novelaction Chapter 86 Leaping Over the Dragon Gate
Chapter 86 Leaping Over the Dragon Gate
Yang Jiao immediately rode her tricycle into the air and caught the two of them in the truck bed.
When she turned around, she was so frightened that her face turned pale.
The two little demons caught in the truck bed were no longer recognizable.
The spider demon was charred black and smoking, while the white bone demon's bones were completely broken.
"Little Master, there's...there's an ambush..."
Yang Jiao looked at the mouth of the Guanjiang River. Could it be that a great demon was lurking here?
She quickly had the two little demons heal their wounds, and then rode her tricycle to take them inside.
The heavenly soldiers guarding below were unsure of the situation and asked the heavenly general in charge:
"Does this kind of demon brought in by the little ancestor count as being granted a pass directly?"
The sky glanced at him sideways.
Nonsense! Are you suggesting we all beat them up together?
Anyway, I don't have that ability, why don't you give it a try?
The closer they got to the edge of the Guanjiang Estuary, the more violently the spider demon trembled. Its eight long legs frantically tried to put the bones back on the white bone demon, so frightened that its thigh and shin bones bumped into its ribs.
She was terrified and warned:
"Master, there's a barrier there, don't go!"
"A barrier?" Yang Jiao stretched out her hand, but there was nothing there.
He immediately hardened his heart, closed his eyes, and charged.
Amidst the spider demon's panicked cries, they successfully landed at the edge of the Dragon Gate.
If she hadn't been electrocuted and sent flying the moment she arrived there, she would have truly thought it was an illusion. Now, she was also confused and asked in bewilderment:
"Did they just get struck by lightning?"
After the White Bone Demon stood up straight again, she affirmed:
"It must be a ghost wall, a ghost wall!"
The two demons finally calmed themselves down, knelt down and bowed to Yang Jiao, then looked up and asked:
"What brings Master here?"
Yang Jiao pointed to the Dragon Gate behind them and said:
"It's nothing serious, just here to let you jump over the dragon gate."
Longmen...
When did the Dragon Gate of the East China Sea reach the mouth of the Guanjiang River?
The White Bone Demon was astonished.
The spider demon's gaze toward the dragon gate grew increasingly resolute.
A surge of hope welled up in his heart, and he thought to himself:
"Can the Dragon Gate change its origins?"
Master actually thought of me when he had this opportunity!
I knew I hadn't chosen the wrong person to follow.
The two demons, who had just been inexplicably shocked by the barrier, suddenly became determined to fight.
He bowed again and said loudly:
"I will certainly live up to Master's expectations!"
Yang Jiao hummed in agreement and reminded her:
"To leap over this Dragon Gate, besides being destined by fate, one also needs perseverance and comprehension. Whether you can pass through depends on your destiny."
The White Bone Demon's eyes gleamed. Although she had only recently taken human form, she knew how rare such an opportunity was.
He immediately bowed again and went to try it himself.
The river god looked at the two monsters, his eyes narrowing, and sensed that he had discovered another piece of gossip.
The celestial being Venus valued Yang Jiao so highly that, despite being a young girl who interacted with immortals, she actually took two demons as her disciples.
The White Bone Demon leaped into the air, soaring more than ten meters above the river. Just as she was about to continue upwards, she felt a powerful pressure erupting from above the Dragon Gate.
She steadied herself and continued forward, only to see a brilliant golden light emanating from it, concealing some kind of opportunity or law.
Just as I was about to grasp that glimmer of understanding, my body suddenly plummeted and I lost control.
It crashed into the river with a splash.
Before long, a soaking wet White Bone Demon crawled back to Yang Jiao's side, her face ashen, and bowed her head, saying:
“Master, Jingjing did not leap over the Dragon Gate... I hope you will give me another chance.”
Yang Jiao shook her head, pointing and gesturing like a little adult:
"If you can't jump over it this time, then you can try again next time. Don't get stuck in it and end up losing your spiritual cultivation."
It's unclear whether the White Bone Demon listened or not; she simply retreated silently to the side.
The spider demon was even more anxious after her junior sister's failure.
She clenched her fist, bowed deeply to Yang Jiao, and said:
"Master, I'll go give it a try."
In fact, when it comes to origins, the spider demon was just born from an ordinary monster, and was much weaker than a creature like the White Bone Demon, who was born after absorbing the essence of the sun and moon and gathering the death energy of a region.
With trepidation, she leaped from beneath the dragon gate, only jumping seven or eight meters high.
Seeing this, the River God gently shook his head and said to Yang Jiao:
"This spider demon's initial momentum is even weaker than the White Bone Demon's; I'm afraid it's..."
Yang Jiao watched intently, her heart pounding with worry for the spider demon.
The spider demon struggled upwards, but was stopped by the overwhelming force of the Dragon Gate when it was about ten meters high.
