Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

Wen Zhong sneered inwardly, "How can I make you all wake up from the effects of this killing spree?"

"It's just a defeat, why should you care?"

"It is normal for a large army to suffer occasional defeats during battle. Let the Tang army below be proud for a while, and we will regain our prestige later."

Wen Zhong's words once again consciously stirred up the killing energy of the Heavenly Dao, Earthly Dao, and Human Dao, subtly influencing the great demon on the city wall.

At the foot of Tongguan, Sun Wukong had won a battle, and Li Shimin was overjoyed. He ordered the three armies to make a great commotion to boost Sun Wukong's morale.

After a brief commotion, Sun Wukong looked smug. Zhu Bajie was extremely envious of such praise and immediately volunteered to take Sun Wukong's place in challenging the enemy, hoping to take a head for the Tang army.

Li Shimin was naturally happy to agree, and then sounded the retreat to recall Sun Wukong, replacing him with Zhu Bajie to challenge him.

"You plague-stricken people on the city wall, I am Zhu Bajie, a third-generation disciple of the Jie Sect and a vanguard general of the Tang army. If you are not afraid of death, come down and fight me."

Pigsy brandished his nine-toothed rake, arrogantly pointing at the city wall and cursing loudly.

As Zhu Bajie challenged them, the murderous aura intensified instantly, and Wen Zhong added fuel to the fire: "This is simply outrageous! How dare a mere Divine Realm pig demon look down on Tongguan?"

"This is infuriating! I've been humiliated by a mere pig demon today!"

At this moment, a great demon could no longer restrain itself and jumped out to request battle: "General, let this humble general go and slay that pig demon for you!"

Wen Zhongtian saw that this great demon also possessed the cultivation of the Divine Realm, making him a true minor saint among the demon race. At this moment, his body was shrouded in blood-red killing intent, and his eyes were bloodshot. Clearly, his mind had been clouded by the killing intent, and he had completely lost his senses.

Wen Zhong was secretly delighted: "Then I'll trouble you, General, to help me kill that pig demon. Afterwards, I will definitely petition the Emperor for your reward!"

The great demon excitedly jumped off the city wall to meet Pigsy in battle.

Wen Zhong clicked his tongue, thinking to himself, "If we don't get rid of a few small fry first, how can we attract the big fish later?"

"Damn pig demon, stop your arrogance! I've come to take you down!"

This demon saint, who had transformed into a Sui general, seemed to have truly lost his mind, for he didn't even bother to test the waters before launching into a direct attack.

Then a flash of demonic energy appeared on its body, revealing its true form. With a fierce and menacing aura, it pounced on Pigsy.

When demons fight, if they reveal their true forms and begin to fight, it means they are ready to fight you to the death.

This minor saint of the demon race, with a cultivation level in the late stage of the Divine Realm, was originally a spotted leopard with a body length of over a hundred feet and a shoulder height of several tens of feet. It bared its fangs, had red eyes, and spewed out demonic mist from its mouth. Using the demonic mist as cover, it pounced on Pigsy.

It wasn't completely out of its mind; its fighting instincts were still there, and it even knew to spew out demonic mist to cover itself and block the opponent's view.

Looking at it, Liu Qing felt that the demon looked somewhat familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this spotted leopard was none other than the Nanshan King of Wuyin Mountain, whom he had seen in his previous life on the journey to the West.

Originally, he was supposed to be a boss on the journey to the West, but now he has come to Tongguan to block the road. Perhaps it is the influence of the heavens, and he is destined to perish, but he cannot escape it in the end.

The King of Nanshan on the journey to the West, now the garrison commander of Tongguan, and a stumbling block on the journey to the East—the cycle of cause and effect has brought him to his inevitable fate.

When Pigsy saw the Great King of Nanshan spew out demonic mist, he concealed his form, and the demonic mist quickly spread, enveloping him as well and obscuring his vision.

Pigsy's heart sank; he knew he had met his match.

Originally, he could see the aura of the Great King of Nanshan, who was at the same level as him in the Divine Realm. However, because he had the Nine-Toothed Rake, a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure, he was not afraid of it.

