Chapter 97: Change, the Banana Leaf Fan Ignites a Great Fire
With all obstacles cleared, Bai Ze was secretly pleased. He began manipulating the two silk threads, guiding them into the mouths of the Golden Horned King and the Silver Horned King respectively.
The two silk threads flipped open their tongues, and as expected, Bai Ze’s Heavenly Eye spotted the magical items there.
Bai Ze used the silk threads to entangle the Banana Leaf Fan and the Seven Star Sword, slowly pulling them out of their mouths. The moment the two magical items left their mouths, they instantly returned to their original size.
“Clang!”
Because the two magical items suddenly grew larger, the Seven Star Sword accidentally bumped into a wine jar, causing it to fall to the ground with a ‘crack’ sound.
Bai Ze quickened his movements, retracting the two silk threads.
“Hmm?”
At this moment, the Silver Horned King had awakened. Although he didn’t see the silk threads, he did see the two magical items being pulled away from them.
“Not good!”
The Silver Horned King shouted and snatched the Banana Leaf Fan back.
However, the Seven Star Sword had already been collected by Bai Ze! The Silver Horned King frowned, looking at Bai Ze: “Brother, wake up, something’s strange.”
Bai Ze, no longer pretending, reverted to his child form.
The Golden Horned King also woke up with a start. Upon waking, he searched for his Seven Star Sword: “Where’s my sword?”
The Silver Horned King pointed at Bai Ze and said: “Brother, we were both tricked by this child. He stole your sword, and I’m afraid our godmother is in grave danger.”
The Golden Horned King said: “Then what are we waiting for? Quickly attack and take it back.”
The Silver Horned King picked up the Banana Leaf Fan and waved it, and instantly, a violent sea of fire surged towards Bai Ze.
This Banana Leaf Fan was formed from two vines that grew on Kunlun Immortal Mountain when the world was first created. One could create fire, and the other could extinguish it.
When Sun Wukong passed through the Flaming Mountain, he would go to Princess Iron Fan to borrow the fire-extinguishing fan.
And the fire-creating Banana Leaf Fan was here.
In fact, both were magical items of Taishang Laojun. This time, in order to create a tribulation for Tang Sanzang, Taishang Laojun deliberately had his immortal attendant bring the fire-creating fan.
And the fire-extinguishing fan was given by Taishang Laojun to his disciple, Rakshasa Woman. After receiving the magical fan, Rakshasa Woman became Princess Iron Fan.
“Old Ox, don’t sleep!”
The fire was overwhelming, seemingly about to engulf everything. At this moment, the Yellow Ox was still sleeping. Bai Ze first released a White Jade Lotus Leaf to block the fire in front of him, and then threw out a Luo Zu Silk Thread to pull the sleeping Yellow Ox over.
At this time, the Yellow Ox also woke up. Seeing the overwhelming sea of fire around them, with only a lotus shield in front, the Yellow Ox gasped, realizing how close he had been to becoming roasted ox.
The Golden Horned King was furious, pointing at Bai Ze: “Quickly fan it! Burn these thieves who stole our magical items to death.”
The Silver Horned King kept waving the fan, not even caring about collateral damage. The surrounding little demons were roasted to death one by one, and even the walls were melting.
The Yellow Ox said: “Find a way out. This space is too small. We have nowhere to dodge. If this goes on, we’ll eventually be roasted.”
“Okay, Old Ox, follow me!”
Bai Ze manipulated the Lotus Leaf Shield, moving it little by little towards the door, while the Yellow Ox followed closely behind.
The Golden Horned King said: “Quickly fan it, Second Brother, they’re about to reach the door.”
The Silver Horned King, sweating profusely, said: “It’s not easy, Brother. This place is too small. If I keep fanning the fire, we’ll both be burned to death.”
At this moment, Bai Ze and the Yellow Ox had reached the door. Under the cover of the Lotus Leaf Shield, they both leaped out of the banquet hall.
The Silver Horned King said: “Brother, they ran away.”
The Golden Horned King said: “It’s okay. It’s even better outside. We can unleash the fire without restraint. Even if we burn down the entire Pingding Mountain, we won’t let these two treasure thieves go!”
Meanwhile, as Bai Ze and the Yellow Ox fled, they passed by the captured pilgrims. Bai Ze used the Luo Zu Silk Thread to cut open the restraints on Tang Sanzang and Bajie.
The Yellow Ox stepped forward, recited a magic incantation, and then bit through Sha Wujing’s rope.
Tang Sanzang said: “Thank you, Little Benefactor and Ox Benefactor.”
Bai Ze said: “Don’t rush to thank us. Let’s leave this demon cave first and go to an open space outside. Otherwise, if they set fire here, we’ll have nowhere to hide.”
“Yes, yes, yes, let’s go quickly.”
At this moment, Zhu Bajie was no longer lazy. He even thought Tang Sanzang was too slow, so he directly carried him on his back and ran out.
“Not good, Brother, those two treasure thieves have released Tang Sanzang and his disciples,” the Silver Horned King said.
