Chapter 14: Wukong Sets Sail to Learn New Skills (Part 1)

  "Hu" Lei Hao slowly let out a long breath as he woke up from his meditation.

  After Leihao woke up, the little fox who had been waiting on one side walked over. Leihao took a look at the little fox dressed in women's clothing and asked: "How many days have I been meditating?"

  "It's been half a month already." Little Fox said without thinking, her eyes gazing at Lei Hao with infatuation.

  "Hmm, half a month? I said why wake up and only I was left. Did the brothers all go on shift?" Lei Hao asked.

  "Hmm, Le Daniu took the pig head to Huaguo Mountain for his shift, while Le Datou stayed behind to guard the Water Cavern. The little fox kept staring at Le Hao without blinking an eye. Le Daniu was actually Niu Jiuer from back then, with the same surname as Le Hao."

  Among the hundreds of powerful demons under Leihao, there were many who had broken through to the Inner Dan realm one after another. Although their cultivation was not as abnormal as Leihao's, they were all genuine and formidable Great Leader-level demons. However, these brothers all thought highly of Leihao and never wanted to become a Great Leader themselves, only wanting to be Leihao's personal guard. The Chaotic Demon King had some reservations about Leihao because of this, but for over a hundred years, Leihao had not made any major moves. The Chaotic Demon King pointed at him and scolded him, but later became lazy and stopped paying attention to Leihao. Leihao was in control of the Water Tomb Cave, but as long as he didn't break through to the Demon King realm, he would always be a Great Leader under someone else's command.

  The little fox's infatuated gaze made Lei Hao feel a bit scared, it had been over a hundred years already. Lei Hao wasn't stupid, from the moment he knew the little fox was a female demon, he felt that she seemed to have some intentions towards him, and this intention became more and more obvious with time. Now, the little fox no longer concealed her infatuation with Lei Hao.

  "Huh? Is something going on at Huaguo Mountain? Nothing's wrong, is it?" Lei Hao asked casually.

  The little fox tilted its head, thinking for a moment before saying: "A few days ago, the small demon sent by the Great Bull King returned to report that the Beautiful Monkey King wanted to see you. It seems like there's something he wants to talk to you about." Since Sun Wukong casually made Lei Hao the second king of Huaguo Mountain, after returning, Lei Hao arranged for half of his Thunder Guards to be stationed at Huaguo Mountain every month with a thousand small demons. As Sun Wukong had already opened up Lei Hao's eyes, he naturally wanted to maintain Sun Wukong's face, but those monkey demons on Huaguo Mountain were really not in Lei Hao's eyes.

  It's not that Lei Hao can be underestimated, among the four or five inner dan boundary level overlords in his faction, almost all of them have stepped into the inner dan boundary. In the Eastern Winning God State, Ao Lai Country, and the demon world, they are considered local snakes. Not every demon cave has a demon king-level great demon, many so-called 'great kings' are just inner dan boundary demons, even the Water Cavern was only able to break through to the demon king level after Qing Snake King killed his way in and Mixed World Demon King made his move.

  Lei Hao wasn't in a hurry when he heard that Sun Wukong was looking for him, thinking to himself that this guy must be craving wine again. "Alright, we'll go take a look at that dead monkey later. Little Fox, bring some food over, I'm starving." In reality, demons in the Internal Elixir realm could go without eating for a long time, but Lei Hao had developed this habit and craving over the years. The little fox gave Lei Hao a resentful glance before turning around and walking out of the stone chamber, her gaze making Lei Hao's scalp tingle with irritation. He didn't understand why he couldn't just swallow this beautiful little fox whole, it wasn't like him to be so indecisive.

  Before long, the little fox came over with a ceramic large bowl, and Lei Hao asked from afar about the aroma of meat, feeling even more hungry. Most of the household items in the Water Cave were brought back by the Mixed World Demon King decades ago when he went to the country of Ao Lai, many exquisite toys that even Lei Hao didn't understand what they were for. However, Lei Hao didn't want to live too comfortably now, so he took some simple daily utensils, such as ceramic bowls and the like, which also counted as bidding farewell to the primitive human life of stone bowls and stone beds.

  It won't take long to finish eating, this is just a habit he has developed over the past hundred years or so. Except for the time spent practicing, every day will always eat some food, if you really want to eat your fill, then you really need to go up several whole pigs and sheep.

  "Little fox, call a few little monsters to fetch a dozen or so jars of wine and let's go on a trip to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. That monkey guy is definitely hungry..." Lei Hao put down his bowl and took over the coarse cloth from Little Fox's hand to wipe his hands.

