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

Chapter 276: Visiting Erlang Shen, the real person exorcises the devil and becomes famous
The group of people led by Huabiao Zhenren were walking on the Yongzhou Mountain Road, heading for the auspicious aura ahead, wanting to visit the immortals there. After traveling for more than two or three days, they finally approached the auspicious aura.

Jiang Yuan stopped the white deer and looked forward. He knew where the auspicious aura was and who it was.

Zhu Bajie was carrying a load of oranges on his shoulder and said, "Master, why are you stopping? It's not far from there. Let's go on."

Green Ox was breaking the oranges and said, "Zhu Bajie, don't be anxious. The Master has stopped for a reason. Just wait patiently."

When Zhu Bajie heard this, he said, "I don't know what the real person is thinking. It's my fault."

The Immortal said, "I already know who the person in front is, so I will stay here and send someone to inform him, and then go to visit him."

As he said this, the Immortal looked at the Bull Demon King and said, "Niu'er, you go to the place in front and inform them. The one in front is Erlang Xiansheng Zhenjun. You tell him that we are here. If they invite us, we will pass by. But if it is inconvenient, we will leave now."

The Bull Demon King said, "Master, please stay here for a while. I will be back soon."

Say it.

The Bull Demon King swung the Black Dragon Piyue Spear and rushed forward with the strong wind.

After a while, the Bull Demon King arrived at the place where the auspicious aura was in front. He took a closer look and found that it was actually a village. How could such auspicious aura be in a village? Could it be that a god had revealed his name and was teaching in the village?

The Bull Demon King was about to move forward.

He had not taken a step or two when he suddenly saw hundreds of soldiers blocking the way in front of him, with swords, spears, and halberds standing horizontally, blocking the doorway and preventing him from moving forward.

The Six Saints of Meishan appeared and asked, "Who is coming?"

The Bull Demon King replied, "I am the guardian Bull Demon King under the seat of the Guangxin Zhenren of the Three Stars Cave of the Slanting Moon on the Lingtai Square Inch Mountain in the Western Niu Hezhou Continent. Now the Zhenren has come here and saw auspicious air ahead, knowing that the Erlang Xiansheng Zhenren is here, so he sent me here to inform him, and ask if it is possible for him to meet the Zhenren. But if the Zhenren is not convenient, the Zhenren will take a detour and will come back to visit when he is free."

Upon hearing this, the Six Saints of Meishan bowed and said, "I never thought it was the Ox King who came to see me. But please wait here for a while, and we will go and tell the True Lord."

The Bull Demon King responded with a greeting: "Thank you, thank you."

The six brothers from Meishan then sent two or three soldiers to report to the True Lord, while they waited beside the Bull King and said, "We had the good fortune to meet the Bull King in the past, but the Bull King's magic weapon was not this one, but an iron rod. How come the treasure he brought here this time is a little different?"

The Bull Demon King laughed and said, "Brothers, you may not know that what I had in my hand before was a mixed iron stick, which was of little use, just hard. But now it is different. This weapon is given to me by the real person out of pity. This weapon is called the Black Dragon Piyue Spear, which weighs 18,000 jin and has great power."

Upon hearing this, the six Meishan brothers stared at the magic weapon in Bull Demon King's hand for a long time, and all of them admired the power of the magic weapon. This kind of treasure, once you have seen it, you will know how great it is.

Someone suggested, "Now that the Bull King has obtained a magic weapon, why not try it out with us? This way we can know the benefits and disadvantages of the Bull King's magic weapon."

The Bull Demon King said, "But I am afraid that if I try it here, I will disturb the True Lord. If so, it will be my fault."

The Six Saints of Meishan all said, "It's fine, but we are trying our martial arts, so don't disturb us."

Upon hearing this, Bull Demon King was somewhat moved and said, "If that is the case, please give me some advice, brothers."

The Six Saints of Meishan reached an agreement with the Bull King. They each took their weapons and walked a distance to the top of a hill to try out their martial arts. The six of them were seen holding weapons, swords, spears, and halberds, and they attacked the Bull King.

The six men all knew that the Bull King was very capable, and now that he had obtained the magic weapon, he was even more powerful. Therefore, they did not dare to underestimate the Bull King and attacked him with all their might.

When the Bull Demon King saw the six men attacking, he swung the Black Dragon Pi Yue Spear and chopped them off.

The six men wanted to test the Bull King's strength, so they changed their attacking tactics and used six kinds of weapons to meet the Bull King's Pi Yue Spear.

As soon as the weapons clashed, the six men knew that the Bull King had the strength to carry a mountain. With the help of the Pi Yue Spear, the six men were unable to stop him. After such a collision, they fell backwards. How could they be a match for the Bull King in terms of strength?