Now that he saw his opponent use his best skills, he couldn't help but put aside his contempt and dared not be arrogant. He focused his attention on fighting the King of Nanshan.

The demonic fog enveloped an area of ​​several miles, obscuring everything in front of him. Pigsy looked solemn, holding his nine-toothed rake to protect himself, straining his hearing to detect any movement within the fog.

Suddenly, the demonic mist on his right side fluctuated slightly. Pigsy didn't have time to think and hurriedly used his Nine-Toothed Rake to block it.

clang--

A violent impact caused Pigsy to stagger backward, while the leopard claw that had struck his nine-toothed rake disappeared back into the demonic mist.

The next instant, the demonic mist behind him rippled again, and Pigsy quickly jumped to the side, but unexpectedly, another leopard claw appeared in front of him, as if it had been waiting for Pigsy all along.

Pigsy was shocked and immediately used his nine-toothed rake to strike.

Suddenly, the leopard's claws grabbed the nine-toothed rake. Pigsy struggled to wrest it back to avoid losing his weapon, but the leopard's claws ripped a chunk of flesh from his back with lightning speed.

Liu Qing, inside the Lesser Thousand Worlds, watched Zhu Bajie's fighting style and couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

"This plague boar has terrible fighting instincts. It was only a mere demonic mist, and it was beaten so badly that it was completely helpless."

"If this continues, I'm afraid we won't be able to launch a successful attack, and we'll be slaughtered by the King of Nanshan."

Even though she looked down on Zhu Bajie, he was one of the destined pilgrims and could not be harmed. Despite her annoyance, Liu Qing sent a telepathic message to Zhu Bajie.

"Fool, can't you just blow this demonic mist away?"

"Insisting on fighting that leopard in the demonic mist, you fool! Don't you know how to play to your strengths?"

Pigsy's fat ears twitched, and he was overjoyed.

"Thank you, Master Uncle, for teaching me how to defeat the enemy."

Although I was scolded, it was worth it. In my panic, I hadn't even thought to disperse the demonic mist. My junior uncle was right; I really was incredibly stupid. Could it be that being reborn as a pig would affect my intelligence?

Pigsy habitually complained about the Jade Emperor, but then he thought, why should I, Old Pig, complain about him?

I tried to think about it carefully, but couldn't figure it out. If I continued to think about it, my head would start to ache. In the midst of the pain, the thought of blaming the Jade Emperor that had just arisen was quietly forgotten.

This is the terrifying aspect of the Lingbao Dushi Jing (Scripture of Salvation through the Netherworld).

Even if you are accidentally triggered and remember something, the Lingbao Dushi Jing will instantly take effect and patch this bug.

As Liu Qing reminded him, Pigsy opened his mouth and spewed out a gust of wind, instantly dispersing the demonic mist. After seeing the whereabouts of the King of Nanshan, he shouted and raised his nine-toothed rake to strike.

The King of Nanshan opened his mouth and spat out a precious pestle to meet the Nine-Toothed Rake, while his main body leaped into the air and pounced down on Pigsy from above.

Pigsy chuckled and tossed aside the Nine-Toothed Rake in his hand. He had long since refined this treasure, and it was now connected to his mind, allowing him to control it while he was distracted in battle.

Then, Pigsy revealed his true form as a hundred-foot-tall black boar, with bloodshot eyes, covered in mud armor, and raised his ten-foot-long tusks to stab at the charging King of Nanshan.

There was a bang.

The King of Nanshan was pierced through the body by Pigsy's tusks, and Pigsy's neck was also torn off by the King of Nanshan.

The Nine-Toothed Rake knocked the Pestle away, but Pigsy summoned it back with his mind and smashed it hard on the head of the King of Nanshan.

Pigsy was injured, and the King of Nanshan perished.

Just like in the original Journey to the West, the King of Nanshan still died at the hands of Pigsy.

Li Shimin was overjoyed to have won again and immediately ordered the three armies to beat drums to celebrate Zhu Bajie's victory. Wen Zhong originally wanted to send another head over, but Liu Qing sent him a telepathic message to stop, saying that today's battle was over.

