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After listening to General Huaiyan's explanation, Bai Zhi finally understood why Yun Li wanted to steal the intelligent weapon.
This seemingly petite girl has such a tragic past.
"Regardless of the circumstances, Yun Li's theft of weapons is ultimately wrong, and I will not cover it up. Tell this child to bring the items over."
“Elder Yan, there’s no need for that. Even if Yun Li takes the two weapons, there’s probably nowhere else on Luo Fu besides the Workshop for her to fuse the swords. Besides, she doesn’t have the credentials to enter the Workshop and use the equipment.”
"We don't need to be in a rush. It's already evening, so how about we deal with this tomorrow morning?"
Bai Zhi suggested.
The previous battle with Feixiao took up too much time, and I don't know if Silver Wolf and Fireworks are still there.
So she had to find someone quickly.
As for Yun Li's matter, we'll talk about it later.
Jing Yuan nodded, "Yes, it's getting late now, so there's no rush. We just need to find the item before the final winner is decided in the martial arts ceremony."
Chapter 746 The Monkey Who Came to Complain to Bai Zhi
"Oh, you're back again?"
Bai Zhi rubbed her temples and sat up. She had bought some gifts earlier, but when she got back, she found that Silver Wolf and Firework had already run away.
Having not slept for several days, I decided not to go looking for the two of them and simply went back to the Pill Refining Division to sleep.
This is her True Lord's Palace in Heaven.
"I wonder where that monkey is now?"
After Bai Zhi finished talking to herself, suddenly, a series of knocks sounded on the door.
"Who?"
Bai Zhi got out of bed and walked to the door.
"Hey, Xiaobai, it's me! I knew you'd be home."
A familiar voice came from outside the door.
"It's you. What's wrong? Instead of escorting that monk, you have time to come here?"
Bai Zhi opened the door, and there stood the monkey, who was even holding some wine in his hand.
"I missed you, Xiaobai, so I came to see you. This is wine brewed by the monkeys of my Flower Fruit Mountain. Come and have a taste."
Bai Zhi took the monkey wine with suspicion, looked the monkey up and down, and found that the guy's eyes were rolling around, which clearly meant he had other ideas.
"You monkey, hasn't anyone told you that you're not good at lying?"
"No way, I just had nothing to do. You're my best friend, so of course I had to come and visit you."
Before Bai Zhi could say anything, the monkey went straight into Bai Zhi's True Lord's Mansion, found a stool, and squatted down, looking like it was scratching its head.
"Mind your image. You're supposed to be a god, why don't you sit properly? People who don't know better would think you're a mountain king."
Bai Zhi walked into the living room and said to the monkey in an annoyed tone.
"Hehe, that's a good thing to say. I was originally the Monkey King of Flower Fruit Mountain."
Bai Zhi waved her hand casually, and some drinks and fruits appeared on the table. "So, what happened?"
"No, no, I am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. What could possibly happen to me? No matter what kind of monster it is, I only need to strike it with my staff and I guarantee it will be dead."
The monkey patted its chest with a smile, looking confident.
"Really? Then can you kill the Bull Demon King with one blow?"
Bai Zhi poured some monkey wine, took a small sip, and had to admit, it really had a unique flavor.
"This... Brother Niu is my elder brother after all, we can't compare like that, we can't."
The monkey looked away and changed the subject, clearly not wanting to answer the question, and the whole room fell into an eerie silence.
Bai Zhi shook her head, downed the wine in one gulp, and asked:
"You were kicked out by that monk?"
"How did you know?"
The monkey blurted out, then his face flushed red as he argued, "How could I, Old Sun, be kicked out? It's just that I didn't want to escort that stupid monk anymore."
"Let me guess... given that monk's personality, if you were kicked out, it would be nothing more than killing. But if you really killed an innocent person, given your personality, you would probably continue the fight."
"Hmm... I'm afraid you saw that the person who was killed was a monster and eliminated him, while that monk, with his mortal eyes, didn't understand and mistook you for a tyrant. He lectured you, and you left because you were not convinced."
"Hey, monkey, why are you crying?"
Seeing that the monkey's eyes were red and it looked like it was about to cry, Bai Zhi teased it.
"I was about to cry, but I just got some sand in my eye."
Upon hearing this, the monkey quickly rubbed its eyes.
Bai Zhi didn't expose him, but just watched with a smile.
After a long while, the monkey said in a low voice, dissatisfied, "Little White... that monk is really stubborn. He doesn't believe in someone with such extraordinary cultivation as me, but instead believes in that monster who has transformed into a harmful spirit."
"Double standards, huh? That monk said he believed everyone, but in reality, he said one thing and did another. That's human nature. People are unwilling to trust those close to them and are more willing to trust outsiders."
Bai Zhi casually remarked that such things are commonplace, no matter where they are.
Humans tend to disregard the words of those close to them and instead believe the words of strangers, simply because closeness diminishes authority and loses persuasiveness.
The monkey gave a thumbs up: "It has to be you, Little White. You perfectly summed up the monk's personality in one sentence. I've really had enough of that bald monk."
"Sometimes I think, if it weren't that monk who went on the pilgrimage, but you, Xiao Baizhi, that would be so much better. It would be quite interesting, even if it took more than ten years, let alone a hundred years."
"Haha, although I am not against Buddhism, I would rather not go to obtain the scriptures than have to go through such a long and arduous journey."
"But you've suffered a lot, monkey. You had to endure so much hardship to be gilded by that monk. Come on, eat more. It's a reward for all the hardships you've gone through."
The monkey sighed, grabbed the Sodium, and started chugging it down.
