From Under One Person: Sincere Journey Through the Heavens

As for taking you back to the Flaming Mountains—

With a single breath, I can travel 84,000 li (approximately 42,000 kilometers). But your body is too weak to withstand even that breath... Even if you return home, it will only cause your parents and brothers worry.

Upon hearing this, Pingping seemed to understand something and nodded, saying, "Alright, then I'll go with Brother Monkey... My skills are indeed low, which worries my parents. If I can improve before we go back, they will be happy."

"Brother Monkey~"

Pigsy mimicked Pingping's sweet voice and chuckled, "Brother Monkey, this little fox really changes her tune quickly."

Pingping remained silent.

Jiang Liu patted Bajie on the shoulder and asked meaningfully, "Junior brother, I've been eating a lot of vegetarian food lately and I'm getting a bit craving meat. What do you think?"

"What does Brother Monkey want to eat? Old Pig will go hunt in the mountains." Pigsy patted his belly and confidently assured him, "Back in Gao Village, Old Pig wasn't just good at farming; he was also a skilled hunter!"

"I think the pork looks good."

Jiang Liu looked sinister and tugged at Bajie's ear again, saying, "Cut off this pig's ear, braise it, slice it, and it'll taste pretty good."

"Perfect timing, I'm hungry too!"

Hu Yuan's eyes lit up.

"I'll slaughter the pig!"

Hu Jue drew his monk's knife.

"I'll start the fire!"

Liang Luzhen put down her luggage and volunteered.

“When I was in the Western Sea, I received pigs and sheep offered by mortals, including roast suckling pig, and I learned how to make it.”

Ba Jing took out cooking utensils from her luggage.

In an instant.

Pigsy's hair stood on end, and he shouted, "You bunch of bastards! Are you using me as a reserve food?"

He then scolded Bajing, "It's one thing for others to joke about me, but why are you making fun of me? If I had known this would happen, I should have sold you and your luggage with Brother Sha after Master was captured by the monster, then split the money, disbanded, and went home."

In an instant, the serious atmosphere vanished, and the group was filled with a joyful atmosphere. Even Pingping, the newcomer, couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

But the good times didn't last long, and suddenly a gust of wind came.

A gentle breeze!

The raging torrents of water and clouds are stained with a foul stench; dark vapors rise and obscure the sun. Trees on the ridge are uprooted and completely destroyed; wild plum trees, trunk and all, are leveled.

The yellow sand blinds the eyes, making travel difficult; the strange rocks damage the path, making it impossible to walk smoothly. Rolling, swirling sands darken the flat land; birds and beasts roar throughout the mountains.

It was truly a sandstorm! Absolutely ferocious!

"Oh no! The local earth gods and mountain spirits have arrived!"

Pingping recognized the wind and turned pale. "It must be that one of them found the dry pine tree where I was tied up, but couldn't find anyone, so they followed the trail here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the wind stopped, revealing thirty local deities and thirty mountain gods. The local deities were all spirits of plants and trees, while the mountain gods were all monsters made of stone. Each of them had a ferocious face and surrounded Jiang Liu and his group, saying, "Where did these wild demons come from, daring to release this fox?"

"Ha! You little gods, how can you not recognize me, Old Pig? Kneel down and kowtow, and Grandpa Pig will forgive you for offending me. Otherwise, I will surely pulverize you to pieces!"

How could Pigsy tolerate the rampant behavior of these mountain gods and local deities?

Shouldering the rake.

He glared angrily.

With a long, stern nose, he roared at them.

The thirty local deities recognized Pigsy and exclaimed in surprise, "Is that Marshal Tianpeng?"

The thirty mountain gods saw the river and exclaimed, "It's the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!"

"No! The Great Sage Equaling Heaven is long dead; he was the chosen one!"

There is land denial.

