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

Chapter 271 True Person Knows the Tripod
The conversation was taking place in the hall of Xuanming Immortal Palace.

Qingniu sat in the middle and ordered the maids to prepare delicacies to offer him. The maids did not dare to disobey and had to offer him dish after dish.

Qingniu looked up, but saw that the delicacies in front of him were all ordinary things, except for the jade plate in the middle, which was filled with things he had never eaten before.

The blue ox took a closer look and saw that the jade basin contained an unborn fetus. The ox recognized it and became angry. He said, "We are honored guests. How can you offer us something like this? Are you looking down on me? If so, I will mobilize the troops and teach you a lesson."

The maid panicked and said, "I never despised you, I never despised you!"

Qingniu said: "Since you have never looked down on me, why do you treat me with such things?"

The maid said, "These are top-grade treasures. Your Majesty often uses such things. If it weren't for the distinguished guest, you would definitely not use such treasures to entertain him."

Qingniu said: "This can be considered a treasure! How rude, how rude!"

The Bull Demon King poked his head out and asked, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? Isn't this the residence of the Xuanming Mother? How come a human emperor is here?"

The maid replied, "Your Majesty is the former king. The king has ordered that we must address him as Your Majesty. This news will be told at the Ding Appreciation Meeting."

Say it.

The maid immediately stood up and left.

The Bull Demon King was a little angry and said, "How dare this Xuanming Old Mother call herself an emperor? What is she trying to do?"

Sun Wukong stepped forward and patted the Bull Demon King, saying, "Brother, don't be angry. Now that we have come, we must subdue him."

Jiang Yuan said nothing. His eyes looked towards the back hall. The three tripods on his waist emitted divine light.

Zuo Liang sat behind the Master and asked, "Master, is there anything else going on?"

The Immortal shook his head and said, "I was wondering what he was rewarding at the Ding Appreciation Meeting, but I never thought that he was rewarding nine Dings."

Zuo Liang was surprised and said, "Master, what you said is that the Nine Cauldrons fell into his hands."

Sun Wukong asked, "Is what you said true, Senior Brother?"

Jiang Yuan said: "I have some affinity with the Nine Cauldrons. Now the Three Cauldrons are in my hands. If the Nine Cauldrons were beside me, I would definitely feel something. Now I feel something in the center of the mansion, so I know that there must be Nine Cauldrons in this mansion."

Sun Wukong said: "The Xuanming Mother is a demon, how can she get the help of the Nine Cauldrons?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "I guess he definitely didn't get the Nine Cauldrons' help. He probably wanted to take the Nine Cauldrons by force, but now he wants to show off, so he has this tripod appreciation party."

Sun Wukong said: "If this is the case, then we cannot let him get the sacred tripod. Big Brother should take it for us."

Jiang Yuan said: "If it is predestined, I don't need to take the tripod, it will come to me naturally."

Sun Wukong said: "Big Brother, can we just wait here now?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "Just wait patiently until you see the Xuanming Mother and then surrender to her."

The Bull Demon King said, "What you said makes sense. According to your divine appearance, I'm afraid that guy will get away."

The Green Ox stretched out his hand towards Zhu Bajie and said, "Zhu Bajie, give me those fruits."

Zhu Bajie was tasting the delicacies. He shook his head and said, "King Si, give all those fruits to those little demons."

The green ox did not understand what he meant and asked, "Why did you compare my fruit to him?"

Zhu Bajie said, "When you go to the demon's house for a banquet, you must prepare some treasures. This is to be polite. Moreover, this is also a way to show your strength. When we go in, we must take some treasures. I will give those fruits to him."

The Green Ox said, "Just give him the Nine-toothed Rake, why do you give him my fruit?" Zhu Bajie remained silent, not knowing how to respond to the Green Ox.

While everyone was talking, another demon came and was invited by the maid to sit at the table.

The immortal looked at it, but saw that the demon was more than eight feet tall, with double eyes flashing golden lights, two round ears like fans, four steel teeth like nails, red hair on his temples and flaming eyebrows, and it was a lion demon.

As soon as the lion demon sat down at the table, he beckoned to the maid to bring him some delicacies. He said in a muffled voice, "Quickly bring me the treasure."

The maid took the order and immediately brought a jade basin with an unformed fetus in it.

The lion demon took it, swallowed it, and finished it in two or three bites.

When Qingniu saw this, he felt a little indignant, but he didn't say anything.

The lion demon turned around and looked at the blue ox, saying, "Where are you from?"

When Qingniu heard this, he replied, "Why do you care where I am from?"

The lion demon said, "I see you are accompanied by an ox demon, a monkey demon, a pig demon, and an unknown one. This is very strange, so I am asking you."

Qingniu said angrily: "How dare you!"

When Sun Wukong and Bull Demon King heard what the lion demon said, they were both furious and shouted, "How dare you be so rude!"

When the lion demon saw that both Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King were very powerful, he became frightened and fell down because he didn't know where they came from.

Two or three maids came forward and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, there should be no fighting in your house. Please stop the fighting."

Sun Wukong said: "It is he who is rude. You should call your Majesty here and make apology to us. Only then can we stop it."

The maid was about to say something.

Suddenly, a voice was heard coming from the white bone lotus seat on the high platform in front.

"Who wants to see me?"

Sun Wukong looked up and saw a person suddenly appear on the white bone lotus seat. It was the Xuanming Mother.

The Mother Xuanming appeared and looked at Sun Wukong. When she saw Sun Wukong's appearance, she was shocked. Others might not recognize him, but how could she not recognize him? The hairy face and the mouth of a thunder god, isn't this Sun Wukong?

Xuanming Old Mother exclaimed: "Are you the Sun Wukong?"

When Sun Wukong heard this, he looked up and said, "Do you know me?"

Xuanming Old Mother was surprised and said, "When you caused a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace, everyone knew you. How come you are here?"

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong looked towards the Immortal, and when he saw the Immortal nod, he stood up and said, "I heard that you were causing trouble in Northern Julu Continent, and I knew about it, so I came to defeat you!"

The Xuanming Mother stood up and pointed at Sun Wukong, saying, "I was wondering why there was news that Zhu Bajie could subdue the Great Sage Shuangpo and wipe out the White Bone City. I thought Zhu Bajie had no such ability. Now it seems that it was you, the Horse Keeper, who was causing trouble!"

Zhu Bajie stood up, swung up his nine-toothed rake, and cursed: "You devil, how dare you speak to me like that? You don't know how powerful I am! Brother Monkey, let's attack together to subdue him!"

The Xuanming Mother said: "How dare you two enter Northern Juluzhou! Don't you know that Northern Juluzhou is my land? Even if you, Bi Ma Wen, have any magical powers, you can't move in my land!"

Sun Wukong pulled out the golden cudgel from his ear, threw away his stance, and began to fight, saying, "Uttarakuru is your land? I wonder how a little girl like you can have the magical power to speak so arrogantly! I will give you three blows to wake you up!"

(End of this chapter)