Journey to the West: Cultivation Begins at Jindou Mountain

Chapter 244 Pipa Cave

In the Pipa Cave of Poisonous Enemy Mountain in the Western Liang Kingdom.

The scorpion demon, with her graceful figure and stunning beauty, personally served tea to Niu Yi, who sat at the head of the table. Smiling obsequiously, she sat down beside him and said:
"Immortal Master, I was wrong before. I apologize to you. I hope you will be magnanimous and forgive me."

Niu Yi looked at the Scorpion Demon. Even though she had a seductive appearance, the way she had called herself "Old Lady" and brandished her fork to fight at the slightest provocation was still very memorable.

Niu Yi took the tea, but simply set it aside, looked at the scorpion demon, and said:

"I am simply curious about your purpose in bringing me here through the Great Dao of Cause and Effect."

The scorpion demon looked at Niu Yi in front of her and cursed inwardly.

The Guangyi Daoist's eyes were calm and unwavering. His beauty and all his actions seemed ordinary to him, even more so than those bald monks from Mount Ling!

But she happened to need something from this guy.

At this moment, the scorpion demon also regretted her actions. She wished she hadn't attacked directly earlier, but instead tried to intimidate the Daoist Guangyi, gain the upper hand, and then negotiate.

Now she's in a predicament, she's not in the right, she's not necessarily better than the other person, and this person has found her Achilles' heel, putting her at a complete disadvantage.
The scorpion demon resigned herself to her fate, downed her teacup in one gulp, slammed it down on the gilded table, sighed, and seemed to have given up entirely, deciding to stop pretending.

"Okay, I admit it, I misjudged this time."

The scorpion demon crossed her legs, put her hands on her hips, and said:

"I can tell you anything you need to know, and I can tell you definitively that I have come to you today to seek your help."

Niu Yi nodded, giving him a "go ahead" look.

"To tell this story, we have to go back tens of thousands of years to the beginning of the underworld. Tsk, alright, alright, I'll make it short."

When the scorpion demon saw Niu Yi turn his gaze back, she couldn't help but roll her eyes before saying:
"Back then, I was just a little scorpion spirit who had just taken human form. When I went out to cultivate, I encountered two other cultivators. As for what happened later, many complicated things occurred. In short, although they were human and I was a demon, we had a pretty good relationship."

"Later, one of them became Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, and the other became a ferryman on the river."

As the scorpion demon spoke, her voice unconsciously lowered, and she glanced upwards with some apprehension. Niu Yi, on the other hand, looked surprised, never expecting that this scorpion demon had actually met his senior brother back then? It seemed they had a pretty good relationship.

"Years ago, I was connected with Buddhism because of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. I practiced at the Great Thunder Temple for a period of time and listened to the Buddhas preach. However, those Buddhas regarded the union of male and female as a great taboo. It was really old-fashioned and boring."

“Back then, when the Buddhas were preaching, I already had the idea of ​​leaving Mount Ling. Moreover, I hadn’t even put my hands together in prayer when the Tathagata Buddha started to lecture me. How could I, with my temperament, put up with his temper? So I stung him and fled from Mount Ling.”

"If the Buddha sends Vajra to punish me, who will care about them? Those guys are no match for me. But I'll remember this grudge."

After the scorpion demon finished speaking, she seemed somewhat smug, but soon that smugness turned into fear.

"If I hadn't met those two people who are now in the underworld back then, I might have really harbored thoughts of taking revenge on Mount Ling."

"Their understanding of the Dao of Cause and Effect was already extremely profound back then, especially the one who crossed the river; he could divine the past and future, and even..."

"In short, he once told my fortune and said that if I were to oppose the Buddha in the future, I would surely die and my cultivation would be destroyed. If I did nothing, I would inevitably be punished by the Lingshan Sect for what happened back then."

"The only chance of survival lies in the future spread of Buddhism to the East. If I can gain great merit in this matter, then Mount Ling will also owe me a debt of gratitude and I will be credited with the merit. Naturally, they will no longer cause me any trouble."

"If anyone else had said this, I would never have believed it, but the person who said it is certainly not weak in terms of cultivation or other abilities."

As the scorpion demon spoke, her face flushed slightly, displaying a somewhat girlish shyness that made Niu Yi feel a little strange. Good heavens, his second senior brother is something else!
"Ahem~ In short, he said that to accomplish this, we still need the help of a benefactor, and that benefactor is none other than you, Immortal Master~"

After the scorpion demon finished speaking, she looked at Niu Yi with a smile again. However, she saw Niu Yi hesitate for a moment, then look at her seriously and say:
"Why should I help you?"

Upon hearing this, the scorpion demon's face stiffened. Just as she was about to reach her hand towards her collar and unleash her 'charm spell' once again, she felt the gaze from the other side suddenly turn cold.

Tsk, it's a shame this guy isn't a bald monk!

The scorpion demon gritted her teeth and said:

"Alright. If you can help me, I will serve you for a hundred years. No, for a thousand years!"

Niu Yi shook his head, stood up, and walked towards the cave entrance.

"Hey! Two thousand years is fine, isn't it!"

"Three thousand years! Three thousand five hundred years! It can't go any higher!"

Seeing Niu Yi walk further and further away, the scorpion demon, who had been raising the price all along, shouted angrily:

"Five thousand years! That's the most. If it exceeds that time, I'd rather let those bald monks from Mount Ling come after me for revenge. I'd rather fight them!"

Niu Yi then stopped, turned his head, looked at the scorpion demon, and slowly said:

"I am not sure if this matter is feasible at the moment. If I am confident, I will send you a message."

“It seems there are still a few maids in your cave who were abducted from the Western Liang Kingdom by demonic winds. I think you treat them well, but you should occasionally let them go down the mountain to see your mother.”

"Why should I?! They're all mine."

Sensing Niu Yi's gaze, the scorpion demon could only nod resentfully and say:
Okay, I understand.

You're even darker than those bald monks!

Niu Yi nodded slightly and left the Pipa Cave, but instead of returning to his own Golden Gourd Mountain, he opened a path through the underworld, intending to travel to the netherworld.

He has recently received a lot of news about his second senior brother and plans to ask him about it.

His second senior brother's secrets seem to be more numerous than he imagined.
Niu Yi walked into the Yin Road and arrived at the Gate of Hell. To his surprise, he saw a figure standing outside the gate of the Gate of Hell, looking at him with clear eyes.

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva".

"Immortal Master, a guest is currently visiting my Cuiyun Palace. If you have some free time, you may visit my Cuiyun Palace to meet him and have a chat. I believe you will find it rewarding."

Niu Yi looked at the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in front of him, pondering, but he still chose to trust this one who had repeatedly shown him kindness.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Bodhisattva."

"good."

(End of this chapter)