"Great Sage, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! We sisters never intended to eat Brother Pig. We just wanted to play a little joke on him and give him a warning."
"Great Sage, you don't know that Brother Pig was just by the stream and accidentally saw my sisters bathing..."
"Great Sage..."
Upon learning that Bajie had an extraordinary origin, the seven Spider Sisters, who had no strength and no backing, looked at each other, surrounded him without hesitation, and started chattering about explaining.
When the lady in red was explaining, she even used her abundant capital to rub against the "Great Sage".
The little sister in purple followed suit, as did the second sister in white.
Seeing this scene, Bajie felt extremely hot in his heart. Before in the pond, he had only had a feast for his eyes, and coming to Pansi Cave was just to eat and drink, and he had no chance to get started.
Who would have thought that once Big Brother Sun arrived, the seven beautiful spider spirits would behave so dissolutely.
This is really... I envy him so much!
"You can talk, but don't do anything, otherwise I will burn down this cave and leave you homeless." Cheng Long threatened with a stern face, but it didn't have much deterrent effect.
Finally, the elder sister in red gave a look to stop the twisting and turning of the little sisters, and said awkwardly: "Great Sage, aren't we sisters afraid? You are a big shot, you don't understand the difficulties of us little fairies. From awakening our spiritual wisdom, to transforming, to overcoming the tribulation and becoming a fairy, every step is like walking on thin ice..."
"Alright, stop playing the victim here and quickly remove the poison so I can take the people back."
Cheng Long is in no mood to listen to the spider spirit begging for pity. The little demon's life is on thin ice. Do the human people live comfortably?
When going into the mountains to collect firewood on weekdays, one has to worry about a monster suddenly jumping out from behind and being eaten by them.
In the entire world of Journey to the West, only the people of the Tang Dynasty lived a decent life, followed by the Kingdom of Women of Xiliang, where the incarnation of Empress Pingxin was in charge.
In this world where the strong prey on the weak, even the high and mighty gods have to learn to read people's faces.
If you want to live a stable life, your fists are the most reliable!
"Okay, Great Sage, I will detoxify Brother Pig right away..."
The elder sister in red was not angry because of Cheng Long's attitude. Instead, she was delighted. She ran to get the antidote and arranged for her sisters to untie Zhu Bajie who was stuck in the spider web.
About a quarter of an hour later.
After being rescued, Bajie regained some strength, grabbed the nine-toothed rake beside him, glanced at the seven slender spiders, and reluctantly said, "Brother Sun, I'm fine now, let's go back!"
Seeing this, Cheng Long joked: "If you can't bear to part with them, you can come back and marry them all when you get the true scriptures."
"Well~ Although I like beautiful women, I won't force anyone. They like you, Big Brother Sun, and I, old pig, don't have that blessing." Zhu Bajie didn't mind the seven sisters' identities as spider spirits, but it was a pity that since Big Brother Sun came, the seven sisters could no longer have room for him in their eyes.
"...Let's go!"
Cheng Long shook his head and smiled, then left without looking back.
Bajie behind him kept looking back.
Looking at Cheng Long disappearing in the corridor, the purple-clothed little sister reluctantly said, "Big sister, the Great Sage is so handsome. It would be great if he loved beauty as much as Big Brother Pig. Then all seven of us sisters could marry him."
The elder sister in red turned around and looked at the younger sister, and sighed, "Don't dream, little sister. How could the Great Sage be interested in us little demons? In the Three Realms, the only woman who can be worthy of him is probably the fairy Chang'e in the sky."
"Who says it isn't?"
"The Great Sage is really very charming and a kind person..."
……
After easily dealing with the spider spirit, the group continued their journey westward and soon arrived at Huanghua Temple. Unlike the original novel, the spider spirit did not come to the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord for help because of the loss of the Pansi Cave.
The Hundred-Eyed Demon King, who is devoted to practicing Taoism, worships the Three Pure Ones. Cheng Long and his party came here to stay and were warmly received.
Especially Cheng Long, he also got a bottle of detoxification pill from the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord. The quality of the pill was quite good and it could detoxify most of the poisons in the world.
This thing is not of much use to him, but it can be used to save people without him having to do it himself every time and wasting his magic power.
The disaster at Huanghua Temple was over, which meant that the Bodhisattva Vimala in the original drama had lost a boy in the Taiyi realm for no reason, and the Bodhisattva Vimala did not have the courage to come and subdue the Hundred-eyed Demon King.
It’s not that the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord is so powerful, but that when beating a dog, you have to look at its owner first.
The centipede demon, who worships the Three Pure Ones, is devoted to practicing Taoism and refining elixirs. As long as he does not take the initiative to fall into calamity, the Buddhist sect will not attack him.
If you move, it would be like riding on the Taoist's head and defecating, which would be regarded as a provocation.
