Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 229 Jade Bottle and Gourd

Baoxiang Kingdom resembles an elephant on the map.

Its rear end faces west, bordering the Kingdom of Wuji;
Its head faces east, blocked by a plateau mountain range with an altitude of nearly 8,000 meters.

The long nose is called the "Cloud Top Corridor," which leads directly to the 800-mile-long Liusha River and is the only road for merchants from the mortal world to travel eastward.

(Directional diagram, scale incorrect)
In terms of national strength, Baoxiang Kingdom is not weak in Xiniuhe Continent. However, because its territory is full of dangerous mountains and deep valleys, where demons roam, the area outside of the elephant's belly and forelegs is very poor.

The largest but poorest of them all is Arkansas.

Tang Xuanci and his four disciples, along with Chen Xiaoke and his family of five, arrived at the regional divine palace that governed the borders of Baoxiang Kingdom and the surrounding 100,000 mountains immediately after the Lantern Festival.

As is customary, Chen Xiaoke paid his respects to the provincial governor... uh... regional sage, and listened to his teachings and instructions.

I didn't know until I heard it that the waters in Azhou were much deeper than I imagined.

The previous City God died in an accident while on duty, and his body was never found.

Along with him, his god, Zuo Shen, also disappeared.

The truth remains unclear, which is a major reason why the successor to the City God was not promoted from within, but rather parachuted in.

Now the City God of Azhou has become Chen Xiaoke. When she saw that no one was willing to serve as the assistant god in the temple, she didn't even pretend and directly promoted her relatives and pushed Gege to the position.

The great deity knew that Tang Xuanci was a candidate who had entered the interview for the City God, so he didn't say much, only that he met the supplementary recruitment requirements.

And so, Tang Xuanci's appointment as the Assistant God began the formalities.

The Divine Palace of the Region is located in the mountains south of Baoxiang Kingdom, with Azhou to its direct north.

After Chen Xiaoke followed Sha Dingtian's experience and completed some essential matters at the celestial site, they set off north to take up their posts in Azhou.

In order to conduct on-site investigations along the way, Tang Xuanci and his entourage subtly changed their appearances, sometimes riding the wind to travel quickly, and sometimes strolling leisurely.

It was February, spring was just beginning, and plants were waiting to bloom. Even in the arid Kingdom of Baoxiang, there was a hint of mist and rain.

The Xiangjiang River, the largest in the south, finally survived the dry season, and many of its dried-up tributaries began to flow again, as if seeing Tang Xuanci's woman up close.

On this day, they hired a light boat and traveled north along a waterway through a treacherous canyon.

The cliffs on both sides are as if cut by a knife and axe, and some stubborn shrubs stick out from the dark blue-green rock crevices. The water flow is sometimes gentle and sometimes rapid. Occasionally, a "creaking" friction sound can be heard from the bottom of the boat - that is the underwater reef kissing the boat planks.

"Damn! This idiot is texting Gao Cuilan again, and he doesn't even think before he plays his cards. I only have a Jack and a 2 left, how could I possibly have a pair?!"

"Hehe, senior brother, don't worry, even second senior brother probably didn't expect that I have two more A's."

"Yeah, how would I know you don't have a pair?"

"Hey! Get out of here, let Chen Xiaoke play, she's smarter than you! Baldy, come and play cards."

"GeGe is still working out in the water. I'll help him change when he comes out, and then I'll play with you guys."

"Ugh, this is so annoying! All he does all day is 'pigeon, pigeon, pigeon,' hurry up! This pig's brain is all milk, I can't play with him!"

Not long after, Tang Xuanci finished his practice and joined Chen Xiaoke in playing mahjong.

Zhu Ritian, meanwhile, lay on the stern of the boat, engrossed in texting and chatting on his phone, a silly grin on his face.

It turned out that ever since that business trip to Gao Laozhuang, he had maintained contact with Gao Cuilan under a series of pretexts such as "technical exchange," "resource coordination," and "experience sharing."

Gao Cuilan was very polite to him, and she replied to almost every letter he wrote, but her replies were always very brief.

Perhaps it was through frequent exchanges that Gao Cuilan felt he was quite nice, or perhaps it was because she could hear about Tang Lang's recent situation from him from time to time, that Gao Cuilan's replies gradually became longer.

A few days ago, when Gao Cuilan heard that Tang Xuanci was going to transfer some key personnel from Cao County to Baoxiang Kingdom to assist in its development, she immediately asked Zhu Ritian about it in private.

Just two hours ago, she had surprisingly taken the initiative to contact Zhu Ritian.

With emotional intelligence on par with Gao Cuiqiang and IQ on par with Gao Cuisheng, she never revealed her true intentions during the conversation, leaving Zhu Ritian feeling as if he were bathed in a fragrant orchid.

Zhu Ritian even believed that it was because he had been studying APU recently and had not revealed his neediness in the chat, but had output tons of high value, that Lanlan had developed a liking for him.

That's why he's talking so excitedly and so engrossed now.

The wooden boat turned into a narrow passage.

Suddenly, two shouts came from afar:
"Sun Wukong!"

"Pig Wuneng!"

The four people at the mahjong table looked up and saw two figures completely covered in straw raincoats standing on the cliff in the distance.

A figure weighing 180 kilograms, holding a jade bottle upside down in its left hand, raising it high with the bottle mouth facing down, directly in this direction;

A person weighing 170 kilograms held a gourd upside down in his right hand, raising it high with the mouth of the gourd facing down, also towards this side.

