Chapter 57: The Mysterious River Demon

800 quicksand boundaries, 3,000 weak water depths.

The goose feathers can't float, and the reed flowers sink at the bottom.

Quicksand River –

The vigorous ancient seal has not converged with the passage of time, but has become more and more majestic, and no one should enter.

"Idiot, this place was originally called 'Quicksand River', but it is also weak water, I don't know how it compares to your day?"

As we all know, there is weak water in the Tianhe, the feathers do not float, and the birds are sad.

But Zhu Bajie was born an outlier, among the immortals in the heavenly court, only he can swim freely in the Tianhe, which is also a very important factor for him to be the commander of the Tianhe Water Army.

"Senior brother, this quicksand river, how can it be compared with my Tianhe, my old pig can pass it by stomping his feet. However, ordinary things can't float on it, and it's really a big problem for Master to cross the river. ”

Zhu Bajie picked up a big stone and threw it into the quicksand river, and the kind-hearted old pig wanted to measure the depth of the quicksand river for everyone.

At this moment, I saw a splash in the center of the quicksand river, and then like a stormy wave, the river water divided to the left and right, and a river demon came out of the quicksand river.

One head has fluffy red flame hair, and two round eyes are as bright as lights.

The face is not black or blue, like thunder and the sound of an old dragon.

Wearing a collar of goose yellow, the waist is tied with white vines.

There are nine skeletons hanging under the head, and the staff is very powerful.

"Senior brother, you escort the master to go first-"

Zhu Bajie was closest to the river, and when he saw that his stone was going down, he actually attracted a vicious-looking river demon, and hurriedly took out his "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake".

Although Sun Wukong has great magical powers and is proficient in the art of seventy-two changes, when it comes to doing things in the water, he is really not as good as Zhu Bajie.

After being Marshal Tianpeng for so many years, he couldn't wait to soak in the Tianhe all day long, and when he saw a monster appear in the quicksand river, he naturally bore the brunt.

Tang Seng was protected by Sun Wukong and Li Zhi and retreated, the river demon originally wanted to go ashore to catch Tang Seng, but when he saw that he had lost the opportunity, he immediately sprinkled his anger on Zhu Bajie's body.

Don't look at this river demon, its appearance is not good, the weapon in his hand is extraordinary, it is very rare among the three realms, and the name is "Demon Descending True Staff".

This is the Solo wood on the moon, cut down by Wu Gang, handed over to Luban to make it, there is a golden heart inside, and the outside is ten thousand beads, like the "Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick", which can change the size and length.

It is the same as Zhu Bajie's "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake", which also weighs a number of treasures, reaching 5,000 and 40 catties.

"Senior brother, do you think which of the two of them can win?"

Tang Seng, Sun Wukong and Li Zhi retreated far aside, and the two of them protected Tang Seng in the middle, one left and one right, watching the vicious fight between Zhu Bajie and the river demon.

It stands to reason that Zhu Bajie has now recovered to the cultivation of the middle stage of the Golden Immortal, and there are thirty-six kinds of Tiangang changes to support his body, and the "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake" in his hand is a thing created by Taishang Laojun himself.

However, the two of them have been fighting fiercely for almost 200 rounds, and they have not won or lost.

Zhu Bajie was very depressed in his heart, the Nether Realm has been in the lower realm for so many years, and it doesn't matter if he is defeated by Sun Wukong first, after all, Brother Monkey was better than him back then, and later he was deflated in the hands of King Huangfeng in Huangfengling, and it was easy to meet a monster in the water......

Zhu Bajie could feel that the other party should also be a cultivator of the Golden Immortal Realm, and it might not even be higher than his middle Golden Immortal Stage, but how could the physical strength of this river demon be so strong?

"It's not good to say this, now the two of them are on a par, but why does my grandson always feel that this monster has not done his best?"

Actually, Li Zhi also feels this way.

Of course, he knew who the person who fought with Zhu Bajie was, and under the "Broken Golden Pupil", he could also see that the river demon only had the cultivation of the early stage of the Golden Immortal, and it was precisely this that made him even more puzzled.

The massive information of later generations has already dissected the Chinese gods and Buddhas, and the story of the four people and one horse of Journey to the West is the object of people's talk.

Could it be that this river demon is the most hidden person in the Journey to the West team?

