The Monkey King

After bypassing two sections of mountain road, Monkey and his party slowly approached the towering mountain in front of them.

On the deserted mountain road, the monkey walked at the front with an expressionless face, and the harsh sound of the golden hoop mopping the ground echoed in the mountains.

Ao Lie's hand holding the reins became tighter and tighter. Canopy walked at the end carrying a nine-tooth rake, and his eyes glanced at the grass on both sides from time to time.

There were pattering sounds from time to time in the grass, and it felt like something was moving rapidly.

Apart from Xuanzang, even Ao Lie, who was the weakest in cultivation, could already feel the strong demonic aura and countless eyes secretly watching him in the grass.

After hesitating for a long time, Xiao Bailong asked in a low voice: "Great Sage, that Holy Infant King, isn't his father, the Bull Demon King, one of your subordinates?"

"His father was, he is not."

"I heard from Lu Liuguai that the last time something happened at Wuzhuang Temple, his father personally led an army to rush to the rescue. He only turned back because the matter had been resolved halfway. Could it be possible that he still dares to rebel against you?"

"God knows." The monkey's eyes widened and he grinned. It seems that he is deliberately laughing at some people.

More than six hundred years ago, there must have been no monsters in the Three Realms who dared to challenge him. More than six hundred years later, it's hard to say.

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In the cave, a monster hurriedly knelt down in front of Red Boy, cupped his hands and said, "I would like to inform you, Your Majesty, that Monkey Sun and his party have already passed Duan Tou Ridge!"

"Didn't stop?"

"No."

"You didn't take down one or two sentries?"

"No."

Red Boy holds a fire-tipped spear. He laughed out loud: "You are really bold, dare to think of me as your father."

An old demon beside him frowned slightly and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Sun Wukong. He is the king of demons. I'm afraid it's not easy to offend him, right?"

"The King of Ten Thousand Demons?" Hearing this, Hong Boy's smile suddenly became even brighter. He turned his eyes to look at the old demon and said, "That was the King of Ten Thousand Demons six hundred years ago. In this world today, how can he still have his turn?" Did he have the final say?"

The old demon quickly said: "Back then, he broke through Nantianmen alone!"

"What's so scary about Nantianmen? The whole Nantianmen. Only one Li Jing and one Nezha have gone to Taiyi Golden Fairyland. If my father is willing to let me attack, I can also take it!" Hong Boy waved his hand. He said: "Don't talk too much. I'll tell you how many pounds or taels it is when I, the king, meet him!"

Say it. Red Boy ignored the old demon and walked out of the cave with long strides, holding a fire-pointed spear.

…

In the distance, they saw a fork in the road.

Going to the left, there is another winding mountain road, with cliffs on one side and cliffs on the other. Going to the right, there is a road leading directly to the towering mountain peak.

Heads and weapons can be vaguely seen in the grass on both sides.

Xuanzang took a deep breath and glanced at the grass on both sides. He rode forward calmly and calmly.

Standing at the fork in the road, the monkey saw a stone tablet standing on the side of the road, which read "Huoyun Cave in the Dry Pine Stream of Haoshan Mountain". He looked along the road on the right. At the end, there was an iron cable bridge spanning an abyss. Crossed the chain bridge. It is a five-foot-high cave. There is a large plaque hanging on the top with the three characters "Fire Cloud Cave" written on it. At the entrance of the cave stood eight little demons holding spears.

These little demons, when they saw the monkeys and the group, acted as if they hadn't seen them. They just stood quietly without squinting.

"What is this for?" Monkey couldn't help but frowned slightly.

If he was well-intentioned, then when the monkey came here, the other party would have come out to greet him. If you are malicious, you shouldn't wait for the other party to arrive at your door before launching an attack.

Ao Lie asked in a low voice: "Could it be that they didn't know we were coming at all? Or maybe that Holy Infant King was not in the cave at all. The little demon was watching us all the way, but he didn't know our identity yet. For prevention.”

