Chapter 425

"Great God Without Heaven, I and my junior brother have already discussed it. We will next go to Pansi Cave to meet a few old friends, and by the way retrieve my Old Sun's fourth root instrument. After passing Pansi Cave, we will then go to Flaming Mountain to see Brother Niu." Sun Wukong came before Luode, clasped his fists, and spoke.

"No problem. Then our next stop will be Pansi Ridge!" Luode nodded and spoke.

In the original text of Journey to the West, the description of those seven spider spirits' appearance is exquisitely beautiful to the extreme. How was it put again?

Like Chang'e descending to the mortal realm, a fairy falling into the dust of the world!

In the original Journey to the West, it can be said to be of national beauty and heavenly fragrance level, surpassing even the seven fairies of the Heavenly Palace and Chang'e of the Moon Palace.

Such peerless beauty—if one cannot see it, then coming to this world would be in vain. As an old lecher, Luode naturally wants to go see.

"Alright, Great God Without Heaven, I, Old Pig, have gathered intelligence: the Lady of Wushan wants to give that old spider spirit a gift.

That gift is me, Old Pig. I have already devised a small plan, bewildering the two little demons of Wushan. As long as I lie inside that gift box, I can impersonate them and enter Pansi Ridge."

Zhu Bajie hoisted his rake on his shoulder, spoke proudly.

This time, we will surely frighten that younger sister half to death—even if you go in this appearance yourself, she would not dare come out to see herself.

Thinking about it still brings a little excitement! "Oh! Bajie, you idiot, with your thoughts you could even fool the people sending gifts from Wushan?

Won't they be turning the tables on you, deliberately taking your qin?" Sun Wukong's eyes rolled, he placed his hand on Zhu Bajie's shoulder, and spoke teasingly.

Given his understanding of this stinky pig, this kind of thing—this stinky pig is definitely going to suffer a loss, and maybe they've even set a trap, waiting for you to walk into it! "Senior Brother, you are underestimating your junior brother. I have inquired widely about this matter.

I am waiting to find your root instrument in the Little Western Heaven, then immediately go to Pansi Ridge. Old Pig here wants to save you, but you think Old Pig has been deceived by others." Zhu Bajie spoke.

"Sirs, it is said that the old spider spirit in Pansi Cave marries eight husbands a year. Each husband she takes in does not survive past one night—on the wedding night itself, that old spider spirit eats him to nourish herself." Matianba spoke with some lingering fear. (In the Shadow God Diagram, this old spider spirit, though infatuated with Bajie, plays superbly flowery—damn, even her several daughters are born from her and other demons.

Moreover, every year she marries eight times, and on every festival she marries someone—nominally marrying, but actually capturing people to her cave to eat them alive.) "Old spider spirit? Hehe, Bajie, explain to me what's going on. Back then, didn't Old Sun tell you to clean up those seven sisters? How did you miss one?" Sun Wukong suddenly put his arm around Zhu Bajie's neck and asked.

"You damn monkey, what's wrong with you? Don't you know? You're here pretending not to know! I curse you." Zhu Bajie shoved Sun Wukong's arm away and spoke.

What is this all about? You, the Horse Keeper, don't you know? Can't you see what's between Old Pig and that Old Seven?

I already feel terrible for killing her six sisters—if I kill him too, am I still human? Just after finishing fish-and-water joy with you, you go and kill her!

Sun Wukong hearing this also smiled and said no more—he naturally knew what was between Bajie and that spider spirit.

But this is all karmic affinity. Back then he wanted to help Bajie sever this karmic tie, so worldly affection wouldn't prevent Bajie from attaining enlightenment. Now he wants to fulfill it for Bajie.

Hearing this, Luode was somewhat dumbfounded!

What nonsense, what situation? The old generation of spider spirits was beaten to death! Alright! In the original, Sun Wukong indeed killed the seven spider spirits. So who is the spider spirit now inside?

