Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from the Black Myth

Chapter 40: The Remains of the Great Sage
"Is that the Monkey King?" Lu Mingze widened his eyes in surprise as he looked at the tall figure approaching step by step under the setting sun.

Lu Mingfei did not answer. He just nodded slightly, staring quietly and attentively at the front, feeling the oppressive feeling that came with the tall figure approaching step by step.

Lu Mingze glanced sideways at his brother beside him. The setting sun made Lu Mingfei's face look fiery red, and something seemed to be burning in his eyes.

Those were not golden eyes, perhaps they were the reflection of the setting sun, or perhaps it was the burning and boiling intention in his heart.

The Monkey King soon stepped to a place not far from the two brothers. Against the backdrop of that tall figure, their figures seemed so small.

Lu Mingze looked against the light of the setting sun and saw the Monkey King walking towards them. After seeing clearly, he couldn't help but feel a tremor in his heart:
What kind of body is that! Shouldn't he be the Monkey King with his fiery eyes, the majestic Monkey King, and the Fighting Buddha who has achieved enlightenment? How could he end up like this, with dry monkey hair, eyes that shine with golden light but are full of death, and a ferocious appearance left by a solemn murderous aura?

The remaining body of the Great Sage stopped walking and took off the Ruyi Jingu Bang from his shoulder. The moment he grasped it, the Jingu Bang seemed to be given life and instantly enveloped in a layer of fiery red light, which was like the rising sun, dazzling and powerful, rendering the surrounding air warm and exciting.

He twisted his wrist lightly, and the golden hoop began to dance at his fingertips, creating circles of brilliant red halos as it spun, like a dance of flames in a tornado. As the rotation accelerated, the golden hoop suddenly emitted a deafening roar, like the roar of a dragon or a tiger, shaking the surroundings. Then, it suddenly broke free of its original restraints, like an awakened dragon, wantonly stretching its huge body, instantly becoming several times longer, pointing straight to the sky, and its momentum was unstoppable.

At this moment, the remaining body of the Great Sage and the golden hoop seemed to merge into one. He roared, and all his strength was concentrated on this strike. With the sound of whistling wind and blazing flames, the golden hoop suddenly swung towards Lu Mingze and Lu Mingfei. Wherever it passed, the space seemed to be torn apart, leaving a deep red track.

The murderous aura came with the swing of the golden hoop. Even the Son of God Jesus was shocked and had difficulty breathing under such power. Lu Mingze closed his eyes subconsciously. He couldn't help but think, if he was in the real world and faced this level of attack, how long could he hold on?

Is this the enemy my brother has to face in the other world?

When he opened his eyes again, Lu Mingze discovered that the remains of the Great Sage had disappeared at some point, and he was sitting on a small boat. He saw Lu Mingfei at the stern holding a paddle, pushing the boat slowly forward.

"After Sun Wukong died, he left behind a broken skeleton with all six organs missing." Lu Mingfei rowed the boat and finally spoke slowly, beginning to tell the story, "Even after so many years, the broken body still has natural spirituality and can sense his own breath when he was alive. This world is also the result of his obsession when he was alive."

“I went through countless hardships and dangers in Black Wind Mountain, Yellow Wind Ridge, and Little Western Paradise before I finally gathered the six roots that were taken away by the various demon kings after the Great Sage’s death.”

As the boat slowly moved forward, Lu Mingze saw extremely realistic phantoms appearing on the lake water on both sides of the boat:
"You dare not attack my immortal cave without following the rules of Tongji!"

It was a black bear demon that was so majestic and powerful that it could distort the air with a wave of its palm and set a whole mountain forest ablaze with flames.
"I have betrayed my teacher and ancestors, so naturally the old guys won't let me go. Come on!"

That was the Yellow Wind Great Sage who held the head of the Bodhisattva and waved the three-pronged steel fork in his hand, and then rolled up the Samadhi Divine Wind;

"Since you have seen the future, why don't you bow? If you are disrespectful, your Zen mind will be blocked. Look at my main hall. Isn't it more magnificent than the Lingshan?" That is the Yellow Eyebrow King with a hanging gallbladder, a wide nostril bridge, a square mouth with sharp teeth, a merit wheel on his back, and a mace in his hand;
"If you don't want to walk this road to heaven, I will walk it alone!"

That was the Hundred-Eyed Demon King, whose sides looked like clouds, whose thousand eyes looked like fire, whose left and right sides looked like golden barrels, and whose east and west looked like bronze bells.

"The Buddhas say that this color is not life, so how can it be called in the body? Where did these bones and flesh come from? How did this life go to the mother's womb? Something that jumped out of a stone, how can it know my pain!"

That is the Yaksha King Red Boy, with sharp teeth, halberds, and twin lamps in his eyes, breaking through the formation and engaging in battles with a keen eye for killing and fighting;

"You monkey, you really make me happy. Back then, he was taken to the demon beheading platform, chopped by knives, chopped by axes, stabbed by spears and cut by swords, but he was unscathed. Now, he has exchanged himself for you!"

That was the True Lord Erlang, who had a handsome appearance, three eyes on his forehead, great magical powers, and held a three-pointed, double-edged spear in his hand.

No matter how these illusory shadows of the past change, what remains unchanged from beginning to end is the figure of the monkey fighting against one powerful enemy after another.

Lu Mingze knew that the monkey figure was his beloved brother. He lay on the edge of the boat with his eyes fixed on it, immersed in the story told by Lu Mingfei, as if he was also walking on the journey to the west with his brother, the man of destiny.

After an unknown amount of time, the shadow of the past no longer appeared. The boat seemed to be not far from the end.

"After the Great Sage died, five of the six roots remained and were divided among several demon kings." Lu Mingfei continued in a deep voice, staring at the back of the stone ape sitting cross-legged on the lake in front of the boat, "Only the will is gone."

Lu Mingze was also looking at the stone ape's back. After hearing Lu Mingfei's story, he turned around in a daze, his face full of confusion.

The mind root is gone? Then how did my brother gather all six roots to come here?

"An old monkey told me that it means the first of the six roots, and it is the unique essence of every life. Because of this, it is destined to perish with the death of life. So there is no possibility for Sun Wukong to be resurrected." At this point, Lu Mingfei suddenly became excited. "He also said that the heaven and earth will naturally give birth to a suitable descendant, and pass on the root and the name? This descendant chosen by heaven is me, the man of destiny?"

Lu Mingfei paused, staring at the back of the stone ape in the distance, and smacked his lips fiercely, "He's talking nonsense! Let me, a soul from another world, replace the great Monkey King Sun Wukong? How did I persist in completing the journey to the West that changed everything about me, made me lose a lot, but also gained a lot, and was full of hardships and dangers? Wasn't it just for the Monkey King to return? Now you tell me that the Monkey King can't come back? I won't believe it!"

"I can be the successor of the Great Sage's will, but I can never replace the Great Sage."

(End of this chapter)