Take the weapon in this hand as an example, a good acquired spirit treasure was renamed "Demon Subduing True Treasure Staff" by himself, how much grudge does this have with the demon clan?

"Little junior brother, you are here to protect the master, and wait for my grandson to help Bajie in the pastβ€”β€”"

Looking at the excitement of Zhu Bajie's fight with the river demon, Sun Wukong couldn't help but feel a little itchy with his hands, and took out the "Ruyi Golden Hoop Stick" from his ear and wanted to go over.

"Senior brother, let's let the junior brother go over and take a look, I always feel that in this quicksand river, there are things I need for my cultivation, maybe the opportunity to promote to the Golden Immortal is here."

At this moment, the white dragon horse standing on the side suddenly spoke, and was caught off guard, so frightened that Tang Seng almost stumbled.

Immediately afterwards, the white dragon horse transformed and restored Ao Lie's body.

"Master, the disciple didn't frighten you, did he?"

The little white dragon Ao Lie was originally a fiery temper, and sometimes he didn't care about what he said and did, but he didn't hold it for a while when he was in a hurry just now, and he spoke in the form of a white dragon horse.

"Amitabha, you are in the form of a white dragon horse all day long, and you are about to forget your true body as a teacher."

Tang Seng was also a little embarrassed.

It stands to reason that in recent months, Tang Seng has stopped riding horses, but intends to exercise his physique on foot, so that the white dragon horse can return to its human form.

However, Tang Seng, who is a master, does not speak, and Xiao Bailong himself is not good at making claims, he can be regarded as a guilty body, and he is the most non-existent one in the scripture-learning team.

"Senior Brother Ao Lie is so handsome! In the future, it is better to simply use this form, the clan uncle no longer rides a horse, and just carries some luggage at will. ”

It was the first time Li Zhi saw the body of the little white dragon, he looked like a young man in his twenties, without the weakness of a scholar, but also without the roughness of a martial artist, his face was like a crown of jade, and his heroic spirit was compelling.

"The little junior brother has won the award, what kind of form should the little brother be, after all, the master still has to be the master, this matter will be discussed later, I still want to help the second senior brother first."

Ao Lie glanced at Li Zhi gratefully, who wants to become a horse and be ridden by others?

In this scripture-learning team, Li Zhi is a special existence, he does not belong to this scripture-learning team, but he set off from Chang'an with Tang Seng, and he is commensurate with Tang Seng's uncle and nephew, and he is His Royal Highness the King of Jin in the Tang Dynasty.

In this special case, Li Zhi brought up this matter, which was many times better than Xiao Bailong saying it himself, and he did not have to bear the responsibility of "breaking the promise", and the possibility of Tang Seng allowing it was the greatest.

After the little white dragon finished speaking, a sword appeared in his hand, one point left and right, and it was actually a pair of "male and female double-strand swords".

The right hand is a female sword, weighing 1,800 catties, and the left hand is a male sword, which is 2,100 catties.

Selected from the thousand-year-old cold iron of the North Sea, the crimson cloud flint of the South China Sea, the Langhuan jasper of the East China Sea and the rainbow amber of the West Sea, forged using the secret method of the dragon family.

It can be said that for Ao Lie's pair of double-strand swords, a lot of good things were spent all over the world back then, which made the younger generation of the dragon clan very hot.

"Second Senior Brother, don't panic, that demon Hugh has to go wild, Xihai Ao Lie will come to meet you for a while-"

Ao Lie greeted loudly, he and Zhu Bajie have never met each other, to be precise, Zhu Bajie doesn't know him at all, if he doesn't make it clear that he was accidentally injured by Zhu Bajie, it is not beautiful.

The fight between the river demon and Zhu Bajie still seems to be on par, but the old pig feels very difficult, and the "Shangbao Qin Golden Rake" collides with the "Demon Suppressing True Staff" every time, and the old pig is shocked and his arms are numb.

Hearing Ao Lie's shouting, Zhu Bajie knew that he had come to help, but he didn't dare to retreat, it was Xiao Bailong who came up and not Sun Wukong.

"Hmph, Xihai's surname is Ao? Your hands of the Dragon King of the Four Seas are inevitably too long, when will it be your turn to intervene in the matter of Grandpa's quicksand river? ”

With one enemy and two enemies, the river demon was not afraid at all, and the "Demon Descending True Staff" in his hand danced, whether it was Zhu Bajie's "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake" or Xiao Bailong's "male and female double-strand sword", they were not at all close to the river demon's body.

