Chapter 146: Mount Pingding, Pan Huang

After receiving his orders, Descending Dragon went straight to Mount Pingding.

"Let this monk see what exactly is inside your body," Tathagata said to himself, looking toward the East.

Upon arriving at Mount Pingding, Descending Dragon found Golden Horn and Silver Horn, who had already transformed into demons.

"I wonder what business the Arhat Descending Dragon has with our brothers?" King Golden Horn asked upon seeing the Arhat.

"This monk is here to convey the will of my Buddha." Descending Dragon looked at Golden Horn and Silver Horn, a trace of arrogance appearing on his face, as if everyone from Mount Ling was like this.

Hearing the words of the Arhat Descending Dragon, King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn frowned, their faces showing a hint of displeasure.

"We are not people of your Mount Ling; what does Duobao's will have to do with us?" King Silver Horn said coldly.

Descending Dragon was about to lose his temper upon hearing King Silver Horn, but remembering the Buddha's instructions, he forcibly swallowed his anger.

"My Buddha asked me to bring a message to you two." The attitude of the Arhat Descending Dragon had improved slightly compared to before.

"What message?" Seeing the change in the Arhat's attitude, King Golden Horn gestured for him to speak.

"My Buddha asked me to convey to you both that once the scripture seeker arrives, you may let go and act as you please, without considering any consequences," the Arhat Descending Dragon said.

"Without considering any consequences? Then what if we invite reinforcements?" King Silver Horn asked.

They had some understanding of the scripture seeker's situation; they had long known that the Golden-Winged Peng and Yang Jian were already Da Luo Golden Immortals. As for Sun Wukong and Ao Mo'ang, they hadn't really made a move along the way, so Golden Horn and Silver Horn's information on them remained at the peak of Taiyi Golden Immortal. Furthermore, regarding Xuanzang and the Black Bear Spirit—Xuanzang could not be truly touched, so he was not considered; the Black Bear Spirit was just a minor demon, not worth considering.

Since the Arhat Descending Dragon said to act as they pleased, Golden Horn and Silver Horn first thought of maximizing merit. Since they wanted to maximize merit, they had to delay the scripture seeker. How could they keep Xuanzang in their hands against two Da Luo Golden Immortals and two peak Taiyi Golden Immortals? Nothing but calling for help.

"No problem!" Upon hearing that Golden Horn and Silver Horn wanted to invite reinforcements, the Arhat Descending Dragon pondered for a moment and nodded. The Buddha said to let them act as they pleased, so inviting reinforcements should be allowed, right?

"In that case, go back and tell your Buddha that we will definitely let go and do a good job, and we will certainly not let down your Buddha's good intentions," King Golden Horn said with a smile.

"Farewell!" Having received the reply from King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn, Descending Dragon bowed to them and then left.

"Big Brother, are we really going to let go and stop the scripture seeker? The Master's original instruction was for us to just go through the motions and get the merit! But now..." King Silver Horn looked at King Golden Horn, hesitating to speak.

In reality, he also wanted to maximize the merit this time, but King Silver Horn was afraid that the Master would be unhappy in the end.

"Why don't we go ask our Godmother?" King Golden Horn thought of something and said to King Silver Horn.

"Good! If Godmother agrees, the Master shouldn't object!" King Silver Horn said.

Without any hesitation, the two went to Mount Yalong.

"Godmother, that is what the Arhat Descending Dragon said. We couldn't make up our minds, so we came to ask for your advice!" King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn nestled at the knees of a woman dressed in goose-yellow palace attire who still possessed charm; this woman was the Yalong Great Immortal in the Yalong Cave of Mount Yalong.

"Are you afraid that your Master will blame you afterwards?" The woman in palace attire stroked the heads of King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn and said with a smile.

"Godmother understands us best; we are indeed afraid of the Master." King Silver Horn nodded.

"Since they have delivered the merit to you, just take it; you don't need to consider so much," the woman in palace attire said to King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn.

"Yes, Godmother!" After receiving the answer from the woman in palace attire, the hearts of King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn finally settled. As long as the Master didn't blame them afterwards, they could definitely maximize the merit this time.

After staying on Mount Yalong for another half day, King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn rose to take their leave.

"Next time you come to see your mother, be a bit cleaner." Before they left, the woman in palace attire rolled her eyes at King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn.

"Hehe, Godmother, we will definitely pay attention next time, definitely pay attention." King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn chuckled, then left Mount Yalong.

"This time, you came to find me on your own initiative, so I will not compromise again. After this matter is over, I will definitely go to Tang Valley to find you." The Yalong Great Immortal watched the backs of King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn as they left, murmuring to herself in her heart.

Returning to the Lotus Cave on Mount Pingding, King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn began to contact people. They contacted people from the Heavenly Court. The current Heavenly Court was in the hands of the Great Golden Crow, and since King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn were the boy attendants of Taishang Laojun, the Great Golden Crow would give them some face.

