Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 76: The Three Xiaos Come to Purchase Goods Again
"Hey!" Sun Wukong shouted at Zhou Kang, who was still a bit dazed.
"Aren’t you going to thank the Jade Emperor?" Sun Wukong said with a wink.
Regaining his senses, eyes filled with excitement, Zhou Kang knelt down, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the Empress’s grace!"
After standing up, Zhou Kang looked at Sun Wukong again, the arrogance in his eyes no longer present, replaced by a mixture of complexity and gratitude, "Thank you."
Awkwardly rubbing the back of his head, Zhou Kang couldn’t believe that the enemy he had considered trampling underfoot had ended up saving him in the end.
He didn’t know what he would become if he could no longer cook in the future; to culinary arts, he truly cherished.
"Great Sage Monkey, we were blind to your greatness before, please forgive us," the God of Cookery and the Kitchen God emerged together, facing Sun Wukong with a distinct lack of confidence.
The braggadocio they previously exhibited was now slapped back in their faces. This monkey was not someone devoid of culinary skills at all; both his ideas and techniques were top-notch. No wonder he had previously challenged them.
Culinary skills were what they valued most. Being able to earn their respect in this area, and utterly overwhelming them in terms of cultivation, the God of Cookery and the Kitchen God no longer cared about face and hurried to apologize.
After all, this was someone who could brag about beating Prince Nezha and Marshal Tian Peng. They had witnessed the scene from afar through the Jade Emperor’s magical treasure yesterday, which is why they had thought Sun Wukong was merely a warrior.
They were stubborn, and if they really triggered his anger, a simple wave of his hand could wipe them out.
Sun Wukong waved his hand and said, "I am called Sun Wukong, just call me Wukong. As long as you don’t intentionally cause trouble for old Sun, that’ll be fine."
What he hated most was underhanded scheming.
"We wouldn’t dare!" the God of Cookery and the Kitchen God quickly shook their heads, not daring to provoke further.
Seeing that the matter was resolved, Haotian nodded and spoke to Sun Wukong and the others, "From today forth, the Imperial Kitchen will be entirely under your control. Make sure to come up with new dishes that will satisfy the Three Realms before the Flat Peach Banquet."
"Yes!" the God of Cookery, the Kitchen God, and Zhou Kang quickly bowed and responded.
Only the monkey, new to the Heavenly Court, was clueless about these matters, his face showing confusion. However, seeing that the others were acting in such a way, he casually mimicked them with a gesture of his hand.
Haotian, accompanied by the ladies of the Jade Pool, left as well.
The immortals present also began to leave one by one, but whether they could obtain Flat Peaches or not, they all held a bit of anticipation for the upcoming Flat Peach Banquet in their hearts.
In the Western Continent, one of the four major continents and although under the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Court, in reality, it is a stronghold of Buddhism, teeming with its followers.
But ironically, while the people of this continent prayed to Buddha and the Bodhisattvas for peace, the power of the Demon Clan in the Western Continent ranked second only to that in the demon sacred land of Uttarakuru among the four major continents.
All talks of subduing demons and exorcising evil were just hot air!
"Sister, do we really need to keep doing this? What if Buddhism holds us accountable?" Inside the grand temple, with Buddha statues enshrined, Yun Xiao looked hesitantly at the striking young girl beside her.
Qiong Xiao scoffed at Yun Xiao’s words, saying, "What? Are you telling me you no longer want to eat Shopkeeper Chen’s cooking?"
Not eat Shopkeeper Chen’s cooking?
Yun Xiao was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously. How could that be possible!
They must proceed with the plan!
"Sister, let’s take more this time. Your charges of one thousand here, two thousand there, and just me at three thousand, I eat one meal equivalent to our eldest sister’s three meals!" complained Erxiao from the side.
She had intended to eat more, but before she could dig in, she realized she was out of money.
