Journey to the West: Sun Wukong's Advice System
Chapter 86: Revealing the True Form

Chapter 86: Chapter 86: Revealing the True Form

All the immortals saw through the Haotian Mirror what was transpiring, but they did not think it to be a good spectacle.

Previously, when Wood Treasury Star Lord Deng Hua was murdered, many had already become suspicious, believing that His Majesty was wielding the Investiture of the Gods, unwilling to give those of the Chan Teaching on the list a chance for their True Spirits to be reborn.

Now, at last, they knew that Deng Hua was completely dead.

And the recent events had laid bare the truth - it was Sun Wukong who had poisoned Deng Hua, and now it was Sun Wukong himself who had been poisoned by Bai He.

Understanding all this, the immortals became even more worried, for if the poison could kill an immortal on the Investiture of the Gods, then of course it posed a threat to them as well.

"Your Majesty, Bai He ambushed his fellow Yu Yuan, and murdered his fellow Sun Wukong, his crimes are unforgivable. This servant asks that he be apprehended immediately," Yu Yuan, the Water Virtue Star Lord, stepped forward and said.

"Your Majesty, let my Department of Thunder take action," Wen Zhong, the Universal Transformation Lord, stepped out to volunteer.

Upon hearing this, all the Immortal Officers and Divine Generals understood that Yu Yuan was worried about his disciple, Wen Zhong and Yu Yuan were martial brothers, both disciples of the Golden Mother of the Jade Pond, Jin Ling.

The Jade Emperor, however, was very calm and merely said, "Let’s watch a while longer."

The immortals turned their gaze back to the Haotian Mirror, and soon, they were again astonished and doubtful.

In the mirror, the scene had changed once more; the white-robed Bai He, having dealt with Sun Wukong, was actually heading straight to the lower realm.

Arriving at earth, he quickly descended upon a mountain peak, where a delicate fairy was waiting at the summit.

Some of the gods who had been to the Fragrant Attire Hall immediately recognized the fairy as one of the Perfume Fairies there.

In addition, during the conversation between Sun Wukong and Bai He earlier, it was mentioned that Bai Huaxiu had supplied Sun Wukong with the poison.

With this, it became quite obvious who the fairy was.

However, the identity of the person behind the fairy set the immortals wondering.

A mere Perfume Fairy clearly did not have such capabilities.

...

Atop a mountain in the lower realm.

"I pay my respects to Lord Bai He," Bai Huaxiu greeted Bai He with a curtsy, looking so charmingly vulnerable that it would provoke pity.

"Here is what you asked for." Bai He still had a cold expression on his face, he slapped the gourd in his hand, and released Yu Yuan, who was tightly bound by the Binding Immortal Rope and had already lost consciousness, from the gourd.

"Lord Bai He truly keeps his word," Bai Huaxiu said with a smile.

"Leave at once, and never return to the Heavenly Court!" Bai He commanded in a cold voice, "If I find you there again, I will show no mercy!"

"How heartless of you, Lord. Then, I shall leave immediately," Bai Huaxiu sighed, grabbing the tightly bound Yu Yuan.

"Hmph!" Bai He snorted coldly and was about to leave.

"Ah!" Yet Bai Huaxiu suddenly let out a piercing scream, having thrown the recently grabbed Yu Yuan back to the ground.

Bai He’s expression changed drastically, and he immediately transformed into his true form, flapping his wings in an attempt to escape as swiftly as possible.

"Hehe..." But the seemingly unconscious Yu Yuan suddenly chuckled and winked, transforming instantly into the magnificent Monkey King clad in golden armor.

"Such a shoddy imitation thinks it can bind the Great Sage?" Sun Wukong tore off the rope binding him and flung it at Bai Huaxiu, entangling the Perfume Fairy into a bundle.

Meanwhile, Bai He had already taken flight, soaring back towards the Heavenly Court.

"Haha, where do you think you’re going, little bird? Take this arrow from the Great Sage!" Sun Wukong reached into his ear and pulled out a pair of the Ruyi Divine Bow and Ruyi Divine Arrows, both shimmering in black and gold hues.

He then drew the bow without any need to aim, using the Heart Arrow Technique.

Whoosh!

