Journey to the West: Starting with the Hunting of the Three Demons of Twin Fork Ridge

Li Fa said, "He didn't just invite one sorcerer this time, he invited two!"

Pigsy said, "Who cares about one or two? Even if I invited thirty or fifty of them, or even the Twenty-Eight Constellations, I wouldn't mind. Sister, have you finished relieving yourself? Let's rest now."

Li Fa said, "The one he invited was none other than the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, surnamed Sun, who caused havoc in the Heavenly Palace five hundred years ago."

Upon hearing this, Pigsy froze for a moment, a hint of fear creeping into his heart. He said, "If that's how it is, then I'll go. We can't be husband and wife anymore."

Li Fa jumped down from the chamber pot and said, "Weren't we supposed to be resting? I've finished relieving myself, why are you leaving?"

Bajie said, "You don't know. That stable boy who caused trouble in the Heavenly Palace has some skills. I'm afraid I can't handle him, or I'll lose face and look bad."

After saying that, he put on his clothes, opened the door, and walked out.

Sun Wukong, unable to contain himself any longer, revealed his true form, grabbed Pigsy, and shouted, "Look who I am!!"

Pigsy hurriedly looked over and saw that it was indeed the face of a thunder god. But then he saw that Miss Gao next to him had also turned into an old Taoist priest. He was so frightened that his soul left his body, his hands and feet went numb, and with a tearing sound, he broke his clothes and escaped in a whirlwind.

Wukong rushed forward, drew his iron cudgel, and struck the wind with it.

Pigsy then transformed into countless rays of fire and headed straight back to the mountain.

Sun Wukong quickly rode a cloud, and Li Fa followed suit. The two of them caught up, and Sun Wukong shouted, "Where are you going! If you go to heaven, I'll chase you to the Dou Niu Palace! If you go to the underworld, I'll pursue you to the Prison of the Wrongfully Dead!"

In the midst of his chase, he arrived at Fuling Mountain.

Pigsy entered the cave and pulled out a nine-toothed rake.

Sun Wukong roared, "You impudent monster! Where did you come from, you evil spirit? How do you know my name? Tell me your abilities, and I'll spare your life!"

Bajie said, "You don't know my methods! I was originally Marshal Tianpeng, in charge of 80,000 naval troops in the Milky Way. I got drunk at the Peach Banquet and mistakenly entered the Moon Palace, flirted with Chang'e, and was punished by the Jade Emperor with two thousand blows and banished from the Heavenly Gate. However, I was mistakenly reincarnated as a pig, so my common name is Zhu Ganglie."

Upon hearing this, Sun Wukong said, "So you're the Water God Tianpeng descended to the mortal realm. No wonder you know my name, Old Sun."

Pigsy said, "You, the falsely appointed stable boy, caused so much trouble for us back then, and now you're here again to deceive us! And you've brought along that damned Taoist priest too. Just watch what I can do!"

Pigsy opened his mouth wide and spat out a jet of water that shot straight towards them.

But they dared not shoot Sun Wukong, and instead shot Li Fa first.

He said smugly, "My water is the source of the Milky Way, so that even if you were a terrestrial immortal, just a touch would leave you nothing but dust!"

Li Fa wasn't in a hurry, because he had already sent out the spilled water bowl.

The reason he didn't take it out was mainly because he was afraid Sun Wukong would recognize him.

With a flick of his sleeve, he collected the pillar of water from the Milky Way into the overflowing bowl.

It turns out that with Li Fa's magical power, the limit of the overflowing water bowl was only enough to hold three Yellow Rivers' worth of water.

He had already used up the capacity of two Yellow Rivers to receive two drops of Guanyin's Sunlight and Moonlight Divine Water. In addition, there was still some water from the White Mist Marsh in his alms bowl, so he could not receive the last drop of Starlight Divine Water.

However, this pillar of water from the Milky Way is not even half the volume of the Yellow River, so the spilled water bowl can naturally accept it all.

Now it was Pigsy's turn to be dumbfounded. He originally thought Li Fa was an easy target, but he didn't expect him to have such supernatural powers.

The pig-headed man, in a panic, shouted, "Behold my supernatural powers!"