From what they say, of the seven spider spirits back then, one should still remain, having taken over Pansi Cave—this makes Luode somewhat disappointed.

These seven fairy spider spirits now only one remains, and most importantly, this spider fairy is already old.

This old thing—what the hell am I still looking at! "Tell me, what exactly is this Pansi Commander situation? Weren't the spider spirits killed by you? How are they alive again?" Luode spoke.

"Great God Without Heaven, you don't know! The seven spider spirits back then—I, Old Sun, did indeed send Bajie to silence them. But Bajie this guy fell for the seventh sister.

So he and the seventh sister hit it off, and as a result he spared her life. But after that, I, Old Sun, have been dead for several hundred years—I really don't know the details.

Matianba, you often mix among demons—you should know the exact situation, right? What is Pansi Cave like now?" Sun Wukong looked at Matianba and asked.

"Great Sage Grandfather, you asked the right person! I indeed know this: after you master and disciple left, the old spider spirit

single-handedly upheld the Pansi Cave estate, raised her several daughters, and after Great Sage Grandfather you died.

This old spider spirit's several daughters indeed also have some abilities—they have propped up the great estate. Now the one in charge inside is the younger generation of spider spirits: one old one, six somewhat younger little spider spirits." Matianba immediately spoke, introducing the current situation of Pansi Cave to everyone.

Hearing this, Luode silently nodded—alright! The former seven spider spirits can't be seen anymore, but now a few younger ones have come out.

"Besides that, beside Pansi Cave, Huanghua Guan and Zijun Mountain have indeed also been occupied by other demons. The Bodhisattva Piliba was killed several hundred years ago, and even his son was implicated.

The Bird of Mao was also harmed, turned into a demon named Huiyue Mojun. Who deals with him is unknown, but there is a rumor: the reason they are dealt with is because they once helped Great Sage Grandfather." Matianba again introduced the situation of Zijun Mountain to everyone.

Hearing this, Sun Wukong also shook his head helplessly, sighed—he hadn't thought that even though they were dead, he still couldn't settle the karma he owed.

Indeed, wanting to die once and for all is the most cowardly thought—but back then I had no way. If not for being at the end of my rope, truly unable to move the golden hoop on my head, how would I have chosen death?

"Let's go! It seems Pansi Ridge has a huge pile of grudges and karma to settle. We'll go early, settle these things early." Luode smiled and spoke.

Everyone nodded. Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie went ahead to clear the way, two tigers carried Azeroth and Luode, Matianba followed behind running, and the group headed toward Pansi Cave.

On the road, Bajie led everyone into a mountain cave—inside lay one large and one small black wild pig demon.

"Hehe, Bajie, where did you dig up these two relatives? They look quite like you." Sun Wukong gave a nasty smile at Zhu Bajie and spoke.

"I say, Monkey Brother, can't you stop teasing me? These two pig demons are from Wushan. They were on their way to deliver a gift, and I had Old Pig rob them. They were supposed to deliver a bridegroom, and I Old Pig came to be that bridegroom, so they could carry us over." Zhu Bajie looked at the drowsy two wild pig demons, then pointed at the iron box beside them, and spoke.

He had long had his eye on these two wild pig demons. When they came out, he just happened to knock them unconscious, then let loose whatever was in the box.

"You knocked them unconscious and now they're hiding in this box—can they still take you to Pansi Cave?" Sun Wukong planted his iron rod in the ground and asked.

"My Monkey Brother, Senior Brother, you just don't get it—Old Pig has been a pig for several hundred years, so I still understand my pig-demon colleagues.

This bunch of filthy pig demons—how much brains could they have? After waking up, they'll just think they slept somewhere! Old Pig handles things—you can rest assured." Zhu Bajie patted his chest and assured.

In this world, only pig demons understand pig demons best—this bunch really doesn't have much of a brain.

