One person above Qing Huang Ting

Chapter 837 Meeting the Bull Demon King
Hu Xiuwu stared at the unwavering gaze of the chosen one.

The atmosphere between the two was so serious that even the slightly tipsy Pigsy dared not speak casually.

The atmosphere was silent and the hall was cold. A gloomy and solemn atmosphere weighed heavily on both the man of destiny and Pigsy, so much so that Pigsy shrank back.

After a long while, Hu Xiuwu let out a breath: "Then you guys continue on your way. Old Niu has been tormented by that thing for a hundred years and can't take it anymore."

"Give him an end."

Pigsy secretly let out a sigh of relief and quickly tried to lighten the mood:
"Let's go, nephew, I'll take you to see the Mighty Bull Demon King."

"Ask that old ox how he manages the Flaming Mountain. He just let his brat turn it into this mess."

Pigsy took the lead and walked towards the back of the Azure Cloud Palace. Before leaving, he made sure to take all the Dragon Oil Wine from the palace and put it into the Celestial Man's Shangqing Treasure Gourd.

Dragon Cream Wine is a tribute wine from the Heavenly Court. It's a rare item not only in the mortal world but also in the Heavenly Court. Once it's gone, it's gone forever, so you should take as much as you can.

"Nephew, why aren't you leaving yet?"

Pigsy greeted the chosen one.

The man of destiny carefully put away the Shangqing Treasure Gourd filled with Dragon Oil Wine, bowed to Hu Xiuwu to take his leave, and ran in the direction of Pigsy.

Watching the two figures, one tall and one short, gradually disappear into the distance, Hu Xiuwu murmured to himself:

"A vow is not something you say, but something you do."

It's unreliable for someone to say they're destined to inherit Sun Wukong's mantle; their actions must demonstrate it.

"The test has only just begun. What kind of answer will you, the chosen one, provide?"

Hu Xiuwu gazed ahead, his figure drifting in the wind through the palace walls, strange forests, and ravines.

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The wind blew through the strange forest and ravines, and the man of destiny had just smashed a Yin general into dust with a single blow.

A cool breeze was blowing, bringing a refreshing coolness rarely seen in the Flaming Mountains.

Pigsy, carrying his nine-toothed rake, spat upon seeing the ghostly soldiers:
"That old bastard, even in death he still haunts us. The ghost soldiers and generals he released are truly causing endless trouble."

"Little fox, are you sure your father is ahead?"

"That place was ablaze with fire ahead. I, Old Pig, have been here before. There's nothing of value here, not even a blade of grass grows. Is that the mighty Bull Demon King, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, hiding here?"

Sometime later, Pingping reappeared, her little face resolute:

"My father secluded himself to cultivate in the crater of meteorites behind the fiery site."

She also defended the Bull Demon King, saying, "Seclusion and cultivation are meant to purify the mind and reduce desires, and to work hard and diligently. Otherwise, how can one forge the mighty Bull Demon King's body and the ambition to conquer the heavens and storm the palace?"

Pigsy curled his lip, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

It wouldn't be appropriate to speak ill of someone's father in front of their daughter.

Now that the direction had been determined, the chosen one walked ahead to clear the way for the team.

The Firelight Land encompasses the entire Flaming Mountain; the soil is pitch black, and the rocks are hard, sharp, and mostly basalt.

The riverbed, which had been dry for a thousand years, had become a passage for the demons of Flaming Mountain to travel and transport goods.

Led by Pingping, the chosen ones followed this mountain path to the depths of the Fireland.

During this period, there was also the Red and Silver Chariot from Red Boy's Five Elements Chariots.

However, reality is not a game. It is impossible for a person destined to be able to defeat a demon king, yet still find themselves in a difficult battle when facing leaders with cultivation levels below Taiyi Golden Immortal.

The Red Silver Chariots failed to stop the Chosen One's advance. With a single [Glassy Trap], they were shattered into pieces, beyond recognition. Pingping, disguised as Red Boy, watched with heartache, almost wanting to kill someone. The five Five Elements Chariots had been with him for nearly a thousand years, but as soon as the Chosen One arrived, they were all wiped out, leaving not a single chariot behind.

Red Boy was seething with hatred, but he still had to smile and praise the chosen one for his prowess.

Pigsy, being carefree and boastful, exclaimed, "What's so special about this? Back in the day, I, Brother Monkey, could hold off five carts by myself, not to mention Red Boy!"

"I just finished repairing these five cars!"

Red Boy didn't want to stay here any longer, lest he lose his temper and give Pigsy, who was rubbing salt into his wounds, a good beating.

"Brother Monkey, let's hurry up. Ahead is the Firelight Ground - the Brick Pit where my father is."

After eliminating the silver-red chariot, the three proceeded without hindrance.

The character Xinghongxian, who used to block the way here in the game, has not appeared again.

It was Red Boy who secretly gave the order for Xinghongxian to leave.

If the chosen one can kill the land deity of Flaming Mountain, then Xinghongxian is definitely no match for him. Why bother with futile efforts and lose a general for nothing?

With Red Boy secretly coordinating, apart from the countless ghostly soldiers and generals who were now acting haphazardly without a leader, no one else could stop them.

If the Yin soldiers and generals were not strengthened by Yin energy in the Yin-Yang illusion of the Flaming Mountain land, they would be no match for the chosen ones.

It's just a matter of traveling; it won't take the chosen one much longer.

In the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the Man of Destiny, along with Pigsy and Pingping, arrived at the Firelight Land and the Fallen Brick Land.

The "Fallen Brick Ground" is, as the name suggests, a place where bricks fall from the sky.

This is the location where the fire bricks supporting the Purple Gold Eight Trigrams Furnace fell, accidentally knocked off by the land deity of Flaming Mountain.

The firebrick smashed out a fiery mountain, and also created a meteorite crater about a mile in circumference.

Tianmingren and Zhu Bajie stood at the edge of the meteorite brick ground, with Tianmingren gazing in amazement at the Bull Demon King.

That was the most majestic demon king he had ever seen.

The Bull Demon King lay in the meteorite crater, filling the entire crater, leaning against the low mountain next to him, and was even taller than that low mountain.

However, he still had a sense of a hero's twilight years. The Bull Demon King was thin and bony, with a sallow complexion and a dry beard, like an old bull that was about to die after a lifetime of hard work.

Upon seeing the Bull Demon King, Pingping ran joyfully to his feet and began to complain:
"Father, Father, I've brought the chosen one. While my brother is away, you can return that thing to him. Once it's returned to its rightful owner, my brother will naturally give up. The calamity of Flaming Mountain will then be resolved!"

The Bull Demon King did not answer, but lowered his head, gazing sadly at Pingping, before letting out a heavy sigh after a long while.

"I should gouge my eyes out too, so I don't have to see you guys messing around."

Pigsy slid down into the crater and shouted, "Brother Ox, what are you saying? Are you getting senile?!"

The old and frail Bull Demon King spoke slowly: "I may be confused... but my eyes aren't... she... isn't my daughter!"

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Both Pigsy and the Man of Destiny were shocked. Pigsy, on the contrary, acted decisively and swung his rake at Pingping's head.

Pingping jumped back to dodge, and in a flash of fire, she was a different person with a different appearance.

Upon seeing the real-life counterpart of 'Pingping,' Pigsy immediately launched into a tirade of curses:

"You stubborn little devil, Red Boy, you'll never learn!"