But she gritted her teeth and refused to back down.
At this moment, what the spider demon saw was not the towering Dragon Gate that reached into the clouds, but the scene of her in the spider cave.
Two thousand spider eggs; if she hatches too slowly, she will be eaten by her brothers and sisters who hatch first.
From the moment she was born, the word "struggle" has been her constant companion.
If she had been even slightly careless, she would have died in the spider cave long ago.
The spider demon shouted and instantly transformed into its original form.
A giant eight-legged spider struggles upwards in mid-air.
Another golden light flashed from above the Dragon Gate.
The White Bone Demon, watching from below, gripped the hem of her skirt, her nervousness as if she herself were leaping over the Dragon Gate, and shouted:
"It was this beam of light that struck me down!"
"Senior sister, she..."
Within the golden light were various laws; comprehending even a trace of them would advance one's cultivation. Yet, the spider demon did not even glance at them.
This temptation is insignificant compared to how long I've lived.
There were two thousand eggs in the egg sac, but only three baby spiders survived, and she was one of them!
The spider demon stared at the unreachable top of the Dragon Gate, her eyes fixed on the words on the plaque, her mouth cracking from clenching her teeth.
He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of foul blood.
"I must jump over there!"
Just like before, when she faced the other spiders that came to eat her, she told herself the same thing:
I will definitely survive.
Even after her claws on her head were bitten off, she still resisted.
Only by not giving up any hope of survival can one live to the end.
"what!"
The spider demon felt as if its eight legs were being torn off one by one by the light from the dragon gate, and its whole body trembled uncontrollably.
The excruciating pain intensified her hallucinations.
What appeared before them was not only a spider coming to devour its own kind, but also a mother spider that needed to replenish its nutrition after giving birth...
The spider demon writhed in agony, letting out a loud shout:
"No one can eat me!"
Then, he took a final breath and went up.
The seemingly endless Dragon Gate gradually descended to an ordinary height thanks to her perseverance.
She used the momentum in the air to flip over and land on the Dragon Gate.
"Passed! Someone has finally jumped over my Dragon Gate!"
The river god looked up at the sky excitedly, "Where is the merit? When will the merit descend?"
"It actually... passed..."
The White Bone Demon stared in disbelief as her senior sister leaped over the Dragon Gate. She subconsciously glanced at her junior master's expression and was slightly relieved to find no disdain for her.
Immediately, his fingertips dug deeply into his palm.
She couldn't quite figure out what she was feeling at that moment.
I can't feel resentful, and I can't feel happy either.
The only option is to minimize one's presence, even if it means that one's master and senior sister can't see one.
The spider demon standing atop the Dragon Gate couldn't believe she had actually leaped over it, and the excruciating pain in her body vanished instantly.
Golden light emanated from the pillars on both sides of the Dragon Gate, enveloping the spider demon and cleansing her bones with repeated bursts of dragon energy.
Yang Jiao looked on, covered her eyes, and asked the River God:
"She's a spider, she shouldn't be able to turn into a dragon, right?"
"What a pipe dream!" The River God squinted, half-lifting his eyelids, and explained to the spider demon who had leaped across the water with a sense of pride:
"Leaping over the Dragon Gate will only make her cultivation easier in the future. With the blessing of the Ancestral Dragon, she will reach the level of a Celestial Immortal within a thousand years, barring any unforeseen circumstances."
That's a big surprise!
Yang Jiao felt heartbroken.
Even after leaping over the Dragon Gate, it still takes a thousand years to become a celestial being.
In this world, Yang Jiao still believed that immortals were everywhere.
As a result, I only realized how difficult it was after I started practicing!
The river god waited and waited, and finally, after the divine light on the spider demon faded, the heavens bestowed merit upon him.
That's more than the last time Yang Jiao eliminated the potential flood hazard.
The river god took it and stared at it closely, his squinty eyes widening instantly!
"It's actually... Heavenly Mandate Merit! It's Heavenly Mandate Merit, Yang Jiao! I have it too!"
Since Yang Jiao took away Jiang Ziya's Heavenly Mandate Merit last time, the River God has finally obtained his first Heavenly Mandate Merit in his immortal life.
In his joy, he belatedly realized:
"This apprentice you've taken on will have a great future!"
The extent of divine mandate and merit can only be known after the creator's role has been played. This spider demon is definitely about to experience a major event!
Looking at that little bit of Heavenly Mandate Merit, Yang Jiao thought about it and realized it was true, since she was going to participate in the Journey to the West in the future.
But... if we eat Tang Sanzang's side, how will the merits and virtues be calculated?
Could it be that they'll deduct the river god's merits from his later deeds?
In that instant, Yang Jiao dared not even imagine how many meters the river god would cry up at the mouth of the Guanjiang River...