Chapter 409: Settling Accounts

「Young Master Wukong, do you think this is okay? 」

Looking at the somewhat thinner Book of Life and Death, King Yama carefully said to Wukong beside him.

Glancing at the Book of Life and Death in King Yama's hand, Wukong nodded and said, "Alright, that's fine. Grandfather, I'm leaving first!"

Wukong said, and instantly turned into a stream of light, disappearing on the spot.

"Lord Yama, the Book of Life and Death has become like this; what should we do? If blame comes from above..."

The Judge Lu beside him said with a worried face.

Hearing that, King Yama glanced at the speaking Judge Lu and immediately said, "Come over and hit me!"

"Ah?"

Judge Lu blinked slightly, seemingly not understanding what King Yama meant.

"Hit me, so my injuries look as serious as possible."

King Yama said.

"Lord Yama, what do you mean?"

Hearing King Yama's words, Judge Lu seemed to understand what King Yama wanted to do.

Nodding, King Yama said, "Such a big matter in the Underworld cannot be hidden; we must certainly report to the Lady. But if we have no injuries at all, wouldn't that tell the Lady we offered no resistance and just handed over the Book of Life and Death? So before we go see the Lady, we need to injure ourselves."

After saying that, King Yama looked around and said, "Not only me, you all should injure yourselves. At that time, everyone should be sharp for me; if the truth leaks, I will throw him into the eighteenth level of hell."

Hearing that, the underworld officials all shuddered.

The next moment, Judge Lu took his judge's pen and viciously stabbed toward King Yama.

Immediately, King Yama covered his lower body and cursed, "Damn Judge Lu, I told you to act, not to strike below the belt!"

"Um, Lord Yama, sorry, I'm used to it, I didn't expect you not to dodge at all."

Judge Lu explained, but for some reason, the smile at the corner of his mouth just wouldn't stop.

However, Judge Lu soon couldn't smile anymore.

Because King Yama wanted to show concern for his subordinates, he decided to personally injure him.

……

"You mean someone caused a ruckus in the Underworld, not only injuring you but also altering the Book of Life and Death?"

Hou Tu Niangniang looked at the group of bruised underworld officials before her and said to King Yama:

"Reporting to the Lady!"

King Yama knelt on the ground, wearing a miserable expression, and said, "It's my failure in guarding the Underworld that brought such calamity upon it; please punish me, Lady."

Her eyes flickered slightly; Hou Tu Niangniang seemed to be calculating something.

But the next moment, a look of astonishment appeared on Hou Tu Niangniang's face.

Because she discovered that someone had concealed the heavenly secrets of the perpetrator; even as a exalted sage, she could not deduce the outcome.

Thus, the matter became interesting.

Being able to conceal her calculations shows that the opposing side definitely has a sage intervening, and their strength surpasses hers.

"Who could it be?"

Hou Tu Niangniang thought, then turned her gaze back to King Yama and said, "You tell me, what does the person who caused chaos in the Underworld look like?"

"That, is a little monkey!"

King Yama said.

"A little monkey?"

Hearing that, Hou Tu Niangniang's expression turned somewhat strange.

As King Yama described, Hou Tu Niangniang finally confirmed that the one who caused chaos in the Underworld was Ao Yifan's child.

"What exactly did you do to provoke that little monkey?"

Hou Tu Niangniang frowned.

"This..."

King Yama hesitated and said, "It seems our underworld officials accidentally hooked the little monkey's soul."

"You actually dared to hook his soul; don't you know his origins?"

Hou Tu Niangniang's aura shifted, and she coldly said.

"Reporting to the Lady, it was my underlings' doing, and has nothing to do with me!"

Feeling the sage's pressure, King Yama buried his head deeper.

"What about the officials who carried it out?"

Hou Tu Niangniang said in a deep voice.

After all, that little monkey should call her 'little mother'; for the underworld officials to dare hook his soul is tantamount to slapping this sage's face.

"Reporting to the Lady, those two officials have already been beaten by the little monkey until their souls scattered."

King Yama said.

"Hmph, they got off easy."

Hearing that the officials' souls had scattered, Hou Tu Niangniang gave a cold snort and then did not pursue the matter further.

"Lady, that little monkey gave us a beating and then thoroughly messed up the Book of Life and Death; take a look."

King Yama said carefully.

"Forget it, let it be changed; I won't investigate further, but from now on, let your subordinates handle things more carefully."

Hou Tu Niangniang said, and also did not pursue the matter of the Book of Life and Death.

After all, if this matter continued to be investigated, it would surely drag in that little monkey; better to let it rest.

"However, that little monkey is indeed quite mischievous; surely his father didn't educate him well, so this debt should be charged to his father."

Hou Tu Niangniang thought to herself, she had already decided; the next time she met Ao Yifan, she would definitely give him a good lesson.

After all, who let him fail to educate his child properly, allowing the little monkey to cause such a huge trouble for the Underworld.

……

"Mother-in-law, the peaches of your Peach Orchard have recently declined sharply in quality!"

Lying on the Jade Pool Golden Mother's thigh, Ao Yifan ate the Peach of Immortality fed to his mouth by the Seven Fairies, smiling as he spoke.

"And this isn't your fault?"

She extended a finger as white as jade scallion, and the Jade Pool Golden Mother lightly tapped it on Ao Yifan's forehead.

"You have so many children; every year you must prepare a certain quota of Peaches of Immortality for them. Now, the Peaches of Immortality in my Peach Orchard can barely support the next Peach Banquet."

The Jade Pool Golden Mother said with a resentful look.

"The Peach Banquet? I think we don't need to hold it anymore."

Ao Yifan bit the Jade Pool Golden Mother's finger and said with a smile, "This Peach Orchard belongs to our family; it's enough for our own people to enjoy—why should we give it to outsiders?"

"Is that not proper?"

The Jade Pool Golden Mother hesitated and said, "The Peach Orchard has never been halted for so many years; if we abruptly cancel the Peach Banquet, I fear the immortals will grow resentful."

"Indeed, if there isn't a good reason, it certainly is a troublesome matter."

Ao Yifan's eyes shifted, and he immediately said, "Mother-in-law, what do you think would happen if we let a little monkey guard the Peach Orchard for you?"

"A little monkey? Guard the Peach Orchard?"

The Jade Pool Golden Mother blinked slightly, then laughed and said, "Who ever heard of letting a little monkey guard a peach orchard? That would just ruin my Peach Orchard—"

Saying this, the Jade Pool Golden Mother suddenly froze, for she seemed to understand what Ao Yifan intended to do.

"Prince Consort, do you have a suitable candidate?"

The Jade Pool Golden Mother asked.