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

Chapter 262 Wukong invites Bajie, Zuo Liang subdues the demon [ask for monthly ticket]

Before the Bull Demon King could finish his words, he saw Zhu Bajie close the door of his mansion and heard snoring from inside. He became angry and banged on the door.

The Bull Demon King shouted, "Zhu Bajie, Zhu Bajie! Why are you leaving like this? What is your intention?"

No matter how the Bull Demon King shouted or banged on the door, Zhu Bajie did not respond at all.

The Bull Demon King was very angry when he saw Zhu Bajie's rudeness. He swung the Black Dragon Piyue Spear and hit the gate of Yunzhan Cave, but he broke it with one strike.

Zhu Bajie, who was fast asleep in the mansion, saw the gate being smashed by the Bull King and yelled in anger, "I'm going to kill you, you bloody bastard! How dare you smash the gate of my mansion? Watch out!"

Zhu Bajie swung the nine-toothed rake, and he used it without any sense of responsibility, which looked quite ferocious.

The Bull Demon King held the Black Dragon Piyue Spear and attacked Zhu Bajie.

The two men fought fiercely in front of the mansion, and it was seen that they were both angry and fighting for strength. One was the messenger of the altar who turned into a pig spirit, and the other was a cow who returned to the right path from the disciple of the immortal. The one started fighting because the entrance of his door was destroyed, and the other felt that the pig spirit was rude and held a grudge. They fought back and forth to show their strength, and the two fought to compare their magical powers.

Before they knew it, they had fought for more than ten rounds. The Bull Demon King figured out Zhu Bajie's moves and swung his spear horizontally, using his magical power. Zhu Bajie raised his rake and wanted to hold the Bull Demon King back, but he was hit by Pi Yue's spear and Zhu Bajie was unable to defend himself, and the nine-toothed rake fell to the ground.

Zhu Bajie secretly thought that something was wrong and turned around to run, but before the enemy could escape, the Pi Yue Spear was held in front of Zhu Bajie.

The Bull Demon King said, "You are a rude fellow. I came to you with good intentions, but you don't appreciate it and treat me like this."

Zhu Bajie said, "I don't want to go, so I closed the door."

The Bull Demon King said, "Even if you don't want to go, you should have explained it to me. How can you be so rude? Come to think of it, Zhu Bajie, how come your training is so weak? In the past, you could still fight with me, but now your martial arts are much weaker and not as good as before."

Zhu Bajie blushed and said, "You are talking nonsense, Bull King. It is you who have obtained the magic weapon. I was defeated by your magic weapon, not by you."

The Bull Demon King cursed, "You are a lowly warrior, and you don't even realize it. If I rely on my magic weapon, you will be defeated in five rounds. How can I teach you to fight me for ten rounds?"

Zhu Bajie said nothing.

The Bull Demon King said, "Come with me to see the real person."

When Zhu Bajie heard this, he said, "No, no. Even if you kill me, I won't go to see the real person."

The Bull Demon King asked, "Why don't you see the real person?"

Zhu Bajie said: "If you tell me to go to Beijuluzhou to see the Immortal, I will never go there. If the Immortal comes to visit my Fuling Mountain, I will definitely meet him and treat him with courtesy."

The Bull Demon King was puzzled and asked, "Why don't you want to go to Beijuluzhou?"

Zhu Bajie said, "I am ashamed to meet you, so I will never go."

The Bull Demon King said, "Why are you ashamed to meet me? I'm going to teach you to meet your former generals. How can you say you're ashamed to meet them? You used to be the Marshal of the Heavenly Peng. You were very powerful back then, but now you are not. Is it because of this that you can't go?"

Zhu Bajie shook his head and said, "No, no. Do you know who that brave general is?"

The Bull Demon King said: "He is a brave general under your command. I know this very well. What else can I say?"

Zhu Bajie said: "It is because of my brave general that I am ashamed to meet him. Do you know why he was demoted to the lower world?"

