Chapter 169 Daluotian Seeks Help

This was the first time that Sun Wukong had gone to Daluo Heaven since he had escaped from the disaster at the Five Elements Mountain. Although the Four Heavenly Kings had known that Sun Wukong had escaped from the disaster, they were still a little surprised when they saw Sun Wukong in person again.

“Four Heavenly Kings.” Sun Wukong only called out, and the Four Heavenly Kings, along with the heavenly soldiers and generals guarding the Heavenly Gate, came forward.

“Great Sage, how come you have time to come to heaven today?” The Four Heavenly Kings first saluted to Sun Wukong, and then Chitralawan King asked.

Sun Wukong smiled and said, “It’s been many years since we last met. I came up here today to see you old friends.”

Guangmu Heavenly King said: “Great Sage, you took time out of your busy schedule to come visit us. We are truly honored.”

The heavenly soldiers and generals: “Yes, yes.”

The Heavenly King Virūdhaka stretched out his hand and said, “Great Sage, you came to see us. Did you bring any special products from the human world?”

Sun Wukong slapped the hand of the Heavenly King Zhangzhang back and waved his hand, saying, “Go away, I am so poor that I don’t even have a few pieces of silver. How can I bring you local specialties? You are dreaming.”

The Heavenly King Vaisravana said, “That’s not right, Great Sage. When you were the Monkey King, you could still bring us some of the specialties of the Flower-Fruit Mountain. Now that you have become the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, how come you don’t even have a few ounces of silver?”

“It’s hard to say.” Guangmu Tianwang shook his head and said, “If all the gods and Buddhas in the sky knew about this, they would say that you, Great Sage, are going backwards as you get older.”

“Hehehe.” Sun Wukong said with a smile: “I am poor for a reason. When I was the Monkey King, I had a family business. Now that my family business is gone and I have entered Buddhism, how can I not be poor?”

“Hey!” said Dhritarashtra, “Great Sage, Buddhism is not poor. What you said is really unreasonable.”

Sun Wukong said, “There are rich and poor everywhere. The Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats and Vajra are not poor. The poor ones are disciples like me. Okay, I won’t talk to you anymore. I have to go see the Jade Emperor.”

After saying that, Sun Wukong jumped into the South Heaven Gate and headed straight towards the Lingxiao Palace.

The four heavenly kings in the back hurriedly shouted, “Great Sage, please be polite when you meet the Jade Emperor.”

Watching Sun Wukong’s figure disappear in the auspicious purple clouds in the sky, the Four Heavenly Kings’ faces were filled with worry.

A celestial general nearby asked, “Why are the four celestial kings like this? Even if the Great Sage Equaling Heaven is disrespectful to Your Majesty, it is not your fault.”

The Heavenly King Dhritarashtra said with a sad face: “You don’t understand. His disrespect to the Jade Emperor is not our fault, but when the Jade Emperor gets angry, won’t we be the ones to catch him? Why do you want to be hit by the golden hoop?”

After hearing this, the general suddenly realized what was going on. Then he looked in the direction where Sun Wukong left and began to worry.

Inside the Tongming Hall, the Jade Emperor was talking to Laozi about the golden elixir, when they suddenly heard a noise coming from outside the Tongming Hall.

The Jade Emperor looked up and saw a monkey breaking through the obstruction of a group of spiritual officials and heavenly generals and going straight into the Lingxiao Palace.

The spiritual officials and heavenly generals immediately rushed in and surrounded Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong shouted, “Old Jade Emperor, I’m here to see you.”

The Jade Emperor laughed, raised his hand and waved, “All of you go down.”

Upon hearing this, all the spiritual officials and heavenly generals stood up straight, bowed to the Jade Emperor, received his orders, and then left the Tongming Hall.

At this time, Sun Wukong walked forward and clasped his fists towards the Jade Emperor, then asked him, “Jade Emperor, does the title of Great Sage Equaling Heaven that you bestowed upon me still count?”

The Jade Emperor was surprised and asked, “When did I deprive you of your title as the Great Sage Equaling Heaven?”

Sun Wukong said: “So it counts?”

The Jade Emperor stroked his long beard and said with a smile: “Since I have not deprived you of your official titles and rank, they will naturally count.”

Sun Wukong said, “Okay, okay, since it counts, I am in some trouble now, so please Your Majesty allocate one million heavenly soldiers and generals to me, I will be of use.”

“One million heavenly soldiers?!” The Jade Emperor was greatly shocked. “It didn’t take one million heavenly soldiers to capture you back then.”

Taishang Laojun asked with a smile: “You want one million heavenly soldiers and generals. Are you going to go to Lingshan to seek revenge on the Buddha?”

“Go away.” Sun Wukong waved his hand and sneered, saying, “You old man, you are talking nonsense, don’t harm me.”

Taishang Laojun said: “You monkey, you ate so many of my golden pills back then, and I haven’t settled the score with you yet. Now that you’re here, it’s just the right time to settle the score.”

“Go, go, go.” Sun Wukong simply plugged his ears with his fingers and said, “I won’t listen, I won’t listen. I just won’t listen.”

Seeing this, Taishang Laojun could only shake his head helplessly and pointed at Sun Wukong and said: “Your Majesty, look, this monkey is such a scoundrel.”

