Daily Intelligence: From Water Snake to Jinghe Dragon King

"Good child, go and burn those spiders for your master?"

"Your grand-disciple obeys. Master, just you wait and see."

Red Boy slammed the Five Elements Flying Wheel, and the wheel immediately released the power of the Five Elements, spinning rapidly and carrying Red Boy straight to the battle circle.

"Bull Demon King, you are extremely kind to Red Boy, even providing him with a full set of magical treasures."

Indeed, the Bull Demon King, as a father, only had a mixed iron cudgel, but he was extremely generous to his son, Red Boy.

Not only did he equip his son with the Spirit Treasure Fire-Tipped Spear and the Spirit Treasure Robe Red Bellyband, but he also went to great lengths to find the Acquired Mid-Grade Spirit Treasure Five Elements Flying Wheel to serve as his son's mount.

But that wasn't the end of it. He then encountered some incredible fortune and found a cluster of Samadhi True Fire, which his beloved son melted down and used as the foundation for his Dao.

It can be said that the Bull Demon King gave almost all of his possessions to Red Boy.

The saying goes that the love of parents for their children is so deep that even the Bull Demon King is unmatched in the Three Realms. There was indeed a family on the Tongguan city wall, but unfortunately, the father was not kind and the son was not filial. They were a truly disgusting pair, making one feel sick and disgusted just looking at them.

The Bull Demon King chuckled foolishly, without any modesty, and accepted the praise from his master: "I, Old Bull, only have this one precious darling in my life, how could I not give him the best?"

Meanwhile, the Holy Infant King Red Boy, riding on the Five Elements Flying Wheel, joined the battle. Faced with the spider web blocking his way, he first kept his mouth tightly shut, then clapped his free left hand three times. Instantly, his little face turned red and steam rose from it.

Immediately, it opened its mouth, and a pillar of fire shot out instantly.

This fire is the infamous Samadhi Fire, renowned throughout the Three Realms.

The spider silk of the seven spider demons was an acquired substance. Although it was extremely tough and could render hard items like the Golden Cudgel, the Nine-Toothed Rake, and the Solo Staff useless, it was like encountering a natural enemy when faced with the innate Samadhi True Fire, and was burned to ashes in an instant.

The countless tiny spiders climbing the spiderweb were also burned to ashes by the Samadhi Fire.

"Haha, good nephew, you really did breathe out the Samadhi True Fire well!"

Sun Wukong laughed loudly, leaped onto the spider demon's head, raised his staff and struck. With a thud, the spider demon's brains splattered, and she died on the spot.

Pigsy cried out in regret, "Brother Monkey, don't waste them! They could be kept to serve Master tea and water, wash his feet, and warm his bed."

"Fool, I think you're not doing this for Master, but rather want to keep it for yourself, right? If you keep thinking like that, I'll tear off your restless, fiery roots."

With a gloomy face, Sha Wujing brandished his Solo Staff from side to side, even more ruthless than Sun Wukong, and successively killed Spider Sister 2 and Spider Sister 3.

Three of the seven spider demons died instantly, leaving only the four with the best appearances. Perhaps out of a sense of shared fate, the scorpion demon turned to Liu Qing and pleaded in a telepathic voice, "Master, could you spare their lives?"

Very well, there aren't many living beings in the Lesser Thousand Worlds right now, only eighteen snakes and pythons, some scorpions, and the Golden Light Holy Mother and other Heavenly Lords of the Intercepting Sect who are temporarily staying here. The world is too empty, so sending a few spiders over will add some life to it.

After the battle at Tongguan subsided, Liu Qing planned to move Hong Gu, Bai She'er, and others into his own small world to prevent the Buddhist Heavenly Court from suffering heavy losses and Haotian and Tathagata from resorting to desperate measures and threatening him with them.

Since we're planning to let Hong Gu and Bai She'er move in, then the Little Thousand World needs to be decorated a bit and have more living beings. These four spider demons can be left to Hong Gu and the others as maids.

