Chapter 165 True or False
While Li Anran was investigating the Monkey King's life, they had already arrived at the prison.
The monkey couldn't wait to ask, "Brother Li, what should we do next?"
The Monkey King also urged him a few words, but the worry and uneasiness in his eyes could hardly be concealed.
This is manifested in the fact that his reactions are obviously not as quick as before, and his acting is not as natural as at the beginning.
Before, the Monkey King could always tell what the monkey wanted to say and how it would react the moment the monkey opened its mouth, or even before the monkey opened its mouth, making it difficult to tell the truth from the false.
But now, the Monkey King focused more on guarding against Li Anran, so he was naturally a step slower in speaking and doing things.
This flaw is very obvious to anyone who is careful!
"There is no rush for this."
Li Anran did not point it out, but said: "The monster's transformation skills can even deceive Guanyin Bodhisattva. It will take some time for me to distinguish the true from the false. You stay in this prison for two days first. I will do some preparations. After three days, everything will be clear."
With the Book of Punishment, he could always tell which of the two monkeys was real and which was fake. He postponed the matter for three days in order to find some reasonable "evidence".
"Okay! Then wait three days!"
The monkey didn't say anything more. He took the initiative to walk into the cell and sat down. He glared at the Monkey King with a pair of vicious eyes and sneered, "Monster, enjoy your last three days! Wait until Brother Li finds out your fox tail, and then I will see how I, Sun, will deal with you!"
"Humph! You fake bastard, you still dare to hold on until now. You won't cry until you see the coffin!"
Seeing that Li Anran was speaking so confidently, the Monkey King was no longer as tough as he had been at the beginning. He gritted his teeth and snorted coldly, his steps already hesitant.
He was hesitating whether to charge out directly or bet that Li Anran would not be able to see through Ainafa's mechanical tricks.
In the end, the Monkey King gritted his teeth and walked into the cell next to the monkey.
Even Guanyin Bodhisattva can’t tell that I’m fake, so I don’t believe that you, a mere prison god, can tell!
It's just bluffing!
Li Anran took out two beads from his bosom, handed them to the two people, and said: "These two beads were made by me personally. They contain a trace of my divine consciousness, and no transformation technique can imitate them. You should take them well, in case the counterfeit uses an external incarnation to confuse people after I distinguish the real from the fake."
"That's a good idea!" The monkey nodded repeatedly, took the beads and held them tightly in his hand.
The Monkey King's expression froze. He felt that the bead in front of him was extremely hot, but he had to take it. In his heart, he began to regret why he didn't just run away.
Now, once these two beads were given to him, he had no way out.
"Then I'll go prepare first." Li Anran locked the cell door and turned to leave the prison.
Not long after he walked away, he heard the monkey's smug voice from behind him: "Monster, you're dead now! As long as Brother Li can tell that you're a fake, you won't be able to pretend to be me again!"
"You should be the one panicking, you monster!"
The Monkey King was already upset, but the show had to go on.
Soon, the two monkeys started quarreling again, with all kinds of harsh words and curses being heard.
"Sir." When Li Anran came out of the prison, a divine official came to greet him and said, "Martial Virtue Star Lord is waiting for you in the Heavenly Prison Palace."
After hesitating for a moment, he could not help but ask, "Sir, can you tell which of these two Sun Wukongs is the real one? Which one is the fake one?"
As soon as he said this, the heavenly soldiers and generals around him pricked up their ears.
Li Anran shook his head and said, "No. These two Sun Wukongs are exactly the same from their attire to their behavior to their magic and martial arts. I can't tell the real one from the fake one."
"Ah?!" The divine official opened his mouth wide and asked the question that was in the minds of the heavenly soldiers and generals around him: "Then how can you tell the real from the fake after three days?"
Li Anran said: "Just because you can't see it now doesn't mean you won't see it in three days. This monster will reveal its flaws on its own."
In the prison, the Monkey King, who was quarreling fiercely with the monkeys, relaxed his expression and even raised his voice a little.
But he didn't know that Li Anran already knew his background, and those words just now were deliberately said by Li Anran for him to hear!
Moreover, his life story was constantly updated in the Book of Punishment, and his every move and expression were all under Li Anran's eyes!
In the Tianlao Palace.
Wude Xingjun was waiting anxiously. When he saw Li Anran appear, he hurried forward and said, "Prison God, how are the two Sun Wukongs?"
Li Anran said: "I have locked them all in the cell."
"That's good."
Wude Xingjun was relieved immediately, and he bowed his hands apologetically, "Prison God, I have just reported this matter to His Majesty. Please order Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, to come here."
He then explained, "It's not that I don't believe you, it's mainly because these two monkeys are still vicious. If they start making trouble again and alarm Your Majesty, that would be bad."
