Chapter 15: Wukong Sets Sail to Learn New Skills (Part 2)

  A gentle breeze carrying the unique scent of the sea swept across a vacant lot with only withered grass, intermittently making a 'hooting' sound, surrounding this morning of farewell and adding to the desolate atmosphere.

  Today is the day Sun Wukong sets out to sea to learn his skills, Lei Hao and Lei Wei by his side put down their work and rushed over, along with the monkeys from Huaguo Mountain, they formed a group of relatives to see off Sun Wukong.

  Lei Hao's face was stern, but Lei Da Niu and the other brothers had a good relationship with Sun Wukong. They all surrounded him, telling him to be careful on his journey. The monkeys from Huaguo Mountain were tearfully watching Sun Wukong, saying "Don't go, Your Majesty, don't go." Some of the little monsters were constantly putting various fruits and wines from Huaguo Mountain onto a wooden raft by the sea. In his past life, Sun Wukong had only used a simple bamboo raft to cross the sea, but now with Lei Hao's help, he didn't need to use that anymore. The wooden raft was made by Lei Hao using his magical powers and was half the size of a football field. It was surrounded by wood to prevent seawater from splashing onto it, and on the bottom, Lei Hao had drawn a simple "Floating Water Charm". Although Lei Hao didn't say anything, he was actually very reluctant to part with Sun Wukong.

  Just as Sun Wukong was about to set out to learn from the outside world with a face full of yearning and grandeur, he now had some hesitation and sadness. He looked around at the monkeys on Mount Huaguo, then at the little fox next to Lei Hao, and finally at Lei Hao's face, which was somewhat gloomy but with a very determined gaze. Sun Wukong gritted his teeth and swept away his earlier hesitation and sadness.

  "Children, the Great King is going to learn the art of eternal youth, and when he returns, you will all be able to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits together. From now on, you must all listen to the Second Great King, if there's anything you don't understand, go ask him!" Sun Wukong shouted loudly at the crowd of monkeys on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits.

  The monkey demons all knelt down, chanting "Long live the Great King" and "May the Great King have a smooth journey", without stopping.

  After shouting with the monkey grandson, Sun Wukong's eyes flickered and he approached Lei Hao, who had been frowning all along. "Niu Tou, after I leave, you must take care of these monkeys and grandchildren for me. You can't let other demons bully them. This Flower Fruit Mountain is also yours to take care of. Now that I am the Handsome Monkey King of this Flower Fruit Mountain, I will still be the Handsome Monkey King in the future. You can't let other demon kings occupy it..." Sun Wukong spoke incessantly to Lei Hao.

  "Alright, I've got all that. You should be on your way." Leihao saw the regret in Sun Wukong's eyes and bit back his words.

  Sun Wukong looked at Lei Hao's expression seriously, then lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Niu Tou, take care." After finishing speaking, he turned around and jumped up, disappearing from the original place and reappearing on the wooden raft by the sea.

  Lei Hao watched as Sun Wukong appeared on the wooden raft, the determination in his eyes slowly disappearing to reveal a complex expression. "Monkey, take care..." Lei Hao muttered to himself, knowing that there were some paths that one had to walk alone. For now, the monkey was still the Beautiful Monkey King, and he could only become the mighty Qi Tian Da Sheng by growing up on his own.

  Lei Hao stared intently at Sun Wukong, who limped and swayed on the wooden raft, slowly merging into the morning sun. The bright sunlight cast a blood-red glow behind Sun Wukong, like a sea of blood churning ceaselessly. Gradually, Lei Hao's eyes became moist.

  "Go, Monkey King has gone to find his own way, we can't pull him down. Big Bull, you stay with the younger brothers and guard the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. If any reckless demons come to cause trouble, keep them all on the mountain. Big Tiger, take the remaining brothers and follow me back to the Water Cavern." The moisture in Lei Hao's eyes had disappeared as he turned his head, but his calm tone was filled with an unparalleled killing intent.

  Lei Daniu and Lei Datou couldn't help but glance at Lei Hao with the corner of their eyes, both of their tall bodies trembling slightly. They remembered Lei Hao's expression and tone extremely well, as the last time he had this expression and tone, he had directly slaughtered two thousand demons from the Divine Eagle Cave who dared to hunt in the Huaguo Mountain and injured a small fox spirit, causing blood to flow like rivers.

  "Yes, head." The two demons put away their usual frivolousness and replied solemnly.

  "Monkey, I can't help you much now, so let's just add one more strength to you while you're still here," Lei Hao thought silently, looking at the fifty brothers by his side.

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  Lei Hao sat quietly by himself at the highest point of Huaguo Mountain, staring at the endless tides rising and falling in the southern sea, his eyes somewhat dazed.