After drinking five bottles in a row, he finally let out a burp that tasted like Sodium.
His mood improved significantly after being stimulated by the syrup.
"Come on, tell me in detail, what made you so angry?"
Bai Zhi had an expression that suggested she was about to watch the drama unfold.
"Hey, what else could it be? Just like you said, that guy misjudged people. Didn't he realize that in the deep mountains and wilderness, what woman would come up to deliver vegetarian food?"
"With my discerning eyes, I immediately realized that the creature wasn't human, so I swung my stick and beat the woman that the White Bone Demon had transformed into to death."
"As a result, the monk insisted that I had indiscriminately killed innocent people. Even though the food that the woman brought had turned into stones, he still thought that I had used magic to turn it into stones in order to evade responsibility."
At this point, the monkey's face turned noticeably red.
"And then you got angry and ran away?"
"How could that be, Xiaobai? Do you really think I have so little patience?"
The monkey gave Bai Zhi a disapproving look.
"Haha, go on."
"What else can I say? That monster was cunning and treacherous. After I killed the woman, it transformed into an old man and came back saying it was looking for its own people. Of course, I saw through it at a glance and then smashed the disguised form to death with a stick."
"But the monk didn't know what was good for him and even got angry and chanted the Tightening-Headband Mantra on me. I thought that this guy was doing it out of compassion, so I just let it go."
"But the third time, the demon transformed into a relative of the first two people and I killed it again. Then the monk wouldn't listen to me and kept nagging all the way."
At this point, the monkey became indignant and pointed at himself, saying, "Little White, I, Sun Wukong, am the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. I went to escort this mortal, and not only is he not grateful, but he also keeps nagging me all the way here."
"Do you think I can put up with his jerk attitude? I'd like to see how he survives those eighty-one tribulations without me!"
Chapter 747 The Arrogant Monkey
"You're really not going to escort that monk?"
Bai Zhi took a small sip of the monkey wine and asked with a smile.
“I’m not going. What does this monk take me for? He orders me around and calls me ‘Master.’ It’s already an honor for him. He really thinks he’s something special.”
The monkey waved its hand in annoyance.
"Little Bai, you don't not welcome me, do you?"
"What are you talking about? Do you think I'd skimp on your food? But, monkey, you've been to the underworld, haven't you?"
The monkey paused for a moment, then nodded. "I have been there, but it's eerie and not very interesting. So, are you trying to bring someone's soul back?"
"No, if someone can be saved by pulling their soul back, why would I need to intervene?"
"That's true. Then why did you ask that, Xiaobai?"
The monkey was somewhat puzzled. With Bai Zhi's current cultivation level, the Three Calamities and similar forces would be mostly helpless against her, and she would basically never encounter anything related to the underworld.
Since it wasn't about resurrecting people, he couldn't figure out what Bai Zhi was up to.
"It's nothing, I just wanted to know if there are any ways to deal with souls in the underworld. I have a friend who uses a forging method to seal evil spirits into weapons, so that even a person who is weak can wield great power after getting the weapon."
"But those people will inevitably be affected by these evil spirits, causing them to become puppets."
"Since the underworld is the place that is in charge of matters after death, I was thinking, is there a way to make this weapon both enhance a person's strength and not lead them to their doom?"
Bai Zhi said it casually.
She had become interested after hearing General Huaiyan talk about the sword-making process at Suiyang.
Although the intelligent weapons created by Mebius also possess similar abilities, in terms of strength, they certainly cannot compare to the magic sword that resides in the power of the sun.
After all, the Suiyang is something that is close to immortal and indestructible.
If there were a way to eliminate the bewitching effect of the Year Sun Demon Sword...
Not only will Zhu Ming's Immortal Boat's technology make a huge leap forward, but if we can capture Huanlong in the future, we can seal her into a weapon to help the Immortal Boat.
"That's it..."
The monkey scratched his head. "Although I've been to the underworld, those ghost soldiers were quite weak. Even the Black and White Impermanence were just a matter of one blow from my staff. I didn't pay attention to what weapons they used."
"However, in the underworld, if you want to purify evil spirits and stop them from harming people's minds, I think a Bodhisattva might have a way."
"You mean... Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?"
In hell, there's only this one.
"Yes, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva once made a great vow, saying that he would not become a Buddha until the hells were emptied. He spent a long time in the hells purifying those evil souls and eliminating their sins."
Bai Zhi frowned. To be honest, she hadn't had much contact with the Western Buddhist community. Although Buddha had invited her to visit several times, she had never gone.
"However, apart from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, the underworld may have special methods to deal with souls, but I don't know the specifics."
The monkey was a little embarrassed. Bai Zhi had gone to great lengths to ask him some questions, but he couldn't come up with anything useful.
"Alright, it seems I'll have to go there myself in the end."
Bai Zhi was somewhat disappointed, but she also knew that the monkey really didn't know anything about this.
"Little Bai, I'll go with you then. I'm quite familiar with that old Yama."
The monkey said with a laugh.
"Of course, you're the Great Sage of Balance, Old Yama would probably like you a lot."
"Great Sage of Balance, what do you mean?"
The monkey was puzzled, but his intuition told him that it was definitely not a good word.
"It's nothing, don't mind the word, I just said it casually."
Although many people on the internet say that the monkey is the Great Sage of Balance, Bai Zhi doesn't want to think too deeply about this classical mythological world.
"Monkey, are you really not going to care about that monk?"
Bai Zhi decisively changed the subject.
"Never mind, Xiaobai, why are you still asking about this guy? Do you think I'm the kind of person who would go back to an ex?"
The monkey crossed its arms and looked disdainful.