The Great Bandit of Journey to the West

Chapter 145 Supreme Great Luo Golden Horned Heavenly Venerable

Chapter 145 Supreme Great Luo Golden Horned Heavenly Venerable

King Golden Horn obtained the Immortal-Slaying Gourd and couldn't help but rub it with his hands, looking as if he had the world at his fingertips.

When they looked at Jiang Feng and Sun Wukong again, the friendly smiles on their faces were gone, and their eyes looked as if they were looking at chickens and dogs.

Jiang Feng looked puzzled and said, "Golden Horn, are you drunk? Why are you looking at us like that?"

Golden Horn's eyes narrowed, revealing an aura of dominance: "Before I got the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, I wouldn't mind if you called me Golden Horn. Now that I have it, if you still call me Golden Horn, then I got the Immortal-Slaying Gourd for nothing!"

Jiang Feng asked playfully, "So what should I call you now?"

Golden Horn swaggered, proudly declaring, "Call me the Supreme Great Luo Golden Horn Heavenly Venerable!"

Jiang Feng responded with an "oh" and respectfully greeted, "Supreme Great Luo Golden Horned Heavenly Venerable."

Golden Horn laughed triumphantly: "It is indeed I, the Heavenly Venerable! You're smart to know what's good for you—"

Before he could finish speaking, Golden Horn was instantly sucked into the purple-gold-red gourd in Jiang Feng's sleeve.

"Big brother!"

Silver Horn cried out in alarm, grabbing the Immortal-Slaying Gourd that was falling from mid-air, and angrily shouted, "Jiang Feng, release my elder brother right now, or I'll chop off your head!"

Jiang Feng chuckled and said, "Chop off my head? What will you use to chop off my head?"

Silver Horn glared and said, "Stubborn fool, you're courting death! Fine, although cutting off your head now will waste some blood, you won't lose any flesh."

Having said that, he pointed the Immortal-Slaying Gourd at Jiang Feng and shouted, "Please turn around, my treasure!"

Jiang Feng slapped him on the head and glared at him, saying, "Who are you calling 'baby'? Are we that close? You call me 'baby'?"

The Silver Horned King was immediately stunned, jumped back a step, and shouted again, "Please turn around, my darling!"

Jiang Feng turned around with a helpless expression and said, "Is that okay now? I really can't do anything with you."

Silver Horn King: "————"

Did I call you? Don't turn around like that!

Why has this Immortal-Slaying Gourd stopped working? Could it be that the treasure possesses a spirit and is unwilling to harm its former owner?

Silver Horn King's heart skipped a beat. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that Sun Wukong had already taken out his golden cudgel, and he immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Holy monk, spare my life!"

Silver Horn King's knees buckled, and he knelt before Jiang Feng, weeping bitterly, "Holy Monk, my brother and I were foolish enough to be greedy when we saw how powerful your magic weapons were. We now know we were wrong. Please take all the magic weapons, Holy Monk, spare our lives!"

Jiang Feng took out the red gourd and the jade bottle and said, "If I remember correctly, these two magic treasures should also have talismans affixed to them in order to turn the person trapped inside into pus and blood."

From the very beginning, neither of you were sincere in your deal with me. You had already decided to trick me out of my Immortal-Slaying Gourd and then eat me, right?

When Silver Horn King heard Jiang Feng reveal their conspiracy, his heart sank. At this moment, he dared not admit it and was about to make excuses.

Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Feng interrupted her.

"Don't be afraid. It's not a big deal if you want to eat me. I forgive you."

But what you shouldn't have done was to break your promise during the transaction.

What I hate most is dishonest merchants who cheat on you. You promised a fair trade, but you actually shortchanged me by two talismans.

Go down and repent to Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva!

After saying that, Jiang Feng raised the Vajra Pestle and plunged it into his head.

Silver Horn King trembled, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. His face filled with resentment, he said, "We didn't give you the talisman, but the Immortal-Slaying Gourd you gave us was fake too—"

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"Fine, I'll let you die knowing why."

Jiang Feng picked up the Immortal-Slaying Gourd from the ground, turned it upside down, and saw a line of small characters engraved on the bottom:

[The effects of these magical artifacts are for reference only; Jiang Feng reserves the right of final interpretation!]

Silver Horn King: "————"

This is a scam! A scam!

King Silver Horn died with his eyes wide open, his head tilted as he fell to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Feng poured out the Golden Horn King from the red gourd.

Upon seeing the Silver Horn King's corpse, he rushed forward and burst into tears, crying, "Brother, it's all my fault!"

King Golden Horn was grieving the death of his brother when he suddenly felt a headache instead of a pain in his head.

Jiang Feng plunged the demon-subduing pestle into his forehead and said, "I know you're crying because you're afraid he'll be lonely on the road to the underworld. I'm taking pity on you and sending you down to keep him company."

King Golden Horn stiffened, staring at Jiang Feng in disbelief: "You really dare to kill us? You know we are Laozi's furnace-guarding boys, don't you? Aren't you afraid of Laozi's wrath if you kill us?"

Sun Wukong sneered, "This old official lets his family members do evil; he should be charged with lax discipline. I'm already being lenient by not going to confront him. How dare he question us, master and disciple!"

Looking at the dying Golden Horn King, Jiang Feng said, "Because of a wrong thought that led you astray from the Heavenly Palace, you have lost your senses and fallen to this mountain. When will your sins be fully extinguished, and when will you return to your original state and ascend to the Imperial Pass?"

"This journey to the west is not only a test for us, master and disciples, but also a test for those who block our way."

If you two can uphold your Daoist beliefs and resist the temptation of immortality, even if the Bodhisattva comes to borrow people, Laozi will not let you descend to the mortal realm.

If you had refrained from all evil and practiced all good after descending to the mortal realm, you would not have ended up dead today.

This is the clear manifestation of divine justice, and the principle of cause and effect.

As Jiang Feng spoke, he looked up at the sky, which was obscured by the cave.

"If good and evil go unpunished, then Heaven and Earth must be biased."

"They set the rules. If Laozi blames me for this, he would first have to destroy his own lineage, then sweep away the Western Paradise and the Heavenly Court, overthrowing these rules. Only then would he have a legitimate reason to come before me and demand justice."

The last glimmer of hope in the Golden Horn King's heart vanished, and he closed his eyes in despair. Then Jiang Feng opened the gates of hell and sent the two souls to hell to be punished.

[Your compassion made King Silver Horn deeply understand the harm of shortchanging. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with mastery of the "Golden Rope Incantation".]

[Your compassion led you to send the Golden Horned King down to join the Silver Horned King in their journey to the Yellow Springs, thus fulfilling their brotherly bond. Your boundless love moved Heaven, and you are rewarded with the skill "Righteousness Reaching the Heavens."]

Jiang Feng checked the rewards he had received and couldn't help but feel a little confused.

He wasn't surprised by the Golden Rope Mantra, since both Golden Horn and Silver Horn already knew it.

But this phrase, "righteousness reaching the heavens," is actually a spell to invoke the spirit of Guan Yu (Lord Guan).

Could it be that he made Golden Horn and Silver Horn achieve the feat of dying on the same day, month, and year, and thus received this reward?

Or perhaps it was because Guan Yu also engaged in small-scale trading that he received this related reward.

However, with this righteous and chivalrous spirit, his weakness in martial arts was made up for, which was an unexpected bonus!