Chapter 139 Journey to the West 8
While Li Zhen, Sun Wukong and the heavenly soldiers and generals were fighting, on the other side.
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva brought the monk Hui'an to attend the Peach Festival. They saw that the Yaochi Banquet was not at all a banquet. The table was in a mess. Although there were a few celestial beings present, none of them took their seats but were talking among themselves.
"Why is that so?"
"Someone has disrupted the event, so I'm afraid it can't be held." An immortal replied.
Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "Since there is no grand meeting, you can follow me to see the Jade Emperor."
The immortals followed happily, and when they arrived in front of the Tongming Palace, they saw the Four Heavenly Masters, the Barefoot Immortal and other immortals already there.
Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "I want to see the Jade Emperor. Please help me to pass on my message."
Heavenly Master Qiu Hongji immediately entered the Lingxiao Palace and announced the entry.
When Guanyin Bodhisattva took a look, she saw there were only three people inside, namely Taishang Laojun, Queen Mother of the West and Jade Emperor.
Guanyin Bodhisattva entered, paid respects to the Jade Emperor, and then met with Laojun and Queen Mother before sitting down.
Guanyin Bodhisattva asked, "How was the Peach Festival?"
The Jade Emperor replied, "Every year, the Peach Banquet is held with great joy, but this year the demon monkey is causing chaos, so it can no longer be held."
Guanyin Bodhisattva asked: "Where did the demon monkey come from, and why is he so powerful?"
The Jade Emperor said: "The demon monkey was born from a stone egg in the Flower and Fruit Mountain of the Aolai Kingdom in the Dongsheng Divine Continent. When it was born, its eyes emitted golden light, shooting into the Palace of the Divine. At first, I didn't take it seriously, but later I found that it had learned a lot of skills. Now it can subdue dragons and tigers, and remove itself from the Book of Life and Death.
I am troubled by this, so I have mobilized 100,000 heavenly soldiers to capture them with a net of heaven and earth. I have not received any response today, and I don’t know whether I will win or lose.”
The Jade Emperor told Guanyin Bodhisattva the story about Sun Wukong.
He had just finished speaking when Li Jing was already waiting outside.
The Jade Emperor immediately summoned Li Jing in.
"Your Majesty, the mighty being that protected the demon monkey has appeared again. We are no match for him. There is even a monkey demon that is more powerful than Sun Wukong. He even broke my pagoda with one punch."
Li Jing held up the pagoda and could see a big crack running from top to bottom. The pagoda's divine light was dim, and its origin had been damaged.
"What should I do?" The Jade Emperor was worried.
He turned to look at Guanyin Bodhisattva and Taishang Laojun, "I wonder if Guanyin Bodhisattva and Laojun have any solution."
Upon hearing this, Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "I can ask Hui'an Xingzang to help you capture the demon monkey."
Li Jing shook his head, "It's not that I underestimated Hui An Xing Zhe, but that demon monkey is already able to fight against Nezha and the Four Heavenly Kings, plus the mixed demon monkey and the powerful in the dark.
If we only add one Hui An Xing Zhe, I'm afraid we will still be defeated."
The traveler Hui'an is Mu Zha. Even if he is very powerful, he is at most equal to Nezha. How can he defeat him?
The Jade Emperor then said, "If we add my nephew, the Holy Erlang Zhenjun, who lives in Guanzhou and enjoys the incense from below, can we defeat him?"
"I don't know."
Li Jing knew the reputation of Erlang Shen, who only obeyed orders and not instructions. If Erlang Shen were added to the mix, he didn't know if he could defeat him.
"Please, Erlang, catch the demon monkey."
The Jade Emperor immediately ordered the mobilization of troops and sent the powerful ghost king to invite Erlang Shen.
The Ghost King received the order and rode on his cloud to the mouth of Guanjiang River. In less than half an hour, he arrived at the temple of Erlang Zhenjun.
The ghost judge who was guarding the gate had already reported to the inside:
"There is a divine messenger from outside, coming with an imperial decree."
Erlang Shen and his brothers went out to welcome the imperial edict, burned incense and read it out.
"The demon monkey Great Sage Equaling Heaven from the Flower-Fruit Mountain is causing chaos. He has been stealing peaches, wine, and elixir from the palace, disrupting the Peach Festival. Now, we have deployed 100,000 heavenly soldiers and 18 nets to surround the mountain and ambush him, but we have not succeeded. Now, I have specially dispatched my nephew and sworn brother to go to the Flower-Fruit Mountain to help suppress him.
