Chapter 622_2
Compared to Lu Erjie from back in the day, the Pig Demon brought even more benefits to the nearby villagers, so the villagers held no hatred or fear, but rather some respect for the Pig Demon.
"Xiao Bai, what do you think of the demons entrenched here? Should we add them to our menu?"
Chen Sanzang, picking and choosing, bought a sack of wild mushrooms from a few villagers and casually asked Little White Dragon who was selecting a few live fish beside him.
"It sounds like a good demon, but I'm not sure about the weight of the karma on its body. We still need to meet it first to determine some information that ordinary people can't perceive. However, the Pig Demon is full of treasures, and it will definitely be delicious if cooked."
Protecting the villagers doesn't necessarily mean a demon is good; it could just be keeping them as reserve food stock.
Karma serves as the most direct standard to determine if a creature is evil.
All those tormented by karma are basically notorious, with very few exceptions. The most representative figure being the Nether River Sect Master, who became a Supreme.
The Blood Sea is the filthiest place in the world, yet there's a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Karma Fire Red Lotus, in it.
This treasure absorbs karma from the world automatically, using it to enhance its own power, and the Nether River Sect Master, who obtained it, is naturally wrapped in karma.
However, the Karma Fire Red Lotus can suppress fate, so the Sect Master didn't suffer from the burden of karma, which is why he dared to plot against Red Cloud, attempting to seize the Foundation of Sanctum, the Hongmeng Purple Qi, from him.
Back then, Red Cloud, holding the Hongmeng Purple Qi, had great cause and effect on him. Killing him would bear significant karma.
And after killing Red Cloud, besides sustaining some injuries, there were no further repercussions for the Nether River Sect Master.
Kunpeng, who acted alongside him, was far worse. Because of attacking Red Cloud, he got stained with significant cause and effect, bearing great karma after killing Red Cloud, leading to continuous bad luck.
While hiding in his old lair, the Demon Emperor Taiyi and Di Jun came knocking, not only injuring him again but also forcing him to serve as the Demon Master in the Demon Court, dragging him into the Witch Demon Tribulation.
If this guy weren't so adept at escaping, with deep scheming and first-class fleeing skills, he probably couldn't have escaped the fate of perishing in the Witch Demon Tribulation.
Chen Sanzang casually asked Little White Dragon, while having many questions in his mind.
He knew the plot of Journey to the West quite well, where Lu Erjie was supposed to be Lao Zhu's wife. How could she have been killed by Lao Zhu?
Zhu Ganglie was infamous for his lust even when he was Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy in the Heavenly Court, but he was also very affectionate!
If she was truly his wife, he'd pamper her, not kill her. So, Lu Erjie's death is full of doubts, but it's definitely not Zhu Ganglie who did it.
"Old Xi, to what extent has Zhu Ganglie's cultivation level recovered now?"
"Taiyi Golden Immortal Peak, and his physical body is extremely powerful, possibly having cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique."
Goodness, Chen Sanzang called out in his heart, further confirming a matter.
Zhu Ganglie is definitely a disciple of the Human Sect, otherwise, he couldn't have learned the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
It's known that the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique is a method of proving Dao with power, passed down from Pangu. In the Primordial world, aside from Hongjun and the Three Pure Ones, only the Twelve Ancestor Witches knew it.
And the Protecting the Sect Divine Skill taught to the disciples of the Three Religions was deduced from the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, creating a slightly inferior cultivation technique—the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique.
In reality, very few people have truly cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, with the more famous one being Erlang God Yang Jian.
At first, Yang Jian also practiced the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique, which further led to another Four Monkey who secretly learned and got tangled with his cause and effect, Yuan Hong.
After Yang Jian's ascension through his master, Master Yuding's connections, he obtained the complete inheritance of the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique and thus transformed the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique into the true Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
As for Sun Wukong from the original Journey to the West, he learned the Eight-Nine Mysterious Technique and later, after becoming the Victorious Fighting Buddha, was far removed from the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique.
"Old Xi, should we prepare to transcend Zhu Ganglie in advance?"
Abducting a mortal for a wife provides an excuse to eliminate Zhu Ganglie, catching both the Heavenly Court and the Buddhist Sect off guard.
