Chapter 117: Sorrow of Parting

  "Old snake, don't think about fighting and killing every day. With the strength and reputation of Wan Jun Da Sheng, it's not worth deceiving us two brothers for these few small roles. If Wan Jun Da Sheng says that these few blind fools offended Qi Tian Da Sheng, then they must have offended Qi Tian Da Sheng somewhere. You say so?" The turtle general stretched out his hand to stop the snake general and said with a thick face, the last sentence was directed at Lei Hao.

  Lei Hao nodded coldly with a stern face.

  The tortoise nodded heavily and continued: "In that case, my brother and I will go to the Demon Palace to deliver the task, and bother the two great saints." After finishing speaking, he bowed his hands to Lei Hao and Sun Wukong, turned around and left with the snake general.

  The snake had a belly full of fire, but he and the turtle were brothers for so many years, it wasn't good to make him lose face in front of outsiders, so he could only huff and puff and turn around to follow the turtle away.

  The two of them walked a few steps before turning into a red and brown flash of lightning that disappeared from Lei Hao's sight.

  "Old Turtle, why are you blocking my way? Are you afraid that the Great Sage Equal to Heaven won't be able to handle it?" The snake general shouted at the turtle general as soon as they had just stepped out of the boundaries of Wuxing Mountain.

  The turtle general's eyes flashed with two sharp lights, and he said in a somewhat angry tone: "You just know how to fight, fight, fight. Do you think the Great Sage of Ten Thousand Jin is some small demon or monster that died at our hands in the past? According to intelligence gathered from the Great Sage of Ten Thousand Jin's previous battles, this demon has achieved the cultivation of a late-stage Golden Immortal with both thunder and fire attributes, combined with an almost indestructible physical body and a fierce fighting style. He has never been defeated in the Golden Immortal realm, not even by the Taishi True Immortal-level Pu Xian's hundred moves. His strength is unfathomable. Moreover, according to reports from the Jiangkou River, even Erlang Shen was once defeated at his hands! With our brothers' current strength, although we may not necessarily lose, even if we win, we will pay a great price, especially you, who rely on speed to win but have a relatively weak physical body. One misstep and you could fall into his hands! Besides, those few useless things are not worth us brothers risking our lives against the Great Sage of Ten Thousand Jin, so I stopped you just now!" At this moment, the turtle general's face was full of deep calculation, without any hint of his usual silly appearance.

  The snake thought carefully for a moment, then looked at the turtle with a helpless expression and said, "You're really cunning, Emperor's judgment wasn't wrong, the Dark Department can only be effective in your hands."

  On the other side, Sun Wukong saw Lei Hao dispatch the Snake and Turtle Generals with just a few words, and laughed, saying: "Niu Tou, you're quite impressive now, three sentences and two phrases and you've already repelled these two Golden Immortal Realm Heavenly Warriors!"

  Lei Hao slowly withdrew his divine sense, and chuckled softly: "That turtle has a lot of tricks up its sleeve, wanting to fight me but afraid of paying the price, it's not brave enough, can't become anything big."

  Lei Hao furrowed his brow in thought, then suddenly released all of his spiritual awareness. A wild gust of wind suddenly appeared beside him, howling as it rushed out in all directions.

  After a breath, Lei Hao's eyes flashed with a hint of sharp light. Suddenly, a strong gust of wind blew from nowhere, whipping up a one-zhang-long striped tiger that majestically flew towards the Five Elements Mountain.

  Before long, the poor worm that was scared to the point of trembling with fear and had its body frozen in place appeared before Lei Hao and Sun Wukong. Lei Hao stretched out his large hand and gently patted the top of the worm's head. A weak Golden Immortal-level flame slowly flowed out from Lei Hao's palm, entering the worm's body. At the same time, a warm and gentle energy burst forth, directly rushing into the worm's body, bit by bit unblocking its clogged meridians.

  This giant insect had accidentally ingested a piece of thousand-year-old Huang Jing several years ago, which opened up its spiritual intelligence. At this moment, it also knew that the terrifying 'human' in front of it was a great opportunity for it, so it didn't struggle and just stared at Lei Hao with pitiful eyes, allowing Lei Hao to do whatever he wanted to its body.

  It took Leihou about a breath's time to clear the meridians of the giant insect, and then he controlled all the mana in the meridians to rush into the insect's dantian, dispersing the pitiful spiritual energy in the dantian, and then injected the original source of fire into its dantian. Then, with his mana surrounding this thread of origin, he began to rotate, gradually strengthening his physical body.

  With Lei Hao's Golden Immortal-level flame as the foundation of his powers, if this big bug makes a bit more effort, its future achievements will be boundless.

  The next moment, Lei Hao rotated his magical power and gathered all the spiritual energy within a radius of ten thousand miles, condensing it into a thick, milky-white liquid that surrounded the giant worm.

  Soon, the giant worm was surrounded by a layer of fiery red cocoons, and all the spiritual energy revolved around the fiery red cocoon without stopping.

  Sun Wukong quietly watched Lei Hao do all this, and even though Lei Hao didn't say it, he knew what Lei Hao's purpose was in doing all this. After seeing Lei Hao withdraw his hands, he smiled and said: "This fellow is indeed a good opportunity."