Instantly, the sixty mountain gods and local deities were no longer afraid. They laughed and mocked, showing no regard for Jiang Liu and his group: "Hand over that fox! If you dare utter a single 'no,' we'll grind you to dust and turn you into charred remains!"

"How dare you! I'll send you to be reborn today!"

Seeing that such a minor deity was not giving him face, Bajie's anger intensified. He called out to Hu Yuan, Hu Jue, and Ba Jing, determined to break the backbone of these local bullies!

In this battle, four against sixty, the opposing side seemed to have the numerical advantage, but in terms of pure hand-to-hand combat skills—

When the spirits of plants and trees gained human form, they found it difficult to move around.

Those stone spirits grew lower bodies, but they were very clumsy, and their stone bodies were loose. With a light tap, fragments would fall off and scatter into mud and sand.

"So crispy!"

Bajie smashed a mountain god with his rake and mocked, "No wonder you were bullied by that fire-breathing brat back then, you were so weak!"

"Well done, Tianpeng! After descending to earth and becoming a pig demon, you've acquired the ferocity of a monster!"

The shattered mountain god was not dead; instead, the fragments floated up and said to the other mountain gods, "Brothers, don't hold back, use that magic!"

The remaining twenty-nine mountain gods shouted in unison, and the stone body shattered into sand and gravel.

"Haha! You mountain gods are really adorable! You can't beat Old Pig, so you want to commit suicide, breaking into so many pieces, what good will that do?"

Pigsy laughed loudly and said sarcastically.

"Marshal, don't underestimate us! We'll show you what we lesser gods are all about in a moment!"

The thirty earth spirits, speaking in eerie tones, gathered together, each opening its mouth to spew flames, creating a sea of ​​fire that caused the surrounding moisture to evaporate, making it unbearably hot…

Chapter 1479 The Wood Mother Displays Her Power and Destroys the Evil God

"Strange! It's clearly a plant spirit, yet it can breathe fire?"

Pigsy was astonished.

If these plant spirits were also taught by his current senior brother to cultivate the Golden Core and obtain a true human body with nine orifices, eight meridians, five internal organs, and four limbs, it wouldn't be surprising if they practiced fire magic.

But these thirty land beings, with green leaves on their heads and roots under their feet, were still cultivating the tangible elixir, and the human bodies they cultivated only looked like humans.

If it dies, it will surely revert to its original form.

in contrast.

If one cultivates the Great Dao taught by Jiang Liu and attains human form, one's true form will be completely transformed into a human after death, leaving only a human body and no longer transforming into beasts, plants, or other original forms.

But the land in front of us is only like a person; it is still basically grass and trees. How can we cultivate fire magic? Even if we could, it would definitely be twice the effort for half the result!

Ignoring Pigsy's astonishment, the Earth God spewed fire, scorching the fragments that the Mountain God had transformed into. Due to the influence of the air, the air currents surged, and it actually transformed into a fiery sand tornado!

The wind fanned the flames, the fire scorched the sand, and the sand further enhanced the wind's power.

Beings in this fiery sand tornado were blinded by the sand in the wind; the sand, driven by the wind, tore at Bajie's clean skin, causing him great pain, and the sand was also extremely hot. The surrounding air was also very dry, making his mouth and tongue parched.

"Damn it! What kind of sorcery are you using? You're so difficult to deal with!"

Unable to bear it any longer, Bajie took a deep breath into the wind and used his transformation technique to grow his body to a hundred feet in size. He then used the incantation to make his rake grow to a hundred feet in size as well. With a powerful swing of his arms, he resembled a phoenix spreading its wings, stirring up the surrounding air currents.

In an instant.

The fiery sand tornado was torn apart, and the magical power of the thirty land gods and thirty mountain gods was shaken. Unable to hold on any longer, it returned to its original form, falling from the sky like dumplings and shattering into pieces.

"Hmph! You dare to mess with Grandpa Pig? You really don't know what's good for you!"

