Water Curtain Cave, the monkeys, after eating and drinking their fill, played around for a while and then found a corner to sleep. The old monkey Grimace also drank himself into a stupor and fell asleep hugging a stone stool.
Sun Wukong arrived outside Water Curtain Cave, looking at the bright moon in the sky, with a thousand thoughts in his mind. After returning to Flower Fruit Mountain, Sun Wukong planned to first eliminate the various demon kings of Flower Fruit Mountain to ensure that the Flower-Fruit Mountain Monkey Tribe could live peacefully in his absence.
Sun Wukong had already learned about the various forces on Flower Fruit Mountain through Grimace, and they were just some small demon kings like Lady Stamen and Taoist priest Black Head, whom Sun Wukong didn't even take seriously.
"Should we take advantage of the children being asleep and go solve the trouble first?" Sun Wukong thought for a moment and felt that perhaps he should first take care of all these little monsters. In the years he was absent, these little monsters had likely stained their hands with the blood of countless monkeys. Just as Sun Wukong was preparing to deal with the troubles of Lady Stamen and Taoist priest Black Head, he suddenly felt a cold wind blowing behind him. When he turned around, he saw Grimace being led away by Heibai Wuchang with a vacant look in his eyes, being dragged into the distance with iron chains.
"Heibai Wuchang, hmph, asking for death."
Sun Wukong saw that Heibai Wuchang dared to ask for souls in front of him, and couldn't help but get angry. Just as he was about to take action, he suddenly had a thought, pretended not to see them, and decided to follow these two ghosts to further explore the Underworld.
Bai Wuchang seemed to feel Sun Wukong's gaze and turned to look at Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong closed his eyes, pretending to be asleep, but secretly used his divine sense to observe Heibai Wuchang.
"Senior brother, what's wrong?" Hei Wuchang asked in confusion as Bai Wuchang kept looking at a white-haired monkey.
Bai Wuchang shook his head and said, "Strange, this monkey gives me a strange feeling."
Hei Wuchang approached Sun Wukong and carefully examined him, but found nothing unusual about Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong slowed his breathing and disguised himself as an ordinary monkey. Heibai Wuchang was not as skilled as Sun Wukong and naturally could not see through the disguise. Unable to find any abnormalities, Heibai Wuchang feared delaying the hour and saw Hei Wuchang wave his hand to open a door leading to the underworld. Then the two ghosts led Grimace's soul straight to the underworld.
The two ghosts did not notice that, just after they entered the gate of the underworld, a faint light followed them into the underworld while the gate was still open.
"It's strange, it seems like there are a lot more powerful auras in the underworld."
Sun Wukong followed Heibai Wuchang into the underworld, and as soon as he entered, he felt several strong auras sweeping towards him.
Sun Wukong felt the strong aura and couldn't help but be amazed. He quickly transformed himself into a dull-eyed ghost and quietly blended in with the other ghosts in line to enter the Fengdu Ghost City. After the auras dissipated, Sun Wukong finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Huh? Where's Grimace?"
After this delay, Sun Wukong found that Heibai Wuchang had already taken Grimace somewhere, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
"Hmm?"
A ferocious-looking ghost seemed to notice Sun Wukong's abnormality. He approached with a steel fork in hand, staring at Sun Wukong with blood-red eyes.
Sun Wukong's eyes sparkled, and ghost immediately looked bewildered.
"Who are you?" Sun Wukong asked the bewildered ghost who had been ensnared by his enchantment.
ghost mechanically replied, "My name is Li Er."
Sun Wukong asked, "Do you know where Heibai Wuchang is?"
ghost nodded and said, "Heibai Wuchang lives in the Hall of Wuchang."
"Hall of Wuchang Where is it? Show me the way."
Sun Wukong transformed into a ghost that looked just like Li Er. Li Er led the way, with the transformed ghost of Sun Wukong following, heading towards the Hall of Wuchang.
Sun Wukong continued to walk with increasing unease, as he discovered that this Underworld was completely different from the one he had rampaged through a thousand years ago. After half an hour, Sun Wukong encountered three evil spirits with the power of true immortals. Li Er informed Sun Wukong that the three spirits were Leopard Tail, wasp, and bird beak, who were the three Hell Commanders of the Underworld. "Strange, even the Ten Kings of Hell are only at the level of true immortals. How can their subordinates also be true immortals?"
Sun Wukong asked his own question. When Sun Wukong caused chaos in the Underworld, his cultivation had already reached The Golden Immortal of Taiyi. At that time, Sun Wukong single-handedly turned the Underworld upside down, showing no concern for its power. However, upon entering the Underworld this time, Sun Wukong became increasingly alarmed.
In the Three Realms, there are six realms for practitioners: Mortal Immortal, Celestial Immortal, True Immortal, The Golden Immortal of Taiyi, Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal. Among them, the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal is also known as the Primordial Saint.
Above the Grand Luo Golden Immortal and below the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal, there is a special realm called the quasi-saint realm.
"Almost a saint, below the Great Luo Golden Immortal, but far stronger than the Great Luo Golden Immortal, so gradually became an independent realm.
Li Er is just an ordinary ghost and naturally cannot answer Sun Wukong's question.
Li Er continued to move forward with Sun Wukong, and soon, Sun Wukong arrived at the Naihe Bridge."
Meng Po, who was boiling Meng Po Soup, suddenly looked up and met Sun Wukong's gaze with her eyes. Sun Wukong felt a strange sensation in his heart, as if facing his master Bodhidharma. Meng Po lowered her head again and continued stirring the soup in the cauldron, seemingly unaware of Sun Wukong's unease.
"Is this Old lady really Meng Po? Why is she different from the one I met before?" Sun Wukong scratched his head. By this time, Li Er had already passed by the side path next to Naihe Bridge. Seeing this, Sun Wukong hurried to catch up. "Crossing Naihe Bridge, transcending the mortal heart, and passing through the impure dust of the ghostly realm."
Just as Sun Wukong was about to step onto the path, Meng Po, who was stirring the Meng Po Soup, suddenly spoke up.
"Hmm?"
Sun Wukong turned around, and Meng Po was still stirring the soup with her head down, as if the words just spoken didn't come from her.
"Naihe Bridge, the bridge of the underworld, is the old lady trying to tell me that I should cross the Naihe Bridge?"
The expression in Sun Wukong's eyes changed, after a moment of contemplation, he retracted his steps towards the path and, with a flicker, headed towards Naihe Bridge.
As soon as he stepped onto Naihe Bridge, Sun Wukong felt a surge of endless memories flooding his mind, his experiences over the millennia playing out like a series of scenes.
Sun Wukong did not notice it, but at the moment he stepped on the step on the Naihe Bridge, his appearance changed back to its original form, reverting to the stone monkey, Lingming.
Meng Po noticed the fluctuation of Sun Wukong's aura, smiled slightly, and waved the ladle in her hand towards Sun Wukong, causing his aura to immediately disappear.
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