Chapter 674 - 79: A Shocking Change in Hongmeng, a Supreme Being Arrives in Person, "Fellow Daoist, Please Stay Your Steps

Chapter 674: Chapter 79: A Shocking Change in Hongmeng, a Supreme Being Arrives in Person, "Fellow Daoist, Please Stay Your Steps

The Celestial Realm.

"Yang Jian! Fellow Daoist Yang Jian! Wait up!"

The Monkey wore a solemn expression, striding forward with the Ruyi Dog-Beating Stick in hand.

"Sun Wukong? You want to drink again? I’m not drinking today..."

Yang Jian rolled his eyes. He’d clearly had enough of this monkey’s antics and immediately refused.

"I have important business today, I can’t drink with you..."

"This isn’t about drinking!"

Sun Wukong slammed his Dog-Beating Stick hard onto the ground. A sliver of the Dao Fruit Great Artifact’s power was unleashed, causing this patch of the Celestial Vault to tremble violently. Many of the Immortal Gods stumbled, unable to keep their footing.

Yang Jian’s expression changed slightly, his gaze darkening.

"Monkey, has something happened?"

He was a little confused. This Journey to the West was different from the last. The post this monkey had received wasn’t the rankless Horse Groom, but a genuine Seventh Grade Traveling General under the Celestial Duke.

Yang Jian had been wondering how Sun Wukong would manage to ’rebel against the Celestial Court’ this time around...

Just as Yang Erlang was pondering this, Sun Wukong stared at him intently and asked, enunciating each word clearly:

"Yang Jian, let me ask you something. If a Great Immortal God in this Celestial Realm of yours were to use living people for Alchemy, what should be done?"

Yang Jian’s expression shifted again. He said in a low voice,

"Using living people for Alchemy? That violates the Daoist Lord’s decree! They should be executed!"

"Good!"

Sun Wukong let out a sharp cry and said fiercely,

"I just ran into some old fiend who was doing just that—using living people for Alchemy!"

"Is that true?"

Yang Jian’s voice rose an octave as he demanded sternly,

"May I ask, Traveling General, who is this old fiend?"

A murderous aura instantly flared around him.

Although Yang Jian did not serve under the Celestial Duke, but rather the Human Lord Xuandu, as the head of the Inspection Institute, he had the authority to patrol the Three Realms.

Now, hearing that a Celestial Realm Immortal was using living people for Alchemy, he was naturally enraged.

Sun Wukong shook his head, his expression grave.

"That old fiend didn’t tell me his name, but he’s no ordinary character. He has a Female Immortal under his command who dazed me with a single blow. I almost died right there!"

Hearing this, Yang Jian was shocked again. Others might not know, but how could he not?

This Sun Monkey was not the same reckless Monkey from the last Journey to the West. He had long since become an Immortal, possessed a complete Innate Physique, and could even channel a portion of the world’s power!

On top of that, he had this staff, a Supreme Treasure at least on the Daluo level. Forget other Immortals; even an ordinary titan of the Celestial Realms might not be his match.

And yet, an evil immortal who used living people for Alchemy had a subordinate who could nearly kill Sun Wukong in a single strike??

Just as Yang Jian was reeling in silent shock, Sun Wukong continued,

"I like to think my Divine Techniques are pretty impressive. I’ve raised hell in the Dragon Palace and stormed the Underworld, but in the hands of that old fiend’s Female Immortal, I’m not sure I could last three rounds..."

He paused and took a deep breath.

"Therefore, the two of us might not be enough to capture that old fiend. I want to rally more friends and bring the fight to him!"

Yang Jian’s expression was grim. He was about to stop him, intending to suggest reporting the matter to the Celestial Duke, but then a flash of inspiration struck him.

’Hm?’

’Could this be an arrangement by those Supreme Beings?’

’I was just wondering how the Sun Monkey would manage to cause the Great Turmoil in Heaven now that he has a Seventh Grade post... Could this be the trigger?’

At once, Yang Jian dismissed the idea of reporting it and gave a slight nod.

"That is not a problem. How many troops do you need?"

"Troops are useless! I’ll find a few more Righteous Immortals, and we’ll take down that old fiend who uses living people for Alchemy!"

Sun Wukong thumped his chest, which rang with a metallic CLANG.

"Yang Jian, you’re a good man. I wasn’t wrong about you! All those times I sought you out for a drink weren’t for nothing. You wait here for a bit while I go find a few more friends!"

With that, before Yang Jian could ask any more questions, Sun Wukong vanished in a flash.

After he left, Yang Erlang paced back and forth, holding his Three-Pointed Double-Edged Blade. He narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself,

’An old fiend who uses living people for Alchemy... Who could it be? Which Immortal, which God, would dare to be so audacious?’

His mind raced, contemplating a Female Immortal who could nearly kill the Sun Monkey in a single blow. He racked his brain, but concluded that no one in all the Celestial Realms possessed such power!

’That means... a Daluo.’

Yang Jian’s expression grew even graver. ’A Daluo... A Daluo...’

’Could it be the Queen Mother of the Jade Pool?’

’But didn’t she run off to Spirit Mountain to become a Great Bodhisattva?’

As a thousand thoughts spun in Yang Jian’s mind,

「Elsewhere.」

"Nezha! Fellow Daoist Nezha, wait! I’m not here to get you to drink!"

Sun Wukong stopped Nezha and, repeating his earlier performance, recounted the entire story before asking in a low voice,

"Nezha, let me ask you: a fiend like this, will you fight him or not!"

Nezha frowned. His thoughts ran along the same lines as Yang Jian’s, and he muttered to himself, ’Could this be a part of the Journey to the West, an arrangement by some Supreme Being?’

After a moment of thought, he stopped overthinking it. Whether it was a scheme by a Supreme Being or not, anyone who used living people for Alchemy deserved to be slain!

Instantly, Nezha also slapped his chest forcefully. The Red-Tipped Spear appeared in his hand, the Chaotic Heaven Silk coiled around it, and the Qiankun Ring shimmered brightly.

"Of course we must fight!"

"Good, good! I wasn’t wrong about you! Wait here while I go call a few more Righteous Immortals!"

「A short while later.」

"Fellow Daoist Taibai, wait up!"

"Fellow Daoist Tianpeng, wait up!"

"Matchmaker, stop right there!"

"Fellow Daoist, wait up!"

For a full day and a full night, until the sky brightened again, Sun Wukong called upon every single friend he had ever had a drink with. Cries of "Fellow Daoist, wait up!" echoed throughout the Celestial Realm.

And when the Sun Monkey had finally gathered all the Immortals, it was, needless to say, a force not to be underestimated.

From Venus, Yang Jian, and Nezha to Marshal Tianpeng, the General of the Rolling Curtain, The Matchmaker, and others—all had assembled in one place!

The Sun Monkey was incredibly smug. He brandished his Ruyi Dog-Beating Stick, looking majestic and full of fighting spirit: