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Actually, Six-Eared Macaque held a fondness for Flower Fruit Mountain deep in his heart, as after all, it was the place of his birth. But when even that old monkey failed to recognize him, he was filled with nothing but a sense of grievance and rage, coupled with much incomprehension. Didn't he once set out to sea to seek immortality for the Monkey Tribe, specifically visiting immortals and seeking the Way, ultimately spending over a hundred years in arduous study in Beiju Luzhou? Weren't these efforts all for the Monkey Tribe?
Yet, they remembered only Ling Ming Stone Monkey, acknowledging that the Ling Ming Stone Monkey was the king, while I, the Six-Eared Macaque, am nothing! The more he thought about it, the sadder he became; the more he contemplated, the more his heart ached. And deep within, the demon that the old monk had bewitched into his heart began to stir secretly.