Chapter 93: Two Magic Items in Hand
Bai Ze looked at the fresh blood left on the ground by Sun Wukong, and was immediately overjoyed.
This was much more than the blood that flowed when Bai Ze punched him in the nose before.
That time, Wukong only bled a few drops, but this time, blood was flowing non-stop from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. It seemed that in just one night, a large patch of five-colored earth would appear here.
Wukong wanted to call upon the local earth and mountain gods in front of a child, which he found embarrassing, so he said, “These mere mountains are nothing to me, Old Sun. You go away first, and Old Sun will overturn them with a single effort.”
Bai Ze said, “Great Sage, you wouldn’t be asking the mountain gods for help, would you?”
“……”
Sun Wukong was speechless. Wasn’t that obvious? If you weren’t here, I would have asked the mountain gods for help already!
Bai Ze said, “How about this, I’ll help Great Sage rescue your master, and Great Sage can see if you can climb out from under these three mountains by your own power.”
Bai Ze still wanted Sun Wukong to leave more blood behind, so he could collect more five-colored earth.
“Of course I can climb out!”
Sun Wukong naturally refused to admit defeat. He added, “But you mustn’t delay rescuing that Tang Sanzang, otherwise, there will be great trouble.”
Bai Ze said, “Don’t worry, Great Sage, leave everything to me.”
Bai Ze happily scampered away.
Meanwhile, without Wukong, the Tang Sanzang and his Disciples were easily captured by the Golden Horned King and the Silver Horned King, who had many magic items.
The Golden Horned King and the Silver Horned King were celebrating in their cave.
The Golden Horned King said, “Dear brother, should we eat Tang Sanzang now?”
Under the mental interference of the thirty-nine protectors in the sky, the Silver Horned King said, “No hurry, brother. Although Sun Wukong is suppressed, he still has a chance to turn the tables.
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to eat Tang Sanzang’s flesh peacefully after we’ve completely subdued Sun Wukong?”
The Golden Horned King said, “My brother is right. Then let’s completely subdue Sun Wukong, and then eat Tang Sanzang’s flesh later.”
The Golden Horned King began to worry. After pondering for a moment, he said, “Second brother, Sun Wukong is very skilled. How should we subdue him?”
The Silver Horned King thought for a moment and said, “No matter how skilled he is, he can’t be more powerful than our two magic items. Let the little ones take the Purple Gold Gourd and the White Jade Bottle over there, and we’ll definitely be able to put that Great Sage Sun inside.”
“Alright.”
The Golden Horned King also thought it made sense, so he ordered, “Jingxi Gui, Lingli Chong, each of you take the Purple Gold Gourd and the White Jade Bottle, and go capture Sun Wukong.”
After giving these orders, the Golden Horned King and the Silver Horned King continued to drink.
“Yes, Great King.”
The two little demons happily took their Great King’s magic items and headed towards the place where Wukong was suppressed.
But little did they know, Bai Ze was already waiting for them halfway.
The flesh on Bai Ze’s face was constantly wriggling and then reforming. In a short while, he had transformed into an ugly demon.
He casually broke off a tree branch and jumped in front of the two demons.
The two demons were startled and prepared to fight. When they saw Bai Ze’s face, they couldn’t help but blurt out, “This demon is so ugly.”
Bai Ze said, “Where are you two going?”
Jingxi Gui said, “The Great King ordered us to take these magic items and capture Sun Wukong.”
Lingli Chong said, “And who are you, ghost?”
Bai Ze thought to himself, these two demons are indeed a pair of fools. In the original Journey to the West, Wukong easily tricked them.
Bai Ze shook the gourd in his hand, “Coincidentally, the Great King also sent me to capture Sun Wukong.”
“You were also sent by the Great King?” Jingxi Gui said.
“You also have a gourd?” Lingli Chong said.
Bai Ze said, “My gourd is bigger than yours. How about we trade?”
Bai Ze shook the tree branch in his hand. He had already used a blindfold technique on the tree branch, so in their eyes, it looked like a large gourd.
Lingli Chong looked at the large gourd in Bai Ze’s hand, and was a little envious, “It’s indeed much bigger than ours!”
Jingxi Gui shook his head repeatedly, “No trade, no trade. Ours are treasures, we won’t trade with you.”
Bai Ze said, “Mine is also a treasure, and it’s even more precious than yours.”
Jingxi Gui said, “Then what is the function of your treasure?”
Bai Ze asked, “Then what are the functions of your two treasures?”
Jingxi Gui said, “My treasure can hold a thousand people at once.”
Bai Ze said with a look of disdain, “What kind of treasure is it that can only hold a thousand people? My treasure can hold the heavens and the earth.”
