Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 353: Goku, You Don’t Understand Love

It’s tough!

For a parent, what is the toughest part? It’s dealing with a child going through a rebellious phase.

During this period, the child is like a firecracker, you never know when a tiny spark might set them off.

For the Great Jade Emperor, Sun Wukong is currently just like such a firecracker.

To speak of it, though Sun Wukong’s strength is decent, getting the Jade Emperor to comply with him? That’s impossible, after all, the Jade Emperor is known as the master of the Three Realms.

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But there’s no choice, Sun Wukong has an extraordinary background, and now he is also a core member of the Journey to the West Pilgrimage Team. What can you do but accede a bit?

First, the immortals of the Lingxiao Hall all pleaded together, and now, even the Empress has spoken, finally giving a way out. Explore new worlds at novelbuddy

Therefore, the Jade Emperor decreed that all of Fairy Zixia’s punishments would be borne by Sun Wukong instead.

Hearing the Jade Emperor’s words, Sun Wukong finally put away the Jingu Bang, willingly accepting the punishment.

As for the immortals in the Lingxiao Hall, they each secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Sun Wukong’s strength, comparable to the level of a Daluo Golden Immortal, was already among the top tiers of the Heavenly Court, coupled with his current destiny wrapped around him and being one of the main characters of the grand catastrophe, anyone with a little sense would not wish to confront him.

After all, isn’t Star Monarch of Warring States the best example?

After the sentence was declared, the Great Jade Emperor waved his hand, ordering that Sun Wukong be taken down.

On the execution platform, Sun Wukong lay there as two Heavenly Soldiers picked up staves, striking down hard on his body.

However, Sun Wukong lying on the platform didn’t utter a sound.

"Monkey!" Watching Sun Wukong lying there taking his punishment, tears fell from Fairy Zixia’s eyes as she felt heartbroken.

In Zixia’s view, Sun Wukong was enduring today’s punishment solely because of her, and now, even taking the punishment on her behalf, this made Zixia feel both grateful and guilty.

After the one hundred and sixty-two strikes were done, the two Heavenly Soldiers completed their task and left to report back.

"Monkey, how are you? Are you alright? I’ll help you back!"

As the two Heavenly Soldiers left, Zixia hurried forward, worryingly said with tears rolling down her eyes.

"Zixia? Why are you crying!?" Seeing Zixia’s continuous tear flow, Sun Wukong was somewhat puzzled and asked blankly.

As the words fell, Sun Wukong sprang up, somersaulting in mid-air, and then landed on the ground.

"Uh..."

Seeing Sun Wukong’s agile form, nothing like someone who had been flogged, Zixia’s worried expression froze, she stammered, "You, you’re alright? You got hit by more than a hundred staves and you’re fine!?"

Yes, being hit more than a hundred times and being fine? This surprised Zixia greatly.

These staves were specifically designed to punish immortals.

"What are a few staves? I, Old Sun, back in the day on the execution platform was chopped with axes, pierced by thousands of arrows, struck by lightning and burnt by fire and survived unscathed!" Sun Wukong grinned, looking smugly pleased.

"You, you’re incredible!"

Although Zixia knew about the might of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong already, seeing that the punishment was completely ineffective against him still astounded her, and she sincerely said so.

"Hehehe, of course..." Hearing Fairy Zixia’s praise, Sun Wukong wore a proud expression, his tail even wagging behind him.

Indeed, Sun Wukong never considered himself lofty or aloof, he was just a commoner who loved to be praised. Was there anything wrong with that?

"Monkey, close your eyes!" Suddenly, just then, Zixia spoke to Sun Wukong.

"Close my eyes!? Why!?" Hearing Zixia’s words, Sun Wukong looked at her curiously and asked.

"Don’t ask so much now, if I tell you to close your eyes, just close them!" Seeing Sun Wukong staring at her, Zixia stomped her foot impatiently.

"Oh, alright!" Nodding, Sun Wukong didn’t ask further and closed his eyes.

But just at that moment, suddenly, Sun Wukong felt a touch on his face and turned his head in surprise.

It turned out that Fairy Zixia had kissed his furry cheek.

"You, you..." Sun Wukong turned his head, holding his cheek, looking at Zixia in surprise.

"Monkey, do you like me!?" Seeing Sun Wukong’s surprised expression, Zixia’s face blushed as she asked.

"Like you, of course I like you, but..." He nodded, Sun Wukong replied very straightforwardly.

"I knew it!" But what comes next? Fairy Zixia didn’t pay attention to that; her focus was only on Sun Wukong’s answer in front of her, which made her face bloom with a joyful smile.