"Hehe, Old Sun thinks you're definitely being tricked this time—alright! I and you will hide together. Great God Without Heaven, just trouble you to follow behind." Sun Wukong turned to Luode and spoke.

This pig head guarantees being tricked—sending these two pig demons down to deliver goods, and still being robbed by you? That must be aimed at you—but luckily Old Sun is following you, so he can keep you worry-free.

Luode nodded, took Azeroth, the two tiger mounts, and Matianba, and hid Ajin Longnu outside the cave. He let Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie crawl into the iron box, then Zhu Bajie cast a spell, awakening the two pig demons on the ground.

"Oh no, oh no—how long have we been asleep? Don't delay the clearing time—if Grandma at home blames us, we can't afford the sin!" One pig demon scrambled up, then spoke with a panicked face.

"It's all because of you, because you're lazy—hurry hurry hurry, we must quickly lift the gift and go."

"Oh no, it's tonight—hurry hurry, we must quickly pack up and leave."

After the two pig demons woke up, indeed they had no suspicion—just thought they had slept, slept too long, immediately lay on top of that big box, then set off toward Pansi Commander.

The two pig demons' pace is still quite fast, and moreover this place is not too far from Pansi Commander. At midnight that day, the two pig demons lifted the coffin and arrived at Pansi Ridge, near Zhu Family's Lanxi Village.

This is a ruined village—long ago someone lived there, but now wandering everywhere are some insect demons and ghosts.

Just after dealing with the two little demons, Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong saw in the distance what seemed to be a female sentinel.

She wore a set of dark blue long robes, her hair tied in a married woman's coil, and at her eyes were two black tear streaks—this outfit is indeed quite peculiar.

After seeing Zhu Bajie and Sun Wukong, she froze slightly, then flashed her body and vanished.

"This girl looks somewhat familiar to me?" Sun Wukong looked at the suddenly vanished smoky-makeup woman, somewhat at a loss, and spoke.

"Hehe! Monkey Brother, once we go in we'll know—what are you rushing for?" Zhu Bajie laughed and spoke.

My monkey brother, this place not only has my old pig's karmic ties, but also yours! It's just the karmic ties left behind by the destined person of your previous life.

These few days everyone stayed together, that Vajra Golden Dragon girl looked at the eldest senior brother with her eyes, and Zhu Bajie also noticed something was off! After a little inquiry, he immediately understood the situation, hahaha, Monkey, you're probably in trouble this time.

These little sprites are naturally no match for Wukong and Bajie, they were dealt with by the two senior brothers in a few moves, and then the two arrived at the gate of the Zhu family mansion, cast a spell, and turned into the two pig demons just now.

"Bajie, is it okay for us to go in like this? That woman who suddenly disappeared just now should have spread the word, right?" After Sun Wukong transformed into the appearance of a pig demon, he spoke.

"Don't worry! These two pig demons were supposed to come anyway, they shouldn't arouse any suspicion, and even if they do, with us brothers joining forces, are we still afraid of them?" Zhu Bajie spoke.

After Sun Wukong nodded, Zhu Bajie went up to knock on the door, and the one who opened the door was a long-horned ghost king with two sharp horns.

After opening the door, he said that a banquet was being held inside, and invited the two of them to come in and have a cup of wine.

But as soon as they entered the gate, it was shut, and then a beautiful woman wearing green palace attire and with her hair flowing came out from inside the house.

Luode and the others waited outside, and indeed some sounds came from inside, and then a sound of fighting was heard.

Immediately afterward, everyone could only hear Sun Wukong's cursing! and Bajie's roar.

Under Luode's gesture, Ma Tianba and the Vajra Golden Dragon immediately stepped forward to push open the gate of the Zhu family mansion and entered, only to see Sun Wukong angrily looking down at the Pan Si Cave.

"Great Sage Grandfather, what, what exactly is going on here?" Ma Tianba stepped forward and asked.

"I said this idiot can't accomplish anything, only causes trouble, entrusted him with a task, he never managed to do it right, this time he really fell into someone's scheme.

