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

Chapter 191 The Origin of the Nine Spirits Saint
The story goes that in the Leopard Head Mountain, it was already midnight when Jiang Yuan met the traveler. They were waiting quietly in the mountain when they suddenly saw a strong wind coming.

The immortal took a closer look and realized it was the Bull Demon King.

The Bull Demon King was holding a little old man in his hand. He fell to the ground and bowed, saying, "Thank you for waiting for me, sir. I have been investigating for a long time and finally found out where the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint came from."

The immortal said, "It was getting dark when you left, not long ago. Find out now and tell me."

The Bull Demon King put the old man down and said, "Master, I have been ordered to investigate. I should first investigate the landowner of our own mountain. However, the landowner of Leopard Head Mountain is a coward and doesn't know the reason. I had no choice but to look for him in other mountains. After asking the landowners one by one, he finally told me where the Nine Spirits Yuansheng lives."

The Monkey King stepped forward and said, "Brother, please don't interrupt me and tell me quickly."

The Bull Demon King said, "But I am afraid that I haven't explained it clearly, so I have invited the land god in the mountain where the Nine Spirits Saint is to come and let him explain it clearly to you, my lord and my brother."

The old man kowtowed tremblingly and said, "Master, Great Saint, the Nine Spirits Saint lives in the Jiuqu Panheng Cave on Zhujie Mountain."

Jiang Yuan helped the land god up and said with a smile: "Don't be frightened, land god. I am not a bad person. Since you know where the Nine Spirits Saint lives, could you tell me where he came from and what his abilities are?"

The land god thanked him and said, "Master, the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint is not a demon from the Yama world. He is an outsider who descended to Bamboo Mountain three years ago. Bamboo Mountain was originally a den of six lions. After seeing the power of the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint, they all worshipped him as their ancestor and accepted his protection. The Nine Spirits Primordial Saint is extremely powerful. He has nine heads with magical powers. Ordinary people are no match for him."

The Monkey King said, "Old man, please don't be so mysterious. No matter how great your magical powers are, how great can they be? Can you possibly defeat me?"

The land god bowed and said, "Great Sage, the Nine Spirits Saint is indeed very powerful, but please be careful."

Jiang Yuan stopped the traveler who was about to say more and asked, "If this Nine Spirits Primordial Saint really has the magical powers you said, he must be famous in the Three Realms. I have never heard of him, but I don't know where the Nine Spirits Primordial Saint is before he descended on Bamboo Section Mountain?"

The land god replied, "Master, the Nine Spirits Saint once lived in the Miaoyan Palace in the East."

The traveler was surprised and asked, "Isn't the Dongji Miaoyan Palace the residence of Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun?"

The land god bowed and said, "That's right, that's right. Great Sage, that Nine Spirits Primordial Saint is the beast of Taiyi Savior of Suffering."

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Well, I've made note of this. You can go now."

When the land god heard this, he bowed deeply and said, "Master, Great Sage, Ox King, I bid you farewell."

Say it.

The earth burrowed into the ground and disappeared in a moment.

The Bull Demon King yelled, "Master, it's hard to find ghosts in this place."

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "When I have time, I will teach you a method of 'exorcising the spirit', so you don't have to go there in person."

The Bull Demon King was delighted and responded.

The traveler stepped forward and said, "Big Brother, that Nine-spirited Primordial Saint is the beast of Taiyi Savior of Suffering Heavenly Venerable. Do you want me to go there and ask Taiyi Savior of Suffering Heavenly Venerable to subdue him?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "It's not too late to talk about it later. The Nine Spirits Saint has arrived."

He looked outside the mountain, but suddenly saw a rolling evil wind rising outside the mountain. Upon closer inspection, he saw that there were more than three hundred monsters coming, and the leader was Jiuling Yuansheng.

When Jiang Yuan saw Jiuling Yuansheng, he secretly admired him. Jiuling Yuansheng was also a man of magical powers. He didn't know what kind of magic Jiuling Yuansheng practiced, but he knew that Jiuling Yuansheng was very powerful.

"Master, be careful."

"Big Brother!"

When Bull Demon King and Monkey saw the evil wind, they swung their iron rods and golden cudgels and stood guard in front.

The evil wind fell in front of the Tiger's Mouth Cave on Leopard Head Mountain, and Jiuling Yuansheng and his grandchildren, including the Gnostic Lion, Snow Lion, Suanni, Bai Ze, Fu Li, Tuan Xiang, and Yellow Lion, along with a group of soldiers and horses, fell to the ground.

When the yellow lion saw the Bull Demon King, he trembled with fear. How could he dare to fight him as he did before?

Jiuling Yuansheng stepped forward and said, "Are those in front the Bull Demon King of Cuiyun Mountain and the Great Sage Equaling Heaven of Huaguo Mountain?"

The Monkey King stepped forward and said, "My brother is the Bull Demon King, and I am the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong. Who are you? Are you the Nine Spirits Saint?"

Jiuling Yuansheng said: "I know everything about this matter, but it was my grandson who was at fault. He took your treasure without asking, but he didn't know it was a treasure with an owner. This is my grandson's fault. But you also left the treasure lying around, not collecting it day or night, and tempted others to take it. This is also your fault. If we talk about it this way, you are at fault more."