“Hold the heavens and the earth?” Jingxi Gui was shocked.
Lingli Chong said, “Impossible, impossible. How can there be a magic item in this world that can hold the heavens and the earth?”
Bai Ze said, “If you don’t believe me, I can demonstrate it for you.”
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“Show us quickly, show us quickly.”
The two little demons kept begging.
So Bai Ze held up a large gourd, pressed his index finger to his temple, and two small light bugs flew out from his forehead, and burrowed into the heads of Jingxi Gui and Lingli Chong.
Bai Ze asked, “How is it? Did you see me put the sky into the gourd?”
Jingxi Gui: “It really did fit!”
Lingli Chong: “The heavens and the earth have actually disappeared!”
In fact, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was clear, and the surrounding mountains and forests were lush green.
How could there be any sky being put away?
It was just Bai Ze’s master’s bewitching technique, creating an illusion for the two.
Bai Ze said, “You two mustn’t move, I’ve put the heavens and the earth into the gourd. Outside where you two are standing is a bottomless abyss. One step forward and you will die without a burial place.”
“We won’t move, we won’t move.” Lingli Chong said.
“Let the sky out quickly!” Jingxi Gui said.
“Alright, since you’re asking, then I’ll let the sky out.”
With that, Bai Ze dispelled the bewitching technique, and the two saw the bright sky, the surrounding trees, and the singing birds again.
The two were immediately amazed by Bai Ze’s gourd!
Bai Ze said, “How is it? My gourd is more powerful than yours, right?
How about this, I’ll take a loss and use a great magic item that can hold the heavens and the earth to trade for the two small magic items in your hands.
I’m really taking a big loss here!”
The two little demons huddled together and whispered for a long time. In the end, they still thought that the magic item that could hold the sky was more powerful, so they decided to trade with Bai Ze.
Bai Ze stuffed a tree branch into their hands, and he left with the Purple Gold Gourd and the White Jade Bottle.
“Haha, the Great King will definitely reward us. We used two trash magic items to trade for a great magic item,” Jingxi Gui said.
“That’s right, look how big this gourd is. Just the size alone is bigger than our two magic items combined,” Lingli Chong said.
However, before the two could be happy for long, they saw that the large gourd in their hands had turned into a tree branch.
They rubbed their eyes hard, but what they held was still a tree branch.
Lingli Chong said, “How did it turn into a tree branch?”
Jingxi Gui said, “That’s not good, we’ve been tricked! That ugly ghost must have used some method to use a withered tree branch to take away our two fine magic items.”
Lingli Chong said, “What should we do? How are we going to explain this to the two Great Kings?”
Jingxi Gui said, “We should quickly go back and report to the Great Kings. Let the two Great Kings decide what to do.”
On this side, Bai Ze had successfully tricked the two magic items and was absolutely delighted.
These were the magic items of the sage Taishang Laojun, not ordinary magic items.
Magic items are divided into Sage Magic Items, Superior Spiritual Treasures, Medium Spiritual Treasures, Inferior Spiritual Treasures, and Ordinary Spiritual Artifacts.
Bai Ze’s previous Mountain Splitting Great Blade was just an ordinary spiritual artifact.
Even the Soul-Chasing Life-Taking Blade he had seized from the Yellow Robe Monster was just a medium spiritual treasure.
But the two items in Bai Ze’s hands now were both Sage Magic Items.
Adding Bai Ze’s White Jade Lotus and Luo Zu Silk Thread, which were also Sage Magic Items, Bai Ze now had four Sage Magic Items.
This Purple Gold Gourd, as long as you say the other party’s name, and they agree, they will be sucked into the gourd.
And the White Jade Bottle can hold the water of the four seas. It can hold all four oceans, so it’s naturally an excellent storage magic item.
Bai Ze finally didn’t have to worry about his storage space being insufficient.
However, he wouldn’t use these magic items right away, because these magic items belonged to Taishang Laojun. After this tribulation is over, Laojun would appear and take back the magic items. At that time, everything would be for naught.
Bai Ze took the two magic items and entered his mental space, stepping into the Hong Gou World.
Although Bai Ze communicated with Ying Lao from time to time, it had been a long time since he had come to this place.
Although Bai Ze’s spirit could connect to the Hong Gou World, in reality, the true location of the Hong Gou was countless miles away from Bai Ze.
So he hid the magic items here. He didn’t believe that Taishang Laojun could find them.
As long as Taishang Laojun didn’t discover them in person, then later Bai Ze could ask Ying Lao for help, using the method they had used before, to coat these magic items with a layer of golden light to conceal their aura. Then they could be used normally.