Starting Off By Confessing To My Classmate's Mother

"Yes, I have read the original work of Journey to the West and have sorted out a lot of thoughts about many details."

Li Zhiyan's words made Li Mingzhang's eyes light up. There was actually a young man who could read the original Journey to the West?

Then, he began to chat with Li Zhiyan about Journey to the West. After chatting, he realized that this kid was quite knowledgeable! Some of the perspectives of looking at Journey to the West were things he had never thought of!

"In fact, these four masters and apprentices are not good people."

"The Yellow Lion Demon is a good demon himself."

"In all these years, he has never disturbed others, never killed anyone, and never caused chaos."

"He has to buy food, and has to farm for farmers to make money!"

"Just because he stole a few weapons, he was hunted down and killed by Sun Wukong, and his entire family was executed."

"Finally, the Yellow Lion Demon didn't want to live alone in the world, so he launched a suicide attack on Sun Wukong!"

"The experience of the Yellow Lion Demon shows that it is really hard to be a monster without a backer. Even if he did one wrong thing, he would end up with his entire family being executed. It is really sad. Just like in today's society, if you don't have a background, it is really difficult to move forward."

Li Mingzhang felt deeply that his own career was actually walking on thin ice. From being a professor in the Chinese Department of the Normal University to entering the official career, I have experienced too much hardship.

"That's very well said!"

"Brother Li, who do you think is the most pitiful person in Journey to the West?"

At this moment, Li Mingzhang was drunk and having a great time chatting with Li Zhiyan. He had already become a close friend.

"The most unfortunate thing, I think, is that Xingxian was killed by Zhu Bajie, who just wanted to make a contribution, with his nose."

"In the 64th chapter of the original novel, not far from the Little Leiyin Temple, Tang Seng and his companions entered a temple gate. At this time, the land god appeared and took out food to entertain the pilgrims."

"When the four tree spirits entertained Tang Monk."

"The gentle and kind Xingxian has come out."

"Several tree spirits asked: 'Where did the Xingxian come from?'"

"Xingxian replied: 'I know there are distinguished guests here to entertain you, so I came to visit you and ask to see you.'"

Rao Shiyun's heart was beating fast. She didn't expect that Li Zhiyan could know so much about Journey to the West!

She originally thought that Journey to the West was something that everyone knew, but now she found that she seemed to understand nothing.

In front of Xiaoyan, I seem so ignorant. The piece of watermelon in Wang Shangyan's hand stayed there. Being able to have such a deep conversation with a Chinese professor!

Moreover, this child can actually remember the original text of Journey to the West! What kind of talent is this? As expected of a young man with great potential, he is a talent no matter where he is.

Li Zhiyan continued, "That night, the five tree spirits and Monk Tang chanted poems and composed couplets until morning."

"Looking at the handsome Tang Monk and beautiful Xingxian, the four of them decided to bring them together for marriage."

"Xingxian has never harmed anyone. She is kind and gentle by nature, and she is quite talented."

"But at daybreak."

"Sun Wukong is here."

"With just one shout, He scared away several tree spirits and apricot fairies."

"Tang Seng told Sun Wukong and his friends everything he encountered that night. They found a big cypress tree, an old cypress, an old pine, an old bamboo nearby, and a red maple behind the bamboo. Looking over the cliff, there was also an old apricot tree, two wintersweets, and two red osmanthus trees."

Li Mingzhang listened attentively. Wang Shangyan couldn't calm down. Li Zhiyan could even remember the types of monsters. How deep must he have studied?

This kid is only 18 years old, how can he be so knowledgeable?

"The original text says, 'After hearing this, Bajie, regardless of good or bad, used his hammer and three or five long beaks to knock down the two wintersweets, the red osmanthus, the old apricot, and the maple poplar. Sure enough, there was blood under the roots. Finally, he used a rake to rake them one by one, and only left after he was sure that they were all dead!'"

"This Zhu Bajie is the character I hate the most. He is completely different from the one in the 1986 version of Journey to the West."

Li Mingzhang said excitedly: "Well said!"

"Brother Li, come, let's have a drink together."

Li Zhiyan didn't hesitate and had a drink with Li Mingzhang.

"By the way, Brother Li, have you ever studied the issue of the once-every-five-hundred-years calamity in Journey to the West?"

"There are so many Buddhists. They talk about how they survived the calamity that occurred every five hundred years before the Journey to the West."

"Under normal circumstances, Buddhism has no means to resist the heavenly calamity and should have been extinct."

"Director Li, I have actually studied this issue before."

"There are many ways to fight against the calamity in Journey to the West."

"Except for peaches and ginseng fruit."

"There are two more methods shown in the original book."

"For example, the birthday star secretly sent his mount down to earth to steal children's hearts and livers to eat or make elixirs. This is a way to prolong life."

"And there's Guanyin. She secretly asked the goldfish in the pond to go down to the mortal world to find young boys and girls. Maybe it has something to do with extending life."

Li Mingzhang slammed the table.

"Now that you've said that, it suddenly dawned on me that there isn't a single good thing among all those gods and Buddhas in the sky!"

"That's right. The way Buddhism survives the calamity is probably to eat the flesh of golden cicadas."

"When they were in the Lion Country, Dapeng Eagle said that they must not scare Tang Monk."

"Tang Monk cannot stand being threatened. Once he is frightened, his meat will become sour and he will not be able to eat."

"You have to wait until the sky is cloudy and you have some free time."

"Tang Seng should be steamed before eating."

"Take it out, clean it, blow it and beat it carefully before eating it."

"To eat Tang Monk, you have to steam him alive."

"The Peng bird is so experienced, it must have eaten Tang Monk's flesh before."

Li Mingzhang felt his scalp tingling.

"Yeah, why didn't I pay attention to so many details before!"

"But, there are 800 Arhats in Buddhism. With so many people, one golden cicada may not be enough to eat."

Listening to their conversation, Wang Shangyan became more and more uneasy. How could this child have such profound knowledge?

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