109: Chapter 109 Like-minded Temperaments 109: Chapter 109 Like-minded Temperaments In the Heavenly Court, within the Immortal Peach Orchard, Celestial Immortals, Star Lords, and Divine Generals were all around, searching everywhere.

Everyone was looking for the Jade Emperor’s whereabouts, but nothing was found.

“We’ve all been deceived by that Sun Wukong, that rascal monkey, indeed full of lies,”

the Martial Virtue Star Lord said discontentedly.

The Metal Virtue Star Lord shook his head with a solemn expression, saying, “Martial Virtue Star Lord should not misunderstand the Great Saint.

I feel that the Great Saint would not lie.

If the Jade Emperor faked his death and the Dharma Protector King was working for him, he would also sense the commotion in the Lower Realm and certainly flee at once.”

“Why would the Jade Emperor fake his death?

Does he want to cause chaos in the Three Realms?”

the Wealth God Zhao Gongming said, unsatisfied.

“Brother Gongming, mind your words.

Even if the Jade Emperor has faked his death, he has his considerations.

We should not speculate wildly,”

Spring Plague Zhang Boyuan quickly reminded him.

Zhao Gongming glanced at him and snorted coldly but said nothing.

All eyes fell on one person.

He was an extremely dignified man, his expression serious as if searching for something.

Yet he found nothing.

“True Martial Great Emperor, have you sensed anything?

Is the Jade Emperor still alive?”

the Matchmaker Deity inquired.

He, too, was a venerable immortal in the Heavenly Court, overseeing all matters of love and marriage on earth.

The Matchmaker Deity was always polite to everyone he met, but no one dared to provoke him.

An immortal who existed since the establishment of the Heavenly Court, even if he was a pig, he was one of the most formidable among Celestial Immortals.

Even though he usually kept a low profile.

The True Martial Great Emperor shook his head and said, “I can sense nothing, but if the Jade Emperor is alive and wishes to deceive us, it would be extremely easy.

The gap between us and the Jade Emperor is larger than you can imagine.”

The others were shocked.

Was the Jade Emperor really that powerful?

But judging from the look on True Martial Great Emperor’s face, he was not joking at all.

“Please return, everyone, and attend to your own affairs.

Even if the Great Heavenly Venerate is not here, the Heavenly Court still has The Three Pure Ones and must continue to operate normally.

Do not disappoint the worship the living beings have for you,”

“Yes,”

the gods quickly responded.

However, they were somewhat disappointed, as they still couldn’t confirm whether the Jade Emperor was dead or alive.

After everyone left, the True Martial Great Emperor hesitated to speak and finally sighed before leaving the place.

After he left, the Jade Emperor appeared.

“This True Martial’s realm has indeed become higher and higher.

He almost sensed my presence,”

the Jade Emperor mused.

In fact, he felt that True Martial might have already guessed that he was alive, just not quite certain.

The Jade Emperor had a headache.

From now on, he would have to be even more careful,

The mess that Sun Wukong had caused put him in a somewhat passive position.

“This Husun, I should not have…”

He muttered under his breath, the rest of his words becoming inaudible.

A farce had thus subsided.

The numerous Daoist immortals also returned to their respective caves.

Even Dharma Protector King Wang Shan stood up to defend the Spiritual Sect and even brought up rumors that the Jade Emperor was not dead.

Now, no one dared to touch the Spiritual Sect; it would mean courting Wang Shan’s displeasure, and possibly even offending the Jade Emperor.

The Daoist immortals were only interested in serenity and non-action; they were not fools, of course, they would not do such a thing.

Sun Wukong took Fan Yao back to Huaguo Mountain and sent a message to Immortal Maiden He Xiangu, asking her to return.

The Immortal Maiden made haste back, but when she saw Fan Yao, she paused in surprise.

“Fan.”

He Xiangu greeted.

Fan Yao also greeted in return, “I’ve seen the Immortal.”

To her, the Eight Immortals of the Upper Grotto were indeed worthy of the title ‘Immortal.’

Although she was a Celestial Immortal and of the orthodox Daoist Sect, she was far from matching the fame or the prowess of the Eight Immortals.

He Xiangu said with a smile, “Why so formal, Fan?

You can just call me Immortal Maiden.”

Fan Yao, who was also straightforward, hesitated only briefly before agreeing.

“Immortal Maiden, you don’t need to call me ‘Immortal friend,’ either.

Just call me Yaoyao.

I’m now working for the Great Saint as well.”

He Xiangu’s face lit up with joy, “That’s great!

You don’t know how much it bugs me to be surrounded by a bunch of stinky men.

Now, at last, I have a sister.”

“You know each other?”

Sun Wukong asked, surprised, conveniently ignoring the phrase ‘stinky men.’

“We’ve met a couple of times and exchanged a few words.

The Immortal Maiden is the female immortal I admire the most.”

Fan Yao’s eyes sparkled like little stars, looking like she had just seen her idol.

He Xiangu gave a hearty laugh, slapped Fan Yao on the shoulder, and said, “Actually, I really like you too.

You have a personality very similar to mine.”

Similar?

Her fiery temper hardly seemed similar to He Xiangu’s disposition.

But not only did Sun Wukong say this, even He Xiangu herself said so?

Soon she understood why.

He Xiangu’s gaze rested on Sun Wukong, and she said fiercely, “Great Saint, is it Wang Shan who’s causing us trouble?

Just give the order, and I, along with Dongbin and the rest, will take down that Wang Shan.”

Though the Eight Immortals were all Celestial Immortals, if they joined forces, they had a very good chance of taking down Wang Shan.

“We didn’t provoke that bastard, but he has come to trouble us, people of the Daoist Sect protecting Tathagata’s adherents.

What kind of Daoist protector are they?

No negotiations, just beat them to death or to a cripple.”

He Xiangu was like a ticking time bomb.

“And that Macaque King, claiming to be the Great Saint’s brother, what kind of brother is that?

If I were you, Great Saint, I would have flattened the Spiritual Sect, crushed the Macaque King’s balls, and seen if he still dares to jump around.”

Fan Yao swallowed hard.

Her temper really was just like her own.

However, she felt she couldn’t compare to the Immortal Maiden, at least she lacked the boldness to kill Wang Shan or crush the Macaque King’s balls.

So fierce, this must be the real He Xiangu.

It really must be refreshing to live like her.

Sun Wukong laughed, “Crushing the Macaque King’s balls wouldn’t be an issue, but I’m worried about Tathagata getting involved.

With our current strength, it would be somewhat difficult to fend off Tathagata.”

What Sun Wukong was more worried about was the Jade Emperor and Tathagata joining forces and flattening Huaguo Mountain.

If these two Great Heavenly Venerates made a move together, there would be hardly anyone in the Three Realms who could stand against them.

Until he became a Heavenly Venerate, Wukong would not completely destroy the Spiritual Sect.

The boiling frog strategy was his best choice for now.

Tathagata wanted the Buddhist faith to spread all over the Eastern Continent, but it wasn’t so simple to penetrate into the Eastern Continent.

“Great Saint, with so many friends, why fear Tathagata?”

He Xiangu seemed puzzled.

Sun Wukong laughed wryly, sighed, and said, “Do you think Tathagata has fewer friends and subordinates than I do?”

He Xiangu was momentarily taken aback; that certainly made sense.

The struggle with Tathagata was not just a competition of personal power anymore; it involved the forces they each amassed around them.

While Sun Wukong now seemed to be surrounded by experts, compared to Tathagata, there was still a significant gap.