I am a boss in the world of nine uncles

"Is it difficult? No, it's not difficult at all, you're just not ruthless enough."

The Long-Armed Ape sneered, "The headband is rooted in the soul. Under normal circumstances, unless the headband is removed, even if the primordial spirit leaves the body, there will still be a headband on the head."

However, to prevent someone from breaking the seal through methods such as substitution or a second soul, the tight band has a locking entity, which is the will of the soul.

Therefore, as long as one's soul and will are divided into countless parts, the tight band can only lock one of the fragments as the main body, while the other souls and wills can be reassembled in other bodies.

As for the locked fragment, what harm is there in leaving it in the original body?

For me, it's just a loss of some emotions, or rather, humanity.

Of course, this approach is very dangerous; one wrong move could lead to utter ruin. But I won the gamble, while you wouldn't even dare to gamble.

Sun Wukong, you are praised by the world for your fearlessness because of your havoc in the Heavenly Palace, but I know that five hundred years of imprisonment made you lose that fearlessness. Otherwise, what would it matter if you wore the golden headband?

Tang Sanzang, who once had no powerful protectors, what's wrong with you risking being chanted the Tightening-Headband Mantra and killing him with one blow?
For example, if this headband were placed on Nezha's head, how long do you think Tang Sanzang would live?

"A cowardly and incompetent person like you, after committing such a grave mistake, is still able to go on a pilgrimage to the West, and might even attain Buddhahood? I refuse to accept this! I refuse to accept this!!!"

Seeing his blustering yet cowardly appearance, Sun Wukong shook his head and sighed softly, "You are not me, and you have not experienced being sealed for five hundred years, so you would not understand."

I haven't become cowardly; I've truly come to understand this world.

No one can change the world single-handedly; to achieve anything, you need at least a large group of like-minded people.

"Pooh."

The gibbon scoffed at this, sneering, "No matter how you try to embellish your words, it doesn't change the fact that you've been domesticated and lost your fearless spirit."

Sun Wukong clasped his hands together, and a hint of Buddhist nature appeared between his brows:
"If people have no sense of awe, they will lose themselves. If they lose too much, they will become arrogant and think that they can succeed in whatever they do, without considering the consequences."

"Gibbon, I've paid the price, I understand the bitterness of it all, but you haven't. That's why I say you wouldn't understand."

"To put it bluntly, you're just afraid of being beaten." The long-armed ape's lips curled up slightly as he said, "Just like a dog on the side of the road."

Sun Wukong: "..."

"Alright, Wukong, stop talking." Qin Yao suddenly said, "He has already become obsessed and demonic. Even if you tell him more profound insights, he will only distort them into his own understanding."

The gibbon's smile froze slightly, and he said sinisterly, "Tang Xuanzang, the crow spirit and the bull demon king entered the cave because of you. If you cannot rescue them, what right do you have to call yourself a holy monk? What right do you have to go to the Western Paradise to worship Buddha and obtain scriptures?"

Furthermore, don't fantasize that Sun Wukong can rescue them by smashing this mountain. If that were all, why would I have gone through all this trouble?
I'm not afraid to tell you, this cave entrance is an alternate dimension portal engraved on the mountain. When the mountain crumbles, the portal naturally crumbles along with it.

At that time, you will no longer be able to find the Bull Demon King and his family!

Faced with his clamor, Qin Yao remained silent, only silently saying in his heart, "System, search for the current location of the Bull Demon King."

The gibbon thought it could control him with this method, but little did it know that he had a trump card that far surpassed the entire era!

[This search requires 10000 Filial Piety Points. Continue the transaction?]

In an instant, a line of extremely familiar system characters flashed before his eyes.

“Continue the transaction!” Qin Yao immediately gave an affirmative answer.

[Transaction successful. Your remaining Filial Piety Points balance is 129202 points.]

[Full search in progress...]

In the blink of an eye, only the last line of characters remained before him, and the ellipsis at the end of the characters kept disappearing and reappearing, as if it were receiving feedback information from the Three Realms and Six Paths.

"Master, what should we do?" Just as he was waiting, Sun Wukong's voice suddenly rang in his ears.

"Don't rush, let me think about it carefully," Qin Yao immediately reassured him via telepathy.

However, the Long-Armed Ape didn't want to give him time to think about a solution, and immediately said, "Master Xuanzang, I don't have the patience to wait for you to think it over. Starting from this moment, if you still can't give me a satisfactory answer after one hour, then I will kill one person every hour. Who do you think I should start killing?"

[Search complete. The Bull Demon King is currently within the soul domain of the Long-Armed Ape.] Just as this threatening voice faded, a line of characters suddenly appeared before Qin Yao's eyes.

