Ao Tu had taken the form of the Blood Sea King and set out for Green Cloud Mountain to visit the Mighty Bull Demon King, only to have his path blocked halfway there by an eagle demon.
The Blood Sea King looked the eagle demon over and asked, "When did this Tiger Great General King of yours arrive here?"
"Oh-ho, you outsider demons certainly have plenty of questions," the eagle demon replied. "What business is it of yours when our Tiger Great General King arrived?"
"Does your Tiger Great General King have a single horn on his head?" the Blood Sea King asked.
"Ha! You guessed right. He does have a horn. What of it?"
"Did he arrive with a White Bone Spirit?"
"You certainly have done your digging. What if he did?"
The Blood Sea King raised his hand and delivered a lightning slap across the eagle demon's face, sending him spinning three times in midair.
"What of it? This Great King gave you a slap to teach you a lesson. Your Tiger Great General King is one of my subordinates! Lead the way!"
That slap knocked the insolence right out of the eagle demon, and he obediently led the way.
[Entered the Mission Area] [Current Side Quest: The road blocked at Flaming Mountain] [Quest requirement: Keep the Pilgrim within the Flaming Mountain Area. Rewards will be calculated according to the length of the obstruction.] [Quest rewards: Three days/Cold Marrow, seven days/Hundred Herbs Pill, half a month/Houtian Spiritual Treasure: Buddhist Lamp, one month/Ten Ultimate Arrays: Earth Blaze Array, one season/Shangqing Sword Intent, half a year/Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, one year/Ancient Buddha's Buddha Heart, three years/Congenital Spiritual Treasure: Hetu Luoshu, twelve years/Chaos Bell, sixty years...] [Current progress: Six hundred and ninety-four days]
The eagle demon led the way with