After success, you will be promoted and rewarded handsomely. "
Erlang Shen was overjoyed and said, "Please go back, I will go and help you now."
Tian almost nodded and left.
When Erlang Shen arrived above Huaguo Mountain, Li Jing and others were already waiting there.
Seeing Erlang Shen, the Four Heavenly Kings and Li Tianwang all went out to greet him. After the meeting, they asked about the victory and defeat, and the Four Heavenly Kings repeated what had happened before.
"Those two demon monkeys are very powerful."
"I hope Hui An Xing and Er Lang Shen can each take a demon monkey."
Erlang Shen smiled and said, "Since the little saint is here, I must fight him for a change."
Erlang Shen and Hui'an Xingzhe arrived outside the Water Curtain Cave and saw a group of monkeys neatly arranged in a coiled dragon formation.
In the central army, a flag was erected with the words "The Great Sage Equaling Heaven" inscribed on it.
Li Zhen and Sun Wukong were already standing in front of the cave entrance.
They were both wearing golden armor, cloud-walking shoes, and purple gold crowns on their heads. Sun Wukong had a golden hoop in his hand, but Li Zhen had nothing in his hand.
Erlang Shen looked down at the two men and asked, "How can you, a rascal monkey, be worthy of the title of the Heaven-Equaling One?"
After hearing this, Sun Wukong pointed his golden cudgel at Hui'an Xing and Erlang Shen and shouted, "Who are you, young warriors? How dare you come here to challenge us?"
The traveler Hui An put his hands together and said, "I am the boy sitting under Avalokitesvara, the traveler Hui An."
Erlang Shen shouted angrily, "You are blind, don't you recognize me? I am the nephew of the Jade Emperor, and I am Erlang, the King of Zhaohui Ling. I have been ordered to capture you, the Bi Ma Wen monkey who rebelled against the Heavenly Palace, and you still don't know whether to live or die!"
When Li Zhen heard it, he realized that the people coming were Mu Zha and Erlang Shen.
He said to Wukong, "Wukong, leave Erlang Shen to me, and the traveler Hui'an to you."
Erlang Shen's abilities were still very strong, and he was worried that Wukong might capsize in a ditch.
"Okay, then let's compete to see who can take it first."
Sun Wukong became interested in the competition and immediately rushed towards Hui'an Xingzhe with his golden cudgel in hand.
He had always wanted to compete with Li Zhen, and today he took this opportunity to fulfill his wish.
"Hey, you Hui'an walker, take this stick from me, Sun."
Sun Wukong came up to the monk Hui'an and started to hit him with his stick.
"clang."
The monk Hui'an raised the Hunyuan Iron and blocked Sun Wukong's golden cudgel.
One of them is a wandering immortal known as the Great Sage, and the other is a disciple of Guanyin and an orthodox immortal.
The solid iron rod is forged with thousands of hammers, and the six Dings and six Jias exert their magical powers; the Ruyi stick is fixed by the Milky Way, and the magic power of the sea-stabilizing treasure is overwhelming.
When two true opponents meet, the solutions to their interactions are endless.
After fighting Wukong and Hui'an for fifty or sixty rounds, Hui'an's arms became numb and he could not fight back. He just pretended to be defeated and fled.
the other side.
Li Zhen rushed towards Erlang Shen.
Erlang Shen is wielding a three-pointed, double-edged sword.
One uses fists and the other uses a knife.
"Clang clang clang."
Li Zhen punched the three-pointed, double-edged sword with such force that Erlang Shen almost lost his grip.
What great strength and what thick skin! Erlang Shen was surprised.
Li Zhen smiled, he already knew Erlang Shen's abilities.
Nothing more.
The two men tried their skills for the first time and both had a good idea of what they were doing.
Li Zhen glanced at Wukong over there and found that he had not yet defeated Hui'an Xingzhe, so he was no longer in a hurry.
He knew that Wukong had a competitive spirit and had decided to let Wukong win.
In the blink of an eye, he and Erlang Shen had fought for fifty rounds.
While they were fighting.
In heaven.
The Jade Emperor, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Queen Mother and other immortals were having a speech in the Lingxiao Palace.
“I don’t know who will win or lose.”
Guanyin Bodhisattva clasped his hands and said, "I would like to ask Your Majesty to go out of the South Heaven Gate with Daozu to see for ourselves what is going on."
