Fang Yun and Guo Zitong stood outside the Dragon Palace. Guo Zitong stood straight and serious, not moved by external things.
This was Fang Yun’s first time in Dragon Palace, and he carefully observed everything around him.
The outside of the Dragon Palace was magnificent, but also filled with murderous intent. Through the gate, one could see a straight road. The road surface was made of crystal, and every three feet there stood a sailfish monster. This fish monster was extremely majestic when it stood straight, and the fins on its back were quite imposing.
The passage was a thousand feet long, and the end was blocked by a curtain of water, so one couldn't see what was inside. Fang Yun only knew that the walrus strongman disappeared after entering the water curtain, and did not return for a full quarter of an hour.
At three quarters of an hour, Guo Zitong moved and looked at Fang Yun.
Fang Yun also looked at Guo Zitong, and both of them saw confusion and vigilance in each other's eyes.
Guo Zitong used his literary power to isolate the inside and outside, and said: "This matter is very strange! I am just a university scholar, the Dragon Palace can ignore me, but you are different. The whale demon king you met at the eye of the sea did not dare to treat you badly, which shows that you have a high status in the Dragon Palace. The walrus warrior did not dare to neglect you, I am afraid something went wrong."
Fang Yun said: "It would have been better if there hadn't been any problems earlier or later, but it happened when you and I came. There must be something fishy going on here."
Guo Zitong frowned and said, "At first I suspected that it was the Lei family who did it, but no matter how high the Lei family's status in the Dragon Palace is, they can't control the Walrus Warriors. Only the dragon sons and grandsons of the Dragon Palace can command them. Have you ever offended the dragon sons and grandsons?"
Fang Yun shook his head and said, "Those dragon sons and grandsons are extraordinary. It's hard to see them, let alone offend them. The only dragon I've seen is the Green-clothed Dragon Marquis. He has always been close to my human race. He treated me well that day and helped me dissolve the Dragon Snake Grass with his own hands. It's impossible for him to embarrass me."
Guo Zitong immediately said, "I think I understand. The dragon race has always been divided into two factions, one close to the human race, and the other close to the demon race. The one who stopped you and me from entering the Dragon Palace this time is probably the dragon son who is close to the demon race. Ordinary dragon descendants would not be so decisive."
"Then what should we do? If we make a big fuss in front of the Dragon Palace gate, before the other dragons know about it, we will be driven away by the dragon son and miss the time to climb the Dragon Platform." Fang Yun said.
Guo Zitong said helplessly: "If we are rejected outside the Sea Eye, I have a way to communicate with the Saint Court and ask the Eastern Saint to send us into the Dragon Palace. But this is the Dragon Palace, and the area within tens of thousands of miles is shrouded by the power of the Dragon Palace, and it is completely impossible to contact the outside world. It seems that the dragon son has been plotting against us for a long time. I have no choice, after all, this is the place of the Dragon Clan. I can only make a big fuss in the Dragon Palace and attract the attention of other dragons. There is no other way."
Fang Yun glanced at the depths of the Dragon Palace, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and said, "No, if we cause a big disturbance in the Dragon Palace, you and I will be driven away at best, or suppressed at worst. If we are thrown directly into the Prison Sea, we will surely die. We must not take action unless it is absolutely necessary."
"What should I do?" Guo Zitong's face showed anxiety. As the second-ranked official in the Jingguo Academy of Literature, even if he had a place in the Holy Academy, his status in front of the Dragon Clan was not as high as Fang Yun.
Fang Yun thought for a moment and said, "I won't make trouble. But I will ask someone to make trouble! If that person fails, I will try to activate the Dragon Gate. If that still fails, I can only break into the Dragon Palace."
"Oh? Asking people to make trouble?" Guo Zitong was puzzled.
Fang Yun said slowly, "I have been conceiving a novel that is far superior to all previous novels. It is about a monkey demon who wants to learn the saintly ways of the demon race and finds a half-saint of the monkey race, but the half-saint of the monkey race is dead. It is a half-saint of the human race pretending to be him. So, the half-saint of the human race taught the monkey demon extraordinary skills, and many stories happened afterwards. I didn't know how to start writing, but today I suddenly got an idea, so I asked Sun Wenyou in the book to help me make trouble in the Dragon Palace."
Guo Zitong was very surprised, but he didn't say anything and just looked at Fang Yun quietly.
