Everyone here, apart from the Monkey King, knew that this little monkey was called Sun Wukong, a name given to him by Zhunti's Good Corpse, Bodhi Daoist.
But now, Bins Shao had actually brought up Journey to the West. How were they supposed to explain the next two words??
"You were formed from an immortal stone within the Flower-Fruit Mountain of the immortal mountains of East Victory Divine Continent. You are a Xiantian Stone Monkey, your physique is that of a Spirit Stone Monkey, and your bloodline is that of a Chaos Demon Ape. For more than three hundred years, you crossed ten thousand miles, seeking the Peach Blossom Immortal Mountain to pursue immortality and seek the Dao."
Bins Shao spoke calmly. "For more than three hundred years, you never once stepped outside. A single word awakened you—this is enlightenment. You sought the immortal Peach Blossom Mountain and pursued immortality and the Dao—this is emptiness. The great powers of Heaven and Earth, the Gate of Emptiness has no regrets, no resentment, and no Dao. Thus, when Hongmeng was first established, there was originally no surname. To break through stubborn emptiness, one must attain enlightenment. Therefore, your name shall take these two words: Wukong!!!"
"!!!" All the group members.
Now every group member was dumbfounded. This... he could even make that work??
Holy crap!
Fortunately, I read the original novel. Otherwise, you really would have fooled me into crippling myself!!
Originally, the two words Wukong came from the twelve characters in Bodhi Daoist's sect, which were assigned when naming disciples. You were the tenth-generation junior disciple...
Those twelve characters were Guang, Da, Zhi, Hui, Zhen, Ru, Xing, Hai, Ying, Wu, Yuan, and Jue.
Thus, when it reached the Handsome Monkey King, it happened to be the character "Wu." That was why