A Tale of Encounters with Immortals: A Peach Blossom Temple in the Martial World

it's dark.

When the stars fill the sky, the moon is like a taut bowstring, stretching out its full length and shooting out countless rays of bright moonlight.

Bathed in moonlight, Zhang Zhengdao sat atop the highest point of the sand dune, watching a monkey and a woman confront each other, glaring at one another.

"Are you Brigitte Lin now?"

The monkey asked the woman holding the purple and green sword.

Woman: "I am Brigitte Lin."

The monkey laughed loudly: "Then I can kill you with a clear conscience, after all... you killed me once too."

Qingxia retorted, "I've killed many monkeys, how do I know if I killed you? If you want to kill me, then do it with your skills, stop talking nonsense."

"Great, that's awesome!"

As expected of the protagonist of this world, the monkey fought with Zixia all day without showing any fatigue. He became more and more courageous as the fight went on, and his golden cudgel stirred up the wind, blurring the moonlight.

Qingxia's Purple and Green Sword seemed to have gained a soul under the moonlight.

This fierce battle lasted a long time. Especially when a sliver of light reappeared on the horizon, Qingxia jumped out of the circle again and said to the monkey, "Stop! Wait for my sister Zixia to fight you!"

The monkey wasn't one to take advantage of people in distress.

He had fought with this woman for a day and a night, and it was a very enjoyable fight. He immediately said, "I'll wait for Zixia to wake up."

He sat down on the sand dune and watched Qingxia sitting cross-legged on the dune, her eyes closed, seemingly oblivious to the outside world.

Suddenly, the monkey said to Zhang Zhengdao, who was perched high on the sand dune, "Taoist, you've been watching all night. Who do you think is more skilled?"

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Your skills are superior."

The monkey laughed heartily: "You certainly know your stuff. Here you go—"

He casually tossed a peach to Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao took the peach, wiped it on his clothes, and said, "Good peach, tastes good. You treated me to a peach, so I'll treat you to a drink!"

He threw the purple gourd from his waist toward the monkey.

The monkey snatched it, took a swig, and looked at Zhang Zhengdao with a strange expression.

"Taoist, where did you get this wine?"

Zhang Zhengdao said, "During the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, I casually poured some fine wine into it. How did it taste? Wasn't it delicious?"

The monkey nodded: "No wonder it tastes familiar. I see. It seems that you, Taoist priest, have also achieved some success in your cultivation, which is why you were invited to the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet."

At this point, the monkey seemed somewhat moved, as if the events of his rampage in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago were still vivid in his mind.

"Back in the day, I, Old Sun, also attended the Peach Banquet and drank the finest wine. What a pity, what a pity..."

I don't know what he regrets.

Zhang Zhengdao also lay on the sand, looking at the sky, his hands behind his head, his legs crossed, and he said, "Back then... I had a disciple who, like you, also caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace..."

The monkey was taken aback and said, "He wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace just like me? No way, how is he now?"

Zhang Zhengdao pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "It's in another world. This world is just a part of a parallel universe."

The monkey was bewildered; it was a bit of a brain teaser.

"A parallel universe? What kind of world is that? Is there another world? A place even higher than the Thirty-Six Heavens?"

His cognitive abilities determine his potential.

Therefore, Zhang Zhengdao had no intention of explaining, because even if he did, Zhang wouldn't understand.

"maybe!"

As Zhang Zhengdao spoke, he took a bite of the peach.

At this moment, Zixia suddenly opened her eyes, turned her head and saw Zhang Zhengdao and the monkey.

"Taoist Priest!"

The moment Zixia Fairy saw Zhang Zhengdao, her eyes shone with a dazzling light, like a gemstone reflecting sunlight.

It was full of joy and tenderness.

"you're awake?"

Zhang Zhengdao smiled slightly as he looked at Fairy Zixia.

Fairy Zixia nodded, then turned to Sun Wukong and said, "Monkey, don't fight for now. I need to talk to the Taoist priest."

Sun Wukong: "I get along well with you, Daoist, and we're friends now, so I don't want to fight you for the time being. But I'll beat you eventually and get the Moonlight Box..."

It was the Moonlight Box again. Zixia suddenly took out a box from her clothes, shook it, and said, "This is the Moonlight Box. Want it? Come and get it if you can."

Sun Wukong was furious and was about to attack.

"Fairy Zixia—"

Zhang Zhengdao suddenly spoke up.

Zixia was taken aback, not expecting Zhang Zhengdao to greet her first. Her eyes narrowed with joy, and she turned around and hopped forward gracefully.

"Master, you called me!"

Zhang Zhengdao: ...

Was the name I just called a ghost?

"The Moonlight Box has the ability to travel through time. Sun Wukong wants to travel to 500 years in the future to save his lover, Bai Jingjing. Bai Jingjing committed suicide because she misunderstood Sun Wukong. He wants to travel back to the time before Bai Jingjing committed suicide to save her."

