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

Chapter 95: Brothers Meet in the Underworld (4k)

The Immortal was riding a white deer, and the Monkey King was protecting him. They were just about to enter the underworld when the Ox-headed Ghost and the Horse-faced Ghost jumped out and stopped them.

The traveler stepped forward and shouted, "I am Hui'an, the great disciple of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva! I am Guangxin, the real person who is under the tutelage of Bodhi Patriarch from Hezhou, Xi Niu! Now I want to enter the underworld, so why don't you let me pass?"

The ox-headed ghost and the horse-faced ghost, who were all the dead people around, were terrified when they heard the name of the ghost, and some ran away, some trembled, some hid, and some panicked. How dare they show up and block people's way?

The Ox-Headed Ghost and the Horse-Faced Ghost made way for him and said, "Venerable, True Man, please come in!"

The traveler Hui'an led the white deer into the underworld. No one dared to block his way, and they went straight to the Senluo Palace.

In the Senluo Palace, the Tenth Generation Hades heard that two immortals were coming, so he dressed quickly and went out to greet them.

The Tenth Generation Hades did not know where the immortal came from, so he went out to take a look. He saw the one leading the deer holding a solid iron stick, with a ferocious look, not a good person. He also saw the one riding on the deer wearing a purple gold crown, a sun and moon purple robe, shoes on his feet, a jade whisk in his hand, and a dignified look in his eyes. He was truly a Taoist immortal.

The Ten Kings stepped forward and said, "May I ask where the two Immortals are from? Please leave your names, leave your names!"

The monk Hui An shouted, "I am the great disciple of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva at Mount Luojia in the South China Sea. I am Hui An here!"

Jiang Yuan said: "In the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain in Xiniu Hezhou, in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave, the great disciple of Bodhi Patriarch, Guangxin."

When the ten kings heard this, they were frightened. How could someone with a name as great as the sky and possess such great supernatural powers?

The ten kings bowed and said, "I never thought that the real person was in front of me. I failed to welcome you, I failed to welcome you!"

The traveler Hui An said, "This time, the real person has come to seek the cause and effect with you. I am here to protect the Dharma on the orders of my master."

The Ten Kings asked, "True Man, I wonder what kind of cause and effect there is?"

Jiang Yuan got off the white deer, his heart calm, and said: "To be honest with the ten Hades, hundreds of years ago, I entered the master's sect to practice, but I didn't expect to be haunted by the dead and almost had my soul taken away. Now that I have achieved enlightenment, the cause and effect has come."

The Ten Kings panicked and said, "Master, calm down, calm down! I think you have taken the wrong person, and that is definitely not our intention."

Jiang Yuan said, "How is it wrong? Logically, since I am a disciple of my master, I shouldn't have to worry about life and death, right?"

The Ten Kings replied, "That's right, that's right!"

Jiang Yuan said: "Since I don't suffer from the pain of life and death, why do you lure the dead to find me? How did you go wrong?"

The Ten Kings said, "Please follow us inside, Immortal. We will ask the judge to thoroughly check the Book of Life and Death and settle the matter with you, Immortal."

Jiang Yuan agreed to the monk's request and went straight into the Senluo Hall. He found a seat and sat down. The Ten Kings ordered the judge to take out the Book of Life and Death and look for Jiang Yuan's name.

……

However, it is said that in the Flower-Fruit Mountain, ever since the Monkey King obtained the magic weapon and left the Dragon Palace, he has been truly powerful and majestic. With his strong martial arts, he has defeated the demons and made them surrender. The Monkey King then set up a camp and trained his troops. He made the demon soldiers very powerful and dominated one area.

The Monkey King handed over all matters to the four old monkeys, who traveled around the world, visited thousands of mountains, made friends with heroes, visited heroes, and tried their magic. Because of their superb skills, they got six brothers, namely the Bull Demon King, the Dragon Demon King, the Peng Demon King, the Lion King, the Macaque King, and the Ape King. Together with the Monkey King, they were called the Seven Brothers.

One day, the Monkey King invited all the heroes and six brothers to the Flower-Fruit Mountain and arranged a banquet, which was very enjoyable.

