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

Chapter 207: The Demon King of Jiao finally descends, the things of Fenshui
The story goes that in the Fen River, the water caused Ji Ding to drain away, and the Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong fought a fierce battle with the Dragon Demon King.

The golden hoop is heavy, the iron stick is strong, the golden knife is sharp. The three of them started a dispute together, and the three kinds of weapons were used to compete for victory or defeat. It was only because the dragon demon had done many evil things and had the crime of deceiving the heaven. The ox and monkey received the order of the immortal and were determined to subdue the evil dragon demon. The sound was like thunder that moved fish and dragons, and the sky was dark and the gods and ghosts were subdued.

The three of them fought for five or six rounds, but the Dragon Demon King was no match for the Bull King and Wukong. He was beaten so hard that his hands and muscles were numb and he no longer had the strength to fight.

The Jiao Demon King's face flushed with anger, and he said, "How dare you treat me like this, you two damned bastards? You deserve to die, you deserve to die."

Sun Wukong raised his golden hoop and beat the Jiao Demon King back with a fake blow, saying, "Jiao Demon King, surrender quickly and don't resist anymore. If you don't, I will hit you with this stick, and I'm afraid you will suffer."

The Bull Demon King also pointed at the Dragon Demon King and said, "I am here to surrender to you by the order of the Immortal Master. The Immortal Master is right there. If you have not surrendered yet, when will you surrender?"

The Jiao Demon King said, "I have also heard the Immortal's decree that he wants to kill me. How can I surrender?"

Sun Wukong said: "When you do evil, you must know that sooner or later, someone will come to subdue you. This is called good and evil will be rewarded!"

Upon hearing this, Jiao Demon King did not answer. He opened his eyes wide, but was anxious in his heart. He thought to himself, "Since the Bull Demon King followed the Immortal to practice, his ability has greatly improved, and his martial arts are even more powerful. Sun Wukong was even named Fighting Buddha, and his Taoism is profound and his magical powers are vast. He is much better than the Bull Demon King. I can hardly defeat one of them, let alone these two. I must think of a way to escape, otherwise my life will be in danger."

The Dragon Demon King thought hard, trying to find a way to escape.

Seeing this, Sun Wukong sneered and said, "Don't even think about getting away. I've traveled the Great Westward Road and I've eliminated all the evil spirits. It's no exaggeration to say that I've been through hundreds of battles. If you want to escape, I can tell."

Upon hearing this, the Jiao Demon King angrily asked, "Do you really want to fight me to the death?"

The Bull Demon King said, "How can we fight to the death? Now that the Immortal is behind you, my brother and I are surrounding you from the front and back. How dare you say such things?"

The Dragon Demon King was furious. He propped himself up and raised his knife to chop at the Bull Demon King.

The Bull Demon King swung up the iron stick to fight with him, and the two of them fought fiercely.

When Sun Wukong saw this, he took advantage of the moment when the Dragon King was about to stop his attack and hit him on the right arm with his stick. The Dragon King felt the pain, dropped his diamond knife and retreated.

Wukong laughed and said, "Demon King Jiao, although your magic power is much higher than before, your martial arts skills are not as good as before. You are holding such a big sword, and the sword force is very heavy. You should save some of your strength to allow for uncertainty. Otherwise, you will be vulnerable when your old strength is exhausted and your new strength is not yet generated."

When the Dragon King heard what Wukong said, he became furious. He immediately transformed himself, revealing his true form, which was a giant evil dragon a thousand feet long, with a horn on its head and bared fangs and brandishing claws, as if he was about to pounce on Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King.

The two were not afraid at all.

But the Bull Demon King suddenly shook his body and revealed his true form, which was a big white bull with a head like a steep mountain, eyes like sparkles, and two horns like two iron towers. From head to tail, it was over a thousand feet long, and from hoof to back, it was over eight hundred feet high. It was really majestic.

Sun Wukong used his magical power of "controlling the heaven and earth", and his body grew taller against the wind. In a short while, he was ten thousand feet tall, with a head like Mount Tai, eyes like the sun and the moon, a mouth like a pool of blood, and teeth like door panels. He swung an iron rod with an ability that could shake mountains and ridges and tremble the earth.

Such magical powers alarmed the heavens. The two generals, Thousand-Li Eyes and Wind-Hearing Ears, had already known about it and reported it to the Lingxiao Palace. The Jade Emperor heard the report and drove to the palace. He heard that it was a real person who was subduing a demon, with the help of the Bull King and the Monkey King. After the Monkey King shocked the three realms with his "Imitations of Heaven and Earth", the Jade Emperor heard what kind of demon it was that required a real person to go in person.

