Chapter 132: Brothers' Conversation

  "Gentlemen, you have come from afar, I, old Sun, cannot come to welcome you in person, forgive me." As soon as the six of them landed beside Mount Wutai, Sun Wukong's cheerful voice rang out from a distance. At the same time, Mount Wutai suddenly shook violently, and a brilliant Buddhist light burst forth from its peak. Countless tiny swastikas flew rapidly around it.

  Lei Hao's eyes flashed with a fierce glare.

  "Gentlemen, my king has been waiting for a long time. Please come this way." Hu Shi-san, wearing coarse linen clothes, came forward and knelt down to pay his respects to the six brothers.

  The Bull Demon King nodded, took a step with his feet and walked towards the place where Sun Wukong was being pressed. Just as he had taken two steps, he suddenly raised his head and looked towards the top of Mount Wutai. His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he raised his hand to release a powerful suction force from his palm. He let out a loud roar: "What kind of audacious creature dares to show off in front of me?"

  The six brothers' faces didn't show any unexpected expressions. They had also long discovered that someone was secretly spying on them, they just didn't bother to take action.

  As the Niu Mo Wang's hand rose with a burst of suction, a large group of strange and grotesque demons with racial characteristics suddenly appeared in front of the six brothers. Lei Hao took a rough glance and knew that there were probably twenty or thirty demons on the ground, all of whom were not weak, with even the weakest being at the early stage of Tian Xian.

  These five mountain ranges are where Tathagata subdued Sun Wukong, how could there be other demons appearing.

  These monsters raised their heads and saw the six brothers, and a few threads of terror flashed in their eyes. They hastily crawled up from the ground, knelt on both knees, and chorused: "The Twenty-Eight Constellations have seen Pingtian Dasheng, Fuhai Dasheng, Yishan Dasheng, Tongfeng Dasheng, Qushen Dasheng, and Wanjun Dasheng."

  The twenty-eight mansions were all in a state of anxiety and fear, each one paying homage to the six brothers, lest they provoke them and be killed by them.

  Lei Hao's expressionless face opened with: "Are you here for the errand of Liu Diliu and Liu Yijia?"

  Lei Hao opened his mouth, and the twenty-eight star mansions were even more terrified. A star mansion with a hornless crocodile head was sweating profusely and said: "In response to Wan Jun's words, my brothers and I, the twenty-eight of us, are indeed the ones sent by the Jade Emperor to take over the task left behind by Liu Ding and Liu Jia." If one were to say that the most feared demon in the heavenly court and the middle layer of Ling Mountain today is not the strongest in cultivation, nor the most famous in name, Cow Demon King. Nor is it the largest in territory, Crocodile Demon King. Not even the heaviest in killing intent, Lion Camel King. But rather Lei Hao!

  Although it is said that the Lion Camel King's heavenly soldiers and generals, Arhats and Bhikkhus are unknown to be compared to Lei Hao by several hundred or thousand times, yet until today not a single famous master has fallen into his hands. Lei Hao's shocking first battle in the Three Realms was the killing of Nezha, one of the war gods of the Heavenly Court, followed by the defeat of Manjushri and Samantabhadra, senior masters who survived from the Primordial Chaos, this series of terrifying achievements, how could they not make these self-proclaimed transcendent, high-and-mighty immortal Buddhas' hearts tremble with fear?

  Lei Hao glanced at the kneeling Qi Xing and then shifted his gaze to Hu Shi San, casting him an inquiring look. Hu Shi San understood, and with great respect said: "Great Sage Grandfather, these gods are indeed very respectful to my king. They pay their respects every morning and evening, and send seasonal fruits and vegetables throughout the year, without ever making my king feel annoyed."

  Lei Hao nodded lightly and spat out two words: "Get lost." As soon as the words fell, the Twenty-Eight Constellations immediately kowtowed to Lei Hao with a loud thud, scrambled to their feet, and transformed into twenty-eight streams of spiritual energy that vanished before the eyes of the Six Brothers.

  The Demon King of the Crocodile saw the Twenty-Eight Mansions in a sorry state and sneered, "This is all you are. And yet they are still the Twenty-Eight Mansions of Heaven. How humiliating for our demon tribe! Old Seventh, how can these sturdy goods be so afraid of you?"

  Lei Hao said nonchalantly: "A few days ago, I came to Wuxing Mountain and killed the old Eight Tigers of Pingyang with a few strokes of my Six Ding Six Jia."

  The Bull Demon King nodded and said, "With Old Seventh's current strength and his righteous and chivalrous nature, he is the greatest demon in a thousand years. Even I, as his elder brother, am inferior to him."

  The Lion Camel King nodded and said: "Lao Niu's words are indeed true! Lao Qi is worthy of being the number one demon in history!"

  The six brothers spoke and acted, after a few breaths, they arrived in front of Sun Wukong.

  Sun Wukong concentrated his mind and took a look at the fully armed attire of all the elder brothers, and Lei Hao's wounded body. He asked in doubt: "Are you guys just fighting with that force? I don't think it's quite right, how's your injury, Niu Tou?"

  The Monkey King lightly jumped to Sun Wukong's side, reached out and scratched his messy hair: "You're quite sharp-eyed, no mistake. We just had a fight with those bald donkeys at Ling Mountain and Mount Huaguo, and we came here to visit you on the way."

  Sun Wukong heard the fight, and his monkey eyes lit up immediately. He stretched out his hand to brush away the mischievous Monkey King on his head, and hastily shouted: "Those bald donkeys from Ling Mountain? Did you win? Did you win? Quickly tell me!"

