The Six-Eared Macaque froze. It had not heard that entire passage clearly.
But... "Chaos," "Palace of Purple Heaven," "safe," and "go inside"—those four words had indeed exploded clearly in its ears.
It felt as though it had gone deaf. Its ears, which possessed divine power, could hear nothing except a buzzing sound.
Even its head was buzzing.
The Six-Eared Macaque raised its head and looked at the slightly youthful man. It immediately understood that this person had probably found it injured.
While its consciousness was hazy, it had likely said that it wanted to come here to listen to the Dao.
This person had taken pity on it and brought it here.
To put it mildly, this was the grace of fulfilling its wish. To put it more seriously, this was its Dao protector.
This was an enormous karmic debt. How could the Six-Eared Macaque ever repay it?
The Six-Eared Macaque pondered repeatedly. Although it had been transformed from one quarter of the Chaos Demon Ape's origin,
apart from its Companion Treasure, the Suixin Iron Rod, it had nothing of value.
Yet the grace of having its Dao protected had to be repaid.
The Six-Eared Macaque gritted its teeth. In the end, it still reached into its ear and pulled out its Companion Treasure, the Suixin Iron Rod.
It reached out and poked Li Hao, then raised the Magic Treasure.
"I have no way to repay your great kindness. This... this... give... give this to you..."
Li Hao lowered his head and looked at the object that resembled an embroidery needle. Then he looked at the Six-Eared Macaque, which seemed extremely reluctant, its eyes filled with struggle.
He suddenly felt like laughing.
This scene looked just like a child being asked, "Can you give me some candy?"
The child would have no choice but to take out his favorite lollipop and pretend to be generous, letting the other person eat it.
His expression would be full of reluctance, and his eyes would be filled with struggle.
It was exactly the same, wasn't it?
As for the Suixin Iron Rod, Li Hao did not care about it.
Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he did not think much of it.
After all, it was not some famous Magic Treasure. Forget comparing it with the Exquisite Pagoda.
Even compared with things like the Qingping Sword, it might not measure up.
Most importantly, its power was lacking.
The Suixin Iron Rod was almost on par with the Ruyi Golden Cudgel.
Its functions and abilities were also more or less the same.
That alone was enough to make Li Hao dismiss it with contempt.
The Ruyi Golden Cudgel had been praised as though it were something incredible, and it was indeed quite powerful.
However, that power was directed at ordinary demons and ordinary members of the Human Race.
Once one reached the level of immortals and gods, this thing was practically useless.
To put it nicely, it was called the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. Earlier, it had been granted by Taishang Laojun—in other words, Laozi's Good Corpse—to Da Yu for suppressing the sea eye.
It was merely something he had casually granted after refining it.
Therefore, its origins were nothing special.
As for its power? That was even less worth mentioning.
Looking throughout the Journey to the West, the only ones truly beaten to death by the Golden Cudgel were the Six Bandits at the beginning—the six human bandits.
As for the others, they had all fought for who knew how many rounds and taken who knew how many blows from the cudgel, yet they had been completely fine afterward.
Its level of power was obvious.
Li Hao looked at the Six-Eared Macaque and smiled. "I don't want it. Keep it for yourself."
"Also, Little Monkey, your weapon won't do. How can a rod be any good?"
"You need to use a hammer. A hammer, understand?"
The Six-Eared Macaque nodded as though it understood, then immediately shook its head.
Li Hao sighed. It was still a monkey, after all.
Wasn't it said that monkeys were clever? How could it not understand even this?
Thus, he drew a pattern in the air with his hand, then looked at the Six-Eared Macaque again.
"Understand now? A hammer. You have to use a weapon like this!"
The Six-Eared Macaque nodded decisively, summoned its Magic Treasure, and activated it with magic power.
The Suixin Iron Rod instantly grew longer and larger. However, it did not transform into the usual rod that was thick at both ends and thin in the middle.
Instead, one end transformed into a huge, thick iron lump covered in spikes, while the other end remained unchanged.
Once everything was complete, the Six-Eared Macaque raised its head and asked softly, "This... like this?"
Li Hao nodded.
"Yes, exactly! Now that's what you call power!"
Chapter 24: Isn't this the great good man of the Primordial Era, Hong Yun, and his best buddy, Zhen Yuanzi?
Li Hao was extremely satisfied with the Six-Eared Macaque changing the form of its weapon.
A rod really was no good. Hadn't he seen how Monkey Sun fought various people for hundreds of rounds in the Journey to the West?
It was impossible for them to exchange blows for hundreds of rounds without a single strike hitting the other person, right?
If that were the case, why go to Western Heaven and seek the Western Sutra?
Just find a pile of sand, pee in it, and play with the mud.
Even an elementary school student would know how to fight better than you.
Returning to the battle, regardless of how many times you hit someone with the rod,
they had certainly been struck. But although they had been struck, nothing had really happened to them.
They would still be perfectly fine afterward?
Rods really were no good. But if it were a hammer, things would be different.
You could charge up and shout, "Halt! Demon! Eat a hammer from your Grandpa Sun!"
Just listen to that! Just listen to it!
The momentum was completely different, wasn't it?
Then smash them a few more times. Unharmed?
Don't joke around!
Even if their tendons weren't severed and their bones weren't shattered, it would be close enough.
Besides, did you think the spikes on that hammer were there for nothing, just for decoration?
Three thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
During that time, countless mighty figures from all over the Primordial Era transformed into streaks of light.
They passed through Chaos and headed for the Palace of Purple Heaven.
Of course, whether they were famous or unknown, Li Hao did not recognize a single one of them.
There was nothing he could do. After all, no one had ever seen what the various mighty figures looked like.
Without something like photographs, who would know which was which?
He could also identify them through their bearing, just as he had recognized the Three Pure Ones back then.
But... every one of these people was arrogant and haughty, looking down on everyone else. Who the hell could tell them apart?
Unexpectedly, Li Hao really did recognize the first ones to arrive.
Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian—the Three Pure Ones.
They were old acquaintances, after all. They had parted ways back then, and he did not know whether anything had happened to the three of them afterward.
These thoughts surfaced in Li Hao's mind, and he wondered whether he should ask them about it later.
Apart from the Three Pure Ones, the various mighty figures of the Primordial Era also rushed toward the Palace of Purple Heaven with all their might.
There was no helping it. A Saint was lecturing on the Dao.
This was a heaven-defying opportunity. Even hearing just one or two sentences would likely bring immense benefits.
It would greatly aid their cultivation.
How could they not be anxious?
Although Li Hao did not recognize anyone apart from the Three Pure Ones,
he could still make a rough guess when their appearances were distinctive.
For example, that man and woman with human bodies and snake tails had to be Nuwa and Fuxi.
In the Primordial Era, apart from Nuwa and Houtu, there were no other women with human bodies and snake tails.
As for those two birds radiating golden light, they were probably those two Birdmen, Di Jun and Tai Yi.
Huh? Was that larger black bird Kunpeng? Slurp...
Watching the many mighty figures straining themselves and charging toward this place with all their might,
Li Hao curled the corners of his mouth. After these people arrived at full speed and saw that someone had already been waiting here for a long time, he wondered what kind of feeling they would have.
At that moment, Dijiang approached and asked in a low voice, "Thirteenth Brother, more and more people are coming. What should we do?"
Li Hao smiled.
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