Journey to the West: Upon seeing the Yellow-Eyebrowed Demon, why not pay homage?

After bidding farewell to Wukong and the others, Huang Mei found a quiet, desolate mountain nearby. He first took out the Golden Bell and released Su Su. Then he began to carve an array on the mountain to gather spiritual energy and hide himself to avoid being disturbed.

After completing these preparations, he pondered for a moment and suddenly said to the maid in front of him:

"Not long ago, I had a vague feeling that someone was spying on me, or rather, spying on the westward-bound group."

If nothing unexpected happens, there's a high chance something bad will occur in the next couple of days.

"You continue to keep an eye on Sanzang and the others for me. If there are any problems, come and let me know immediately."

Bai Susu hesitated and said, "If I leave, who will protect you?"

Yellow Eyebrows smiled and pointed to the ground: "Isn't there this magic array?"

"What if the person who comes is even more powerful than you..." Bai Susu was still worried.

Huang Mei chuckled: "If I am not even a match for you, how can you serve as a protector?"

"Don't worry, as long as I don't intentionally cause any harm, no one will try to kill me for the sake of stability."

Bai Susu gently exhaled a breath of stale air, then turned back every few steps and flew away on her sword.

Once he was all alone on the mountaintop, Huang Mei's smile vanished. He immediately activated the Spirit Gathering Array and the Qi Concealing Array, sat cross-legged, and began refining his potential. His entire body instantly emitted a dazzling divine light, warm and comforting.

Within its body, potential transformed into a surge of spiritual energy, frantically empowering the realm's immortal territory, causing its area to expand again from a diameter of three hundred miles, with a thunderous roar during its growth.

Three hundred li... four hundred li... five hundred li...

The territory is increasing at a visible rate and is constantly solidifying, with light flowing across the ground like drifting smoke.

In fact, these wisps of smoke were all spiritual energy that could not be refined in a short time, which shows how abundant his potential was at this moment.

Huang Mei constantly changed his hand gestures, his appearance solemn and dignified, chanting the scriptures of the Future Awakening Book, his body and soul resonating in unison.

Or rather, cultivation level drives the soul through rounds of transformation and growth, and the Book of Awakening is the medium connecting the two.

Seven hundred li... eight hundred li... nine hundred li...

His cultivation continued to improve, to the point that he became somewhat addicted to it.

The feeling of rapidly improving strength is highly addictive; even though he knew he should stay sober, he gradually became intoxicated by the experience.

"boom!"

He didn't know how much time had passed when a loud noise within the domain startled him from his reverie.

Looking closely, he saw that the diameter of the domain had exceeded a thousand, marking his official entry into the fourth level of the Earth Immortal realm!

Huang Mei took a deep breath, slowly finished his practice, and as he stood up, his joints cracked, clearly indicating that his entire immortal body had been tempered countless times, and a powerful feeling immediately filled his heart.

However, his potential was not yet fully utilized, so after stretching his body, he sat down again, formed hand seals, and continued to refine his potential.

Until the diameter of the domain expanded to 1,800 miles, the potential was finally exhausted.

However, his resources did not run out, so various elixirs were successively put into his mouth, continuing to transform into potential energy and nourish the territory.

Two thousand li... two thousand five hundred li... two thousand eight hundred li...

At this point, all the resources purchased with merit in the previous round were completely exhausted, and the spiritual energy within the Book of Awakening was soon depleted as well. He finally stopped this almost insane cultivation.

However, he did not rush to leave. Instead, he honed the Five Secrets of Bodhidharma to a new level and refined the Universe in His Sleeve. His martial arts and supernatural powers also increased with his level of cultivation.

But just as he was engrossed in cultivation, oblivious to the world around him, Su Su suddenly returned on her sword, bringing him a message:

Tang Sanzang has been captured by a demon!

Huang Mei's heart stirred slightly, and he immediately inquired about the reason, his gaze fixed on the little maid's eyes.

Half an hour ago, Sanzang sent Sun Wukong to find alms and beg for food. While waiting, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a cluster of golden light, so he took his two disciples and followed the light, which led them to a pagoda with its doors wide open.

At that time, Sanzang told his two disciples that in order to show their sincerity and Buddhist heart, they should burn incense at temples, worship Buddhas, and sweep pagodas, and thus step into them.

Unexpectedly, just as the three of them entered, the tower gate slammed shut. Seeing that something was wrong, I quickly came to report it.

Bai Susu used concise language to recount what she had seen.

Huang Mei slowly narrowed his eyes and said, "Take me to the front of the tower."

Bai Susu nodded slightly and rose on her sword.

Huang Mei stepped on golden clouds, and followed behind him like a flowing shadow, soon arriving above a stone cliff.

Looking down, one sees rows of beasts and pairs of birds on the cliff, lush green grass and vibrant wildflowers, and a golden pagoda sitting there, its top shining with golden light, while outside the pagoda, dragons and horses neigh.

Suddenly, another golden light rushed over, caught sight of the two figures, and instinctively flew over, revealing Wukong's figure...

"Second Brother, Susu, what are you looking at?"

"Your master and two junior brothers are imprisoned in this tower," Huang Mei replied.

Sun Wukong was immediately surprised, and then activated his Fiery Eyes of Truth, focusing his gaze on the interior of the golden pagoda.

Strangely, even with his divine eyesight, he could not penetrate the top of the tower to look inside; a faint golden glow blocked all prying eyes.

"This tower is no ordinary structure!"

"Let's go down first," Huang Mei said.

As they talked, the three of them fell from the sky together. The white dragon horse, which had been neighing incessantly, suddenly quieted down when it saw Sun Wukong, as if it had found its backbone.

Sun Wukong arrived at the tower gate first and roared, "What kind of demon dares to imprison your maternal grandfather's master?"

Inside the pagoda.

Inside the main hall.

Tang Sanzang, who was tied to the pillar, breathed a sigh of relief and looked up at the old demon in yellow robes who was sitting in the main seat:

"My eldest disciple has arrived. He is the Great Sage Equal to Heaven who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago. You can still release me now."

Kui Mulang grinned: "I can still kill you now."

Tang Sanzang felt a chill run down his spine and dared not utter another word.

"You wanderer outside, your master has already been eaten by me. Go back to where you came from."

After startling the monk, Kui Mulang then shouted towards the outside of the tower.

Sun Wukong sneered, "I'm afraid you won't have that kind of luck."

After saying that, he put away the lunchbox in his hand, took out the Ruyi Jingu Bang from his right ear, gripped it tightly with both hands, and smashed it hard against the tower gate.

"boom!"

The moment the iron rod made contact with the tower gate, the entire mountain seemed to emit a deafening roar, like an earthquake.

A wave of air immediately spread in all directions, stirring up endless dust.

However, even under Sun Wukong's powerful attack at half his strength, the tower gate remained completely unchanged, and golden light even flowed across it.

"What a sturdy tower gate!"

Sun Wukong was secretly alarmed, and immediately used all his strength to forcefully shake the tower gate.

Unexpectedly, the pagoda suddenly emitted a divine light, forming not only a defensive barrier but also protecting the mountain peak below it.

"Bang!"

Another earth-shattering explosion erupted, once again stirring up a cloud of dust.

Unfortunately, the result remained unchanged; not even a white mark was left on the tower gate.

With a flick of his sleeve, Huang Mei calmed the dust and smoke, pulled out his human seed bag, and said softly, "Wukong, step back, let your elder brother give it a try."