"No." Tianpeng shook his head and said: "If he didn't know his identity, with the reputation of the Holy Infant King in the demon world, even if he was not in the cave, those little demons would have sent people to stop him and question his origins. Why do they need to spy like this? With such a trick, they must know our origins. Now that they know our origins, no matter whether the Holy Infant King is in the cave or not, these monsters should send people out to greet them, but they No. This shows that someone gave them some order, telling them not to act rashly."

"So what's going on now?" Xiao Bailong looked back and forth between the monkey and the canopy.

Tianpeng looked at the monkey and said with a smile: "They didn't come out to greet you, the great sage. Are you a little... uncomfortable?"

The monkey waved his hand and said: "We are not children anymore. Why do we care about this? If they don't come out, we won't go in. As long as everyone is in peace, don't cause trouble."

With that said, the monkey turned around and headed towards the left fork.

At this moment, the trumpet sounded.

The whole mountain seemed to be shaking, and countless little demons poured out from all directions, holding weapons.

In just a moment, the surroundings were filled with monsters and it was completely dark.

The canopy, rolling curtains, and black bear spirit quickly got into a fighting stance, protecting Xuanzang in the center.

Turning his head to look, the monkey saw countless monsters lining up at the other end of the chain bridge. They then quickly made way for a spacious passage in the cave.

At the end of the aisle, Red Boy stood leisurely, tilting his head and looking at the monkey.

"Is this Sun Monkey?"

"That's him." The little demon beside him whispered.

Nodding silently, Red Boy quickly put on a smiling face and walked towards the iron chain bridge step by step with his spear in hand.

The monkey raised his eyebrows slightly, rubbed his thumb gently on the golden hoop, and quickly scanned all the monsters around him with his eyes.

At a rough look, this demon army must number nearly ten thousand, both inside and outside. Although the number was large, both the military appearance and the military discipline seemed to be extremely unorganized, and it would not be an exaggeration to even call them a ragtag group.

Armor standards are not uniform. There are all kinds of weapons, and they don't look like they are marching or fighting at all.

In the past, the monkeys would arrange the demon soldiers according to their respective characteristics. This was also the most basic. Otherwise, the fight would depend entirely on the number of people. And here it is. Monkeys see no such signs at all.

The monsters vary in height, short, fat, and thin, and their armors are of all kinds. Many monsters are simply topless, with no combination of defense and attack at all.

This battle was inferior to the demon army of Shuangyu Mountain of the Bull Demon King back then. Looking at Huaguoshan in its heyday, such troops were not even qualified to guard the perimeter.

But upon closer inspection, that's not entirely the case.

Although many monsters here are vulnerable. But there are still many good players hidden. On average strength. Much higher than the ordinary troops in Huaguoshan back then. This amount of strength is obviously not something that ordinary demon kings can have.

Among this diverse team, the red boy wearing a red armor with two horns and only as tall as a monkey's waist looked particularly dazzling.

The moment before stepping onto the chain bridge, Red Boy stopped and raised his head. He cupped his hands at the monkey from a distance and shouted word by word: "Great! Holy! Master——! You and my father are old acquaintances. You passed by my Fire Cloud Cave and didn't come in to sit down. Sit down? Isn’t it inappropriate?”

"It's not etiquette! It's not etiquette!" The monsters around them shouted, waving their weapons. It was not until Red Boy opened his hands and signaled them to stop that they became quiet.

Such a battle made the monkey's brows furrowed. For a moment I didn't know what to say.

What is this for? provocative?

The face of the old demon who was originally admonishing Red Boy turned pale. He cautiously squeezed to Hong Hai'er's side and whispered: "Your Majesty, I think this matter needs to be reported to the old king first, and then we can make a decision."

"Report for what? Wouldn't it be better to wait until I defeat this so-called Monkey King and become the King of Demons before I report it?"

"How does this work?"

