Chapter 180

Inside the dirt cave, on the pile of hay.

The tender little piglet, Marshal Tianpeng, was sleeping sweetly.

He dreamed that he had been restored to his official position and had once again become that majestic Marshal of the Tianhe Water Navy.

He was wearing golden armor, holding the Precious Gold Rake, standing on the warship of the Tianhe, inspecting the one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals under his command.

Then, the scene changed, and he dreamed of Fairy Chang'e.

She was still as beautiful and as cold as ever, and every smile and frown tugged at his heart.

He was overjoyed and was just about to step forward to embrace his beloved in his arms...

Suddenly, he felt a void beneath him, and his whole body seemed to fall into a bottomless abyss, falling rapidly.

"Ah!"

Marshal Tianpeng screamed and woke up from his dream with a start.

But before he could figure out the situation, he felt himself wrapped in an irresistible force, passing through solid rock and soil, and was lifted out of the dirt cave.

The next moment, he appeared in the forest.

Having stayed in the dark for too long, Tianpeng felt the light outside was exceptionally dazzling, and he subconsciously squinted his eyes.

Then he saw a Daoist in a green robe standing in front of him.

"Who?!"

Marshal Tianpeng was startled and instinctively jumped up from the ground, assuming a defensive posture.

But he was just a little pig born not long ago, with short limbs.

His jump, in Su Chen's eyes, was just a hop on the spot.

Seeing this comical scene, Su Chen almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"Oink! Oink!"

Because Tianpeng was too short, he couldn't see Su Chen's face at all, so he scolded, asking who the other party was and why they were ambushing him.

But when the words reached his lips, what came out was a series of rapid and sharp pig squeals.

Hearing himself make a series of pig squeals, he remembered that he was a pig now.

He looked at the two legs in front of him, and alarm bells rang in his heart.

Who was this person? How did he find him?

The method of moving him directly out of the dirt cave just now was definitely not a method that an ordinary cultivator would have.

At the very least, it was a Heavenly Immortal, or even a Mystic Immortal level expert.

He had only bitten a litter of pigs to death, so how could he have provoked such a terrifying existence?

Could it be that old scoundrel Li Jing wouldn't let him go and wanted to cut the weeds and dig up the roots, so he sent an assassin?

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Marshal Tianpeng's mind.

Su Chen looked at his "oink oink" squealing appearance and couldn't help but feel sad for him.

Think back to when Marshal Tianpeng was in the Heavenly Court, wearing golden armor, holding a divine weapon, in charge of one hundred thousand Tianhe Water Navy, how majestic he was.

Look at him now, turned into a little piglet, only to be slaughtered by others.

He put away the smile on his face and slowly spoke to the pitiful Marshal Tianpeng in front of him.

"Marshal, how have you been?"

This plain greeting, falling into Marshal Tianpeng's ears, was like a thunderclap.

He raised his head, staring with his small pig eyes, and finally saw Su Chen's appearance clearly.

He carefully sized up Su Chen's face.

This face seemed a bit familiar.

Why was it him?

Tianpeng, whose pig brain wasn't quite enough, finally remembered Su Chen's identity, the Chief Assistant of the Saint Qitian Mansion, Su Chen.

That young Daoist who followed Sun Wukong to heaven, with a meticulous mind and extraordinary means.

Back at the Taiyin Star, it was he who gave him the idea to tell Fairy Chang'e those stories from the lower world.

Although something happened in the end, it had to be said that the method was indeed effective; Fairy Chang'e was moved to tears at the time.

"Oink! Oink oink oink!"

After recognizing Su Chen, Tianpeng opened his mouth to greet him, but another pig squeal came out.

Su Chen looked at his appearance and said: "Marshal, don't be anxious. You haven't started cultivating yet and haven't refined the horizontal bone in your throat, so you can't speak."

Marshal Tianpeng nodded repeatedly upon hearing this.

"A small matter, I will help you."

Su Chen said, stretching out his finger, pointing at Tianpeng's pig mouth in the air.

A gentle magical power instantly entered Tianpeng's throat.

Tianpeng only felt a slight numbness in his throat, as if something had been refined in his throat.

He subconsciously opened his mouth, trying to make a sound.

"Ah... ah..." He made two dry syllables.

Although the voice was not pleasant, it was indeed a human voice.

Finally able to speak!

Marshal Tianpeng was overjoyed; he cleared his throat and spoke impatiently.

Su Chen thought he had something to say to him.

However, the first sentence he said upon opening his mouth was: "Li Jing! You old scoundrel! I am at odds with you!"

A roar full of resentment and anger echoed in the silent mountain forest, startling countless birds.

Su Chen looked at his appearance and thought to himself that the resentment held in Marshal Tianpeng's heart was not small at all.

After cursing Li Jing, Marshal Tianpeng started cursing the Jade Emperor.

"Jade Emperor! You dim-witted ruler! I guarded the Tianhe for you for one hundred thousand years; even if I had no merit, I had hard work! Just because of this small matter, you actually listened to slander and demoted me to the mortal world! Do you have a conscience?!"

"And that Heavenly Law! What kind of bullshit Heavenly Law! Can't immortals have feelings? Aren't immortals flesh and blood? The guy who formulated this Heavenly Law must be a lonely old man who has never tasted the taste of love!"

He cursed more and more vigorously, greeting everyone in the Heavenly Court, from the Jade Emperor to those immortal officials who didn't like him on weekdays.

Su Chen stood on the side, silently watching him vent without disturbing him.

He could understand Tianpeng's current mood.

Think of him as the dignified Marshal of the Tianhe Water Navy, a big shot with a face in the Heavenly Court, only to be stripped of everything because of a romance, not only losing his official position but also having his immortal body beaten away, wrongly reincarnated as a pig, and turned into this appearance.

If this happened to anyone, they would go crazy.

Letting him curse a few times to vent was only right.

After a hearty and thorough cursing, Marshal Tianpeng finally vented most of the fire in his heart.

He lay on the ground, panting, looking at Su Chen, and asked: "Brother Su Chen, why are you here? How did you find me?"

Su Chen smiled and said half-truthfully: "The Marshal was demoted to the mortal world, and this matter caused a great stir in the Heavenly Court, so naturally, I heard about it. I have some friendship with the Marshal, and hearing that you were in trouble, I couldn't bear it, so I thought of coming to find you to see if I could help with anything."

"As for how I found you..." Su Chen said mysteriously, "Little brother happens to know some deduction techniques, and although I can't say I'm proficient, I spent some effort and finally deduced your approximate location. So, I followed the trail here."

His words could be considered reasonable.

But Marshal Tianpeng didn't believe his words after hearing them.