Volume 2: The Great Chaos in Heaven Chapter 37: Brothers' Plan

  The Peach Orchard Mountain, in front of the Water Curtain Cave.

  A golden light and a purple light flashed by, Lei Hao and Sun Wukong appeared on the small wooden bridge in front of the Water Curtain Cave.

  Lei Hao walked and played with Sun Wukong while his divine sense also reached into the Water Curtain Cave.

  Suddenly, Lei Hao's face changed drastically. The joyful expression of being promoted to the Demon King earlier was replaced by a very gloomy and even somewhat ferocious look.

  "How did the monkeys and little foxes get hurt?" Lei Hao turned his head to look at Sun Wukong, who was walking shoulder to shoulder with him, asking one word at a time, his calm tone growing heavier with anger.

  Sun Wukong's expression didn't change at all, he knew that Lei Hao would have this look when he found out about the weakened state of his brothers. "Nothing much, during your breakthrough, a small demon came to cause trouble and had a big fight with Lei Wei, Lei Wei couldn't win and lost some vital energy." The light tone and sly expression clearly told Lei Hao that Lei Wei was indeed not seriously injured.

  Having heard that, Lei Hao regained his composure and let out a gentle breath. He had been puzzled earlier when he was crossing the tribulation, as there was such a big commotion on the mountain top, yet none of Lei Wei's brothers came up. He thought it was because Sun Wukong had ordered them not to go up the mountain top. After coming down and probing with his divine sense, he found that the auras of all fifty Lei Wei brothers in the Water Curtain Cave were very weak. However, fortunately, they had only lost some vital energy and would recover after some rest.

  Lei Hao walked towards the Water Curtain Cave with a calm and composed demeanor, casually asking along the way: "Which mountain's cave does that ignorant little demon belong to? I'll lead a team of demon soldiers to wipe it out tomorrow." His tranquil tone was as if he were inquiring about Sun Wukong's lunch.

  Sun Wukong's face showed an even more sinister meaning, and he said in a calm tone: "Oh, you must be very familiar with it, it seems to be called the Cangyuan Mountain Water Cave." After finishing speaking, Sun Wukong couldn't help but laugh loudly with his monkey mouth wide open, but not a single sound of laughter came out.

  As soon as he heard the sound of Water Cavern Cave, Lei Hao suddenly felt a bad feeling in his heart, stopped in his tracks, turned around and asked Sun Wukong with a hint of hope on his face: "Who is it?"

  Sun Wukong's smile faded away, and with a look of embarrassment, he said: "The Demon King of Chaos."

  Lei Hao's foot slipped, and his slightly chubby face slowly stiffened, his eyes filled with incredulity staring at Sun Wukong, not saying a word, but his heart was churning with shock.

  "How could this be, how could this be? How could the Demon King of Chaos die at the hands of this dead monkey? Why hasn't the history of Journey to the West changed at all? Then what does my existence here count for?" Lei Hao's heart was screaming nonstop.

  Sun Wukong stared at Lei Hao in surprise, stretching out his fluffy hands and scratching his head, looking puzzled as he jumped around Lei Hao in two circles.

  "Nonsense! Isn't he just a demon king who's messed up the world? He's dead, so what's the big deal?" Sun Wukong kicked Lei Hao in the foot.

  Lei Hao looked at Sun Wukong with a very serious tone and said, "That soul is nothing, but hurting my brother, dying is just dying. However, he can die in my hands or Lei Wei's hands, but cannot die in your hands."

  This time it was Sun Wukong's turn to be stunned, Leihao usually didn't have a decent shape, let alone being vulgar, Leihao was even more outrageous, but now Leihao was obviously serious. This is what confused Sun Wukong, Leihao actually said some things he couldn't understand.

  Sun Wukong scratched his nose with his little finger and said, "Damn it, you old masters have something to say, just say it. Don't be like a shy young lady hiding behind the flowers."

  Lei Hao thought for a moment and said: "Monkey, do you believe in fate?"

  Sun Wukong hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said: "I don't believe it, I trust myself, I trust you."

  Lei Hao nodded and then shook his head, saying: "I believe. So I said that the soul of the Demon King will definitely die at your hands, do you believe?"

  Sun Wukong's face turned very ugly, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Your cultivation is not as high as mine, how did you know that the soul would die in my hands? Aren't you talking nonsense?"

  Lei Hao shrugged and said: "Just think I'm talking nonsense." After that, he turned around and rushed into the waterfall.

  Lei Hao didn't see the despair in his own eyes, and Lei Hao also didn't see the gloom in Sun Wukong's eyes behind him.

  Although Sun Wukong said that Lei Hao was talking nonsense, his intuition told him that Lei Hao was telling the truth, which was his instinct as a spiritual stone monkey.

  After a long time, Sun Wukong, who was standing on the small wooden bridge with an unpredictable expression, finally spoke to himself in a low voice: "No matter what, if you want to scheme against me, you have to ask my fists, and you have to ask my brothers." After finishing speaking, Sun Wukong put away all the expressions on his face, restored his usual sly look, transformed into golden light, and rushed into the Water Curtain Cave.

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  "Little fox, how are you? Is it very painful?" Although Sun Wukong said the injury was minor, when Lei Hao saw the pale little fox, he couldn't help but feel heartache.

  The little fox lay on the warm wooden bed, looking at Lei Hao with a soft gaze, and shook his head gently, saying: "Head, not painful."

  Feeling the gentle gaze of the little fox, Lei Hao's painful expression became more pronounced. He gently stroked the little fox's forehead and said softly, "Don't work so hard from now on, even if the sky falls, I'll still be here."

