The Bull Demon King laughed heartily. "How would Second Brother dare defy my wishes? He appeared as soon as I arrived. I gave him a brief explanation, and he went to meet Seventh Brother himself." The Seventh Brother he spoke of was naturally Sun Wukong, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
Shen Bing rejoiced inwardly. That was one more thing taken care of.
Then the Bull Demon King returned the Skyflying Shuttle to Shen Bing.
A thought struck Shen Bing, and he asked, "Old Ox, how much do you know about the Roc Demon King? Why does he hold a grudge against Great Sage Sun?"
As the saying went, knowing yourself and your enemy meant you could fight a hundred battles without defeat. Getting some inside information might help him complete the quest.
Asking anyone else might have gotten him nowhere, but the Bull Demon King was the honest, straightforward sort. Feeling grateful to Shen Bing, he naturally spilled everything he knew.
Shen Bing really did learn quite a few useful things.
For instance, the Roc Demon King was proud and prickly, hated trouble, generally ignored people, and held grudges.
As for his falling-out with Great Sage Sun, that was nothing complicated either. It had all stemmed from the affair involving the Bull Demon King back then. But this fellow was proud, hated trouble, and rarely changed his mind once it was made up. Getting him to accept Great Sage Sun as a friend again would probably be no easy task.
When Shen Bing asked the Bull Demon King to invite the Roc Demon King on his behalf, the fellow very decisively... well, refused.
It was not that the Bull Demon King was unwilling to go. He simply thought that even if he did, he might not be able to