I am guarding the sky prison in Journey to the West

Chapter 182 Chess Pieces
"This old cow is really ruthless! He won't even spare his own clan!"

The monkey watched the Bull Demon King rush forward with his iron rod held high, killing those little monsters who were still puzzled, especially there were many bull monsters among them, he couldn't help but gasped and clicked his tongue.

Nezha curled his lips: "What kind of family! The bull demon king is a kui ox, and these bull demons are just green cows, yaks and flat cattle. How come they are of the same family?"

Suddenly, he thought of something, raised his eyebrows and looked at the monkey, a little unbelievable: "You don't think your monkey grandchildren... No, you don't think all the monkeys in the Three Realms are the same family, right?"

The monkey was a little confused: "Is there something wrong with this?"

Nezha looked at the monkey a few times and laughed loudly: "Interesting! It's so interesting!"

"What are you laughing at!" The monkey was a little annoyed at being laughed at: "Nezha, please explain clearly to me!"

Nezha said: "I laugh at you, you monkey is more like a human than a human! Among the three worlds, only the human race will regard everyone as the same race! You can ask, which monster will regard the same family as the same race! At most, it will only agree with blood relatives."

The monkey was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at Li Anran with doubtful and questioning eyes.

Li Anran nodded, agreeing with Nezha's words.

Among the Three Realms, apart from the human race, even the ancient clans such as the Qingqiu Fox Clan and the Four Seas Dragon Clan will only regard the direct bloodline as the same clan.

The rest will only be regarded as slave cannon fodder.

The situation of the Bull Demon King is somewhat special.

He was accepted as a mount by the Master Tongtian early on, and in his head he only thought that he was the orthodox Taoist sect of the Sanqing disciples, and these monsters were no different from ants in his eyes.

Those cow demons are no exception.

Now that he wanted to commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, he naturally took these monsters as votes without hesitation.

In contrast, monkeys can be regarded as a relatively different existence among monsters.

There's a reason for that too.

One reason is that the monkey entered the mortal society after leaving Huaguo Mountain, and its ideas were largely influenced by mortals.

Later, in the Sanxing Cave of the Oblique Moon, Patriarch Bodhi was a fellow practitioner of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, and his brothers and sisters were all human beings, who were further influenced by the concept of human race.

From this point of view, what Nezha said is quite right, the monkey is not so much a monkey as a person with the body of a spirit stone monkey!

Secondly, because the monkey was born in Huaguoshan, he lived with his monkeys and grandchildren since he was a child, and there is an extra bond in it.

When dealing with other monsters, monkeys don't have such kindness and patience.

When Li Jing led the army to encircle and suppress Huaguo Mountain, after the monkey learned that the demon king of Cave 72 had been arrested, his first reaction was "I didn't hurt any of my kind, so why bother?".

He didn't even think about avenging them, let alone saving them.

Li Anran looked at the tragic situation on Cuiyun Mountain, and there was only one thought in his mind: "The treatment is really different between those with background and those without background!"

These monsters on Cuiyun Mountain were summoned by the Bull Demon King.

As a result, the rebel leader, the Bull Demon King, is safe and sound and has been treated as a god by Heavenly Court Zhao'an, and these little demons have also become his credit for atonement.

This fact is ridiculous and cruel!
Yang Jian and Nezha didn't bother to participate in this kind of massacre, and led the Meishan brothers and Caotou God to the side, waiting for the end of the matter, and returned to heaven with Li Jing.

It's not that they don't want to leave directly, but that Ran Deng, Manjusri, and Pu Xian are only willing to hand over the Golden Winged Roc Eagles to Li Jing. If they want to escort these monsters back to the heaven, they can only wait here.

"All soldiers, follow me to kill!"

Li Jing didn't think these achievements were shabby, he wore golden armor and led a group of heavenly soldiers and generals to sweep all corners of Cuiyun Mountain, not letting any monsters go.

From time to time, he would also make a move, cracking the brains of those little monsters with a golden whip.

Just looking at his appearance, he has the aura of a general who has subdued the demons from the Heavenly Court.

Li Anran asked: "Monkey, when the matter here is over, you can be regarded as having made atonement. Next, where are you going?"

"Huaguoshan!"

The monkey beamed brightly and said: "My old Sun has just made an agreement with that Sun Xingzhe. Since he has decided to take refuge in Samana, he should give up the name of Guowang. From now on, I will be called Sun Wukong, and he will be called Sun Xingzhe."

"After he achieves the true fruit of cultivation, he will also stay in Daleiyin Temple in Lingshan. Huaguoshan is under my management. From then on, we will settle our grievances and not disturb each other."

The monkey just followed Li Anran's instructions and went to rescue the macaque king tied to the stone pillar.

The macaque king's mood can be said to be extremely complicated, with shame, resentment, anger and guilty conscience.

The monkey had already made preparations, pulled the macaque king aside, and began to discuss the conditions. After more than ten minutes of muttering, the final plan was discussed.

The monkey gave up his identity as the Sutra learner Sun Xingzhe, and returned to Huaguo Mountain to continue to be his Monkey King.