Qin Yao's eyes brightened slightly as he took a deep look at the cave not far away. He gradually formed a plan in his mind and secretly asked Sun Wukong, "Wukong, do you know of any magical treasures in the Heavenly Realm that can specifically counteract the soul?"

Sun Wukong paused for a moment, pondered for a while, and then replied telepathically: "The most famous one should be the Bell of Despair. Shaking this treasure can make the enemy lose their soul, tremble and become unsteady, and even suffer unbearable pain."

Qin Yao said in secret, "It's good that you have it. Go to the Heavenly Realm immediately and ask to borrow the Fallen Soul Bell. Time is of the essence, so don't ask too many questions. You'll understand once you get it."

Sun Wukong nodded slightly, raised his hand to summon the Somersault Cloud, somersaulted onto it, and quickly flew towards the South Heavenly Gate.

Through the Mystic Mirror, the Long-Armed Ape took in the entire scene, and a sense of unease suddenly rose in his heart. He couldn't help but ask, "Tang Sanzang, where did Sun Wukong go?"

"Of course I've thought of a way to deal with you and am going to prepare it." Pigsy chimed in, "I advise you to release the Bull Demon King and his family of three now, otherwise you'll definitely be in trouble later."

"You talk too much nonsense. One day, I will personally pull your tongue out of your mouth and rip it off, and see how you will show off your words then!" the gibbon said sternly.

Pigsy shrank back, his heart filled with fear, and he was so short of breath that he dared not argue with the other party any longer.

Half an hour later.

As a golden light descended from the sky, Sun Wukong, standing on golden clouds, came into view.

"Big Brother Sun is back!" Sha Wujing truly believed Zhu Bajie's words and became excited upon seeing Sun Wukong's figure.

"Sun Wukong, where have you gone?"

On the other side of the Mystic Mirror, the Long-Armed Ape tentatively asked.

Sun Wukong ignored the question and handed a blue copper bell to Qin Yao with a flick of his wrist: "Master, I've borrowed it."

Qin Yao took the Fallen Bell with one hand, and while refining it, he strode to the cave entrance and said in a deep voice:
“Long-Armed Ape, out of consideration for our shared Buddhist faith, I’ll give you one last chance. Hand over the Bull Demon King’s family and the Six-Eared Macaque, and I’ll pretend today’s events never happened.”

"threaten me?"

The long-armed ape coldly said, "I see you truly don't care about their lives. Fine, I'll kill one right now to show you!"

Qin Yao shook his head, then stood in front of the cave and vigorously shook the Fallen Bell.

"Clang, clang, clang..."

The resounding bells, carrying a soul-shaking and devastating power, echoed continuously through the cave into the mind of the long-armed ape, causing it to become dizzy, suffer a splitting headache, and uncontrollably clutch its head, collapsing off the stone platform and rolling around on the ground.

If the tight band is the pain of being constricted from the outside in, then the sound of the bell is the pain of a lesion from the inside out, making him wish he could blow his skull off, but he also knows that this is useless! "He reaps what he sows, he reaps what he sows."

Standing in front of the cave, watching the gibbon struggling in agony in the Xuan Guang Mirror, Pigsy felt a surge of pleasure, and a smile involuntarily appeared on his face.

Qin Yao remained silent, only continuing to strike the bell. The time-space portal engraved on the mountain became the weakness of the Long-Armed Ape, which was repeatedly whipped by the bell's sound, causing it unbearable pain.

"Stop banging, stop banging."

At this moment, within the Long-Armed Ape's divine soul domain, the Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor, who had been hiding in the shadows, had no choice but to step forward and shout loudly, "I will send the Bull Demon King and his family of three out to you right now."

“No…ah…”

The gibbon instinctively tried to stop it, but under the attack of the Fallen Bell, it couldn't even utter a complete sentence.

Huangmei Patriarch looked at him with a pained expression, then with a wave of his sleeve, he gathered up the Bull Demon King's family, who had been imprisoned to the side. He transformed into a rainbow of light, flew through a portal, and soon arrived in front of the cave: "Master Xuanzang, please stop."

Qin Yao not only ignored his request, but even shook the Fallen Bell more violently: "You think you can just come and cause trouble whenever you want, and stop whenever you want?"

With a flick of his sleeve, the Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor flung out the Bull Demon King's family, saying, "I will return them to you."

“Not enough,” Qin Yao said. “Go and bring back the Long-Armed Ape and the Six-Eared Macaque.”

During their negotiation, the Bull Demon King, who had been thrown to the ground, quickly helped up his wife and lover, but wisely refrained from speaking. Instead, he immediately pulled them to Sun Wukong's side.

Old Ancestor Huangmei glanced at him, then smiled wryly at Qin Yao:

"My junior brother only emphasized the pain of soul swapping to you, but did not explain the risks involved."

In fact, it's a very low probability event with only one in nine chances of survival. My junior brother succeeded last time entirely by luck, but he can't always have that kind of luck.