During the banquet, the demons were discussing literature and martial arts, passing cups and drinking, singing and dancing. Suddenly, the Bull Demon King asked, "Brother, you are very capable. You are good at both literature and martial arts, and you have great magical powers. I wonder how high your achievements are?"

Wukong was drunk and was about to show off his master's ability to let the demons know how amazing he was. Suddenly he remembered what his master had said: he would never allow him to say that he came from the Three Stars Cave. He sobered up and said, "To be honest, brother, I know it myself. In the past, I was a stone that came to life when I saw the wind. I am a sacred being in heaven and earth. All my abilities are natural."

When the demons heard this, they all praised and envied him; some were even jealous.

The Bull Demon King said, "Brother, you have such abilities. How can anyone in the Three Realms surpass you? Living in this mountain is a waste of your talents. In my opinion, you should be called the Great Demon King and occupy all the mountains and seas, or be an official in heaven."

The Monkey King's eyes rolled around, his heart was agitated, and he was unaware that the two gods were causing trouble.

After the monsters were full and drunk, the Monkey King arranged for people to send the six brothers back. After he had arranged for the monsters, he returned to the Water Curtain Cave to rest.

The Monkey King fell asleep leaning against a pine tree under the iron bridge. It was a very quiet place.

Not long after the Monkey King fell asleep, two men appeared in front of the Monkey King, took out an official document with the three words "Sun Wukong" written on it. They turned out to be two murderers.

The man said, "This is Sun Wukong. It's better to be drunk. It's easier. Take him away."

The man said, "I'll put the rope on you and take you away."

After saying that, he tied a rope and took away Sun Wukong's soul. The reason was that although Sun Wukong's golden elixir was complete, the five men had not yet surrendered, and the holy fetus was incomplete, so how could he resist this soul-stealing creature?

The soul-catcher took away Wukong's soul. Wukong was drunk and in a trance, and he didn't know when he staggered and followed him.

When they reached the gate of the Netherworld, Wukong sobered up. He looked up and saw the gate of the Netherworld right in front of him. He was confused.

The Monkey King said, "This is where the King of Hell lives, why am I here?"

The one who seduces the dead said, "Your life span has come to an end. The two of us are here to capture you. You should go to the underworld."

The Monkey King was furious and said, "I was born divine and I have achieved the Golden Elixir. How can you seduce me? I will fight you!"

Say it.

The Monkey King pulled out a magic weapon from his ear, and after shaking it, it became as thick as a bowl, and it really was the Ruyi Jingu Bang. With a swing of the stick, he beat the two people to a pulp, and then untied the ropes.

When the Ox-Headed Ghost and Horse-Faced Ghost in the city saw the Monkey King committing atrocities, they gathered their troops and wanted to bring the Monkey King to justice.

The Monkey King got angry, so he let go of his weapons, charged into the battle array, and started hitting with his stick. The magic weapon was so powerful that if it touched them, they would die; if it hit them, they would die; if it touched them, their skin would be broken; if it rubbed them, their tendons would be injured.

In an instant, the soldiers and horses of the underworld were like wheat falling down. The Monkey King showed off his martial arts and beat the ghosts and gods, making them cry and scream, and rush forward. The bull-headed ghost hid here and there, and the horse-faced ghost ran south and north. The Monkey King was so ferocious that no one in the underworld could stop him.

……

Here in the Senluo Palace, there is a little peace.

Jiang Yuan and Hui'an Xingzhe were sitting there. After a while, the Tenth Generation Hades brought the Book of Life and Death and handed it to Jiang Yuan.

The Ten Kings said: "True people belong to the human race. There are five categories in this book of life and death: naked insects, hairy insects, feathered insects, insects, and scales. True people belong to naked insects."

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he took a closer look and saw that in the Book of Life and Death it was written 'Number 84,000, no life span'. However, since he had become a disciple of the founder, his life span should not have been recorded, and therefore there was no life span in the Book of Life and Death.

He said, "This book does not contain my life span, so how can someone lure a dead person to ask for me?"

The Tenth King said: "It is the fault of the Underworld, please punish us!"

Jiang Yuan said: "You tell me how to punish me."

The ten kings looked at each other, unable to come up with an idea.