The Jade Emperor smiled and said to Sun Wukong, “Wukong, what do you want? What do you want so many heavenly soldiers and generals for?”

Sun Wukong put his hand down when he heard the Jade Emperor speak, and then said to the Jade Emperor: “It’s not a big deal, it’s just that a monster who occupies a mountain in the lower world has captured my master, so I ask the Jade Emperor to send troops to subdue the monster and save my master.” “Oh?” The Jade Emperor said in surprise: “What kind of monster is it that even you can’t do anything about it?”

Sun Wukong said: “In terms of martial arts, let alone this one monster, even a hundred of them would not be enough for me to defeat. The bad thing is that this monster has extremely strong magical powers, and I am really weak in this way.”

“I see.” The Jade Emperor nodded, and then said, “How about this, I will send the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha the Third Prince, the Giant Spirit God, and the Thunder Gods to help you subdue the demons. What do you think?”

When Sun Wukong heard this, he immediately smiled and said, “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

The Jade Emperor smiled slightly, and then said to Taibai Jinxing in a serious voice: “Pass on my order, and order the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha the Third Prince, the Giant Spirit God, and the Five Marshals of the Thunder Department to come to the audience.”

Taibai Jinxing bowed and said, “Yes, my Lord.” Then he walked out of Tongming Hall.

Soon, Taibai Jinxing led the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Nezha, the Giant Spirit, and the Five Marshals into the Tongming Palace.

Led by the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, everyone walked to the center of the hall and bowed, “Greetings, Your Majesty.”

“Stand up.” The Jade Emperor said with a smile.

“Thank you, Your Majesty.” Everyone stood up to express their gratitude, and then they saw Sun Wukong standing beside them.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King was just a little surprised, while the Giant Spirit and the Five Marshals of Thunder looked at Sun Wukong in surprise. As for Nezha, he raised his eyebrows at Sun Wukong.

At this time, the Jade Emperor said, “Heavenly King Totoro, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven helped Tang Monk to obtain Buddhist scriptures in the West, but he encountered a monster. The monster captured Tang Monk and hid in a cave. You should immediately lead Nezha, the Giant Spirit, the Five Marshals and their heavenly generals to the lower world to help the Great Sage Equaling Heaven subdue the monster and rescue Tang Monk.”

Upon hearing this, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King immediately bowed and said, “I obey your order.”

Nezha and the others also bowed and said, “We obey your order.”

The Jade Emperor nodded and smiled at Sun Wukong, “Wukong, you should go down to the mortal world immediately to save your master. If you go too late, I’m afraid your master has been eaten by the monster.”

Sun Wukong bowed and said, “Thank you, Jade Emperor.”

Afterwards, everyone bid farewell to the Jade Emperor, selected their own heavenly generals, and went down to the mortal world with Sun Wukong.

On the way down to the mortal world, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King asked Sun Wukong, “Great Sage, what kind of monster is that?”

Sun Wukong said: “It’s a tiger monster.”

“Tiger demon?” The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King nodded and asked, “What kind of Taoism is it?”

Sun Wukong said: “This demon is weak, just an earthly immortal.”

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Sun Wukong in shock. Nezha even said, “Back then, you caused a big disturbance in the Heavenly Palace and beat all the gods and stars in the sky. How come today you can’t even deal with a demon with earthly immortality?”

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King even said, “You are not deliberately letting him go because you still remember that the Buddha pressed you under the Five Finger Mountain?”

Sun Wukong said: “I know you don’t believe it, don’t be impatient, you will know how powerful that monster is in a moment.”

Nezha said with a look of disbelief: “Then I want to see what is so powerful about this monster that it forced the Monkey King, who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace, to this point.”

Sun Wukong said: “Although the monster’s physical martial arts are powerful, he is no match for me. It’s just that his magical powers are quite powerful, and the cave he lives in is as solid as a tortoise shell. As soon as he shows signs of weakness, he will hide in the cave, leaving you helpless.”

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King nodded and said, “That’s fine. When the time comes, let the five Thunder Marshals lead the other generals to block his retreat route so that he can’t run back to the cave. We will definitely be able to capture him in one fell swoop.”

Sun Wukong shook his head and said, “I’m afraid it’s not that easy.”

Marshal Deng, the leader of the five great thunder marshals, said with a smile: “Great Sage, do not underestimate the net of my thunder department. Once the net is set, no matter how powerful a demon is, he will not be able to escape!”

Sun Wukong said: “Don’t speak too early.”

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone had already descended to the Jietian. Sun Wukong looked at the Tiger Spirit Cave on Ziluo Mountain that was looming below and said, “We’re here, everyone. The strange cave is right there.”

When everyone heard this, they immediately looked down and saw a tall and majestic mountain appear before their eyes.

The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King immediately ordered everyone to descend from the clouds, and together with Sun Wukong, they landed above the Tiger Spirit Cave. The Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King only glanced at the Tiger Spirit Cave, and said seriously, “Sure enough, there are some tricks.”

Nezha also said: “There is indeed a mysterious force protecting the surroundings of the cave, and it is quite powerful. It seems that this monster is indeed not simple.”

　There is no more tonight, don’t wait, go to bed early, good night

　
(End of this chapter)