Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System
Chapter 90 The Struggle Between Good and Evil

Chapter 90: Chapter 90 The Struggle Between Good and Evil

[You’ve opened a fifth-order treasure chest, congratulations on obtaining Staff Path Law Insight (Triple), Archery Path Law Insight (Triple), Dao of Artifacts Insight (Single), Formation Path Law Insight (Single)]

[You’ve opened a fifth-order treasure chest, congratulations on obtaining physical cultivation (mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal), Primordial Spirit cultivation (mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal), the resentment of the White Crane Disciple]

[You’ve opened a fifth-order treasure chest, congratulations on obtaining a nine-thousand-year-old flat peach]

[You’ve opened a fifth-order treasure chest, congratulations on obtaining the Coiled Dragon Staff (Superior-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure), the worries of the Southern Extremity Longevity Star]

Hearing these prompts, Sun Wukong was so delighted that he scratched his head and cheeks.

He could clearly feel his body and Primordial Spirit becoming stronger, and his grasp of the four Great Path Laws had also significantly improved.

If he kept adding to his abilities like this, it shouldn’t take long before both his cultivation and mastery of the laws would break through.

Then he happily ate a nine-thousand-year-old flat peach, but still, felt it wasn’t enough to satisfy him.

He looked in the direction of the flat peach garden but eventually held back.

As for the Coiled Dragon Staff, Sun Wukong knew at a glance it was just like the one the Southern Extremity Longevity Star had.

This wooden treasure wasn’t much use to him; it wasn’t even as good as the Blood-Transforming God Knife, so he could only keep it as material for artifact refining, to be melted down and reforged into other magical treasures.

"Hmm, worries, what’s this old man worried about?" Sun Wukong scratched his head and checked the additional memories in his mind.

In an instant, he knew everything. It turned out that after the Chan Teaching Saint left the Three Realms, he entrusted the affairs of the Chan Teaching to his eldest disciple, the Southern Extremity Longevity Star. However, at that time, the True Immortal Yun Zhongzi was also one of the candidates to take charge of the Chan Teaching.

So the Southern Extremity Longevity Star worried that now, after Chan Teaching had repeatedly lost face in public, if the Saint above became discontent and issued a decree, his powers could likely be stripped away.

"These two master and disciple are both petty, squabbling over every detail." Sun Wukong had utter disdain and also took note of Yun Zhongzi’s situation; this guy was a rival to the Southern Extremity Longevity Star and might provide an opportunity to stir up trouble within the Chan Teaching in the future.

After finishing with the treasure chests, he didn’t forget to show off to his senior netizens on Zhihu.

After all, his continued ability to solve cases benefited from the consistent help of his friends on Zhihu.

Of course, more importantly, he had been promoted and needed to tell even more people.

After activating the Listening Persuasion system, Sun Wukong connected his consciousness to Zhihu and quickly posted a message.

"I am Sun Wukong, I have recently cracked the case of the Heavenly Weapons smuggling and the murder of Deng Hua, and the Jade Emperor has promoted me to Vice Hall Master of the Refining Fire Hall, may I ask if the seniors here have any advice?"

As before, he included a brief summary of the investigation and the truth about the cases, as well as the matter of the White Crane Disciple turning to demonic ways, in the query.

Before long, many netizens replied.

The Strongest Yiyi Monster in Huaxia: "You’ve done all the work, what else is there to advise? You’re just here to show off again, aren’t you, you monkey?"

Akam’s Genius Loci: "Someone guessed right last time, this little one really has been muddled by Yuan Shi."

San You Products: "This kid claims to have integrity, but he’s still not clear about his own status. Being a plaything and mount for a Saint in the mythical world is his privilege."

"Privilege? He’s truly lost his backbone!" Sun Wukong read the comment and immediately judged this netizen to be incompetent, someone who only knew how to amuse others.

He continued reading the responses.

Detective Kofu Bopoelmo Lornans: "I’ve followed all of the topic owner’s posts; they’re very interesting. But I’ve noticed a problem with the topic owner’s recent simulations.

If Sun Wukong and the Six-Eared Macaque are one and the same, knowing the same things, why would the Demon Cult need Earth Driller and the White Crane Disciple to get the Spirit Guiding Instrument refining method? Doesn’t Six-Eared know it already?"

Coastal Sunset: "The detective above has really stacked the amplification high... even the name is flashy...."

Pacific General: "The detective is so right; I’ve always felt this was a big problem."

