Strange Weather

Upon hearing the system-triggered task of listing the item, Ma Feifei unconsciously frowned.

Ma Feifei wasn't frowning because the mission was difficult; it was because there were significant problems with it.

The problem lies in the sentence in the mission details. "Please find someone who can replace Sun Wukong's avatar to complete the story missions from chapter 1 to chapter 57."

The original novel "Journey to the West" has a total of one hundred chapters, each telling a major story. For example, the first seven chapters tell the story of Sun Wukong's birth to his havoc in Heaven, chapters eight to twelve explain the origin of Tang Monk and the origin of the journey to obtain the scriptures, and the following chapters thirteen to one hundred tell the eighty-one stories on the journey to obtain the scriptures.

Every episode in this story involves Sun Wukong. In the beginning, he is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven in the Havoc in Heaven, and later he is the Pilgrim who subdues demons and monsters. It can be said that Sun Wukong is a character who exists throughout the entire "Journey to the West".

Now that Ma Feifei has taken the Great Sage Set, Sun Wukong's future has become unpredictable. Since the system proposed completing the storyline mission, shouldn't it have completed a full one hundred chapters? Why is it only necessary to complete up to chapter fifty-seven?

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei opened the book "Journey to the West", opened the table of contents, and found the chapter title of chapter 57: The True Pilgrim Laments on Mount Luojia, The False Monkey King Copies Text in the Water Curtain Cave.

"The True and False Monkey King!" Seeing the table of contents for Chapter 57 reminded Ma Feifei of something. In his world, someone had once conducted an in-depth analysis of the book "Journey to the West," which led to a great deal of disagreement about the True and False Monkey King in Chapter 57.

The reason for the disagreement is that many people believe that the monkey who died in this episode was actually Sun Wukong, not the Six-Eared Macaque. Therefore, in the original work, after Chapter 57, it was not Sun Wukong who accompanied Tang Monk on his Journey to the West the scriptures, but the Six-Eared Macaque.

Of course, this is not just wild speculation. Many people have found numerous examples in the original text to support their claims. For instance, many believe that Sun Wukong's fighting power greatly diminished after Chapter 57, and that he showed much more respect for Tang Monk than before Chapter 57.

And when the True and False Monkey King sought the Tathagata Buddha on who was who, the All Buddhas Analytic the Ability of Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque Tathagata all the Buddhas in the heavens.

Sun Wukong is Clever Stone Monkey, capable of transformation, understanding the seasons, knowing the terrain, and shifting stars and constellations. The Six-Eared Macaque, on the other hand, can know things Norman away, and can even understand the speech of mortals. Therefore, he is good at listening, discerning reason, knowing the past and the future, and understanding all things.

The ability to know the past and future means being able to foresee everything that will happen in the past and future. Logically speaking, the Six-Eared Macaque, who possesses this ability, should not have gone to cause trouble for Sun Wukong, because it could foresee that it would eventually be killed by Sun Wukong with a single blow.

Some people even Analytic the feud between Sun Wukong's master, Patriarch Bodhi, and Tathagata, providing a very logical and well-reasoned Analytic.

Therefore, a saying circulated later: Sun Wukong in the first fifty-seven chapters of Journey to the West is called the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, while Sun Wukong after the fifty-seventh chapter is called the Six-Eared Macaque.

These are all theories suggesting that Sun Wukong died in Chapter 57. Of course, many others believe that this was just a play orchestrated by Sun Wukong himself, and that the so-called Six-Eared Macaque was merely an incarnation of Sun Wukong. He was so angered by Tang Monk that he conjured up an incarnation to escalate the situation and invite All Buddhas in the heavens to judge.

The task details provided by the system now happen to be stuck at the point of chapter 57. Does this mean the system also believes that Sun Wukong after chapter 57 is indeed the Six-Eared Macaque?

Thinking of this, Ma Feifei couldn't help but enter the system to ask.

"Ding~ This plot cannot be revealed. The host only needs to find someone to replace Sun Wukong and complete the first fifty-seven chapters of the mission."

