Chapter Three: After a hundred years passed, the stone monkey in Water Curtain Cave declared himself king.

  Time flies like an arrow, and the hundred-year-old light flashes by in the blink of an eye. The Mountain of Flowers and Fruits is still the same as before, and the Stone Monkey Sun Wukong is still leading the monkey group to wander between the mountains and forests. After a hundred years of cultivation, Sun Wukong has thoroughly entered the realm of Tongfa, and his body has also reached the realm of Forging Body.

  Now, Sun Yuan can be said to have the strength of thousands of kilograms with a single arm lift. After thoroughly entering the Tongfa realm, some demonic techniques have also been refined by Sun Yuan recently. Although he still cannot fly now, in the situation of flying sand and walking stones, wrapped in demonic wind advancing, displaying some unorthodox illusionary techniques to confuse people is still something that can be easily done.

  After a hundred years of cultivation, Sun Yuan has broken through some restrictions in the early stages of demon cultivation and is considered a relatively mature demon. With his current cultivation level, he can absorb spiritual energy from heaven and earth during the day, but due to the suppression of the sun star, the effect is much worse than at night. However, for Sun Yuan who is eager to increase his strength, daytime cannot be wasted.

  Sun Yuan's reputation in the monkey group gradually became a legend, except for Shi Hou and Chang Mao who came up once a week to deliver some monkey wine, no other monkeys paid attention to him. The old monkeys from a hundred years ago died one by one, Sun Yuan gradually faded out of the sight of the monkeys.

  One day, Sun Yuan opened his eyes in deep meditation, and a flash of light appeared in his eyes. A white gibbon jumped out from behind the mountain rocks, and it was Long Mao from back then.

  After a hundred years, the fur of Chang Mao turned snow white, and his spirit did not weaken with the passage of time, but instead became more vigorous. According to Sun Yuan's impression of Journey to the West, he thought that Chang Mao was probably one of the four powerful generals under Monkey King Sun Wukong, and was quite a capable monkey!

  "Yellow monkey, yellow monkey, why do you sit here every day? The red monkey who had a crush on you for so long died the day before yesterday, and you didn't even go see her one last time. They say she was still thinking of you when she died! I think it's time for you to start a family too, just look at me, my great-grandchildren are already a big bunch."

  "This is everyone's fate, can't be forced. What brings you to my place? Are you marrying another beautiful monkey wife?" Sun Yuan stood up and moved the long hair behind him, revealing a dug-out cave behind him with some tools inside. Since Sun Yuan had been living here for a long time, he had people build a dwelling here.

  Nothing, nothing. Something big has happened at the foot of the mountain. The Golden Monkey asked me to inform you. No! It should be the Beautiful Monkey King who asked me to announce it to you." Long Hair smacked his lips, picked up a fruit and started eating, saying "The Golden Monkey discovered a cave today, seemingly called Water Curtain Cave, and according to the agreement, became our king. Now all the famous monkeys from the four mountains have arrived at Water Curtain Cave."

  "Water Curtain Cave! The monkey has become king?" Sun Yuan's eyes flashed with a hint of excitement, and he quickly got up from the ground, saying "Don't eat anymore, let's hurry to go and take a look."

  "What's the hurry! Wait till I finish eating this, by the way, it's been a while since we last met, let me tell you...". Long Hair nonchalantly waved his hand and began to boast about his glorious deeds.

  "Alright, alright, I know you've lectured another beast king, and maybe even beat up an old tiger, but we'll talk about that later." Before Long Mao could react, Sun Yuan snapped his fingers, and a surge of demonic energy rippled through his body. A black whirlwind suddenly enveloped him, and in just a few seconds, it swiftly wrapped around the stunned Long Mao, dragging him down the mountain peak.

  "Yellow Monkey, when did you acquire such skills? Awesome!" Long Hair was dizzy and turned around in circles on the spot before coming back to his senses. However, he wasn't annoyed at all; such peculiar events were extremely attractive to a mischievous monkey like him.

  "If you sat for a hundred years like me, maybe you can do it too." Sun Yuan shook his head, dispelling the dizzy and uncomfortable feeling. It turned out that this demon wind was not as cool as it seemed, even the initiator felt very uncomfortable inside.

  Don't look at the small leaders in Journey to the West who easily stir up storms, now it seems they also had no choice but to do so. Who has a BMW and still rides a bicycle? These are all people forced by life. The current Sun Wukong deeply understands this feeling.

  "Whatever, a hundred years is nothing!" Long Mao muttered to himself, closely following Sun Yuan towards the direction of Water Curtain Cave. As soon as he found out that this was the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, Sun Yuan had immediately located the Water Curtain Cave in the first instance, but in order to minimize the butterfly effect caused by this butterfly, Sun Yuan did not spread the news, instead waiting for the Monkey King to discover the Water Curtain Cave.

  At this time, without taking the long-haired path, Sun Yuan directly came to the side of the Iron Plank Bridge, and with a loud splash, he dove in. As expected, after parting the waterway, a cave appeared before his eyes, everything was exactly the same as it had been 100 years ago, the scenery inside the Water Curtain Cave remained unchanged, except that at this time there was an added group of jumping monkeys inside.

  The big characters of Huaguo Mountain Water Curtain Cave were still written on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave. When Sun Yuan came in, he happened to see a group of monkeys holding stone ladles and stone bowls playing there, jumping back and forth among the stone benches, what a lively scene!

  As he stepped through the main gate, Sun Yuan looked up to see that Sun Wukong was sitting in the first seat, looking very pleased with himself as if he were enjoying being the king. Underneath the seats, many unfamiliar monkeys stood on either side, among them some exceptionally talented and extraordinary monkeys.

  As soon as Sun Yuan entered, he immediately caught the attention of the group of monkeys. Although Sun Yuan had some reputation among some older monkeys, in the eyes of other monkeys, especially those from other mountain peaks, he was just a legendary figure. Now that he suddenly appeared before their eyes, even with the noisy nature of the monkeys, the scene fell silent.

  The beautiful monkey king who was drinking with the group of monkeys discovered the anomaly in the first place. When he raised his head and saw the person clearly, a joyful color suddenly rushed to his face.

  "Yellow Monkey, you've arrived! Take a look at our home and see how it compares to your mountain cave? It's a hundred times better, isn't it? Today I became the Beautiful Monkey King. Why don't you stay here with me and I'll make you the Second Great King?" Seeing his old friend come down from the mountain, Stone Monkey suddenly felt a sense of pride on his face and excitedly jumped up from his seat.

  "You can make me the second king, but I'm not used to living in this place. It's damp and stuffy here. I still think it's more comfortable to live on top of the mountain." Sun Yuan walked in with big strides and sat down at the lower position below the Monkey King's seat.

  "I knew you'd say that, after a hundred years have passed, you still can't leave the windy environment on top of the mountain!" Monkey King was not deterred by the refusal and gestured to his subordinates to bring up a jug of fruit wine.