Great Demon Sun Wukong-Chapter 662 - 606: Arm Wrestling
Although Zhu Bajie had stolen many of the elixirs on the first layer, there was still a substantial part left. However, after Wukong briefly scanned the area with his Divine Sense, he became disinterested. Despite the large quantity of elixirs, the quality was indeed lacking; the vast majority were suitable for those at the Dao Transformation Primary Grade. Only the three elixirs placed on the pedestal at the very center of this great hall were of the highest quality here—a pair of Dao-Breaking Pills for those at the Peak of Unity Dao and a Solidifying Dao Pill for the Dao Transformation Primary Grade. While Sun Wukong looked down on them, these elixirs were quite useful to White Dragon and Master.
After investigating with his Divine Consciousness Scouting, Sun Wukong had mostly figured out the efficacy of these elixirs. After classifying and storing them in the Mystic Space, he headed towards the second floor. Just as he was ascending the stairs, he saw Zhu Bajie sitting atop two bald monks, fondling a Kasaya that shone with flowing light. It seemed that the two men on this floor had already been subdued by Zhu Bajie. "You fool, not bad taste, this Kasaya is the finest one here, but, I think this Kasaya should be given to Master. With that big belly of yours, you can't fit into it!"
Zhu Bajie grunted a few times, then tossed the Kasaya to Sun Wukong. The second floor housed all sorts of divine weapons and shields and armor. The Kasaya that Zhu Bajie had just been holding was from a jade Buddha situated in the central part of the second floor. That jade Buddha was not any kind of weapon, but it was brimming with spiritual power, obviously a treasured item. After tossing the Kasaya to Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie then walked over to Wukong's side, holding three items, and said, "These three, they should be mine, yeah?" Sun Wukong smiled and nodded, "They're yours, yours. I'll keep the rest for now, and pick some for White Dragon when we return!"
With that said, Sun Wukong reached out and grasped, and all the weapons and armor on the entire second floor were suddenly drawn by a force, then all entered the Mystic Space which had already opened a crack. "Brother Monkey, you would be wasted as a thief—with this thing, you can take whatever you fancy, right? It's way more useful than the Purple Gold Gourd of the Golden Horn and Silver Horn back in the day." "Heh, I fancy the three things you're holding right now."
Zhu Bajie quickly stuffed the three treasures into his bosom and changed the subject, "There's still another layer, Brother Monkey, what do you reckon is inside?" Sun Wukong replied with a mysterious smile, "It's a secret for now. How about this, to reward your hard work tonight, if you can defeat the people on the third layer, you can take half of what's inside!" Zhu Bajie, after hearing this, made no indication of his thoughts. Wukong thought Zhu Bajie was not enticed at all and was about to further tempt him when, suddenly, Zhu Bajie exhaled loudly, his Nine-Toothed Rake appeared, and he dashed straight toward the staircase leading to the third floor. For Zhu Bajie, aside from eating, only treasures and beauties provided motivation. Actually, it's the same for all mortals!
Having also stashed the weapons and armor from the second floor into the mystic space, Sun Wukong suddenly burst into laughter. That fool was right; he really was suited to be a bandit who robbed from the rich. Thinking about whether he should target a few wealthy households in the future to experience the joy of robbing the rich to help the poor, Sun Wukong continued up the stairs to the third floor. Upon reaching the third floor, he laughed again. Zhu Bajie was there, his eyes bloodshot, engaged in an arm-wrestling match with a muscular strongman, both grunting with effort. Sun Wukong was truly surprised, having thought that the Dao Transformation-level powerhouse he assumed was on the third floor would definitely have a big fight with Zhu Bajie, which would provide Bajie with some real combat experience. But instead, the battle turned out to be of this nature, giving Sun Wukong a sense of eye-opening wonder.
It was clear that although they were arm-wrestling, the contest was extremely dangerous. A simple misstep could easily lead to a broken arm, or in a worst-case scenario, death on the spot. Zhu Bajie's cultivation level wasn't much different from that of the muscular strongman, but Bajie's cultivation had risen rapidly recently. In terms of real combat, Bajie was far behind. It seemed likely that the strongman could defeat Bajie in just a few moves, yet he insisted on competing in strength. After watching for a while, Sun Wukong realized Bajie was certain to win.
With their cultivation levels nearly equal, Zhu Bajie's stamina greatly surpassed that of the strongman. Just the spirit stones and treasures that Bajie's Red Lotus Fire Body had devoured provided him with a relentless supply of formidable spiritual power. The process of arm-wrestling required constant, maximum output of spiritual power, which most people couldn't sustain for long. Sure enough, after a stalemate of roughly fifteen minutes, the strongman's forehead began to sweat, and Sun Wukong could see his legs trembling.
