After a long while, Immortal Zhenyuan came back holding a turkey.

The ox demons surrounding Sun Wukong saw him and immediately panicked, scattering in all directions.

"Junior Brother."

Immortal Zhenyuan walked up to Sun Wukong and asked, "What were those ox demons doing around you?"

"Their Great King is in grave danger; they asked if I could shelter them."

Sun Wukong replied, "But I have promised Gold Star Taibai and cannot go back on my word."

The Demon Kingdom had already fallen. Sun Wukong told the demons to do good deeds in the human world for a few years. If they were lucky enough to not be caught by the Heavenly Soldiers, they could come to Huaguo Mountain.

"Immortal, is this the Phoenix?"

Sun Wukong looked at the turkey in Immortal Zhenyuan's hand.

Immortal Zhenyuan nodded: "This Phoenix has committed too many misdeeds and must pull my chariot for a hundred years before it can be free."

A hundred years would be more than enough for him to grow tired of playing with the chariot.

Sun Wukong looked at the turkey and said, "This is your good fortune."

The chance to follow Immortal Zhenyuan was something that came but could not be sought after, and the Phoenix didn't seem to have any complaints either.

Sun Wukong and Immortal Zhenyuan soon arrived at the battlefield.

The war in the Demon Kingdom had ended, the city was in ruins, demon corpses were everywhere, and the Bull Demon King was nowhere to be seen.

"I saw from afar the Bull Demon King using the Dharma Manifestation to battle with the Great Emperor Zhenwu," said Immortal Zhenyuan. "He did have some skills."

"Too bad he was still caught."

Sun Wukong shook his head.

He had seen the Great Emperor Zhenwu take the Bull Demon King away with his own eyes. With the Bull Demon King's vast divine skills described in the Heavenly Book, losing to the Great Emperor Zhenwu so quickly was somewhat surprising to him.

After observing the battlefield for a while, Sun Wukong left with Immortal Zhenyuan.

A long time after they departed, a pangolin emerged from beneath the ruins.

The pangolin changed shape and turned back into the Bull Demon King.

"That damned monkey almost got me killed; luckily, I have my 72 Transformations."

The Bull Demon King, touching his head, felt extremely distressed.

One of his ox horns was gone. Those horns were not ordinary; they could be said to be his two lifelines.

In order to escape from the hands of the Great Emperor Zhenwu, he transformed one ox horn into his real body, which the Great Emperor Zhenwu took back.

Without his horn, his demonic power greatly diminished, but more importantly—he had lost face.

"Sigh… I'll go find a deer antler to make do for now."

The Bull Demon King found the direction and transformed into a white light, leaving the battlefield.

Sun Wukong and Immortal Zhenyuan headed back to Huaguo Mountain. Along the way, Sun Wukong made a trip to the Kingdom of Aolai and took a government-official-clad elder with him.

"Junior Brother, what are you doing?"

Immortal Zhenyuan furrowed his brows and asked.

"This is the Tai Yue Ling from the Kingdom of Aolai's music department..."

Sun Wukong answered, "I'm inviting him to Huaguo Mountain to teach music."

The Demon Fox Clan in Huaguo Mountain had recently come up with new antics and asked Sun Wukong to find them a music teacher. The King of the Kingdom of Aolai recommended this highly respected Tai Yue Ling.

Tai Yue Ling had traveled to various countries in his youth and had a profound understanding of music.

He bowed in respect to Immortal Zhenyuan, but Immortal Zhenyuan was not very interested in mortals and quickly hid away upon returning to Huaguo Mountain.

"Is there really a need to hurry like that..."

Sun Wukong slightly shook his head and landed with the Tai Yue Ling outside the territory of the Demon Fox Clan.

A monk caught his attention.

"Elder Guang Hui, what are you doing here?"

Sun Wukong asked.

Chanting Buddhist scriptures, Guang Hui said, "After the Monkey King left, this poor monk was returning to the temple. I heard singing on the way, so I came over to have a look."

Sun Wukong also heard the singing of the little demon foxes.

It was a beautiful, yet very noisy song, with many voices intertwined.

The singing soon stopped, and upon spotting Sun Wukong, the little demons all ran out.

"Great King."

They warmly welcomed Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong asked them, "What were you just singing?"

"Singing about Sister Daji."

The little demons answered, "We were singing about her beauty."

Sun Wukong thought to himself, it seems I did not hear wrong.

After Daji came out, Sun Wukong asked her and learned that Daji had always enjoyed listening to songs.

In recent years, she felt that one little demon was not enough for her, so she asked groups of little demons to sing to her.

"I really wish choral singing hadn't originated this way..."

Sun Wukong couldn't help but think.

Apart from a group of monks chanting scriptures, Sun Wukong had never heard choral singing before.

In the records of the Heavenly Book, he had caught a glimpse of future musical history and was aware of the importance of choral singing.

"Master."

Sun Wukong inquired of the Master of Music, "Have you ever heard such choral singing?"

The Master of Music shook his head, while cooperation in playing musical instruments could be seen, there was no tradition of choral singing in human nations.

"This is nonsense."

The Master of Music said, considering choral singing as heresy.

Sun Wukong secretly felt melancholic, the technological advancements of Huaguo Mountain seemed to gradually bring about cultural prosperity and change.

Regardless of the original intentions, choral singing was a good start, and he was happy about it in his heart.

"Daji, you can continue to promote choral singing."

Sun Wukong said to Daji.

He had never listened to the music described in the Heavenly Book, but he had seen many textual descriptions.

The beauty of the music described in those texts often intoxicated people, making them wish they could hear it in person.

Sun Wukong recalled some information about choral singing and shared it with Daji.

Daji had a natural talent for music and understood it instantly.

The Master of Music also listened for a long time on the side, and after Sun Wukong finished talking, he suddenly sighed and requested to be sent back.

"Why does master want to go back?"

Sun Wukong was surprised in his heart.

The Master of Music shook his head: "The name Wise Monkey is truly deserved, your understanding of music is deeper than mine, why bother inviting this old man over."

Sun Wukong couldn't help but laugh.

"I just have a bit of verbal skill, how can I compare with the master."

He didn't know much about music, he could provide some advice, but the development of musical art ultimately had to rely on these experts.

After Sun Wukong's repeated persuasion, the Master of Music still stayed behind.

Guang Hui saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

The more he understood the Monkey King, the more he was convinced by his magnanimity.

Everything the Monkey King did was civil and good-natured, not losing to them, the monks.

Deep into the night, Guang Hui was alone, striking the wooden fish.

"I pray for Buddha's mercy, please save me."

As Guang Hui chanted the scriptures, he prayed from the bottom of his heart.

His original intention was to teach the Monkey King Buddhist Law, but as they spent more time together, instead, it was he who was convinced by the Monkey King.

The wisdom of the Monkey King was like an ocean; the closer he got, the more likely he was to be drawn into it.

Guang Hui was at a loss, the Monkey King embodied a vast and unknown philosophy that seemed deeper than Buddhism itself, shaking his faith.

If this continued, he would surely fall into the abyss.

Guang Hui prayed devoutly, hoping for Buddha to show him the way.

Suddenly, a young voice rang out.

"Let me guide you then..."

In the pitch-black room, Buddha Light shone, revealing the true form of the elder.

Seeing the elder's appearance clearly, Guang Hui exclaimed with excitement and prostrated himself on the ground.

"Elder Jin Chan!"

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