Not to mention, his soul was already incomplete, so what was originally a nine-out-of-ten chance of death was now practically a certain death. Forcing the operation would result in both him and Liu Er being completely obliterated.

Qin Yao pondered and said, "If that's the case, then you should return Six Ears as well."

"Senior brother, you mustn't! There's a wisp of my soul inside Liu Er's body!" The Long-Armed Ape shouted hoarsely, enduring all the discomfort with immense willpower.

"Looks like you're still not hurting enough." Qin Yao's gaze sharpened, and he silently poured more immortal energy into the Fallen Bell, causing it to shake even more rapidly.

"what!!!"

The gibbon roared to the sky, but what was even more painful was that he was still unconscious and could only endure this torment.

The Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor sighed, waved his left sleeve, and flung the Long-Armed Ape's original form away, causing it to fall in front of Qin Yao: "Can you stop now?"

Qin Yao abruptly stopped, and said softly, "Wake him up."

Old Ancestor Huangmei secretly exhaled, raised his hand to form a hand seal, and suddenly pointed at the body of the Long-Armed Ape.

As an invisible force rushed into the body, the monkey lying on the ground slowly opened its eyes, its face filled with a bewildered expression.

"Master Xuanzang, is it alright now?" Old Ancestor Huangmei asked.

Qin Yao flipped his hand to put away the Fallen Bell, bent down and helped Liu Er up from the ground: "That's enough... You can go now; however, this cave must be left."

The Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor's face twitched violently as he said, "Xuanzang, we've already handed over four people!"

“If you’re wrong, admit it. If you’re going to be beaten, stand up straight. You think handing over four people will make up for your mistakes? No, that’s just a bargaining chip to get me to stop. This cave is the price the Long-Armed Ape will have to pay,” Qin Yao said coldly.

Old Ancestor Huangmei was immediately frozen, unsure how to fight back or how to explain himself.

Just then, the voice of the gibbon suddenly came from inside the cave: "Senior brother, let's go, I admit defeat."

Huangmei Patriarch pursed his lips, then activated his Phoenix Feather Robe, instantly disappearing before the mountains.

"Xuanzang, can you tell me how you discovered that this cave is connected to my soul realm?"

After watching him leave through the mirror in the entrance hall, the gibbon said again, "In this way, I can understand why I lost; or rather, I can accept my defeat wholeheartedly."

He spoke sincerely, but Qin Yao did not reveal any information about the system. He said indifferently, "It was just luck. You guessed that the Divine Soul Domain was your last resort. After all, if you had other spatial magic treasures, you wouldn't have waited until now to use them."

The gibbon was speechless and had no choice but to dispel the Mystic Mirror, get up and walk out of one of its cave dwellings, gazing at the blue sky with a thoughtful expression...

After a long while, the Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor, riding a phoenix-feathered robe, landed rapidly in front of the cave, his face full of concern: "Junior Brother, are you alright?"

The gibbon exhaled a long breath and said with a bitter smile, "I've removed the headband, but now I've exposed my Achilles' heel to the other side... Senior brother, I'm out of options."

Seeing his dejected look, the Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor hesitated to speak.

The gibbon took in his expression and subconsciously asked, "Senior brother, what are you trying to say?"

Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor said, "Junior Brother, why don't you stop here? Although you have lost your original body, the Six-Eared Macaque's body is not bad. It's not too late to stop now."

"no!"

The gibbon clenched its fists silently, its body trembling as it said, "I will make them pay a terrible price, otherwise they will spend the rest of their lives drowning in regret and pain, unable to escape or extricate themselves."

Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor: "..."

Suddenly, a thought flashed through the Long-Armed Ape's mind, and he asked, "Senior Brother, have you ever heard of the Myriad Demon Golden Pill?"

Ancestor Huangmei's heart stirred: "The Myriad Demon Golden Core, which is said to be able to devour all things in heaven and earth?"

“That’s right!” the Long-Armed Ape said seriously, “If we can obtain the Golden Pill of Ten Thousand Demons and guard the Purple Mansion of the Divine Soul, we may be able to be unafraid of the threat of the bell.”

Without hesitation, the Yellow-Eyebrowed Ancestor said, "Alright, I'll take you to the Kingdom of Ten Thousand Demons to try your luck!"

the other side.

Among the mountains.

Watching Qin Yao effortlessly conceal the entire mountain peak with a wave of his sleeve, the Bull Demon King said from the bottom of his heart, "The Holy Monk is truly unfathomable."

"Of course, look who your master is," Sun Wukong said with a smile.

In contrast, Pigsy seemed rather worried and couldn't help but ask Qin Yao:

"Master, what if the Long-Armed Ape finds a way to break the seal again? Just like this time, none of us expected that he would actually be able to break free of the headband!" (End of Chapter)