Although Buddhism is powerful in the world of Journey to the West, that is only the result of Taoism's indulgence. With the Three Pure Ones in charge of Taoism, even if there are many internal conflicts, it is no longer a target for Buddhism to bully.
Therefore, when Cheng Long and his party left Huanghua Temple with the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord escorting them for ten miles, Bodhisattva Vimala could only sigh inwardly.
The centipede monster is gone, and the gatekeeper boy can only think of a way to deal with it later.
Before I knew it, several months had passed.
The group arrived at the territory of Lion Camel Ridge, during which time Tang Seng experienced several hardships. They were all unknown demon kings who came to offer their heads, and were killed by Cheng Long as soon as they were caught.
The name of Lion Camel Ridge sounds like just a mountain range, but in fact it is a mountain that stretches for thousands of miles. Countless demons live in the mountain, and the three demon kings in the lead have even established a demon kingdom on earth here.
Originally, there was a country inhabited by humans in this land, and its name was the Lion Country. However, everyone in this country, from the king to the common people, and even newborn babies, were all devoured by demons.
Even from a distance, Cheng Long could feel a tremendous resentment spreading over Lion Camel Ridge, and there were definitely quite a few ghosts and zombies in the territory.
There are many monsters in the world of Journey to the West that kill people like crazy and feed on humans, but it is really unique like the Lion Camel Ridge that directly destroys an entire country.
Cheng Long looked at the Lion Camel Ridge in front of him. With his Dharma Eyes, he could see endless evil spirit and resentment rising above the Lion Camel Ridge. If it weren't for the three powerful demonic spirits suppressing the four directions.
This place will definitely give birth to powerful evil spirits like the Ghost King and the Corpse King.
Thinking of the description of Lion Camel Ridge in the original book, Cheng Long couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He had clearly taught the Golden-Winged Roc a lesson five hundred years ago, but he didn't expect that this guy would dare to join forces with the Yellow-Toothed Old Elephant and the Green-Haired Lion Monster to do such a cruel and inhumane thing.
It's because these three demons have strong backgrounds, with Tathagata, Manjusri, Samantabhadra and other powerful people as their backers, otherwise they would have been subdued and eliminated by people of virtue long ago.
The Garuda is the uncle of the Buddha and a member of the same clan as the Peacock King.
The three monsters have such a powerful background, and the Lion Camel Ridge is located in Xiniu Hezhou, far away from Nanzhanbuzhou where Taoism is entrenched. That’s why the three monsters dare to destroy a country easily without worrying about being suppressed by the Taoist masters.
If it were somewhere else, I’m afraid the three demons wouldn’t dare to do that.
Especially in the places where the human race is prosperous, the powerful golden dragon of national destiny can make them never return.
As these thoughts flashed through his mind, a figure appeared as he was moving forward. It was the old man transformed by Taibai Jinxing.
An old acquaintance!
Cheng Long saw through Taibai Jinxing's true colors at a glance, but did not expose him. Instead, he stepped forward and asked, "Old man, this mountain is very dangerous. I wonder if there are any monsters lurking in the mountain?" It was impossible for Cheng Long not to see that there were monsters lurking in the mountain. The reason he asked this was that he wanted to warn Tang Seng through other people's words so that the other party would be mentally prepared.
In this difficulty, in the original novel, when Sun Wukong went to gather information, he was frightened by the horrifying scenes inside and outside the Lion Camel Ridge.
"Inside the old demon cave, there are mountains of skulls and forests of bones. The hair has turned into felt pieces, and the skin and flesh have rotted into dust. Human tendons are entangled in trees, dry and shiny like silver. It is truly a sea of blood and corpses, and the stench is really unbearable. The little demon in the east has taken a living person and skinned his flesh..."
Thinking of the description in the original novel and the overwhelming resentment that was gathering at the moment, Cheng Long sentenced the yellow-toothed old elephant, the golden-winged Roc, and the green-haired lion monster to death.
He didn't want to keep any of these three monsters...
Hearing this, Taibai Jinxing stroked his beard and looked at the people, and said slowly: "Everyone, please don't go into the mountain. There are countless monsters lurking in this mountain. Anyone who enters will lose his life!"
"Oh, where did this monster come from? Why is it so powerful?" Zhu Bajie came over and asked curiously.
"Let you know, this mountain is called Lion Camel Ridge. There are three demon kings in the mountain. They have as many as 47,000 demons of all sizes under their command. It's no exaggeration to say that it's a demon country. The people within a radius of thousands of miles have been almost eaten up by these demons!" A cold light flashed in Taibai Jinxing's eyes as he spoke.
Obviously, he couldn't stand the audacious behavior of these demons!
Nowadays, the human race is the protagonist of the world, so it is not a big problem to secretly capture a few people to eat. As for a demon that directly annexed an entire country, if it were in ancient times, the leader of the human race would have led his troops to flatten the Lion Camel Ridge.