An arrow broke through the air, piercing through Bai He’s body in an instant.

Even though Sun Wukong had used but a fraction of his strength, the power of that arrow was still terrifying for Bai He.

"No... quack!" Bai He cried out in terror, only to be torn apart in the air by the force of the arrow.

He did not die; he quickly reformed his body, but he had become extremely weak, no longer with the power to flee.

And Sun Wukong had already reached him, grabbing his slender neck with one hand.

"Quack, Sun Wukong!" Bai He Boy said angrily and despairingly, "How is it possible, how could you possibly know?!"

Clearly, Sun Wukong had already seen through his plotting, pretending to be Yu Yuan to deceive him with a mix of truth and falsehood.

"If you don’t want people to know, you shouldn’t have done it." Sun Wukong tossed him a common saying, holding him and Bai Huaxiu in hand, heading for Heaven.

"Sun Wukong, let me go, we can still be friends," Bai He Boy tried to struggle.

"Old Sun doesn’t want to be friends with a bird like you," Sun Wukong said with a laugh.

"I am an attendant of a Saint, my master is Changsheng Great Emperor, the Southern Extremity Longevity Star!" Bai He Boy sneered again, "Even if you take me back to the Heavenly Court, what can you do to me?"

"Heh heh," Sun Wukong laughed, "Conspiring with the Chan Teaching, smuggling a large number of Heavenly Weapons, such great crimes can’t be dealt with?"

"So what?" Bai He scoffed, "The extent of my Chan Teaching’s influence in the Heavenly Court, in the Three Realms, is far beyond what a rootless demon monkey like you can imagine.

What does it matter if I consort with demons?

Unless my master speaks out, not even the Jade Emperor can punish me for my crimes!"

"Wo-ha-ha..." Sun Wukong burst into loud laughter, thoroughly amused.

The power struggle between the Jade Emperor and the Chan Teaching was something everyone tacitly understood, but this foolish bird had blurted it out.

I wonder what the reaction of the immortals in the Lingxiao Treasure Hall will be when they hear this through the Haotian Mirror.

At the same time, a series of notifications sounded in his mind.

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Watch the changes, wait for the opponent to make a mistake, and receive a Fourth-Rank Treasure Box]

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Use the Spirit Guiding Instrument to catch the smuggler, and receive a Fifth-Rank Treasure Box]

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Secretly investigate the acquaintances of Xiao Zhen and Deng Hua to find the true culprit behind the murder, and receive a Fifth-Rank Treasure Box]

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Clarify the issue with the outflow of Heavenly Weapons, and receive a Fifth-Rank Treasure Box]

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Use a stratagem against the stratagems, to confuse Bai He Boy, and receive a Third-Rank Treasure Box]

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Use the method of openly repairing the plank road while secretly marching through Chencang, to create a diversion, and receive a Fourth-Rank Treasure Box]

[Congratulations on completing the suggestion: Catch both the smuggler and the demon cultist in one shot, and receive a Fifth-Rank Treasure Box]

The first four were suggestions received from wisdom netizens during the investigation of Deng Hua’s murder case, which have been compressed for a long time and now were finally completed all at once.

Sun Wukong’s smile grew even wider, very pleased with himself.

To receive seven treasure boxes at once, including four of the fifth rank—how much would his strength increase with the rewards from these boxes, and how many treasures would he get?

Because of the Haotian Mirror’s surveillance, he had to restrain his eagerness and did not open the boxes immediately.

After catching True Spirit Huang Long last time, Sun Wukong had already asked the Jade Emperor to take him into custody.

Apart from Tai Bai Jin Xing, no one knew that he had also made another request at that time, which was to ask the Jade Emperor to convene a court meeting, inviting all immortals to watch this drama unfold.

With such a spectacle, could they still not deal with the crimes of this foolish bird?

He had also considered using another’s hand to kill, assuming the identity of the Six-Eared Macaque to kill Bai He Boy and Earth-Traveling Sun, then claim it was the deed of the demon cult.

But that was not satisfying enough!

Because if they died, the Chan Teaching could cleanly deny everything concerning the two conspiring and smuggling weapons, and they might even retaliate.

Only by publicly exposing their crimes, leaving the Chan Teaching speechless, would it truly be gratifying.