Chapter 62: Blessing or Disaster?
"Then what?" Li Anran asked.
“Then, we don’t know.”
Zhi Jian smiled bitterly and said, "Second Master left for about half an hour and came back with a very bad look on his face. We brothers didn't dare to ask any more questions. Later, Second Master led us into Fuyao Cave."
Zhijian signaled to the Demon King Peng behind him with his eyes.
Needless to say, Li Anran also understood what was said next.
Yang Jian was very angry because of the incident with the Golden-winged Roc. The Demon King Peng was a close relative of the Golden-winged Roc, so he became Yang Jian's punching bag and was beaten into his current half-dead state.
Li Anran estimated that if Yang Jian had not remembered the agreement with him, he would have killed the Demon King Peng on the spot.
"The Second Master has gone to the Lingxiao Palace to report the matter to His Majesty. We have been ordered to bring these monsters to the Heavenly Prison. It will probably not be long before the Second Master will bring it to trial."
"This Peng Demon King is of the same clan as the Golden-winged Peng Eagle. It might know the details of the Golden-winged Peng Eagle."
The Meishan brothers were friends that Yang Jian made when he was serving as a terrestrial immortal in Guanjiangkou. They became sworn brothers because of their similar personalities.
Although their names are similar to the Seven Monsters of Meishan headed by Yuan Hong in The Conferred God Catastrophe, they are two unrelated groups of people.
Guo Shenzhijian didn't know the origin of the Golden-Winged Peng Eagle, and he didn't even know that Lingshan and Heaven had joined forces to deal with the Bull Demon King and his men. He still thought that the Jade Emperor would send troops to attack the Golden-Winged Peng Eagle.
But Yang Jian must have recognized it.
During the Conferred Gods calamity, he teamed up with Nezha, Huang Tianhua and Tuxingsun to besiege the Golden-winged Dapeng Eagle, which was once a Winged Immortal of the Jiejiao Sect.
Even if you don’t know that the golden-winged Roc is Tathagata’s uncle.
We also know that it is the son of the Phoenix, the brother of the Peacock, the Winged Immortal of the Jiejiao, and the second disciple of Randang!
The strength of his background and the depth of his roots are unparalleled in the entire Journey to the West, or in the entire mythological world!
Even if he is the god of justice, he cannot do anything to the other party without the approval of the Jade Emperor!
So, Yang Jian could only return to Fuyao Cave with a gloomy face and vent his anger on the Demon King Peng.
He hurried back to heaven and reported the matter to the Jade Emperor, hoping to get his consent!
However, judging from the situation in Journey to the West, the Jade Emperor obviously did not agree to capture the golden-winged Roc.
“This is truly a real world!”
Li Anran sneered in his heart.
I also thought of the monkeys who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures. They talked about exorcising demons and monsters, but their hands were devoted to dealing with human relationships!
Monsters with backgrounds, such as the golden-winged Roc, the yellow-tusked old elephant, and the green-haired lion monster.
Inside the cave, "there were mountains of skulls and forests of bones. Human hair had turned into felt sheets, and human flesh had rotted into dust. Human tendons were tangled around trees, dry and charred, shining like silver. It was truly a sea of blood and corpses, and the stench was truly unbearable."
In the end, they were each taken back to heaven by their masters to drink three cups as punishment, and the golden-winged Roc even became the guardian of Tathagata.
A monster without a background, like the Yellow Lion Demon.
To hold a "Dingba Club", one had to spend money to buy pigs and sheep at the market; when the shepherd disguised as Sha Seng came to collect the debt, he not only gave him money but also invited him to have lunch.
Even after Sha Seng saw the three stolen weapons, he did not think of killing him, but instead told him, "You can look at it, but don't tell anyone when you get out."
As a result, all the members of the family were killed.
Now it seems that this double standard is not unique to the road to the West, but has been the same from top to bottom since ancient times!
Li Anran looked at Guo Shenzhi and Jian, who were ready to fight and filled with righteous indignation, and did not mention these dirty things. After a few more words, they handed over the monster and said goodbye and left.
Li Anran locked all the monsters in the cell.
[Prisoner: Demon King Hun Tian Da Sheng Peng]
【Sin: Six Stars】
[Cultivation: Seventh level of Golden Immortal]
[Status: In custody]
[Capture participation: 5%]
[Benefit: 510,000 experience points/day]
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[Prisoner: Marshal Baique of Fuyao Cave]
【Sin: 3 stars】
[Cultivation: Second level of Celestial Immortal]
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In addition to Demon King Peng, Guo Shenzhijian also sent thirteen of Demon King Peng's subordinates, the weakest of whom was at the celestial immortal level.
It can be seen that the seven great saints entrenched in Xiniu Hezhou, such as the Bull Demon King, the Peng Demon King, and the Lion Demon King, are far more powerful than the Yugemon King, the Jiao Demon King and others.
Li Anran looked up the life of Demon King Peng.
The Demon King Peng was born in the northern part of Xiniu Hezhou. He was originally just an ordinary little monster. By chance, he inherited the legacy of the ancient great monster Fei Lian, and since then he soared into the sky.
It only took him ten years to break through to the realm of True Immortal and become a little demon king.