Fang Yun sat on the ground, and with a thought, the water around him was pushed away. Then he took out the inkstone, brush and paper from the Yinjiangbei, put down the support board in front of his chest, and slowly injected his talent into the brush. He had already reached the realm of calligraphy, and his writing could make sounds. Usually, he could only make sounds automatically when writing war poems, but if he consumed his talent, he could also make sounds when writing ordinary words.
Fang Yun slowly wrote three words on the first piece of white paper.
Journey to the West.
As soon as the three words came out, in an unremarkable literary hall in a distant holy academy, there appeared tablets of some figures who were not famous in the Shengyuan Continent.
The tablets of novelists of past dynasties, such as Song Zi, Yu Chu, Gongsun Qing, Gan Bao, etc., shook slightly.
In front of the Dragon Palace gate, Fang Yun continued writing.
"In the first time, the spiritual roots nurtured the source of flow, and the mind and nature cultivated the holy way."
“Before the world was divided into heaven and earth, it was so vast and unseen that no one could see it.
Ever since the ancient tribe broke through the chaos of chaos, the distinction between clear and turbid has been established.
All living beings look up to the Supreme Benevolence, and all things are created for good.
If you want to know the power of creation, you must read "Journey to the West". "
The opening of Journey to the West was magnificent and grand, and Fang Yun liked it very much. However, the Holy Dao of the world on Shengyuan Continent naturally could not be written according to the original text of Journey to the West.
Although the human race has the story of Pangu and Nuwa, Fang Yun wanted to write about the demon race, so he borrowed the legend from the ancient demon heritage. In the legend of the ancient demon, there is an ancient race that created the world and was the ancestor of the ancient demons.
As for the words "creation" and "huiyuan", Fang Yun had already been prepared in his mind and pretended that they were created by the ancient demon clan.
Afterwards, Fang Yun began to construct the background of the new "Journey to the West" based on the original text of "Journey to the West" and the legends of the human and demon races in the two worlds. He imitated the style and writing skills of the original "Journey to the West" and wrote about the ancient tribe's creation of the world, the dragon tribe's rule over all the worlds, the ancient demons' struggle for hegemony, the rise of demons and barbarians, and so on.
Although Fang Yun borrowed Wu Chengen's writing style, much of the content was about the inheritance of ancient monsters and the history of the monster world. Guo Zitong was stunned after reading it and praised it repeatedly.
The walrus warrior who had his eyes closed to rest also opened his eyes and listened carefully to the sound made by the pen. As for the swordfish demon guarding behind the Dragon Gate, he no longer had his usual concentration, his eyes kept moving, listening carefully.
The fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish around were not monsters, but after hearing the writing of "Journey to the West", they swam or crawled towards Fang Yun involuntarily.
At first there were only a few, then soon there were dozens or hundreds of them. Soon, hundreds of thousands of fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish gathered outside the Dragon Palace gate and around Fang Yun, listening to this strange novel.
Fang Yun was writing seriously while Guo Zitong looked around distractedly. He saw crabs raising their claws and shaking them, shrimps swaying their tentacles, fish spitting bubbles, and seashells opening and closing. The aquatic creatures couldn't control themselves.
Guo Zitong was amazed and vaguely realized that the novel written by Fang Yun was extraordinary. He became more serious and hoped that there was really a holy truth in it.
After introducing the world in the book, Fang Yun changed his writing style and began to write that in the Flower-Fruit Mountain in the demon world, there was a sacred stone that gave birth to a demon monkey. The monkey was born to be a demon commander, proclaimed himself the Monkey King, and led a group of monkeys to occupy the Flower-Fruit Mountain.
In order to become a semi-saint, the Monkey King traveled across the ocean to find a teacher, and later entered Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, where he met a semi-saint of the monkey clan in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave and learned a lot of skills from him.
However, this Monkey King was different from other monkey monsters. He liked the saintly ways of humans, especially the military strategists who were in charge of killing. He was obsessed with "The Art of War" and claimed to be a descendant of Sun Tzu. He took his surname Sun and was given the name Wukong by a semi-saint of the monkey clan, so he was named Sun Wukong.
This handsome monkey king is different from other monsters, he can actually control the rapid rise of the human race. He was also rewarded with a rapid rise by the half-saint of the monkey race.