"Haha, trying to outdo Old Pig in a contest of strength? You're still too green. Back in the days at Gao Village, I did laborious work every day!" Zhu Bajie, on the other hand, appeared calm and collected, maintaining steady pressure in his arm, slowly pushing the strongman's hand down. Seeing he was about to lose, the strongman finally stopped holding back his strength, and with a loud roar, all the muscles on his body bulged once more, making him even bulkier. Moreover, mysterious patterns suddenly appeared on the strongman's body. Sun Wukong's eyes lit up at the sight of these patterns.
Sun Wukong was not only familiar with these patterns but very much so. Although he hadn't used them himself, he was absolutely certain that they were the secret patterns of the first strategic move from the Myriad Spirits Realm's Divine Skill "Nine Decisions." This was getting interesting. A mere Eighth Rank sect from an Intermediate Level world under the Ancient Primordial World was in possession of a Divine Transformation Primary Grade powerhouse, who not only existed but also knew the Nine Decisions from the Divine Kingdom's Myriad Spirits Realm. Although this was not a pure application, it was just a partial display of the power of the first move of the Nine Decisions, it was indeed enough to handle Zhu Bajie.
Zhu Bajie's cultivation was at the level of Dao Transformation, but the cultivation techniques he practiced were all from the minor worlds within the Pangu Realm and did not fully leverage Bajie's cultivation. As a result, once the strongman utilized the Nine Decisions, Zhu Bajie was instantly overwhelmed by the surge in momentum, compounded with the strongman's sudden burst of full strength. The end result was Zhu Bajie's defeat. Moreover, his entire arm was fiercely slammed down onto the iron table used for the arm-wrestling by the strongman.
Zhu Bajie was initially startled, then the intense pain in his arm made him howl miserably. At this time, Sun Wukong walked over to Zhu Bajie's side. The exceedingly hard iron table became like a block of tofu under Sun Wukong's hands, first he extracted Zhu Bajie's arm, which was already a bloody mess embedded in the table. Then, he pulled out a jade vase from his bosom, poured out an elixir, and fed it to Zhu Bajie. Immediately after, he took out another jade box containing a verdant leaf. Placing the green leaf onto the injury on Zhu Bajie's arm, only then did Sun Wukong raise his head to look at the burly man opposite him.
"Impressive, daring to harm my junior brother. Initially, seeing that you could use the Nine Decisions, I planned to spare your life, but now, you must pay the price for your mistake!" However, just as he finished speaking, Zhu Bajie grabbed the kasaya at Sun Wukong's waist with his left hand, and with a trembling voice, said, "Big brother, do not take action. We had already agreed earlier, this fight relies solely on strength, with no regards for life or death. Now, it's my lack of skill, you can't blame him!"
Zhu Bajie's words were somewhat forced because his entire right arm had not just suffered torn muscles, but almost all the bones in his arm were crushed as well. This was why Sun Wukong was furious. Sun Wukong clenched his fists tightly, Zhu Bajie even heard the cracking sound of Sun Wukong's finger bones from exerting too much strength. But this time, Zhu Bajie's stance was unusually firm, so much so that it surprised Sun Wukong.
Knowing the original Zhu Bajie, he was typically one who feared death and clung to life. If someone had injured him, he would definitely have sought out Sun Wukong or their master to complain, then have Sun Wukong avenge him. But this time, Zhu Bajie stopped Sun Wukong. The burly man opposite them was already standing there with a pale complexion, not daring to move an inch. Although Sun Wukong had not made a move, the intense killing intent emitted by an Eight Patterns Supreme expert had the man shaking like chaff, drenched in cold sweat. He had no doubts that if he made the slightest movement, the frail-looking figure would definitely punch his head to pieces.
Finally, Sun Wukong sighed. Although he really wanted to kill this man to avenge Zhu Bajie, he ultimately did not act. Sun Wukong was extremely protective and fond of this junior brother, even if he often teased Zhu Bajie, it was all in jest. Since Zhu Bajie was unusually resolute this time, Sun Wukong naturally couldn't refuse. At that moment, Zhu Bajie let out a light gasp, then looked incredulously at the green leaf on his arm.
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"Brother Monkey, what is this treasure? My arm, it's healing so fast?" Sun Wukong also saw the injury on Zhu Bajie's arm recovering at an astonishing rate, visible to the naked eye as the verdant leaf continuously emitted dense life force that mended Zhu Bajie's arm.
"This is that 'ye zi' from the Jade Emperor, his life-bound phoenix tree leaf, with healing effects almost identical to that of the Jade Emperor himself. As long as you're not dead, this leaf can bring you back to life." While Sun Wukong was speaking with Bajie, the green leaf had already retracted all its brilliance, circled around Zhu Bajie, then flew back into Sun Wukong's hand.
Then Zhu Bajie moved his right arm a few times, discovering it felt no pain at all, and immediately he was overjoyed, as he was someone who feared pain the most.
"What's your name?"
The burly man glanced at Sun Wukong with eyes full of terror, then looked at Zhu Bajie and answered, "Haoyue Cangqiong!"
"That's quite an imposing name. You may leave now; I won't let big brother make things difficult for you. However, you definitely can't stay here!"(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote and give monthly pass recommendations on Starting Point (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
