Seeing that it was Lin Tian, Sun Wukong's anger subsided a little. "Look, all my monkey children and grandchildren have been slaughtered! Am I not even allowed to avenge them?"
Lin Tian said calmly, "It's not that you aren't allowed to seek revenge. Your reasoning for it is wrong. Come, let's talk!"
In Sun Wukong's memory, Lin Tian was the first person to explain the Three Realms to him. Now, Sun Wukong was beginning to trust him.
He immediately put away the Golden Cudgel.
"Let's go to your Water-Curtain Cave!"
Sun Wukong nodded. "All right!"
The two arrived at Water-Curtain Cave together. Once Lin Tian sat down, Sun Wukong immediately said, "My Flower-Fruit Mountain once had more than forty-seven thousand monkey soldiers, but now only a handful remain. I'm full of hatred! Why won't you let me avenge them?"
After hearing him out, Lin Tian nodded and smiled. "You're right to want revenge, but this isn't the hunters' fault!"
Sun Wukong immediately asked with a monkey's impatience, "If it isn't the hunters' fault, are you saying it's mine?"
Lin Tian nodded. "That's exactly right. It is your fault. Let me explain why!"
Sun Wukong scratched his ears and cheeks as he watched Lin Tian, waiting to hear just what he would say.
"When you wreaked havoc in the Underworld, didn't you cross out the names of all the monkeys in the world?"
Sun Wukong nodded. "That's right!"
Lin Tian said calmly, "All things in this world must pass through life, death, and reincarnation. Why should your monkey soldiers be exempt?"
Sun Wukong said, "I wreaked havoc in Heaven precisely to find my children a way to transcend reincarnation!"
Lin Tian shook his head helplessly. "You monkey. Every living creature in the world longs to live forever without dying. They all