Journey to the West: Beginning with the Apprenticeship of Bodhi Patriarch

Chapter 190: Bull Demon King Defeats Yellow Lion, Nine Spirits Yuansheng Zhi Zhenren
When Monkey heard the Yellow Lion Demon's shameless words, he became very angry. He pressed down his cloud and pointed at the Yellow Lion Demon, saying, "You thief, you are so rude. Those treasures were originally ours. You stole them, so you are a thief. How dare you say such shameless words here?"

The Yellow Lion Spirit swung the Siming Shovel and said, "The treasure belongs to heaven and earth. Even if you said it was yours, you didn't take good care of it. Now you lost the treasure and I got it. It's fate. You can't blame others."

The Monkey King pointed at the Yellow Lion Demon and said, "It is said that 'taking something without asking is considered stealing'. You are still trying to make excuses for it. You are truly a shameless person."

The Yellow Lion said, "I have obtained the treasure now. I have already held a banquet and invited people from all over to come and enjoy it. Don't say anything. If you stay here for a long time, when my friends from all over the world come, you will not be able to escape even if you want to."

The Bull Demon King shouted, "My dear brother, there is no point in talking to him. Just watch me catch him. This kind of thief doesn't need my help. My dear brother, you go to my side and wait for me to come and talk to me. I will catch him."

The traveler said, "Be careful, brother."

The traveler leaped onto a cloud and came before the Immortal and spoke to him. The Immortal agreed and ordered the Bull Demon King to subdue the demon.

There was a brutal fight in front of the Tiger's Mouth Cave. The Bull Demon King swung up the iron stick and attacked the Yellow Lion Demon. The Yellow Lion Demon held the Siming Staff and held the Bull Demon King down. The two fought on the ground.

The iron stick is heavy, and the shovel is a wheel. The two men fight with each other to show their magical powers, all because of the theft of the treasure. The Bull King has strong magical powers and has improved after following the immortal for a long time. The Yellow Lion is skilled in martial arts and is called the ancestor of Yuansheng Palace. They fight for a long time, and the sticks and shovels collide to shake the sky.

After fighting for thirty or forty rounds, the yellow lion became weak and defeated. Not daring to stay any longer, he turned around and fled.

The Bull Demon King cursed, "Don't run away, you thief. Take my stick."

The Bull King pretended to chase after the Yellow Lion Demon, and frightened it so much that it flew away on a cloud. Turning back, he said, "Don't be so arrogant. My master is the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint. Wait for me to find my master, and I will defeat you."

The Bull Demon King said, "You have a master, but I don't. Go ahead and let me see your master. I will wait for you here."

Say it.

The Bull Demon King stopped chasing and let the Yellow Lion Demon go.

The yellow lion demon quickly moved away.

Jiang Yuan and the traveler pressed down the clouds and landed in front of the Tiger's Mouth Cave.

The Bull Demon King turned around and bowed, saying, "Master, that thief monster is not very capable."

Jiang Yuan said with a smile: "You, the bull, can be subdued, so why let him go? Well, the demon has no evil spirit in his body, he is a righteous man, he offended the Wood Mother and became greedy to steal treasures, so it's okay to spare his life."

He then said to Monkey, "Wukong, go to the mansion and look for your golden cudgel. Don't hurt the little demons in the mansion. The demons here are not evil. They are just reformed little demons."

The traveler bowed deeply and happily went into the palace to look for treasures.

The Bull Demon King stepped forward and said, "Master, before the thief left, he said that his master was the Nine Spirits Saint. He must have gone to get help. Master, should we wait here or leave?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Since they are here to help, we should take care of them and not let them cause harm in the future. Wait for the Nine Spirits Saint here for a while, call the land god, and ask the Nine Spirits Saint about his origins."

The Bull Demon King said, "You don't need my magic, sir. I will go and investigate, find a ghost in the ground, and tell you the news."

Jiang Yuan said: "In this case, you can go now."

The Bull Demon King took the order and left.