It took him another 263 years to break through to the celestial immortal realm, and relying on the Fei Lian inheritance, his reputation gradually spread far and wide.
After that, it took him another 1,126 years to break through to the Xuanxian realm and another 4,700 years to break through to the Jinxian realm. He himself became the famous demon king of Xiniu Hezhou.
During this period, it became friends with the Bull Demon King, and later became sworn brothers with the monkeys to become the Seven Great Sages.
When Demon King Peng first met the other six great saints, his strength was ranked second among the seven brothers, second only to the Great Saint Bull Demon King.
However, it is limited by its own aptitude and its cultivation has not improved for nearly a thousand years.
By the time they swore brotherhood at Mount Huaguo, he was already the last among the Seven Sages.
Fortunately, when they became sworn brothers, they were ranked according to age, so it was ranked third.
Demon King Peng also knew that his potential had been exhausted and it was almost impossible for him to make further progress in his cultivation, so he decisively clung to Demon King Niu and followed his lead in everything.
In addition, the Lion King was focused on managing his own small territory and had no intention of expanding.
It successfully developed into the second largest monster force in Xiniu Hezhou.
Demon King Peng was very satisfied with this and began to enjoy himself.
When Yang Jian came to kill him, Demon King Peng was holding a banquet in his cave and did not notice anything unusual at all.
Then, he was beaten half to death by Yang Jian and taken to the Heavenly Prison by Guo Shenzhijian.
Li Anran watched the fight between Yang Jian and Demon King Peng several times, but a trace of doubt arose in his heart.
The cultivation level of Demon King Peng, who is at the seventh level of the Golden Immortal, is higher than that of Demon King Yuxiong, who is at the sixth level of the Golden Immortal.
However, due to its background, its strength is slightly inferior to that of King Yu Monkey!
But, this is only slightly inferior!
If you don't fight for days and nights to determine the winner or loser, life or death, it's hard to see the difference!
But the situation when they fought with Yang Jian was completely different!
Although Yang Jian's fight against King Yu Monkey was quite easy, they still fought with their hands for hundreds of rounds.
However, when Yang Jian and Demon King Peng fought, it was already a one-sided victory!
After just a few dozen moves, Demon King Peng was beaten all over and fled in panic.
Halfway through the journey, his wings were bitten by Roaring Sky Dog again and he was easily captured by Yang Jian!
Li Anran thought that it might be because Yang Jian did not use his full strength before, but this time he used his full strength in a rage.
But after watching it several times, I felt that it didn’t look like it!
Li Anran quickly turned the book of punishing evildoers to the pages about Li Laosi and Guo Shenzhijian.
After they "escaped from prison", their biographies in the Book of Punishments were no longer updated, but he could still check their experiences before they were imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison.
Li Anran watched the fight between Yang Jian and the monkey from their perspective.
Although the picture is not complete, we can roughly judge Yang Jian's strength——
This is also the most commonly used method in the world of Journey to the West to judge a person's strength. After a fight, especially a fight between opponents of similar strength, you can roughly know the opponent's strength.
It can be seen that when Yang Jian fought with the monkey, Yang Jian had a slight advantage.
However, this does not mean that Yang Jian is more powerful than the monkey.
More importantly, it was because the monkey was worried about the safety of his fellow monkeys, so he fought anxiously and was eager to win.
Yang Jian did not have such concerns. He was calm and composed, and he responded to each move accordingly, and thus gradually gained the upper hand.
Li Anran read it several times and gradually made a judgment in his mind.
Before the monkeys caused trouble at the Peach Banquet, they were not as strong as the Peng Demon King, the Yu Monkey King and others because they had practiced for too short a time.
But after it ate the golden peach pill, it made up for its shortcomings.
When fighting with Yang Jian, the strength displayed by the monkey was obviously stronger than the Demon King Peng and the Ape King, and was almost as strong as the Monkey King.
At this time, the monkey is likely to have reached the peak of the Golden Immortal level, and is only one step away from breaking through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal level.
Yang Jian, who had a slight advantage in the fight with the monkey, obviously also had the strength of a peak Golden Immortal!
With this kind of strength, he will surely win against the Yu Monkey King, but he will definitely not be able to easily win within a hundred moves, let alone crush and defeat the Jiao Demon King!
"Is it because he is the God of Justice?"
Li Anran thought of what was said in the Tao Te Ching: "Misfortune is the foundation of blessing."
Disaster is also an opportunity!
The greater the disaster, the greater the opportunity!
In the catastrophe of Conferred Gods, Nezha, Huang Tianhua, Lei Zhenzi...
These third-generation disciples of the orthodox teaching who have practiced for more than ten years or even several years, are able to fight against the second-generation disciples of the evil teaching in terms of martial arts because of the opportunities and luck brought by the catastrophe.
If this God of Justice is Yang Jian's calamity, then it is reasonable that he would take the initiative to face it, his luck would skyrocket, and his cultivation would improve by leaps and bounds!
It’s just that “blessings lie within the shadow of disaster”.
Whether Yang Jian, who has obtained this good fortune and enjoyed this opportunity, can break through the calamity is still unknown!
There is no List of Gods nowadays, and if you fail, the result will be death!