The Jade Emperor said: "That makes sense."
He then set out to the South Heaven Gate with Daoist Patriarch, Guanyin, Queen Mother and other immortals.
Some celestial soldiers and strong men had already arrived, opened the door and watched from afar.
At a glance, they saw Erlang Shen and Hui'an Xingzhe fighting with two demon monkeys.
"The traveler Hui An is already in a state of defeat."
They saw that Hui'an Xingzhe was being beaten back step by step by Sun Wukong and his defeat was inevitable.
As for Li Zhen and Erlang Shen on the other side, Guanyin Bodhisattva also saw through their plans.
Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "The other demon monkey doesn't seem to have used his full strength, so there might be some changes."
"I plan to help my disciple and Master Erlang and help them capture the two demon monkeys."
The Supreme Lord asked, "What weapons does the Bodhisattva use? How does he help them?"
Guanyin Bodhisattva said: "I will throw the willow tree and the bottle down to hit the two monkeys on the head. Even if they can't kill them, they will at least knock them down. Then I can teach my disciple Erlang Xiaosheng to capture the two monkeys."
Lao Jun said: "Your bottle is a porcelain, it's good if you can hit them accurately, but if you can't hit their heads, it will be a pity if they break it.
Don't do anything yet, wait for Laojun to help them."
Guanyin Bodhisattva asked: "What weapon does Laojun use?"
Lao Jun replied, "Let's see."
He rolled up his sleeves, took a circle off his left shoulder, and said, "This weapon is called Diamond Chisel. It is made of refined steel, very strong, and can change shape. It is invulnerable to water and fire, and can cover any object. Wait for me to throw it down and hit them."
As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the Vajra Cutter down from the Sky Gate. It spun and fell directly into the camp of Huaguoshan, hitting Li Zhen on the head first.
"Hahahaha, Li Zhen, I, Old Sun, won. I, Old Sun, am faster than you. I have surpassed you."
Sun Wukong looked at the wanderer Hui'an who was fleeing in panic and cheered.
Li Zhen looked at him and smiled.
It was at this time that Taishang Laojun's diamond chisel came smashing down.
This diamond chisel is incredibly fast and can also block space.
One hit is accurate.
It has the weight of a universe and carries a breathtaking strangeness.
"clang."
The diamond chisel hit Li Zhen on the back of his head, making him see stars.
He fell directly from the air and fell to the ground.
"Li Zhen!"
Sun Wukong exclaimed, his face suddenly changing.
Before he could react, the King Kong turned around and smashed towards him.
Sun Wukong couldn't hide.
"clang."
His head was also hit, and like Li Zhen, he fell from the clouds.
"dizzy."
Li Zhen on the ground felt like his whole body was shaking, and he felt more dizzy than after drinking countless bottles of alcohol.
Before he could get up, he was tied up by ropes.
"thump."
Sun Wukong fell in front of him and was also tied up by many ropes.
Although the Immortal Binding Rope was powerful, it could not trap two people.
"Tear."
The Immortal Binding Rope was directly torn apart by them.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them escaped.
Seeing that the two were about to leave.
"bundle."
Taishang Laojun's diamond chisel was split into two and put on the two men.
If two people become bigger, it also becomes bigger; if two people become smaller, it also becomes smaller.
Li Zhen was about to transform into a nano body and escape when the notebook in his arms vibrated.
Blessing came to his heart and he no longer resisted.
Laojun waved his hand, and Vajra took the two of them and flew into the Heavenly Palace. Then he invited the Jade Emperor, Guanyin, Queen Mother, and all the immortals to return to the Lingxiao Palace.
The Four Heavenly Kings and Li Tianwang and other gods below all withdrew their troops and congratulated Hui An Xing and Erlang Shen, saying, "This is the work of the two little saints!"
Hui An Xingzhe felt a little embarrassed, as he had just run away. He knew that everyone was just being polite, so he just smiled and nodded.
Erlang Shen said, "This is the great blessing of Taishang Laojun and the power of the gods. What contribution have I made?"
Erlang Shen and the Heavenly King went to report back.
Soon, everyone arrived outside the Tongming Palace.
The Heavenly Master said, "How should we deal with those two evil monkeys? Your Majesty, please give your order."
After hearing this, the Jade Emperor said directly, "Take the two demon monkeys to the demon beheading platform, behead their souls and destroy their bodies!"
Only by killing these two evildoers could he vent the anger in his heart.
(End of this chapter)