Just when Xuanzang received the gift from Chen Jingke, Journey to the West in the Tang Dynasty had already been serialized into its third issue.
The content of this chapter is equally exciting. It can be regarded as a small climax and the last foreshadowing before causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace.
They talked about the official title of Qitian, traveling to the heavens, stealing peaches, holding a peaches banquet, and going to heaven again.
But compared with the original version, Chen Jingke added a lot of content, mainly the part about traveling through the heavens.
It tells the story of Sun Wukong who was granted the title of Great Sage and had nothing to do all day long. Today he went to this heaven, tomorrow he went to that heaven, and the day after tomorrow he went to another place. In short, he just couldn’t stay idle.
Through the perspective of Sun Wukong, it shows readers a more detailed view of heaven and allows readers to have a clearer understanding of the specific duties of Taoist gods.
This paragraph is written in a humorous way, which not only describes the magnificence of heaven, but is also interesting.
For example, Sun Wukong went to Yuelao Palace and randomly pulled red threads, tying a chicken and a duck together.
Then there was a chicken and a duck who fell in love with each other in the human world, and then the pair of chickens and ducks were killed as if they were possessed by evil spirits.
He went to deliver the uterus and secretly put a pig in the belly of a donkey. Then a donkey gave birth to a pig in the world, which frightened everyone.
This kind of plot would have been scolded in the previous life. It has nothing to do with the main plot. Why are you writing so many plots? Isn't it to cheat money?
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But now in the Tang Dynasty, the types of novels are relatively simple and have only those routines. When Journey to the West appeared at this time, it can be said to be a crushing level.
He added this section about traveling through the heavens. Not only did everyone not think it was superfluous, on the contrary, they watched it with gusto.
Thanks to this, the new mythological system of Taoism has gradually gained popularity and become known to more and more people.
Sun Wukong traveled around and caused trouble everywhere. Although he didn't make any big mistakes, he still made small mistakes.
The immortals were overwhelmed by the disturbance and finally went to complain to the Jade Emperor. After some discussion, the immortals decided to find something for him to do, preferably something that would be more leisurely and honorable.
I don't know who the wise man came up with the idea to suggest that he guard the Pantaoyuan.
Seeing this, Qiu Yangbai slapped the table with a smile: "Haha... you are so smart to let a monkey guard the peach garden."
Several classmates around him shook their heads, knowing that he must be watching Journey to the West.
He has been fascinated by Journey to the West since the first time he saw it. He turned over the serialized clips and watched them countless times.
Not only that, I also went to the streets to collect all the versions produced by storytellers.
In his own words: "I want to collect all the versions into a volume and then keep them."
He did not know how much difficulty his behavior created for later generations of "Westernists". But it was precisely because of his behavior that he supported countless "Westernists".
These are all things for later, so I won’t mention them for now.
Seeing that the immortals actually arranged for a monkey to guard the peach garden, the readers who laughed were not just Qiu Yangbai, but also many people.
As the story matures, Journey to the West is not only popular among the people, but also attracts more and more readers.
Although they said they were just little Doyle, each of them was more honest than the other and rushed to buy the new issue of Mochizuki Tan as soon as possible.
If you can't get it, try to buy it at a high price. If you still can't buy it, you can only listen to the storyteller. In short, you must listen to the latest issue before giving up.
As for the author's arrangement of monkeys to guard the peach orchard, some people think it is a failure, while others think it is foreshadowing.
But soon the follow-up plot told them that this was indeed foreshadowing.
The monkey began to eat the flat peaches secretly, and because he was not invited to the Queen Mother's flat peach party, he ran to the venue and ate all the delicacies. Then, drunkenly, he ran to Taishang Laojun's fairy house and ate all the elixir.
After he sobered up, he realized something was wrong and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he returned to the venue where the Peach Fair was held and packed up the remaining things and took them away for Monkey and Monkey Sun to eat.
When the Queen Mother came to the peach banquet, she found that the place was already in a mess.
Knowing that it was Sun Wukong who had done it and that he had fled back to Huaguo Mountain, the Jade Emperor finally became angry and sent King Tota and Prince Nezha to lead the heavenly soldiers and generals to attack.
The book ends abruptly here. If you want to know what happens next, please listen to the next chapter.
Readers have long been accustomed to the author's nature. They cursed "the dreamer talks out of context" and began to wait patiently.
However, they did not sit idle while waiting, but went around looking for fellow fans to discuss the plot.
Moreover, the behavior of the monkey in this chapter also caused great controversy.