Jiang Yuan was about to say something else when suddenly there was a sound of fighting, making the Senluo Palace uneasy.

The ghost soldier ran in and said tremblingly: "My king! Trouble, disaster!"

The Ten Kings were panicking and asked, "What's going on?"

The ghost soldier was surprised and said, "There's a guy with a hairy face and a thunder god's mouth outside, he's coming in!"

The ten kings shouted, "The true masters are all here, why are you making a fuss and disturbing the peace? Send out the troops and drive them back." The ghost replied, "My lord, send the troops to that Thunder God to disperse them!"

The ten kings were panicked when they heard this.

The monk Hui An held the iron staff firmly and said, "We have seen that no one dared to disturb the underworld."

Say it.

The traveler lifted up his skirt and went out of the hall.

Jiang Yuan asked: "Ten Hades, what do you think of this?"

The Tenth King said: "It is a failure of duty, a failure of duty!"

Jiang Yuan said, "I won't make it difficult for you. When I was traveling to Wuli Country in Xiniu Hezhou, I heard that there was a mother of the Liu family in the country who was mistakenly seduced by you. You should bring her back to life. In addition, there will be no more such soul-snatching and trouble-making in the underworld. If you promise me, I will let you know if there is any trouble in the future. I also have the magical power to teach you my strengths and weaknesses."

The Tenth King said happily: "I won't dare to do it again, I won't dare to do it again!"

Outside the Senluo Hall, the monk Hui'an came out with an iron stick. He looked carefully and saw a monkey with a hairy face and a thunder god's mouth in front of him. He was wielding the stick and beating the doors of the city so hard that the ghosts ran around in panic. He was so powerful that the underworld was in turmoil.

The monk Hui An stepped forward and stopped him, saying, "Who is that? Why are they committing atrocities in the underworld?"

The Monkey King stopped, looked back, and asked, "I am the divine Monkey King born in the Flower-Fruit Mountain! This underworld has seduced my soul, and I will definitely make the underworld restless!"

Hui An said, "I am Hui An, the great disciple of the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of the South Sea! If it is a mistake made by the underworld, you can go to the Senluo Palace with me to sort it out. Why are you making such a fuss?"

The Monkey King laughed and said, "If the underworld is wrong, it should be punished. Let me beat them up and then it won't be too late."

Hui An said: "There is a real person in Senluo Palace, but you disturbed the peace."

The Monkey King said, "What kind of immortal is this? What does it have to do with me? If an immortal comes, let him stretch out his crutch and give me a few blows to cheer me up."

The traveler Hui An said, "How dare you say such things? I will not spare you. I will capture you and make you apologize in front of the Immortal."

Say it.

The two men fought fiercely, the solid iron stick against the golden hoop, each showing their own magical powers. One was the Zhenxiandao under the Bodhisattva, and the other was the Zhengyuanlong under the seat of Guanyin. But in that city, there was a vicious fight. The two men were in mid-air and half fog, you hit me with a stick, you parry and I dodge, back and forth, fighting for ten rounds, when the sticks collided, there was a loud thud. The traveler was slightly inferior to the Monkey King in strength, and his momentum was declining. The Monkey King was fierce and aggressive, and pursued him.

The traveler Hui An knocked the monkey king back with one blow of his stick. He was still catching his breath when he said, "Great martial arts, great martial arts!"

The Monkey King pounded his golden hoop and said, "You little boy, you have some strength left. Get out of here quickly to avoid death."

When Hui'an heard this, he became furious and raised his stick to hit the Monkey King on the head, vowing to capture the Monkey King.

The monkey king was not surprised, he raised his hands slightly and took the stick. Good monkey king, you are born by heaven and earth, with extraordinary martial arts skills. When the monkey king swept the stick away, Hui An Xingzhe had to hold the stick with both hands to take it.

The two men fought fiercely again, with sticks clashing and making ping-pong sounds. After fighting for forty rounds, Hui'an ran out of energy and was defeated. He used a magic trick and wanted to go to the Senluo Palace.

The Monkey King was unwilling to let him go, so he laughed and said, "Where can you escape?"

Say it.