Fighting, the three people in the field gradually walked towards the direction of the quicksand river, and before they could see each other, the three of them were already in the water.

When they got to the water, the movement of the three was even greater.

One is the Marshal Tianpeng who is in charge of the 80,000 water army of Tianhe, the other is the sitting river demon who has been here for a long time, and the other is the third prince of the Dragon King of the West Sea.

Ao Lie simply turned into the jade dragon body, which was more than ten zhang long, sometimes with sharp claws running, sometimes the jade dragon swinging its tail, sometimes with a dragon's mouth, and the flames were swallowed.

The river demon was in a hurry for a while, and was actually seized by Zhu Bajie A rare opportunity, and a "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake" was built on the back of the river demon.

"Smack-"

A deafening loud bang, how powerful should this be? Even the water of the quicksand river was shaken up three zhang high, and the "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake" was lifted up so high that Hao Xuan didn't let go, and the old pig was even more shocked and retreated three or four zhang along the waterline.

Looking at the river demon again, he shook his head, stepped on the water and turned around.

"Hmph, you stupid pig, can you still hurt grandpa with your broken rake?"

Zhu Bajie hit such a hard blow, this river demon was not harmed?

The old pig gasped, and even Sun Wukong and Li Zhi, who were watching the battle on the shore, were not calm.

"Senior brother, what kind of exercise is this? I remember the second senior brother's 'Shangbaoqin Golden Rake', but it was refined from the gossip furnace, and the second senior brother also saved up enough energy just now, why didn't he impress that one? ”

Sun Wukong also shook his head, if it was him, he would naturally not be injured by Zhu Bajie's "Shangbaoqin Golden Rake", which was the result of how many peaches and golden pills were fed.

However, what kind of exercises is this river demon in the quicksand river practicing, and how can he have such a tough body?

The battle in the quicksand river lasted until dark, Zhu Bajie and Xiao Bailong joined forces to defeat the river demon, and the river demon could not repel the attack of these two.

When the sun set in the west, the two sides tacitly agreed to give up, and the river demon plunged into the quicksand river, while Zhu Bajie and Xiao Bailong both returned to the shore.

"Happy, it's really happy, if I can fight this river demon a few more times, my old pig thinks that my cultivation can be restored to the Taiyi realm as soon as possible."

When Zhu Bajie was the marshal of Tianpeng in the Heavenly Court, he was also a master in the Taiyi realm, and he was at the level of the late stage of the Taiyi Golden Immortal, and the difference between the first line was not to enter Daluo.

Li Zhi hurriedly took out a few jars of water and wine from the "storage ring" and handed them to Zhu Bajie and Xiaobailong who returned from the fierce battle, Ao Lie also looked at Tang Seng twice, and saw that the master did not stop him, so he slapped open the sealing mud, like the second senior brother, "tons and tons" and drank it all.

"Uncle Clan, let's retreat a few miles back and find a suitable place to camp, and we'll take care of everything tomorrow."

It was already dark, and after a long day of vicious fighting, it was impossible to cross the river today no matter what, so everyone naturally would not refute Li Zhi's proposal.

……

"Wukong, Jiulang, that river demon is so difficult, and the quicksand river is so sinister, what should we do tomorrow?"

After everyone ate and drank, Zhu Bajie and Xiao Bailong were really tired, and they each found a place to sleep, but Tang Seng was accompanied by Sun Wukong and Li Zhi, and he was very worried.

"Uncle clan, learning scriptures from the west is a feat of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also a major event of Buddhism, according to Buddhism, 'the scriptures cannot be passed on lightly', and it is inevitable to experience some hardships."

Although Li Zhi knew the inside story of Journey to the West, he couldn't say it at this time.

Among them, Sun Wukong can be regarded as the one who can be trusted, Tang Seng can only be regarded as half at present, and Sun Wukong, who has cultivated to the highest level, is only the Great Perfection of the late stage of the Golden Immortal.

The matter of Journey to the West, the plotter is very big, Li Zhiyi has no evidence, and the second has no strength, once he says it, it is one thing for others to believe it or not, and it is unknown whether he can protect himself.

What happened in another time and space, Li Zhi was clear in his heart, if Tang Seng wanted to cross this quicksand river, two conditions must be met.

