Chapter 66 Wandering for Three Years (1/2)
The incident at Stone Gate Pass between Wang Bugui and the green dragon spirit of the array was finally over. This was the first battle since he had completed his training, and his opponent was a few realms higher than him. Somehow, the youth had managed to win, but he had expanded all of the aura in his body. He coughed out huge mouthfuls of blood and drew out a shrub of herbs from the within the pendant and consumed it. He had obtained it earlier from the Jiuhua Paradise.
He then began to sit in a cross-legged fashion to replenish his divine power. After all, he was already used to being on the verge of dying. When he was training his physique and explosiveness in the Yuxu Pure Land, he had broken his bones and got crippled countless times. As the medicinal properties of the herb began to take effect, his divine power was slowly replenished, and his wounds got slightly better. He immediately channeled the Whole after Thousand Disasters technique, and the wounds on his body healed visibly quickly.
”Phew...”
Wang Bugui let out a long breath of air, and his wounds were completely healed in less than one minute; the Supplementary Method was truly wonderful. He got up and walked deep into the interior of Stone Gate Pass, and enveloped the entire area with his sense field. He managed to locate the center of the formation in an instant and flew over hurriedly. As he drew nearer, he realized that the child of the divine monkey and nine-tailed fox was unharmed, but it was imprisoned in a ball of light.
He could sense the magic left behind by the divine monkey and the nine-tailed fox, and there was also a shred of their essence that protected their child. It was no wonder that the mysterious intruder was unable to kill the child; his Tao powers were unable to break the seal. Furthermore, future generations of humans considered this place as holy ground, and he could not stay for too long. As such, he could only leave a maze-like formation behind and suppress the natural event that was the birth of the child.
Wang Bugui used his Divine Eyes to peer at the child in the ball of light and noticed that it was a small gold monkey with the mark of silver fox fire between its eyebrows. There was a thick golden glow from little creature's soft fur, and it looked as if it was covered by gold silk. It had placed its small hands in its mouth, and its eyes were closed. Its ears would twitch occassionally as it remained sound in sleep, and it looked so heart warmingly cute.
”Little monkey, can you hear me? I'm here to rescue you. Are you willing to leave with me?” Wang Bugui transmitted his voice to the little creature with his will.
The little monkey's eyes jumped a little as he heard Wang Bugui. Its eyes were slowly opened and gradually its vision got clearer. It took a look at the person in front of him and thought about what the human had just said, before it began to weep in grief. ”Father, mother, they... Sob...” it cried.
Wang Bugui heard the monkey's painful cries and observed huge tears fall from its big watery eyes. He could not help but sigh and reply, ”Little monkey, your parents were great heroes. You're their hope, and they placed everything they had left on you. Therefore you can't cry; in future, you have to become a big hero like them!”
”I don't want heroes, I want my parents back!” the little monkey cried as it wept.
”They're not coming back! I've lost my parents too, and the dead can't come back to the world of the living, even with the aid of a true immortal. Therefore, we've to make up our minds to become strong. Only then, will we live up to their expectations. Do you want to become a useless being, or do you want to become a strong person with indomitable will and inherit their legacy?!” Wang Bugui chided the monkey.
His words were too harsh for a small child, but it was a spiritual being and was intelligent beyond its years. That said, it still had the nature of a child, and one could not expect it to be very resilient. Wang Bugui imparted everything he saw from his mind sea to the little monkey's spirit hall. It could now see how its parents had fought against the demons, and their tragic deaths caused tears to fall from its eyes again.
”If you want to come with me, I can bring you to where I've been training. I won't force you to, however. After all, your parents were buried here, and it's natural for you to want to remain behind. If that's the case, I'll do my best to mend the seals that help absorb Nature's energy to aid you in growing. It's entirely up to you to leave or stay behind!” Wang Bugui continued as he shook his head. Eventually, he sat down at a side, allowing the monkey to vent its sorrow by crying.
The little monkey finally calmed down after 10 minutes. Its voice had become hoarse from crying, and its eyes which had been full of spirituality were now red and puffy. It gazed at the person sitting beside it, and replied after a moment's hesitation, ”I... I can leave with you. But, you have to help me become stronger. I want to become a hero like my parents and kill all the demons that plague this world!”
”Fine, that's a deal!” Wang Bugui said with a smile, gratified that the little monkey understood the meaning behind his words. He patted his chest before continuing with a laugh, ”My name is Wang Bugui, what's yours?”
”My parents didn't have the time to give me one yet...” the monkey replied dejectedly.
”In that case, let me give you a name. Hmm... The most powerful monkey king in the legends of us Chinese people was called Sun Wukong, and he was given the title of 'Great Sage Equalling Heaven'. Right, what do you think of the name Qitian?” Wang Bugui chuckled as he thought about a suitable name for the little creature. (Note to reader: Qitian in Mandarin means 'Equalling Heaven'.)
”Qitian, derived from the title of Great Sage Equalling Heaven? Hmm? Hmm... fine, I shall be known as this name!” the monkey finally agreed after hugging its head and thinking seriously for a long while.