[Journey to the West] Edible Guide for the Great Sage

Half a month passed, and one day, Taibai Jinxing passed by Huaguo Mountain, and saw thick smoke billowing from the back mountain, accompanied by a burnt sweet smell, which almost turned him into a Taihei Jinxing.So he put away his whisk and went to the ground to find out what happened.

Outside the mountain gate, a group of little monkeys were holding something like black charcoal and were about to put it into their mouths with sad faces.He was startled, and immediately remembered the iron ball and copper juice that the Buddha sentenced him to.Could it be that Monkey King got inspiration from this and changed the rules of Huaguo Mountain?

Taibai Jinxing hurried forward and said in a low voice: "What kind of mistake did you make, that you were punished by the monkey grandson to eat charcoal?"

"This is not charcoal, but the shredded yam made by the king." The little monkey turned around, took out a bigger piece, and said, "Mr. Xing, do you want to taste it?"

Taibai Jinxing turned pale with fright, and waved his hands quickly.Just about to run away, the monkey came out of the hole with a scorched face.

Going or not going, Taibai had no choice but to bow his hands and said: "Great Sage, the little god is ordered to go down to the realm, and come to reminisce about the past when passing by Huaguo Mountain, don't come here without any harm."

Sun Wukong waved his hand and said with a hey smile: "I'm all right. I feel that Huaguo Mountain is full of fairy energy suddenly, so I know there are distinguished guests. I'm here to have a look. I'm very happy to see you. You, an old official, are ordered to do it again." very?"

Hearing this, Taibai paused for a moment, and then apologized with a smile: "Uh-haha. The little god has two errands this time. One is because King Qin Guang of the underworld sent the phoenix's dead egg, Linling, to commit murder. Go announce the punishment. As far as the little god knows, that Linling and the Great Sage also had a feud, I don't know—"

Sun Wukong waved his hand, jumped onto a stone, picked a peach and threw it into Taibai's arms, said: "That's over, Phoenix was beaten to death by my grandson long ago."

"No." Taibai rubbed the peach into his arms, stroked his gray beard, and said, "She must have entered the reincarnation well this time, borrowed a body forcibly, and is probably still alive now. world."

"Oh?" Sun Wukong rolled his eyes, jumped down from the stone again, pulled Taibai's wide sleeves and said in a low voice: "So that water element pearl——"

Taibai waved his hands and shook his head, still smiling, said: "This little god doesn't know."

Sun Wukong wiped his dark nose, curled his lips, and said after a while: "You said there are two errands in the lower realm, what about the second one?"

Taibai lowered his eyes, chuckled twice, and said: "Secondly, Ao Lie, the third prince of the Dragon King of the West Sea, was accused of disobedience by his father Ao Run, and the Jade Emperor ordered him to hang him in the air and beat him three hundred times a day. They are going to go to the Longtai to execute the sentence. The little god is here to supervise."

Sun Wukong felt strange when he heard the words, so he raised his eyebrows and said: "What a big mistake this little dragon has made, and he is going to be sued by his own father? Disobedience is a family matter, and for such a crime, he will be pushed to the dragon's stage to kill him. It's vicious." After saying that, he laughed as if mocking himself: "But that old Jade Emperor has always been narrow-minded, and being cruel and merciless is in line with his temperament."

Upon hearing this, Taibai's smile froze at the corner of his mouth.He flicked his sleeves and waved his hands, walked aside with an expression of "my old man didn't hear anything", and changed the subject very wittily: "Why did the Great Sage become so interested in cooking this time?"

"Oh, it's for raising fish." Sun Wukong's impatient expression was enough to show how hard he was hit by repeated failures in cooking.He glanced at Taibai up and down, and said: "Old man, if any water yuan beads have fallen, you must notify my old grandson."

"Definitely." Taibai stroked his beard and smiled again, with an expression of "I understand" in his eyes, he raised his eyebrows and said, "I wonder if the little god can go into the cave to visit Fairy Danqing?"

Sun Wukong arched his back and nodded, pulled Taibai's wrist and said: "You are welcome, just come in with me."

Taibai followed Monkey King into the Water Curtain Cave. The cave was smoky, and the choking smell had already escalated to the point of burning eyes.Danqing hides in the water, so he can't smell it naturally, but he swims happily.

Taibai looked at her pitch-black right eye, then at the red scales on her back, thought for a while, and then he knew it, so he cupped his hands again and said: "The fairy has successfully crossed the catastrophe this time, and has recovered very well. Well, it all depends on the great sage to take care of you. If that's the case, the little god will leave first without bothering you."

"Wait a minute." Sun Wukong rushed up to him and said, "Listen to what you mean, old Jade Emperor still wants to call her back to the Heavenly Court?"

Taibai seemed to know some secrets but it was inconvenient to tell them, so he acted expediently, and said, "There is a definite plan in the dark. Don't worry too much, the Great Sage, and just stay at Huaguo Mountain."

Hearing this, Sun Wukong was convinced, so he politely sent Taibai away, settled down, and went back to his cave to make silk yams.

Just as he was about to start a fire, Broad Bean ran in sweating profusely, holding a cloth package in his hand, and said, "My lord, I found a good thing for Sister Danqing!"