That night, Li Shimin distributed wine and drinks to celebrate with the three armies, but in reality, he had laid an ambush, waiting for the Sui army inside Tongguan to think that he had let their guard down and come to raid the camp, so that he could take advantage of the situation and win a battle.

Unfortunately, Wen Zhong was not in the army.

Even in the army, as the Grand Tutor of the Shang Dynasty in his lifetime and now the Prince of Taishan of the Sui Dynasty, how could Li Shimin's plan to lure the enemy be kept secret?

Within the microcosm.

Liu Qing sat in the middle.

Wen Zhong and all the Jiejiao deities who had devoted themselves to Tongguan arrived.

There was the Nine Heavens Responding to the Origin of Thunder Universal Transformation Heavenly Venerable, Wen Zhong, a third-generation disciple of the Intercepting Sect, and sixteen of the twenty-four Heavenly Kings of the Thunder Department under Wen Zhong's jurisdiction.

These sixteen Thunder Gods were all disciples of the Jie Sect, but most of them were second- or third-generation disciples and were not well-known within the Jie Sect.

Their status within the religion during their lifetimes was inferior to that of Wen Zhong, and it is only right that they were placed under Wen Zhong, the Thunder God, after their deaths.

Within the Jie Sect, the status of a true disciple is far higher than that of a nominal disciple. Although Wen Zhong is only a third-generation disciple, he is one of the four great disciples of the Jie Sect, a disciple of the Golden Spirit Mother, and a true disciple of the Jie Sect. Not to mention a third-generation nominal disciple, even a second-generation nominal disciple cannot compare to Wen Zhong.

Among the sixteen Thunder Gods, Liu Qing recognized a few: the Lightning Goddess Golden Light Holy Mother, the Wind Goddess Han Zhi Xian, the Cloud Goddess Cai Yun Xian Zi, and Yu Qing from the Yu family.

"Disciple Wen Zhong (Yu Qing, Bai Li) pays respects to Master Uncle—"

"Golden Light Holy Mother, Hanzhi Fairy, and Caiyun Fairy pay their respects to the Sect Leader!"

A group of celestial beings from the Jie Sect paid their respects to Liu Qing.

Liu Qing used his divine power to help him up, then his gaze swept over the sixteen Thunder Gods.

"This time, you were forced to descend to the mortal realm by the Jade Emperor using the Investiture of the Gods, which also conveniently fulfilled our friendship. Otherwise, it would have been difficult for us to meet like this."

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhong, the Golden Light Holy Mother, and the others all showed expressions of resentment.

Even now, Wen Zhongzong was still puzzled and asked, "Master Uncle, when we were in heaven, Haotian threatened us with the Investiture of the Gods. We were unwilling to obey, but we were told to come down to the mortal realm by telepathy. We don't know why?"

"That Haotian is wicked and wants us to obstruct the sect's great plan to travel east, so that our sect can not succeed in the eastward journey, enjoy the fortune, and revive again."

"This vicious plan has two purposes: first, it will cause our Jie Sect disciples to kill each other; second, it will ruin our grand plan to travel east. Master Uncle is doing this now. Wen Zhong does not understand. Please enlighten me, Master Uncle."

Wen Zhong's words also voiced the doubts in the minds of the other disciples of the Jie Sect.

Liu Qing smiled and said, "Since you have asked, I will not hide anything from you."

"The reason for everything will be revealed tomorrow when we put on a show to deceive Haotian's eyes and ears."

Wen Zhong, Jin Guang Shengmu, Han Zhixian, and the other sixteen Thunder Department Heavenly Lords from the Jie Sect became increasingly confused as they listened, and were about to ask more questions, but Liu Qing waved his hand to stop them.

"Haotian is forcing you to descend to the mortal realm, so he must be on guard right now. We should proceed with caution."

"Don't be impatient, we'll know everything after we put on a show tomorrow."

Wen Zhong had some guesses and asked, "But what if we pretend to fight our uncle tomorrow, then get captured by him, and use that to deceive Haotian, so he won't think we're not putting in the effort and use the Investiture of the Gods to torture us?"

"Exactly." (End of Chapter)