing! My Master told me to remind you, remember not to forget about the Three Calamities! The Three Calamities can only be avoided, not resisted head-on!”
Su Qing heard this, first paused slightly, then couldn’t help but chuckle and nod.
“I already know, I will remember.”
She knew that with the Stone Monkey’s intelligence, he would definitely guess that she was his senior sister.
Moreover, Bodhi telling Sun Wukong this and having him remind her, in a sense, was also telling him that she was his senior sister.
But this was also good, saving her the trouble of explaining it herself.
“Big Sister, you absolutely must not forget, those Three Calamities are terrifying!” Sun Wukong reminded again.
Su Qing only nodded and said: “Don’t worry, I have never forgotten this matter. I value my life quite a lot.”
Thus, Sun Wukong could only set his mind at ease, nodding slightly.
Then he turned and left to reunite with his monkey children and grandchildren.
Sun Wukong returned to the forest, and soon after, a commotion erupted in the woods! Even the birds in the forest were startled and flew away…
The monkeys in the forest had long prepared a feast, and as soon as Sun Wukong returned, the banquet could naturally begin!
The monkeys surrounded Sun Wukong, speaking one after another, telling him about the changes over the years… and some things that had happened during those years.
The monkeys chattered incessantly, and Sun Wukong listened attentively.
For the current Sun Wukong, multitasking was not a difficult task.
After Su Qing sent Sun Wukong off, she returned to the courtyard with Leng Xiang.
Before their trip, Su Qing still had one thing to do… and that was to have the monkey go to the Dragon Palace to get the Golden-Hooped Rod.
Someone had to give him a hint.
“But, wouldn’t doing this be a bit unfair to the Old Dragon King?”
“Never mind, that Old Dragon King isn’t exactly a good person himself! If it’s unfair, then so be it! At most, I’ll instruct the monkey to be a bit restrained and not injure anyone. After all, he is Ao Ying’s father…”
Su Qing shook her head slightly, too lazy to think further.
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