Niu Wang repelled the six men with one blow, and took advantage of the situation to attack them, swinging his Pi Yue Spear.

The six brothers of Meishan each held a weapon, dispersed, and used their own skills to attack the Bull King. Seeing the hatchet, axe, sword, halberd, and steel spear, the Bull King dared to meet him with a spear. The spear was so frightening that the gods and ghosts were afraid. The axe and the sword flew wildly. What a Bull Demon King, his martial arts were unmatched, and he suppressed the Meishan monster with one force. No matter what skills the six men had, the Bull Demon King could only fight them with his spear.

This fight lasted for more than twenty rounds. The Bull Demon King defeated General Kang with one lance, then turned around and beat the Five Saints, forcing them to retreat again and again.

The Six Saints of Meishan knew that they were no match for the Bull Demon King, so they stopped fighting and said, "Bull King, I admit defeat." Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King had no choice but to stop fighting and said, "Why stop when the outcome is not decided yet?"

The four generals Kang, Zhang, Yao, and Li and the two generals Guo Shen and Zhi Jian all bowed and said, "The Bull King is a master of martial arts and his magic weapon is powerful. We are no match for him."

Upon hearing this, the Bull Demon King had no choice but to give up and said, "The six brothers are quite capable, but I used the power of my magic weapon to defeat one or two of them by chance."

The Six Saints of Meishan said, "The Bull King is far more capable than us. We all know this. The Bull King does not need to say more. We brothers can afford to lose."

The Bull King was about to say something, but before he could open his mouth, a sound suddenly arose.

"Well said! We brothers can afford to lose!"

But Erlang Shen came riding on a strong wind.

When Bull Demon King saw Erlang Shen coming, he bowed and said, "Greetings to the True Lord."

Erlang Shen said, "Ox King, there is no need to be polite, but I didn't know where the real person was, and I didn't know the real person was coming. Now that I know, I should welcome the real person in person."

Upon hearing this, Bull Demon King knew what True Lord meant, and he stood up and led the way, wanting to take Erlang Shen to meet True Lord.

Erlang Shen followed behind him and asked the Six Saints of Meishan to leave and take his place. He said to the Bull Demon King, "From the trial between the Bull King and my six brothers just now, I have seen that the Bull King's skills have greatly improved."

The Bull Demon King smiled and said, "Follow the real person to practice, and you will improve."

Erlang Shen said: "You have improved far more than before."

The Bull Demon King said, "I dare not take the words of the True Lord."

Erlang Shen smiled and said, "Ox King is much more modest. I remember you were never this kind before."

The Bull Demon King said: "I used to practice the evil ways of the devil, and I was never humble. Now I have been practicing under the tutelage of the True Man for a long time, so I am different."

As the two were talking, they came to a mountain path and met up with the Immortal and others.

When the immortal saw Erlang Shen coming, he quickly dismounted the white deer and went forward to greet him.

Erlang Shen held the Immortal's hand and said with a smile: "Immortal, why didn't you tell me that you were coming? Instead, I failed to welcome you in person."

The Immortal said: "I saw an auspicious aura here, so I came to pay my respects, but I never thought it was the Immortal Lord."

Erlang Shen went forward to meet the immortal, and they went towards a long pavilion in the mountain. After a while, they arrived at the pavilion and sat down.

Erlang Shen said, "I heard about the Immortal going to Northern Julu Continent to exorcise the demons a long time ago. I was busy with some affairs at that time. Otherwise, I would have gone to help the Immortal. But it's a pity."

Jiang Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this, and asked, "Does the True Lord also know about this?"

Erlang Shen replied: "How could any famous practitioner in the Three Realms not know about this?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said, "I never thought I could teach so many people."

Erlang Shen said, "I don't know, but those who enter the Northern Continent to exorcise demons are very rare, and most of them return without success. The only two who succeeded in exorcising demons in the Northern Continent, like I did, are Emperor Xuan and I. Although Emperor Xuan succeeded in exorcising demons that time, and taught the demons in the Northern Continent not to do evil easily, the demons in the Northern Continent were not injured, and most of them hid their whereabouts."

"However, since the time when Emperor Xuan came to exterminate the demons, demons and evil spirits have emerged in Northern Julu Continent. However, most of them dare not cause trouble, for fear of attracting Emperor Xuan's attention, and they dare not invade Southern Jambu Continent. Although most of the demons and evil spirits dare not cause trouble openly, they are willing to test. The Xuanming Mother is the most rampant one among them."

"The Immortal has subdued the Mysterious Mother, and has also razed the White Bone City. He has also sent heavenly soldiers and generals to capture demons from all directions. This battle has prevented the demons in Northern Juluzhou from causing trouble for the next hundred years."

Erlang Shen said so.

(End of this chapter)