[Journey to the West] The male protagonist is under a lot of pressure

Of course the woodcutter never came back.

Of course Chai Xi understands, he is not the protagonist of horror movies or horror games, how could he, like most of them, know that there will be danger here and insist on running here again?

Two flowers bloom, each representing a branch.The woodcutter's surname is Lu, and his given name is Cheng. He is just in his early twenties.He lived on the hill next door. He lost his father when he was young, and then his mother. After the death of his grandmother who raised him, he was supported by his neighbors. Only then did he start a family.As a woodcutter, he seldom comes here on weekdays, but relies on logging in the forest near his home to support his family.

However, at the end of last year, his wife gave birth, and the family had another mouth to eat.Originally, there was a son and a daughter in the family, but now the financial situation has become more tense.In order to at least provide food for the family of five, Lu Cheng chose to take the risk and go to the sacred mountain that was said to have quite precious wood.

But along the way, he only found fairly ordinary wood, and accidentally dropped the peach that brought him a full stomach.

In the end, I didn't even take a single bit of wood away, so how did I get back.

"came back?"

His wife He, who was spinning, was shaking the sheave with the handle. Seeing her husband coming back, she only slightly distracted herself from the work she was doing, and was taken aback: "Why...?"

"Don't mention it," Lu Cheng sat down on the mat next to him, sighed, and then remembered that he planned to go to the holy mountain and didn't tell his wife, "I heard the folks talking about it a few days ago. I went to the so-called 'Sacred Mountain' to see if there was any valuable wood, but I saw a remarkable scene."

There was no surprise on He Shi's face, and he still shook the wheel calmly: "Could it be the monkey that was passed on by word of mouth?"

"God monkey?"

"You, you've always only listened to half of what you're told," He said angrily, "Do you still remember when the holy mountain just came down? You must know that the mountain is called Wuxing Mountain, but you are alone, and I'm afraid even the I didn’t hear the second half of the rumor. It is said that the Five Elements Mountain was descended by the Buddha, and there is a monkey under it.”

"It is rumored that the divine monkey disturbed the Heavenly Court, and this is to punish him." She was thoughtful, but seemed calm, "When I went to the market at the beginning of the year, I happened to pass by there, although I didn't see the divine monkey, I think that mountain is also spiritual. Perhaps my body was still a little weak at that time. I almost fell down the mountain without paying attention. I don’t know who helped me. I was about to thank him, but when I turned around, I found no one. Thinking about it If you go, you can only thank the mountain.”

And here, Chai Xi naturally didn't know that her random actions had been remembered by others for so long. For her, there were more important issues to consider now.

[When my mountain suddenly appeared, didn't it cause quite a shock? — in various senses. ]

In any case, after a year, Chaixi has quite adapted to his identity as a mountain, and it is completely natural to refer to himself as a mountain in his speech.

But she didn't realize after seeing this panicked woodcutter that if she, as a long-term resident living here, saw a mountain peak flying from the sky and landed near her home, she would definitely very curious.

In contrast, listening to the cries of the woodcutter, he seemed to have never heard of the origin of the mountain.

[Are people here so weird? ]

"...No." Sun Wukong asked coolly, "Five Elements, don't you know? On the first night, a small group of people held torches to see it."

Chai Xi: "..."

Of course, she really didn't know, after all, she only passed through on the third day, how could she understand the things before that.

But Chai Xi felt that she should find a way to fool her, so she pretended to cough.

[At that time I fell asleep. ]

Monkey King: "...Could it be that you didn't have your own consciousness at that time?"

In a sense, it was indeed seen through by the other party.

But it is impossible for Chai Xi to say that she is a ray of soul from the future—or from a different world, if the Tang Dynasty and "Journey to the West" she knows are indeed two worlds—the soul just suddenly attached to her inexplicably. On this Five Elements Mountain.

She thought it would be good to just follow the Great Sage's advice.