Before long, the Great Golden Crow sent his confidants and others to Mount Pingding. Merit, who would think it too little? As long as there was merit, no matter the size, one had to strive for it.

"Many thanks to everyone for coming. Tathagata of Mount Ling said that we don't need to hold back this time; let go and act. As long as everyone makes a move, there will be merit." King Golden Horn looked at Bai Ze and the others who had arrived and said with a smile.

Bai Ze and the others were Quasi-Saints; blocking Xuanzang and the others would be very easy.

But what King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn didn't know was that Bai Ze coming here wasn't just as simple as blocking Xuanzang and the others. He came here with another task: to give a batch of his subordinates to Xuanzang.

Pan Huang and the Great Golden Crow had originally discussed having him plant a batch of the Demon Race on the scripture-seeking path, and then when Xuanzang and the others passed by, they would become Xuanzang's disciples and help strengthen Xuanzang's team. But when the Great Golden Crow started to implement it, he found that the scripture-seeking path was basically already occupied, which made him very depressed.

In the end, the Great Golden Crow could only settle some Demon Race people in some unimportant places.

But this time, he suddenly received a request for help from those two boy attendants of Taishang Laojun. The Great Golden Crow thought, isn't this an excellent opportunity to help the enemy? So he had Bai Ze gather those Demon Race clansmen on the scripture-seeking path and bring them all to Mount Pingding. As for how to distribute these Demon Race members, that depended on Bai Ze's ability.

"Since the fellow Daoist says so, this poor Daoist has an immature idea." After King Golden Horn's voice fell, Bai Ze spoke. At this time, Bai Ze also had to speak; otherwise, if King Golden Horn arranged it himself, it was very likely that he wouldn't achieve the result Bai Ze wanted.

"Demon Saint Bai Ze, please speak!" King Golden Horn looked at Bai Ze and said respectfully.

Bai Ze called him a fellow Daoist, but he couldn't really think that he could be mentioned in the same breath as Bai Ze and the others. Bai Ze was a figure from the same era as their Master, and back then he was the strategist of the Demon Court. Even now, Bai Ze's status in the Heavenly Court was very important.

"Our Mount Pingding is nearly a thousand miles away from the Wuji Kingdom. This poor Daoist brought many Demon Race disciples this time. We can pave the entire thousand-mile distance. I wonder what the fellow Daoist thinks?" Bai Ze looked at King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn and asked.

King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn thought about it and felt that this method was very feasible. If their forces paved the entire thousand-mile distance, they would definitely be able to delay the scripture seeker's pace to the greatest extent.

After they walked out of the Baoxiang Kingdom, everyone participating in this tribulation would receive quite a bit of merit. This was definitely an excellent thing. Otherwise, if everyone gathered on this Mount Pingding, the final result would be that a large portion of people wouldn't be able to share any merit at all.

Thinking of this, King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn nodded repeatedly, indicating that Bai Ze's plan was excellent.

"In that case, let's start distributing the personnel." Bai Ze nodded with a smile.

At the Lotus Cave on Mount Pingding, Bai Ze still left it to Golden Horn and Silver Horn and the minor demons under his command. As for the others, Bai Ze arranged one person every three to five miles, and didn't assign any minor demons. Those Demon Race clansmen didn't care, because they all knew their tasks; whether there were minor demons or not was not important at all.

On the side of Mount Shouyang, Pan Huang had been paying attention to Xuanzang and the others since Guanyin was seriously injured and dying. Knowing that their next stop was the Lotus Cave on Mount Pingding, Pan Huang instantly became interested.

"Lotus Cave on Mount Pingding, if I remember correctly, there seems to be some Yalong Cave in the surrounding area, and in the cave there is a Yalong Great Immortal, who is the Godmother of those Golden Horn and Silver Horn. Someone who can make a Saint's boy attendant willingly call her Godmother is probably not a simple character. Just in time, I have some free time, let's go take a look. In my previous life, some people on the internet guessed, now that I have come, let's verify it on the spot." Pan Huang stood up and murmured to himself.

"Husband, are you going out?" Just as Pan Huang walked out of the Sheng Huang Hall, he ran into Chang Xi and Xi He.

"Just in time, we haven't gone out for a walk in a long time. Today I happen to be in the mood, let's go out for a walk together." Pan Huang said with a smile.

"Okay!" Chang Xi said with a smile.

"Where are we going?" Xi He asked.

"Let's go to Baoxiang Kingdom to take a look. Xuanzang and the others are almost at Mount Pingding. Let's go see them." Pan Huang said.

"Okay!" Actually, the two sisters didn't care where they went at all; as long as they were with Pan Huang, they could go anywhere.

When they arrived at Mount Pingding, they happened to catch up with Bai Ze's distribution, and this scene directly stunned the three of Pan Huang.