Sun Wukong put down the firewood and said, "What is it?"

The broad beans opened the cloth package, and the inside immediately exuded a tempting aroma.Pointing to the brown sweet cake inside, he said: "The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and many shops at the foot of the mountain are making moon cakes. There are red bean and date paste and all kinds of fillings. I bought some for Sister Danqing and came back to try something new." Putting the moon cake aside, he picked up a few water plants and said, "This is fake grass sold at the foot of the mountain. It seems to be made of the same material as the silk flowers worn by women in the human world. This way you won't be bitten by her." Rotten."

Sun Wukong thought for a while and said: "Good idea!" He ran to the fish tank with a bag of moon cakes to feed the fish, and threw the water plants made of silk cloth into the fish tank and pressed them down with small stones.When the silk cloth swayed, it really looked like aquatic plants.

Danqing prefers lotus paste and egg yolk stuffing, and he ate it whole in a short while.Sun Wukong was overjoyed, and ran out of the cave with Danqing in his arms, announcing that he would no longer need to develop new desserts in the near future. All the little monkeys cheered and rushed into the cave to clean up.

After the big guys wiped the blackened stone walls clean, and swept all the failed charcoal yams down the mountain before returning to Shuilian Cave, Marshal Ma yelled outside the cave: "It's not good, Fairy Danqing is going to pass out. !"

Monkey King immediately ran out to see.

I saw that Danqing's only remaining left eye began to roll his eyes again, and the fish maw was almost floating to the surface of the water, as if he was dying.And the silk water plants on the side had already been bitten badly by her, not only was a large piece missing, but the remaining ones were also crumpled and floating section by section on the water.

"You girl, why do you eat everything in your mouth!" Sun Wukong quickly transformed into a small person about an inch long and jumped into the water, grabbing Danqing's fish mouth and pulling out all the silk cloth stuck inside.

After a lot of tossing, she still didn't feel better, and her white belly turned up even more.Sun Wukong was so anxious that he couldn't help it in the end, so he blew a breath of immortal energy mixed with his true essence into her body.

The fish struggled a few times in the water, suddenly its body glowed brightly.

All the monkeys quickly covered their eyes.

After the light passed, the little monkeys saw that there were no fish in the water, and among the lush fruit trees and grass, there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl smiling happily, with two dimples at the corners of her mouth. Dressed in white clothes, with bright eyes and white teeth.

Monkey King covered Broad Bean's eyes, but he was dumbfounded.

The girl Xue Xue, who was purer than in memory, jumped onto Monkey King, with her legs hanging around his waist, and said excitedly: "Brother Monkey King, I have succeeded in crossing the tribulation, and finally I can transform into form!"

Monkey King was stunned: "What do you call me?"

"Brother Monkey King," Danqing rubbed his monkey hair with his small face, and the itching feeling immediately caused her to smile and bend her eyes: "It really is soft and furry. Could it be Aren't you the Monkey King on this mountain?"

The monkey on the side stared wide-eyed, not knowing what happened.

Sun Wukong put her on the ground, only to find that she seemed shorter than before.Her left eye is as clear as water, and the pupil is as black as her hair.But the right eye seemed to be covered with a layer of white mist, and there was no spirit.Glancing at Marshal Ma, he calmly asked her: "Dan Qing'er, do you still remember what happened at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain, where you and my old grandson were imprisoned in the yin and yang cylinders?"

She curled her lips and shook her head, but she put her two small hands around his shoulders and refused to come down: "What two gas cylinders? This is not Wuxing Mountain, this place is called Huaguo Mountain. My name is not Dan Qing'er, but Jiu'er."

Sun Wukong squinted his eyes and stared silently. After a long while, he pushed the soft black hair scattered on her shoulders to the back of her shoulders, and said, "This is indeed Huaguo Mountain. But your name is really Dan Qing'er."

She puffed up her small and exquisite mouth, and said: "My name is not Dan Qing'er, I am Jiu'er, and my father has nine children in total, and I am the youngest, so I am called Jiu'er. By the way, where is my father? See him?" She tilted her head to look at him, her slightly raised eyebrows were extremely cute, her expression really seemed to have never experienced all kinds of worldly sophistication, like a little girl who had just stepped into the world of mortals.

Marshal Ma felt very sad when he saw this scene, so he stepped forward and reminded: "Our king is Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. He was originally on duty in the Heavenly Court with Miss Danqing. Miss Danqing was originally judged by the heaven, but she agreed to it later. Our great king came to Huaguo Mountain as a stronghold..."

Before Marshal Ma finished speaking, Sun Wukong raised his hand to stop him.

"What is debt pressure? When did I become an immortal judge?" Danqing pouted and looked up at Monkey King, and said, "What are you talking about? I have been practicing in Xingshui, and I have never been to heaven. .It’s just..." She nodded her chin, pursed her lips and said, "I was going through the robbery well, but suddenly a big rock fell from the sky and smashed my eyes." She touched her right eye lightly, Pointing to the top of Huaguo Mountain, he said, "That big rock just bounced to the top of the mountain. Eh, why is it gone..."