So, Chaixi responded vaguely, sounding as if she felt very ashamed, but instead got a few words of comfort from Monkey King, telling her that this is nothing to be ashamed of at all.

——The childhood god really deserves to be a god!

After Chai Xi silently gave Monkey King Sun Wukong a hundred praises in her heart, she felt a little guilty. After all, the great sage... no, the monkey is so good, but she is equivalent to cheating and taking advantage of his kindness.However, this sense of guilt did not last long, and Chai Xi soon thought of another problem.

[But then, what happened to the woodcutter? ]

"Maybe it's because I don't usually get along with others, or maybe I don't have much interest." Sun Wukong said absently, "Although I don't remember clearly...But he should not be the one who came to see my grandson that night."

[That's it. ]

Chai Xi responded, and soon lost interest in this topic.

At the beginning, it was only because she was worried that if someone who wanted to die heard that there was an unusual monkey running over here, she would feel very troubled, and maybe the Great Sage would also... However, it seems that she was thinking too much Yes, the nearby villagers knew about it from the very beginning.

She can continue to practice with peace of mind.

With the passage of time, the relationship between Chaixi and Monkey King has also improved to a higher level, and one mountain and one monkey have even established what can be called a tacit understanding.

It was ten years later when she finally got her wish and built a shelter for her childhood idol.

Of course, Chaixi didn't dare to let the God of the Land discover her movements, but she also figured out the timing of the Land God's delivery of food and drink.When he can't come here for a while, if there is a strong wind or rain or snow, she will stealthily protrude a wide curved stone slab above the stone box, and occasionally add two sides on each side. A broad stone standing upright.

"... To be honest," when she did this again, Sun Wukong was lying there, looking at the snow outside, "Wu Xing, your taste is worrying."

[... ugly? ]

"It's ugly and a bit leaky."

Chaixi froze for a moment, and when she was about to make up her mind to say that she would definitely do better, she suddenly heard this sentence.

"However, thank you for doing this for my grandson."

Chai Xi: "...!"

Simply, a blow to the heart.

If she could do it now, her first move would definitely be to cover her heart.

[No, no, no thanks, it’s just a little effort. ]

Chai Xi stammered to explain, but always felt that the more he explained, the more confused he became.

[After all, Dasheng, you helped me so much before, I just have the ability now, so I repay... In short, this is repayment. ]

After that, neither of them said anything more.

Chaixi looked at the white snow in front of him, the fluffy snow showed no signs of being stepped on.In the next ten years, she never saw the woodcutter again, not only him, but also any human, any mortal, any of her kind, Chai Xi never saw again.

But unlike what she had expected before, the image of her parents in Chaixi's mind did not show any signs of blurring due to the wear and tear of time.On the contrary, those memories became more vivid and profound. If they were written on the beach shallowly before, they have now been transferred into engravings on the stone.

Because of this, the feeling of missing is also stronger.But Chaixi feels that after a while, maybe 50 years, maybe 100 years, these emotions will gradually fade away until they become a kind of indifferent feeling.

Missing can't change anything, and it can't improve her current situation.

Chaixi can only rely on his own efforts to achieve the goal that is more likely to be achieved now.In addition, she would indeed fantasize about what she would do if she could go back, but it was just a fantasy.

Ten years have passed, and no amount of hope is in vain.

All that's left is sentimentality and thinking about the situation I'm in now.

Chaixi knew what would happen in more than 400 years: Tang Sanzang passed through the Five Elements Mountain on his westward journey, and the Monkey King he rescued here would become his first apprentice, followed by the second, third, and a white dragon horse... ... The master and apprentice team overcame ninety-nine and eighty-one difficulties, and finally obtained the scriptures and achieved positive results.

It looks like a beautiful story.

But Chaixi also realized one thing.

——She seems to have developed a little dependence on Sun Wukong, and Sun Dasheng who has been with her all the time even though it was not from the other party's intention.