The Bull Demon King said, "I heard from the local god that the fellow was punished and banished to the lower world because he did not take action and did not protect my brother when he caused chaos in the Heavenly Palace."

Zhu Bajie hesitated for a long time and said, "You know one thing, but not the other. Let me explain to you. He was originally a general under my command. At that time, Bi Ma Wen was causing trouble in the Heavenly Palace. My troops were very close to Tongming Palace and should have protected the emperor. However, I believed that Bi Ma Wen had little magical power and would be captured if he could not reach Tongming Palace. If I mobilized troops, I would have to issue orders and report to various places, which would be troublesome. I felt lazy, so I told him to stop and not move forward. Later, he was punished because of me. How can I face him now?"

Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King said, "How could you give such an order? Your laziness has caused a disaster. Now your generals are doing evil in Beijuluzhou, calling themselves the Great Sage of Shuangpo, and I don't know how many people they have harmed."

Zhu Bajie waved his hands and said, "I really am ashamed to see you. I am ashamed to see you. Please forgive me."

The Bull Demon King said, "I am here on the orders of the Immortal Master. You must go with me."

Zhu Bajie sat on the ground and said, "Even if you tell me to kill, I won't go."

Seeing Zhu Bajie like this, Bull Demon King was really at a loss. He thought about it and decided that Zhu Bajie was a little afraid of Wukong, so he went to ask Wukong to come.

The Bull Demon King didn't want to say any more to Zhu Bajie, so he rode away on a cloud.

When Zhu Bajie saw the Bull Demon King leaving, he picked up the Nine-toothed Rake, feeling a little indignant. He hummed and came back to his senses to repair the door.

……

But the Bull Demon King returned to the Sanxing Cave in the clouds.

He walked into the mansion and went straight to Wukong's quiet room. He knocked on the door and soon, Sun Wukong walked out.

When Sun Wukong saw the Bull Demon King, he was overjoyed and said, "Brother, how come you are back? Could it be that our eldest brother has returned after completing his mission?"

The Bull Demon King grabbed Sun Wukong and said, "No, no. I need your help now. This is the master's order. We can talk about it on the way. Come with me quickly."

When Sun Wukong heard that it was a real story, he followed the Bull Demon King out.

The two of them left the mansion and rode on a cloud to Fuling Mountain.

After a while, the two left Lingtai Fangcun Mountain and went to Fuling Mountain. On the way, Niu Mowang talked to Sun Wukong about Beijuluzhou and why Zhu Bajie was unwilling to go there.

When they reached Fuling Mountain, Sun Wukong had already heard about this. He felt a little ashamed and annoyed, saying, "How come this has anything to do with me?"

The Bull Demon King said, "My dear brother, you caused a great disturbance in Heaven in the past, and countless people were affected. Even my Flaming Mountain was formed when you caused a great disturbance in Heaven."

Sun Wukong said: "I didn't think much about it at that time, but now I know that it was a mischief."

The Bull Demon King laughed and said, "You are the most famous demon in history, and you don't get the title for nothing. Throughout history, you are the only demon who dares to cause trouble in the Heavenly Palace."

Sun Wukong said: "Brother, please don't say anything more. It's embarrassing to death for me."

As the two were talking, they walked to the front of Yunzhan Cave and saw Zhu Bajie repairing the gate.

Sun Wukong stepped forward and shouted, "Idiot!"

When Zhu Bajie looked up, he saw a hairy face with a thunder god's mouth. He was startled, recognized the person and said, "Brother, why is it you?"

Sun Wukong said: "Today I come to invite you to Beijuluzhou. My brother cannot invite you, so I come here myself."

Zhu Bajie yelled, "Brother, no matter who comes today, I won't go, so don't say anything."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong stepped forward and grabbed Zhu Bajie's palm-leaf fan by his ears, cursing, "Idiot! Are you going or not?"

Zhu Bajie cried out in pain and begged for mercy.