Jiang Yuan waited in front of the cave. After a while, he saw many little demons fleeing in panic. He guessed that it was the Monkey King who was trying to scare them.

A moment later, Monkey came out holding three treasures. He stepped forward and said, "Brother, I got the treasures. Where is my brother?"

Jiang Yuan told the traveler about the story of Jiuling Yuansheng.

Upon hearing this, Monkey said, "Brother, please wait here for a while. I will return the weapons to the two brothers and then come back to help you."

Jiang Yuan said: "Go, go."

After the monk bowed, he put away the golden hoop stick and held a weapon in one hand, thinking to himself: "This fool's nine-toothed rake and Junior Brother Sha's demon-subduing staff are a bit light. They both weigh one Tibetan number, which is 5,048 kilograms."

He took his weapon and rode back to the city on a cloud.

……

The story goes that the Yellow Lion Demon was defeated and fled towards the southeast, until he came to a mountain called "Bamboo Section Mountain". In the mountain there was a cave called "Nine Bends Panhuan Cave".

There lives a monster in the cave, whose name is Jiuling Yuansheng. He has supernatural powers and extraordinary abilities.

The Yellow Lion Demon, together with the other five lions, all admired the abilities of Jiuling Yuansheng and worshipped him as their ancestor.

The Yellow Lion Demon went to the Jiuqu Panheng Cave and saw Jiuling Yuansheng. He bowed down, tears streaming down his cheeks, and shouted, "Grandfather, I bow to you, but please make the decision for me."

Jiuling Yuansheng asked, "My dear grandson, you sent me an invitation a few days ago and told me that you had won three treasures. Why are you acting like this now?"

The Yellow Lion Demon replied, "Grandfather, please listen to my story. I was traveling to Yuhuazhou City at night and saw those three treasures. I saw that the treasures were shining with divine light, so I used magic to take them away. How could an ordinary person take such treasures? When I saw them, it was my destiny. The three treasures were the 'Golden Hoop Stick', the 'Nine-toothed Gold-infiltrated Palladium', and the 'Treasure Staff'. I used these three treasures to prepare a banquet and invited people from all over the place. I asked the little demons in the mansion to buy some cattle and sheep with silver to entertain them. Unexpectedly, a man came and said that I stole his treasures. He also defeated me and forced me to flee. I hope that Grandfather can help me and draw his sword to help me. The man who defeated me, when he heard that I had the master to help him, became even more arrogant and was not afraid of the master."

Upon hearing this, Jiuling Yuansheng asked, "Since you said you stole, did you tell me whose treasure you stole?" The yellow lion demon replied, "The one who defeated me said that the golden hoop belonged to the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, the nine-toothed golden nail-studded palladium belonged to a pig demon, and the other magic staff belonged to the Curtain-Rolling General."

Upon hearing this, Jiuling Yuansheng pondered for a moment and said with a smile, "I know them, but you shouldn't provoke them. That pig is the water god of the Tianhe River, and these are the ones who are seeking scriptures. They are easy to provoke, but Sun Wukong is not. He has a hairy face and a thunder god's mouth. Five hundred years ago, he made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace. All three realms know that he is a man with great magical powers."

The Yellow Lion said: "The one who defeated me was not Sun Wukong."

Jiuling Yuansheng asked: "Who defeated you?"

The Yellow Lion said, "Grandfather, the one who defeated me was a Bull King, known as the Bull Demon King of Cuiyun Mountain."

When Jiuling Yuansheng heard this, he stood up and asked in surprise, "How did you offend that guy?"

The Yellow Lion Spirit did not understand what he meant and asked, "Grandpa has great magical powers, why should he be afraid of the Bull Demon King?"

Jiuling Yuansheng shook his head and said, "You don't know, that Bull Demon King is not scary at all, I have defeated him many times, but that Bull Demon King is a real guardian god, and that real person is a great supernatural being. If he comes, let alone me, even if all the grandchildren in my mansion come together, they will be subdued."

