Journey to the West: Starting from Changing Sun Wukong's fate-Chapter 42 - No More Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave in the World
42: Chapter 42: No More Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave in the World
42 -42: No More Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave in the World
Watching Sun Wukong in such a state, Patriarch Bodhi also felt some reluctance to let him go, but ultimately, the Journey to the West’s Calamity of Measurement was more important.
Just as Sun Wukong was about to leave the Meditation Room, Patriarch Bodhi could no longer hold back and spoke, “After all, you and I have been master and disciple, and although our fate has ended, it has been a bond after all.
The Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave is your home!”
“Go!”
With those words, Patriarch Bodhi waved his large sleeve.
Sun Wukong turned around and bowed towards Patriarch Bodhi.
Then he turned and left.
But for some reason, watching Sun Wukong’s departing figure, Patriarch Bodhi always had a strange feeling.
It seemed as if he had been duped.
At the same time, a vague sense of foreboding haunted his heart.
However, since the words had already been spoken, naturally, there was no possibility of going back on them.
“Sun Wukong has already left, what changes could there be?
It must be my overthinking!”
There was no talk throughout the night, and the next morning, the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave still saw the sunrise coming up from the East.
The daily morning classes also had to start, and all the disciples of the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave also came out of their Meditation Rooms one after another.
But when they saw what was before them, they were all shocked.
Almost not a single Spirit Grass or Spiritual Object was left in front of the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, and even the immortal birds and spiritual beasts had vanished without a trace.
The Spiritual Spring inside the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave had also dried up.
One could say that the entire Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave had, in the blink of an eye, turned from a blessed land of immortals into an old, empty cave with nothing but four bare walls.
“What has happened to our Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave?”
“Could it be that a cultivator has plundered this place?”
“…”
Everyone stared blankly at everything in front of them.
Is this still the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave?
It wasn’t just them who were shocked; even Patriarch Bodhi looked on with a dark expression.
“Disciples pay their respects to the master!”
Seeing Patriarch Bodhi, the many disciples also bowed respectfully one after another.
But Patriarch Bodhi had no intention of dealing with them.
“Master, this seems to be a note someone left behind!”
It was at this moment one of the disciples spoke urgently.
Everyone looked over.
Indeed, there was a piece of paper pressed under a rock.
Suddenly, the note flew up and went towards Patriarch Bodhi.
Patriarch Bodhi looked at the note in his hand with complex feelings, and although the writing was crooked, it could still be made out.
“Honorable Master, your disciple is leaving.
Thank you for your instruction over these past dozen years.
Even if Master didn’t say it, your disciple has long regarded the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave as my second home.
Now, I’m leaving to return to Mount Huaguo.
In order to alleviate the longing in the future, I could not help but take some grass and wood of the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave back with me.
When I miss it later, I can relieve the feeling of longing!”
Without a doubt, these crooked characters were written by none other than Sun Wukong.
Apart from Sun Wukong, probably no other disciple in the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave would write like this.
You said you were taking some grass and wood, but what does taking everything from the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave mean?
You’ve virtually emptied the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.
You should know that these spiritual objects have taken millions of years to form.
It’s virtually going back to square one overnight.
Is this how you treat a place you call home?
Patriarch Bodhi never imagined Sun Wukong would be so shameless.
Could it be because he, in his true form, used to be just as shameless?
Meanwhile, Wang Yang, standing among the crowd, was also shocked by this scene.
Truly fitting of Sun Wukong, to do exactly what he wanted to do.
“You all disperse!”
The helpless Patriarch Bodhi could only wave his sleeve grandly and turn away.
What else could he do, go demand it back from that monkey?
Many disciples watched Patriarch Bodhi.
Even though they did not know what Patriarch Bodhi was thinking at the moment.
However, one thing they were certain of.
Patriarch Bodhi must have been furious by now.
But that did not concern him; Wang Yang still went back to diligently practice his cultivation.
And Patriarch Bodhi, as if having forgotten all about that incident, secluded himself in his meditation room.
For several days, he remained silent, just staying within the meditation room.
However, an inexplicable emotion spread throughout the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.
Indeed, one evening, at dusk.
Patriarch Bodhi walked out of his meditation room, and his voice spread out, reaching the ears of every disciple in the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.
“Within the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave, a thousand years have passed, and now its time has come to an end.
My bond of mentorship with you all has also ended, and now disperse!”
“Remember, whether you continue to practice cultivation or ascend to heaven to become immortal, or you claim a mountain as king, do not tarnish the name of our lineage!”
“From this day forth, Mount Fangcun no longer exists in this world, nor does the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave!”
“Boom!”
As Patriarch Bodhi’s words came to an end.
As if heaven and earth were resonating, the spiritual energy dissipated, and the Daoist charm receded.
The Sacred Platform of Mount Fangcun seemed to be there, but it had lost the grandeur of the immortal clans.
“Master!”
Countless disciples were unwilling to let go, having cultivated here for so many years, but they could not help but not receive a response from their master.
At this moment, in the direction of Patriarch Bodhi, the originally strong aura of immortal wind and Daoist bones, the charm of perfection, now contained endless Buddha’s light, and a compassionate color radiated from his eyes.
Even without the imposing aura to awe living beings, one could not help but be captivated.
“Disperse, all of you!”
Afterward, the Buddha’s light soared into the sky and vanished above the Nine Heavens.
Even though they had myriad reluctances, in the present situation, they could only disperse like birds and beasts.
Thus, the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave completely disappeared from history.
Patriarch Bodhi sat on the Lotus Platform, watching his numerous disciples disperse one by one, his expression exceedingly complicated.
In the end, the only one left in the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave was Wang Yang.
Wang Yang silently bowed to the sky, turned around, and prepared to leave.
“We have ultimately shared a bond of master and disciple.
When I initially entrusted that Macaque to you, though there was no intention of scheming against you, I still owe you a karmic debt!”
In the movement of Patriarch Bodhi’s hand, a Bodhi seed appeared in his palm.
“This Innate Fire Bodhi, although it may not reach the pinnacle as a Spiritual Treasure, is still first-rate among them!”
“I give this to you, to conclude the bond between us as master and disciple!”
An aged voice resounded in Wang Yang’s ears, and with the falling words, a pearl the size of an infant’s fist fell down, containing an estimable fiery aura, as if encompassed by a fire dragon.
In the end, he was a Good Corpse; he could not sever the bonds of affection.
“Thank you, master!”
Having caught the Innate Fire Bodhi, Wang Yang bowed again towards the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave.
This time Patriarch Bodhi truly left, leaving only Wang Yang alone.
Wang Yang’s expression was calm, for he had long known such a day would come.
He walked out of the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave but suddenly stopped and turned his head in one direction.
“Come out!”
Then, a figure walked out from within.
Hidden in the shadows was a furry monkey, who scratched his ears and cheeks as he looked at Wang Yang with a wide grin.
“Elder brother…”
