Chapter 169: Su Chen Plans to Find Tianpeng

Several days after Tianpeng was stripped of his immortal status and demoted to the mortal world.

Huaguo Mountain, Water Curtain Cave.

Su Chen was still looking for a way to break the situation.

The Bull Niu Mowang and others were still guarding outside the stone chamber where Sun Wukong was in seclusion, not daring to relax in the slightest.

The entire Demon Alliance was in a state of high alert, loose on the outside but tight on the inside.

"Report—"

The demon general Yan Que, who was in charge of intelligence, ran in from outside the cave with hurried steps.

"Advisor, Great Sages!" Yan Que presented a piece of intelligence that had just been organized, "Something happened in the Heavenly Court."

"Something happened in the Heavenly Court?"

The Bull Niu Mowang and others were energized and surrounded him one after another.

"Are they going to take action against us?" the Flood Dragon Niu Mowang asked urgently.

"No." Yan Que shook his head, "It's Marshal Tianpeng of the Heavenly Court who was demoted to the mortal world by the Jade Emperor."

"Marshal Tianpeng?" The Bull Niu Mowang thought for a moment, "That guy who manages the one hundred thousand Tianhe water troops? He is a heavy minister of the Jade Emperor; how could he be suddenly demoted to the mortal world?"

"Yeah, that doesn't make sense." The Lion Shi Tuo Wang was also full of confusion, "What crime did he commit?"

Su Chen felt a move in his heart when he heard this and took the intelligence from Yan Que's hand.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, he understood the ins and outs of the matter.

When he saw words like "moved mortal feelings privately" and "expressed love to Chang'e," Su Chen couldn't help but shake his head.

He had originally thought that the idea he came up with to help Tianpeng pursue Chang'e would allow him to escape a disaster.

He didn't expect that Tianpeng still couldn't escape the manipulation of fate, although the reason was different, he was still demoted to the mortal world.

Su Chen couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.

His laughter was exceptionally abrupt in the quiet Water Curtain Cave.

The Bull Niu Mowang didn't understand when he saw him laugh.

"Brother Su Chen, what are you laughing at?" The Bull Niu Mowang asked puzzledly, "Marshal Tianpeng being demoted has nothing to do with us; what's so funny about that?"

"Yeah, Advisor." Yan Que added from the side, "According to the news I found out, this Marshal Tianpeng is one of the few great gods in the Heavenly Court who has no prejudice against our Demon Alliance. He fell, and the one who replaced him is that Li Jing; this is not a good thing for us."

"No, you don't understand." Su Chen shook his head, his smile becoming more and more brilliant, "This is a good thing!"

"You don't know, when I went to heaven with Brother Monkey, I had a small friendship with this Marshal Tianpeng. Now that he has been demoted to the mortal world, I am preparing to pay him a visit."

"Visit him?"

The several Great Sages looked at each other, not knowing what Su Chen was planning.

"Second brother is wrong." Su Chen shook his head and explained patiently, "You only see his current desolation, but you don't see what he represents behind him."

"First, he was once the Great Marshal of the Tianhe Water Army and has a deep foundation in the Heavenly Court, with friends and old acquaintances all over. Although he has been demoted now, this network and influence are still there. He knows the inside of the Heavenly Court better than we do."

"Second, he was clearly calculated by that Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing this time. He has resentment in his heart toward the Jade Emperor, Li Jing, and even the Heavenly Court. The enemy of an enemy is our friend; we should take advantage of this point and try to win him over to join our Demon Alliance."

"Third, although he has had his cultivation scattered, he has, after all, the foundation of tens of thousands of years of cultivation as a Taiyi Golden Immortal; as long as he is given time and resources, it is not difficult to rebuild it. If he is willing to join us, it will definitely be a hundred benefits and no harm to the Demon Alliance."

Of course, Su Chen didn't say one more point, which was that he knew this Marshal Tianpeng was one of the members of the future Western Heaven pilgrimage, and his importance was self-evident.

Su Chen's analysis was clear and well-founded.