One is to recover the monsters in the quicksand river and let them help cross the river, and the other is naturally to use the red gourd in the hands of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The first condition, Li Zhi felt that there was no problem with proper planning, whether it was everyone working together, or directly indicating the identity of the person who learned the scriptures, it could be done.

It's just that the red gourd of Guanyin Bodhisattva must be used to turn into a treasure boat, and then with the nine skulls of the river demon, the river demon himself can only operate it, which is not something that Li Zhi can solve.

"Master, you should eat and drink, and when you finish eating and drinking, you will recite your scriptures, since Guanyin Bodhisattva has chosen you to learn scriptures in the west, you will definitely go over this quicksand river."

"Guanyin Bodhisattva also said that once we encounter trouble, we call Tiantian Ying, call the earth and earth spirit, and it's a big deal for my grandson to go to the South China Sea. Anyway, with the little junior brother here, we haven't moved the rescuers for a long time. ”

During the battle of "Black Wind Mountain", Guanyin Bodhisattva went out to help Sun Wukong subdue the black bear monster, it has been almost a year, and it seems that everything is solved by themselves?

Seeing Sun Wukong say this, Tang Seng also shook his head helplessly, not to blame Sun Wukong, but to feel that he had dragged them back.

Tang Seng felt that if it weren't for his own existence, the remaining four people would not have made much effort in this quicksand river in the past.

Therefore, it invisibly inspired Tang Seng to become stronger!

Worrying is useless, and emotion is superfluous, so Tang Seng didn't want anything, closed himself in the tent, sat on Li Zhi's futon with his knees crossed, and began to recite the "Duoxin Sutra" again.

……

Everything is silent, the sky is full of stars, and its light is shining.

"Little junior brother, the origin of this river demon is probably extraordinary, the weapons in his hands are not ordinary, all over the world, three mountains and five mountains, heaven and earth, my grandson has been to so many places, but the materials used to make his weapons have only been seen in one place."

Sun Wukong drank a bowl of wine, although it was only a strong wine in the world, it could not be compared with the elixir and jade liquid he had drunk, but it was better than nothing.

I don't know when Sun Wukong actually fell in love with this mouthful?

Li Zhi felt a little weak in his heart, his own appearance, Tang Seng began to cultivate, Sun Wukong fell in love with drinking, but Zhu Bajie always wanted to catch a monster to eat from time to time......

Such a scripture-learning team, after arriving at the West Tianling Mountain, can it still be a Buddhist disciple?

"I wonder where I've seen it? The younger brother is lonely and unheard, and he still can't tell what kind of weapon it is, let alone what kind of material it forged. ”

There are some things that Li Zhi didn't deliberately conceal, but once he said it, he didn't know how to explain it.

Just like the last time he was in Huangfengling, in a hurry, he broke the spell of the Yellow Wind King, but he rescued Sun Wukong in time to avoid the pain of "hurting his eyes".

Afterwards, Sun Wukong also mentioned this matter intentionally or unintentionally, and Li Zhidong finally vaguely talked about it, but this kind of thing is indispensable, and there are always times when it is not clear to explain it too many times.

"Little junior brother, do you know what's on the moon?"

The stars were dotted, and a crescent moon was in the sky, Li Zhi shook his head to show that he didn't understand what Sun Wukong meant.

"The moon is also called the Taiyin Star, opposite to the Sun Star, and it is said that it is all transformed by the left and right eyes of the Pangu God after he opened the heavens and the earth."

"There is the well-known Guanghan Palace on Taiyin Star, the famous Chang'e Fairy of the Three Realms, the Ni Dress Fairy of Bajie, and Wu Gang who is cutting down laurel trees all year round."

"And the real owner of Taiyin Star is Taiyin Star Jun, that is a real god, I have never seen it, it is said that hundreds of millions of years ago, it was already the existence of the peak of Daluo."

"Taiyin Star Lao Sun was fortunate enough to go once, and the materials used in the river demon weapon, Lao Sun saw it on Taiyin Star......"

Sun Wukong didn't say any more, the meaning of his words was already very clear, this is probably also a monster with a background and background.

Speaking of going to Taiyin Star, Brother Monkey's face was rarely slightly red, I don't know if he was drinking, or remembered some of the past?

Sun Wukong didn't speak again, but Li Zhi thought more.

It seems that in the team of learning scriptures, it is not the second senior brother Zhu Bajie who can really have a relationship with Fairy Chang'e, but the one in the quicksand river......