  Lei Hao laughed and said: "You are the renowned Great Sage, Equal of Heaven, who cannot be without a little demon to serve you in any realm. This guy will be your servant from now on." After finishing speaking, Lei Hao stretched out his hand, and a jar of wine flew out of his sleeve, flying straight towards Sun Wukong.

  Sun Wukong saw the wine jar, his eyebrows and eyes lit up, and he became extremely cheerful. He stretched out his hand to grab the wine jar, and with a quick flick of his furry hands, he opened the mud seal. Eagerly, he tilted his head back and gulped down a large mouthful of wine, then let out a loud whoop of satisfaction: "Refreshing! Refreshing! After drinking so much wine, it's still our Flower Fruit Mountain's strong liquor that tastes the most comfortable." A drop by drop of slightly turbid wine liquid dripped from Sun Wukong's golden chin onto the ground of Five Elements Mountain, just like how he used to drink on Flower Fruit Mountain.

  Lei Hao also pulled out a jar of wine, opened the mud seal, slowly tilted his head and drank a mouthful, his eyes occasionally glancing at Huo Chong.

  Two brothers were drinking wine in a desultory manner, and before long, the fire cocoon wrapped around the big insect slowly dissipated, revealing the big insect inside. It was seen that this big insect was transforming at this time, with a faint blue flame burning on its body. He retreated and stood up, his furry hair disappeared, and yellow skin appeared. The fur on his body gradually turned into a yellow robe, and then two front claws turned into a pair of large hands, and the hind legs turned into a pair of sturdy human legs.

  In just one breath of time, the big insect transformed into a muscular giant with a fierce appearance, and his looks seemed to have some resemblance to Lei Hao.

  The fiery flames on Da Chong's body had not yet subsided when a small patch of dark, oppressive clouds appeared in the sky. Lei Hao raised his head with an expressionless face and looked at it, but did not make any movements.

  An hour later, the big bug successfully passed the heavenly tribulation of the inner dan boundary, with Lei Hao's solid foundation laid down for him. If he couldn't even withstand a small heavenly tribulation of the inner dan boundary, then Lei Hao's spark of fire would be too useless.

  After Da Chong crossed the heavenly calamity, he walked a few steps to Lei Hao's front, knelt down heavily on both knees and said loudly: "The king's transformation grace, I will never forget it in my heart."

  Lei Hao nodded slightly and pointed at Sun Wukong: "From now on, he will be your king. I helped you transform to serve him well. If I find out in the future that you have been neglecting your duty to your king by even half a point, I will make it difficult for you to live or die." After finishing speaking, Lei Hao released a hint of pressure.

  In the eyes of the giant insect, humans who had just seemed so carefree and lighthearted were transformed into monstrous beasts eager to devour him. In its presence, not even a thought of resistance could arise, and the faint sense of self-satisfaction that had just emerged in his heart vanished instantly.

  He heavily kowtowed on the ground several times and said: "The little one will definitely serve the great king with all his heart!"

  Lei Hao withdrew his oppressive aura, turned his head to look at Sun Wukong, and then with a wave of his large sleeve, several hundred jars of strong liquor flew out from his sleeve and were neatly arranged under the stone wall.

  "Wukong, I'm going back to Huaguo Mountain. I'll come see you again in a few days." Lei Hao said with some melancholy.

  Sun Wukong kept turning his head to look at the small mountain-like liquor beside him, with a joyful expression on his monkey face. When he heard Lei Hao speaking, he didn't even glance at Lei Hao and simply waved his hand impatiently, saying: "Go away, go away! Why are you being so nagging now?"

  Lei Hao turned around and was about to leave, but he had only taken one step when he turned back again. He looked at Sun Wukong very seriously and said: "Wukong, you must remember that the mountain is pressing down on your physical body, but you still have this here." Lei Hao patted his chest lightly as he spoke.

  Sun Wukong nodded in understanding, still silently gazing at the strong liquor on either side.

  Lei Hao turned around and walked away from Wuxing Mountain, step by step.

  Lei Hao had just turned around, and the smile on Sun Wukong's face suddenly froze. He slowly turned his head, his eyes staring blankly at Lei Hao's gradually shrinking back, a rare hint of melancholy floating on his face.

  Lei Hao walked step by step forward, he knew Sun Wukong was now staring at his back in a daze, but he didn't turn around. He feared that if he turned around, he would be unable to suppress the violent emotions in his heart. He feared that if he turned around, he would swing the Dragon Slaying Knife towards the Five Elements Mountain that was pressing down on his brother. So he could only grit his teeth tightly and mechanically move his legs, stiffly walking forward step by step.

  Dai Lei Hao's back disappeared from the line of sight of Sun Wukong and Da Chong, only then did Da Chong turn his head and timidly say to Sun Wukong: "Your Majesty, he has left."

  Sun Wukong turned his head to look at the big insect, suddenly splitting his mouth into a smile. He smiled more miserably than crying, but he still forced out an enthusiastic expression and said to the big insect: "Good boy, from now on you'll be called Hu Shi San, remember, it's Hu, ten, three!"

  The big insect nodded as if he understood, and Sun Wukong continued to shout excitedly: "Tiger thirteen, come, come, come, first bring a jar of wine for your king."

  Hou the Thirteenth hastily stepped forward, presenting Sun Wukong with a flask of strong liquor. Sun Wukong grasped the flask in one hand and tilted his head back to drain it in one gulp. As he did so, something trickled down his cheeks, but it was impossible to tell whether it was wine or tears.