The Monkey King said, "How dare you talk nonsense? Even if I am wrong, how can my fault be greater? I am now teaching the three princes of Yuhuazhou City, making the same weapons for them, teaching them to do good and protect the land. This is a meritorious deed. What about your children and grandchildren? You took the treasures without asking, and used them to invite people from all over the world to show off your treasures. I see that you are also a correct person. Do you think it is right to show off your treasures?"

Jiuling Yuansheng laughed and said, "You are a sharp-tongued person, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven. You are confusing right and wrong." Bull Demon King said, "How is what my dear brother said confused? Right and wrong are right and wrong here. You can say that both sides are wrong, but why do you say that my dear brother is more wrong? Isn't that biased?"

When Jiuling Yuansheng saw Bull Demon King coming out, he opened his eyes wide, took a closer look, and recognized that it was Bull King. He stepped forward and said, "Are you the Bull King, the guardian deity of the Guangxin Zhenren sect?"

The Bull Demon King held up the iron stick and said, "It is Lord Bull."

Jiuling Yuansheng said: "Since you are here in person, I should respect you. Both sides are at fault in this matter. It would be wonderful if we can put aside our grudges and have no more hatred."

The traveler laughed and said, "You are quite good at calculating. We have been waiting for you here for a long time. You said you came to settle the grudges. If you came to settle the grudges, why did you bring troops with you? You are here, my grandsons. But if you can't make it, do you want to fight with us?"

Upon hearing this, Jiuling Yuansheng did not reply and stared at the traveler.

Monkey and Bull Demon King stepped forward with sticks in hand to guard against these evil soldiers.

At the moment of stalemate.

Jiang Yuan said: "Nine Spirits Saint, your master, Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun, does he know that you are out?"

Upon hearing this, Jiuling Yuansheng shivered and looked towards the Immortal. However, he saw that the Immortal had an immortal aura, so he panicked and asked, "Are you that one?"

The Bull Demon King shouted, "Now that you have seen the real person, why don't you bow down?"

When Jiuling Yuansheng heard this, he knew that the person in front of him was Guangxin Zhenren. He was so frightened that he fell down. He didn't expect that this Zhenren came in person. He thought it was Bull Demon King who came to help, but how could he know that this Zhenren was here.

Jiuling Yuansheng turned around and was about to escape on a cloud.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Nine Spirits Saint, why don't you answer me and leave?"

Say it.

He stretched out his hand from his sleeve and pointed it at Jiuling Yuansheng, using a technique to freeze him. However, Jiuling Yuansheng stood still with his teeth gritted, eyes open, and hands spread out, unable to move or speak.

To realize the supernatural powers of a real person, one must circulate qi for 360 great cycles and use the method of fixing the body to unlock it.

When the six lions saw that their ancestor was immobilized, they panicked and ordered their soldiers to take away Jiuling Yuansheng.

How could the Bull Demon King and the Monkey King succeed? They just started beating him with sticks.

The six lions each displayed their magical powers to fight against the Bull King and the Monkey King.

The Monkey King plucked out a hair and shouted "change". Then thousands of monkeys appeared, each brandishing a golden cudgel and besieging the six lions. The little demons were so frightened by the magical powers that they fled in all directions and dared not come forward to fight.

Thousands of monkeys from the Six Lions Sect surrounded and attacked. Then Monkey King and Bull Demon King attacked them, but they were defeated in a short while. They fell to the ground and dared not move.

The Monkey King put away his golden cudgel and said, "Brother, these demons seem to be righteous people who have never done evil, so I didn't kill them."

Jiang Yuan looked at the six lions and said, "They are not evil people. You should investigate them thoroughly. If they really have not done any evil, you should spare their lives, but punish them."

After saying this, the Immortal walked in front of Jiuling Yuansheng and was about to say something.

Suddenly, auspicious clouds came and landed on Leopard Head Mountain.

"Master, please show mercy."

Jiang Yuan raised his head and took a closer look, only to see two people coming on a cloud. They were none other than Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun and his follower.

Jiang Yuan bowed and said, "Greetings to Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun."

Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun bowed back and said, "Master, there is no need to be polite. Please do not harm this creature's life. This creature is my beast and has the Tao."

Jiang Yuan said: "I already knew it was the beast of the Heavenly Lord, and I didn't want to harm its life. I wanted to send it back to the Dongji Miaoyan Palace, but I didn't expect the Heavenly Lord to come in person."

The Monkey King stepped forward and asked, "How could the Heavenly Lord allow this beast to escape?"

Taiyi Jiuku Tianzun pointed to his attendant and said, "It was me who was wrong. The beast was originally in the lion's room. It was this lion slave who stole my wine. That wine was the 'Reincarnation Elixir' given by Taishang Laojun. After drinking it, one will be drunk for three days. This fellow drank it and was sleeping soundly when Jiuling Yuansheng escaped. It must have been three years since he escaped. I just found out about it and came to look for him."

(End of this chapter)