PDLP Chapter 204 The Boy and the Monkey
Chapter 204 The Boy and the Monkey
Li Jun's gaze fell on the patterns on the sword.
He could sense that there was an extremely faint power remaining in the broken sword.
That power has faded considerably.
It was so faint it was almost invisible.
But the nature of that power gave him a strange sense of familiarity.
Next to the broken sword, there was a pile of fragments.
The fragments were scattered all over the ground, and at first glance they looked like roof tiles.
But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that the fragments were originally supposed to be a gourd.
It was red, and seemed to have some gold mixed in.
The gourd fragments are also carved with intricate patterns.
Those patterns are somewhat similar to those on the broken sword, but they are more ancient and mysterious.
Li Jun remained silent for a few seconds.
Then, he crouched down to collect the broken sword and the fragments.
But just as he reached out and picked up the broken sword...
His gaze suddenly fell upon something beneath the broken sword.
It's a single line of text.
Words carved on the ground.
The handwriting is very messy.
But it's very deep.
It's so deep it seems to be etched into time itself.
Li Jun looked at the line of text.
The text reads:
[Sir, we will never see you again.]
In an instant, Li Jun's heart felt as if it had been gripped tightly by something.
He stared at the words, his vision blurring.
In a daze, he saw a scene.
The picture is very clear.
It was so clear it didn't seem like a hallucination.
It was a grand hall.
The main hall was very large, seemingly boundless.
The hall was empty, with no superfluous furnishings.
Only in the very center was there a huge furnace.
The furnace is four or five meters tall, and its entire body is bluish-black with intricate patterns carved on its surface.
The fire in the furnace was blazing.
The flickering firelight illuminated the entire hall in a crimson glow.
Two little boys, each holding a fan, stood by the stove watching the fire.
A slightly chubby person.
One is thinner.
The slightly chubby boy wore a robe embroidered with golden cloud patterns. He had a round face and looked very kind.
The thinner boy wore a robe embroidered with silver cloud patterns. He had a dignified appearance and bright, intelligent eyes.
At this moment, the skinny boy, looking at the fire in the stove, suddenly spoke:
"Brother, I heard that the master wants us to go down to the mortal realm. Do you think it'll be fun there?"
Upon hearing this, the slightly chubby boy pursed his lips.
What's fun about the mortal world?
As he fanned the fire, he said:
"I'd rather stay here and take care of Danhuo than go to the mortal realm."
"After all, we'll encounter that wretched monkey when we descend to the mortal realm this time."
"That stinky monkey stole the Golden Elixir last time, causing us to be punished by the Master. I don't want to see him again."
"Besides, we're going to make things difficult for that stinky monkey after we go down there, but we can't beat him."
"If we really go to the mortal world, we'll just be there to suffer."
"Hmph! None of those bald men are good people; they're all just badmouthing the master."
The slightly chubby boy spoke, a hint of resentment on his face, and angrily fanned himself.
The fan's speed was noticeably faster.
The fire in the stove grew stronger and made a whooshing sound.
The skinny boy next to him rolled his little eyes when he saw this.
He glanced towards the doorway, then leaned closer to the chubby boy and whispered:
"Brother, I have an idea."
That's the end of the video.
Li Jun's vision blurred, and the image disappeared.
He stood there, stunned for a few seconds, his mind filled with the images of the two boys.
Just then, another scene appeared.
That was a mountain peak.
The mountain peaks are extremely high, piercing the clouds.
On the flat ground at the summit of the mountain stood two boys.
It was those two from before.
Slightly chubby, or a little thin.
But now, they look completely different from before.
His face was full of fear.
His eyes were red and swollen with tears.
A slightly chubby boy, leaning on a sword.
The sword was about the same height as him, and its entire body was dark gold. The patterns on the sword's surface faintly formed the shape of the Big Dipper.
The thinner boy was holding a gourd with a red background and gold patterns in his arms.
That gourd was bigger than his head.
The two stood on flat ground, looking up at the sky.
The scene in the sky was terrifying.
The entire sky was covered in cracks.
Those cracks, one after another, crisscrossed.
Some are as thin as a hair, while others are as thick as an arm.
Densely packed, covering the entire sky.
Thunder and fire surged within the cracks.
Golden thunder, crimson fire.
It churned and roared within those cracks, as if it might burst through them at any moment and pour down.
The sky is like a piece of glass about to shatter.
It could shatter completely and fall down at any moment.
The two children stared at the crack in the sky.
They wanted to see something through those cracks.
But you can't see anything.
Only endless lightning and fire surged within those cracks.
The skinny boy stared at the crack in the sky, tears streaming down his face.
He sobbed as he said:
"Brother, does Master not want us anymore?"
"I really know I was wrong. I will never touch the master's things again."
His voice was choked with sobs, filled with fear and helplessness.
The chubby boy also had tears in his eyes.
But he held back his tears.
He wiped away his tears, gripped the sword tightly, and tried to make his voice sound calm.
"Don't be afraid."
"The master has gone to do something very important."
"If we just hide well, we'll wait for the master to come and get us."
He paused, his voice trembling slightly.
"Don't be afraid. You didn't cry when the pillar of heaven collapsed and the earth's axis broke. Why are you crying now?"
"It's just a little bit more terrifying now than it was back then."
Upon hearing this, the skinny boy sniffed.
He wanted to nod, to say, "I'm not afraid."
But looking at the scene in the sky, those dense cracks, those churning and roaring thunder and fire...
He burst into tears.
While crying, he said:
"But...but the master was there at the time."
"But now all thirty-three heavens have been destroyed, and our home is gone."
Upon hearing this, the chubby boy sniffed.
Tears welled up in her eyes.
He finally couldn't hold back anymore and burst into tears.
The two children embraced each other and wept bitterly.
The cries echoed across the mountain peaks, desolate and helpless.
The video ends here.
Li Jun's vision blurred, and he returned to reality.
He stood before the stone seat, still holding the broken sword in his hand.
Before me were the words carved into the ground.
"Sir, we will never see you again."
Li Jun stared at the line of words, his heart churning with turbulent emotions.
The image I just saw was incredibly clear.
It was so clear it didn't seem like a hallucination.
Those two boys...
Slightly chubby, or a little thin...
Their conversation...
"Stinky monkey"...
"Those bald guys"...
"The Thirty-Three Heavens have been destroyed..."
Every piece of information points to an answer.
Those two boys are probably the attendants of Laozi, who incarnated as the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King in Journey to the West.
The "stinky monkey" they were talking about was Sun Wukong.
And then there was the horrific sight of the thirty-three heavens being destroyed...
The sky was filled with thunder and fire, and countless cracks...
That should be the reason for the Dharma-ending Age and the reason for the decline of Buddhism.
After all, if the Thirty-Three Heavens are destroyed, how well can Mount Ling, where Buddhism is located, be?
Li Jun stood there, his mind racing.
Each of these pieces of information is astonishing enough.
But what he found most unbelievable was the appearance of the two boys.
The slightly chubby one.
The thinner one.
The two boys looked exactly like the two people he remembered.
Jin Hao.
Yin Jian.
The two children in the video just now look exactly like Jin Hao and Yin Jian when they were young!