Sun Wukong shouted, "Fool! If you don't want to go, then hold out your crutch to me and let me hit you a hundred times. Once that's enough to counteract my efforts, you won't have to go."

Zhu Bajie was horrified. The monkey who was suffering from the plague was really beaten. He said, "Brother Monkey, I want to go. Please don't beat me." Sun Wukong let go of Zhu Bajie and said, "Brother, this fool wants to go. Let's go to Beijuluzhou to meet our eldest brother."

The Bull Demon King said happily: "It really is necessary for you, my brother, to take action."

Sun Wukong said, "Brother, our eldest brother is still waiting. We cannot stay here for long. Let's hurry over first."

The Bull Demon King responded.

They all got up again and headed for Juluzhou in the north. The Bull Demon King and Sun Wukong rode on the clouds, and Zhu Bajie followed behind reluctantly.

All of them were first-class immortals. In a flash they reached Beijuluzhou and found the immortals in the cave.

Zuo Liang looked at them from a distance and said, "Master, Master Niu is back and brought Zhu Bajie with him. Uncle Shishi is here too."

Jiang Yuan walked out of the cave and met the Bull Demon King and his two companions.

The Bull Demon King then recounted what had happened before and explained it to the Immortal.

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Thank you for coming here, Wukong."

Sun Wukong said, "I don't deserve it. I don't deserve it. If you have any problem, I will definitely help you."

The immortal nodded, looked at Zhu Bajie, and said, "Zhu Bajie, you already know what happened here, but if the Great Sage Shuangpo comes, please go and settle the grudge with him."

Zhu Bajie said, "But please let Monkey King come with me, for I am afraid he will kill me."

Sun Wukong said, "Don't worry, but if he harms you, I will definitely protect you."

The immortal said with a smile: "Zhu Bajie, when we met in Fuling Mountain in the past, you still had some prestige. How come you have none now?"

Zhu Bajie smiled, not daring to contradict the immortal.

The Immortal said, "Now that Zhu Bajie has arrived, we should go and subdue the water dragon. If the Great Sage Shuangpo comes, we should subdue him as well. If he does not come, we will go and look for him."

Sun Wukong drew out his golden cudgel and said, "Big Brother, let me go and subdue that water dragon."

Jiang Yuan said: "You don't need to go, Wukong. Let Zhengyuan go instead."

Zuo Liang immediately went out and bowed.

Sun Wukong said, "In this case, I will protect him. You can fight him. If you are defeated, just call me, and I will protect you."

Zuo Liang said: "Zhengyuan thanks Uncle Master."

Everyone said nothing more and walked out of the cave.

Wang Yu, who was following at the end, had a dazed look on his face. How could he not know that these were all immortals? Earlier he even thought that the immortals were practicing, but when he saw the Bull King riding away on a cloud and the land god bowing his head to obey his orders, he knew that the people he was following were all immortals.

Mortals like him actually have the opportunity to ask the gods to avenge them.

As Wang Yu pondered, he felt a little moved. He wanted to follow the immortal, but he changed his mind and realized that he still had parents in the village. Moreover, he had come here at the behest of the village elders to guide the immortal and subdue the monster. After subduing the monster, he must return to the village. Otherwise, the elders in the village would not know that his great revenge had been achieved.

Wang Yu's mind was in a mess, and he felt that he was entangled with many things. Although he had the chance to become an immortal, he was helpless.

Not long after they walked forward, they came out of the mountain and saw a cold pond at the foot of the mountain. The pond was so deep that you couldn't see the bottom. White bones formed a dam around the pond. Many skulls were scattered on the ground, and all of them had five holes in their skulls, as if they had died because the cult had sucked their brains out.

The immortal rode on a white deer and used his air-sighting ability to look towards the cold pond. He saw a misty black gas in the pond, which was where the evil spirit was.

Zuo Liang said: "Master, please stay here for a while. I will go and subdue the demon."