"Li Tianwang has the magic mirror given by your majesty. He will definitely be able to tell which of the two Sun Wukongs is the real one and which is the fake one. Please don't blame me, the prison god."
Li Anran waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. As long as we can tell the truth from the false and solve this matter, it's fine."
Wude Xingjun exclaimed: "The Prison God is truly dedicated to the public, which is admirable. When I return, I will report to Your Majesty and ask for credit for the Prison God..."
Wude Star Lord is very good at judging people and what to do with them. When he saw that Li Anran shocked the monkey with just one sentence, he realized that Li Anran’s title of God of War in Heaven was not a boast. He wanted to make friends with Li Anran and threw nice words to him without asking for any money.
But as he was talking, he noticed Li Anran's coldness and perfunctoriness towards him.
Wude Xingjun's face turned black and he cursed in his heart: "You shameless person! Sooner or later, you will regret it!" and he stopped talking.
It’s finally quiet!
Li Anran had long been impatient with Wude Xingjun's meaningless words, and it was only because of his own self-cultivation that he did not chase him out.
Seeing that Wude Xingjun finally shut up, he concentrated on observing the monkey's life.
The monkey's life story is roughly the same as that in Journey to the West.
Only in some details were there some discrepancies from Li Anran's preconceived impression.
For example, the fairy stone that gave birth to the monkey was not the five-colored stone left by Nuwa when she repaired the sky, but an ancient fairy stone with innate magical power.
The clever stone monkey, like Donghuang Taiyi, Di Jun and other ancient powerful beings, is a congenital creature.
It’s just that the monkey’s location was too bad, and the ancient fairy stone kept nurturing him until the Journey to the West era, when he was barely born!
That’s right, it’s too bad!
Although the Flower-Fruit Mountain is the ancestor of the Ten Continents and the origin of the Three Islands, it was established when the clear and turbid were separated and was formed after the creation of the universe.
But compared with places like the Moon, the Sun, and Kunlun, it is more than billions of miles away.
As a result, the monkey, a congenital creature, was not only born countless years later than normal congenital creatures, but also had no cultivation at all and no accompanying spiritual treasures after birth.
It can be said to be the lowest-end version of an innate creature!
In addition, although Huaguo Mountain is an overseas fairy island, it is not isolated from the world, nor is it uninhabited by humans.
on the contrary.
Before the monkey went out to sea to search for immortals and learn the way of Taoism, fishermen and hunters from the country of Aolai often came here. Occasionally, some birds and beasts that were born with intelligence in the mortal world would cross the sea and come to Huaguo Mountain by chance.
This is why the monkeys in the Flower-Fruit Mountain know about the Qilin, the Phoenix, the human king, the law, and the sacredness of Yama.
Li Anran deliberately observed the monkey who told the monkey that there are "Buddha, immortals and sacred beings in the world who have escaped reincarnation, are immortal and have the same lifespan as the heaven, earth and mountains and rivers."
It turned out that it was just a clever monkey with the blood of apes and some intelligence. It was not even a monster and had no consciousness of being possessed by someone.
It learned some sacred facts about immortals and Buddhas from the mouths of foreign birds, and told the monkey when the monkey asked.
When the monkey was crossing the East China Sea, there was no Dragon King of the East China Sea secretly escorting him.
The reason he was able to cross the East China Sea on a simple raft was entirely because of his good fortune, which enabled him to turn danger into safety and achieve his wishes.
There is no conspiracy theory involved!
After that, the monkey began to wander in the mortal world. He first stayed in Jambu Continent for more than eight or nine years, then crossed the West Sea and arrived at Xiniuhe Continent.
During this period, I learned to speak and behave like a human being, read and learn to write...
Until one day, the monkey met a woodcutter and found the Xieyue Sanxing Cave on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.
Everything seems to be going too smoothly, as if it is fake, but it is really true!
The monkey is the only innate creature born in the Journey to the West era. His luck is far beyond imagination, so it is reasonable for him to find Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.
Afterwards, the monkey met Patriarch Bodhi, became a disciple of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars Cave, and was given the name Sun Wukong.
Li Anran was very curious about this great man who was proficient in Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and looked intently at Patriarch Bodhi.
All I saw was a glow of light rising up from the high platform, and an old Taoist with white hair and a youthful face sitting cross-legged, looking compassionate and dignified, with an immortal air.
When looking at him, Li Anran could see his face clearly.
But when he looked away, all that was left was a vague glow when he tried to recall Patriarch Bodhi's appearance again.
Li Anran had encountered this situation before!
On the body of the Supreme Saint of Bajing Palace!
On the body of Master Tongtian of Biyou Palace!
Obviously, the Bodhi Patriarch in front of him is also a saint!
"Patriarch Bodhi is actually the Saint Zhunti!"
Li Anran was a little surprised, but not surprised.
There are a number of powerful beings in the Three Realms, and it is almost impossible that there is an existence that no one knows about!