He suddenly spewed fire from all directions on the mountain and created a gust of wind, which burned directly towards the two of them.

But Li Fa had another wind-controlling pestle hidden in his other sleeve. He made hand seals and chanted incantations to first stabilize the wind.

He then activated the water-sprinkling bowl, spitting out the water from the white mist and splashing it over there.

In an instant, the wind died down and the fire was extinguished!

Sun Wukong watched from the sidelines, repeatedly exclaiming, "Excellent technique! Excellent technique!"

Seeing this, Pigsy flew into a rage, grabbed his rake, and shouted, "You two have gone too far! Take this!"

Pigsy swung his rake to strike, still not daring to hit Sun Wukong directly, but instead aimed the rake at Li Fa.

Li Fa was about to accept the challenge, but unexpectedly, Sun Wukong flashed over and blocked the rake.

Wukong cursed, "You're just another coward who bullies the weak! The old Taoist priest has no weapon, yet you dare to attack him. Come on, let's play a trick on him first!"

Upon hearing this, Pigsy flew into a rage and immediately started fighting with Monkey.

They both fought fiercely.

The pilgrim's golden eyes blazed with fierce flames, while the pig demon's ringed eyes spewed forth menacing sand. One wielded a staff, its cold light gleaming like stars; the other danced with a rake, its chilling aura emanating from it. The staff's cold light shattered the sun and moon; the rake's chilling frost billowed like smoke and clouds.

The golden cudgel and the nine-toothed rake, their two fierce battles are truly praiseworthy: one is the Monkey King who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, the other is the ugly yaksha who mistakenly fell to the mortal world. One was banished to the mortal realm for violating heavenly rules, the other traveled the world to protect Tang Sanzang. The rake fell like a dragon's claws, the cudgel met it like a phoenix flitting through flowers.

One said, "You ruined someone's marriage, it's like killing your father!" The other said, "You raped a young girl, you deserve to be arrested!"

Amidst shouts and the rustling of the wind, the clash of clubs and rakes echoed back and forth. The battle raged until dawn, until Pigsy's waist and hips ached and his strength waned.

They fought until dawn, but Sun Wukong didn't use his full strength; he was just playing around.

Pigsy couldn't hold on any longer and ran straight into the cave.

The two hurried after him and arrived at the cave entrance.

Just as Wukong was about to smash the door, a cloud of black smoke billowed out from the crack, blinding him.

It turns out that this monkey was born with divine eyes, but they were damaged by the smoke in Laozi's alchemy furnace, and he developed a chronic eye disease called Fiery Eyes. Therefore, Wukong's greatest fear in life is smoke and wind.

He was momentarily disoriented by the black smoke from Pigsy's breath, and thinking of Tang Sanzang waiting, he began to have second thoughts. He said, "Old Taoist, this monster won't open the door and even makes smoke. My master is probably getting impatient. Let's go back and see what he thinks before we come back to catch this monster!"

Li Fa replied, "Elder Sun, don't panic, I have a plan."

Wukong rubbed his eyes and asked, "What's your idea?"

Li Fa said, "Since we can't get in head-on, why don't we dig a hole in the ground to get through?"

Upon hearing this, Wukong laughed and said, "That's a good idea, but unfortunately, I, Old Sun, don't possess such supernatural powers."

Li Fa stroked his beard and said, "This old Taoist priest does know a little about this."

Wukong said, "In that case, let's hurry up and dig the hole!"

Li Fa said, "But I am old and weak, and I am afraid I am willing but unable to do so."

Upon hearing this, Wukong's eyes darted around. He leaped over, grabbed Li Fa's clothes, and laughed, "What are you saying? I, Old Sun, have plenty of strength. Just pass on your supernatural powers to me, and I'll dig the cave, won't I?"

Li Fa glanced at him and knew that this monkey was cunning and wanted to learn more skills, so he said that on purpose.

Unexpectedly, the monkey fell into the trap; it's truly a chosen working monkey!

So he said, "Come closer and listen to me."

As Wukong did, Li Fa then taught Sun Wukong the Earth Escape technique from the Five Elements Great Escape.