The Yellow Lion Spirit was so frightened that he fell down and said, "Grandpa, I never wanted to provoke such a person, but I shouldn't have done that."

Jiuling Yuansheng asked: "Do you know where the Bull Demon King is?"

The Yellow Lion replied in panic, "I heard him say that he would wait for me at my Leopard Head Mountain."

Jiuling Yuansheng pondered for a long time and said, "Forget it, forget it, forget it. Let's gather the troops and go with you to Leopard Head Mountain. We will talk it out and teach you how to resolve this grudge."

The yellow lion spirit bowed and said, "Grandson, I thank you, Grandfather."

Jiuling Yuansheng did not reply any more, but gathered his grandchildren, including the Gnome Lion, the Snow Lion, the Suanni, the Bai Ze, the Fuli, and the Tuanxiang, along with 380 soldiers and horses, and headed towards the Leopard Head Mountain in a fierce storm.

……

But in the city of Yuhuazhou, Monkey returned with his weapons, and everyone met in the palace. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing were overjoyed to have their magic weapons back.

Zhu Bajie held the nine-toothed rake, waved it a few times, and said with a smile: "Brother, you are really amazing. You got the weapon back so quickly and avenged your previous shame."

Sha Wujing held the demon-subduing staff firmly and asked in confusion, "Second Brother, how do you say I want to avenge my previous shame?"

Zhu Bajie yelled, "Brother Monkey is a famous thief in the Three Realms. It is a shame that he stole the treasure. Just like I hunt geese every year, and now a goose has pierced my eyes. Now I can steal the treasure back, which is a way to avenge my previous shame."

The Monkey King shook his head and said, "I didn't steal it. It was Senior Brother who helped me. You idiot, I just explained it to you earlier. How can you say I stole it?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Monk stepped forward and asked, "My dear disciple, what you said was that the Guang Xin Zhenren helped us. Is this true?"

The Monkey King said, "That's right. Master, I saw my eldest brother passing by and stopped him to invite him. That's how he got his permission. My eldest brother and my brother, the Ox King, went to Leopard Head Mountain together and defeated the thieves and monsters in the mountain. Only then did they get their weapons back."

Tang Seng clasped his hands and asked, "Did the Immortal follow you here, or did he leave?"

The Monkey King shook his head and said, "No, no. That Leopard Head Mountain Bandit Monster has a background. It is said that he is called 'Nine Spirits Yuansheng'. The eldest brother is afraid that if he leaves, he will cause harm to the future, so he is waiting in Leopard Head Mountain. He must deal with Nine Spirits Yuansheng before leaving."

Tang Monk said: "Master is indeed compassionate. Disciple, this matter was caused by us. Master helped us to take back the weapons, which is really rare. Now we can't let Master do all the aftermath. Disciple should go and help."

The Monkey King said, "Master, that is exactly the truth. I will go and help you."

Tang Seng said: "Let Bajie go with you. As the saying goes, 'two fists are no match for four hands'. It will be much safer if Bajie goes with you."

Zhu Bajie was shocked when he heard this: "Master, how can you let me go? Master, I absolutely cannot go."

Tang Seng asked: "Why can't you go?"

Zhu Bajie was speechless and didn't know how to respond.

The Monkey King knew the reason and said with a smile, "Master, please don't make it difficult for him. Just let him stay here."

Tang Seng said: "We should be prepared for any eventuality. It would be better to let Wujing go with you."

The Monkey King shook his head and said, "Master, if I ask this fool to stay with you, I will feel uneasy. I must ask Junior Brother Sha to stay with me, so that I can feel at ease. I will go alone, and there is no need for you to follow me."

Tang Monk said: "In this case, I will trouble you to go there. You must hurry and don't keep me waiting for too long."

The traveler smiled and said, "Master, I am going there now. Please wait here for me to return, and then we will set off again."

Say it.

The traveler leaped onto a cloud and flew away towards Leopard Head Mountain.

(End of this chapter)