In the Journey to the West world, there are two famous mounts, one is the Green Ox Essence and the other is the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage, both of whom are strong in mana, and can be called the top masters of the mount faction.
Let's talk about the green cow essence first.
The green cow essence is the mount of Taishang Laojun, and he has attained the Tao in ancient times, because he coveted the meat of Tang monks, and went to Jindou Cave to occupy the cave and claim the king, and captured Tang monks, so he clashed with Sun Wukong.
Sun Wukong killed Jindou Cave and asked Qingniu Jing to release Tang Seng. Unexpectedly, the green cow spirit was extremely arrogant, not only did he comply, but also ridiculed Sun Wukong as Bi Ma Wen. Sun Wukong hates that someone is talking about Bi Ma Wen the most, as soon as he heard this, he was angry, and he raised the golden hoop stick and hit the green cow.
Not to be outdone, the green bull spirit fought back with a gun. Both sides went all out, and the sky was dark, and the fight lasted for a full fifty rounds, regardless of victory or defeat. Seeing this, the green cow spirit used the magic weapon King Kong Zhuo, took away Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick, and then took the opportunity to launch a fierce attack, and actually killed Sun Wukong and fled in embarrassment.
Let's talk about the Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng.
The Nine Spirits Yuan Sage is the mount of Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun, and he has cultivated for a long time, "shouting, going up to the three saints, and going down to the nine springs", and has reached the realm of transcendent sanctification, so he is known as the saint of the demon. His mana cultivation may be stronger than that of the Green Bull Essence, and he can defeat Sun Wukong without using any magic weapons.
In the ninetieth chapter of the original work, Jiuling Yuansheng captured Tang Seng and Zhu Bajie in order to avenge his grandson Huang Shijing. Sun Wukong and Sha Seng immediately killed the Jiuqu Panhuan Cave in his cave mansion and demanded that he release Tang Seng. Unexpectedly, he disdained it, "he has no clothes, and he has no soldiers", so he opened the gate of the cave and attacked the two brothers.
The two brothers hurriedly shook their spirits to fight back, but after fighting for a while, they didn't get close to the body of the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage. Seeing that the skills of the two brothers were nothing more than that, the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage used his housekeeping skills to capture the Nine Mouths, "showing the body, shaking his head, and opening his mouth to take the title", and instantly captured the two brothers to the cave.
It is worth mentioning that although they are also strong in mana, the attitudes of the Green Bull Essence and the Nine Spirits Yuansheng towards the immortals who take care of them seem to be completely different.
In the face of the lion slave who was guarding him, the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage was obedient, and he was as tame as a sheep. When Sun Wukong asked Taiyi to save Tianzun to surrender the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage, when the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage showed the prototype, the lion slave immediately ran over and punched and kicked him, but the Nine Spirit Yuan Sage just endured it silently and did not dare to have any resistance.
On the other hand, the green bull spirit is far less tame to the boy who takes care of him. The reason why he was able to go to the lower realm in the first place was precisely because he was dishonest in front of the cow boy, plotted to see the cow boy, used the Seven Returns Fire Pill to stun him, and then took the opportunity to escape.
Speaking of which, everyone must be very curious, they are both mounts, why did the Nine Spirits Yuansheng dare not resist the lion slave, but the green cow spirit dares to plot to see the cow boy?
It is not difficult to understand that the Nine Spirits Yuansheng did not dare to resist the lion slave, although the lion slave was only a subordinate, but he was ordered by Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun to take care of the Nine Spirits Yuansheng, representing the Taiyi Saving Suffering Tianzun. When Taiyi saved the suffering Tianzun, the Nine Spirits Yuansheng called him a lion slave, and the lion slave would not pick on him; When Taiyi Salvation Tianzun is not there, what should the Nine Spirits Yuan Sage call a lion slave? The Nine Spirits Yuan Sheng's rebellion against the lion slave is equivalent to rebelling against Taiyi to save the suffering Tianzun.
But in this case, why does the green cow spirit dare to plot to see the cow boy? You must know that watching the cow boy is also ordered by Taishang Laojun to take care of the green cow essence, which also represents Taishang Laojun.
Because the green cow spirit secretly planned to see the cow boy, it was actually the instruction of Taishang Laojun, the purpose was to let him secretly go to the lower realm and obstruct the great cause of learning scriptures. When Sun Wukong inquired about the background of the green cow spirit to Rulai, Rulai mentioned that he was worried that the green cow spirit would break into Lingshan to make trouble, which undoubtedly implied that he was Taishang Laojun deliberately put down the realm, otherwise why would the dignified Buddha be afraid of a mount? What do you think?