The story begins with the bride marrying off her daughter, and the woman, at the age of one hundred,

Yes, it's Sun Wukong's birthday!

Changshou skillfully handed the fish basket to the monk, then walked forward with his staff, pondering as he went. When he thought of something wonderful, he smiled slightly.

The monkey was transformed from a nine-aperture immortal stone.

They were born and raised by nature, and have no blood relatives.

The reason it was born in the form of a monkey is because there are the most monkeys near the Nine Aperture Immortal Stone, and the monkeys naturally imitated it.

He was born in Huaguo Mountain.

Initially, I didn't pay attention to my birth time.

It wasn't until he entered the Southern Continent and began to understand human affairs and human nature that Sun Wukong wanted to celebrate his own birthday, but he didn't know how to begin.

He had no idea when he was born.

Until he met Changshou.

A man and a monkey traveled together.

When the topic came up in casual conversation, Chang Shou had a sudden inspiration and suggested, "Good monkey, we are destined to meet. Since you don't know your own birthday, why don't we take the day we first met as your birthday? From now on, I will celebrate your birthday with you every year."

The monkey readily accepted.

"Excellent! Excellent!"

I have a birthday! I have a birthday!

He danced and jumped around, overjoyed, even making squeaking noises with his laughter, behaving so much like a monkey that he didn't even resemble one.

Chang Shou always keeps his word.

Every year after that, he would celebrate the monkeys on July 25th.

Previously, they would give away statues.

Even during the three years he was a living dead, when Chang Shou was unable to speak or move, he would still smile at the monkey on that day, his eyes filled with congratulations, enduring the excruciating pain of being torn apart.

Even if the smile is terrifying and creepy.

After entering the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave.

Changshou has celebrated the monkey's birthday for two consecutive years.

In the first year, there were only the two of them.

It's inside the library.

Changshou gave the monkey two gifts.

One piece is still a wood carving.

His heroic figure, wielding a stick and slaughtering rats, is vividly portrayed.

One item is Spirit Peach Wine.

When the peach blossoms were in bloom in the rotten peach grove on the back mountain, Changshou asked the monkey to bring him a basket of peach blossoms.

It wasn't that he didn't want to do it himself, but only monkeys could obtain the peach blossoms with the most abundant spiritual energy.

Chang Shou secretly went to the kitchen to busy himself, without telling the monkey:

Filtering out impurities, steaming glutinous rice, sprinkling peach blossoms, stirring the glutinous rice and peach blossoms, pouring in clear spring water, starting to mix the yeast, fermenting the yeast, filtering the liquid...

Changshou did not waste the remaining lees.

I made the fermented rice balls from my past life memories.

After all, he enjoyed a drink in both his lives, as well as various kinds of fermented rice wine and delicacies, and he especially loved making them himself. In his previous life, he even obtained a certificate.

His skill in this area is no less than that of a professional winemaker.

The aroma of the fermented rice balls attracted Xingwu.

They were nodding acquaintances, but their friendship deepened over time, and they became good friends.

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The monkey loves to eat peaches and is also a heavy drinker.

In the year before he left Southern Zhanzhou, whenever they encountered a city, Changshou would always spend money to buy half a catty of wine for the monkey.

Once inside Xiniu Hezhou, unless they encounter a decent tribe that can exchange some wine for the monkeys to satisfy their cravings, they have no choice but to endure it.

This is even more true after entering the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave.

Wine is scarce in the cave, so the monkeys can only seek out monkey wine in Fangcun Mountain, but they never get to drink to their heart's content.

Chang Shou brewed thirty catties of spirit peach wine at once, and also used magic to filter and purify it. The spirit peach wine has a high alcohol content, a strong aftereffect, and a clear and light fragrance, which can satisfy the monkey's craving for alcohol.

birthday!

It truly became the happiest day of the year for the monkey.

He didn't let the monkey drink it all; he left some of the spirit wine in the cellar.

Later, the monkey brought fresh peaches, in greater quantities than before.

Changshou ate some, and saved the rest to brew a peach wine that was different from peach blossom wine. It was sweeter than peach blossom wine, but not cloyingly sweet.

To ensure a long-term, sustainable relationship.

For one's own spiritual practice.

Chang Shou didn't take it all out at once.

One jar is taken out every ten days to satisfy the monkey's craving.

