Journey to the West: From Stealing the Teachings of Patriarch Bodhi to Becoming a Saint Through a Hu

After the antelope demon was untied, its true appearance was fully revealed: it had a beautiful face and a full chest, but its cultivation was too shallow.

The moment Yuan Li's rough palm touched him, the illusion couldn't be maintained. His disguise magic had failed; he had transformed from an ugly sheep demon into the human form he was in now.

Yuan Li smiled mockingly. It seemed to be a beautiful woman who had cultivated into human form. Fortunately, she had concealed her figure, otherwise she would have been ravaged by the wolf demon of the Great Strength Cave long ago.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. It's not that Your Majesty is too skilled; it was just a little disguise and illusion technique of mine. I was already exhausted and weakened on my way to Chechi Kingdom to see my brother."

The antelope demon had indeed studied immortal arts in Zhongnan Mountain for several years, and was increasingly giving Yuan Li the air of an otherworldly fairy. But at this moment, her words were pitiful, as if she were a fairy from heaven who had fallen into the mortal world.

"I'd like to recuperate here for a few days, is that alright?"

The antelope demon was indeed seriously injured.

Yuan Li nodded in agreement, but he didn't know how the antelope demon had ended up in Dali Cave, and it was not something he could ask right now. So he took the antelope demon to his own cave and told it to rest well.

He pondered for a while, realizing that he could now rely on the Book of a Hundred Lifetimes to reincarnate a hundred times. Each time he died, he would be reborn in Black Wind Mountain in his first life, while his second life had already settled down for the time being.

After all, he died too young in his previous life, living a wasted life without inheriting the cultivation and magic from his previous life.

Yuan Li turned his head away, pretending to be deep in thought with his eyes closed. His cultivation level was less than five hundred years, and he had not yet experienced the Three Calamities.

The black bear spirit he possessed on Black Wind Mountain had already endured one of the three calamities, and Yuan Li's black bear spirit from five hundred years ago should theoretically be able to withstand them as well.

"I experience the Three Calamities every 500 years. In less than 10 years, I will experience my first Three Calamity. In that case, the other black bear spirit will also experience the second Three Calamity at the same time before he can cultivate to become a demon king with a thousand years of cultivation, while I only have 500 years of cultivation."

Yuan Li calculated the time accurately using his predecessor's memories. He learned that Tiger Power Immortal and the other two had been serving as national teachers in Chechi Kingdom for nearly 20 years, and thus he could deduce that Tang Sanzang's journey to the West had probably begun.

Upon closer reflection, Yuan Li's brow twitched slightly.

"In the original story, I should have been cultivating in Black Wind Mountain, but I'm in the nameless Great Strength Cave in this mountain. So I can't cultivate step by step like the Black Bear Spirit in the original story."

Yuan Li quickly came to terms with it.

He would cultivate for another ten or fifteen years in this life, and even if he experienced the three calamities, he would not be afraid at all.

After a night, a wolf demon strode quickly from the demon cave to the entrance where Yuan Li lived. Seeing Yuan Li stand up, it hurriedly said:

"Your Majesty, a wolf spirit has come outside! Hehe, it's here to find our dead wolf king. Yesterday we captured this antelope demon and told the wolf spirit, wanting to make a deal."

The wolf demon sounded somewhat embarrassed, and his gaze fell on the antelope demon on the bed inside the cave.

Before their wolf demon leader died, yesterday they planned to offer the antelope demon to the blue wolf spirit.

The wolf spirit used an antelope demon to refine a batch of antelope strength pills; antelope demons of this quality are quite rare.

The wolf spirit later promised to give them some mutton-strength pills. At this time, the wolf spirit, who was already waiting in front of the Great Strength Cave, transformed into a Taoist priest.

"Why hasn't your king come out to see me yet?"

"The wolf spirit asked."

Outside the cave, several wolf demons wielding long spears looked at each other in bewilderment.

In order not to directly alarm the Azure Wolf Spirit, Ge Lang explained:

"Taoist, my king is now a black bear spirit. I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."

Yuan Li emerged from the cave and strode ahead of the wolf demon. Ge Lang had told him during the night that the Azure Wolf Spirit would be coming.

He remembered that the Azure Wolf Spirit was the Black Bear Spirit's sworn brother, and the Azure Wolf Spirit's eyes lit up with interest.

The death of the wolf demon leader had nothing to do with him; he only wanted to take away the antelope demon who had some skill.

The wolf demon leader had no prior relationship with him. At this moment, Yuan Li stood outside the powerful cave guarded by the demons, and the wolf demon was taken aback.

Isn't this his sworn brother, the Black Bear Spirit? They look exactly alike, and the bear-skin dagger at Yuan Li's waist is the same one the Black Bear Spirit used in his younger days.

But the wolf spirit could see that Yuan Li's cultivation was still shallow, which truly puzzled him. Yuan Li smiled helplessly. He still wanted to keep the antelope demon.

Afterwards, go and see how Chechi Kingdom is doing, so that we can have someone to look after us.

But whether the Azure Wolf Spirit is friend or foe remains to be seen.

Just as Yuan Li was about to speak, the wolf spirit, its expression of surprise and doubt undiminished, said in a solemn tone:

"What kind of monster are you? What are you doing in this Mighty Cave?"

The wolf's expression was strange and cautious; it didn't immediately recognize Yuan Li as its elder brother, the Black Bear Spirit.

Yuan Li had anticipated this:

"I come from Flower Fruit Mountain, and I am not the Black Bear Spirit of Black Wind Mountain. I have great respect for your sworn brother, the Black Bear Spirit, but I look exactly like him. I have long wanted to meet the Black Bear Spirit, the king of Black Wind Mountain, but I am afraid of disturbing or offending him."

He fabricated a story about his origins, claiming he didn't want to hand the antelope demon over to the other party, and that he was also skilled in alchemy.

The wolf spirit couldn't tell whether Yuan Li was using an illusion or a disguise. Having survived the Three Calamities, the wolf spirit's cultivation was far superior to Yuan Li's.

Regardless of whether Yuan Li was real or not, he hadn't come here for nothing. If Yuan Li didn't hand over the antelope demon, he would capture him and take him to Black Wind Mountain. Flower Fruit Mountain only had one Water Curtain Cave. He wasn't Sun Wukong, who had wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago; without a background, he could act without restraint. The wolf spirit thought to himself, then took out a glass basin containing two crystal-clear white pills.

"Very well then. Hand over the antelope demon of Zhongnan Mountain to me. You can keep these two Yangli Pills. There will be a reward for you in the future."

"That's what the wolf spirit said."

Yuan Li hesitated slightly.

If things don't go his way, he'll become enemies, and then his second life would have been wasted. Even if he were to be reincarnated a hundred times, he would find it hard to accept such an outcome.

Yuan Li had no choice but to compromise.

The only way to avoid abandoning the antelope demon is to wait until the next life when he inherits the cultivation and magic of the previous life.

Yuan Li said:

"Alright, I'll bring her out right away. However, I also know some alchemy techniques, and I can refine the Sheep Strength Pill. How about I refine it myself, and I'll give Brother Canglang 50% of the pills afterward?"

The wolf spirit pondered for a moment. His alchemy skills were learned from the black bear spirit, who in turn had secretly learned the alchemy skills of Laozi.

I have never heard of anyone who can refine Yangli Dan.

Besides him and the Black Bear Spirit, only the Flower Snake Spirit, who was sworn brothers with them, knew this method. The bear in front of him may have also learned it from Laozi.

The wolf spirit curiously looked Yuan Li up and down, unaware that Yuan Li was actually the black bear spirit, only he had arrived five hundred years earlier.