The true gift in this cave is not the two little demons carrying things in their hands, but precisely that idiot.

I had already driven away that little spider demon, but unexpectedly the opponent suddenly took out an embroidery needle and struck Bajie, injuring him, and seemingly hooked his soul away." Sun Wukong spoke.

That embroidery needle does look somewhat familiar, if I'm not mistaken, it should be the embroidery needle of the Bodhisattva Pibaluoba, previously they used this embroidery needle to successfully subdue the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, making him the dojo of the Bodhisattva Pibaluoba, the mountain king of Zijun Mountain.

I never thought I had been dead for hundreds of years, but unexpectedly the Bodhisattva Pibaluoba died unexpectedly, and now Zijun Mountain has also been occupied by that White-Eyed Demon Lord, and this embroidery needle has also fallen into his hands.

The thieving conduct of the White-Eyed Demon Lord, Sun Wukong knows, ordinary demons are indeed no match for him, but if it is the Bodhisattva Pibaloba, and also his son, the nemesis of all insect demons, the Nest-Day Chicken.

The Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord is absolutely impossible to defeat, unless there is something fishy about this, with a high person helping behind the scenes, otherwise the Nest-Day Chicken only needs to cry out once, and all the insect demons over the mountains and fields will die cleanly.

"Now this situation can only be investigated by entering the Pan Si Cave, let's go, we'll enter the Pan Si Cave together." Luode said and then took the lead to jump into the Pan Si Cave, a huge spider web blocked the people. However, with everyone's current cultivation.

This spider web can only be some small threads, soon they broke free, looking from afar, a blue-green large spider was frantically fleeing.

"This monkey, this monkey, why can it speak? When he came before, he didn't say a word to me, now why does he speak?" The fourth sister among the spider demons hid to the side, looking at Luode and Sun Wukong's group who had already entered the Pan Si Cave, muttering to herself.

This monkey is different from the destined people who came before, completely unlike that destined person who was by his side back then.

Moreover, Zhu Bajie is not as they imagined, according to what the mother said, Zhu Bajie's appearance is that of a short-statured person, only about five feet tall.

But the Zhu Bajie she saw today, however, is a dignified appearance, handsome features, height over eight feet, a handsome man.

The second sister, upon seeing him, also praised Zhu Bajie's good looks, no wonder the mother is fond of him!

Such appearance, no wonder the mother keeps thinking of him, but he still cares more about the destined person, how is this destined person different from the one he saw before! And he keeps calling himself "my old Sun, my old Sun," does he really think he is Sun Wukong?

The fourth sister shook her head and was about to leave, but at this moment, the fourth sister suddenly found herself unable to move, as if being dragged by an invisible force to a person in front of her.

"Miss, you've been peeking from the side for so long, why don't you come out to greet guests, fulfill your duty as a host?" Luode looked at the young spider demon in front of him with a half-smile, and spoke.

Wearing smoky makeup, she looks quite pretty, at this moment Sun Wukong's face looks somewhat ugly, he finally knows what Bajie meant by karmic ties, this damned pig-headed old Sun, I will sooner or later beat you to death with a stick.

If I had known, my old Sun should have first gone to Flaming Mountain, then I wouldn't have fallen for your trick, been brought here by you to receive this past life's karmic ties, how should my old Sun receive this past life's karmic ties? And there is also a Vajra Golden Dragon girl beside her! However, this karmic tie is caused by the destined person, what does it have to do with my old Sun? And it's just an acquaintance, this girl's one-sided affection, not my old Sun's business.

"You, you are who? Let me go, you hurry and let me go!" The fourth sister struggled and spoke.

"Tell me, little girl, what's your name?" Luode asked with a smile.

"I, I am the daughter of the Zhu family, ranked fourth." The fourth sister immediately spoke.

"Oh! So you're the fourth sister!" (End of chapter)