  "Alright, wait for me a moment." The little fox picked up the bowl and coarse cloth and left. Lei Hao gazed at the little fox's slender back, biting his lower lip. All these years, it had always been the little fox taking care of Lei Hao's food, clothing, and shelter. As an inner dan boundary fox demon, her magical powers were not weak, and if she were to leave the Water Cavern and go to any of the other demon caves in this proud country, she would be a superior existence among thousands of demons. Lei Hao had mentioned to the little fox many times that he wanted her to lead 500 demon soldiers and become a leader like Lei Da Niu and the others, but every time the little fox would just glance at him with tears in her eyes, and no matter what Lei Hao said, it was useless. Every time, it was Lei Hao who ended up surrendering and agreeing to let her continue following him, and only then would a smile reappear on the little fox's face.

  "Hey, Leihao, you've been so proud for so many years, what a great fox sister you are... and yet you're still not satisfied, you really are a cow-headed guy..." As he thought this, Leihao reached out to scratch his cow horns again.

  "Everything in the cave is ready, and the little demon who chose the wine jar is also waiting outside. Let's set off." The little fox walked into the stone room lightly, looked at Lei Hao who had transformed back to his natural stupid self, and gently pushed him with a warm smile.

  "What? Oh, let's go..." The old cow also felt a bit embarrassed looking at the gentle smile on Xiao Hu Li's face.

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  Sun Wukong sat idly on the throne in the Water Curtain Cave, feeling utterly bored.

  "That unscrupulous guy Niú Tóu hasn't come for some days, who knows what he's busy with? I heard from Big Cow that there haven't been any battles at Shuǐ Zāng Dòng recently. Could it be that the little fox finally opened up Niú Tóu's wooden head?" Sun Wukong thought to himself and a sly expression appeared on his face, gritting his teeth with an expression of wanting to laugh but struggling to hold back, clearly Sun Wukong had been completely corrupted by Léi Háo.

  Just as Sun Wukong was suppressing his smile with great difficulty in front of the little monkey, a faint voice suddenly appeared at the bottom of his heart: Come from the south to learn magic; come from the south to learn magic... Sun Wukong's eyes slowly became dazed.

  "Report to the Great King, Second Great King has returned." A little monkey demon interrupted the voice in Sun Wukong's heart, and his eyes which had been lost in thought cleared up. Upon hearing that Lei Hao had arrived, he was overjoyed, "Where is the Second Great King?" He jumped down from the throne and grabbed the little monkey, asking.

  "Report to the Great King, the Second Great King has already passed through Lord Thunder's checkpoint and is approaching the Water Curtain Cave..." Before Little Monkey could finish speaking, Sun Wukong had already disappeared into the Water Curtain Cave.

  "Niu Tou, you're a guy with no demonic nature, but now that you have Xiao Hu Li, you don't care about your brothers anymore." Lei Hao hadn't even entered the Water Curtain Cave when he heard Sun Wukong's voice coming from inside. He turned his head to look at Xiao Hu Li, who surprisingly didn't refute Sun Wukong's words, and her face slowly turned red, stunning the little fox beside her.

  "It turns out... that the head can also blush." The little fox looked at Lei Hao's face, her heart as sweet as if she had eaten honey, and the years of waiting finally gave her a glimmer of hope.

  Sun Wukong, who had drilled out of the Water Curtain Cave, also saw Lei Hao's red face. With a sly expression, he pointed at Lei Hao with one hand and beckoned to the surrounding demon soldiers with the other, about to shout loudly. Frightened, Lei Hao rushed over, covering Sun Wukong's mouth and pulling him towards the Water Curtain Cave.

  "Damn monkey, you sister..." Lei Hao cursed loudly, but after just one sentence, he saw a sly monkey face with raised eyebrows looking back at him and suddenly remembered that this guy's family had immunity, so he couldn't do anything. Looking at Sun Wukong's sly face made him even angrier, and he didn't think about where Sun Wukong learned this expression from. He thought of the original simple and innocent Sun Wukong... (omitted 200 words), it was all because of this sly cow that corrupted him.

  Enraged, Lei Hao grabbed a jar of wine from the small demon's hand outside the Water Curtain Cave, broke open the mud seal and forcibly poured it into Sun Wukong's mouth. Struggling Sun Wukong was forced to drink half a jar of strong liquor by Lei Hao in one breath, making his stomach feel like burning fire.