  Sun Wukong has left to go out to sea and learn the arts, which means that this grand play of Journey to the West is about to begin. What should Lei Hao do now? What can he do to help Sun Wukong in the future? Yes, it's all just a play, a drama that has already been predetermined by those high-ranking officials in the three realms. Sun Wukong will go out to sea and learn the arts, and after returning to the mountain, even if he becomes more honest, he will still cause some trouble that will force him to rebel against Heaven, be imprisoned, then rescue Tang Monk to retrieve scriptures, and finally be sealed as a winner by Buddha, leading to the prosperity of Buddhism. All of this has been calculated by those two saints in the West, not a single step will go wrong. The arrogant Sun Wukong is actually just a foolish monster who is constantly being deceived, a foolish monster like a puppet on strings, but he happens to be Lei Hao's brother now.

  Lei Hao slowly thought back to the entire Journey to the West, he wanted to find any possible loopholes in this intricate plan, although he knew it was difficult to do so, but Lei Hao wanted to give it a try.

  "If the heavens were completely unchangeable, would Buddhism still need such a precise layout? Would it still be necessary to use this foolish demon Sun Wukong as a cow and horse?" Lei Hao thought to himself, although he was trying to comfort himself, but he couldn't bear the feeling of powerlessness, knowing that something was about to happen and being unable to do anything. This feeling drove Lei Hao, as a traveler, almost mad, and also made him feel extremely guilty towards his brother Sun Wukong.

  "Journey to the West, I remember that Journey to the West started from the Tang Dynasty, it seemed like Emperor Taizong of Tang had a dream about ghosts. If I can solve this problem, can't I change the script? Hmm? To do so, I would have to go to the Tang Dynasty, but with my current appearance, wouldn't I just be a dead man walking?" Lei Hao thought, feeling depressed and rubbing his long cow horns on his head. These cow horns couldn't be transformed unless he reached the level of a demon king, now Lei Hao could use some minor illusions to transform into human form, but those were all small tricks that could easily be seen through."

  "Right, it shouldn't be the Great Tang yet, should it? Let me calculate the time... There should still be several hundred years before the 500-year period from when Wukong learned his skills and returned to the Five Elements Mountain is up. I still have time to increase my strength, and once I have the strength, I can start making arrangements. As for the outcome? I'll just do my best... At worst, it's just death, but if I don't do anything, what's the difference between that and not coming here at all?" Lei Hao silently made up his mind.

  "It's all because of a lack of power, to put it bluntly. If I had the power of a saint, who would dare to scheme against my brother? If I had Hong Jun's power, I could destroy Buddhism with just one slap and still think about reviving it? Go dream on...” Lei Hao, who was feeling depressed, once again felt the importance of power, which made him realize that relying solely on his superior internal elixir boundary law and his demon king-level physical body to recklessly charge through the demon world of Ao Lai Guo had been a wake-up call.

  "These years have been somewhat wasted..." After a long time, Lei Hao finally let out a sigh. After sighing, Lei Hao slowly regained his composure, and his rather ordinary body once again emitted a sharp aura, just like the Lei Hao who had just crossed over to the Western Paradise world, knew nothing but only trained his physical body with his life on the line.

  "My magical power has reached the peak of the inner elixir realm, and my physical body should be roughly equivalent to that of a demon king. My strength should also be similar to that of a demon king in its early stages. What's left is martial arts." Lei Hao silently summarized his own strength, having recently felt the stirrings of magical power within him, which should be a precursor to breaking through the inner elixir realm and advancing to the demon king realm. However, he was hindered by not having a suitable technique for the demon king realm, as the "Divine Demon Scripture" he was currently cultivating was no longer sufficient to support his advancement to the demon king realm.

  The Demon King of the Mixed World should have had a cultivation method at the level of the Demon King Realm, but the Demon King of the Mixed World should have seen that Lei Hao was on the verge of breaking through long ago. He didn't bring it out, which means he still doesn't want another Demon King to appear in the Water Cavern.

  Lei Hao felt that in this hundred or so years, the Demon King had treated him not badly, although he also didn't have any good intentions, but at least there was some kindness of pulling him up, and if he were to turn against the Demon King for the sake of his cultivation method, it would somewhat feel ungrateful.

  "Hmph, you won't give it to me? Can I be stuck at this bottleneck of a breakthrough? What living person gets killed by being constipated? Damn it, how many demon kings are there in this country?! Otherwise, find a weak demon and take care of it? Wipe, with my brother's multiple inner dan realms, I don't believe we can't kill a single demon king." Lei Hao's face was full of ferocity and ruthlessness. At the moment, Lei Hao had no idea how terribly wrong his thinking was, almost burying him and his brothers alive.

  Having made up his mind, Lei Hao no longer hesitated and thought of improving his martial arts before finding a weak point in the demon king to explode. As long as he had the Demon King's kung fu, he believed that he would soon be able to break through to the Demon King realm. At that time, relying on his fifty brothers under him, he could establish another sect and it was better than being under the Mixed World Demon King's command and suffering from his temper.

  "First, I'll practice my martial arts well, and when the time comes, I'll pick a disagreeable demon king and kill him directly. As long as there's a way to do it, I believe I can quickly break through to the level of demon king." Lei Hao thought to himself.