Chapter 9: Sudden Conflict

  "Journey to the West world! The Buddha's words are true, a thought blooms into a flower, and a grain of sand is a world. This small, thin sheet of golden paper is indeed a world unto itself, it's truly crazy! With this small world in hand, I can now cultivate the 'Summoning Scripture of Journey to the West'! At that time, all those useless trash who couldn't cultivate will be gone! I, Sun Tao, am not a useless person. I, Sun Tao, am a genius who has grasped the heavenly secrets from 'Journey to the West', otherwise I wouldn't have been struck by lightning and transported to this strange and wonderful world where I can cultivate." Sun Tao's consciousness withdrew from the sea of his mind, his divine sense returned to reality, and he looked at the rough stone slab above him, muttering to himself with some self-admiration.

  Sun Tuo is an optimist, for the shocking secrets in "Journey to the West", he can stay up all night, lighting lamps and exploring the hidden secrets in Wu Cheng'en's manuscript. Although he is now considered a useless person who cannot cultivate by others, he is not one to give up easily. The path of immortality and invincibility may be difficult, but it won't defeat him. He will face the challenges head-on and create a bright future for himself. Proving that Sun Tuo is not a waste of Cloudy Peak Sect.

  "The Cultivation of the Summoning Scripture of Journey to the West" cultivates one's divine thoughts. With strong divine thoughts, one can communicate well with the world of Journey to the West and summon all living creatures in it through powerful willpower. I just don't know what level my current cultivation of "The Summoning Scripture of Journey to the West" has reached. Is it the entry-level realm for summoning small demons as recorded in the book?

  Sun Wei cleared his mind, planned out his path forward, and thought that he had also just entered the cultivation hall. He didn't know what level he had reached in cultivating "The Summoning Scripture of Journey to the West" or whether he could summon creatures from the world of Journey to the West. Looking up at the ceiling, he muttered to himself.

  At this moment, Sun Tao's vertebra was broken by Wang Hu, an outer disciple of Yunlan Sect. Although he had the divine elixir of Yunlan Sect, because his body couldn't condense true yuan to dissolve the miraculous effect of 'Pei Yuan Dan', his recovery speed was extremely slow. Otherwise, he could try out his cultivation of 'Summoning Western Treasure Canon' and see if it really could summon a small demon.

  One downfall, and Sun Tuo finally understood the coldness of human relationships and the cruelty of the world. When his parents were alive, all the good friends who surrounded him had left one by one, and even a humble outer sect disciple could bully him at will. This made him extremely resentful in his heart, especially Wu Jin, an inner sect disciple who ruined his dantian. This grudge was something that he would never forgive, no matter what kind of hatred there was between Wu Jin and the deadbeat Sun Tuo. It was precisely because Wu Jin had destroyed Sun Tuo's dantian, ruining his foundation, and making him lose the chance to achieve immortality, that he could only cultivate the "Summoning Western Treasure Classic". Every time he thought about this, Sun Tuo's teeth would grit with a cracking sound, all because of Wu Jin's despicable actions, which made it impossible for him to cultivate, and now he had to lie in bed unable to move, without anyone to take care of him. It was truly detestable.

  Arriving in this strange world, Wu Jin and Wang Hu are deeply engraved in Sun Tao's mind. This is the hatred of destroying the dantian, the hatred of breaking the spine, no matter what it takes to avenge that dead ghost Sun Tao, he will always have to repay this debt of blood and bone.

  Cultivating spiritual power, the tempered is just the mind's thoughts, making one's sea of consciousness expand. Sun Tao's hatred for Wu Jin and Wang Hu was etched in his bones, thinking about it, Sun Tao felt his head was heavy and dull, leaning against the pillow, unknowingly, his half-closed eyes closed completely. Perhaps he was too tired, previously tempering the Journey to the West world, twice entering the Journey to the West world, the little spiritual power he accumulated was almost all consumed, physically and mentally exhausted, plus being in an unfamiliar world for less than half a minute, he fell asleep, vaguely hearing a steady breathing sound.

  At dawn, the east was slightly white, and the first ray of morning light entered Sun Tao's large stone room. Sun Tao opened his tightly closed eyes. "This sleep is really good! I slept all the way to daylight."

  "Ow... I'm dying, that damned Wang Hu, struck by lightning, hit me in a bad spot, had to break my spine, now even stretching is unbearable." Rubbing his somewhat blurry eyes from sleep, Sun Tao hadn't slept well since getting the original manuscript of "Journey to the West", every day he stayed up till midnight or later. Now that he finally got a good night's sleep, he woke up as a useless person, couldn't even stretch without being in agony, Sun Tao was suffering all over and felt like dying.

  "It won't work here, someone has to take care of me, otherwise it's hard to even move or turn over, and I don't know how much longer I'll be stuck in this bed."

