Chapter 83: Sun Wukong's Second Entry into Heaven

  Months after the war, Mount Huaguo slowly returned to calmness, but the border became bustling.

  Six divine flags were almost simultaneously erected on the other three continents, and at this time, the gods and demons of the three realms discovered that among the demonic tribes of the earth, eight golden immortals emerged to form the Eight Great Sages.

  Moreover, the most important thing is that these eight great saints are all extraordinary in martial arts, and their magical powers are astonishing. Even Ling Shan and Tian Ting, who are feared by the demons of the earth, do not dare to look down on them.

  The two most brilliant battles of the Eight Great Sages are now being enthusiastically discussed by all the demons in the realm.

  The first battle of the Eight Great Sages, the Battle of Accumulated Thunder Mountain, was a crushing defeat for the heavenly army, with even a Golden Immortal Bodhisattva falling. However, Ling Shan managed to retreat with his troops intact. The second battle was even more one-sided, with only Old Eighth among the Eight Great Sages single-handedly repelling the countless heavenly soldiers and generals of the Heavenly Court.

  After these two battles spread throughout the three realms, the Eight Great Sages became famous and had a subtle momentum as the leader of the demon clan after the Honghuang era. The seven mountain heads of the Eight Great Sages were like seven magnets that absorbed all the demon caves on the surface of the four continents, leaving them spotless. At this time, all humans in the world were puzzled, wondering what had happened to the demons that used to be active in the mountains and forests, as they had all disappeared without a trace.

  Some rural villages and small caves that were unable to go forward to surrender, when they fought against the enemy, those little demon kings would devoutly recite the names of the Eight Great Saints, as if they had been injected with chicken blood, fearlessly fighting to the death with the enemy, just like if they retreated, they would be tainted by the glory of the Eight Great Saints.

  In the Huaguo Mountain, Lei Hao seems to have felt a hot trend surrounding the Huaguo Mountain. Now, whether it is the demon army of Kanyuanshan or the demon army of Huaguoshan, they are all proudly and confidently, with an air of self-importance. When encountering small demon kings who come to surrender, they even use a high and mighty attitude, almost as if receiving them through their nostrils.

  Lei Hao didn't think there was anything wrong with that, so be it if he's proud. He cultivated for hundreds of years and nearly died several times in order to stand up straight, not to put on airs for his grandson.

  "Little cubs, come here and let me, Leopard Twenty-one, tell you that when the Great Sage Wukong first took shape, it was I who brought him up with one hand. But the Great Sage Wukong is indeed a senior of the demon clan, reincarnated in the world. On the second day after taking shape, he dared to stare at the Tiger Grand Marshal in the Inner Dan realm... You know me..." Just then, Lei Hao, who was patrolling alone outside, suddenly heard a familiar voice and glanced casually at the small group of little demons surrounding the city. After a brief thought, he knew whose voice it was.

  It was his superior when he was a squad leader, Leopard Twenty Small Leader.

  He didn't make a sound, but stood quietly in the distance, listening intently to Bao Er's story about his past when he had just become a little demon. After a long time, Lei Hao let out a long sigh and thought to himself: "So that's what I was like back then."

  "What are you standing here for, Head?" Just as Lei Hao was standing there in a daze, Lei Da Niu happened to be passing by and saw his own Head spacing out, so he walked up and asked softly.

  A leopard with a flying brow and colorful speech was speaking enthusiastically, spitting saliva everywhere. Suddenly, he heard someone speak, and with an unsatisfied glance, his face turned pale. He didn't even care about what he was saying, and the little demons surrounding him almost rolled over and crawled to Lei Hao's front, kneeling down on both knees.

  Those little demons almost simultaneously fell to their knees upon discovering Lei Hao, their faces filled with frenzy as they gazed at him and said: "We have seen the Great Sage Wan Jun."

  Lei Hao reached out and supported Leopard Twenty with one hand, smiling and saying: "Long time no see, Brother Leopard Twenty."

  Upon hearing Lei Hao call out to his brother, Bao Er's face, which still had some remnants of pallor, immediately flushed with excitement. He almost choked back tears as he said: "Great Leader... no, Wan Jun the Great Sage, it's been far too long."

  Lei Hao patted Leopard Twenty's shoulder and said: "You'd better call me King Lei Dazong, it sounds more comfortable to my ears."

  Leopard Twenty-One wiped away tears and said: "Yes, Great Leader."

  Lei Hao carefully sized up the leopard in front of him for a moment, and found that it had aged, its once shiny and smooth spotted fur now somewhat dull and grey, with wrinkles all over its face, and even several missing teeth.

  This leopard's cultivation was stuck at the Condensing Dan stage for twenty years, unable to advance to the Inner Dan realm. As a ordinary little demon, he didn't have many years left to live.

  Lei Hao turned his head and said to Lei Da Niu: "Later, you go to the treasure house of Qi Tian Da Sheng to take some elixirs offered by human cultivators for Bao Er Shi."

  Lei Da Niu nodded in agreement, Lei Hao patted the shoulder of Bao Er Shi and continued to smile as he said: "Good good cultivation, I hope that after several hundred years, this king can still hear you tell about this king's appearance when he first took shape."

  The leopard nodded with tears streaming down its face.

  Lei Hao didn't say much more and turned around to leave. Lei Da Niu glanced at Bao Er Shi Yi and followed Lei Hao out.

  After Lei Hao left, all the little monsters stood up and rushed to Bao Ershi's side, surrounding him and saying: "Boss Bao, it turns out what you said was true, the Great Sage really knows you."

  The leopard remained silent for twenty years, and only after a long time did he mutter to himself: "So many years have passed, I didn't expect the Great Leader to still be unchanged." After finishing speaking, he dispersed the small demons surrounding him and walked into the darkness with stumbling steps.

  On this day, a white cloud floated down from the foot of Huaguo Mountain, and an old man with a dustpan in his hand, wearing a white robe embroidered with golden stars, came down from the white cloud. His hair was all white, it was Taibai Jinxing.

  After he pressed down the cloud head, he looked far and wide to find that this Mountain of Flowers and Fruits was different from before. The mountain was filled with a mighty and powerful demon army, with a murderous aura all around. All kinds of demons were present, each one wielding swords, guns, knives, and rods, shouting and jumping about.

  At the foot of the mountain, a little demon stepped forward and pointed at Taibai Jinxing with his steel spear: "You old man, last time you deceived our Great Sage to go to heaven to do what 'Bima Wen' account has not been settled with you yet. How dare you come again? Do you think the steel spears in our hands are useless?"

  Tai Bai Jin Xing smiled and said: "The old way doesn't bother to calculate with you, your master is definitely waiting for me at this time, why don't you hurry up and report, if you delay your master's important matter can you afford to take responsibility?"

  That little monster hesitated for a moment, took a few breaths, and then said in a loud voice: "If you dare to deceive me, old man, I will definitely use the steel gun in my hand to poke ten or eight holes in you." After finishing speaking, he turned around and ran into the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits.

  Taibai Jinxian didn't rush up the mountain either, but instead waited steadily at the foot of the mountain for Sun Wukong to go and invite him.

  At this time, in the Water Curtain Cave, Sun Wukong was having a meal with Lei Hao and Wu Lei. Marshal Ma walked in and said to Sun Wukong: "Great Sage, that old white-bearded man has come again, at the foot of the mountain."

  Sun Wukong's face lit up with joy, and he immediately wanted to throw down his jade chopsticks and rush out, but Lei Hao grasped Sun Wukong's hand and said expressionlessly, "Eat your meal."

  On the side, Wukong's tearless eyes secretly signaled to Sun Wukong, who reluctantly suppressed his joy and slowly finished eating the food in front of him, taking nearly half an hour. He gently put down the jade chopsticks and quietly walked out of the stone room. As soon as he left the stone room, he started running wildly. Meanwhile, Lei Hao's face, still eating inside the stone room, had a somewhat gloomy expression.

  "As expected, there's a problem." Just now, Lei Hao had forcibly pressed Sun Wukong onto the stone room's dining table, his divine sense tightly locked onto Taibai Jinxing at the foot of the mountain. At first, that old man still looked like he was sitting steadily on the fishing platform.

  After a brief moment of patience, his face showed some impatience, with an expression that wanted to leave but couldn't. And so, he waited for nearly half a quarter of an hour for Sun Wukong. This was unreasonable; it didn't seem like Sun Wukong was seeking the Heavenly Court, but rather the Heavenly Court was seeking Sun Wukong.

  Lei Hao was beaten to death, but Lei Hao didn't believe that the Heavenly Court would really be threatened by Sun Wukong's words "Fight all the way to the Heavenly Court"!

  Under the gaze of Lei Hau's divine consciousness, Sun Wukong rushed to the foot of Huaguo Mountain and said to Taibai Jinxing: "Old star, forgive me for not welcoming you earlier."

  Tai Bai Jin Xian dressed as an unhappy Daoist said: "I thought the great king did not want to see me, and also did not want to receive the sacred decree on his head."

  "Over there, over there," Sun Wukong laughed. "Just now I was accompanying my elder brother and sister-in-law to dinner, but it's not good to leave halfway, so I neglected Old Star. Forgive me, Old Star. Please come in, please come in."

  The White Bone Demoness heard this and looked up at the purple banner floating on the top of the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. Her face didn't look too good, and after a long while, she walked into the Water Curtain Cave with an old man's gait. After entering the main hall, the White Bone Demoness shouted loudly: "Now I'm telling you, Great Sage, previously because you disliked being in a low-ranking position, you left the Heavenly Stables and rebelled against Heaven. On that day, all the officials from the Heavenly Stables reported to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor decreed: 'All appointments are made from humble positions to noble ones, why do you despise small positions?' Immediately after, Li Tianwang led Nezha down to the mortal world to attack the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits. However, those two didn't know about your divine powers, so they suffered a defeat and returned to Heaven to report: 'The Great Sage has set up a flagpole, wanting to become the "Great Sage Equaling Heaven".' The many generals still wanted to make excuses, but it was I who took the blame for you and reported to the Jade Emperor, in order to avoid Heaven sending out troops again to attack the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits, causing suffering among the people. It's also because I asked the Jade Emperor for an official position on behalf of the Great King that today I've come down to the mortal world to invite the Great King to ascend to Heaven and receive his appointment. Please look at this old face of mine and immediately follow me to Heaven, don't delay, or it will be difficult for me to complete my task."

  Sun Wukong laughed and said, "Last time I troubled the old star a lot. Today, thanks to the old star's kindness in recommending me for an official position, thank you, thank you! But I wonder if there is an official title of 'Great Sage Equal to Heaven' in the Heavenly Palace?"

  Taibai Jinxing said: "The old way has been granted permission to come down and invite the great king, if the great king finds out that the old way deceived the great sage after ascending to heaven, it's all because of the old way."

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