271: Chapter 272: It was your junior fellow apprentice who made the first move 271: Chapter 272: It was your junior fellow apprentice who made the first move Sun Wukong could sowhat guess why the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom was so eager to send them away.
After the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom’s interruption, the defeat of Immortal Huli in the competition was brushed aside.
Of course, this was to be expected, since Immortal Huli was, after all, the National Advisor of the Cart Slow Kingdom.
As the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom, he naturally did not wish to see his own National Advisor lose too miserably.
Therefore, it was not unreasonable for the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom to show so favoritism.
Hence, Sun Wukong did not want to quibble with the other party about this.
He was not so petty; as long as the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom knew that the monks were not too inferior and did not treat them too poorly in the Cart Slow Kingdom, that would be sufficient.
After today’s affair of praying for rain, the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom would clearly treat the monks a bit better.
However, while Sun Wukong truly did not care, Immortal Huli, Luli Immortal, and Yangli Immortal were not content.
They had been made a fool of by Sun Wukong, and having lost to him in the matter of praying for rain, they naturally couldn’t bear to let him leave triumphantly.
They proceeded to kowtow fiercely to the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom.
Seeing this, the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom hastily descended from the Dragon Throne, using both hands to help them up.
“Why do the three National Advisors offer such grand salutations today?”
Immortal Huli hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, since we three have served as National Advisors for twenty years, we have been diligent in our duties, supporting the nation and serving the people—this has all been witnessed by Your Majesty!”
“Now, these monks from the Great Tang of the Eastern Land have co relying on their mana, making a mockery of us, tarnishing our reputation!”
“Your Majesty, just because they prayed for rain and you’re about to let them pass freely over the border, forgiving their cris of murder, wouldn’t this be belittling us?”
“We three implore Your Majesty to at least hold onto their pass permits for a while longer and let us gamble with them again to see how it goes!”
After Immortal Huli finished speaking, Luli Immortal and Yangli Immortal also pleaded earnestly.
“We also beg Your Majesty to hold onto their pass permit and let us gamble with them once more!”
The King of the Cart Slow Kingdom also showed a troubled face, but these three were, after all, his National Advisors of the Cart Slow Kingdom—how could he favor others over his own National Advisors!
Following that, he actually took the pass permit.
Sun Wukong watched the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom and thought him to be sowhat dim-witted, actually listening to the three on the demon path and even taking their pass permit.
The King of the Cart Slow Kingdom, still sowhat puzzled, asked, “National Advisors, how do you wish to gamble with them this ti?”
Immortal Huli glanced at Sun Wukong and the others before speaking seriously, “I want to bet on ditation!”
Upon hearing what Immortal Huli had to say, the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom quickly tried to advise, “National Advisor, you must not.
Since these monks have co from the Great Tang of the Eastern Land, they must be skilled in ditation.
How can you dare to bet on this with them?”
Wasn’t this challenging the enemy with one’s own weakness?
The King of the Cart Slow Kingdom could see for himself that there was no advantage to be had.
However, after hearing the words of the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom, Immortal Huli chuckled and said, “Your Majesty, you are unaware, my ditation is not ordinary ditation—it bears a na, ‘Cloud Ladder Manifestation.'”
The King of the Cart Slow Kingdom saw Immortal Huli speaking so mysteriously and beca curious, “What is ‘Cloud Ladder Manifestation’?”
Immortal Huli explained, “This ‘Cloud Ladder Manifestation’ involves stacking one hundred tables, fifty each forming a ditation platform, piling them up one on top of the other, without turning them by hand, nor using ladders to climb, but each using clouds to ascend the platform to sit, agreeing to remain motionless for several hours!”
Upon hearing this, the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom also felt that this thod seed sowhat difficult and nodded, issuing a decree saying, “Monks of the Great Tang from the Eastern Land, my National Advisors of Cart Slow Kingdom wish to gamble with you on the ditation of ‘Cloud Ladder Manifestation.’ Can you do this?”
Sun Wukong heard these words and did not imdiately respond.
Zhu Bajie, seeing Sun Wukong hadn’t imdiately spoken, said with so surprise, “Brother Monkey, why don’t you say anything?”
Hearing Zhu Bajie’s words, Sun Wukong said with so difficulty, “Idiot, I won’t lie to you—if it’s about soaring through the heavens, turning rivers and overturning seas, chasing stars under the moon, or shifting the constellations, I can do all that, even beheading or disemboweling myself doesn’t scare !”
“But if you ask to compete in ditation, where do I have the patience for that!”
“Even when you chain to an iron pillar, I can’t help but climb up and down—how can I possibly sit still!”
Sun Wukong finished speaking, looking sowhat troubled.
Xuanzang, who had been quiet until then, spoke up, “I can ditate!”
Sun Wukong looked at Xuanzang with a hint of surprise and said, “That’s fine, but Master, how long can you sit?”
Xuanzang calmly said, “When it cos to focused ditation, I can sit for three to five years without a problem!”
Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong’s face showed joy, and he said, “That’s enough, even three to five hours would suffice, if it’s three to five years, we won’t need to seek scriptures anymore!”
After speaking, Sun Wukong then turned to address the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom, “We monks naturally know how to ditate; we shall compete in ditation!”
Immortal Huli, Luli Immortal, and Yangli Immortal, upon hearing Monkey agree, couldn’t help but reveal looks of joy, then they turned their gaze toward the King of the Cart Slow Kingdom.
The King of the Cart Slow Kingdom, seeing there was no issue, proceeded to issue orders to set up the ditation platforms for ‘Cloud Ladder Manifestation.’
Less than half an hour later, two ditation platforms were erected nearby.
Immortal Huli, seeing that the preparations were complete, promptly dismounted and sprang forward.
With a cloud under his feet, he leaped directly to the platform on the west.
And Sun Wukong’s Primordial Spirit left his body, transforming into Auspicious Clouds that carried Xuanzang up to the high platform.
Xuanzang and the Immortal Huli sat opposite each other and then closed their eyes to begin ditation.
Their contest involved no blades or swords, just the two of them sitting there, which made the competition sowhat dull.
So they sat on the high platform for approximately an hour, and the people below were almost falling asleep, yet the two competitors remained unchanged in expression, still sitting upright on the platform.
They continued their ditation above, with no clear winner or loser erging, but Luli Immortal was getting restless, his face showing a change of emotion.
He stared at Xuanzang, deep in thought.
Xuanzang’s stable seated posture indicated his impressive ditative skills.
Even his own senior brother might have trouble winning.
Thinking this, Luli Immortal pulled a strand of short hair from the back of his head, twisting it into a ball.
He then flicked it from his hand.
It landed on Xuanzang’s head and astonishingly turned into a big stink bug.
Xuanzang felt itchy and in pain, but moving his hand during ditation would an defeat, and he struggled to bear the pain.
He hunched his head, hoping to ease his discomfort with the collar of his robe.
Zhu Bajie frowned at this situation and said, “Brother Monkey, this isn’t good.
Those guys are cheating, actually resorting to petty tricks!”
Sun Wukong’s Primordial Spirit had just returned when he saw the situation and frowned.
Then he looked towards Luli Immortal and Yangli Immortal, who were also looking back, smugly pleased with themselves.
Sun Wukong’s Primordial Spirit instantly left his body again.
Luli Immortal, realizing his trick had been discovered, quickly controlled his stink bug, eager to ensure Xuanzang’s defeat in this contest.
At this mont, Xuanzang began to sway left and right, as if he were about to fall off.
Peril appeared imminent.
Sun Wukong’s Primordial Spirit noticed the stink bug harassing Xuanzang and blew a breath.
The stink bug flew off, then Sun Wukong helped scratch Xuanzang’s itch, which relieved him considerably and he sat up straight on the platform once again.
Luli Immortal and Yangli Immortal below, who had thought Xuanzang was about to lose his balance, saw their senior brother nearly winning, only to find the Monk surprisingly sitting firm again.
“What should we do?”
Yangli Immortal frowned and looked at Luli Immortal, who beca visibly tense.
After helping Xuanzang find relief, Sun Wukong turned his gaze to the settled Immortal Huli in the distance.
“Since you’ve resorted to underhanded tactics behind the scenes, don’t bla Old Sun for using so tricks of his own!”
With these words, Sun Wukong plucked a Monkey Fur and blew on it, transforming it into a seven-inch-long centipede that landed right on Immortal Huli’s nose.
Immortal Huli, who was sitting in ditation on the platform, suddenly felt sothing on his nose.
With so confusion, his eyes slowly opened a crack and he saw a seven-inch-long centipede on his nose.
In an instant, he was so frightened that he turned deathly pale.
Though he didn’t fall headlong, he was no longer sitting steadily.
Staring in horror at the centipede before him, he dared not move even a little bit.
However, the centipede on his nose had no intention of letting him be and fiercely bit Immortal Huli’s nose.
This caused Immortal Huli to lose his balance entirely, and he fell off the high platform.
He crashed with such force that it was nearly fatal, his soul nearly departing to the Beyond the Heavens.
The civil and military officials, witnessing this scene, wore a look of shock.
They hurried over to him.
The civil and military officials now saw the miserably defeated Immortal Huli.
They couldn’t believe that their National Advisor of the Cart Slow Kingdom had lost, and so woefully at that.
He even nearly lost his life.
Luli Immortal and Yangli Immortal also rushed over, helping their heavily fallen senior brother to his feet.
They asked anxiously, “Senior brother, senior brother, are you alright?”
Immortal Huli’s fall had nearly sent him to the afterlife, but he still glared fiercely at Sun Wukong; he knew the centipede on his nose had to be this Monkey’s doing.
Would he have lost so easily without this Monkey’s ddling?
And to suffer such a humiliating defeat.
He had lost all face in front of so many people.
Sun Wukong, however, couldn’t care less about Immortal Huli.
If his opponent’s disciples hadn’t struck first, he would have had no interest in such tricks.
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