Chapter 12: The Birth of Sun Wukong

  On this day, the sunshine is bright and beautiful, the wind is light and the clouds are thin, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant.

  In a clump of knee-high grass on Mount Kanyuan, a pair of cow horns appeared and disappeared from time to time. A cow, no, it was a cow demon, that is, our Leihao was lazily lying in the grass, basking in the sun.

  "This is what it means to be carefree...” Lei Hao lay down, stretched his waist and let out a comfortable sigh. He had been in a state of zero pressure lately. The Demon King of the Mortal World hadn't appeared since the battle at Snake Demon Cave, and was still recovering and cultivating. The other leaders of the Water Cavern didn't bother him much either. His demonic army knew what to do every day without needing his supervision. His own cultivation was progressing every day, and with the "Divine Demon Scripture", he could cultivate to the peak of the Inner Dan realm. He had only just entered the initial stage of the Inner Dan realm, so there was still a long way to go, which is why he wasn't in a hurry. As a result, he was now feeling extremely relaxed and lazy.

  "No worries about food, no worries about clothes, no worries about work, and there are still a few hundred little demons serving me. It would be great to have a second pot at this time..." Lei Hao smacked his lips, as if recalling the mellow taste of the second pot. "Ah, it's been almost a year in this world... Time really flies. I wonder if that class flower has found a boyfriend yet? If only I had known about crossing over earlier, I would have definitely made a move on her before coming here. What a mistake, what a mistake! Why didn't I have the guts back then?" Lei Hao's face was filled with a sly expression again, and he seemed to be reminiscing about his past conquests...

  Just then a loud explosion was heard from the east, causing the ground to shake. Lei Hao was startled and sat up straight.

  "Huh? This direction? East? I'm so stupid, I said why did I always feel like I forgot something. It turns out it's been almost a year since I came to the Water Cavern and I haven't gone to see Mount Huaguo. How could I forget such an important thing?! Damn, definitely because my brain is not enough... no wonder I've felt like I've become much dumber lately......" Lei Hao muttered to himself again, entering his natural stupid state, at this time the two cow horns on his head looked just like two... stupid hairs.

  "Damn it, what am I thinking about now? I have to go and take a look, maybe Eldest Brother has been born." Half a moment later, Lei Hao sprang up like his butt was on fire and hurriedly rushed towards the east.

  Lei Hao remembered that the Water Cavern in "Journey to the West" was not far from the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. In reality, it wasn't far either. At Lei Hao's current speed of several hundred kilometers per hour, he would arrive in less than an hour. What? Ask him how he knew this was the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits? Written language is proof, with words as evidence.

  The poem says: Prestige calms the vast ocean, power pacifies the jade sea.

  Calming the vast ocean, waves surge like silver mountains, fish enter the cave.

  Weining Yao Sea, waves turn snow waves mirage away from the abyss.

  The wooden fire is high and accumulated on top, the place of the East Sea is towering and lofty.

  Precipitous cliffs and strange rocks, steep walls and peculiar peaks.

  On the precipice, colorful phoenixes cry out in pairs; before the steep cliff, a qilin lies alone.

  At dawn I hear the golden pheasant's call, in the stone cave I often see dragons coming and going.

  In the forest there are deer and fox spirits, on the trees there are spiritual birds and black cranes.

  Jade grass and strange flowers never wither, green pines and cypress are always spring.

  Immortal peaches often bear fruit, and bamboo always retains clouds.

  In fact, Leihao saw a handsome mountain by the sea, with many monkeys on it. Isn't this the Huaguo Mountain? Leihao didn't think twice and went up the mountain. From afar, he saw a group of monkey demons who had opened their spiritual wisdom but hadn't transformed yet, all crowded together looking at something. Leihao squeezed in and asked with a silly face: "What are you guys looking at?" The old monkey turned his head to look at Leihao, saw that it was a kind-hearted cow demon, and wasn't afraid. In recent years, any monsters who dared to make trouble on Huaguo Mountain had all been eliminated.

  "It was a rock on the mountain top that cracked open, and out came a little monkey...". The old monkey wasn't afraid at all, and instead explained in a casual tone. "Oh? What's going on? Let me take a look?" Lei Hao had a curious expression on his face, but he wasn't wondering how a monkey could pop out of a rock. He was curious about what the legendary Monkey King, worshipped by countless children in his past life, looked like. "That's him...", the old monkey pointed with his fluffy hand. Lei Hao followed the direction of the old monkey's hand and saw that it was indeed a 1.6-meter-tall, slender monkey with golden fur, slightly bow-legged, and a flat face with a monkey mouth, looking dazed and confused while biting its paw.