Therefore, Patriarch Bodhi can only be the incarnation of some powerful being!
And after confirming that he is a saint, his identity becomes easier to guess!
The only person related to Lingshan and Tathagata is the founder of Mahayana Buddhism, Cundi Bodhisattva!
There is nothing to elaborate on what happened afterwards.
It is exactly the same as in Journey to the West.
After the monkey learned the supernatural powers, he showed off to his fellow disciples, and was then driven back to the Flower-Fruit Mountain by Patriarch Bodhi.
After that, he broke into the Dragon Palace, made trouble in the underworld, accepted the imperial edict, and then rebelled against the Heavenly Palace, calling himself the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. The Seven Great Sages formed a brotherhood and made trouble in the Heavenly Palace...
Until he was suppressed by Tathagata under the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years, he was forced to eat copper pills and drink molten iron to eliminate his fierce and wild nature.
Then Guanyin appeared and enlightened him, and he converted to Buddhism in exchange for his freedom by escorting Tang Monk to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
After that, he went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, fighting demons and monsters along the way, until this moment, when he went to the Heavenly Palace with the fake monkey to distinguish the real one from the fake one.
The monkey rarely concealed his emotions. Li Anran had practiced the Hehuan technique to the maximum level, and he could clearly feel the monkey's emotional changes along the way.
From the initial shock and ecstasy of learning that he could escape, to the gratitude after being rescued by Tang Seng, to the subsequent determination and joy of conquering demons and protecting Tang Seng, to the current hesitation, doubt and regret!
These are the three most critical things.
One was that he was tricked by Tang Monk into wearing the golden hoop.
Second, the White Bone Demon was driven away by Tang Monk after being beaten three times.
Third, in Chechi Kingdom, he realized the mystery behind the journey to the West, and that Sha Seng and Zhu Bajie knew the truth but did not tell him and deliberately planned to drag him into the water.
In short, it is suspicion and betrayal!
The monkey felt doubted and betrayed, and then he wavered and regretted it!
He does not want to be bound by Buddhist precepts and does not want to convert to Buddhism again.
But he didn't know what to do, and he didn't dare to tell Guanyin!
This time, after being driven away by Tang Seng for killing a robber, the monkey did not choose to return to Huaguo Mountain, but chose to go to Luojia Mountain in the South China Sea!
It seems that he is complaining to Guanyin, but in fact he is implicitly testing Guanyin, "It's not that I don't want to convert to Buddhism and escort Tang Seng, but my nature is incompatible with Buddhism, and Tang Seng doesn't let me escort him."
It was because Guanyin noticed this that she wiped out the last chance left for the monkey, released the Monkey King, and let the Monkey King try to replace the monkey.
He dragged the monkey to Luojia Mountain.
Once the Monkey King proves that he can do better than the monkeys, Guanyin will take action to suppress the monkeys and let the Monkey King take his place!
Unexpectedly, the Monkey King hit Tang Seng with a stick, snatched his luggage and customs documents, and wanted to let his monkeys and descendants replace Tang Seng to go to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures.
When Guanyin heard this from Sha Seng, her emotions were obviously out of control.
The disbelief and anger at that moment frightened both the Monkey King and Sha Seng!
However, they both thought that Guanyin was angry that someone dared to pretend to be a monkey and attack Tang Seng, and they didn't know that Guanyin's anger was more about her disappointment in the Monkey King!
"These two monkeys, one desperately wants to convert to Buddhism and achieve enlightenment, and the other can't stand the Buddhist precepts and tries every means to escape, but neither can do what they want! It's really interesting!"
Li Anran's heart suddenly moved and an idea came to his mind.
"How about I be a good person?"
Before Li Anran could think about it carefully, he saw a auspicious cloud floating outside. Several heavenly generals were standing on the cloud, and the leader was Li Jing.
After some polite greetings, Li Anran took Li Jing into the Heavenly Prison.
Just like in the original time and space, the magic mirror is completely useless against Ainafa's mechanical tricks and cannot tell whether the monkey is real or fake.
Instead, the two monkeys, who had finally calmed down, almost started fighting again.
Three days passed in a flash.
Li Anran brought out the two monkeys and said, "I didn't tell you before that this bead of mine, in addition to confirming your identities, has another function. I can use it to observe your every move over the past three days."
The monkey didn't care about any of that, he only cared about one thing: "So now you should know that I'm real, right?"
The Monkey King had already guessed it long ago and had been very cautious over the past three days.
He was very sure that he had not revealed any flaws, and he said confidently: "Brother Li, don't listen to that monster's nonsense! I am the real one!"
Li Anran nodded, pointed at the Monkey King and said, "You are real!"
Then he pointed at the monkey: "You are fake!"
monkey:"???"
The Monkey King: "!!! I knew you wouldn't make a mistake, Brother Li!"