The Monkey King chanted a spell, designated the traveler Hui'an, and said the word "fix", which turned out to be a spell of "immobilization", which immobilized the traveler Hui'an and made him unable to move.

The Monkey King hit him with his stick, but fortunately the traveler Hui'an had a trick and broke free from the spell. He tilted his head and was hit on the right shoulder. He escaped with his life and went to the Senluo Palace.

The traveler Hui'an entered the Senluo Hall, closed the door tightly, and took a deep breath.

Jiang Yuan and the Ten Kings came to greet him and asked, "What do you mean?"

The traveler Hui An said, "Where did he come from? He was a man with great magical powers. I fought him for fifty rounds but was defeated. I fled back, but he used a spell to immobilize me. I almost lost my life."

The ten kings were shocked when they saw this, and said tremblingly: "What kind of immortal is that, with such great power?"

Jiang Yuan said: "Open the door, I will see him off."

When the monk Hui An heard this, he said, "Master, where did you come from? You are very skilled in martial arts. If I tell you to open the door, I'm afraid you will get hurt."

Jiang Yuan said: "You don't know that although I lack martial arts, I have supernatural powers. Those who don't have great supernatural powers will never be able to defeat me."

The traveler Hui An asked, "Can the real person really defeat him?"

Jiang Yuan said: "It's true."

After hearing this, the monk Hui An released the guards outside the hall. Outside the hall, the monkey king cursed and said, "Since you are trying to take my soul, please hand me the book of life and death so that I can check it out. Otherwise, I will make your underworld restless!"

When Jiang Yuan heard this, he suddenly realized, thinking to himself, "So it's this monkey. Why is he here? Could it be that he was chased away by the master and is lawless, so he came to the underworld to make trouble? When he was in the palace, this monkey's mind changed. He tried his magic power with me and restrained himself a lot. This time when he left the palace, he was really unbridled."

He walked out to see the monkey.

The monk Hui'an endured the pain and followed with a solid iron stick.

The Monkey King saw the palace door open, holding his golden hoop, and cursed: "Where is the King of Hell? He has been secretly controlling me and sent people to catch the dead to catch me. Why doesn't he show himself? Let's find out where I came from."

"Goku."

Suddenly a sound came into my ears.

The Monkey King was frightened and fell down. His eyes widened and he looked carefully. He saw a real man walking out. It was his eldest senior brother.

The Monkey King turned around and was about to leave. How dare you make trouble?

Jiang Yuan walked out and saw the monkey trying to escape. He laughed and said, "Wukong, why are you running away just because you see me? Don't go, don't go!"

Say it.

Jiang Yuan used his special ability of hiding the world in his sleeves. He gently spread out his sleeves and swept them forward, trapping the monkey and the stick together and putting them into his sleeves.

Wukong was shocked and hit with his stick randomly, but there was no impact. The world in his sleeve was as hard as diamond. No matter how hard the monkey hit, he couldn't hit it out. Even if he had thousands of changes and tens of thousands of skills, it was useless this time.

Wukong was shocked: "What kind of power is this sleeve? I have the golden cudgel, I can go to the sky and into the sea, I can do anything, and the six brothers can't catch me, but how come I see you now, your sleeve has covered me, I can't move, I can't resist, I can't hit you, and I can't escape. How deep is the Tao of the eldest brother?"

The monkey was at a loss and had to put away the golden cudgel and wait for his senior brother to release him, only then could he be free.

……

Jiang Yuan put the monkey into his sleeve and walked to the Senluo Palace to appease the tenth generation Hades, thinking that the troublemaker in the underworld had been subdued.

The Ten Kings were relieved at last, and they invited Jiang Yuan to sit down, fetched the Book of Life and Death, sorted out the affairs, and let Liu's mother return to the world of the living.

The traveler Hui'an who was accompanying him was amazed at the great power of the Immortal. He could capture such a powerful demon with just the Immortal's sleeve, and the demon had no chance to resist. How could he compare with such magical powers? It was truly a pity that the Immortal's power was so profound.

　Asking for a monthly ticket.

　　I think martial arts doesn't need to be practiced anymore? No one is perfect, the protagonist is not suitable for martial arts, what do you think?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)