Chapter 24: Disciple Six Ears (Part 1)

  If you can recruit Liu Erlang as an assistant, you should be able to gain great benefits for yourself in the Sealing God's Calamity.

  "But to subdue the Six Eared Macaque would require far more effort than subduing the Year Beast!" thought Shen Gongbao.

  Frowning and looking away, I only see the six-eared macaque and the year beast fighting inextricably, coming and going in a delightful battle. The demon tribe is just like the witch tribe, all of them are good at fierce fighting, with a crazy factor deep in their bones. At this time, the two beasts that have been fighting for a long time have already fought out real fire, clashing fiercely.

  The six-eared macaque is also a clever one, seeing that its iron rod hits the Nian beast's body like scratching an itch, it shifts its position and concentrates all its attacking force on the Nian beast's horns.

  The sharp horns of the Nian beast, although unmatched in sharpness, were only hardest at their tips. When combined with its extremely fast speed, they could become a deadly weapon. However, after being repeatedly struck by the six-eared macaque, it felt unbearable pain and let out waves of anguished howls.

  The six-eared macaque was not easy to deal with, and the year beast could temporarily suppress the five elements around it, causing the six-eared macaque's movement speed to drop instantly. Even if the six-eared macaque was on high alert, it would still occasionally fall into a trap, and then the year beast's massive tail would mercilessly strike down, pounding the six-eared macaque until it let out a loud cry.

  Shen Gong Bao felt very helpless, at this time the two beasts were fighting fiercely, and he temporarily had no powerful magic or skills to separate them, while also subduing the Six Ears Macaque.

  "This won't do, we must subdue the Six Eared Macaque as soon as possible!" Lord Shen Bao furrowed his brow in deep thought, racking his brains to come up with a good plan. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he gazed at the Six Eared Macaque with a sly smile, causing it to feel an eerie chill run down its spine despite being in the midst of a fierce battle.

  Then, Shen Gong Bao manipulated his internal energy and shouted loudly: "Liu Er Mihou, do you know the true meaning of the 'Law not passed to Liu Er' that Hong Jun Dao Zu passed down?"

  The six-eared macaque, who was in the midst of a fierce battle, suddenly heard Shen Gong Bao's loud roar and clearly heard the words "the law is not passed on to the six ears". His heart skipped a beat, and the speed of his iron rod swinging in his hand involuntarily slowed down, but he was caught off guard by the Year Beast's sudden punch and flew away.

  Just as the beast was about to attack again, Shengong Bao stopped it with a clever move, and thus the two were finally separated by Shengong Bao in this way.

  The six-eared macaque that got up also only felt a pain in its body, and after gnashing its teeth for a while, it stared at Shen Gongbao with its monkey eyes and said: "Stinky Taoist, what was the true meaning of the Dao Fa Zhi passed down by the ancestor back then?"

  All for the sake of a single sentence from the Dao Ancestor, Liu Er Mi Hou had eaten enough bitter fruit. He watched as various major demons and gods who were born around the same time as him had already cultivated to the point of defying heaven, but he himself was still only at the Tian Xian boundary after many years of arduous cultivation, all because no one dared to guide him, not even daring to exchange a few words with him.

  At this time, hearing Shengong Bao say so, could it be that the words of the Taoist ancestor had other meanings back then, and were not just prohibiting others from discussing their experiences in cultivating the Tao with him?

  Thus, the six-eared macaque could no longer afford to fight with the year beast, even if it was beaten, and hurriedly asked Shengong Bao to resolve its own confusion.

  Shen Gong Bao walked slowly forward, smiling: "You also understand the reason for the matter back then. It was just because you used your innate divine ability to secretly listen in on Hong Jun Dao Zu's lecture on the Great Way at Zi Xuan Palace, and were discovered by Hong Jun Dao Zu, which is why he said 'the law is not transmitted to six ears'!"

  The six-eared macaque nodded, "Not bad, back then Hong Jun Dao Zu hummed a tune that left my six ears deaf for a long time before they recovered!"

