Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Nezha, your abilities are not bad either."

Sun Wukong put away his Jingu Bang and transformed back into his adult form of six-feet-tall.

"It would have been better if you had dropped the 'little' when calling me," Nezha said, shaking his head helplessly, yet he decided to befriend Sun Wukong.

A Monkey King with such immense divine skills and generous virtue, how could one not befriend him?

"Brother Nezha, come, let me show you around Huaguo Mountain?" Sun Wukong approached Nezha, extending the invitation without mentioning the affair of the peaches.

"Sure, young master... cough cough, I too was just thinking about having a good look around Huaguo Mountain," Nezha replied, arms crossed over his chest and acting all grown-up, gazing upward at a 45-degree angle, the epitome of haughtiness.

Sun Wukong couldn't help but pat his head again, causing Nezha's cheeks to flush red. Since he couldn't beat him, he did not flare up, but just pouted, which was quite cute.

Surrounding navy soldiers cheered indulgently.

Even though Sun Wukong and Nezha did not use their divine skills, the remnants of their battle had still caused the ground to develop deep cracks and the surrounding area was piled up with rocks and dirt, as if ploughed over.

Truly vast divine skills!

Then, Sun Wukong, on the open ground, encouraged the crowd with a few words and then had Sun Ma continue training the navy soldiers, while he himself took Ao Yun and Nezha to tour Huaguo Mountain...

...

The contest between Sun Wukong and Nezha spread throughout Huaguo Mountain at an astonishing speed, growing more exaggerated as it spread, and eventually, rumors circulated that Sun Wukong and Nezha had sworn brotherhood.

Although Sun Wukong and Nezha had indeed become friends, they had not sworn brotherhood.

Such brotherhood often went by seniority in age.

If the time spent gestating in the Immortal Stone wasn't counted, Sun Wukong was certainly younger than Nezha; but with Nezha's appearance, and having lost to Sun Wukong once now, how could he let the other call him brother?

Therefore, Sun Wukong addressed Li Nezha as Nezha, and Nezha, in turn, referred to Sun Wukong simply as Wukong, both using direct names.

"Humph!"

The six-eared macaque, mining at that moment, let out a cold huff upon hearing this news, musing, "If I became the ruler of Huaguo Mountain, all of this would be mine!"

"How could that Sun Wukong have such good fortune?"

"The heavens are unjust!"

The loyal ox demon promptly recorded the six-eared macaque's huff, writing, "Today, clear, the six-eared macaque, while mining, suddenly huffed, possibly due to hearing about the great king's contest with the godly Nezha, harboring envy."

Clearly, this ox demon exaggerated and included his own conjectures in the report.

After all, he was a cultured demon; how could he show off his literacy if he merely recorded the six-eared macaque's actions?

He naturally added his own thoughts as well, to gain the attention of the second great king and thus earn a promotion, marry an ox demoness, sire little ox demons, and reach the pinnacle of bovine life.

While the ox demon's record was much conjecture, it occasionally provided Ao Yun with some ideas to guess the reasons behind the six-eared macaque's actions...

...

"This Huaguo Mountain truly is a paradise, but it has one flaw," Nezha commented as he followed Sun Wukong, touring various parts of Huaguo Mountain, very impressed yet with one suggestion to make.

"Oh, which is?" Sun Wukong asked.

"It's that many beings of Huaguo Mountain are quite unsightly," Nezha spoke candidly, "It's often said that one should not judge a book by its cover or measure the sea with a bushel, but lacking a pleasing appearance does invite idle gossip behind one's back."

"This is true among humans, let alone in your Huaguo Mountain where demons and humans live together."

"Therefore, it would be best to think of a way to have demons completely transform, at the very least, to at least have a human face like yours."

Sun Wukong said, "This face of mine is natural, and having other demons completely transform would be difficult due to insufficient mana; they might only manage to transform their bodies first because a human-form can perform many tasks impossible in their beast-forms, such as reading and writing, crafts and skills, and even casting certain spells, all of which require a human body to accomplish."

The many demons of Huaguo Mountain are practical, so most of them, after cultivating a human form, retain their original heads to display their racial identity.

However, with Nezha's comment, Sun Wukong also felt it was indeed a problem.

If all spirits of Huaguo Mountain could have human heads, it would indeed facilitate harmonious living between humans and demons.

But complete transformation...

That was somewhat unrealistic.

Each race had its own characteristics, and most did not wish to truly become human but preferred to retain features that declared their difference from humans.

Retaining their original heads was the most appropriate method.

In a previous simulation, the simulator's Nezha had mentioned this issue off-hand, but he hadn't cared, for Huaguo Mountain was progressive, and neither humans nor demons would let such a minor issue cause a rift, though it meant integration might be slower.

Now, however, Sun Wukong had a new idea.

As Nezha had said, humans are indeed creatures of appearance, more tolerant of those who look good. Spot an error? Visit the original post on M&VLEMPY&R.

As for transforming their heads into human form...

Sun Wukong took out a mirror and scrutinized himself closely, nodding silently: truly a handsome Monkey King.

Then, he glanced at Ao Yun, winked, and said, "I just had a great idea."

"What idea?"