"Sun Wukong went to Yue Lao Palace to pull strings randomly. Fortunately, Yue Lao found out that he only killed two chickens and ducks. What if the two people who are not suitable for each other are two people?"
"Yes, if you ration a beautiful woman to a blind and lame beggar, wouldn't it be a tragedy?"
"They also put pig fetuses in donkeys' bellies. If this happened to a human being... I simply can't imagine the consequences."
"Yes, monkeys are too indifferent to right from wrong and are not a kind person."
Of course, some people defended him: "After all, monkeys have not received moral education from humans, and they are understandable for not knowing."
"Yes, and he only showed love to chickens and ducks, which means he still knows the importance. Later, he was driven away by Yue Lao and never showed love again, which means he has repented."
What caused controversy was not only the question of the good and evil of monkeys, but also the setting of letting monkeys guard the Taoyuan.
Most people think that the author made a mistake. In order to promote the plot and forcibly reduce intelligence, how could the immortals let a monkey guard the peach garden?
There are also a few people who insist that there must be a follow-up. Maybe this is a foreshadowing, and the author would make such a low-level mistake. Please don't rush to express your opinion, you will know after the follow-up plot.
Chen Jingke was naturally aware of these disputes, and he was not surprised.
Because in the previous life, there was a lot of controversy and speculation about the immortals letting monkeys guard the peach garden.
When the system of conferring gods was introduced, more and more people believed that it was a conspiracy to prepare for the great prosperity of Buddhism in the subsequent Journey to the West.
Chen Jingke is not interested in the Fengshen system, so naturally he will not adopt such a setting.
He made a patch at the back, and the arrival of the great catastrophe of heaven and earth deceived the hearts of the immortals, causing them to make misjudgments on some seemingly trivial matters.
And these little things accumulate one by one, which will accelerate the arrival of disaster.
However, these will not be revealed until the full text of Journey to the West is published. Let everyone discuss it now.
According to the hype experience in previous lives, the more controversial it is, the more traffic it will generate and the more popular it will be. This is true in ancient and modern times.
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On this day, Yihe found Chen Jingke again and said: "Master, the next issue of Havoc in Heaven is about to be stopped after it is finished. Is your new book good?"
Chen Jingke said with a headache: "I said you can urge me, but can you not do it once a day? I'm shaking all over when I hear your voice."
Yihe covered her mouth and smiled: "Then please give me the new story quickly, and I won't rush you."
Chen Jingke said helplessly: "There is still a month and a half before the next issue. Why are you in such a hurry? You can write the novel if you want to. You don't need to think about it and revise it. Don't worry, you won't make any mistakes."
Yihe smiled and said: "I know, I just came here to remind you so that you don't forget."
After saying that, he turned around and ran away.
Chen Jingke was left to say angrily: "Look, look, what's happened now, you don't take my majestic young master of Zixiao Temple seriously at all."
Wu Shu laughed and laughed, and said: "That's right, she is so disgusting, she doesn't even take our real family seriously. Tomorrow we will find a random family to marry her off to see who dares."
Chen Jingke said bitterly: "You think I dare not, huh, marry you too?"
Wu Shu pretended to be frightened and patted his chest, saying: "Oh, the real person doesn't want it, I'm so scared...Pfft, haha..."
Chen Jingke knew that he couldn't defeat her, and he would be the one to suffer if he continued to talk, so he simply turned around and left.
Wu Shu also stood up and followed him, saying: "Master, are you angry? Where are you going?"
Chen Jingke said in a muffled voice: "Go to the warehouse in the outer courtyard and have a look. I don't know how many copies of Journey to the West have been printed."
Wu Shu also knew that the joke should not be too serious, so he followed suit and said, "I know, there are more than 20,000 volumes."
"In addition, Maoshan, Longhushan and other major printing houses are also working hard to print. When it is expected to be published next month, the total should be able to accumulate more than 50,000 copies, enough to cover most cities across the country."
Chen Jingke said as he walked: "It's good, but I think it's not enough. The current sales volume of Mochizuki Tan has exceeded 160,000 copies, and it has affected millions of people."
"And there are countless people who like Journey to the West. Compared to this, these 50,000 copies are just a splash."
Wu Shu said: "The influence of books in the long term and short term cannot be compared with that of Mochizuki Tan."
Chen Jingke said distressedly: "But we need to build momentum in a short time now."
Wu Shu suggested: "Then don't stop the serialization. The whole book will be published and serialized at the same time."
Chen Jingke said: "Serialization will affect the sales of books."