The Monkey King gave up the name of Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, and followed Tang Monk to learn Buddhist scriptures from the west, and went to Daleiyin Temple to achieve a positive result.

It's the best of both worlds.

The only thing that made Monkey a little upset was that there was no way to take off the golden hoop on his head, so he could only wear it like this first, and then slowly figure out a solution later.

"Since you have already agreed, then there is no problem."

Li Anran reminded again: "Now the Three Realms are in turmoil. After you go back this time, don't come out for a short time. Don't violate the rules of heaven and cause trouble again."

"My old grandson can save it!"

Monkey nodded again and again, stepped forward and bowed to Li Anran and Yang Jian three times, with a solemn expression on his face: "Second Brother, Old Brother Li, my grandson won't say anything unnecessary! In the future, if you have something to tell me, if I, Monkey King, say no, I will be driven out of my wits, and I will never be reborn!"

If Yang Jian hadn't been merciful, the monkeys and grandchildren in Huaguo Mountain might have ended up like the monsters in Cuiyun Mountain.

If it wasn't for Li Anran's help, he wouldn't be able to get rid of Buddhism and regain his freedom, and he is still an involuntary chess player...

No, it should be said that whether he can continue to be a pawn is two things!

The monkey glanced over the fake monkey who was also fighting and killing all the monsters, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.

Monkeys are naturally intelligent. Even though they don't know the inside story of the journey to the West due to their status and background, they have seen many clues.

Even Li Anran couldn't be fooled by this counterfeit product, let alone Guanyin Tathagata.

But he was able to walk around Lingshan safely and unharmed, and became a "real" monkey certified by Tathagata Guanyin.

Obviously, this counterfeit has an inseparable relationship with Lingshan, and it may even be sent by Lingshan!

What could be the reason why Lingshan sent out such a counterfeit that was almost exactly the same as him?
It could only be to replace him!
And after the replacement, killing and silence must be indispensable!
It can be said that Li Anran saved his life!

The grace of saving his life and the kindness of letting him regain his freedom, the monkey is grateful to Li Anran, of course it goes without saying, he just wished he could repay him with death.

While the few people were talking here, Li Jing on the other side led the heavenly soldiers and generals to kill all the monsters in Cuiyun Mountain, and then another fire burned the entire Cuiyun Mountain to nothingness.

The Macaque King rescued Tang Seng from the Banjiao Cave, and was about to go west with Zhu Bajie Drifting Monk when Taibai Jinxing stopped them: "Holy Monk, wait a minute."

"What is Xingjun's order?" Tang Seng asked respectfully.

Taibai Jinxing handed over the plantain fan he had just asked for from the Bull Demon King, and said, "There is a flaming mountain more than three hundred miles southwest from this Cuiyun mountain, which stretches for eight hundred miles. It was melted by the bricks that fell from the furnace when the Great Sage Equaling Heaven overthrew the Bagua furnace. The mountain fire is so huge that only this plantain fan can extinguish it."

The macaque king naturally knew about the Flame Mountain, so he rushed forward to take the banana fan, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you very much!" His eyes rolled around, but he had the idea of ​​taking the banana fan for himself.

After the Cuiyun Mountain incident, the Macaque King also realized the importance of the magic weapon.

This plantain fan is an innate spiritual treasure grown on Kunlun Mountain, which can fly Yang Jian out with a fan. If he has such a treasure, his journey to the west will be much smoother.

Taibai Jinxing saw what the Monkey King was thinking, and said, "Great Sage, sincerity is the most important thing in learning scriptures from the West. If there is no sincerity, you can only borrow foreign things wholeheartedly, and it will be difficult to achieve a positive result. This banana fan is a relic of the deceased wife of the Bull Demon King. After you use it, you must return it as soon as possible."

"I know, I know!"

When the macaque king heard this, he was a little annoyed. Seeing that the banana fan in his hand was no longer fragrant, he waved his hand and shouted: "Return it! My old grandson can still take down his fan? You old man, you are so annoying! It's so annoying!"

Taibai Jinxing smiled bitterly helplessly.

As for you monkey, I don’t need to say a few words. If something falls into your hands, if you don’t beat the dog with meat buns, can you still spit it out?

"Li Tianwang." After Taibai Jinxing explained this, he slightly nodded towards Li Jing.

Li Jing immediately returned to the court with his teachers including Heavenly Soldiers and Generals and Randeng Puxian Manjusri.

As early as when Taibai Jinxing passed the decree to the Bull Demon King, the Jade Emperor had already brought the civil and military immortals back to the Lingxiao Palace.

"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission and wiped out all the monsters in Cuiyun Mountain. I have killed 13 demon kings, Baiyan Demon Lord, White Eyed Wolf King, Shura Ghost King, etc. There are countless monster soldiers and monster generals..."

Li Jing, as the coach, stepped up to the previous post.

He only talked about how many monsters he killed, not who killed them, and deliberately used this vague words to put the credit on himself.

Nezha next to him was full of contempt, and he didn't hide it at all, but he didn't say much.

He didn't know how many times he had experienced this kind of thing.