The Golden Horned King said: “We can’t let them escape. We finally caught Tang Sanzang, and we haven’t even had a chance to eat him yet.”
As he spoke, the Silver Horned King unleashed a fire, and the entire cave was instantly engulfed in flames.
“Ah… Great King, save me!”
All the little demons were immediately buried in the sea of fire, and none survived. Even Jingxi Gui and Lingli Gui were reduced to ashes.
The fire was so intense that even the Golden Horned King and the Silver Horned King had their fur singed.
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However, the moment the sea of fire rushed over, Bai Ze and the others had already left the cave.
After leaving the cave, everyone immediately separated to divert the two demons’ attention.
Ying Lao said in his mind: “The incantations for those three magical items have been deciphered, but the Seven Star Sword you just threw in needs more time. Are you going to use those three magical items to deal with the two demons?”
Faced with the fire released by the Banana Leaf Fan, Bai Ze currently had no effective means of response.
His physical body was indeed strong, and it wouldn’t matter if he died once or twice, but he couldn’t withstand being roasted by fire all the time.
His Luo Zu Silk Thread was also not suitable for fighting flames.
The White Jade Lotus Leaf could block the flames, but that was only for defense.
If he used the Shaking Gold Rope, he could probably directly bind the Silver Horned King.
If he used the Purple Gold Gourd, as long as he called out the demon’s name, they would be sucked in upon responding.
“Not yet!”
Bai Ze finally made up his mind. Although the Purple Gold Gourd and the Shaking Gold Rope could restrain the two demons, Bai Ze was more afraid of exposing the magical items.
This time, his goal was not to kill the two demons.
First of all, these two were different from the Yellow Robe Monster. The Yellow Robe Monster had committed many evils and had eaten countless people, so he deserved to die.
And these two were immortal attendants of Taishang Laojun, temporarily captured to act as a tribulation, and they had not committed any evil.
Besides, why would Bai Ze go out of his way to kill Taishang Laojun’s immortal attendants?
Bai Ze only wanted to steal the treasures.
Now that he had finally thrown all four treasures into the Hong Gou, completely concealing their aura, he didn’t want to take them out again.
Who knew if Taishang Laojun was watching in the shadows at this moment?
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Having arrived outside, the two demons were even more unrestrained. The Banana Leaf Fan unleashed fire even more fiercely, the flames covering the sky and earth.
And most of the flames were directed towards Bai Ze, after all, he was the one who stole their treasures.
“Demons, don’t be so arrogant!”
At this moment, a figure wielding an iron rod descended from the sky. Who else could it be but Sun Wukong?
Sun Wukong slammed his rod towards the two demons. The two demons dodged quickly, and the ground was smashed into a large pit.
The Silver Horned King waved his fan, and the flames, carrying a fierce wind, directly sent Wukong flying, instantly engulfing him in flames.
Wukong, covered in flames, with golden light shining from his eyes, endured the pain.
This monkey was quite resistant to fire. In the past, he had stayed in Laojun’s alchemy furnace for a full forty-nine days.
The moment they saw Sun Wukong arrive, the Golden Horned King and the Silver Horned King panicked.
If they had all their magical items, they wouldn’t be afraid of this Great Sage Equal to Heaven, but now they only had a Banana Leaf Fan left.
The Silver Horned King said: “Brother, what do we do? The monkey is here.”
The Golden Horned King said: “Quickly retreat. We’ll find a chance to retrieve our four magical items later. It’s not too late to capture Tang Sanzang then.”
The two demons then used Earth Escape Technique, and their figures instantly disappeared.
Bai Ze, riding on the Yellow Ox, came to Wukong: “Great Sage, you broke free from those three great mountains?”
Sun Wukong was a little embarrassed. If it were one or two mountains, he could have really broken free, but those three mountains had taken a lot of effort, and he still couldn’t break free.
In the end, he had to call the Mountain Gods for help.
Sun Wukong said: “Hey, mainly, I, Old Sun, was worried about the safety of Little Brother and Master, so I had to exchange for those three Mountain Gods.”
Bai Ze said: “It’s even better to have three Mountain Gods. These three mountains are not ordinary mountains, they are all famous immortal mountains.
Mount Sumeru, Mount Emei, and Mount Tai.
It’s perfect to have these three Mountain Gods help us deal with these two demons.”
Sun Wukong said: “I don’t think those three can beat these two demons. That Banana Leaf Fan is not easy to deal with.”
Bai Ze said: “Great Sage is wrong. The things in this world are all about one thing conquering another. These two demons are only relying on the Banana Leaf Fan to release fire.
However, if the three immortal mountains show their true forms and surround the two demons, the fire will naturally be blocked. Their fire will be useless.”
“Wonderful!”
Sun Wukong slapped his thigh and threw the Golden Hoop Rod, slamming it into the ground: “You three little old men, come out and listen to my orders!”
A moment later, three old men emerged from the ground, bowing to Wukong.
