Primordial Era: A God-Level Choice, Possessing Zhao Gongming at the Start.

Chapter 434 Subhuti's Doubts and Supreme Deduction!

Even if you try your best to understand, what can you possibly figure out?

On the cloud bed, Subhuti preached freely, but he was gradually becoming anxious. The task that the deity had given him was to take him, a born calamity child of Buddhism, as his disciple.

According to the indications of the Great Tribulation, the monkey would not come to Fangcun Mountain to seek a master and pursue the Dao for two or three hundred years, so there was no need to be anxious at this time.

But more than ten years ago, news came from the original deity that the stone monkey had gone missing while at sea and was suspected of being abducted by the Jie Sect. This was what Subhuti was most worried about.

The stone monkey was one of the five chosen ones of his Buddhist sect, and he absolutely could not afford any mistakes. He could only hope that the stone monkey could arrive at his Fangcun Mountain within the allotted time.

With Subhuti's heart filled with complex emotions, the sermon came to an end, and the faces of the dozens of disciples under the cloud bed all showed a look of amazement and regret.

The amazement was naturally due to the profoundness of Subhuti's teachings. He could effortlessly and freely express any profound truth, making them feel that this was the closest they could ever come to the Great Dao in their lives.

The regret is that the great path seems so close, within easy reach, yet it is like a flower in a mirror or the moon's reflection in water—so near yet so far, forever unattainable.

Subhuti glanced indifferently at his dozens of disciples and said, "Today's lecture is now over. After you return, you must carefully study and understand it, and you must not be negligent."

The disciples answered in unison, "Yes, Master."

As Subhuti got up, preparing to return to his cave for a period of seclusion, a boy of about thirteen or fourteen years old suddenly ran in from outside the Three Star Cave.

The disciples couldn't help but frown. When the patriarch was preaching, no one else was allowed to approach except for them.

Subhuti was not angry; he simply looked at the boy with gentle eyes.

The boy whispered, "Master, Master, someone outside has come to become my disciple."

"Become an apprentice?"

Subhuti was taken aback.

The dozens of disciples under the cloud bed were also stunned, and their faces became even more dissatisfied. Ten years ago, the patriarch said that he would no longer accept disciples. What was wrong with this boy today? It was one thing to rashly break into the Three Star Cave, but he even forgot what the patriarch had said. Did he want to be expelled from the sect by the patriarch?

The boy immediately added, "Reporting to the patriarch, the person who came to seek apprenticeship was a monkey."

"A monkey?"

The disciples' faces flushed red, unable to suppress their laughter. These days, even monkeys are imitating humans and coming to ask for apprenticeship?

How wonderful! How wonderful!

Contrary to the disciples' speculation, Subhuti did not erupt in anger and reprimand the boy upon hearing this.

On the contrary, upon hearing these words, the patriarch's expression changed slightly, and a great uproar was stirred in his heart.

What?

monkey?

Could it be one of the five calamities of Buddhism, the stone monkey from Flower Fruit Mountain?

Subhuti was no longer able to remain calm. He had been anxious because he was worried that the stone monkey would be abducted by the Jie Sect, which would prevent him from carrying out his plan to travel west and achieve the great prosperity of Buddhism. He never expected that the stone monkey would come to Lingtai Fangcun Mountain to become a disciple so early.

In Subhuti's vision, the most perfect scenario would be for the stone monkey to follow the timeline given by the Heavenly Dao step by step to become a disciple.

But now, with the timeline suddenly moved forward by so many years, the original timeline of Heaven has been completely disrupted. This means that everything that the Buddhist sect had planned in advance will also be subject to infinite variables.

Variables are the most unpredictable thing in the entire Three Realms. Even saints find them very troublesome.

Beneath the cloud bed, dozens of disciples were bewildered to see their patriarch standing there, seemingly deep in thought.

Over the past decade, the patriarch's reputation has spread throughout most of Xiniu Hezhou, and countless talented individuals have come to seek his tutelage. However, the patriarch has never hesitated to order his attendants to drive them away.

But now, a monkey has actually caught the attention of the patriarch, and the disciples can't help but feel a sense of imbalance.

It's like ignoring gold and jewels in front of you and picking up clods of excrement and dirt instead, treating them as precious treasures.

Of course, these disciples had been following Subhuti for quite some time and had all acquired some level of spiritual attainment.

That monkey might not be an ordinary monkey, but a monkey demon or monster that has become a spirit, but even so, how can it be compared to them?

After the boy finished his report, he lowered his head and remained silent. He was not surprised by the patriarch's reaction, because more than ten years ago, when the patriarch said that he would no longer accept any disciples, he had specifically instructed him that if a monkey came to the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave to seek a master, he should come to see him immediately.

The boy remained silent, as did Subhuti, and the other disciples dared not utter a word, fearing they might offend their patriarch.

After an unknown amount of time, Subhuti seemed to awaken from a dream, his eyes regaining their brilliance. He glanced at his disciples below, waved his hand, and said, "Today's sermon ends here. You may all return now."

The disciples dared not disobey their master's orders and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, Ancestor."

After he finished speaking, the disciples scattered like birds and beasts, and soon only Subhuti and the boy remained in the Three Star Cave.

Subhuti asked, "Did you ask him where he came from and where he is going?"

The boy respectfully replied, "Master, that monkey said he came from Aolai Country, Huaguo Mountain in Dongsheng Shenzhou. He heard that there are immortals in Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xieyue Sanxing Cave in Xiniu Hezhou, so he came to become a disciple."

The boy's words made Subhuti even more convinced that the monkey outside the Three Star Cave was the calamity that had befallen his Buddhist sect.

Subhuti thought for a moment and decided to proceed according to the original plan. He said to the boy, "Go and tell that monkey that Patriarch Subhuti is no longer accepting disciples. Tell him to go back to where he came from."

The boy looked up in confusion, and after a few moments he realized what was happening. He nodded and said, "Yes, Ancestor."

After the boy left, Subhuti thought for a moment, then stretched out his fingertip and began to calculate!

What he wanted to calculate was the causal timeline, the timeline after the stone monkey arrived at Fangcun Mountain hundreds of years in advance.

As Subhuti began to calculate, an immense and profound mystery emanated from him.

Under the mysterious influence of the Heavenly Dao, countless lines of cause and effect and timelines rise up and then spread into the depths of the river of time.

At this time, however, the Great Calamity enveloped the Three Realms, and boundless malevolent energy spread throughout all the lands of the Three Realms. Even with Subhuti's strength, his deductions were like exploring in a fog, and every step forward was extremely difficult.

After an unknown amount of time, Subhuti slowly opened his eyes.

It's difficult, difficult, difficult. The great path is not revealed. At present, we can only deduce that he and that monkey have a master-disciple relationship.

But according to the trajectory shown by the Heavenly Dao, he himself had a master-disciple relationship with that stone monkey, otherwise how could the great calamity of the Journey to the West have unfolded?

Subhuti thought for a moment, then stopped his deductions and waited for the boy to reply.

Outside the Three Star Cave, the boy returned to the stone monkey.

Looking at the stone monkey in front of him, which was tall and strong, with solid muscles, bright eyes, and surrounded by Taoist energy, the boy felt that something was not quite right.

(End of this chapter)