"Zixia, wait..."

Even though Sun Wukong had low emotional intelligence, being kissed by Zixia and asked if he liked it made him realize what was happening, and he quickly said, "The ’like’ you’re talking about doesn’t seem to mean the same thing as the ’like’ I’m talking about!"

"Not the same meaning?" Zixia’s joyful expression froze slightly as she turned to look at Sun Wukong and asked, "Then what does your ’like’ mean?"

"Zixia, we are friends! I, Old Sun, am very happy when I’m with you, so I, Old Sun, like being with you!" Sun Wukong said earnestly as he stared at Zixia.

"Just this kind of like? Not the kind between a man and a woman!?" Zixia’s expression turned very ugly, and she stared at Sun Wukong seriously as she pressed for an answer.

"This, I don’t know!"

At this, Sun Wukong just shook his head, looking somewhat distressed, and said, "What do you mean by the kind of like between a man and a woman? I, Old Sun, have never understood it!"

Indeed, Sun Wukong really never understood it; to him, liking was just liking, so why divide it into so many types?

However, although Sun Wukong had not experienced it himself, having witnessed the love tribulation between Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, he could tell that the ordinary kind of liking was different from so-called romantic love.

Therefore, Sun Wukong felt that his liking for Zixia should be the same as his liking for his master, for Nezha, and those others, and not romantic love!

"Do you only consider me a friend!?" Zixia’s face remained very calm, making it hard to read her thoughts, as she seriously asked Sun Wukong.

"Yes! Aren’t we just friends!?" Sun Wukong nodded and responded.

"You came to help me in heaven, even killed the Star Monarch of Warring States, and were willing to face punishment for me! Were these all just out of loyalty to a friend!?" Fairy Zixia continued.

"Yes! I, Old Sun, am like this with all my friends!" Sun Wukong nodded and still replied the same way.

Fairy Zixia fell silent, no longer speaking.

Sun Wukong, finding her behavior a bit odd, looked at Fairy Zixia and asked, "Zixia, are you alright?"

"Nothing’s wrong, Monkey, what could possibly be wrong with me!?"

Out of nowhere, Zixia revealed a radiant smile and said to Sun Wukong, "Regardless, I am truly grateful that you came to help me this time!"

"But, Zixia, why are you crying?" Watching as tears slid down Zixia’s face despite the radiant smile, Sun Wukong asked, surprised.

"Oh, I must have gotten sand in my eyes just now!" Touching her cheek, indeed more tears rolled down, Zixia explained.

"You mean sand in your eyes, right?" Sun Wukong said, his expression a bit odd, correcting her statement.

"Yes, yes, I misspoke, Monkey. It’s getting late, and the Holy Monk is probably waiting for you. You should hurry back!" Zixia nodded, thought for a moment, and then spoke to Sun Wukong.

"Right!" Hearing Zixia’s words, Sun Wukong nodded, came to his senses, said nothing more, and after hastily bidding Zixia farewell, he leapt up and quickly disappeared into the horizon.

"Sigh..." Watching Sun Wukong’s departing figure, Zixia stood still for a long time, staring after him, and then she sighed deeply.

Originally, Zixia thought Sun Wukong liked her, and after he had risked his life to save her, her feelings for him grew even deeper amidst her gratitude.

Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken the initiative to kiss him.

Yet, unexpectedly, the final outcome was like this; Sun Wukong only saw her as a friend and did not have romantic feelings.

What made it more distressing was that Sun Wukong himself seemed to have little understanding of romantic love.

"Sigh..." Thinking back to Sun Wukong’s recent response, Zixia couldn’t help but sigh deeply again.

If her social status had been equal to his, Zixia might not have given up so easily.

She would rather have taught him, helped him understand what romantic love is.

Yet, thinking of Sun Wukong’s capabilities and social status, even killing a powerful Divine General like the Star Monarch of Warring States brought him no grave consequences, which was indicative of his high status.

If Sun Wukong loved her, Fairy Zixia would be overjoyed.

But if he did not love her, Zixia felt she had no right to pursue him!

The vast disparity between their social statuses caused Zixia to pause.

...

Sun Wukong’s Somersault Cloud was incredibly fast, and within moments, he had returned to the Exquisite Immortal Mansion.

"Wukong, what have you been up to? You’ve been gone for a month, making your master wait here for a whole month!"

Inside the Exquisite Immortal Mansion, Jiang Liu looked at the returning Sun Wukong and, despite his complaint, his face was filled with an uncontrollable smile.