第 1 回 石猴出世

There are four great continents in the world.

One of them is called the Eastern Continent of Divine Might, where there is the Aolai Kingdom, and within the kingdom, there is a Mountain of Flowers and Fruit.

On the mountaintop, there is a celestial stone.

The celestial stone absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and over time, life formed inside it.

One day, the celestial stone cracked open, and a stone monkey jumped out.

The stone monkey lived in the mountains and played with many other monkeys.

One day was very hot, and the monkeys were playing in the water next to a large waterfall.

A monkey said: "Whoever can jump into the waterfall and find the source of the water, we will make him the king."

The stone monkey heard this and immediately said: "I will go."

He jumped into the waterfall and found that behind it, there was no water, but there was an iron plank bridge.

Behind the bridge, there is a very large stone cave.

At the cave entrance, there is a stone tablet, with the words written on it: "Flower and Fruit Mountain blessed land, Water Curtain Cave cave heaven."

The stone monkey walked into the cave and saw inside there were stone pots, stone bowls, stone beds, stone stools, everything was there.

He was very happy and immediately went back to tell the monkeys outside.

The monkeys heard this and were all very happy.

They followed the stone monkey through the waterfall and came to live in the Water Curtain Cave.

After everyone had tidied up, they together bowed to the stone monkey as the king, calling him the Handsome Monkey King.

From then on, the monkeys lived happily in the Water Curtain Cave.

One day, the Handsome Monkey King and the monkeys were drinking together, when suddenly he became sad and shed tears.

The monkeys asked him why.

The Monkey King said: "We are very happy now, but we will all die in the future and be controlled by the King of Hell."

Thinking of this, I feel sad.

The monkeys heard this and also became sad.

At this moment, an old monkey stepped forward and said: "I have heard that there are three types of people in the world who can live forever without aging and are not controlled by the King of Hell."

They are Buddhas, immortals, and sages.

The Monkey King heard this and immediately stopped being sad.

He decided to go find immortals and learn the magic of eternal life without aging.

The next day, the Monkey King bid farewell to the monkeys.

He alone made a raft and floated on the raft towards the sea.

He traveled for a long time and arrived at the Western Ox Continent.

A woodcutter told him a place.

That place is called Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and in the mountain there is a Xiyue Sanxing Cave, where lives a deity named Patriarch Bodhi.

The Monkey King found the Sanxing Cave.

Beside the cave there is a stone tablet, on which is written Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, Xiyue Sanxing Cave.

He was just about to knock on the door when it opened, and out walked a fairy boy.

The fairy boy said with a smile: "Master just said, outside came a person who wants to learn skills, it must be you."

The Monkey King quickly said yes.

The fairy boy then led him into the cave.

Upon seeing Patriarch Bodhi, the Monkey King immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed, requesting the Patriarch to take him as a disciple.

Patriarch Bodhi asked about the Monkey King's background, seeing that he was very sincere, agreed to accept him, and also gave him a name, called Sun Wukong.