The monkeys of Flower-Fruit Mountain lived carefree lives.
They never kept track of the years...
So no one knew how much time had passed. The little monkeys around Sun Wukong grew into old monkeys, then disappeared, replaced by another batch of little monkeys!
He felt that the time was about right.
One day.
Sitting on the throne in Water Curtain Cave.
Sun Wukong wore a worried expression and let out a long sigh. Then, thinking of the future he remembered, he looked as though he might burst into tears at any moment...
The monkeys immediately panicked:
"Great King, why are you troubled?"
Sun Wukong answered:
"I have worries about the distant future!"
The monkeys laughed again.
"Great King, why so?"
They did not ask what future matter Sun Wukong was worried about. Instead, they all cheerfully said:
"Great King, you're far too ungrateful! We were born on a blessed immortal mountain like Flower-Fruit Mountain, in an ancient cave of the Divine Land. Heaven doesn't control us, earth doesn't control us, and even the Human Emperor can't control us. We only need to play freely and enjoy ourselves!"
"What boundless good fortune this is..."
"Why worry about the future, Great King?"
We're monkeys, after all.
Worrying about things that haven't even happened yet—is that something monkeys should do? Just play and fool around.
Especially since the Great King had actually started imitating the Human Clan and spouting that nonsense about "if a monkey has no long-term worries, it will have immediate concerns." Naturally, the monkeys found it even more incomprehensible and strange...
Or, to put it another way, in an environment where everyone had collectively given up striving, a career-obsessed man suddenly appeared. Wouldn't that seem a little out of place?
Sun Wukong's expression remained unchanged:
"Life is carefree now, of