The fact that the monkey hair, after being soaked in warm peach wine and then burned to ashes by candlelight, contained a unique spiritual quality in the remaining charred powder was something he discovered while drinking with the monkey in winter.

It stemmed from an accident, but fortunately, the outcome was good.

Besides feeding the monkeys, Chang Shou also needed the spirit wine himself, so he divided the remaining spirit wine into two parts.

A portion of it was used to aid in his cultivation.

A portion of it is used to exchange resources in smaller meetings.

This was a sudden realization that Changshou had while brewing wine.

I am better at brewing wine than carpentry.

Carpentry is a long-term job; you can only see results after you've honed your skills.

Brewing is an existing skill; if you have a solid foundation, you can learn it quickly, improve easily, and see relatively immediate results.

Moreover, the combination of brewing and spiritual cultivation techniques complement each other perfectly, and may even achieve a result greater than the sum of its parts.

In fact, it is true.

With the help of the spiritual wine, his cultivation efficiency greatly increased.

While not as effective as when he had taken Huangya Dan and Danzao, his longevity cultivation was still twice as efficient as before.

With the Water Moon Technique, the combined effect is half the effect of the Replenishing Essence Pill.

It takes three days to digest one Yuan-replenishing pill, which is equivalent to a month of arduous cultivation. In other words, one day is equivalent to ten days.

The combination of the Spirit Wine and the Water Moon Technique allows one day of cultivation to equal five days' worth.

Later, Chang Shou turned his attention to the spirit fish.

The combination of spirit wine, Water Moon Technique, and ordinary spirit fish makes one day of longevity cultivation equivalent to seven days. Replacing the ordinary spirit fish with a spirit-hidden fish makes one day of longevity cultivation equivalent to half a month, with effects surpassing those of the Replenishing Essence Pill.

Even though spirit fish are not common.

It takes three days to catch one common spirit fish.

The Lingyin Spirit Fish can only be caught once a month.

However, Changshou's cultivation efficiency still improved by leaps and bounds.

The most obvious signs were that his internal organs gradually became more active, his meridians became clearer, his muscles and bones became stronger, his breathing became longer and more even, and his physical condition recovered to that of a sixty-year-old. Some of the wrinkles on his face had been reduced, and he already had the appearance of a youthful face despite his white hair.

He just can't open his mouth.

He was still a toothless old man.

This training only made his teeth brighter and whiter, but the areas where he didn't have teeth were still missing.

Nevertheless.

Ke Changshou didn't care at all.

Physical appearance is merely the icing on the cake.

It would be great if it had a good appearance, but it doesn't matter if it doesn't. In the future, the Monkey King will still be a monkey!

Besides, the gap-toothed old man is quite recognizable!

Just like the Barefoot Immortal, the Three-Eyed Erlang Shen, and Nezha in his bellyband, they are memorable figures.

Rounding down, I'm now on the same level as them.

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Thinking back to the past.

Thinking about the changes that have occurred during this period.

Chang Shou smiled brightly.

He set a birthday for the monkey and celebrated it himself.

Half of it was out of calculation, hoping that the monkey would think of him every year on its birthday.

Half of it was out of genuine compassion, out of pity for the lonely and helpless monkey.

But time will change everything.

Now that Changshou is celebrating the monkey's birthday, he's less calculating and more genuine.

"Fellow Daoist, the way you smile is like an old tree blossoming in spring. Have you thought of something good?"

Chang Shou reminded himself that he had no intention of offending anyone.

The saying "an old tree sees spring again" is exactly what it sounds like.

Then, he looked at Xing Wu and smiled:

"It is Wukong's birthday today."

I happened to catch a Lingyin fish.

Double happiness, good things come in pairs.

How could this humble Taoist not be delighted?

"That's true."

It seems this spirit fish and Wukong are destined to meet.

She smiled and agreed without any response.

Ancient trees lined both sides of the path, where a monk and a Taoist priest walked along a cobblestone path, talking as they went. As they walked further and further away, the sunlight fell on them, casting long shadows. Behind them, a round-faced, chubby chicken and two raccoon dogs chased and played.

This is also a beautiful picture.

But the old Taoist priest, who was already a figure in the painting, was unaware of this.

The monk, who too became a figure in the painting, was unaware of this.