Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 45: Netherworld
"My ancestors were once glorious, but the world has changed and they have caused a lot of trouble. By my generation, the bloodline of the Xiyin clan has become scarce and the family has fallen into decline."

"So now, the heavy responsibility of revitalizing the Xiyin lineage falls on me, Old Niu."

The Bull Demon King couldn't help but sigh and spoke slowly.

"Brother, so, what are you talking about?"

Xiao Chen asked curiously, wondering what the private matter that Bull Demon King mentioned had to do with his background.

"My dear brother, do you know how we, the demon race, can revitalize our tribe?"

The Bull Demon King did not answer directly, but kept it a secret, as if he wanted to give Xiao Chen some advice.

"This, I don't know, my Golden Toad clan is also very small."

Xiao Chen smiled bitterly. He had never encountered other golden toad monsters, but he had encountered frog monsters.

"To revitalize the family, the first step is to expand the family first!"

"My dear brother, it's not that I am unfaithful."

"It is precisely because my bloodline is so rare now that I, your brother, want to get married sooner rather than later, and get married more often!"

"In this way, Old Ox can reproduce more offspring for our Xieyin lineage and leave descendants for the Xieyin clan. This is the foundation for revitalizing the family!"

The Bull Demon King patted his chest and spoke righteously.

Xiao Chen's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he thought to himself:
"So, this is why you have so many wives?"

"Just the ones that are on the surface, he has one wife and one concubine?"

"But, you later married the Jade-faced Fox. Didn't your hyena bloodline become increasingly impure?"

"I think there are very few of the Xiyin lineage left. If we can't find a female Xiyin, Old Niu has no choice."

But, what Lao Niu said is true.

If the population is not large, how can we revive the family?

Where did this family come from?
"Brother, what you said makes sense. A large population and the reproduction of offspring are indeed the foundation for the revitalization of a family! You should marry more wives." Upon hearing this, Xiao Chen expressed his agreement.

"I, Old Cow, do have a fox girl I love, but I can't give her a legitimate status. She makes a scene in front of me all day long, which makes me miserable."

"If we don't get married, even if we have a child, it won't have a name."

"I, Lao Niu, have always been upright and honest, and I would never do such a thing as having an affair without a matchmaker."

The Bull Demon King sighed, looking very troubled.

"The ancients really valued rules. They had to marry a wife first and then have children."

"If you have a son and then marry a wife, you will be ridiculed and stabbed in the back."

Xiao Chen couldn't help but sigh, although Lao Niu was a little fickle, he was not a scumbag.

"Well, brother, since you and the fox girl are in love, just marry her. Why bother?"

Then, Xiao Chen asked in confusion, in his memory, didn't the Bull Demon King take the Jade-faced Fox as his concubine? He was also very affectionate with the Jade-faced Fox and rarely went to Princess Iron Fan's cave.

"Brother, you may not know that when my father was alive, he was fortunately protected by the ghost king of the Rakshasa ghost country, and he arranged a marriage between me and a Rakshasa girl from that Rakshasa country."

"Therefore, I am already engaged, so I have no right to marry that fox girl. If such a deceitful act were to be spread out, it would be against the ethics and integrity of a demon, and I, Old Cow, would not be ashamed to do it."

"And if you don't marry a wife, why take a concubine? This is the rule. It's not good to break it, or you'll be laughed at."

"But, I, Old Cow, have no way to give my fox sister a name now."

"That girl's father, the old fox king, has been pushing me hard lately. How miserable I am!"

The Bull Demon King shook his head and sighed.

Xiao Chen became more and more confused as he listened, and asked in confusion:

"Brother, why don't you marry the Rakshasa woman first, and then take the fox woman as your concubine? You can enjoy the happiness of having two wives without breaking the rules. Isn't that wonderful?"

"No, no, no!"

Upon hearing this, Bull Demon King waved his hands and said:
"My fox sister is soft-hearted and gentle. I have already negotiated with her. If I marry her, I will be allowed to take many concubines and have children."

"And Rakshasa is an evil ghost! How cruel, jealous, violent and evil it is!"

"If the old cow marries the Rakshasa woman, I'm afraid she will never tolerate my fox sister, let alone other sisters."

"This is a major event for the prosperity of the family. How could it be destroyed by a woman? My father was so foolish at that time!"

When the Bull Demon King said this, he stood up, walked around, and sighed.

"So what does brother mean?"

The more Xiao Chen listened, the more confused he became. He was puzzled and had no idea what this old cow was going to do.
"Brother, how about you come with me to the Rakshasa ghost country to cancel the engagement?"

