Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System
Chapter 82 Eating Peaches and Disguise (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 82: Chapter 82 Eating Peaches and Disguise (Please Subscribe)

As for the Divine Earth Travel Technique and insights into Buddhist Law that were added to his memory, Sun Wukong had also checked them out and planned to practice and study them when he had time.

After all, only by knowing both oneself and the enemy can one fight without endangering oneself.

The last was a sixth-order treasure chest, and his heart swelled with even greater anticipation.

[You have opened a sixth-order treasure chest. Congratulations, you have obtained a nine-thousand-year peach, a six-thousand-year peach, the Blood Transformation Divine Blade (a Superior Postnatal Spiritual Treasure),

physical cultivation (middle phase of Daluo Golden Immortal), Primordial Spirit cultivation (middle phase of Daluo Golden Immortal), first-level comprehension of the Dao of Artifacts, and first-level comprehension of the Laws of Formations.]

"Hehe, good, very good!" Sun Wukong became even more jubilant, beaming with delight. He then carefully felt the enhancement in his cultivation level and understanding of the Dao, which were significantly better than before.

His last cultivation breakthrough was before the martial arts tournament, when he was studying the art of Artifact Refining with the Supreme Elder Laozi, advancing from the early to the mid-phase of Daluo Golden Immortal.

Not much time had passed since then.

Although he had opened some treasure chests during this period, the cumulative increase in his cultivation was clearly not enough to achieve a breakthrough, so he didn’t make one this time.

Of course, his strength was still significantly greater than before after opening the treasure chest.

There were also peaches and Golden Cores he had not yet consumed; these treasures, coveted by all immortals, could enhance his cultivation as well.

With that thought, Sun Wukong’s eyes shone brightly. Compared to the improvement in cultivation, what he cared about more at the moment was whether the peaches tasted good.

When he first met Yang Chan, she mentioned that she would take him to the Peach Garden to eat peaches if there was a chance.

Unfortunately, ever since he moved into the Great Sage Equalling Heaven mansion, the Queen Mother of the West ordered strict surveillance over the Peach Garden.

She said that a thief from the lower realm named Dong Fangshuo had sneaked into the Peach Garden to steal peaches through one of the Queen Mother’s handmaidens.

When Sun Wukong first heard about this incident, he denounced the thief as hateful!

Thus, it wasn’t until today’s martial arts tournament that he finally saw what peaches looked like.

Next, he took out the peaches and Golden Cores he had obtained from the martial arts tournament, and those he had just acquired from the treasure chest, totaling two nine-thousand-year peaches, four six-thousand-year peaches, and one Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.

When these treasures were laid out before him, the dazzling lights they emitted and their tempting fragrance mixed together, making Sun Wukong utterly overjoyed.

First, he popped the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir into his mouth like candy, treating it as an appetizer.

"Hehe, come here, come here." He scratched his face and waved at a nine-thousand-year peach. After the huge peach was in his hands, he bit into it directly.

"Ha!" The wonderful sensation made his eyes shine with a divine light, and he blissfully devoured the peach.

Before he knew it, all six peaches were in his stomach.

"Good, excellent treasures, truly excellent treasures!" Sun Wukong let out a satisfied burp, feeling a lingering desire, and even a bit drunk, dizzy with happiness.

Then, he felt a great pity, asking why there were only six peaches?

The Great Sage Equalling Heaven mansion was right next to the Peach Garden, so close that he could have occasionally picked a few to satisfy his cravings if the garden wasn’t strictly guarded.

"No, no, how can I harbor such wicked thoughts?" Sun Wukong suddenly came to his senses, immediately recalling the warnings of his Zhihu friends from before.

In his original life, it was precisely because he stole peaches and Golden Cores and caused chaos at the Peach Banquet that he provoked the army of Heaven against him,

eventually being captured by the Supreme Elder Laozi and confined to the Eight Trigrams furnace for forty-nine days, which were actually forty-nine years in the human world.

Although he emerged from the furnace and vigorously wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Court, he ended up being suppressed by the Buddha under the Five Elements Mountain for over six hundred years.

If he entertained the thought of stealing peaches now, even if he didn’t guard the Peach Garden in the future, it might still set him on the same path as his previous life.