After making up his mind, Liu Qing instructed Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing to stop killing and instead capture the four spider demons and hand them over to him.

Pigsy secretly stole a glance, thinking to himself, "So, Master Uncle also has his eye on these four beautiful spider demons?"
Oh dear, I was so focused on the Six-Winged Golden Cicada that I didn't even think of my Master Uncle!

Liu Qing seemed to have noticed something and glared at Zhu Bajie.

In the blink of an eye, the seven spider demons were either killed or captured, and the multi-eyed monster watching from the top of Tongguan Pass didn't even have time to react.

Seeing the seven spider sisters in distress, he immediately felt a surge of anger and, without Wen Zhong and Shen Gongbao's encouragement, viciously drew his sword and attacked.

"You impudent monkey, and you unlucky-faced one, you two, don't run away! Come and die by my sword!"

Just as Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing handed over the four spider demons they had captured to their master, a wicked Taoist priest jumped down from behind them, wielding a gleaming Lingbao sword and riding a demonic cloud towards them.

"Senior Brother, leave this evil Taoist to me!"

Sha Wujing took the lead, bypassing Sun Wukong to confront the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, Duomu Monster. Sun Wukong, mindful of his status, was unwilling to join forces with Sha Wujing, so he stood aside and provoked the battle.

Liu Qing threw the four spider demons into the Lesser Thousand Worlds, and after reciting the Lingbao Dushi Jing once, he subdued and converted them.

Then, he instructed the four spider demons to improve the environment near the peach grove in the Lesser Thousand Worlds, such as to sort out the earth veins, so that it would be convenient for Hong Gu, Bai She'er and the others to move here and settle down.

This peach grove is formed from the blood peaches of the acquired spiritual root. Nearby, Liu Qing gathers the power of the Jing and Wei Rivers, which manifest as the Jing and Wei Rivers. The two rivers intersect here, forming a small island. The environment is generally excellent. With just a little effort from the four spider demons to gather the spiritual veins of the minor world, it will become even more suitable for habitation.

The multi-eyed monster swung his sword viciously, but Sha Wujing, relying on the immense power of his Solo Staff, struck back first.

The multi-eyed monster hurriedly changed its sword moves to block, but was blasted away by the immense force of the Solo Staff.

The multi-eyed monster was actually a centipede. Although it possessed the cultivation of the late stage of the Divine Realm, it did not rely on its strength for fame. Therefore, when facing Sha Wujing, who was also at the Divine Realm, it was sent flying by a single blow.

Sha Wujing sneered, his gloomy face grim. He caught up with the multi-eyed monster in one step, gathered divine power in his palm, and transformed it into a chain of divine power, intending to forcibly capture the multi-eyed monster.

The multi-eyed monster hurriedly broke free, but was half a step too slow, and his Taoist robe was ripped open.

Liu Qing looked on with great interest and saw that the naked body of the multi-eyed monster was covered with countless eyes.

The centipede demon is also known as the multi-eyed monster, and that's where it comes from.

The multi-eyed monster only realized he had this hidden talent after Sha Wujing ripped open his Taoist robe.

I was so angry just now that I was so focused on getting revenge that I forgot to use my trump card, which is why the unlucky face got the upper hand.

"You sullen face, let me vent my anger too!"

Having said that, the Many-Eyed Monster puffed out his chest and belly, put his hands on his hips, and stared at Sha Wujing with wide eyes. Sha Wujing looked back with a bewildered expression: "You scoundrel, are you trying to stare me to death?"

But in the next instant, the many eyes on the multi-eyed monster's body, which had been closed, suddenly opened.

From each eye shot out a dazzling divine light, hundreds and thousands of eyes shooting out thousands of dazzling divine lights, all shooting towards Sha Wujing.

Liu Qing seemed unable to bear to look, and put one hand to her forehead.

A scream rang out as Sha Wujing covered his eyes, tears and blood streaming down his face. He had clearly been blinded by the dazzling divine light of the multi-eyed monster.

