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

Chapter 205: The Second Fighting Dragon Demon King, All Things Are Mutually Born and Rejected

The story goes that in the Fenshui Crystal Palace, the Jiao Demon King returned, took off his armor, called on the little demon, carried his sword and left.

The Jiao Demon King sat on the throne in the palace, secretly shocked, and said: "How can this Bull Demon King be so powerful? I have gained some predestined Dharma, so I have the ability now. That guy followed Master Guangxin to practice, how can he practice so quickly and so powerfully? If we were not underwater, I would have no chance to defeat him."

"If he comes again, what should I do?"

The Dragon Demon King thought for a long time but could not figure out the solution. However, he knew in his heart that he must not fight with him on the shore. If he left the water, he would never be a match for the Bull Demon King.

The Jiao Demon King thought so, and thought to himself: "I saw that the Bull Demon King fought with me for more than thirty rounds before, and pretended to be defeated. He probably wanted to scare me to the shore. Could it be that he has some helpers on the shore? Or is that real person on the shore?"

The Dragon Demon King felt a little frightened. If there was a real person on the shore, he would not dare to fight with him. However, he knew where his abilities came from. Most of his abilities were in the water. If he left the water, he would be much weaker.

The Dragon Demon King made up his mind not to fight with the Bull Demon King anymore. Even if they fought, he would never leave the water and go to the shore.

The Jiao Demon King calmed down and shouted, "Come here, come here! Cook the living people in the Water Palace and serve them to me so that I can replenish my strength."

A little demon received the order and was about to leave.

Suddenly, a little demon rushed into the palace and said in panic, "My king, this is bad. The bull demon is here to challenge us again!"

When the Jiao Demon King heard this, he was certain that the Bull King was here to scare him out of the water. He made up his mind and said, "Don't pay any attention to him. Close the gate tightly and tell the gatekeeper to retreat. Let him challenge us without fighting."

The little demon hurriedly delivered the order.

The Dragon Demon King then sat down in the palace, waiting for the little demon to bring food.

After a while, the Jiao Demon King suddenly heard a loud noise, which startled him. He stood up and was about to investigate, but he saw the little demon reporting urgently, saying, "My king, my king! The bull demon saw us closing the door and smashed the door head, threatening to kill us and break into the mansion. There are two or three little demons, and they can't escape, so let him kill them!"

Upon hearing this, Jiao Demon King was furious and cursed, "This Bull Demon King really has no dignity! You came with me and surrendered to me, but why are you so arrogant and smashed my gate? This is a great humiliation and I cannot tolerate it. Come, take my weapons."

A little demon brought armor and weapons.

The Dragon Demon King took his weapon and walked out of the Crystal Palace, but saw the Bull Demon King committing atrocities, swinging a mixed iron stick and beating a little demon to death. He looked really ferocious and powerful.

The Jiao Demon King cursed, "Ox King, how dare you bully me like this?"

When Bull Demon King saw Jiao Demon King coming out, he didn't answer. Instead, he swung his iron stick, walked forward and hit Jiao Demon King with it. Jiao Demon King hurriedly raised his knife to block, but Bull Demon King made a false move with the stick and hit him in the face.

After doing this, Bull Demon King turned around and walked towards the shore.

The Jiao Demon King stood there for a long time, extremely angry, his face flushed, and he cursed: "I'm telling you to be so bloody and sick, how dare you bully me like this? Don't run, don't run! Take my sword!"

The Dragon Demon King swung his knife wildly, trying to kill the Bull Demon King.

Unexpectedly, the Bull Demon King was determined to go to the shore and did not fight with the Dragon Demon King. He ignored all the insults from the Dragon Demon King.

The demon king made a move to rush out of the Fen River, but when he was about to go out of the water, he suddenly stopped and shouted, "You damned thing, don't try to trick me out of the Fen River. I can't stop you."

Say it.

The Demon King Jiao swam back.

Seeing that Jiao Demon King was not fooled, Bull Demon King became anxious. He shouted to the shore, "My dear brother, that fellow has not been fooled. He wants to go back. Come down quickly and defeat him with me."

When the Dragon King heard this, he realized that there was indeed an ambush on the shore, so he hurried downstream.

