Rebirth in Journey to the West: Sun Wukong-Chapter 551 - Fighting for the Little White Dragon
Chapter 551 -551: Fighting for the Little White Dragon Ao Lie (First Update!)
Chapter 551 -551: Fighting for the Little White Dragon Ao Lie (First Update!)
Two days later, at Eagle Sorrow Creek.
Sun Wukong stood above Eagle Sorrow Creek, gazing into the deep creek where a flash of golden light passed through his eyes. He activated his Void-Breaking Divine Eye to the fourth phase of the Void-Breaking Starry Eyes state, and instantly, the figure of a White Dragon deep within the creek revealed itself to his sight.
After leaving the Golden Mountain Temple, Sun Wukong hastened to Eagle Sorrow Creek.
Initially, Sun Wukong wanted to sabotage the journey to the West to seek scriptures, as it was a conspiracy by the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect to stealthily snatch the Merit and Destiny bestowed by the Heavenly Dao. To prevent them from obtaining this Merit and Destiny, he had to find all possible ways to stop them. Weakening the enemy, after all, was an enhancement for oneself. But later, Sun Wukong changed his mind.
The Guiding Daoist had said that the Merit and Destiny collected by the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Cult at present were hardly enough to support the reopening of the Demon Clan’s Heavenly Court. With an unstable foundation, forcing a reopening would lead to failure. To ensure absolute certainty, it was essential to collect more Merit and Destiny. The best way was to share in the rewards of the Journey to the West to seek scriptures!
Since he wanted a share of the rewards, sabotaging the Journey to the West was naturally out of the question. Not only was it out of the question, but he also had to ensure its success. However, Sun Wukong did not want the Buddhist Sect and the Heavenly Court to weaken the Demon Clan’s strength by leveraging the scripture-seeking mission, so he had to win the support of the scripture-seekers!
Jiang Liu’er and Yuan Hong were already not a problem; both had sworn oaths of loyalty to Flower-Fruit Mountain. Sun Wukong trusted them and more so his own judgment of character. They would not waiver, for as long as he was sincere enough, allowing them to feel the freedom and happiness within the Flower-Fruit Mountain Demon Cult, they would never betray him.
Among the remaining three scripture defenders, Marshal Sand Wujing was a commander of the Jade Emperor’s imperial guards, and although Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Tianpeng had become Zhu Wuneng, he was still held in high esteem by the Jade Emperor. Trying to entice Sand Wujing and Zhu Wuneng to defect was too challenging and not as feasible as it was with the Third Prince of the Western Sea Dragon King, Ao Lie.
The Dragon Race was originally part of the Demon Clan and one of its royal families, having only later become independent. With Candle Dragon Ao Tian and Ying Long Ying Tian being two old ancestors of the Dragon Race, they had always wanted to bring the current Dragon Race back under their command. It was just that the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas had become too weak, and there were too few talented individuals with both wisdom and bravery!
The Third Prince of the Western Sea Dragon King, Ao Lie, was one of them. Sun Wukong believed that if there were still scripture-seekers who could be won over, it would only be Ao Lie.
Ao Lie’s talent was quite impressive among the Dragon Race of the Four Seas today. In his previous life, Sun Wukong had a good relationship with Ao Lie, whom he greatly admired. However, in this life, his relationship with Ao Lie wasn’t too great. The initial encounter at the Northern Sea Dragon Palace even led to a conflict where Ao Lie was knocked unconscious, and even his elder brother, the Great Prince Ao Mo’ang of the Western Sea, had received a harsh lesson from Sun Wukong.
Speaking of which, the relationship between Sun Wukong and Ao Lie in this life was quite unharmonious. However, there is no eternal hatred in this world, and Sun Wukong believed Ao Lie was well aware of this fact. It was still worthwhile to strive for Ao Lie’s allegiance.
“Ao Lie! Ao Lie~! Come out for your old Sun~!”
Reaching into his ear, Sun Wukong pulled out the Ruyi Golden-Hooped Rod. He lengthened and enlarged one end and plunged it directly into the creek, churning the waters. Instantly, the creek churned with towering waves, as if it had been blown into a frenzy.