  The little fox didn't respond either, biting her lower lip and staring straight at Lei Hao with a stubborn expression, shaking her head slightly.

  Lei Hao helplessly patted the little fox's forehead lightly, he knew it would be like this.

  Lei Hao stayed with Little Fox for a while, said some sweet words to her and got up and walked out of Little Fox's stone chamber.

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  After a long time, Lei Hao finished visiting all the stone rooms of his brothers, with a gloomy face. The injuries of his brothers were not serious, but after understanding what had happened, he felt extremely fearful in his heart. If it weren't for Sun Wukong, he might not have seen these brothers again. If he really lost this group of brothers, then even if Lei Hao advanced to become the Demon King, what would be the point?

  As for Sun Wukong's actions, Lei Hao had somewhat guessed his thoughts. Lei Hao felt a bit resentful, but more grateful, at least his brothers were all accounted for.

  When Lei Hao returned to the main hall of Shui Bing Dong, Sun Wukong was already drinking who-knows-how-many jars of wine on the throne. He saw Lei Hao coming in and waved his hand, a jar of strong liquor flew towards Lei Hao.

  Lei Hao caught it casually and said to Sun Wukong, "Thanks, Monkey." With just this casual sentence, Lei Hao believed that Sun Wukong could understand, and Sun Wukong indeed understood.

  After Sun Wukong downed a large mouthful of strong liquor, he replied, "It's all right as long as you don't blame me."

  Lei Hao didn't answer, he sat down on a stone chair under the throne and tilted his head back to take a swig of strong liquor.

  After drinking, Lei Hao looked at Sun Wukong and asked: "What are you going to do next?"

  Sun Wukong listened and threw the wine jar in his hand, his eyes shining brightly as he said: "I've said it before, I want to establish a demon kingdom on this Flower Fruit Mountain, let the proud Arrogant Country surrender under our feet, let the entire Eastern Divine State hear our voices." Sun Wukong's voice was indescribably spirited and strong, a fierce and unyielding aura emanating from his body.

  Lei Hao was drinking all the time, when Sun Wukong said he wanted to establish a demon kingdom, he was drinking, saying that let the proud country surrender under Sun Wukong's feet Lei Hao was still drinking, saying that he would conquer the Eastern Divine State and hear his voice Lei Hao was still drinking, just like he didn't care about what Sun Wukong said at all.

  But when Sun Wukong burst out with an aura of majesty, Lei Hao slowly put down the wine jug in his hand and secretly sighed. He looked at Sun Wukong, who also looked back at him.

  Lei Hao's eyes sank into silence, and after a while, he spoke up: "When you left, I promised to take care of Huaguo Mountain for you. Now that you're back, I'll return Huaguo Mountain intact to you." The implication was that Lei Hao had no intention of joining forces with Sun Wukong to establish the Demon Kingdom.

  The dazzling light in Sun Wukong's eyes suddenly dimmed by half. He gritted his teeth and stared at Lei Hao, asking: "Why?"

  Lei Hao looked at Sun Wukong and said lightly: "I still have Xiao Hu Li, Lei Wei, Lei Zi Jun, and you little monkeys on the mountain to take care of." Lei Hao only said this much, and what followed he didn't say out loud. Although it was for Sun Wukong's own good, his words were indeed hurtful.

  The light in Sun Wukong's eyes dimmed, he raised his hand and somehow pulled out a jar of strong liquor, tilted his head back and 'gulp' 'gulp' drank it all down, finishing off the entire jar of several dozen kilograms of strong liquor in one breath.

  All that could be heard was a loud "clang" as Sun Wukong smashed the now-empty wine jug to the ground. He glared at Lei Hao, his teeth clenched, and said in a trembling voice: "Niu Tou, I'm no longer the ignorant little monkey I used to be. I always feel like there's something lurking around me. So I must become even stronger than I am now to face all that. Don't go, okay?" Sun Wukong's expression was like that of an abandoned child.

  Lei Hao still looked at Sun Wukong seriously, he didn't think that Sun Wukong was not stupid, but powerless to change this damn everything. He wanted to clarify everything, but now it's not the time, if he clarifies the result may be even worse.

  "Monkey, I'll always be watching you, you're my brother, past, present and future." Lei Hao excitedly finished speaking and got up to drink the strong liquor in his hand in one gulp.

  Sun Wukong looked at Lei Hao excitedly and suddenly felt a surge of power in his heart, the power of brotherhood.

  With a raise of his hand, two jars of strong liquor appeared in Sun Wukong's hands. With another toss, one of the jars flew towards Lei Hao.

  Lei Hao caught the wine jug and looked at Sun Wukong in front of him. Lei Hao thought again about that beautiful monkey king who was fresh to everything back then, and also thought about the little monkey who was deceived by a peach from Lei Hao.

  "Ah" Sun Wukong's eyes turned bright red, and his two long fangs uncontrollably protruded from the corners of his mouth.

  Gan Lei Hao's eyes were also red, and the sad expression on his face couldn't be hidden.

  A loud crash was heard as the wine jug in Bai Xi's hand and the fluffy arm's wine jug collided.

  Just like those two cow hooves and monkey paws clasped together back then.

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  "Alright, we're always good friends no matter what." Sun Wukong looked at Lei Hao's hand with a curious expression, thought for two seconds, and then hesitantly stretched out his monkey paw. The two fluffy hands clasped together, and both Sun Wukong and Lei Hao had either sly or innocent smiles on their faces.