"Alright," Qiong Xiao quietly agreed and set up an Illusion Array and a Soundproof Array at the entrance of the great hall, ensuring the temple’s monks would not notice anything amiss.
Sheathing his longsword, Qiong Xiao swung it at the Golden Body Statue beside him.
The sword Qi slashed away more than half of the Golden Body Statue’s form, it was Guanyin!
Another sword strike hit Samantabhadra, who stood beside Guanyin.
Bixiao was not to be outdone, and bisected the Golden Body Statue of Manjushri with a single blow.
As the Golden Body Statues were damaged, the Power of Faith was severed, almost simultaneously, the three Bodhisattvas sensed the anomaly, their eyes filled with raging fury.
Who is it! Who on earth is so audacious!
They from Buddhism placed immense importance on the Power of Faith; this was why every temple built lavish Golden Body Statues.
They treasured every shred of faith as precious, yet now their faith had inexplicably lost a large portion!
A sudden lack of believers was impossible; there was only one possibility, that there was an issue with the Golden Body Statues, the bearers between them and the Power of Faith!
Calculating with their fingers, they realized that it was the Power of Faith from Yunshan Temple that had encountered the problem!
Yunshan Temple, they knew it, for it was a very large temple with a multitude of devotees, which was why a problem could lead to such a significant loss in the Power of Faith.
The three Bodhisattvas, with faces full of wrath, hastened towards Yunshan Temple from all directions.
Nevertheless, the Three Xiaos did not halt their plundering steps, Qiong Xiao and Bixiao had hewn down a massive amount of Golden Body Statues.
In an instant, the entire Spirit Mountain, was enraged!
Streams of light shot up into the sky, racing toward Yunshan Temple.
As Qiong Xiao raised his sword once more, aiming to sever the central statue of Tathagata, Yunxiao suddenly stopped her.
"Third sister, Duo Bao... Tathagata has now reached the late stages of a Quasi-Saint’s cultivation. The last time we destroyed his Golden Body Statue he definitely became aware of it. If we do it again, he may come looking for us. Although we have acquired new Divine Skills, there will definitely be a gap in strength," Yunxiao calmly analyzed. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂
Although Qiong Xiao was reluctant, what Yunxiao said made sense, so she had to give up unwillingly and turned her attention to dealing with the others.
"Big sister, second sister, look what I’ve found!" Suddenly, an excited voice from Yunxiao came from a corner.
Erxiao walked over and, following the direction of Bixiao’s finger, saw a Buddha Statue with pointed long ears and a somewhat sly expression between its brows.
This visage... Long-Ear Dingguang Immortal!
Yunxiao and Qiong Xiao’s eyes also brightened, as the flames of anger they could barely suppress exploded forth in an instant.
It was because of him that the Jie School crumbled in a moment, completely losing its momentum.
Although the three of them had died or been suppressed before the great war, hearing the description from the Jie School’s list of Immortals, they couldn’t wait to kill Long-Ear Dingguang Immortal on the spot!
The Jie School suffered a devastating defeat, yet this egregious traitor managed to live a carefree life, even becoming the Delighted Buddha of Fixed Light within Buddhism and freely practicing the Tao of Yin and Yang in his conduct with both men and women—truly, he deserved to die!
They had often felt that this "rabbit’s" gaze toward them was wrong in the past, but they had not thought in that direction at that time. Now, with Long-Ear Dingguang Immortal revealing his true nature after moving to Buddhism, thinking back on it was indeed utterly revolting!
"This damn thing, I should have gouged out the eyes of this dead rabbit when he looked at me that way back then!"
Qiong Xiao was seething with anger, regretting that she hadn’t acted against Long-Ear Dingguang Immortal back when he was in the company of the Seven Immortals due to her reservations.
"You can gouge them out now!" Bixiao snorted coldly and took up her longsword to pry out the eyeballs from the Golden Body Statue of the Long-Ear Dingguang Immortal.
