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In fact, even on the way to learn scriptures from the West, Sun Wukong does not "need foreign aid almost every time"; Even if Sun Wukong really went to move the rescuers, it didn't mean that he couldn't get the monsters.
Regarding Sun Wukong's "moving rescuers", it can be roughly divided into three situations.
This situation, in the original. For example, the Yellow Wind Monster, because the Yellow Wind is very powerful, Wukong is not an opponent, so later it was Lingji Bodhisattva who helped and subdued the Yellow Wind Monster with the Flying Dragon Staff.
In addition, there are Red Child, Green Bull Essence, Scorpion Essence, Six-eared Macaque, Bull Demon King, Iron Fan Princess, Nine-Headed Insect, Yellow Eyebrow King, Centipede Essence and Lion Camel Ridge Three Demons. Against these demons, Wukong really can't get it.
However, when dealing with the Scorpion Spirit and the Bull Demon King, Wukong did not take the initiative to ask the gods for help. The scorpion essence that time, it was Guanyin Bodhisattva who came to secretly guide and asked Wukong to find the Pleiades Star Official. At the time of the Bull Demon King, Li Jing, Nezha, the Four King Kongs and others were ordered by Rulai to arrest the Bull Demon King. Even if there is the help of the land yin soldiers, it is not Wukong who takes the initiative to move the rescue soldiers.
In this case, Goku did move the rescuers, but this does not mean that he can't defeat the youkai, but to save trouble.
For example, the black bear monster, although Wukong also praised the black bear's high ability, and he was "not much harder" than him, but after all, it was still harder, but the black bear monster was shrinking and not easy to fight, so Wukong went to find Guanyin Bodhisattva.
There are also yellow-robed monsters, because they were scared by Wukong, and Wukong speculated that he was in the sky, so he went directly to the Jade Emperor and asked the Jade Emperor to investigate the immortals. In addition, the dragon, the three demons of Che Chi Kingdom, the inspiration king, the three rhinoceros monsters, the rat spirit, and the nine lions are all the same. It's not that Wukong can't beat them, but Wukong wants to save trouble and simply find their masters, or people who can defeat them.
Here, in fact, the three demons of Che Chi Kingdom are not Wukong's opponents, but after all, Wukong called the Dragon King of the West Sea and took back the cold dragon of Luli Daxian, so he put it in this category.
In this type, Goku can deal with youkai, and when he is about to kill him, or has already killed a youkai, the owner of the youkai comes and comes to save their boy or pet.
For example, the Golden Horn King and the Silver Horn King were both killed by Wukong, and after Taishang Laojun came, he directly resurrected the two; Lion Lynx, when Wukong was about to make a death hand, Manjushri came to take it away; Sai Tai Sui, Guanyin Bodhisattva came to take it away; White Deer Spirit, when Wukong was about to kill it, the Antarctic Immortal came to take it away; The Jade Rabbit Essence is not Wukong's opponent, and was almost killed by Wukong, Taiyin Xingjun came with a group of Chang'e and took the Jade Rabbit Essence away.
There is also a class of monsters, Wukong killed directly, and there were no rescuers, including white bone spirits, jade-faced foxes, red phosphorus pythons, yellow lion spirits, leopard spirits, white-faced foxes, apricot fairies, etc.
Therefore, it is not every time there is a fairy to help, it is said that Wukong can't get these monsters, among the more than 50 big monsters, Wukong has to move the rescue soldiers because he can't beat them, but 9 places, less than one-fifth.
It is also important to note that for the Bull Demon King, in fact, I personally think that even without the help of Nezha, Li Jing and others, Wukong and Bajie can deal with it. After all, Wukong is more flexible, has more spells, and the big move of the law heaven and earth is also opened, and it is a matter of time before he defeats the Bull Demon King. It's just that the arrival of Nezha and others has accelerated the process of collecting the Barberry Demon King.
The reason why the author wants Li Jing, Nezha and the Four Great King Kongs to collect the Bull Demon King and bring the Bull Demon King back to the West Heaven is because of the meaning of the Bull Demon King itself (the Bull Demon King's body is a white cow, representing the heart ape, and it is the same as Wukong, which will eventually return to Buddhism, implying the success of cultivating the mind and learning the scriptures).
Including the nine-headed insects, even without the help of Erlang God, Wukong and Bajie can win, but it may be slower. However, because he happened to see Erlang God, Goku asked him to help.
The nerd was lazy and sloppy, and the walker urged: "Brother, don't be suspicious, just like you just drew it out, wait for me to beat him." ”…The walker said: "Bajie, those are my seven holy brothers, so I should leave them and help me fight." If you succeed, it's a big opportunity. ”There is also a spider spirit, originally Wukong could have killed him in one go, but because of his reputation, he didn't do it.
The walker said, "If I beat him, I just stir this stick into the pool, and it will be called boiling soup and throwing rats, and all the litters will die." Poor, pitiful! beat him to death, but he lowered the name of Lao Sun. As the saying goes, men don't fight with women, and it's really not good for a man like me to kill these girls. Don't beat him, just give him a last resort, teach him that he can't move his body and can't get out of the water, how much is better. ”Although the scorpion spirit is powerful and stung Goku, Wukong's first night was almost better. However, Wukong was a little scared in the end, and he didn't dare to get too close to fight in the back.
At the foot of the hillside, Sun Dasheng leaned over and said, "I have a headache for a while, and now it doesn't hurt or numb, but it's a little itchy." ”…The walker was also a little jealous of him, lost a stick, and left in defeat.Even the three demons of Lion Camel Ridge may not be Wukong's opponent.
Therefore, if you remove the Bull Demon King and the Nine-Headed Worm, Wukong really asked the gods for help because he couldn't defeat the monsters, but 7 times, which accounted for one-eighth of all the monsters.
Is it much? Not much at all.
To sum up: On the way to learn from the West Heaven, Wukong did not move many rescuers because he couldn't beat the monsters, and it was not "almost every time he needed foreign aid", even if he couldn't deal with the monsters a few times, it did not affect the strength of Sun Wukong's "famous first demon in the past dynasties".