"What is the situation? Isn't it said that there are only eighty-one tribulations? Just this distance from Mount Pingding to Wuji Kingdom alone is more than eighty-one tribulations, right?" Xi He looked at the scene before her and said in surprise.

Although Chang Xi didn't speak, the surprised expression on her face showed that her mood was not calm at all.

Pan Huang could vaguely guess what was going on, but this was too obvious, right? From Mount Pingding to Wuji Kingdom, it was only a thousand miles in total, and Bai Ze had actually settled nearly a thousand Demon Race members in this distance of less than a thousand miles, and their strength was not lower than Golden Immortal. Would Tathagata be willing to see this scene?

Afterwards, he communicated with the Human Dao and began to calculate. Very quickly, Pan Huang knew the cause and effect of the matter.

"So that's how it is!" After knowing the cause and effect of the matter, Pan Huang gave a wry smile.

"Husband, did you calculate what is going on?" Seeing the wry smile on Pan Huang's face, Chang Xi asked quickly.

"It's Tathagata!"

"Tathagata? What happened to Tathagata?" Xi He was a little confused. The westward journey was related to the rise of the entire West; Tathagata shouldn't have the guts to do this, right?

Theoretically speaking, the greater the obstacle caused to the scripture seeker, the more merit obtained afterwards, but this had an upper limit. If they did it according to Bai Ze's method, they wouldn't get any merit at all. But it seemed that apart from King Golden Horn and King Silver Horn, the others were not doing it for merit at all.

"Tathagata seems to have discovered something in Baoxiang Kingdom, and then he asked the Arhat Descending Dragon to tell Golden Horn and Silver Horn that they could let go and act after the scripture seeker arrived." Pan Huang told the sisters Xi He and Chang Xi the result he had calculated.

"Then what did Tathagata discover?" Xi He asked.

"I don't know." Pan Huang shook his head.

After hearing this, the two sisters didn't intend to ask any more questions.

Very quickly, Bai Ze finished the arrangements. After finishing, he looked at Golden Horn and Silver Horn: "Two fellow Daoists, is this okay?"

"Okay, very okay!" Golden Horn said excitedly.

"Big Brother, we seem to have forgotten Godmother!" King Silver Horn suddenly said.

"No problem, we can go ask Godmother for help when the time comes, and then Godmother will also be able to share in the merit." King Golden Horn said with a smile.

In fact, he had considered Mount Yalong at the beginning, but in the end, King Golden Horn didn't say it out loud, because he thought that he and Silver Horn could go ask their Godmother for reinforcements. No matter whether they could beat the scripture seeker or not, they could go ask for reinforcements, and then their Godmother would also be able to share in the merit.

"Demon Saint Bai Ze, what should we do next?" Silver Horn looked at Bai Ze and asked.

"Wait. The scripture seeker will come sooner or later. We just need to sit and wait for the rabbit." Bai Ze said with a smile.

"Okay!" Golden Horn and Silver Horn nodded.

"Husband, if I am not mistaken, these Golden Horn and Silver Horn should be the boy attendants of the Saint Taishang Laojun, right?" In the sky, Xi He suddenly said.

"That's right, they are indeed Laojun's fire-tending boy attendants." Pan Huang nodded.

"As a Saint's boy attendants, they definitely have their own pride, but now a Godmother has appeared in their mouths, which makes me extremely curious. This is also the reason why you came here, Husband, right?" Xi He asked with a smile.

"Husband, do you think their Godmother could be..."

"Just know it in your heart, don't say it out loud. We will explore slowly, and we will eventually know the answer." Pan Huang stopped Chang Xi from saying what she was about to say.

After all, these things were just guesses now. If the facts were not true, then it would be tarnishing the Saint's reputation. Pan Huang didn't care, but the sisters Chang Xi and Xi He would likely be plotted against by Laojun.

"Alright then, let's explore it properly!" Chang Xi stuck out her tongue, revealing a playful expression.

Afterwards, Pan Huang waved his hand, and the clouds around them instantly turned into a large rocking chair. The three of them lay on the rocking chair, and Pan Huang waved his hand again, and several plates of small snacks appeared beside them.

Very quickly, Mount Pingding and the surrounding area fell into silence, and those Demon Race members arranged by Bai Ze also hid themselves, as if nothing had happened.

As for Xuanzang and the others, after Guanyin was rescued by Tathagata, Yuding went to the Netherworld to bring up the soul of Baihu Xiu. Her lifespan was not yet exhausted, so Yuding doing this was not considered violating the rules of reincarnation.

After retrieving Baihu Xiu's soul, Yuding used Baihu Xiu's remaining flesh and blood to create a physical body for her, and Baihu Xiu became an infant again.

As for Kui Mulang, he did not harm the human race, and even Baoxiang Kingdom developed very well under his protection, so Yuding let him go.

But Kui Mulang did not leave Baoxiang Kingdom; he wanted to wait for Baihu Xiu to grow up again, and he wanted to continue his relationship with Baihu Xiu.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 147 =====