  Shen Gong Bao laughed and said, "In the past, Hong Jun Dao Zu indeed said that 'those who can reach Zixiao Palace are all destined to listen to the Tao', but you cannot cross the chaotic wind and fire in the void of chaos, nor can you reach Zixiao Palace. You are a person without destiny, yet you dared to eavesdrop on the Great Tao, so you were punished by Hong Jun Dao Zu."

  After a pause, Shen Gongbao continued: "However, the founder's words back then were just a joke, and it doesn't mean you can't cultivate!"

  "What?" The six-eared macaque's expression froze. "A jest? A single jest has caused you to suffer for so many years?"

  "Not bad, in my humble opinion, Daozu was indeed joking and did not cut off your path to cultivation!" Shengong said calmly.

  Liuer langhua slowly regained his composure and stared at Shen Gongbao, saying: "What evidence do you have? Why did I visit many wise sages to teach me before, but no one dared to accept me, not even Dong Huang Taiyi, the Emperor of the Demon Clan back then, didn't dare let me serve under his heavenly court?"

  "Heh heh, Hong Jun Dao Zu is a benevolent person. Back then, when he opened the Zixuan Palace and taught the 3,000 great ways to the people of the Primordial Chaos, it allowed them to cultivate their own paths, pursue the Heavenly Way, and achieve their wish of living as long as Heaven and Earth. Such a great love for all under heaven, how could he bother with petty calculations like you?"

  Shen Gong Bao looked at the six-eared macaque with a joyful expression and said, "It's just that even if everyone understands that Hong Jun Dao Zu is just a joke, no one dares to take you in. It's because of the majesty of Hong Jun Dao Zu that no one dares to provoke him. What if they make a wrong guess? Wouldn't it implicate themselves?"

  Liu Er Mi Hou listened, his face changing between joy and sorrow. After a long time, he sighed and said: "The founder's casual remark was actually a curse for Liu Er!"

  "No! No!" Duke Sheng Bao shook his head and said: "What is called good fortune is the source of calamity, and what is called calamity is the foundation of good fortune. When there is gain, there must be loss; when there is loss, there must also be gain."

  "What's going on?" The six-eared macaque asked in confusion.

  "You were born with six ears, the earliest of the four monkeys in the primordial chaos. Your talent defies heaven, you are good at listening to sounds, can discern reason, know the past and present, and all things are clear. Even the affairs within the Purple Heaven Palace of the Dao Ancestor can be heard. This is a gain, but also because of this, the Dao Ancestor joked about it, and from then on, the path of cultivation for a thousand years was extremely difficult. This is a loss. However, you were also able to safely survive the two great calamities since Pangu's creation of heaven (the Dragon Phoenix Initial Calamity and the Great War of Witchcraft) because of this. Otherwise, do you think you could have survived these two great calamities safely?"

  The six-eared macaque heard Shengong Bao's words and his heart was filled with a thousand thoughts, turning over restlessly. At times he thought of the joy of using his divine powers to eavesdrop on the world, at times he thought of the bitter hardships of his cultivation after being punished, and for a moment he couldn't help but feel overwhelmed with emotion.

  Thinking again about Shengong Bao's words, Liu Er Mihou was stunned. The Daozu did this to save himself, otherwise he would have also been reduced to ashes in the cycle of karma.

  In the year when heaven and earth first opened, many powerful warriors were born. At that time, the Dragon and Phoenix clans and the Qilin clan dominated the vast wilderness. There were countless masters, and numerous strong practitioners had reached the realm of Daluo Jinxian. However, after being schemed against by the ancient demon king Luo Hou, a great war broke out among the three clans, resulting in their talents dwindling away. The masters all became nothing but paintings after a thousand years of cultivation.

  The mighty Eastern Emperor of the Demon Clan, Taiyi, held the Chaotic Bell and proudly roared across the vast wilderness, but in the end, he too was reduced to nothing but ashes. The twelve Ancestors of the Witch Clan were each powerful enough to rival a quasi-Saint, yet they still couldn't escape the cycle of karma and cause-and-effect, ultimately meeting their demise in a shower of blood and bones.

  Apart from the great powers who have been in seclusion since birth, those who are active on the vast land of Honghuang, with entangled causes and effects, and have survived two major calamities, can be counted on one's fingers.

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