As expected, the system did not reveal the answer, so Ma Feifei could only put the question aside for the time being, exit the system, and begin to study how to complete the plot.

Actually, there's not much to hesitate about. The candidate is already chosen. As a fellow monkey, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey is just like Sun Wukong. Moreover, Ma Feifei has now brought out the Great Sage Set, which perfectly matches Sun Wukong's image when worn by the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey. As for Sun Wukong's other skills, such as Fiery Golden Eyes, Seventy-Two Transformations, and Somersault Cloud, the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey can learn them on its own during the story missions.

Most importantly, Ma Feifei must make the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey understand its mission in entering "Journey to the West," so the Journey to the West Sky-reaching Ape Monkey must first read the book to it so that it knows what to do after entering.

"Shopkeeper, that monkey is still outside the Bookstore," Zhang Yunji said, running from inside the Bookstore to the backyard.

Ma Feifei then came to her senses and remembered that she hadn't given the Great Sage Set to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey yet, so she said, "Bring it to the backyard."

Zhang Yunji responded and left. A short while later, he brought the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey into the backyard. The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey was obviously very excited, its body shaking and swaying incessantly, scratching its ears and cheeks, just like Sun Wukong.

Ma Feifei smiled and waved his hand. His spatial ring flashed with light, and the Great Sage Set appeared in his hand.

The Great Sage Set, worth 20 billion, was given to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey. It's impossible not to feel heartbroken. If the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey hadn't become the Bookstore's guardian Divine Beast, he would never have let Ma Feifei give the set to it.

Sky-reaching Ape Monkey saw the Great Sage Set, its eyes gleamed, and it pounced on Ma Feifei and snatched the Great Sage Set from his hands.

At that moment, the system notification sounded once again.

'Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing the guard mission - Gatekeeping Beast! You have successfully subdued the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey as the Bookstore's guardian Divine Beast and obtained the divine artifact, the Golden Fillet.'

Then, Ma Feifei produced a golden Golden Fillet, similar to a collar, along with a spell to activate it, called the Tightening Golden Fillet Tight-Fillet Spell.

Logically, this Golden Fillet should be for the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, but it's clearly not suitable now. The Guanyin Bodhisattva Sky-reaching Ape Monkey needs to complete the storyline of the first fifty-seven chapters of Journey to the Journey to the West, and the Golden Fillet needs to be given to Tang Monk Sanzang by Guanyin. If Ma Feifei puts it on the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey now, what will Guanyin do then?

Therefore, this thing cannot be given to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, at least not before Sky-reaching Ape Monkey completes the story mission. Fortunately, Ma Feifei is not Tang Monk, and the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey is not the Great Sage Equal to Heaven. Without the Golden Fillet, it cannot cause any trouble.

"Boom!"

As soon as the sky was mentioned, another rumble of thunder sounded, and the clouds lowered even further, turning the sky a dark, oppressive expanse. Ma Feifei casually handed the Golden Cudgel to the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey, looked up at the unusual sky, and frowned, saying, "Strange, why is the weather so weird today?"

"It was like this Early Bird. I thought it was going to rain heavily, but it's almost noon and not a drop of rain has fallen. But it doesn't seem like some important figures are fighting. It's really strange." Zhang Yunji, who was standing next to him, also looked up at the sky and said.

Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei stretched out one hand and began to rhythmically pinch the fingers. This was a divination finger technique he had learned while copying the Book of Changes, and he began to deduce the strange weather.

Unfortunately, Ma Feifei didn't grasp any divination techniques. He only learned some finger techniques, which were useless. He couldn't deduce the reason for this strange celestial phenomenon at all.

Meanwhile, near a courtyard house in Dubian Town, a masked man dressed in black was quietly hiding in a corner, occasionally glancing at the sky and muttering to himself.

"You can't see me, you can't see me, you can't see me..."

Wow~~~

Suddenly, the sound of a baby crying came from inside the courtyard.

"It's born! It's born! It's a boy!"