Chapter 91: Gathering Storms

  Sun Wukong didn't know how many consecutive somersaults he had done, but finally landed on the Liuhentian at the extreme of the sky. At this time, above his head was no longer a starry sky with twinkling stars, but a gray and hazy chaos.

  With a sweep of his gaze, Sun Wukong saw that at the center of Liuyun Tian there was a palace entirely in azure, on top of which were written three ancient and simple characters: 'Touhuo Palace'.

  Sun Wukong rubbed his eyes hard and muttered to himself, "These people in the Heavenly Palace all say that Lao Jun is the highest-ranking immortal in heaven, and the golden elixir he refined is the best medicine in the three realms. I wonder if it's true."

  Standing still for a moment, Sun Wukong's face occasionally showed some complex expressions. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stamped his foot fiercely, with a flash of golden light under his feet, he rushed into the Tushita Palace quickly.

  The Dou Shuai Palace was very quiet, with no signs of life, as if no one had ever lived there before. Sun Wukong secretly observed for a long time and did not find any human figure in the Dou Shuai Palace, nor even a single Taoist boy.

  "Why is the Temple of the Heavenly Ruler empty, without a single immortal? Has Lao Jun gone out to visit friends today? Then it's really convenient for old Sun today." Sun Wukong had a flash of doubt in his mind, and he also felt somewhat suspicious. It didn't make sense that he came to steal treasure, but there wasn't even one person around.

  But since things have come to this point, even if he felt a bit wrong, Sun Wukong was not going to retreat.

  Monkey King Sun Wukong crouched down, tiptoeing towards the Dan room with his eyes darting around every now and then, looking like a thief with a guilty conscience. Suddenly, a loud voice came from behind him, startling him, "What's this golden-haired monster doing sneaking in here? Do you know where this place is?"

  Sun Wukong made a monkey leap, jumping forward by over ten zhangs, then landed with the golden hoop rod in hand and turned to face behind him. Fixing his eyes on it, Sun Wukong didn't see any human figure, but instead saw an ordinary water buffalo.

  A very ordinary water buffalo, looking like it has no demonization at all, and a water buffalo with not even a hint of demonic energy.

  But this is not in the mortal world, how could there be an ordinary water buffalo? So, the only possibility is that this water buffalo is also a demon, a demon with cultivation equivalent to Sun Wukong's. Only then would Sun Wukong not feel his demonic aura at all.

  "It's another cow demon, I am Sun Wukong, the Great Sage of Mount Huaguo, which mountain is your brother from?" After confirming that the water buffalo in front of him was a demon, Sun Wukong relaxed and quickly put away his golden hoop rod, asking casually.

  That water buffalo **twitched the corner of its mouth**, made an extremely comical expression, opened its cow mouth and spoke human words: "So it's you this monkey? You ask me who I am? You don't even understand what kind of place this is, yet you still ask me who I am?"

  Sun Wukong thought for a moment and blurted out: "Could it be that brother is the Demon King under Lao Jun?"

  The expression on the water buffalo's face became even more comical, he stared fixedly at Sun Wukong, his eyes seemed to be looking at the number one big fool in the world. After a long while, he said: "What are you doing here?"

  Sun Wukong's face was a bit awkward, and he glanced around and said: "I, I came here to enjoy the scenery."

  The water buffalo's eyes twitched, and the expression on its face was so complex that even Sun Wukong couldn't tell what it meant. After a long while, it slowly said, "Then you continue, I'm going to eat grass." After finishing speaking, it swung its tail and turned around, walking away leisurely.

  Sun Wukong's face fell, and the expression on his face was also complex and couldn't be discerned what it meant.

  After a puff of incense, Sun Wukong gritted his teeth and rushed into the alchemy room.

  Inside the Dan house was also quiet, except that in the middle of the Dan house there was a huge tripod furnace, and flames were still burning inside the furnace. A medicinal fragrance wafted out, and Sun Wukong immediately felt invigorated.

  On both sides of the tripod furnace were placed five golden gourds shining brightly! But apart from this, the large alchemy room was empty and devoid of anything else.

  At this time, even with Sun Wukong's careless personality, he knew that he had been calculated by others. All of this was done too obviously and too falsely, so false that even Sun Wukong couldn't pretend to be stupid.

  From the muddy pool of Yaochi, a good banquet was ruined, to the empty Tushita Palace, to the strange water buffalo just now.

  The empty and deserted Dan House.

  "Who is it that's plotting against old Sun?" Sun Wukong glared at the gleaming gourd with eyes blazing like fire, baring his teeth and letting out a loud roar.

  The loud roar of Sun Wukong kept echoing in the Jade Palace, while at this time, hidden in a corner, the water buffalo that had just appeared was lowering its head to chew on some rare and legendary flowers and grasses. After hearing Sun Wukong's loud roar, it raised its cow head towards the direction of the Dan room, muttering to itself: "This monkey isn't stupid beyond salvation, but unfortunately, useless." After finishing speaking, it lowered its head again, one mouthful at a time, dealing with the 'grass' in front of it.