The Bull Demon King put his arm around Xiao Chen's shoulders and said expectantly.

"Wukong has a playful temperament and the lion has a violent temper. They are both difficult to move around."

"I'm in the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. I see that you have some quick wits. How about you come with me and help me deal with this?"

"Going to cancel the engagement?" Xiao Chen's mouth twitched when he heard this. The Bull Demon King went through so much trouble for this purpose?

In ancient times, breaking off an engagement was an extremely offensive matter.

What's more, if I go to the girl's house to cancel the engagement, I'm afraid I'll be beaten out with sticks, and I'll be beaten up for nothing along with Lao Niu.

"This, Brother..."

Xiao Chen looked embarrassed. Go and get beaten?

"Brother, good brother, can you help me just this once?"

"You go with my brother, and I'll consider it as Lao Niu owes you a favor."

The Bull Demon King embraced Xiao Chen, patted his chest and promised.

"This……"

Xiao Chen pondered secretly, somewhat unsure of what to do.

For some reason, the Bull Demon King suddenly had the idea of ​​breaking off the engagement. He wanted to divorce the Rakshasa woman and marry the Jade-faced Fox.

However, in the original plot, the jade-faced vixen was indeed more favored.

But, it's really fate!
The Rakshasa woman became the wife of the Bull Demon King, and the Jade-faced Fox became his concubine.

"Did the Bull Demon King's trip bring about a twist? Did he fail to break off the engagement? What happened in the end that caused the Bull Demon King to marry the Rakshasa woman?"

"These things should be corrected, right?"

"Get a favor from the Bull Demon King."

"Also, this Rakshasa woman has a palm leaf fan, I don't know if it has appeared in the world yet."

"This palm leaf fan is a rare treasure. Even Sun Wukong cannot deal with it. With just one fan, Sun Wukong can be blown thousands of miles away. If I can find a chance to copy it..."

Xiao Chen suddenly thought of the Rakshasa woman's palm-leaf fan.

In the world of Journey to the West, there are two palm-leaf fans. One is an extremely yang object and is held by Laozi in heaven. The Six Ding Divine Fire it fans out is the power source for the alchemy furnace.

The other palm-leaf fan is an extremely yin object. Corresponding to it, it is controlled by the Rakshasa woman and can blow out strong winds and extinguish fires. The yin wind it blows out can make a person fly 84,000 miles before it can be stopped. Even Wukong cannot withstand it.

Extremely yin things are born in extremely yin places.

The extremely dark place is also the underworld. This Rakshasa ghost country is probably in the netherworld.

"Brother, I will accompany you on this journey."

Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and said.

A favor from the Bull Demon King was enough. Plus the chance to get in touch with the banana fan made it worth his while.

If he was really beaten with sticks and suffered some humiliation, it would only be a little bit of wind and frost.

"Okay, okay! My dear brother, this is my good brother!"

"Come on, brother, cheers!"

When Bull Demon King heard that Xiao Chen finally agreed, he was overjoyed. He embraced Xiao Chen and raised his glass with a smile.

In the Rakshasa ghost country, there are countless evil ghosts running rampant, especially the Rakshasa ghost king, who is not simple either.

He went to the girl's house alone to break off the engagement, and he was indeed a little timid, fearing that he could not handle it.

Sun Wukong and the Lion King are powerful enough, but if we ask them to go to their house, given their temperaments, they will probably cause a big fight.

After all, the Rakshasa Kingdom had a favor to his father, so it wouldn't be good to make things too awkward.

The two drank for a while.

Niu Mowang and Xiao Chen found a wilderness and planned to set off for the underworld.

Taoist friends who often go to the underworld should all know that the wilderness is filled with yin energy and is the only way to the underworld.

It is recorded in Journey to the West that Emperor Taizong of Tang traveled for a long time and had no one to accompany him or her. He walked alone in the wilderness and grass, and then he went to the underworld.

There were some evil ghosts on Xiao Chen's Kanyuan Mountain. They knew some rules among ghosts and asked the Bull Demon King:

"Brother has prepared some ghost money and burial objects."

"I'm afraid we'll have to make some preparations before we go to the Netherworld. These ordinary gold and silver items won't be very useful in the Netherworld."

The Bull Demon King patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, brother. I'm ready."

The golden light flying across the ground is a magic spell used by the Twelve Golden Immortals of Yuxu and Yang Jian to speed up their journey. It is an ultimate escape technique that can allow them to go to heaven or earth.

So, Xiao Chen and Niu Mowang each chanted a spell and headed to the underworld.

The first stop in this netherworld is...

gate of hell.

(End of this chapter)