The multi-eyed monster laughed triumphantly, tossed the Spirit Treasure Sword in his hand, and took advantage of Sha Wujing's blindness to slash at his head.

Sun Wukong was startled and hurriedly threw out his golden cudgel, knocking away the multi-eyed monster's sword. Seeing Sun Wukong join in, the multi-eyed monster was not afraid at all. He turned around and aimed his eyes at Sun Wukong, and instantly thousands of dazzling divine lights shot out.

"This is just a minor path—"

Sun Wukong was prepared. When he saw the dazzling divine light shooting towards him from the multi-eyed monster, he quickly closed his eyes.

He thought this method could break the dazzling divine light, but he was too naive. The multi-eyed monster sneered, pointed out, and the dazzling divine light, which was originally divided into strands, suddenly gathered together and turned into two pillars of light as thick as a child's arm.

The dazzling divine light that had gathered together shot towards Shuang Wukong's eyes once again.

Although Sun Wukong's eyes were closed, the dazzling divine light gathered together, and its power increased countless times. It ignored the eyelids that were blocking it, forcefully shaking open the closed eyelids and piercing into Sun Wukong's eyes.

Sun Wukong screamed in agony as his vision went black and he could no longer see anything. Not only was he blind, but the dazzling divine light also entered his head, damaging his hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

In an instant, Sun Wukong's five senses were destroyed by the dazzling divine light, and he could not perceive anything in the outside world, as if he were suppressed in the most terrifying void.

Liu Qing's eyes lit up. He guessed that the multi-eyed monster had a dazzling divine light that could cause temporary blindness, but he did not expect that this dazzling divine light could also gather into a pillar of light, forcefully shaking open the closed eyelids, penetrating the body, and destroying the five senses.

This innate ability is excellent, and it's worth Liu Qing's help to subdue and transform the multi-eyed monster.

Now that Liu Qing's cultivation has improved significantly, he no longer thinks about killing all his enemies, but instead feels a sense of curiosity and interest in collecting them.

Liu Qing secretly guessed that back then, the Sage Tongtian disregarded the advice of Yuanshi and Laozi and insisted on taking many disciples into the Jie Sect. It was probably not because he liked teaching disciples, but because he had developed a curiosity and collecting hobby, just like Liu Qing was in his current state of mind.

"Master, please save my life! I can't see or hear anything, and I'm terribly panicked."

Liu Qing took a step forward, first rescuing Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing from the swords slashing at him by the multi-eyed monster, and then facing the multi-eyed monster head-on.

When the multi-eyed monster saw Liu Qing come out to fight, he knew that Liu Qing had suppressed four spider demons. He shouted, "Quickly release my sworn sisters, or you will suffer the same fate as that monkey!"

Liu Qing smiled and said, "Little centipede, go ahead and do your thing. Let me test your skills."

The multi-eyed monster was furious. This fellow was only at the early stage of the Divine Realm, and his cultivation was not as good as mine. Even the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, Sun Wukong, who was in the Undying Realm, suffered a great loss under the dazzling divine light. How dare he be so arrogant?

A series of dazzling divine lights shot out, and Liu Qing closed his eyes with a faint smile on his lips.

"You think I can't do anything to you just because you've closed your eyes?"

The multi-eyed monster once again gathered its dazzling divine light into two beams, shooting them towards Liu Qing's closed eyes, attempting to blast open her eyelids and destroy her five senses.

Unfortunately, Liu Qing is not Sun Wukong. The fifth level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique has a powerful defense that makes his skin so hard that it can ignore mid-grade acquired spiritual treasures.

The dazzling divine light gathered together, at its strongest, was only equivalent to a full-force attack from a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure. How could it possibly shake Liu Qing's eyelids open?

The strange creature with many eyes was shocked to find that it had failed to blast open Liu Qing's closed eyes. It was hard to believe that Liu Qing, whose cultivation was not as profound as its own, could have a physical defense that surpassed that of a mid-grade acquired spiritual treasure.