The several Great Sages nodded one after another after listening, feeling that Su Chen's analysis made sense.

"Yeah!" The Bull Niu Mowang slapped his thigh, "Why didn't I think of that? If Marshal Tianpeng could be won over, he would definitely be a great help to our Demon Alliance!"

"But the problem is, he has been demoted to the mortal world now; the Three Realms are so big, where are we going to find him?" The Lion Shi Tuo Wang raised a key question.

"Yeah, and even if we find him, would he be willing to be with us?" The Gibbon King was also a bit worried.

"This, leave it to me." A confident smile appeared on Su Chen's face.

He not only knew where to find him, but he also had great confidence in persuading Marshal Tianpeng to join the Demon Alliance.

Su Chen looked at the Bull Niu Mowang and the others and said: "Brother Bull, Great Sages, I am preparing to leave Huaguo Mountain for a trip to find Marshal Tianpeng who was demoted to the mortal world."

"You are going personally?" The Bull Niu Mowang and others were shocked, and the Bull Niu Mowang was a bit worried, "Our situation is not good now; I am afraid you will be in danger if you go out alone. Why not let others run a trip or let the second brother go with you?"

"No, Brother Monkey's safety is the most important thing now; Second Brother Flood Dragon must stay in Huaguo Mountain." Su Chen explained, "And letting others replace me won't work either; only if I go personally can I possibly persuade Marshal Tianpeng to join our Demon Alliance. And his joining is very important to the Demon Alliance, so I think it is necessary to take this risk. Moreover, I have learned Brother Monkey's transformation technique now, and the Heavenly Court may not necessarily discover me. If I go out alone, the target is small, and it is more convenient to act."

"Don't worry, I will pay extra attention to my own safety on this trip. Great Sages, while I am out, Huaguo Mountain and Brother Monkey are entrusted to you. Before I return, what you need to do is the same as before: guard Huaguo Mountain, guard Brother Monkey. No matter what happens, don't be impulsive."

The Bull Niu Mowang pondered for a moment after listening to Su Chen's words and finally nodded.

"Good! Brother Su Chen, we listen to you!"

"Brother Su Chen, you are alone, you must be careful!" The Macaque King exhorted.

"Don't worry, I will be careful." Su Chen smiled and finally exhorted: "Also, after I leave, you claim to the outside world that I am in seclusion in Huaguo Mountain, and try not to let others know that I have left Huaguo Mountain."

"Good, we will definitely keep our mouths shut." The several people nodded.

After explaining everything, Su Chen used the transformation technique to transform into the appearance of an ordinary monkey demon in Huaguo Mountain, bid farewell to the Bull Niu Mowang and others, and quietly left the Water Curtain Cave.

After leaving the Water Curtain Cave, Su Chen cast a spell, summoned a demon wind, left Huaguo Mountain, and headed straight for the Western Ox Continent.

Because according to what he knew from reading Journey to the West in his previous life, after Marshal Tianpeng was demoted to the mortal world, he was wrongly reincarnated as a pig in the Western Ox Continent, passed through the mystery of the womb, awakened his previous life's memories, bit to death the mother pig who gave birth to him and a litter of piglets, escaped the pigsty, entered the mountain to re-cultivate, and finally married into the rabbit demon Luan Erjie's family in Fuling Mountain's Yunzhan Cave, occupied the mountain as king, and called himself "Zhu Ganglie." ===== CHAPTER 170 =====

Because according to what he knew from reading *Journey to the West* in his past life, after Marshal Tianpeng was demoted to the mortal realm, he was wrongly cast into a pig's womb in South Shan Bu Zhou. He passed through the Mystery of the Womb, and after awakening his past-life memories, he bit to death the sow that gave birth to him and all his piglet siblings. He escaped the pigsty, entered the mountains to cultivate anew, and finally married into the family of the rabbit demon Luan Erjie at Cloud-Stack Cave on Mount Fuling, where he occupied the mountain as king and styled himself "Zhu Ganglie."