Journey to the West: Man in heaven, working nine to five

#935 - The tragedy of Huaguo Mountain and the sins of the seven monsters of Meishan

Sun Wukong's mind went blank at the sight of the bloody scene.

These familiar faces were the very children Sun Wukong had cherished the most!

Sun Wukong felt unbearably sad, tears streaming down his face.

“Great King, Great King, now that you are so powerful, can I go to the mountain next door and marry their monkey queen?”

“Great King, will we in Flower Fruit Mountain no longer be bullied in the future?”

“Great King…”

Sun Wukong's mind was filled with the voices of the little monkeys when they were by his side. He closed his eyes and seemed to see those monkey grandchildren running around happily in front of him.

But when he opened his eyes,

those familiar little monkeys had become bloody corpses, skinned and with their tendons pulled out, as well as charred, unrecognizable remains…

Tears welled up in Sun Wukong's eyes. He gritted his teeth, his gaze filled with blood-red fury.

“My children, what exactly happened?”

“Who exactly is harming my Flower Fruit Mountain? What exactly is going on with the people from the Heavenly Court you just mentioned?”

The old monkey sighed and said in a low voice:

“Great Sage Grandfather, this is a long story. Flower Fruit Mountain had been at peace for five hundred years. Although we didn't become kings or overlords, we were comfortable.”

“But just a few days ago, a group of gods suddenly came, claiming to have received orders from the Heavenly Court to punish us because the Great Sage had caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace.”

“It was the Seven Meishan Brothers who set fire to Flower Fruit Mountain and burned it down.”

The more Sun Wukong listened, the angrier he became. He roared and kicked away a stone bench next to him in fury.

Sun Wukong had become so angry that he lost his rationality.

In fact, he instinctively didn't want to believe this. After all, Chu Hao is now one of the Four Imperials of the Heavenly Court, and given Sun Wukong's relationship with Chu Hao,

under normal circumstances, the Heavenly Court should have spared Sun Wukong out of consideration for this relationship.

But now, it was the monkeys and grandchildren of his Flower Fruit Mountain who were telling him that it was people sent by the Heavenly Court, that it was the Seven Meishan Monsters who had led people to massacre his Flower Fruit Mountain!

How heartbroken was Sun Wukong!

If this had been the Sun Wukong of the past, he would have rushed directly to the Heavenly Court upon hearing this news and questioned the Jade Emperor.

However, although the current Sun Wukong's temperament remained unchanged, he had gained a bit more rationality and consideration.

Especially since Sun Wukong knew that the current Heavenly Court and Western Paradise were not as simple as he had imagined, and that his havoc in the Heavenly Palace back then was just a well-arranged amusement park.

Sun Wukong thought of another possibility.

Could it be that someone was interfering behind the scenes?

Unfortunately, Sun Wukong had no contact with the Heavenly Court and had no way to find the Seven Meishan Monsters to confront them. Moreover, that Erlang Shen was not someone Sun Wukong could easily meet.

This made Sun Wukong scratch his head in anxiety.

Sun Wukong looked at the old monkey again and asked urgently:

“The charred corpses all over the ground are because the Seven Meishan Monsters set fire to the mountain. Then who skinned these children?!”

“Didn't I leave behind Nine Revolutions Great Reviving Pills to create a Golden Immortal powerhouse to suppress Flower Fruit Mountain? Why are there still these freshly skinned children?!”

Sun Wukong's face was filled with furious intent, his teeth gnashing.

Logically speaking, the Seven Meishan Monsters should have come a few days ago. But these corpses all over the ground clearly weren't just from today. Some corpses were already close to being dried out.

Even if the Seven Meishan Monsters really came, they definitely wouldn't have the ability to instantly kill that promoted Golden Immortal monkey so easily.

Sun Wukong also saw that Golden Immortal monkey among the corpses. His death was simply too unsightly, even his head had been chopped off.

Now that Flower Fruit Mountain had died so decisively, Sun Wukong could feel the overwhelming malice.

Under Sun Wukong's relentless questioning, the old monkey only stammered, finally sighing.

“Even before the Seven Meishan Monsters came, we were already in dire straits. It has been like this for five hundred years.”

“Ever since the Great Sage captured the upper realm, we have been hunted by hunters, which has been truly unbearable! Even the monkey who ate the Great Reviving Pill was ambushed by hunters, skinned, had his tendons pulled out, and had his head chopped off to be eaten.”

“How can we withstand their hard crossbows and strong bows, yellow eagles and vicious dogs, nets and hooks, so we all cherish our lives and dare not show our faces.”

“We only hide deep in caves and stay far away in our nests. When hungry, we steal grass to eat on the slopes; when thirsty, we drink clear spring water under the ravines.”

“We were originally at peace, but then we encountered the Seven Meishan Monsters setting this great fire, and Flower Fruit Mountain suffered casualties everywhere, almost losing our lives.”

“We only came to meet you after hearing the Great Sage Grandfather's voice. Great Sage Grandfather, what exactly did we do wrong?”

Sun Wukong gnashed his teeth in anger, feeling even more miserable.

“Hunters? When I, Old Sun, came just now, I didn't see any hunters within a hundred miles. What exactly are their identities! What are their intentions!”

The old monkey sighed, his face filled with sorrow, and said:

“We don't know either. Not to mention within a hundred miles, even demon kings have come back to search, but even after searching through thousands of mountains and forests, they haven't found a single household.”

“Speaking of these hateful hunters! They take those of us who are shot with arrows or struck with spears, poisoned or beaten to death, and skin and bone them, stewing, steaming, frying, and stir-frying them to eat with their meals.”

“Or they take those who are caught in nets or traps alive, and teach them to jump through hoops and perform tricks, somersaulting and standing on their heads, beating gongs and drums in the streets, doing all sorts of tricks.”

“Flower Fruit Mountain has now become a laughingstock of the Demon Alliance. The supreme demon clan's sacred ground of the past has now become a hunting ground to be trampled upon by anyone.”

“Hmph, even if they hide in the nine heavens and ten earths, at the bottom of the abyss, I, Old Sun, will find them and make them pay with their lives!”

“How many of you are still on this mountain?”

The monkeys said: “Old and young, there are only about a thousand.”

The anger in Sun Wukong's heart was difficult to suppress, and his voice was extremely gloomy as he said:

“I had a total of forty-seven thousand demon groups and endless demon soldiers back then. Where have they all gone now?”

The monkeys sighed, and the old monkey said:

“When the Seven Meishan Monsters set the fire, we crouched in wells, drilled into ravines, and hid under iron bridges to save our lives.

By the time the fire died down and the smoke cleared, half of us had already died. Moreover, without the nourishment of Flower Fruit, it was difficult to survive, so a large portion went elsewhere, joining the Demon Alliance as slaves and servants.

Those of us who remained struggled to live in the mountains. In the past two years, half of us have been taken away by hunters. Now, not even one in ten remains.”

“Great King, if you had come back a few days later, Flower Fruit Mountain would no longer exist!”

After the old monkey finished speaking, tears streamed down his face, and he cried loudly.

The monkeys were also all grief-stricken!

Sun Wukong's eyes turned red as he watched!