The two generals said that it was the Fenshui Jiao Demon King who was causing trouble, and the heavenly soldiers and generals were eager to investigate and tell the story of the Jiao Demon King. The Jade Emperor heard that the Jiao Demon King had been causing trouble for many years and many gods and immortals could not subdue him, so the Jade Emperor sent Li Tianwang and Nezha, together with 100,000 heavenly soldiers, to spread a net in the sky and on the ground, and went down to the mortal world to help the immortals and subdue the Jiao Demon King.

The heavenly soldiers received the order and went down to the mortal world. As soon as they went down, they saw that the battle in the Fen River was at a critical moment.

The Jiao Demon King fought fiercely, the Bull Demon King held the Jiao Demon King with his horns, and Sun Wukong hit him on the head with his iron rod. The Jiao Demon King was barely able to defend himself, but he was already in danger. Seeing this, Li Tianwang and Nezha ordered the heavenly soldiers to attack together.

For a moment, there was chaos in the Fen River area. The heavenly soldiers and generals attacked with swords and spears. The Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong fought against the Dragon Demon King. Nezha took out six kinds of demon-subduing treasures and smashed them at the Dragon Demon King.

After a while, the Dragon Demon King was defeated and had no strength to fight anymore. He ordered Sun Wukong to hit him on the head with a stick, causing him to fall to the ground and turn into a human form.

Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King retracted their true forms and magical powers.

The heavenly soldiers and generals stepped forward and pierced the scapula of the dragon king with their hook knives, thus subduing him.

Nezha put away his weapons, and walked with Li Jing to the Immortal, bowing and saying, "Greetings, Immortal."

Jiang Yuan returned the greeting with a bow, without saying much. Seeing that the Dragon Demon King was defeated, he took back the Ji Ding and gently turned it over. The river water flowed back and entered the Fen River again. After a while, the Fen River was back to normal.

The Immortal took the Ji Ding and turned around and said, "Thank you for coming to help us, but the monkey disturbed the heaven, so the Great Heavenly Venerable sent the heavenly soldiers to help?"

Li Jing said, "It was because of the great sage's ability that the Jade Emperor knew that this was the Jiao Demon King. After checking the Jiao Demon King's deeds, he knew that this was a demon that had committed many evil things, so he sent us to help. However, our arrival was useless, and the Bull King and Fighting Buddha were able to defeat him instinctively."

Jiang Yuan said: "I will always remember the help from the Great Heavenly Venerable. Since the Great Heavenly Venerable has personally sent troops to subdue it, I will ask the Heavenly King to take the evil dragon back to the heaven and punish it according to the heavenly punishment."

Li Jing thanked the Immortal. He knew very well that if the Immortal took the Dragon Demon King away or killed him on the spot, he would not be able to say anything. But now that the Immortal had done this, he had to accept his kindness.

The two of them were talking.

Sun Wukong and Bull Demon King return.

Li Jing and Nezha met the Bull Demon King, and then they bowed to Sun Wukong and said, "I heard that the Great Sage helped Tang Monk on his journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, and that he had already succeeded and was awarded the title of 'Fighting and Victory Buddha'. We did not have the time to congratulate him then, but now that we have met the Great Sage, we should congratulate him on his final achievement and his progress in Taoism."

Sun Wukong responded with, "I don't deserve it, I don't deserve it!"

Li Jing exchanged greetings with Sun Wukong for a while, and then said no more. He and the heavenly soldiers captured the Demon King Jiao, bid farewell to the immortal, and returned to the heaven.

After Jiang Yuan watched the heavenly soldiers leave, he looked toward the Fen River and said, "Wukong, go to the northern part of the Fen River and see what's there."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong jumped into the water without asking any questions, and then split the waterway and headed towards the northern part of Fen River.

When Bull Demon King saw Wukong leaving, he stepped forward and asked, "Master, what is there?"

Jiang Yuan shook his head and said, "I didn't know. When I was using the Ji Ding to collect water, I saw some subtle black air surrounding that place. Although the evil air was thin, the evil intention was extremely strong. I thought there was some secret there, so I sent Wukong to take a look. What was that thing?"

The Bull Demon King said, "Is there any danger? My dear brother is not good at swimming. If there is any danger, it will be difficult for him to survive underwater. Why don't I go and help him?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Don't worry. That monkey has a body of iron and steel. There are very few people in the Three Realms who can hurt him. Even if it is a treasure in the Three Realms, there are very few who can make him cry out in pain. So you should be at ease."

(End of this chapter)