It is because the human race is now divided into various countries, large and small, that the demons have an opportunity to take advantage.
In the era of great unification, the Human Emperor would be a big shot whom even the Great Celestial Lord would have to slow down and treat him as an equal.
“There are so many demons in this mountain!”
After listening to Taibai Jinxing's story, Tang Seng was so frightened that his voice was shaking.
"Please take a detour if you can!"
Say it.
Taibai Jinxing turned into a streak of light and disappeared without a trace.
Tang Seng looked shocked and said to Cheng Long: "Brother Sun, this..."
"Don't panic, Sanzang. That was Taibai Jinxing coming down to the mortal world to remind us." Cheng Long turned around and smiled, but his mind was not on this. Instead, he was thinking about how to get rid of the three demon kings of Lion Camel Ridge without making any noise.
Hearing this, Tang Seng looked at the dark clouds covering the Lion Camel Ridge in front of him and said in fear: "Brother Sun, since the demons here are so powerful, let's take a detour."
When Zhu Bajie heard this, he immediately refused to do it and said hurriedly, "Master, this Lion Camel Ridge is a thousand miles in radius. If we go around it, I don't know how many detours we will have to take. With me and Brother Sun here, what demons and monsters are we afraid of?"
"Bajie, you are so timid on normal days, but I didn't expect that you can hold your head high this time. In this case, when we go into the mountains later, how about you go and get the news?" Cheng Long patted Zhu Bajie's shoulder, as if he was going to hand over the important task to him.
"Brother Sun, no, no, no. I'm fat and broad-skinned, and I'm not suited to gathering information. I'll have to trouble you to do this. I can't do it." Bajie shrank his neck in fear.
Don't be fooled by the righteous words he just said. In fact, he just wanted Cheng Long to take action, and he would follow behind to grab the kill.
"You idiot, you only know how to be sneaky..."
Cheng Long glared at Zhu Bajie unhappily, but did not refuse to explore the way and gather information for Tang Seng and his disciples.
Because now is the best time to attack the blue lion, white elephant, and golden-winged Roc. Kill them by surprise. Otherwise, when the Buddhists react, it will be difficult to attack them.
Unless the powerful cultivation of the perfect state of Hunyuan Jinxian is exposed.
"Sanzang, stay in the circle. I'm going to Lion Camel Ridge first."
Done.
Cheng Long took out the golden cudgel and drew a circle around Tang Seng.
Seeing this, Bajie couldn't help but mutter, "Brother Sun, why are you drawing circles again? It's okay if you don't draw circles, but if you draw circles, something bad will happen."
"Isn't it because you didn't keep a close eye on Sanzang? Will something happen if he stays in there obediently?"
"..."
Bajie stopped talking immediately.
At this time, Cheng Long put away his golden cudgel and flew into the air, heading straight into Lion Camel Ridge.
Since Lion Camel Ridge is known as the demon kingdom on earth, it naturally has its own rules and order. Little demons patrolling the mountain can be seen everywhere, making it seem much more orderly than the demon territories seen before.
But these are minor issues.
As long as the fist is strong enough, no matter how organized the demons on Lion Camel Ridge are, they will not be able to break out of the Zhoutian Star Array and be defeated in this mountain cave.
Of course.
With Cheng Long's current strength, even if he was trapped in the Zhoutian Star Array, he would not be in any danger.
From a distance, Cheng Long spotted a young patrolman. Without saying a word, he burned him to ashes with the sun's true fire, then transformed himself into the other's appearance and hurriedly ran towards the Lion Cave.
at the same time……
Where Tang Seng landed, the ground suddenly shook.
The circle drawn by Cheng Long immediately burst into golden light. If any demon rushed towards the golden light, it would be burned by the golden light and its soul would be shattered.
However, no matter how powerful this Vajra Ring is, it can only protect the ground and cannot protect the underground.
I have to say, this is a huge oversight.
"Junior Brother Sha, protect Master."
Bajie raised the Nine-toothed Rake and looked around, his eyes much more serious than usual.
"Don't worry, brother."
Sha Seng never left Tang Seng from the beginning, and always stayed in the Vajra Circle to take care of his master. When the earthquake occurred, he had already drawn out the demon-subduing staff that he used as a carrying pole, and was watching the ground with a fierce look.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."
Rays of light emerged from the cracks in the ground.
They turned out to be pangolins covered in armor and holding maces, each of them had the cultivation level of the Transformation Realm or even the Tribulation Realm.
If there were only three to five, or even a dozen little demons, Sha Seng and Bajie could still handle them.
However, these pangolins were just the vanguard burrowing soldiers, followed by a steady stream of little demons. In just a moment, dozens of little demons emerged from the cracks in the ground.
Tang Seng was caught off guard and was dragged underground by one of the little demons, disappearing without a trace. (End of this chapter)