The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 173 The Intimidating Power of Sha Wujing

On the other side, Wukong and his two companions encountered a small problem while teaching the princes martial arts.

The three princes were mortals and could not wield their weapons.

Even though Wukong used magic to give them immense strength, allowing them to lift the golden cudgel and the nine-toothed rake, they were still panting heavily after just a few swings, let alone learning any skills.

Left with no other choice, they had to have the blacksmith forge identical weapons for Wukong and the other two using ordinary iron, based on the designs of their weapons.

Even so, the princes' martial arts skills improved rapidly, surpassing the level of ordinary mortals.

King Yuhua was overjoyed upon hearing this news and specially held a banquet in the palace to thank Wukong and the other two.

At the banquet, King Yuhua held a wine cup and toasted Wukong, Bajie, and Sha Wujing one by one.

In the harmonious and joyful atmosphere, King Yuhua suggested, "My son has been studying under the three elders for many days, but I have yet to witness their current skills. Why don't we have them demonstrate their abilities in the main hall to entertain us?"

Wukong smiled at the eldest prince and said, "My good disciple, go and demonstrate for your father, let him see how much you've improved."

"Your disciple obeys!"

The eldest prince asked a guard for an iron rod and immediately went to the center of the hall.

He spun around and twisted, the long staff piercing the air like thunder, and with a flick of his wrist, the tip of the staff swept out an arc of light.

Each move is a perfect blend of strength and gentleness; the stick moves with the body, and the body moves with the stick. Only the shadow of the stick can be seen flying, while the figure remains still. It is truly elegant, powerful, and awe-inspiring.

Not wanting the monkey to steal the show, Pigsy and Sandy quickly had their respective disciples come down to demonstrate their martial arts skills.

Before long, the three of them went from performing individually to engaging in a chaotic battle. They then moved closer and closer to the White Dragon, and suddenly all three of them attacked at the same time, aiming for the White Dragon's head and shoulders!

The white dragon was startled and quickly did a backflip to avoid the three's attack, shouting, "What are you doing!"

The three princes immediately stepped back and stood in a row with guilty expressions.

The king said awkwardly, "Senior brother, please don't blame me. I was practicing what our teacher taught me. Our teacher said that practice makes perfect, and told me to practice more often."

As he spoke, he stood up, removed the red cloth hanging behind him, and three large characters appeared before everyone's eyes—

The Feast at Hongmen!

Little White Dragon:

Practice is fine, but do you have to use me as a practice subject?

Seeing the little white dragon's angry expression, King Yuhua quickly stepped forward to apologize and had a beautiful woman present a box of treasures, saying, "If you don't mind, senior brother, this beauty is also for you."

The White Dragon stared blankly at the beautiful woman before him, then suddenly a brilliant idea struck him. He sneered, "This is a honey trap, isn't it? You wouldn't have given this beauty to Second Brother beforehand, trying to sow discord between us, would you?"

King Yuhua was taken aback, then said with a face full of shame, "No, I was planning to wait until you agreed before sending the beauty to seduce my second senior brother."

Little White Dragon: "...

Bai Suzhen rolled her eyes and glared at Jiang Feng, who was snickering beside her, saying irritably, "What kind of nonsense have you been teaching him?!"

Jiang Feng immediately suppressed his smile and said seriously, "This is just a trivial matter, not worth mentioning. There's no need to flatter me!"

Bai Suzhen retorted, "Was I praising you? I was afraid you'd raise him into a little devil!"

Jiang Feng explained, "Today, there are four great kingdoms and countless city-states and small kingdoms in India. If he has no strategy at all, he could be wiped out at any time."

Now that I've taken him as my disciple, I must teach him some life-saving techniques, lest he die a horrible death and tarnish my reputation.

Yu Hua Wang bowed deeply to Xiao Bai Long again and apologized: "Teacher was thinking of my safety all along. If you blame me, please blame me alone and don't blame the teacher."

Little White Dragon nodded, accepting his apology, and instructed, "You've already tormented me. Next time you want to practice, go find one of his senior brothers, don't come to me again."

King Yuhua quickly thanked him, then his eyes secretly darted back and forth between Wukong and the others.

Seeing this, Pigsy couldn't help but laugh and said, "Hey, you little old man, with your petty tricks, don't even think about fooling me, Old Pig. I think you can only fool Wujing at most."

Sha Wujing confidently declared, "Impossible! I've served the Jade Emperor for so many years, and not even an assassin could fool my eyes!"

Jiang Feng said with a complicated expression, "Wujing, do you think it's possible that no one has ever tried to assassinate the Jade Emperor?"

Sha Wujing was taken aback: "So, I, Old Sha, have such great intimidation power!"

Jiang Feng: "————"

Just as Jiang Feng was admiring his confidence, a guard rushed in and reported, "Your Highness, something terrible has happened! I went to inquire about the progress of the blacksmith's forging of weapons for the princes, and discovered that all the elders' weapons are missing!"

"what?"

King Yuhua was startled and quickly asked, "How could my senior brothers' weapons be missing? Didn't you send anyone to guard those blacksmiths?"

The guard said with a bitter face, "I sent men to guard it, but the weapons seem to have grown wings and flown away on their own. There's nothing I can do!"

Wukong said, "Don't rush, don't rush. Our weapons are too heavy for ordinary people to lift. Tell me, are there any monsters near Yuhua County?"

King Yuhua thought for a moment and said, "Twenty miles to the west, on Leopard Head Mountain, there is a Tiger Mouth Cave. Some say immortals live there, some say bandits live there, and some say monsters live there—"

Wukong laughed and said, "This is probably what they did. I, Old Sun, will go and see for myself and find out the truth."

Jiang Feng raised his hand to stop him, then looked at Prince Yuhua with a smile and said, "Prince Yuhua, you're not being honest. Leopard Head Mountain is only twenty miles from here. Do you really not know who lives on that mountain?"

Under Jiang Feng's slightly teasing gaze, Yu Hua Wang's expression stiffened slightly. After a moment of silence, he knelt down and said, "Teacher, this disciple did indeed intentionally conceal the truth. Please punish me!"

Wukong frowned and looked at King Yuhua: "It's not a big deal that there are monsters on the mountain, why are you hiding this from us?"

King Yuhua gave a bitter smile: "It's not a big deal for my senior brothers, but for our Yuhua County, it's a catastrophe."

"To tell you the truth, a group of demons live on Leopard Head Mountain. The leader is a lion demon, and he has hundreds of lesser demons, including jackals, tigers, and leopards, who make a living by plundering everywhere."

Although he did not commit any crimes against the nearby states and counties, and even used money to buy our daily necessities, they did all this in order to sell stolen goods and incidentally get us to provide them with supplies.

There lives a group of ferocious demons on the mountain. My fellow villagers and I live in constant fear, terrified that one day they might become displeased and unleash a massacre, killing us all.

"My three sons have been learning martial arts since they were young, and they have apprenticed under three senior brothers to learn skills, all in order to be able to drive away these demons on the mountain."

"I didn't dare to tell you my senior brothers the truth earlier because I was hoping to use you to eliminate those demons. I apologize to you all!"

After saying this, King Yuhua kowtowed on the ground, and the three princes followed suit and kowtowed to Wukong and the others.

Wukong blew a breath of magic to help them up from the ground, and asked Jiang Feng, "Master, what do you think we should do?"

Jiang Feng said, "Alright, let's just remember this one offense for now. Go and deal with those demons, retrieve your weapons, and then come back to punish him."