Chapter 975: Mother Brings a Gift
It was not that Golden Horn and Silver Horn did not want to flee back to Heaven. For one thing, they had not yet had enough fun in the mortal world.
Compared with tending the fire and refining Pills day after day in Heaven, life in the mortal world was unbelievably enjoyable for the brothers Golden Horn and Silver Horn.
Under such circumstances, the brothers naturally did not want to return to Heaven and resume that sort of life.
Secondly, Golden Horn and Silver Horn felt that they had not yet completed Grand Supreme Elder Lao's task. After all, they had not even captured Tang Sanzang. How could that count as causing trouble for Tang Sanzang and his disciples, Sun Wukong and the others?
Thus, in order to capture Tang Sanzang and complete Grand Supreme Elder Lao's mission—not because they wanted revenge and to reclaim their dignity—
Golden Horn and Silver Horn had come to Dragon Subduing Cave to seek out their mother, the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon.
The jolting journey was nothing to Silver Horn, but for Golden Horn, it was utterly miserable.
After all, Golden Horn was now gravely wounded. Combined with the jostling along the way, his injuries had worsened upon injuries. He was barely clinging to life.
At that moment, the Nine-Tailed Fox Demon saw Silver Horn bringing over some creature whose nature was unknown and could not help saying:
"Good child, Mother knows you're filial. You didn't need to bring Mother a gift the moment you came back."
When Golden Horn heard this, tears finally spilled from his eyes. Silver Horn immediately said:
"Mother, this isn't a gift. This is Eldest Brother Golden Horn!"
"What? What happened? How did your Eldest Brother Golden Horn end up beaten into this state?