"Why can't you do it? Even if he has the ability to reach the sky, now he is just a lone monkey. I have nearly ten thousand troops here, are you afraid that he will escape?" After that, Red Boy grabbed the old demon. Pushing away, several little demons immediately stepped forward, covered the old demon's mouth, and dragged him directly into the cave.

Taking another step forward, Red Boy looked at the monkey and said with a smile: "Uncle Sun, why don't you go into my nephew's cave and have a seat, and let my nephew do his best to entertain you all as a landlord? Father will ask about it later. , my nephew might as well have an excuse."

"Uncle Sun?" Monkey's eyebrows frowned even more, and he smiled even more cheerfully.

What's going on?

First, an "old acquaintance" equalized the identities of the Monkey and the Bull Demon King, completely losing their original affiliation. Here comes another "Uncle Sun"...what does this mean? Is it possible that when meeting the Bull Demon King, the monkey has to call him "brother"?

"No one will come who is not kind and kind." Tianpeng lowered his voice and said: "This cave is absolutely impossible to enter. Once you enter, we will be fine. Master Xuanzang, I am afraid it will not be safe. I will be behind you in a moment. The two guard Master Xuanzang and break out to the left. We don't need any luggage or horses, Master Xuanzang's safety is important."

Glancing at the monkey, Tianpeng whispered: "The Holy Infant King is the strongest here, you have to try to hold him down. Especially his 'Three Flavors of True Fire', you have even withstood the catastrophe. Of course it's no problem. But we can't stand it, but we must not let the fire come over."

"Are you asking me to escape?" Monkey rolled his eyes at Canopy and said leisurely: "If you let this kid bully you in the face and go out backwards, where will you put your face? Back then, you had 600,000 Tianhe navy troops. During the siege of Huaguo Mountain, I didn’t even escape. The few men and troops were not enough to squeeze through my teeth. I have packed all my luggage, and can’t throw away any of it!”

With that said, the monkey took a step forward, slapped the golden cudgel hard, tilted his head and smiled at the red boy from a distance: "Stop pretending, just tell me what you want to do."

"Great Sage, please speak quickly!" Hong Hai'er smiled contemptuously and said with cupped hands: "In that case, I will make it clear to you. They say you are the king of demons, but back then, you abandoned the Huaguo Mountain and killed someone for a woman. You have no trace of the spirit of a demon king at all. You have been missing for more than six hundred years, and you have not fulfilled your obligations as the king of demons at all. I think you are not worthy of being the king of demons."

"Not worthy! Not worthy! Not worthy!" Countless monsters immediately agreed.

Amid the commotion, the monkey rolled his eyes, crossed his hands and looked at Red Boy with a half-smile.

It wasn't until Hong Hai'er raised his hand that all the monsters became quiet.

After coughing twice, Red Boy continued to shout: "Since ancient times, I, the king of the demon clan, have been the ones who are capable. You were the king of all demons six hundred years ago. Now, six hundred years have passed, and I, the demon clan There are talents from generation to generation in the clan. Shouldn’t the King of Demons be re-elected?”

The monkey slowly crossed his hands and said softly: "So, are you ready to challenge me?"

"To be precise, kill you."

"Is this what your father meant?"

"Why bother my dad with such a trivial matter?"

With that said, Red Boy already held the fire-tip spear and assumed an offensive posture.

The monsters all around also tightened their weapons and gritted their teeth.

Looking at this situation, both the canopy and the roller blinds were extremely nervous. Xuanzang spurred the white horse on his crotch to make a sound of hoofbeats, but the monkey laughed slowly and sighed: "I'll give you one last chance. Put down the fire-pointed spear, and I will let your father spank you five hundred times. I think you are young and ignorant, and let this matter go. If not... your father, plus your five uncles, can't save you. ." (To be continued~^~)

PS: The physical book has been officially launched, and it has arrived now. Um, I also saw that a reader has already gotten the physical book. Speaking of which, Turtle himself hasn’t gotten it yet...