  Lei Hao walked towards Sun Wukong, intending to leave a good impression on his senior brother who had just been born and was still confused. However, he suddenly felt a terrible pressure from afar beside Sun Wukong. Lei Hao's brain turned quickly, and cold sweat instantly broke out on the back of his head. "Damn it, I said something didn't feel right. How could such a good mountain not be occupied by a demon king? And with such a big commotion, there should be many demon kings here by now, given the speed of those in the nearby demon caves... It must be that legendary Five-Colored Divine Stone or something, protecting the explosive monkey child. Hold on, hold on, if I'm not careful, I'll be blown into beef paste." Lei Hao's mind turned over many thoughts, but his face didn't change color.

  "Hey, old cow is looking for some food over here, and suddenly got startled by a loud noise. That monkey said it was you who made the sound from behind the stone?" Lei Hao tried his best to suppress the power within him, with a silly look on his face. The six Ding and Jia in the dark looked at this cow demon that suddenly appeared, hesitating whether to kill him or not, when they heard Lei Hao's words, "Hmm, just a mixed breed demon, no need to bother." Several people's eyes turned and decided not to care about this small cow demon. Now it's different from before, the monkey hasn't been born yet, killing the demons that came to occupy the mountain wouldn't be known by the monkey. Now the monkey is born, if a cow demon mysteriously dies in front of the monkey, these few people would also be doomed.

  "I just popped out of a stone, what are you? Why are you different from them?" Sun Wukong asked, looking at Lei Hao with confusion and pointing to the surrounding monkey demons. "I'm not anything... uh, I'm something... uh, I'm a cow demon." Lei Hao was still pretending to be brain-damaged. The six Ding and Jia around him completely let their guard down when they saw Lei Hao's behavior and flew directly to the foot of Huaguo Mountain to block the demonic king's divine sense from probing into the mountain. Feeling the pressure on his body lighten, Lei Hao carefully probed with his divine sense for a long time before finally putting his mind at ease, feeling safe again. "Hmph, if I were to act in a movie, I'd definitely win an Oscar." Lei Hao thought to himself, getting arrogant again...

  "Ox demon, what is an ox demon?" Sun Wukong stared at Lei Hao with a curious expression. "An ox demon is a monster that has transformed from an ox..." Lei Hao pointed to the ox horns on his head. The Sun Wukong in front of him was not like the one in the previous life's book, who knew everything and had the demeanor of a thousand-year-old monster. He didn't have any arrogant or domineering expression. In Lei Hao's eyes, this gaze was filled with confusion, and when he spoke, his face was still green and immature, just like a curious little friend.

  "What is a cow?" Curious Baby Sun Wukong continued to ask.

  "Cows are animals." Lei Hao 'Lao Shui' replied seriously.

  "What is an animal?" Sun Wukong's children's shoes have a trend of breaking the pot and asking down.

  "Animals are living creatures that move and have instincts..." Lei Hao 'Lao Shui' is indeed 'relentless in destroying people'.

  "What is life?" Sun Wukong's shoes had transformed into a blue cat, Sanqian asked.

  "Animals are...," Leihao 'Lao Shui' finally discovered that his original purpose had been dragged further away by Sun Wukong's shoes. "You'll understand later, just remember we're good friends and that's all," said Leihao 'Lao Shui', feeling it would be more useful to get straight to the point with Sun Wukong now.

  "What is a friend?" - Curious Baby Sun Wukong Sneakers.

  "A good friend is someone who shares delicious food, fun activities, benefits and difficulties together." Lei Hao's face looked especially sinister at the moment.

  "Hmm, so you'll give me something delicious and fun?" Wukong Tongxie had already jumped into Lei Hao's palm without realizing it.

  "Of course, we are good friends." The sinister Lei Hao 'Lao Zhi' obviously intended to firmly pin down the curious Baby Sun Wukong sneakers under Mount Wuzhi and directly confirm their brotherly title.

  "Delicious ones come here." Wukong Tongxie stretched out a monkey paw.

  Lei Hao turned his head, opened his right hand and conjured up a big red peach from the nearby peach tree, placing it on Wukong's shoe claw. "Here, this is delicious, I didn't eat it, so we are brothers." Lei Hao 'Lao Shui' continued to bluff.

  Sun Wukong stared at the juicy peach in front of him, and after a few seconds, he grabbed it and took a big bite. After chewing for a while, a happy smile appeared on his face. "Mmm, delicious! From now on, you're my good friend!" Curious Baby Sun Wukong couldn't escape from Lei Hao's palm.

  "Hmm, then you must remember that no matter what time we are good friends." Lei Hao 'Lao Zhi' took the opportunity to increase the spoils of war, saying so he stretched out his fluffy hand towards Sun Wukong.

  "Alright, we're always good friends no matter what." Sun Wukong looked at Lei Hao's hand with a curious expression, thought for two seconds and then hesitantly stretched out his monkey paw. The two fluffy hands clasped together, and both Sun Wukong and Lei Hao had either sly or innocent smiles on their faces.

  Under the witness of these hundreds of monkeys, a cow demon and a stone monkey began their earth-shaking journey of brotherhood through the three realms.

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