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

Chapter 204: The Bull King Fights the Flood Demon [Happy New Year’s Eve]

Inside the Fenshui River, the Bull Demon King used a spell of "avoiding water" and entered the Fenshui River. He picked up a mixed iron stick and walked in, parting the waterway. After a while, he saw a crystal palace under the water, and outside the crystal palace were five big characters "Fenshui Water God's Palace".

When the Bull Demon King saw this, he shouted, "How can this fellow be so arrogant? He has done so many evil things, yet he has the nerve to call himself the God of Water. If this fellow brought benefits to the area, protected the peace of the land, and brought peace to the people, then he could call himself the God of Water. However, he has been causing trouble for so long, how can he be called the God of Water? If others knew about this, wouldn't it be a joke?"

Say it.

The Bull Demon Dynasty walked towards the Crystal Palace.

When he got closer, he saw a monster sitting in front of the palace, with bloody flesh in its mouth, but he couldn't tell whether it was human flesh or animal flesh.

When the Bull Demon King took a closer look, he saw that the monster was none other than his former brother, the Dragon Demon King.

Compared with the past, the Jiao Demon King is even more demonic. How can he still look even slightly like his original self?

The Bull Demon King shouted, "The Jiao Demon King, come out and surrender immediately!"

The Bull King shouted, but the monster sat in front of the palace, only caring about eating and drinking, focusing on eating flesh and blood, completely ignoring what the Bull King said.

When the Bull Demon King saw this, he became furious, and swung his iron rod, ready to walk into the Crystal Palace. But before he entered, he saw a little demon guarding the gate sleeping soundly outside the palace.

The Bull Demon King shouted to the little demon, "The gatekeeper, quickly go and tell the Jiao Demon King to come out and tell him that the Bull Demon King from Cuiyun Mountain in Hezhou, West Niu, is here to defeat him."

The little demon woke up in shock, and was so frightened by the Bull Demon King's aggressiveness that he fell down. He rushed inside to report, shouting, "My king, my king! Something terrible has happened! There's a bull demon outside who has come to our door!"

The dragon demon king in front of the crystal palace, who was using flesh and blood, came back to his senses after hearing this. He looked at the little demon and said, "Why are you making so much noise here?"

The little demon then told the reason.

Upon hearing this, Jiao Demon King was puzzled and asked, "Is he really the so-called Bull Demon King?"

The little demon said anxiously, "My king, the one coming from outside is really the Bull Demon King as he said, coming from Cuiyun Mountain in Hezhou, West Niu."

The Jiao Demon King was startled and said, "That Bull Demon King is my sworn brother in the past. There were seven sworn brothers at that time, I was the second and the Bull Demon King was the first. But I heard that the Bull Demon King converted to practice under the tutelage of the Immortal Guangxin of Hezhou, Xiniu. How come he has appeared here for such a long time and asked me to surrender? Could it be that the Immortal has also come here? If so, we must not fight him, or we will suffer a disaster."

The little demon asked, "My king, what should we do now?"

The Jiao Demon King said, "Wait a minute, I will go and see if the Guangxin Master is here. If he is, I will leave. If he is not, I will not tolerate the Bull Demon King being so presumptuous here."

Say it.

The Dragon Demon King took out a big knife and asked the little demon to get his armor. He put it on and walked out of the crystal palace.

When the Dragon Demon King walked out, he met the Bull Demon King. When the two met, the Dragon Demon King was a little confused to recognize him. After looking at him carefully, he realized that this was the Bull King. It was because the Bull King had a spiritual appearance, which was very different from before.

The Jiao Demon King asked, "Is that the Bull King who came?"

The Bull King swung up the iron rod and said, "Dragon Demon King, how come you don't recognize me?"

The Jiao Demon King said: "It is really you! You are a little different now, and look more like a real person."

The Bull King shouted, "I look like a decent person, but you are not. You don't look like a cultivator at all, you look like a demon. You are doing evil here, aren't you afraid of being punished by the gods?"

Upon hearing this, the Jiao Demon King cursed, "You came to find me today, why don't you cultivate brotherhood with me again, but why do you come to humiliate me like this? What I do has nothing to do with you, and I have never eaten anyone in your territory."

The Bull King pointed to the Dragon King and said, "How can it have nothing to do with me? You have committed the crime of deceiving the heaven by doing this. If anyone who practices good deeds sees you, they will not forgive you! I will not hide it from you. You have eaten countless people and the gods of the land and mountains. I have received the order of the Immortal to subdue you!"

Say it.

The Bull Demon King swung up the iron stick and pretended to strike.

When the Jiao Demon King heard the name of the 'real person', he was frightened and hid back. He looked around and felt relieved when he didn't see the real person. He shouted, "You cow, you can't scare me. There is no real person here!"

The Bull Demon King laughed and said, "I see you have taught the two gods to cover their hearts and ears. What I said was an order from the Immortal, not the Immortal's personal presence. You are not worthy of the Immortal's personal surrender."