  "Damn it, what kind of evil had Sun Tao done in his past life? A big sect like Yunlan Sect doesn't even have one person to take care of him. Luckily, there was a disciple who came to take care of him, but he ran away! No one is serving tea or meals, relying only on that nutritious 'Bugu Dan'. When will these injuries heal?! Sun Tao shrank his body and lay back down on the bed, his pale face twisted in pain. He couldn't help but curse under his breath, thinking about how Zhang Shan from the sect had run away. This sect really has no human touch, or is it just that dead ghost Sun Tao who is particularly unwelcome in Yunlan Sect?"

  Think about it, scold about it? One's own problems still need to be solved, relying on heaven and earth is not as good as relying on oneself. Sun Tuo's thoughts are becoming more active again. In Yunlan Sect, isn't there anyone taking care of him? Then he can summon a little demon from the Journey to the West world to take care of his daily life!

  "I've finally started 'Summoning the Western Journey Treasure'! I just don't know what kind of creature I'll be able to summon, it would be awesome if I could summon that Stone Monkey Sun Wukong! After a night's rest, Sun Tao's depleted spiritual energy had recovered, and he could try summoning all sorts of creatures from the world of Journey to the West. Sun Tao's face was filled with anxiety as he said this."

  Sun Tao silently recited the incantation to summon the Western Treasure Manual, his mind sinking into the thin golden paper in the sea of recognition. He lightly shouted "Transform!" and a gray beam of light shot out from the golden paper, then from Sun Tao's brow. The gray light circled around the stone room, landed on the ground, and a fluffy object appeared in Sun Tao's stone room.

  "Huh! It worked! This 'Summoning Journey to the West Treasure' really works, and it actually summoned a little monkey. Unfortunately, it's not Sun Wukong that stone monkey." Looking at the fluffy little monkey on the ground, shaking its body, with its clever big eyes scanning around, Sun Tao met its gaze, and suddenly couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "Isn't this the little monkey from Journey to the West?"

  In the stone room, a little monkey suddenly appeared, initially with a bewildered face, not knowing how he suddenly appeared here. His eyes rolled around in confusion, and when his eyes met Sun Tiao's, Sun Tiao felt a very intimate feeling. The little monkey jumped up to Sun Tiao, curiously staring at him with all his might.

  "I've consumed more than half of my spiritual energy to summon a small monkey from the world of Journey to the West. This must be my limit for now, I need to work harder to cultivate if I want to summon Sun Wukong, the stone monkey!" As he glanced at the little monkey that had rushed before him, Sun Tao felt the spiritual energy in his mind sea and saw that it had been depleted by more than half. A hint of relief appeared on Sun Tao's slightly pale face.

  "Go and fetch me a bucket of water." Looking at the little monkey, half the height of a person, with golden fur, Sun Tao shouted his order.

  "Squeak, squeak..." Hearing Sun Tao's commanding voice, the little monkey rushed towards Sun Tao with a burst of shrill cries, its fluffy paws waving wildly in the air before jumping out.

  "Can this little monkey understand what he says?" Looking at the little monkey leaving the stone room, Sun Tao was in a daze.

  The little monkey of the half-bowl tea, that little monkey somehow found a banana leaf from somewhere, held it with its paws, filled with half a bowl of clear water inside, carefully brought to Sun Tao's front, and then another burst of "squeaky" calls, as if calling Sun Tao to drink water.

  Sun Wukong understood what was on his mind, and when he stretched his head into the banana leaf, the little monkey would feed Sun Wukong water to drink. After drinking that small half bowl of water, Sun Wukong couldn't help but sigh, this little monkey is really clever, unfortunately, it's a pity that it can't accompany him to talk and relieve boredom.

  "You're so agile, and you're the first creature I've summoned from the Journey to the West world. From now on, my daily life won't be complete without your care, so let me give you a name! Your fur is golden yellow, so I'll call you Little Gold!" Looking at the little monkey's agility and ability to understand human language, Sun Wukong couldn't help but exclaim.

  The little monkey tilted its head and thought for a moment, then suddenly shouted and jumped in the stone room, very intimately using its head to rub Sun Tao's face, as if thanking Sun Tao for giving him a name.

  With Xiao Jin around, Sun Tao's days lying in bed were no longer so boring. He could talk to Xiao Jin and the time would pass quickly. Then Xiao Jin would stay in Sun Tao's stone room for only an hour before turning back into a gray light that shot into Sun Tao's brow and disappeared. This living being summoned from the Journey to the West world couldn't exist permanently in this world, when the time was up, he would return to the Journey to the West world again.

  After Xiao Jin left, Sun Tao lost a conversation partner. He immersed his mind back into the Journey to the West in the sea of consciousness, but he could only see the monkeys playing in the Flower and Fruit Mountain paradise in the world of Journey to the West, including that little gold. What made Sun Tao depressed was that he couldn't summon that little gold again. After staying for a while in the Journey to the West, looking at the surrounding scenery, Sun Tao was once again excluded by the power of the world in the Journey to the West.