Bajie exhaled his breath, shrinking his body to four feet in size. He carried his rake and spat at the sand and charcoal that were emitting white smoke.

Pingping was astonished to see that Bajie actually had such abilities, but fortunately she was innocent and naive... somewhat carefree.

Although he knew his mother had been killed by this pig, he was too young at the time and had little memory of his birth mother. Instead, he felt closer to the Iron Fan Fairy, who had raised him for five hundred years…

Besides, she had seen plenty of the survival of the fittest among monsters, so why bother with unnecessary trouble?

Therefore.

Despite her previous scolding of Pigsy, she never considered avenging her mother.

"Little fox, are you mesmerized?"

Seeing Pingping staring in disbelief, Bajie said smugly, "Old Pig is quite capable!"

"He's just so-so, not as good as my father." This pig-headed man does have some ability, but in Pingping's eyes, he is ultimately no match for her upright and indomitable father.

"cut!"

Bajie was too lazy to argue with the fox. In the past, she was indeed no match for the Bull Demon King, but now that she had obtained the method of cultivating the Great Dao and understood the Dharma image of the Golden Elixir and the Dharma image of the Holy Spirit, after cultivating for a period of time, how could she be no match for the Bull Demon King who had lost his spirit?

Jiang Liu walked to the remains left by the land god and mountain god, grabbed a handful of sand, and carefully rubbed it. He turned to look at Pingping, but his gaze fell on the iron bow. He asked, "Pingping, are you good at archery?"

"I hope Brother Monkey knows that although Pingping is not good at fighting, her archery skills are quite good. She can shoot wild geese in the sky and pierce fish swimming in the water. Even tigers and leopards in the forest will flee when they see my bow." Pingping drew her bow like a full moon and used her magic to condense an arrow. With a "whoosh," the arrow shot out and pierced through more than a dozen trees in an instant before disappearing.

"If you have such abilities, how come you were bullied by those mountain gods and local deities?" Jiang Liu asked.

"The land is made of plants and trees, and the mountain god is made of stones."

Pingping sighed, "My arrow can pierce through grass and trees, but the grass and trees can still live after being pierced; it can also pierce through metal and stone, but it doesn't matter if there is a hole in the metal and stone."

In addition, they outnumbered me and were powerful; how could I possibly defeat them alone?

Besides that.

When I first arrived, they didn't know my identity, and we got along peacefully. Later, they visited me at the Fire Cloud Cave, and I, being caught off guard, told them about my origins.

At first, they didn't do anything to me. They even exchanged cultivation methods with me. I learned their magic of plants, trees, metals, and stones, and then told them about the Samadhi True Fire... Unexpectedly, they actually succeeded in refining it. The land spirits of those plants and trees used their own wood energy to generate fire, while the mountain gods of those metals and stones refined their bodies into fire sand, which was everywhere.

With their combined efforts, I was utterly powerless against them, and could only offer them sacrifices day and night, submitting to their commands!

"So that's how it is."

Jiang Liu nodded, reached out and took the iron bow from Pingping's hand. He circulated his Hunyuan Qi, and then incorporated the fire sand and charred wood left behind by the mountain god and the land god into the iron bow, turning it into a magical artifact. He returned it to Pingping, saying, "I saw that you are weak, so I helped you reforge this bow."

Metal and wood combine, and earth represents harmony.

Afterwards, you will follow us westward, cultivating in the same way you have always done. However, unorthodox methods are not feasible. Therefore, I will teach you the method of Yin descending and Yang ascending, instructing you to refine the water and fire of your heart and kidneys, circulating them throughout your body, thus completing the Five Elements with this magical artifact, the precious bow.”

"Thank you, Brother Monkey!"

Pingping was overjoyed to have obtained the precious bow and the method of refining Qi.

“But it won’t be free. After we go west, you, along with Bajie, Bajing, Huyuan, Hujue, and Liangluzhen, will support me,” Jiang Liu said.