After becoming the Great Demon King, Sun Wukong returned to Huaguo Mountain and found that Huaguo Mountain was occupied by the Demon King of Chaos. He immediately used the skills of the Great Demon King to drive away the Demon King of Chaos. Because he had no weapons, he heard that there were many weapons in the Dragon Palace in the Little East Sea of the Demon Realm, so he went to the Dragon Palace.
The Dragon Palace in Xiaodonghai is not as good as the real Dragon Palace. The Dragon King inside is not a Dragon Saint, but just a Great Demon King.
Sun Wukong went to the Dragon Palace to look for weapons, but the Dragon King looked down on him and refused to let him in.
As a great demon king and a notorious monkey, Sun Wukong had never suffered such injustice. He rushed into the Dragon Palace, killed seven demons and made a river of blood. He subdued the Dragon King and later obtained the Dinghai Shenzhen, also known as the Ruyi Jingu Bang.
After writing about Sun Wukong’s rampage in the Dragon Palace, Fang Yun paused for a moment, looked up, and was stunned.
There were fish and shrimps nearby, but in the very high water, there were giant dragons ranging from several feet to several dozen feet in length wandering around. There were all kinds of dragons, such as blue dragons, white dragons, yellow dragons, golden dragons, etc.
Then a green dragon laughed and scolded, "You naughty monkey Fang Wukong, hurry up and continue writing, or I will convict you of slandering the dragon race!"
Fang Yun smiled when he heard this. This person was the Green-Clothed Dragon Marquis. He had seen him on the day when he made the great oath of the two worlds with the demon and barbarian saints. This dragon was close to the human race. His appearance meant that he could enter the Dragon Palace.
"That's right! That's right! If you can't finish writing it today, I'll send it to the Prison Sea!"
A white dragon said, "It was my Dragon Palace that was smashed, so why do I feel so satisfied listening to it?"
"I have read human novels and listened to human storytelling, but this Journey to the West is really special. I feel like I understand the words, but I don't quite understand them. It seems to contain the truth of the Holy Way."
"Tell me quickly, what happened to that big monkey!" A ten-foot-long little yellow dragon shouted loudly, and the green-clothed dragon lord beside him swung his tail and whipped the little yellow dragon into the distance. The little yellow dragon was not angry, and swam forward bravely, staring at Fang Yun with a fierce look.
Then countless aquatic creatures were seen shaking together, as if urging Fang Yun to continue writing.
Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Fang Yun put away his pen.
The little yellow dragon was furious and said, "Why don't you write? This behavior is no different from the eunuchs in the human court who cut off bird eggs! And you are the leader among the eunuchs, the eunuch! If you don't write today, I will call you Eunuch Fang from now on!"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "Since all the fellow dragon writers have appeared, Sun Wukong's rampage in the Dragon Palace has been accomplished. It seems that there is no need for the walrus warrior to report. Can I enter the Dragon Palace and ascend the Dragon Platform?"
The Green-robed Dragon Marquis cursed, "Which blind turtle son is trying to stop Fang Zhenguo?"
"Roar..." Several giant dragons roared in unison.
The little yellow dragon was shaken by the big dragons and rolled back, but soon swam forward again, roaring loudly: "Which walrus warrior is trying to stop us? Bastard, tell me your name, I will eat the walrus today! If Sister Yuwei hears..."
Before the little yellow dragon could finish his words, he was swept away by a white dragon next to him.
The little yellow dragon swam back for the third time without getting discouraged.
The Green-robed Dragon Marquis said, "Climbing the Dragon Platform is important, so we will send you to the Dragon Palace first. As for Journey to the West, if you dare not continue writing, we, the dragon descendants, will definitely go to your house every day. You should know how powerful our dragon clan is. When that happens, it won't just be flooding one state or rain blocking one city, but flooding several countries and rain blocking ten states!"
"Let's go. I'll go and send Fang Yun off."
The dragons swam down from above. The white dragon said, "You little shrimps and fish, it is a blessing to hear such a wonderful book. It is not a bad thing for you to transform into a demon in the future. Do you want to become a dragon in one step? Why don't you retreat quickly!"
Hundreds of thousands of fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish bowed to Fang Yun, but soon disappeared without a trace.
Fang Yun looked around and saw that many fish, shrimps, crabs and shellfish had a faint glow around them. (To be continued...)