  After repeated attempts, Sun Tao's divine sense was repeatedly immersed in the world of Journey to the West, and was repeatedly excluded by the power of the world of Journey to the West. Sun Tao found that with his current divine sense, he could only summon a creature from the world of Journey to the West once a day, and it would only exist for one hour.

  After resting for a night, early the next morning, Sun Tao was chanting the true words again, his mind immersed in the world of Journey to the West. He summoned out that little golden creature and this time didn't ask it to fetch water for him to drink, but instead told it to find some wild fruits to fill his hunger. Having wild fruits was much better than eating those " Valley-sealing pills", which would be beneficial for his injury recovery.

  In this way, Sun Tiao quietly stayed in the Yunlan Sect, having become a useless person to them, with no one paying attention to him. Sun Tiao was happy and carefree. Every day, Xiao Jin would go out to find some fresh fruit for him to eat, and the days passed quickly, with half a month passing by in the blink of an eye. Under Xiao Jin's care, the injury on Sun Tiao's spine had almost healed, allowing him to walk around simply, without having to stay in his stone room all day, never seeing the sunlight.

  "Little Jin, you're back! What wild fruits have you brought for me today?" Outside Sun Tao's stone room was a slightly empty courtyard, which was the only place left by his parents for him to practice. The stone room was surrounded by fragrant flowers and bamboo forests, with several green pines and cypresses scattered among them, giving off a poetic atmosphere. As soon as Sun Tao came out of the house, he saw Little Jin transform into a golden light flashing from afar, and its shiny golden fur was particularly eye-catching as it ran towards him. Seeing Little Jin return, Sun Tao's face lit up with joy.

  "Rustle... rustle... rustle..."

  That little golden creature rushed into the courtyard where Sun Tao was, its face full of panic and disorder as it let out a series of strange cries towards Sun Tao. Its fur was somewhat disheveled, and from time to time it would turn its head back to look around, as if there was something terrifying behind it.

  "Xiao Jin, what's wrong? What happened?" Sun Tuo asked with a concerned face as he saw that Xiao Jin was not in the right state.

  Listening to Sun Tao's inquiry, Xiao Jin was making a strange cry, his body hiding behind Sun Tao, with a fearful face staring at the front, gesturing and drawing something.

  "Come quickly, I've found it! That little monkey has run this way!"

  "Huh, isn't this the stone room where that useless Sun Tao lives? How did that little monkey end up here?"

  Just as Sun Tuo was full of doubts, a hurried footsteps came from afar, and several figures rushed quickly towards the quiet courtyard.

  "Really, this little monkey is actually here! Hmm? No way, how did this little monkey hide behind that waste, seemingly familiar with it?" A disciple wearing the uniform of the Inner Gate Elite walked towards Sun Tao's small courtyard, surrounded by several Outer Gate disciples. This group of uninvited guests glanced around the quiet courtyard in disarray, and when they saw Little Jin hiding behind Sun Tao, someone suddenly exclaimed.

  "Trash, is this little monkey yours?" Only to see the leading inner door elite disciple pushing through the crowd and asking Sun Tao with a proud expression.

  "Get out, Zhang Yue! You're not welcome here. Get out!" Sun Tao's face was instantly covered with a cold frost as he scolded the arrogant young man.

  This person is an inner disciple of Yunlan Sect, and has a grudge against Sun Tuo. After the accidental death of Sun Tuo's parents, he often came to find trouble with him. His dantian was destroyed, and the first one to jump out and humiliate him, scolding him as a waste, is Zhang Yue.

  "Hmph... our trash is still arrogant, daring to drive us away. It seems that the lesson from a few days ago was not enough! You two, go and capture this little monkey, send it to Yu Yan Shimei. This Zhu Feng has such a spiritual small animal, Yu Yan Shimei must like it." Zhang Yue directly ignored Sun Tao's angry stare, turned around and ordered the several outer door disciples behind him.

  "Rustle... rustle..."

  Having received Zhang Yue's order, the several outer door disciples took big strides forward and reached out to grab Xiao Jin, the little monkey behind Sun Tao. This little monkey had been frightened before, and now seeing someone reaching for it again, it let out a series of strange cries while clinging to Sun Tao's clothes, its eyes full of fear.

  "Get out, get out, you guys get out of here! This is Zhufeng, not a place for you to be reckless. Hurry up and get out!" Seeing those few lowly outer sect disciples sneaking up behind Xiao Jin with wicked grins, Sun Tao's face turned stern as he rebuked them in anger.

  "You, a useless piece of trash who can't even cultivate, dare to tell us to scram? Are you tired of living or is your skin itching for a beating?" A young man with a sturdy build, wearing a short jacket that revealed his muscular physique, sneered at Sun Tao with disdain.

  "Scram, don't interfere with the masters' business, or you'll get a beating again!" Another outer sect disciple saw Sun Tao protecting the little monkey and swung his hand at Sun Tao, trying to provoke him into making a mistake.