Every time Li Jing took him down to cast down demons, it was he who made great efforts to cast down demons, but the credit was all on Li Jing, the coach.

This time is no exception.

It was the first time for Hou Zi to encounter this kind of situation, he was stunned and couldn't help but wanted to argue, but was stopped by Li Anran.

The Jade Emperor's rewards are nothing more than some gold, pearls and treasures, and some promotions to the immortal ranks, but he doesn't take it seriously.

More importantly, he was afraid that if the Jade Emperor had a fit and wanted to promote him and transfer him out of the Heavenly Prison, he and Yang Jian would have to find a way to refuse, which would not only be troublesome but also expose his secret, it was really unnecessary.

Yang Jian didn't care about these anymore.

His power is already above tens of thousands of people under one person.

Over the years, they have been continuously rewarded, and all kinds of rare treasures have filled the Huashan Garden of the Three Virgins.

What he cared most about was what to do with the Golden Winged Roc Eagle, Yellow Tusk Elephant and Sai Taisui.

Yang Jian looked sideways slightly, and looked at the three golden-winged rocs in the center of the hall.

In the process of returning to the heaven, Manjusri Puxian also helped the yellow-toothed old elephant and Sai Taisui to treat their injuries briefly.

Although the two demons were still pale and their breath was weak, they had already woken up.

Now, together with the golden-winged roc eagle, it has turned into a human form, tied up with five flowers, and kneeling in the center of the hall.

The three demons didn't know the inside story of going to the West to learn scriptures, and they really thought that they sneaked down to the mortal world while their master was not paying attention.

At this time, he was escorted to Lingxiao Palace for interrogation.

Both the yellow-toothed elephant and Sai Taisui were a little trembling, they couldn't help twisting and turning, their faces were full of unconcealed panic.

The golden-winged roc eagle still had that rebellious look, struggling to stand up, but was stared at by the burning lamp, so it could only stop angrily.

Not far in front of them, kneeling was the Bull Demon King.

After Li Jing finished speaking, the Bull Demon King stepped forward and kowtowed and saluted: "The lower realm monster fairy Bull Demon King pays homage to the Haotian God."

For the sake of Red Boy, the Bull Demon King completely suppressed his bullish temper, subdued himself, and had an extremely respectful attitude.

The Jade Emperor knew that the Bull Demon King was the mount of the Lord Tongtian, so he didn't make things difficult for the Bull Demon King. He just reprimanded the Bull Demon King briefly, and then pardoned the Bull Demon King and Red Boy with the words "He loves his son eagerly, and his love is merciful".

He also summoned Wu Qu Xingjun to come forward: "I remember that the Lei Department still lacks a General Lei Huo, so I will get rid of him and become a 'General Lei Huo'. Together with the red boy, he will follow Li Tianwang's orders and perform crimes and meritorious deeds."

The Bull Demon King came here for the sake of the red boy. He was overjoyed and kowtowed again and again: "Thank you, Your Majesty! The minister and the dog will definitely assist Li Tianwang with all their strength, and repay His Majesty's great kindness!"

The monkey was furious when he heard it.

When my old grandson went to heaven, why didn't you directly appoint a general?
Instead, I asked those Xianqing who were selected for Wenxuan and Wuxuan for a long time, and finally only gave my old grandson a Bi Mawen?

Is it because my grandson is not making enough noise?
The monkey stared, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became.

At the beginning, he also sincerely went to heaven to be an official. If the Jade Emperor had given him a high-ranking official, instead of such a humiliating low-ranking official like Bi Mawen, maybe he would not have gone down to heaven later!
But soon, the monkey realized something was wrong.

If the Jade Emperor really didn't think he was very powerful, why did he send Taibai Jinxing down to the earth to command him?

The monkey suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and a thought flashed in his head.

Could it be that he wanted my old grandson to go down to earth to rebel?

The monkey was startled.

In the 500 years under the Five Elements Mountain, he never thought about it.

He regretted most that he shouldn't have believed Tathagata's nonsense, and secondly regretted that he shouldn't have stolen the flat peach elixir, and he shouldn't have listened to Taibai Jinxing's words to go to heaven and become an official.

However, after experiencing the Buddhist scriptures from the Western Paradise and seeing the various calculations and layouts of Lingshan, he began to think more.

What if everything before was not a coincidence, but a trick set up by Lingshan and Jade Emperor against him?
The monkey's pupils shrank suddenly, and the more he thought about it, the more things went wrong.

The matter of Bi Mawen is nothing more than that, it can be explained that there was really no vacancy in the Heavenly Court at that time, so what about the Peach Garden?
How insane was the Jade Emperor that he sent a monkey to take care of Taoyuan?

Isn't this deliberately leading him to violate the rules of heaven?

The monkey thought again that there are so many great powers and powerful magic weapons in the heavenly court, but none of them appeared when he made a big disturbance in the heavenly palace.

Could it be that my old grandson really fell into their schemes when he caused a disturbance in the Heavenly Palace earlier, and was just a pawn in their hands from the beginning to the end?
The monkey felt a chill rise from the bottom of his heart, and the hairs on his body stood on end.

(End of this chapter)