After hearing this, Jiao Demon King felt relieved and said, "Did the real person really not come?" Niu Demon King said, "You are not worthy!"

The Jiao Demon King said, "Since the real person has not come, you should retreat quickly and do not come up to fight me! I remember that we had some friendship in the past, so I will not bother with you."

The Bull Demon King pointed out and said with a smile: "You, what you said is really absurd! I am here to capture you, and you say you don't want to bother with me."

The Jiao Demon King said, "Since you said so, are you determined to fight me?"

Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King shouted, "Resist the enemy? That's not right. Stand still and take three of my sticks before you talk about resisting the enemy!"

The Jiao Demon King sneered and said, "I don't know what kind of magic power you have to be so arrogant. Now let me show you my magic power!"

Say it.

The Dragon Demon King raised his knife and slashed at the Bull Demon King.

The Bull Demon King wielded the iron rod to block the attack. After a brief conversation, the two men started fighting.

The two fought fiercely under the Fen River, using iron rods and diamond knives. The two were angry and fighting for strength. One was a guardian deity under the immortal, who had returned to the right path and practiced the truth. The other was an evil dragon demon in the Fen River, who was deceiving the heaven and disrupting the law. The Bull King was ordered to capture the evil dragon, and his iron rod showed his magical power. The dragon demon was angry and fought the Bull King, determined to teach him the truth. The stick met the knife and the two were entangled, jumping over the waves and turning the waves without a winner.

The Bull Demon King is not as good at swimming as the Dragon Demon King. They fought for thirty rounds without a clear winner.

The Bull Demon King was frightened by the fight and thought to himself, "How did this fellow practice to have such a skill? He is so powerful. Here under the water, I can't use my strength to struggle, but I still have 70% of my strength, but I can't do anything to him. If I fight him underwater, after a hundred rounds, I will definitely have some difficulty. But I can't fight him underwater, so I will lead him out of the Fen River. Then I will join hands with my brother and capture him within five rounds."

Think about it.

The Bull Demon King had an idea. He held the Dragon Demon King with a stick and exerted all his strength to catch the Dragon Demon King off guard. Just as the Dragon Demon King came to chase him, and fought for three more rounds, he pretended to be defeated and fled out of the water.

The Dragon Demon King did not chase after him, but just watched the Bull Demon King leave.

The Bull Demon King had no choice but to leave the water and return to the shore.

When they reached the shore, Wukong came forward and caught the Bull Demon King. Wukong drew out his golden hoop and said, "Brother, where is the Jiao Demon King? Watch me defeat him!"

The Bull Demon King came ashore and said, "My dear brother, the Dragon Demon King has not come up yet, so there is no need to do this."

Wukong said, "Brother, you have led the dragon demon king to the shore."

The Bull Demon King sighed, "No, no! That fellow is indeed quite cunning. I fought with him for thirty rounds, intending to lure him out, but he did not fall for it. It is difficult for us to lure him out of the shore."

Wukong said: "The Jiao Demon King is so smart."

The Bull Demon King said: "He doesn't know how to practice, he has some skills, and he is cunning, we should think of a way."

Wukong said, "Brother, you can use the method to lure him out again. It would be better if you let me go. I will definitely be able to lure out the Jiao Demon King."

The Bull Demon King said, "Your swimming ability is even worse than mine, how can you go? If you have a way, please tell me and I will go, so as not to put you in danger."

Wukong said, "It's not difficult. There are two ways. One is to smash his door. The other is to give him a slap on the ear. This will make him chase you. Then you can lure him to the shore. As long as the Jiao Demon King comes to the shore, my brother and I will join forces and he won't be able to hold out for a moment."

Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King was dumbfounded and said, "My dear brother, you often do such things. Breaking someone's door is a matter of life and death, not to mention a slap in the face."

Wukong laughed and said, "Brother, I haven't done this for a long time. It was only when I was on the journey to the west that I helped Tang Monk obtain the scriptures. Now I haven't done it. Brother, please don't laugh at me."

The Bull Demon King shook his head and said, "As long as your method works, I won't laugh at you. So, I will go into the water again and lure out the Jiao Demon King. My dear brother, you wait here. If the Jiao Demon King comes out, you use your magic to trap him and don't let him go into the water. He is very good at water. In the past, he called himself the 'Great Sage Covering the Sea'. Now he is even more capable than before. If he goes into the water, it will be difficult for us to catch him. Besides, he is on guard, so I'm afraid there will be no chance to catch him again."

Wukong said, "Don't worry, brother. Just lure that fellow out. I will have a way to trap him and will never let him escape again."

The Bull Demon King said, "My dear brother, please stay here for a while. I will go on another journey."

After the Bull Demon King parted ways with Wukong, he said no more and dived into the water to look for the Dragon Demon King again.

(End of this chapter)