Zixia: "What do all these things have to do with me?"

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Of course it's your business, because Bai Jingjing is your apprentice."

Zixia laughed loudly: "My disciple? I'm all alone, where would I get a disciple?"

Sun Wukong was also startled, immediately remembering what Bai Jingjing had said: her master was the Spider Fairy. And the Spider Fairy was...

He suddenly looked at Zixia.

"Was that cave you visited before called the Spider Cave?"

Zixia nodded: "Yes!"

Sun Wukong continued, "Bai Jingjing once said that her master was the Spider Fairy. So... you must be Bai Jingjing's master. If you give me the Moonlight Box, I will go to save Bai Jingjing, which means I will save your disciple."

Zixia put the Moonlight Box in her bosom and glared at Sun Wukong.

"Don't even think about lying to me."

Sun Wukong scratched his ears in frustration.

It seems impossible to take it by force now. Even against Zixia, defeating her in a rush is out of the question. Besides, this Taoist priest and Zixia are exchanging glances; this woman practically adores him. She'll definitely help him in a fight.

He couldn't see through the Taoist's cultivation level at all. Just by looking at the fine wine from the Peach Banquet in the Taoist's gourd, he knew that once he got involved, he would definitely lose.

"I'm just borrowing it for a bit, I promise I'll return it to you after I'm done."

Sun Wukong made a promise.

Zixia shook her head: "I'm very smart, you can't fool me. I've always roamed the world alone, there's no way I could have any disciples."

Sun Wukong turned his gaze to Zhang Zhengdao.

This woman is so stubborn, I can't reason with her at all. Let's see if we can get through to the Taoist priest.

Zhang Zhengdao said, "Zixia, lend him the Moonlight Box!"

Zixia: "Why should I?"

Zhang Zhengdao looked at the monkey: "She said, 'Why should I?'"

Sun Wukong scratched his head again, and after thinking for a long time, he finally said, "I'll trade something for it."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "In that case, I think we can consider it." He looked at Fairy Zixia.

Seeing Zhang Zhengdao looking over and considering her feelings, Fairy Zixia felt a sweet warmth in her heart and nodded, "That's something I can consider. What will you offer in exchange?"

Sun Wukong thought for a long time and felt that he had nothing on him, which made him very distressed. He touched the back of his head and suddenly his eyes lit up. He said, "When Guanyin Bodhisattva persuaded me to protect Tang Sanzang on his journey to the West to obtain the scriptures, she gave me three life-saving hairs, which promised that my calls to Heaven and Earth would be answered. So how about I give you these three hairs?"

He looked at Zhang Zhengdao with great anticipation.

He didn't look at Zixia, because that woman's gaze was fixed on Zhang Zhengdao, so looking at her would probably be pointless. He'd rather focus on winning Zhang Zhengdao's heart.

Zhang Zhengdao nodded and said, "This is not bad, Zixia, I think it's feasible."

Zixia nodded and said, "Since the Taoist priest says it's feasible, then it's fine. As long as it's not a loss, that's good enough."

Zhang Zhengdao said, "We won't lose money."

The monkey was overjoyed and quickly plucked the three life-saving hairs from the back of his head, carefully handing them to Fairy Zixia beside him, saying, "I will also teach you the incantation."

He truly taught the spell to Zixia without holding anything back.

Zixia was satisfied and was about to hand the Moonlight Box to the monkey.

"Wait a minute!"

Zhang Zhengdao chimed in at this point.

This sentence nearly scared the monkey's heart out.

"Master... you can't go back on your word," the monkey quickly said to Zhang Zhengdao.

Zhang Zhengdao said, "I definitely won't go back on my word, but I still feel like I've lost out. How about... you take out anything valuable you have on you?"

The monkey patted himself down and spread his hands: "I protected Tang Sanzang on his journey to retrieve the scriptures, and we lived by begging for alms along the way. What valuable things do I have?"

Zhang Zhengdao looked at his head and his eyes lit up.

"Sun Wukong, is that golden headband on your head made of real gold?"

Sun Wukong said, "It is indeed real gold, but once this thing is worn on the head, it cannot be taken off. Back then, Guanyin Bodhisattva even put a tight headband spell on this golden headband. Every time she recites the spell, I, Old Sun, get an unbearable headache and feel like I want to die."

Zhang Zhengdao nodded with interest and said, "As long as it's real gold, can you give it to us as payment?"

Sun Wukong thought this person was a bit foolish, so he was naturally very happy to agree.

"If you can take it off, I'll give it to you!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than Zhang Zhengdao was seen holding a golden hoop in his hand, which he then bit with his teeth. It was indeed made of real gold; Guanyin Bodhisattva was quite trustworthy in this respect, for if it was called a golden hoop, it must be made of gold.

Sun Wukong:  …

I subconsciously touched my head, but it was completely empty.