  The Great Sage Sun Wukong also flashed forward, swinging out two crystal clear peaches, and he himself took out a big bite, munching away as he mumbled indistinctly: "With the six of us brothers joining forces, what reason is there to not win? Not only did Second Brother raid Guanyin's lair, but Seventh also killed Puxian! Truly a proud and triumphant moment!"

  Sun Wukong's eyes lit up even more, he tossed aside the fresh peach at his mouth, stretched out his claws and grabbed the hand of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and hastily said: "What? That Puxian scoundrel is dead? Good Sixth Brother! Quickly tell me! Tell me in detail!"

  The brothers all burst out laughing, "This monkey is still so eager for battle!"

  Then all the brothers sat down on a small flat land in front of Sun Wukong, took out several jars of strong wine, and drank with gusto.

  The gibbon king and the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, with their seven mouths and eight tongues, attacked the heavenly court's Ling Mountain and their cave dwellings. They told a clear story of the causes and consequences of the sneak attack, including the sudden raid on the Southern Ocean's Lüjia Mountain. After finishing, the gibbon king took a jar of strong wine from in front of the Bull Demon King, tilted his head back and drank a big mouthful, then patted his forehead as if remembering something, suddenly saying: "Almost forgot, Old Seven killed Manjusri at the Jiaomo Palace battle. Now that shameless trio only has Guanyin left... no, even Guanyin is gone, there's just an ordinary Daoist."

  Sun Wukong, who was already somewhat hot-blooded, heard this and his eyes widened in shock, exclaiming: "What? Even Manjusri died at the hands of Niu Tou?" After saying that, he looked at Lei Hao with an extremely strange gaze.

  Lei Hao felt uneasy being stared at by Sun Wukong, so he waved his large sleeve and a jar of strong liquor suddenly flew towards Sun Wukong. He pretended to be displeased and said: "What are you looking at? Haven't you seen anything before?"

  Sun Wukong caught the strong wine, tilted his head and gulped down more than half a tank of strong wine, then said with his mouth: "I discovered for the first time that you are getting more and more abnormal! Two great Taibai True Immortal Realm masters have fallen into your hands! And I'm being pressed by the Five Finger Mountain now, don't know when I can get out."

  Sun Wukong finished speaking, and all the brothers' actions of drinking were synchronized. At the same time, they raised their heads to gaze at the majestic Five Elements Mountain, which was thousands of feet high and awe-inspiring, leaving them speechless for a long while.

  Sun Wukong knew he had misspoken as soon as he saw them, and immediately forced a laugh, saying: "I was just speaking off the cuff. Actually, it's pretty good under these Five Elements Mountains too - no wind blows, no rain falls, every day there are little monsters serving me, and then you brothers come to visit me. What difference is there between this and being on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits?"

  The crowd of brothers did not respond to Sun Wukong's words, and it was only after a long time that the Bull Demon King slowly lowered his head and said: "Although this mountain is condensed from the five elements by the Tathagata, it's not a big deal. As long as we three, four, and seven brothers advance to the Taiyi realm, we will have the power of the five elements. With our strength, we can definitely break open this mountain. The only problem is the Five-Character True Words plaque on top of the mountain, which was condensed by the Tathagata's primordial spirit. Not only does it suppress the entire mountain, but it also controls eight or nine out of ten of the five elements' power within the mountain. Without removing this plaque, even the Mahābrahmā Devas cannot move this mountain in the slightest."

  Lei Hao heard this and put down the wine jug in his hand, hastily opening his mouth to ask: "Big brother, what realm is Daluo Jinxian? And how can we lift this notice?"

  The Bull Demon King put down the wine jug in his hand and said seriously: "Seventh brother, it's normal that you don't know about the Supreme Great Luo Realm with your current cultivation level. As far as you know, our demon clan's division of strength is between the Demon Kings and the Demon Gods, but actually above the Demon Gods, there is another realm, which is the Demon Saints. However, very few senior demons have advanced to the Demon Saint realm, even during the heyday of our demon clan, only two great demons, Emperor Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi, had advanced to the Demon Saint realm and naturally became the Heavenly Emperors of our demon clan! According to the cultivation division of the Primordial Practitioners, after breaking through the Taiyi Golden Immortal, one would advance to the Great Luo Golden Immortal. The Great Luo Golden Immortal also has another name, Quasi-Saint! As the name suggests, it is the strongest being below the Saints!"

  Lei Hao heard this and suddenly felt enlightened, after cultivating for so long, he finally understood the division of the three realms' cultivation, it turned out that after Taiyi Realm, there was another Daluo Realm!

  After a pause, the Bull Demon King continued: "And to take down this notice, there are only two ways. One is for the Tathagata himself to withdraw the notice! The other is to use great wisdom and determination to tear it off!"

  Lei Hao's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had seen hope.

  The Ox King saw the look on Lei Hao's face, and although he felt some compassion in his heart, he still had to strike him with the words: "Although I'm not quite clear what great wisdom is, I know that great wisdom has nothing to do with great willpower, cultivation, or strength!"

  Lei Hao was taken aback, and his heart sank again. After a long while, he slowly asked, "Big Brother, where did you learn the method of removing the notice?" Niu Mo Wang's current cultivation was only slightly higher than Lei Hao's, there was no reason for him to know so much. Moreover, Jiao Mo Wang was also at the Taiyi True Immortal level, and judging from his appearance, he too seemed enlightened by what Niu Mo Wang had said.

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