Nezha asked, having only mentioned it casually, not expecting to inspire the Monkey King.

Truly wise!

Sun Wukong said, "Ao Yun is of the dragon race, but he has retained the dragon horns on his forehead to signify his identity, so perhaps I could allow the myriad spirits of Huaguo Mountain to do the same."

Ao Yun smiled, "That is indeed a good idea, but for the newly transformed lesser demons, their mana is insufficient, they can only manage some Illusion Technique at most, and the older generation of Demon Kings, they may not be able to accept it."

Sun Wukong boasted confidently, "No matter, I only need to give the order, and they will comply, after all, I am now not only the Monkey King of Huaguo Mountain, but also the Eastern Leisurely Spirit King."

In the past, the Demon Kings of Huaguo Mountain might still be intimidated by his strength and harbored some defiance.

But now, with his official position in the heavenly courts, they naturally follow him wholeheartedly.

They can't curry favor with him soon enough, let alone feel dissatisfied.

However, Demon Kings who only seek to curry favor are not valued by him.

Nezha sighed, "Being the Leisurely King truly means freedom, your word settles it, unimpeded and unconstrained, unlike me, who can usually only seek out heavenly generals to have fun with or challenge the Four Great Heavenly Kings."

The heavenly courts are good, but they are also boring, and he can only have a bit of fun either when the heavenly courts host various large events or when some defiant great demon or world-destroying fiend appears in the lower realms.

At ordinary times, he can only train the troops in the heavenly courts or compete in martial skills.

The scenery of the heavenly palace is beautiful, but tiring after a while.

As for the human world, although the scenery is just so, it excels in that humans are prone to change, taking Nanshan Continent as an example, with the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Xia, Shang, Zhou, each dynasty represents a change.

Thus, whenever there is a change of dynasties in the human world, the immortals incarnate themselves to experience life.

Apart from enhancing their own paths, there is also the idea of experiencing the changes in the human world.

Put plainly, it's descending to the mortal world for a bit of fun.

Of course, it is only those immortals who reside in the heavens who do this, not those gods who dwell in the terrestrial realms.

Like Sun Wukong, or the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas.

They dwell in the terrestrial realms, where they can easily see and feel everything in the human world, thus there is no talk of "incarnating themselves", but staying too long in the mortal world, they also acquire a hint of mundane dust.

However, from Nezha's perspective, the Eastern Leisurely Spirit King showed no trace of such dustiness, only a clear aura and merits, his essence unified.

There is the True Immortal and the Virtuous Buddha, indeed so.

"I've seen the great king."

The three of them were walking by the river, admiring a community of tree houses on the opposite bank, when suddenly a voice came from ahead, catching Nezha's attention.

A girl dressed in azure clothes, and a huge white ox, four or five zhang long and three or five zhang high.

It was not the iron fan girl that captured Nezha's attention, but that huge white ox.

If he was not mistaken, this white ox was the Great Strength Bull Demon King from the western regions, who usually roamed around Mount Jilei, and since he had not committed any major evil, the heavenly courts had not paid him much attention.

Unexpectedly, he had come to Huaguo Mountain!

Only, its appearance...

Looked a bit like a mount.

"Wukong, have you subdued this Bull Demon King?" Nezha asked in disbelief.

"Before I ascended to heaven, I had returned to the west to visit my master. On my way back, I encountered this wild ox wreaking havoc in the forest, so I decided to subdue him," Sun Wukong said nonchalantly. "This ox is fierce in nature. It wasn't until I put that nose ring on him that I was able to subdue him and make him my mount."

Nezha looked closely and indeed, there was a green nose ring on the great white ox's nostril, flashing with a cold light, evidently a magical item.

Wait, could it also be transformed from the Monkey King's hairs?

He could no longer take Sun Wukong's words as mere bravado, being able to subdue the Bull Demon King and make him willingly serve as a mount certainly required truly great mana.

"Great King, why isn't Yuyan following you around?"

Iron Fan asked curiously, "She used to be always by your side like your little tail, as if afraid to break away."

Sun Wukong smiled and said, "Because she followed too closely, I let her go find something she likes doing. Recently, she seems to be studying the art of alchemy."

In fact, Yuyan had a talent for alchemy.

There was just one flaw.

The pills she refined were not edible by humans; consuming them would lead to certain death.

If he remembered correctly, the Bull Demon King was once used by Yuyan to test a medication, and that day, the Bull Demon King convulsed all over and frothed at the mouth.

If it weren't for his own mana which could help him recover, he would have seen the King of Hell.

Did this count as plotting to kill her own husband?

However, Yuyan did manage to devise some by-products from her alchemical experiments, such as tofu cakes.

The pastries presented in black and white, embodying the mystery of yin and yang, and rich in spiritual energy that ordinary people could sense, provided health benefits if consumed over time.

"The art of alchemy?" Iron Fan tilted her head, asking in confusion, "Wasn't sister Yuyan doing a tofu cake business? She opened a tofu cake workshop within the Holy City and had a constant stream of customers every day, it even spread to Ao Lai."

"That tofu cake is the by-product of her study of alchemy," Sun Wukong explained. "Who would have thought, it actually created a lucrative business for her."

Could this be considered a blessing in disguise?