Wu Shu shook his head and said: "You published Journey to the West not to make money, but to promote Taoism and suppress Buddhism. As long as the goal can be achieved, why are you obsessed with how many books you sold?"
"And the serialization is very slow. It can't be completed in one or two years. Most people who have the purchasing power may not be able to wait for that day."
Chen Jingke slapped his forehead and said: "Hey, I've messed up again. I just thought about selling more books, and I forgot the original purpose. Sister Wu, you woke me up again."
Wu Shu said happily: "This is what I should do... I hope you can figure it out."
Chen Jingke nodded, and then said happily: "Now I see how Yihe will urge me to write a new book."
Wu Shu couldn't stop laughing. As the person beside her, she knew very well that her real person didn't even write a single word.
She also asked in private, and Chen Jingke's answer was always: I know what I'm doing, so I'm not in a hurry.
Out of her trust in him, she didn't ask any more questions. But judging from the current situation, her real person was most likely perfunctory with Yihe.
While joking, the two of them came to the warehouse, opened the door and saw stacks of stacked books inside, like a small mountain.
Tian Dachun introduced: "The 5,000 volumes of these books were printed more than a year ago. Later, you said that they would not be published for the time being and stopped printing. Some time ago, we re-typesetting and printing, and printed another 16,000 volumes."
Chen Jingke nodded and said, "Yes, how many can we print by this time next month?"
Tian Dachun replied: "We can print another 10,000 copies... The main reason is that we have few people, and we have to divide people to print Mochizuki Tan. If we can add more people, we can print more."
Chen Jingke shook his head and said: "It's not necessary. Our printing shop mainly prints our own books and basically does not take on outside work. The current scale is enough."
Tian Dachun was a little disappointed, but he did not continue to encourage.
The staff of the printing house are basically the original old people and family members of internal staff. The staff is single and relatively harmonious with each other. There are not so many nonsense things.
Expanding the scale can indeed increase the power in one's hands, but the addition of new members will also complicate the personnel composition and increase various conflicts, which is not necessarily a good thing.
After telling them to print as many books as possible, Chen Jingke went to Wang Yuetan's office again, found Yihe and said, "Journey to the West will continue to be serialized. Don't ask me for new books in the future."
Unexpectedly, Yihe smiled and said: "That won't work. We want to serialize Journey to the West, and we also want your new book. It's easy to wait until the serialization of Journey to the West is finished, and your new book hasn't been written yet."
Chen Jingke was furious, looked around and said to Zhou Xiang: "Take good care of her. What does a woman look like like this every day? Look at how well-behaved our Shu'er is."
"Haha..." It's a good thing he didn't say the last sentence. After he said it, everyone in the office laughed.
Zhou Xiang said shamelessly: "Mrs. Wu? Forget it, I think He'er is good like this."
Everyone laughed again, but this time it was Lian Yihe who joked with him.
"Bah." Yihe's pretty face turned red in an instant, she stood up with a sigh, pulled Wu Shu and walked out: "Sister Wu, let's go and ignore them."
"Wait for me." Elaine also stuck out her tongue, got up and chased after him.
After they left, Chen Jingke asked, "How are you doing now? Hasn't she nodded yet?"
Zhou Xiang chuckled and said, "Her father only passed the filial piety period in July this year, you know."
The Yihe sisters were sold by their mistress. Their father did not owe them anything, on the contrary, he was very kind to them, so she decided to take practical actions to keep her father's filial piety for three years.
Calculating the time, July this year happens to be the third anniversary of her father's death. What Zhou Xiang meant by this sentence is that she can get married after her filial piety period is over.
"Oh." Everyone in the room started to cheer.
"What a good boy, you actually hid it from us."
"Tell me honestly when you took it."
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...Poor Yihe, how come your eyes don't work well at such a young age."
"Ha ha……"
Zhou Xiang was not angry either, he just smiled no matter what others said.
Of course, everyone said this without any malice, they were just joking.
After laughing, Chen Jingke said: "Okay, you are a good boy. When the time comes, the Taoist temple will hold a wedding for you."
Zhou Xiang smiled so hard that he couldn't close his mouth and said, "Thank you, Master."
Outside the door, listening to the noise coming from inside, Wu Shu asked: "Have you really decided to marry him?"
Yihe put a strand of hair on her forehead behind her ears and said with a smile: "Well, he is very nice and treats me well. And if you marry him, you don't have to leave Zixiaoguan."
Wu Shu stepped forward and grabbed her hand and said, "That's fine, this way we can always be sisters."