With such a tall stature and such an eerie aura, he's clearly not human!
The three people at the mahjong table, apart from Chen Xiaoke, went on high alert almost the instant they saw them, immediately entering battle mode.

However, in that instant, the monkey that had been called out showed surprise, its fur stood on end, and its fiery eyes stared at the jade bottle high above with visibly shocked pupils.

Before it could say anything, its body seemed to be drawn by something, instantly twisting like waves and transforming into a stream of light, "whoosh," flying into the jade bottle. The jade bottle shone brightly, and the demon quickly sealed it, affixing a talisman and chanting incantations, thus sealing the Great Sage Equaling Heaven inside.

Ah this! ?
Sha Dingtian's pupils trembled as he instantly conjured a suit of sand armor, transforming his demon-slaying staff, which could easily reveal his identity, into a shovel of solidified sand.

Tang Xuanci was startled, thinking, "What kind of magic weapon is this? It actually killed the monkey in one move? Impossible!"
But then the sound of a beaker immediately echoed in my mind:

"Do not observe the enemy's magical weapons."

"They call him Wukong or Wuneng just to attract attention."

"This may be similar to the activation principle of the golden headband, except that one is active and the other is passive."

No sooner had she finished speaking than the demon holding the gourd shouted again:
"Pig Wuneng!"

Even if Pig-Ritian was completely oblivious, he noticed something was wrong and immediately put down his phone, sat up in confusion, and looked in the direction of the sound.

Tang Xuanci suddenly realized what was happening, and with lightning speed, he overturned the mahjong table, slapping it across his face and interrupting his observation.

"Don't pay attention to their magical weapons, just attack them!"

After shouting those words, he picked up the RPG that he had placed at his feet to deal with any emergencies, deliberately ignoring the details of the two demons, and only fired the Thunder Nitrogen Cation Rocket Launcher at their location.

There was a "boom".

The cliffs shattered, boulders rained down, flames surged, and the turbulent waves seemed poised to capsize the entire small boat.

However, the two demons were clearly no ordinary beings. After dodging and weaving, they ignored the aftershocks of the explosion and landed in a position even closer to them.

The one weighing 180 kilograms was still holding the jade bottle and muttering incantations.

The one weighing 170 kilograms gave up on using the gourd to capture Wu Neng, made a hand seal with one hand and shouted "Out", and then released nine beams of light from the gourd.

Those were nine fierce-looking demon immortals of various races, wielding knives, halberds, axes, hooks, swords, forks, hammers, spears, and knives. They were menacing and clearly came prepared!

"That naked one is Tang Xuanci, and the one with the big, soft breasts is Wuse. Kill them! Kill them all!"

At the Demon King's command, all the demons immediately unleashed their supernatural powers and charged towards the small boat at the forefront of the storm!
"what!"

Chen Xiaoke let out a scream and weakly stood in front of Gege, who had not yet fully recovered.

"Master, be careful!"

Sha Dingtian had already plunged the demon-slaying shovel into the water. With a muffled thud, a thousand tons of mud and sand surged up, like a gray dragon dancing wildly, blocking the charging demons in mid-air.

Zhu Ritian frowned, then grabbed Shangbao Qin's Golden Rake and plunged into the water.

A flash of light appeared underwater, and he burst out from behind the demons in an instant, as fast as thunder and as swift as lightning!
With a single rake, it tore half of a demon immortal's body apart;
The second rake shoved another demon into the water.

"What a fine Marshal Tianpeng!"

The 170-kilogram demon king let out a roar, quickly put away the gourd, and drew out a cold, gleaming sword inlaid with seven stars.

With a "whoosh," it instantly cleaved through the three concrete barriers set up by Sha Dingtian, then pointed its sword at the bow of the ship and flew away.

The light flashed again in the water, and the lightning-like path was clearly more than twice as fast as the Demon King.

Pig Sun Sky chased down to below him, bursting out of the water once more. The silver snakes at the tip of his rake danced wildly, carrying a majestic heavenly power, and clashed with the Seven Star Sword.

The two fought for three rounds without a clear winner.

Other demons were blocked by the constantly surging concrete sand and found it difficult to break through.

At that very moment, the demon holding the jade bottle and still chanting incantations showed three parts horror, three parts panic, and four parts disbelief in his eyes!
A faint golden light emanated from the mouth of the jade bottle, and the paper talisman trembled violently, with cracks already appearing at its edges.

"Hissing sound—"

With a loud cracking sound like tearing silk, the paper talisman shattered into pieces, and a beam of golden light shot into the sky!

It was a monkey holding a stick, its fur standing on end.

"You son of a bitch, you think you can trap your grandpa Sun with such a petty trick? Die!"

The sharp, childlike voice shook the cliffs on both sides of the river. A staff-like shadow then slammed down on the demon king with such speed that it could only panic and immediately cast a spell to throw the jade bottle in its hand to block it.

The seemingly fragile jade bottle turned out to be quite hard and powerful, actually blocking the blow.

However, the jade bottle itself shattered, bursting out a cloud of gas that was neither blue nor white, like mist or smoke, which surged wildly with the strong wind.

The demon king tumbled and fell off the collapsing cliff.

The strong wind tore through his straw raincoat, revealing a full suit of golden armor. His face was still covered by his helmet visor, with only a pair of bright yellow round eyes visible.

At this moment, his eyes were filled with terror, clearly terrified by the monkey. He hurriedly pulled out a precious fan and shouted urgently:

"Sun Wukong is out! Retreat!"

(End of this chapter)