  "Damn you, you colored cow...... Hiccup, how dare you...... Hiccup, pour me a drink, or I'll smash you to death...... Hiccup." Sun Wukong, who had been hiccuping continuously, picked up the wine jug and was about to smash it on Lei Hao's head. However, Lei Hao was too quick for him and disappeared in an instant, while Sun Wukong also transformed into a series of residual shadows. In the empty space, a purple light and a golden light continued to intersect, with the purple light being slightly faster than the golden light, but only by a limited margin. This was Sun Wukong's innate ability as a Lingming Stone Monkey, which allowed him to keep up with Lei Hao's speed even without any cultivation. It's worth noting that Lei Hao, who had already reached the peak of the Inner Dan realm, was using his full strength at this moment. Although Lei Hao, being a cow demon, didn't have much of an advantage in terms of speed, he knew very well what Sun Wukong was most famous for - his 13,500 jin heavy Ruyi Jingu Bang!

  The two brothers who had been making a ruckus for a long time finally stopped and sat crookedly in their chairs, competing with each other over wine.

  "Niu Tou, you've sped up again! This time I couldn't even catch up to you... damn it!" Sun Wukong said with a displeased face to Lei Hao.

  "That's right, don't you see who I am? Can this old cow compare to a skinny monkey like you?" Lei Hao's strange voice stimulated Sun Wukong, whose face was full of pride.

  Sun Wukong looked at Lei Hao's smug face, his teeth itched with hatred and he wanted to pounce on him with a wine jar, but thinking that he wasn't faster than him, he reluctantly withdrew his claws.

  After a while, Sun Wukong, who seemed to have thought of something, hesitated and opened his mouth: "Niu Tou... recently I don't know what's wrong, there is a voice that often appears here," Sun Wukong pointed to his head, "that voice always says 'come from the south, learn magic; come from the south, learn magic.'" Sun Wukong's face was full of doubt.

  Lei Hao was drinking wine and didn't pay attention when Sun Wukong started talking, but as he listened, the little fox beside him noticed that Lei Hao's eyes were fixed, and the wine jug in his hand hadn't been put down. Until Sun Wukong finished speaking, Lei Hao's face turned gloomy and he finally put down the wine jug.

  Lei Hao had to admit that during this period, although he had been paying attention, his comfortable life had affected him. He had actually forgotten that Sun Wukong would go out to sea to learn the arts at a certain time. Sun Wukong going out to sea to learn the arts also meant that the great play of Journey to the West was about to begin. If it were in the past, Lei Hao might have brought a bag of fruit and waited for the appearance of various big shots. However, now it's not possible because the main character of this Journey to the West is the monkey who has been drinking with him, his brother. His brother, Lei Hao's brother, would soon be deceived by the Heavenly Court, tormented by the Heavenly Court, refined by the Three Pure Ones' true fire like a pill, pressed under a mountain by the Tathagata for 500 years, and still have to go protect that stupid Tang Monk to retrieve the scriptures from the West. In the end, he would also become a thug for those bald donkeys in the Western Heaven.

  Lei Hao's hands bulged with veins, his face twisted in a scowl. Sun Wukong was lost in thought and didn't notice Lei Hao, but the little fox beside him did, and she let out a startled yelp. She hadn't seen Lei Hao look like this in years, not since he had advanced to the Inner Dan realm and everything had been smooth sailing for him, even when attacking other demon caves was just a breeze, a 'kill-kill-dance-dance' affair. But what was going on now? The little fox's mind was filled with question marks as she watched Lei Hao's expression.

  The little fox leaned in, gently stroking Lei Hao's cow horns with her warm hands, finally calming down his violent emotions. After a while, Lei Hao gritted his teeth and spoke: "Monkey, don't think too much about it, maybe your chance has arrived." Lei Hao could only say this, as he was currently too weak to stop anything from happening, even if he knew his brother was about to embark on a path filled with hardships. His current strength was insufficient to block the two giant trucks of Heaven and Buddhism, so he had no choice but to become stronger. Although that string of grapes didn't have good intentions, it did give Sun Wukong an unparalleled power among the demon tribes, so Sun Wukong had to go. As for what happens next? Let's just wait and see.

  When Monkey King Sun heard Lei Hao say that, his face improved a lot. He might not believe anyone else, but he would definitely believe Lei Hao because they were brothers.

  "All right, I'll go to the south to find my own opportunities and come back stronger to explore the demon world with Oxhead..." Sun Wukong said with a relieved heart.

  "Alright..." Lei Hao, who wanted to say something, finally endured it, his face full of gloom.

  "Cheers!" Sun Wukong raised his wine jug.

  "Cheers!" Lei Hao raised his wine jug.

  "Clang" was the sound of the wine jar hitting.