Jiang Yuan smiled and nodded, saying, "Zhengyuan, go ahead. I will wait for you here."

Zuo Liang took the order and left. He took out a handful of grains from his arms and threw them on the ground. But seeing the hexagram, he left with a smile, thinking it was a good omen.

Sun Wukong watched Zuo Liang go away and said, "Big Brother, I will go and protect my nephew."

The real person naturally agreed.

Sun Wukong then rode on a cloud, hiding his body, chanting a spell, and secretly using a protective spell to protect Zuo Liang.

He had not been casting the spell for long when he suddenly saw a divine light beside him. He looked carefully and saw that it was the God of Thunder, the Goddess of Lightning, the God of Wind and the Goddess of Cloud.

Sun Wukong came forward on a cloud.

When the Thunder Goddess and the Lightning Goddess saw Sun Wukong, they all bowed and said, "We are here to see the Great Sage."

Sun Wukong said: "Why are you here? This is the northern part of Juluzhou, and you rarely come here."

They all replied, "Great Sage, there is a cultivator called 'Zheng Yuan' down below. He is a disciple of Master Guang Xin of the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon on the Lingtai Square Inch Mountain in Xiniu Hezhou. He used the Five Thunders Supreme True Method and sent an urgent order directly to the palace of 'Nine Heavens Yingyuan Leisheng Puhua Tianzun'. He immediately received the order and reported it to the Jade Emperor, who approved it. Therefore, he ordered us to come here and obey his orders."

When Sun Wukong heard this, he knew that this was Zuo Liang's magic. He asked, "When I traveled west in the past, I passed through Chechi Country. At that time, there were three demons who also knew the Five Thunders Magic. But in order to dispatch you, they had to issue a written document and burn a written order before they could command you with a token. Why can my nephew use the Five Thunders Magic to convey his message directly now?"

The others replied, "Great Sage, you don't know. Each sect has its own Five Thunder Method, but most of them require documents and burning letters before they can get our help. However, Master Zhengyuan's Five Thunder Method is different. You can order him to be dispatched immediately, and then complete the documents and letters."

Sun Wukong scratched his head and said, "It is so. But the one below is my nephew, you must help him and don't disobey."

The others panicked and said, "We dare not disobey, but if we do, we will be punished. Great Sage, please rest assured."

Sun Wukong said: "You don't have to do this. I won't beat you."

Everyone bowed again, how could they believe what Sun Wukong said?

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Zuo Liang secretly used the Five Thunders Technique, deployed his troops, and asked five or six mountain gods to wait in secret. When he was ready, he walked to the edge of the cold pond and said, "Zheng Yuan, a disciple of Master Guangxin of the Three Stars Cave in the Slanting Moon on Fangcun Mountain of Lingtai, is here. Demon, why don't you show up quickly!"

As the voice fell, the cold pond suddenly shook, and after a moment, a vicious dragon a hundred feet long emerged from the pond, with its bloody mouth open, fangs bared, and claws brandished, looking extremely ferocious.

The evil dragon fell to the ground and transformed into a man with a body of two meters tall, arms three meters wide, and a mouth like a bloody basin.

The evil dragon pointed at Zuo Liang and said, "Zhengyuan? I have never heard of you. Why are you making a fuss in front of my house?"

Zuo Liang said: "You don't need to listen. You have committed many evil deeds. My master has learned about it and sent me to subdue you. You evil demon, why don't you surrender quickly!"

The evil dragon laughed loudly and said, "I see that you have some shallow magical power. I just talked to you for a long time, and you actually said that you want to subdue me? With your insignificant ability, how can you subdue me? Are you trying to starve me to death? I might as well tell you, if you want to starve me to death, you need a million people, no less."

Zuo Liang replied: "I hope you have the ability to live up to your words. If not, I will make you surrender today!"

The evil dragon did not take Zuo Liang seriously at all, thinking that this fellow had little magical power and no martial arts skills, and that there was no way he could defeat him.

(End of this chapter)