What is Love and Sentiment: "Six-Eared and Sun Wukong level up in sync. It feels like this freeloader setting makes Six-Eared way too comfortable, and even I, Waterma, want to smash the table!"

Blossoms on the Other Shore Reflecting Yearning: "Hurry up and let Sun Wukong kill Six-Eared. It’s disgusting me to death!"

Gu Jiuyi: "Freeloading is the most disgusting!"

"Everything that I can do, does Six-Eared also know?" Sun Wukong scratched his face, how come he didn’t know?

Last time, when he and the Demon King joined forces at the Ice-Fire Island in the Northern Darklands to besiege Six-Eared, he discovered there were indeed differences between them.

For instance, he could turn the Ruyi Jingu Bang into a wishful pocket, but Six-Eared couldn’t.

Continued to read the following replies.

Neighbor Wang Selling Tobacco and Alcohol: "I think the strength of Six-Eared Macaque and Sun Wukong isn’t necessarily equal, but more like a balance scale mode.

Sun Wukong could likely easily defeat Six-Eared, and this is reflected in both ’The True and False Monkey King’ and the sequels.

In ’The True and False Monkey King,’ to deal with the imposter Six-Eared, Sun Wukong sought help from Guanyin, the Jade Emperor, De Listening, and eventually found Tathagata Buddha.

Everyone, notice that after Tathagata covered Six-Eared with a bowl, Sun Wukong killed him with a single strike of his staff.

Note, it was with a single strike.

If their strengths were equal, could Six-Eared have been killed with one strike?

Regarding the sequels, Six-Eared, as the Black Lotus Messenger, under the command of Buddha Wutian, pretended to be Zhu Bajie, followed Sun Wukong around, and ended up being exposed and killed by Sun Wukong in the caves of Fruit Mountain!

Both times he was easily killed by Sun Wukong, can we still say their strength was the same?"

China’s Strongest Whiner: "Don’t beat around the bush, just spill it, come on."

Peeing Into the Wind: "Knocked, where are you? You’re even worse than the author who leaves cliffs, drag him out and execute him by firing squad for ten minutes!"

The Wheel Crushed My Face: "Bro, don’t stop here, where’s the rest? Why could Sun Wukong easily kill Six-Eared later on?"

"Hey! This senior is truly impatient!" Sun Wukong also became anxious, scratching his head and cheeks.

This Neighbor Wang senior seemed to know quite a bit about his and Six-Eared’s future, almost as knowledgeable as the All-Knowing Senior of the Vast Wilderness. He might help him understand more about Six-Eared.

But it wasn’t long before a reply came.

Neighbor Wang Selling Tobacco and Alcohol: "Here it comes, the continuation is here. My ’Two-Finger Zen’ typing is too slow, please forgive me.

Picking up from where we left off, I think it’s akin to a balance scale mode of good versus evil, with good and evil serving as the two ends of the scale.

When the good thoughts are strong, Sun Wukong is strong.

When the evil thoughts are strong, Six-Eared Macaque is strong.

Remember last time a bro talked about the Three Corpses theory, saying that after Sun Wukong’s evil thoughts split off and became Six-Eared Macaque, his current state is actually dominated by self-thought and aided by good thoughts,

so he’s still impulsive and driven by his emotions, not purely good.

Based on this theory, we can deduce that Sun Wukong, being influenced by desire, could still potentially commit evil deeds in the future.

Six-Eared, on the other hand, wants Sun Wukong to commit evil deeds to make evil thoughts stronger, then reunite with him, a process called ’cutting off the demon to return to the original,’ thereby becoming an entity driven by evil thoughts.

This outcome, where evil thoughts overcome good thoughts, is exactly what Six-Eared is hoping for. But clearly, he lost.

In ’The True and False Monkey King,’ Sun Wukong was so angered by Tang Sanzang that his evil thoughts surged, thus Six-Eared came out.

When Six-Eared caused a big fuss, Sun Wukong found he couldn’t subdue him, and even the Jade Emperor and Guanyin couldn’t tell who was real and who was the imposter because there was no true or false; they were both Sun Wukong.

It wasn’t until they went to the Underworld that De Listening figured it out, but his approach was a bit puzzling. Ksitigarbha was right there, with so many big shots of the Underworld present, were they really afraid they couldn’t subdue the fake Wukong?

So in the end, the matter was brought to Tathagata Buddha."

A Million Readers: "Damn, you’ve cut off again! Did you go take a dump?"