After hearing what the Bull Demon King said, Wukong on the shore drew out his golden cudgel, parted the water, and dived downwards. In a moment, he saw the Bull Demon King and the Jiao Demon King diving downwards.

Wukong approached the Bull Demon King and asked, "Brother, why can't both of these methods be successful?"

The Bull Demon King said, "This Jiao Demon King was determined to chase us, but when he was halfway and about to go ashore, he suddenly woke up and turned around and left. I had no choice but to call you down." Wukong said, "I am not good at swimming, but I still have some martial arts skills that can be used underwater. Since he refuses to go ashore, we will all go down into the water and defeat him."

The two agreed to chase the Dragon Demon King by water.

After a while, the two ran into the Dragon Demon King in front of the Crystal Palace.

The Jiao Demon King held a large knife in his hand, looked closely at Wukong, and said, "Aren't you the handsome Monkey King Sun Wukong?"

Wukong swung up his golden cudgel and said, "It's me, Sun!"

The Jiao Demon King asked, "I heard that you caused a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace and were imprisoned by the Buddha. Later, you followed a monk to practice cultivation. Have you succeeded now?"

Wukong said: "Since I have accomplished my mission, I am now the Fighting and Victory Buddha."

The Jiao Demon King said: "Since you have accomplished your mission, why don't you go and enjoy peace and tranquility? Why are you here?"

Wukong said: "I heard that you have committed many evil deeds and committed the crime of deceiving the heaven. I have always been a good person, so how could I let you do such evil? Now that I have heard of your crimes, I will surrender to you!"

The Jiao Demon King said, "I have done evil, but I have never eaten anyone from your territory. Since you say this, don't blame me for not considering our brotherly feelings."

The three men fought without saying a word, using golden hoop sticks, mixed iron sticks, and diamond knives as they struggled underwater.

The Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong were not good at swimming, and they fought with the Dragon Demon King underwater for ten rounds, but there was no clear winner. However, the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong had the upper hand, and if they fought a little longer, the Dragon Demon King would surely be defeated.

The Dragon Demon King saw that he was about to be defeated, and seeing that Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King were both first-class fighters, he became timid and dared not fight again. He made a feint with his sword and escaped.

Wukong shouted, "Don't run!"

The two of them chased after him.

The Dragon Demon King was very good at water. It didn't take long for the two men to find him underwater. However, it was very difficult to subdue the Dragon Demon King underwater.

Wukong and Bull Demon King had no choice but to give up and go to the shore, and then returned to the shore.

Wukong said, "Brother, that fellow is indeed quite capable. Although we two are not good at swimming, even so, if we join forces, ordinary monsters will never be able to defeat us. I don't know where this fellow learned his skills. We can't catch him underwater."

The Bull Demon King shook his head and said, "Forget it, forget it, forget it. In this case, let's go report to the master and talk to him. The master will definitely have a way to subdue this guy."

Wukong pondered for a long time and said, "That must be the case. The Jiao Demon King has not come out and is hiding in the Fen River. We cannot catch him. If we provoke him, he may flow along the Fen River into the sea. Then he will be hard to find. Let's go and look for my senior brother."

The Bull Demon King said: "Go ahead, go ahead."

The two men put away their weapons and rode on the clouds to go outside. It didn't take long before they entered the deserted temple.

Jiang Yuan was talking with Zuo Liang in the temple. When he saw the two men coming, he knew that the matter had not been accomplished.

The two men recounted what had happened previously so that the immortal could understand the whole story.

Jiang Yuan heard this and said, "You two said that the Jiao Demon King is not very capable, but he is good at swimming. But you are afraid that he will escape, so you can't do anything to him. Is that true?"

Wukong said, "Big Brother, that's exactly what happened. That's exactly what happened. If he hadn't been a water monster, the Jiao Demon King would have let me and you take him down long ago. We must not let him do anything violent."

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "The way of all things is mutual promotion and mutual restraint, but if it is water, I have a way to restrain it."

The Bull Demon King asked, "Where did you get this method from, sir?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said that if Bull Demon King and Wukong went to Fenshui with him, they would be able to subdue Jiao Demon King.

(End of this chapter)