I am Jiang Ming, the Eternal Demon Emperor

Chapter 919 The Most Ferocious Lion Camel Ridge on the Journey to the West
"To tell you the truth, little monk, my ancestral home is the Water Curtain Cave on Flower and Fruit Mountain in Aolai Country of Dongsheng Shenzhou. My surname is Sun and my given name is Wukong. I have been to the Heavenly Palace and the Underworld. The Ten Kings of Hell treated me with utmost respect, and the local earth gods and city gods were at my beck and call. They are all my juniors."

The Six-Eared Macaque spoke.

Princess Peacock turned around and chuckled to herself. What Sun Wukong said was nothing compared to the Golden-Winged Roc.

She had already warned him that this time, the monkey who had wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace would truly experience the terror of Lion Camel Ridge. This was a hell on earth, a place where even ghosts dreaded it, gods wept, and Buddhas could not escape its clutches.

In the original storyline, Sun Wukong was indeed helpless during this calamity and cried twice.

The leader of Lion Camel Ridge is also a demon immortal of the Intercepting Sect, with the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal at its peak. The leader, the Green-haired Lion Monster, once caused a disturbance in the Heavenly Palace because he was dissatisfied that the Queen Mother of the West had not invited him to the Peach Banquet. He frightened the heavenly soldiers so much that they closed the gates and dared not fight. He could swallow 100,000 heavenly soldiers in one gulp.

The second brother was also a former demon immortal of the Jie Sect, and he was a perfected Great Luo Golden Immortal. He was an old elephant with yellow teeth. He could sweep people away with his trunk. Even if the opponent had an "iron back and bronze body", he could still be killed. When Wukong fought with him, he took Bajie's advice and used the Golden Cudgel to poke his nose in order to get away.

These two monsters like to live in Lion Camel Ridge.

The third brother, the Golden-Winged Roc, is the maternal uncle of the Buddha and the younger brother of Kong Xuan. He lives in Lion Camel City. This city was once a human capital, but now no living people can be seen; they are raised and eaten.

However, the Six-Eared Macaque was still the Six-Eared Macaque. He angered the Peacock Princess and drove her away, and he also saw the Peacock Princess's disdainful expression.

Consequently, the Six-Eared Macaque began to take Lion Camel Ridge more seriously.

He planned to use his Six Ears Divine Power to gather some information first.

You know what, I was shocked when I found out.

It's too awful.

He felt that if Jiang Ming, that monk, knew everything that had happened in Lion Camel Ridge and Lion Camel City, he would be terrified to death.

After the Six-Eared Macaque returned, Jiang Ming immediately posed three questions to him, which stumped him.

"Wukong, you're back. How did the questioning go? Are there many monsters on the mountain? How powerful are they? Can you defeat them?"

Jiang Ming inquired.

Jiang Ming naturally hoped that the Six-Eared Macaque would also take this matter seriously. In that case, he would send his clone, the Fake Monkey King, to help clean up all the monsters here.

"Don't worry, Master, I will do my best to protect you."

That was the only answer the Six-Eared Macaque could give; he himself wasn't sure either.

"Do you know what kind of mountain this is, and what kind of ridge this is?"

Jiang Ming asked again.

"Hey, that's not important. This is the 800-li Lion Camel Ridge."

Sun Wukong spoke.

“Master, look at him, he’s asking unclear questions and not paying attention to the details. I’d better go ask for directions.”

Pigsy immediately said.

He had long wanted to meet that fairy maiden. If she could appear in a place like this and not be recognized as a monster by the Monkey King, then she might be a deity guiding him.

"Big sister, I'm very grateful."

After Pigsy left, he said...

"Where did you come from, you fat, big-eared monk?"

Princess Peacock said.

"I am Tang Sanzang's second disciple. The one who asked for directions earlier was the eldest disciple. He didn't ask clearly, so my master sent me to ask again. My name is Zhu Wuneng, and my Buddhist name is Bajie."

Pigsy immediately said.