He roared, straining with all his might to gather the dazzling divine light once more, determined to blast open Liu Qing's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qing used his ice-transforming divine power, conjuring an ice mirror with a wave of his hand to block the dazzling divine light.

Instantly, the dazzling divine light was reflected back by the ice mirror, shooting straight towards its master, the multi-eyed monster.

The multi-eyed monster was startled and quickly manipulated its hundreds of eyes to swallow back the dazzling divine light that was reflected back.

Otherwise, the multi-eyed monster himself, struck by this dazzling divine light, would also have his five senses stripped away.

The supernatural powers and spells of the Three Realms are mostly mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. The dazzling divine light, so fierce and awe-inspiring, was actually defeated by Liu Qing's mere ice-melting technique.

Having shattered the dazzling divine light of the multi-eyed monster, Liu Qing lost all interest. He secretly manipulated the innate high-grade spiritual treasure, the Qiankun Ruler, and used a portion of the world's power to suppress the multi-eyed monster and store it within his minor world.

Ultimately, it could not escape being converted by the Lingbao Dushi Jing and became one of Liu Qing's collections.

After subduing the multi-eyed monster, Liu Qing returned to his own camp. Sun Wukong and Sha Wujing, who had been injured one after another, lost their spirits. After the multi-eyed monster was subdued and its injuries were healed, they stood listlessly to the side and no longer tried to challenge it.

The Tang army stopped issuing challenges, but the troops at Tongguan perked up.

With the cooperation of Wen Zhong and Shen Gongbao, they incited the three moon-gazing rhinoceros demons, who were originally in the Xuan Ying Cave of Qinglong Mountain in Jinping Prefecture of Tianzhu Kingdom, to come and deliver their heads.

These three moon-gazing rhinoceroses are a breath of fresh air among the demon race. They do not harm or kill people, are happy to help others, are fair to all demons, and do not bully the weak. It is no exaggeration to call them benevolent demons.

Unfortunately, in the original Journey to the West, because he had no powerful backing, or because his conduct was too upright, even Buddhism felt inferior to him and, out of jealousy, he was killed.

Seeing that the three benevolent demons were affected by bad luck and trapped in a life-threatening situation, Liu Qing felt pity for their tragic fate.

Furthermore, because these three rhinoceroses were all rare, ancient species of moon-gazing rhinoceroses, his curiosity and collecting instincts kicked in, and he decided to subdue them.

Pigsy, Scorpion Demon, and Multi-Eyed Monster went to fight, and in just a few rounds, the Three-Headed Moon-Gazing Rhinoceros Demon was captured, and Liu Qing took him into his Lesser Thousand Worlds.

Thus, all the great demons that Buddhism had threatened during this trip had been killed or captured. Liu Qing glanced at the seventeen Arhats on the Tongguan city wall, whose faces were solemn, and smiled knowingly.

Next, it's your turn.

The seventeen Arhats dared not meet Liu Qing's gaze, avoiding his eyes, and were already planning to flee.

When the seventeen Arhats were about to leave, their disciples, the five hundred Arhats, followed closely behind.

Liu Qing transmitted his voice to Shen Gongbao: "We can't let these bald monks leave."

Shen Gongbao chuckled, then stepped forward and called out to the departing Venerable Subduing Dragon, "Fellow Daoist, please wait—"

Upon hearing this, Wen Zhong shuddered.

On the other side, Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha, and other celestial beings did not feel anything was amiss. They were just curious as to why the general's scribe was stopping the Buddhists.

When the Investiture of the Gods took place, Li Jing, Nezha, and others did not have much contact with Shen Gongbao. They were not sent to the Investiture of the Gods because of Shen Gongbao, but rather they ascended to heaven on their own and became saints in their physical bodies. Therefore, they did not have a deep feeling about the "fellow Daoist, please stay" greeting.

The Dragon-Subduing Venerable was in a hurry to escape, fearing that he would be blocked by Liu Qing if he was too late. But for some reason, the words "Fellow Daoist, please wait" that he heard made him stop involuntarily.

"What business do you have with this humble monk, benefactor?" (End of Chapter)