Journey to the West: Break the entire Western Heaven!

Tang Sanzang was once again left speechless.

Zhu Ganglie spoke from the side, "Master, this demon is so crafty, almost every move we could think of he has already devised a countermeasure for; there's really no reason to stew him..."

Tang Sanzang tilted his head to look at the mountain before him, disdainfully saying, "No reason? If it's anything else, I might not be that capable, but when it comes to finding reasons... this monk is ancestral level!"

Having said that, Tang Sanzang clenched his fist, stomped his foot and stared ahead, "Since you recognize me, here I am, and you don't come out to meet me, what's the matter, you look down on me, don't you?"

The Bull Demon King saw that this guy was starting to look for trouble and hastily shouted, "I definitely don't look down on you, I just think..."

"I don't want what you think, I only care about what I think! I think you're insulting me, and that's enough! Take this!"

Tang Sanzang raised his fist, ready to strike!

The Bull Demon King was so frightened that he felt his scalp about to explode, cursing in his heart, "This meddlesome idiot, not a hair left on his head and his temper hasn't changed a bit?"

At the same time, the Bull Demon King shouted, "Tang Sanzang, don't mess around, I have ordinary people in my cave! Do you no longer care about the life and death of ordinary people?"

Tang Sanzang's fist, which was about to strike, suddenly froze midair, "You're hiding ordinary people in your Demon's Cave Dwelling and still claim to be a good demon?"

The Bull Demon King replied, "Can't a demon get friendly with humans? We have mountain goods up here, is it wrong to get a few people to do business?"

Tang Sanzang was left speechless once again...

Inside the cave, a little black cow whispered to the Bull Demon King, "Your Majesty, where did these people in our cave come from..."

"Shut up!" The Bull Demon King immediately covered the little black cow's mouth and then continued to shout, "Tang Sanzang, you better continue your journey westward!"

Tang Sanzang, unwilling to give in, said, "So just because you say there are ordinary people, there are? Let them out for me to see!"

The Bull Demon King replied, "There definitely are people, but I definitely can't let them out. This is my Amulet. If you believe me, just keep heading west. If you don't believe me, go ahead and punch, and kill the ordinary people too if you must."

The Bull Demon King was confident because he knew Tang Sanzang did not have the habit of killing the innocent recklessly.

Zhu Ganglie, adhering to the principle of "better for a friend to die than for me," firmly said, "Master, I think there might not be any people there; he might just be bluffing us."

Sha Wujing asked, "What if there are people?"

Zhu Ganglie replied, "What ifs, there are endless possibilities. He could say there's a whole city's worth of people in there."

Tang Sanzang, too lazy to deal with the two of them, shouted, "You come out, let's talk!"

"I'm not going out!"

"If you come out, I won't eat you."

"I'm not going out, I'd rather die than go out!"

"Are you coming out or not?"

"I'm not going out no matter what!"

"Then I'm coming in!"

"Then I'm killing people! In any case, it's death all the same, might as well take a few down with me! At Lord Yama's, you'll also have an account to settle!"

"I..."

Tang Sanzang was going crazy. He had encountered many demons on his journey to the West before, but this was the first time he had run into such a difficult one.

Tang Sanzang rubbed his forehead and said, "All right, who are you, really?"

"I'm just an ordinary little demon who's practiced for a few years, nothing special. Please let me go, okay?" the Bull King replied.

The little black ox whispered, "Your Majesty, didn't you say you were..."

"Shut up!" The Bull King glared at him. He knew all too well that if he told the guy in front of him that he was one of Donghuang Taiyi's eight great generals, the Golden-Helmeted General, from years past, the fellow would probably whip out his chopsticks and get ready for a meal right away. After all, that guy had a taste for well-aged meat...

"No, you know us; you're definitely no ordinary demon!" Zhu Ganglie saw through the lie in no time.

"Marshal Tianpeng, you have good eyesight. Indeed, I am a bit of a big deal. I'm a small demon who descended from the heavens, nowhere near as impressive as you! Marshal Tianpeng, I have heard so much about you. They say the sixty thousand naval forces you train are invincible in battle, seizing victory at every turn, slaying gods and Buddha alike." The Bull King piled on the flattery.

Zhu Ganglie, grinning ear to ear, replied, "Heh heh, so you know about that, huh, haha... Master, I think this demon's a decent sort, not a bad guy, haha."

Sha Wujing whispered from the side, "Second Brother, you're in charge of the internal affairs navy. You don't fight in wars; you're only there for formalities during holidays... You've never been in a battle, so of course you're undefeated."

Zhu Ganglie yanked Sha Wujing away, "Would you shut up? Don't you have anything better to do?"

The Bull King continued, "Zhu Ganglie, not only do I know about your soldiers' extraordinary bravery, but I also know you're the most valiant among them!"

Zhu Ganglie blushed, a rare occurrence, and waved his hand, "Flattering, although it's all true, haha..."

The Bull King went on, "I also heard you are especially skilled in close combat. For this, you've tirelessly tempered your body, possessing the strength to lift mountains and overturn seas."

Zhu Ganglie laughed, "You flatter me too much."

The Bull King furthered, "I even heard you're not fat. Beneath that hulking frame of flesh is actually all muscle. To enhance your resistance, you've infused your vital energy into the fat to serve as a buffer; for strength, you again channeled vital energy into your muscles, making you incredibly strong. To balance the two, you have fat and muscle interwoven, fat within muscle and muscle within fat, all top-quality marbled meat! Melts in your mouth..."

As he listened, Zhu Ganglie grinned and nodded continually, chuckling while saying, "Be careful now, don't always speak the truth. Of course, I have to work hard on my cultivation and body's refinement for strength."

But as he listened, Zhu Ganglie's smile began to freeze. Something was off.

At the same time, sounds of saliva being slurped and fire crackling could be heard...

Turning his head, he saw Tang Sanzang crouched on the ground, his butt in the air, wiping drool from his mouth while blowing on the flame.

Sha Wujing had neatly laid out various spices. Seeing Zhu Ganglie looking over, Sha Wujing said, "Second Brother, it's not that I don't want to help you. The thing is, it was bad enough he was advertising himself, but you went along with it! Do you prefer to wash yourself, or shall I give you a scrub?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ganglie felt like crying.

Looking at a pot of hot water and then at the bald man blowing air with his butt up, he suddenly felt weary and sighed, "Forget it, I'll do it myself."

Having said that, Zhu Ganglie plopped himself into the pot...

Tang Sanzang was startled, "Wufan, what are you doing?"

Zhu Ganglie answered, "Master, don't be polite with me. Go ahead and eat. I'm tired, destroy me..."

Tang Sanzang replied, "I was preparing to stew a demon, are you sure you want to stew yourself in an iron pot?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ganglie sprang out, "Master, you weren't going to stew me?"

Tang Sanzang replied, "You are my emergency ration, to be eaten only when there's nothing else and I'm extremely hungry. To put it plainly, you're my emergency food. With a whole bunch of demons in front of us now, why would I eat you? Wouldn't that be a waste?"