"You, the great monk, may be a bit ugly, but you speak politely, unlike that pointy-faced monkey from before who spouted nothing but madness."

Princess Peacock said.

“My senior brother is reckless. He didn’t ask clearly before I came here.”

Pigsy immediately asked, "Then what do you want to ask?"

Princess Peacock said.

"I'd like to ask how old you are, and whether you're married."

Pigsy immediately blurted out.

Princess Peacock glanced at the shameless Marshal Tianpeng, thinking, "He really is a pig-brained reincarnation."

Seeing that Princess Peacock had walked away angrily, Pigsy quickly asked, "Big sister, what I really wanted to ask is, what kind of mountain is this, what kind of cave is this, what kind of monsters are in the cave, and which road leads to the Western Paradise? My master told me to come and ask the female bodhisattva for guidance."

"This mountain is called the Eight Hundred Li Lion Camel Ridge. At the very center of the mountain is a Lion Camel Cave. Four hundred li away from here is a Lion Camel City. There are three demon kings here."

Princess Peacock said.

"Ah, three demon kings."

Pigsy was startled. According to past patterns, if he encountered two or more demon kings, like in the Lotus Cave on Flat-Top Mountain, he would be pickled and eaten in salt water.

Now they have encountered three demon kings.

"What, are you scared, big monk?"

Princess Peacock said.

"Who's afraid? They're just three demon kings. My eldest brother's golden cudgel can kill one, my old pig's nine-toothed rake can kill one, and my third junior brother's demon-subduing staff can kill one too. My fourth junior brother, Little White Dragon, doesn't even need to lift a finger; he just needs to protect Master."

Pigsy immediately said.

"Another mad monk has arrived. Those three demon kings, each one is incredibly powerful and possesses boundless magical abilities. They also have countless demon soldiers and generals under their command. There are five thousand on the South Mountain, five thousand on the North Ridge, ten thousand at the East Foot Pass, and ten thousand at the West Foot Pass. There are those who patrol the mountain, those who guard the gate, those who tend the fire, and those who gather firewood. In total, there are forty-seven or forty-eight thousand demons who are here to devour travelers on the road. Recently, they have been especially targeting those who listen to scriptures."

Princess Peacock said.

"what--"

Pigsy yelled and scrambled away in a panic, completely terrified.

Princess Peacock remained silent.

"Why hasn't Pigsy come back yet?"

Just as Jiang Ming said that, he saw Zhu Bajie tumbling and crawling back.

After asking around, Pigsy recounted everything he had found out.

The Six-Eared Macaque frowned upon hearing this, for this time, things were truly going to be difficult.

But whether or not it's possible, we still need to take the plunge.

He planned to take Pigsy first to scout ahead and meet the two monsters in the Lion Camel Cave. If they could defeat the first two, then only the monster in the Lion Camel Cave would remain.

After the Six-Eared Macaque and Pigsy left...

Naturally, only Jiang Ming, Sha Wujing, and the White Dragon remained.

When Princess Peacock saw that the two had left, she was immediately overjoyed.

She naturally had an idea; she had her eye on the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi. If she could achieve a happy ending with the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, she would have a powerful backer in the future.

After all, before Jin Chanzi was reincarnated, he was already at the peak of the Great Army. The reason he couldn't break through to the Quasi-Saint level was not because his cultivation was insufficient, but because he had committed too many killings and was burdened with karmic debts, which required a massive amount of merit to resolve.

If at this time, she were to happily marry the reincarnation of Jin Chanzi, then she could find a future quasi-saint Daoist partner.

Of course, even if she fails, she can still gain some merit and good fortune on the journey to the West, enough for her to advance her cultivation level.

It must be said that the journey to the West was a carnival for many gods and immortals. All sorts of gods, Buddhas, and Bodhisattvas came to try and get a share of the pie, hoping to take away some of the merit and fortune from the journey.

This immense amount of merit and fortune came from both the human and demon races, and was extremely abundant. Everyone who saw it was envious, and even the Jade Emperor personally participated in one of the calamities.

(End of this chapter)