Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons

As we all know, dogs are always particularly fond of ball sports, and this nature is still fully confirmed in Xiaotian Dog.

Xiaotian Dog likes to play with balls. When its master, Erlang Zhenjun, was around, it would often hold a flowery ball in its mouth and ask its master to play the game of "You throw it out and I fetch it back". However, Erlang Zhenjun was busy with official duties and often had no time to play with it, so it had to entertain itself. Such ways of entertaining itself included but were not limited to holding the trouser legs of a certain grass-headed god and asking him to throw the ball for it, or pestering the six brothers of Meishan to go hunting together, or chasing and biting a conspicuous round ball that happened to pass by.

For example, the sun or the moon.

Well, anyway, the Lord of the Sun and the Lord of the Moon are very generous. For the sake of their master, they are embarrassed to bother with this dog.

But these leisurely days ended eight years ago.

It was an ordinary day. Roaring Sky Dog chased after the pants of True Lord Taiyang and bit them happily, unaware that the solar eclipse had caused a group of bastards to be released. These bastards happened to wish to offer human hearts to their benefactor, and then they were killed by a disciple of Heavenly Lord Dangmo. The female disciple was not satisfied after killing these ignorant little goblins, so she went to the Temple of True Lord Erlang at Guanjiangkou to burn paper and file a complaint against them.

Offending the Sun and Moon Lords was a minor dispute between adults, but nearly letting the demon kill people was a violation of the Lords' moral character. In anger, the owner tied it to the gate of Erlang Lord Temple and had it guard the gate for three years.

God knows that during these three years, it was living a life worse than death. Not only did it lose its freedom, but it was also almost bald due to the female pilgrims who thought it was an ordinary dog.

Every lonely night, thinking of the culprit of all these misfortunes, Xiaotian Dog would sharpen his claws angrily at the foot of the wall. He swore on his dog's reputation that when the confinement was lifted, he would catch the female cultivator who made the accusation and bite her hard!

Three years of suffering came to an end, and Xiaotian Dog thought he could finally be freed. Unexpectedly, his master announced mercilessly that he would have to continue to be imprisoned.

At that moment, Xiaotian Dog was completely devastated. It barked and questioned its master, and the master could only stroke its fur: "Do you still remember the female cultivator who reported you?"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

How could I not remember it? It was such a painful experience that I will never forget it!

"The day before yesterday, she ascended to heaven. She was conferred the title of Qingmiaoyuanjun, and was also given the titles of Dongfangguangmingxingjun and Fumotiannu." The master's words were extremely concise, but every word made it dizzy.

Oh no, this woman is not as magnanimous as True Lord of the Sun and True Lord of the Moon. When she was still a mortal, she loved to report him. Now that she is a star god, how dare he bite her again?

"Originally, this has nothing to do with you, but she just sent a greeting card. She specifically greeted you on the card." Erlang Shen sighed.

“Woof?” Howling Sky Dog tilted his head suspiciously.

Would she be so kind?

Erlang Shen patted its head, his eyes filled with sympathy that it did not understand: "She asked if you were happy during your confinement, and said that although she felt very sympathetic, she knew that I was clear about rewards and punishments, so you must endure the remaining two years and three hundred and sixty-two days. After all, you were in heaven when you bit the True Lord of the Sun, so of course the punishment period must be calculated according to the time in heaven."

Roaring Sky Dog fell to the ground in despair.

It is true that one day in heaven equals one year on earth, but I am tied to the human world! The Temple of Erlang Zhenjun is in the human world! According to this calculation, I will be firmly tied to the human world for more than a thousand years!

"By the way, she also has a gift for you."

Roaring Sky Dog pricked up one ear.

Erlang Shen took out a muzzle woven with gold thread and smiled happily: "She said that walking a dog without a leash is like the dog walking a person. If you really want to walk the dog, please wear this muzzle. I think she has some truth in what she said."

Roaring Sky Dog can’t fall down.

Those free days of chasing the sun and the moon are gone forever.

In the Guanghan Palace of the Moon Palace, osmanthus flowers fell in profusion, and the fine orange-red petals were softly spread on the white jade ground. The faint light was mixed with the rich fragrance of the flowers, cold and beautiful.

Taiyin Zhenjun was holding a jade rabbit, leaning against a moon-white pillow, with eyes half closed and half open. In front of her, two teams of fairies in colorful feathered clothes were singing and dancing gracefully with red lips and white teeth.

Halfway through the song, a fairy maiden reported: "True Lord, the Lord of Bright Star has arrived."

Master Taiyin opened his eyes, sat up straight, and saw a woman in green coming towards him. Although her appearance was not as beautiful as the singing and dancing fairies, she had a refined and elegant figure and a charming look. She was a rare beauty, and it was Wen Jiao.

All the fairies stopped their performance and bowed to her.

Taiyin Star Lord waved to her and gave up half of the jade couch: "Come and sit."

Wen Jiao went over and sat down without hesitation. Seeing her silver hair loosely tied into a lazy bun, shining brightly in the moonlight, it was indeed not as clean as ice and snow, and not as beautiful as white plum blossoms. She couldn't help but smile and said, "Your hair color is really good. No matter how you style it, it looks like an exquisite toy. People can't take their eyes off it."

"When you live to my age, you will be like this." Taiyin Star Lord smiled.

Wen Jiao exclaimed, "Ah!" in an exaggerated tone, and said to the fairy maiden beside her: "Listen, your master calls himself 'old man' again. Is this reasonable? Your master, the most beautiful woman in the Three Realms, keeps saying 'old man'. I am far inferior to your master, so am I not just an old tree bark?"

The fairy held back her laughter and said, "If the Star Lord continues to tease our True Lord like this, our True Lord will not invite the Star Lord to Guanghan Palace to enjoy singing and dancing in the future."

Taiyin Zhenjun also said, "Stop talking nonsense. Recently, I have been learning about the music of India from the fairy Ulivasti in your mansion. We have compiled a new set of music and dance. We have practiced it well, but we have never let outsiders see it. Today I invite you to be the first to watch. If you continue to be so disrespectful, there will be no next time."

"Don't do that." Wen Jiao was immediately subdued. Taiyin Zhenjun nodded, and the fairies started to sing and dance again. The music sounded like dancing pearls and shaking jade. The fairies were dressed in colorful clothes, with snow-white silk on their arms, and their wide sleeves were lightly rolled up and down, dancing gracefully. The moonlight was faint, lingering between their flowery faces and dresses, which really had a beauty that was beyond the mundane world and independent.

Wen Jiao exclaimed in admiration: "It's a pity that such wonderful music and dance can only be sealed in the palace in heaven, and mortals can't see it."

Taiyin Zhenjun said: "How difficult is this? After the dance in front of the Jade Emperor, I will choose a romantic and elegant emperor to enter his dream and let him watch it. After he wakes up, he will find ways to restore it."

Wen Jiao was slightly startled, thinking: "Could this elegant and graceful emperor be the future Li Longji? Could it be that the music and dance today is the legendary Colorful Skirt and Feathered Robe Dance?"

Before he could think about it, his palm suddenly felt hot, and it was Xuanzang's sound transmission note that moved.

"Mother," Xuanzang said, "Wukong asked me to tell you that we have arrived at Lion Camel Ridge."