"That's up to you, though I found another interesting thing."
Old Xi's tone held some sighs, then passed a piece of information to Chen Sanzang.
On the surface, Gao Cuilan appeared to be just a mortal woman, but within her was a decent amount of Immortal Energy, equivalent to the Earth Immortal level.
In the information transmitted by Old Xi, he sensed a different True Spirit aura within Gao Cuilan's Spirit.
Through Reincarnation Perception tracking, the previous life of this True Spirit aura was precisely a Rabbit Spirit!
Goodness! Chen Sanzang couldn't help but call out in his heart!
Lu Erjie's True Spirit resided within Gao Cuilan's Spirit, and they were perfectly merged. This only indicates one explanation: Gao Cuilan is Lu Erjie's reincarnated self!
In an instant, Chen Sanzang thought of many issues, and as he connected them, the previous doubts suddenly became clear.
It can be said that Zhu Ganglie absolutely killed Lu Erjie a dozen years ago, but it wasn't to silence her, rather to help her rebuild her foundation!
Lu Erjie was initially just a regular rabbit turned spirit, with a poor foundation and exhausted potential, making it nearly impossible to become an immortal.
Zhu Ganglie, however, had a way to enhance Lu Erjie's inherent foundation, so using his connections, he helped Lu Erjie reincarnate and be reborn as a human!
After Lu Erjie's successful reincarnation, Zhu Ganglie acted as a Protector, not only infusing Immortal Power into Gao Cuilan's body but also expending Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to help her improve her innate talent.
Once Lu Erjie's True Spirit awakens, and she fully controls the Immortal Power in her body, Gao Cuilan can instantly become immortal.
With the help of Zhu Ganglie's connections, allowing Lu Erjie to gain a lowest-level Divine Position in the Heavenly Court as Gao Cuilan would be without challenge!
Thus, Zhu Ganglie is quite a passionate lover!
Upon realizing this, Chen Sanzang couldn't help but tut a few times, especially looking at Xiao Bai Long Ao Lie with a gaze full of sympathy.
Comparing Zhu Ganglie to Ao Lie in terms of romance, the disparity was simply heaven and earth!
Zhu Ganglie not only successfully won the beauty over, but the beauty was also devoted to him, bringing along a substantial inheritance that came freely to him.
And what about Little White Dragon? Not only is there a whole patch of green grass above his head, but he was also gravely injured by his wife taking the boyfriend along. How tragic indeed.
Fuling Mountain, Yunzhan Cave.
Sun Wukong had long sensed the presence of Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy.
Monkeys who have read Journey to the West naturally knew that after this guy fell to the mortal world, he nested here.
Arriving at Gao Village, he could feel the enormous demon energy mixed with the Immortal Energy, identical to the power of Marshal of the Heavenly Canopy.
"Tianpeng, open the door, Old Sun has come to see you."
The booming knocking shook the nearby rocks incessantly.
The monkey had a smile in his eyes, and the knocking actions became stronger, causing the entire cave mansion to begin shaking.
"Damn! Dead monkey, knock more gently! My Lao Zhu's house is going to be knocked down by you."
Feeling Sun Wukong's presence, Zhu Ganglie rushed out in frustration.
He feared that if waited any longer, his lair would be knocked to pieces by this dead monkey.
"Hey, Tianpeng, how did you turn into a pig fetus?"
The laughter hidden in the monkey's eyes was evident, causing Zhu Ganglie to roll his eyes.
"Scram! When I was banished to the mortal world, something happened, don't you dead monkey know that? Stop laughing at me here!"
The monkey had been cunning even in the Heavenly Court. Those immortal wines and delicacies in Tianpeng's mansion were not known to the monkey how much he had stolen. Being plotted against and banished to the mortal world, who knows if the monkey was secretly laughing at him.
"A pig fetus suits you, matching your character of gluttony, laziness, and lust."
"Scram, scram, scram! Nothing good ever comes out of a monkey's mouth! My Lao Zhu calls it giving up, living for the moment with wine today! As for lust, it's TM being plotted against that ruined my good name!"
Zhu Ganglie now resented the Jade Emperor and the Buddhist Sect members to the core.