  In the Danfang House, Sun Wukong struggled for a long time, then went forward and grabbed five gourds. He twisted open the first one with great force and swallowed a golden elixir in one gulp, just like eating stir-fried beans. Then he looked at the second gourd and muttered to himself: "This is the Ox-Head's."

  After skipping the second gourd, Sun Wukong picked up the third gourd and said, "This is Old Sun's." After finishing speaking, he also ignored the energy of the fire burning in his belly and swallowed another gourd of golden elixir.

  After finishing eating, his gaze fell on the fourth gourd again, and he muttered to himself: "This is the cow's head."

  He then jumped over the fourth gourd and grabbed the last one, saying with a somewhat magical tone: "This is the last gourd, how to divide it? Forget it, I'll just split it half and half with Niu Tou."

  After finishing speaking, he grabbed the last gourd and swallowed more than half of the golden elixir without counting.

  After finishing eating, Sun Wukong felt a tearing pain in his body, and a burst of energy was constantly rushing around in his flesh. At this time, the hair on his body stood upright, and under his skin, it seemed like many small snakes were drilling back and forth, looking particularly frightening.

  But Sun Wukong's face didn't show any painful expression, as if this flesh body wasn't his. He tightly grasped the three golden gourds and stumbled out of the Tushita Palace, not taking his usual route through the South Heavenly Gate, but instead using a concealment technique to sneak past the heavenly soldiers on duty at the West Heavenly Gate and descend directly into the mortal world.

  Just then, Lei Hao finally returned to Huaguo Mountain from Xiniuhezhou.

  Just arrived at the waist of Huaguo Mountain. Lei Hao pressed down on the cloud head, and immediately heard a voice shouting from within Huaguo Mountain: "It's the Second Grand King, it's the Second Grand King who has returned."

  These bursts of shouting voices kept coming from the waist of the mountain all the way to the Water Curtain Cave.

  Lei Hao cried and laughed as he started to use his magical powers, taking a step that was hundreds of feet long towards the Water Curtain Cave. Just as he had not yet entered the cave, a white figure suddenly rushed out from within it and plunged into Lei Hao's arms.

  Lei Hao knew who was coming without looking.

  "Alright, don't cry, I'm back safe and sound, aren't I?" Lei Hao said warmly as he hugged the tearless but sniffing Wu Lei.

  Ke Lei Hao didn't say anything, it was fine, but as soon as he spoke, the sobbing in his arms turned into loud wailing, and the pair of small hands wrapped around him tightened even more, as if wanting to merge herself into Ke Lei Hao's body!

  "You said you'd be gone for just a month or two, but it's been over a hundred years and I thought something terrible had happened to you. I wanted to go look for you, but I didn't know where you went." After crying for a while, she lifted up her tear-stained face, which looked like a small cat's, and shouted in a high-pitched voice.

  Lei Hao looked at Wu Lei, who was crying like this, and suddenly felt a warmth flowing through his heart. He carefully examined Wu Lei's small face, and after a while, he said: "Wu Lei, you've lost weight."

  Tears rolled down her eyes as she gazed at Lei Hao's handsome face, her eyes trembling again.

  She once again pressed her face against Le Hao's chest and trembled with a sob, saying: "Husband, you've lost weight too."

  Lei Hao's face flashed a wry smile, he slapped his cheeks hard, making a series of metallic clanging sounds, saying: "I'm not thin... anyway, it's hard to say, I'll tell you later."

  Suddenly, a series of heavy footsteps came from all directions. Lei Hao listened to these familiar footsteps and knew who the visitor was.

  "Head, you're finally back." Lei Daniu rushed over from somewhere, choking with sobs and speaking in a low voice.

  Lei Hao turned his head and saw some familiar figures constantly appearing beside him. Big Cow, Cuo Ya, Da Hu... one by one, the extremely familiar faces made Lei Hao's heart tremble with excitement.

  "Brothers, I'm back." Lei Hao said in a deep voice after half a beat of silence.

  The crowd of brothers present did not utter a word, forming a circle that surrounded Lei Hao and Wu Lei in the middle. They all stared at Lei Hao with firm faces covered in glittering tears.

  After a long time, Ya walked slowly forward, and hugged Leihao and Wulian with one hand, then Daniu, then Datu, and finally all the Leiwei brothers.

  "From now on, no matter where you go, you must bring the brothers along. Even if our strength is insufficient, we are the Thunder Guard! We are the Thunder Guard! Without you, what can we guard?" One of the demon brothers said in a low voice from within the group.

  "Bring us with you, bring us with you, bring us with you." Gradually, all the Lei Wei brothers shouted in unison, their voices filled with a sense of loyalty and devotion that transcended life and death!

  Tears suddenly welled up in Lei Hao's eyes, and he felt that everything he had done was worth it, even if it was just for the sake of these brothers.

  "Niu Tou, I'm back." Just then, another familiar voice rang out, this one weak and tired, as if he had just recovered from a serious illness.

  (Brothers, the update is here! Same old saying, as long as you guys can give me energy, I'll definitely be able to give it back. Come on, use your recommendations and collections to smash me, huh? And there's still an extra chapter today!)