Moreover, according to the analysis of his friends on Zhihu, the Six-Eared Macaque was an embodiment of his malicious thoughts, sharing his essence but separate in their consciousness.

The six-eared clone headed towards evil and demonic thoughts, the more mischief it caused, the greater the impact on the original entity.

Just like in the past when the six-eared clone killed the Demon King and set fire to the Water Filth Cave, turning a return to its original cultivation into a reversion to demonic cultivation, this caused the original entity to briefly become possessed by demons, and to steal a large number of weapons from Aolai Country, committing evil deeds.

"Hmm, before eliminating or subduing the six-eared clone, old Sun must stay vigilant and not be seduced by evil thoughts," Sun Wukong’s expressive eyes shimmered with divine light.

Thinking of this, his mind moved, and he checked on the situations of the two hair clones, finding nothing amiss.

Originally, when investigating the case of Deng Hua’s murder, he was promoted by the Jade Emperor to be the commandant of the Refining Fire Hall’s armory, and after some investigation, he found that Vice Hall Master Zhang Yang might be the suspect in the case of smuggling Heavenly Weapons.

But in the end, no evidence of Zhang Yang’s smuggling was found, and following the suggestions of his online friend Zhi Hu, he chose to observe silently and wait for his opponent to make a mistake.

And this silent observation did not mean doing nothing.

The last time Zhang Yang visited the Fragrant Attire Hall and had his illicit encounter with the serving fairy Bai Huaxiu, Sun Wukong had followed him with a hair clone, which then stayed on Zhang Yang.

To be cautious, one was also left in Bai Huaxiu’s place.

Now, after such a long time, there was still no movement at these two locations.

"The Buddha Sect is eyeing the method for refining Spirit Guiding Instruments; old Sun does not believe the Demon Sect can resist," Sun Wukong thought, scratching his face.

From the previous situation where the six-eared clone raided the Dragon Palace in the Eastern Sea and looted it, it was clear the Demon Sect was in need of weapons, or else they would not even bother to steal the weapons of shrimp soldiers and crab generals.

The Spirit Guiding Instruments broke free from the constraints of Artifact Refining materials; if they could get hold of this method, and find an Artifact Refiner skilled in forbidden refining techniques, they would be able to mass-produce Spirit Guiding Instruments.

Therefore, the Buddha Sect’s Great Sage Fearing Sun brazenly demanded them from the Jade Emperor, because if they got them, it would be a great accomplishment upon returning to the Buddha Sect.

Compared with the Buddha Sect, the Demon Sect was more direct in its methods, and if they knew of the existence of Spirit Guiding Instruments, they surely could not resist.

Not much time had passed.

Sure enough, things turned out just as Sun Wukong had anticipated, and his hair clone noticed something amiss.

However, some aspects were also beyond his expectations.

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The Inner Treasury, in charge of managing the distribution of resources for all the palaces and halls, is a crucial area of the Heavenly Court.

There were officials from all over the Heavenly Court coming and going, making it a bustling place.

One day, by the pretext of official business, Zhang Yang arrived at a storeroom within the Inner Treasury.

A table was placed inside the storeroom where a white-clothed boy sat neatly at it.

"Greetings to Senior Brother Bai He," Zhang Yang said with a smile and a bow, then asked, "We’ve met at the Palace of the Emperor of Eternal Life before, why arrange to meet here this time?

The Inner Treasury is crowded, and I’m afraid the Jade Emperor is already watching me. Wouldn’t it implicate you if we were found out now?"

The boy Bai He looked calm, lacking his usual arrogance and the panic he felt in front of Sun Wukong, and calmly said, "My master lost face at the martial arts competition, and he scolds me often. Going to his palace again is too inconvenient.

Meeting in the Inner Treasury is actually a good choice, it might be busy, but the busier it is, the less people pay attention."

"Brother, you make a good point, I have worried too much," Zhang Yang said with a laugh, his smile sleazy, "Thinking about it, in these past few times dressing up for the charade,

you first detained the martial arts competition materials, deliberately giving Sun Wukong trouble, then invited Uncle Master Tai Yi to retrieve justice, and in the end, I went to pay my respects to Uncle Master Huang Long, to confuse others.

With these series of acts, even I was convinced when watching them.

Plus, brother, you’ve been intentionally giving the impression of being ostentatious and wilful, even if Sun Wukong is clever, he would never suspect you."