“Roar~!”
An angry dragon’s roar came from inside Eagle Sorrow Creek, and soon after, a thousand-zhang White Dragon soared into the sky from within the creek, spiraling midair with a face full of rage, looking towards the creek’s edge, “Who dares to be so bold, to disturb this dragon?”
“Ao Lie, do you not recognize your old friend Sun Wukong?”
With a single thought, Sun Wukong released his Heaven-Breaking Domain, enveloping everything within a hundred miles around Hawk Sorrow Stream, to prevent detection by the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect.
Ao Lie suddenly felt an immense weight upon his body, as if he were about to fall from the sky to the ground, which greatly startled him. Upon closer inspection of the figure standing by the stream, his heart sank; it was the Great Sage Equalling Heaven, Sun Wukong!
By now, Sun Wukong’s fame had resounded throughout the Three Realms, known to everyone. The White Dragon, Ao Lie, was no exception, especially since he had suffered a loss at Sun Wukong’s hands before. Believing he understood the Great Sage’s temperament somewhat, Ao Lie didn’t dare to be presumptuous and quickly transformed into his human form, landing by the stream. He bowed respectfully to Sun Wukong and asked, “I was unaware of the Great Sage’s visit and any offense in my words, please be magnanimous. What brings the Great Sage to Hawk Sorrow Stream to find this little dragon, may I ask?”
One does not visit a temple without a cause. There had never been any interactions between Ao Lie and Sun Wukong, and after being demoted here, even fewer people knew of his dwelling in Hawk Sorrow Stream. Sun Wukong’s direct approach indicated this was no chance encounter!
“Smart! I do like speaking with clever people!”
Sun Wukong praised the White Dragon Ao Lie before coming straight to the point, “Ao Lie, you’re a clever one, so I won’t beat around the bush with you! I know it is the Infinite Life Buddha who has stationed you here to wait for the scripture-seeking one and escort him to the Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain to worship the Buddha and seek the scriptures, promising you a position of True Fruition once you deliver the True Scripture, right?”
The words from Sun Wukong made the White Dragon Ao Lie’s heart tremble, because what Sun Wukong had said was exactly correct, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, which intensified the reverence Ao Lie felt for Sun Wukong. “The Great Sage is divinely astute, indeed so. May I know if the Great Sage has any command? As long as it’s within my power, I will not decline.”
White Dragon Ao Lie was very aware of the enmity between Flower-Fruit Mountain and both the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect. Since Sun Wukong knew about the scripture-seeking mission, his visit now could not be for a trifling matter!
“That’s because I say you are a clever man!”
Sun Wukong nodded with a smile and said, “I’d like to propose a deal to you!”
“What deal?”
“You keep guarding this place, waiting to escort Tang Seng to Western Heaven Spiritual Mountain to worship the Buddha and seek the scriptures. However, secretly you must communicate every detail of the scripture-seeking journey to Flower-Fruit Mountain. I will tell you exactly how to do so later. After the scripture-seeking is concluded, Heavenly Dao will bestow Merit and Destiny, and you will naturally get a share of it. Of what you receive, keep thirty percent for yourself and hand over the remaining seventy percent to me. In exchange, I will give you a top-tier Dragon Race cultivation technique, admit you to Flower-Fruit Mountain, and let you cultivate in the ninth layer of the Heaven-Piercing Tower, guaranteeing that what you gain will be a hundred times more potent than the True Fruition offered by the Buddhist Sect! How about it?”
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“This…”
The White Dragon was astonished. The conditions Sun Wukong offered were exceedingly generous, indeed a hundred times more so than the promise of True Fruition by the Infinite Life Buddha! In the current Three Realms, who did not know that Flower-Fruit Mountain’s Heaven-Piercing Tower was a Holy Land for cultivation not less eminent than the Heavenly Court’s Ascend to Heaven Platform – to be able to cultivate there assured rapid progress in one’s cultivation!
