"Monkey Brother, wait for me!"
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"Monkey Brother, I went begging for alms again today. I only got two steamed buns—one for Master, and I secretly ate the other one myself. I'm not giving you any, hehehe..."
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"Monkey Brother, this is bad! Master was captured by a demon!"
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"You damn monkey, I was Marshal Tian Peng back in the day. How can I keep letting you bully me like this?"
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"Let's split up! Divide the stuff! I'm going back to Gao Village!"
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"Monkey Brother, this flatbread you begged for smells amazing. Could you... slurp, let me, Old Pig, have a bite too?"
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"Monkey Brother, how much longer until we reach the Western Paradise?"
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"Monkey Brother! You became a Buddha! Your kasaya looks so good. Hmph, I, the Altar Cleanser Envoy, am not bad either!"
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"Monkey Brother... don't cry... This time, Old Pig saved a lot of people. I didn't disgrace our pilgrimage team... cough, cough...
I'm going down to find Old Sha. You and Master must be good Buddhas... Crippling one's own Divine Personality and falling into demonhood can indeed avoid being ground to death by the Mist, letting one remain in the mortal world to protect the people. But it greatly weakens one's strength, and there's no going back...
In the end, this world still has to be changed by gods.
Monkey Brother, you and Master are stronger than us. You finally attained enlightenment after so much hardship. You must live until the end and see for Old Pig... what the future holds for this world.
Maybe... this is Old Pig's fate."
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The Ancient Ape's eyes were bloodshot, every strand of monkey fur standing on end. Boundless grief and fury consumed his mind. He opened his mouth and let out