Chapter 472: Bajie: I Once Had No Choice, But Now I Want To

"Houzi Brother, I once had no choice, but now I want to be a good person. Can you put down your Golden Cudgel?"

Bajie looked nervously at the Ruyi Golden Cudgel inches away; with this thing pressed against his neck, he truly felt like he was on pins and needles, sitting on thorns.

"Hehe, Bajie, it's no use telling me; you have to explain it clearly to Master," Sun Wukong laughed.

"Alright, I'll tell you."

"Ahem, according to rumors, behind this spiritual energy barrier lies a kingdom in the Earth Immortal Realm called the Baigu Yaoguo, where there is a very formidable demon, Baigu Furen.

Baigu Furen is also known as Baigu Dasheng, the ruler of a demon kingdom. Back then, the Heavenly Court tried to exterminate her several times but returned empty-handed, even losing quite a few Heavenly Soldiers and generals!

The Jade Emperor is incredibly troubled by this, do you understand, Master, Houzi Brother!" Bajie said.

"Baigu Dasheng, what a big boast? Can I, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, be weaker than her?" Sun Wukong said.

"Baigu Furen, isn't that just a Baigujing? Have demons become this powerful now?"

Xuanzang did not speak, but instead pondered the origins of reality and the Script.

In the Script, the Baigujing was merely a third-rate earthbound spirit, a skeleton turned demon with meager cultivation.

She even had to rely on a scheme of estrangement to capture Tang Seng!

Now she has directly become a Great Saint, and even the Heavenly Court has no way to deal with her.

"Bajie, can the Heavenly Court really not take down a demon if they truly want to exterminate her?" Xuanzang said.

Upon hearing this, Bajie hurriedly said:

"This is different from those mountain spirits and wild monsters of the past, Master. This demon has an extraordinary background, and her strength is at least at the Golden Immortal Realm; it is possible she has already reached perfection and is just one step away from becoming a Great Luo."

"..." Sun Wukong.

He was speechless; having squatted under the Five Elements Mountain for five hundred years, why were the demons that appeared after his release so damn strong?

Starting at the Golden Immortal level, this was very difficult to deal with!

"So, what is her background? Is she some immortal's mount or does she have an Innate Spirit Treasure by her side?" Xuanzang said.

"Ahem, Master, this time it is not an immortal's mount, otherwise the Heavenly Court would not be launching a crusade," Bajie said.

"Then what about Yang Jian in the Heavenly Court who is so good at fighting, and Nezha? Can't they take her down?" Sun Wukong said.

"It's really not certain they could take her down. Rumor has it that this Baigu Furen does not belong to the Three Realms, her origins are mysterious, and her predecessor was no less than those who claim to be ancestors today.

Houzi Brother, Master, do you know about that battle when the world first opened?" Bajie asked.

"I know a little." Xuanzang said.

"I seem to have heard my Father King mention it; it seems it was the Great God Pangu fighting against three thousand Chaos Great Dao Saints, using his strength to open the heavens. That period was also the peak era of our Dragon Clan, the overlords of heaven and earth," Xiaobailong said.

"Yes, that's right. Back then, the Great God Pangu fell, but those demons did not all die; they hid in the Chaos to recuperate.

Of course, some also hid within our Three Realms, plotting grand schemes.

This Baigu Furen is one of them!" Bajie said.

"According to the level of the Chaos demons, wouldn't that mean everyone has the strength of a Saint?" Xuanzang said.

The Pangu of that time fought the three thousand demons and then opened the heavens; what Pangu attained were not these Fruit Positions like Heavenly Dao Saint or ordinary Saint.

But rather, he reached the goal in one step: the Great Dao Saint, the Chaos Great Dao Saint Fruit Position...

This is far more powerful than a Heavenly Dao Saint or a Merit Saint.

If one were to truly compare strength, the current Heavenly Dao Saints might not be stronger than those Chaos demons, but they have the blessing of the Heavenly Dao in this world, making their strength more stable.

If Bajie says it like this, then what about Baigu Furen's strength?

"Ahem, Master, of course not. As the saying goes, how can one allow others to snore beside one's bed? If Baigu Dasheng were truly of Saint-level combat power, she would have long been wiped out by other Saint ancestors.

According to rumors, the true Baigu Moshen has already fallen, and now only a remnant thought remains in the Earth Immortal Realm to recultivate," Bajie said.

"Tch, I thought she was some kind of demon god. It's just a thought. Besides, Bajie, Master is already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, what is there to be afraid of? She should be the one afraid of us," Sun Wukong said.

"Houzi, with your intelligence, it's no wonder you were played back then and suppressed for five hundred years; it wasn't unjust at all. You must know that there are heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people; as a monkey, you should be low-key. A lean camel is bigger than a horse; even if this Baigu Furen is not currently a Great Luo, her methods might not be inferior to a Great Luo," Bajie said.

"Bajie is right, Wukong. As a monkey, you must be humble and steady. Do not look down on others just because your strength has increased. Therefore, either don't do it, or do it to the death," Xuanzang warned.

"Oh, I understand, Master," Sun Wukong said.

"So Master, let's not go in. Still the same saying, more trouble is worse than less," Bajie said.

Xuanzang shook his head and said: "No rush for this. Let's solve another problem first. So Bajie, are you really an undercover agent? Even I, your master, didn't know this kind of intelligence, yet you know it in such detail?"

"Undercover? Bajie, your behavior is making my thoughts feel blocked," Sun Wukong narrowed his eyes and tightened his grip on the Ruyi Dinghai Needle.

Bajie broke out in a cold sweat, the tofu-like brain inside that pig head spinning frantically, thousands of strategies flashing through in a second, and he explained:

"Master, how could I really be an undercover agent? Houzi, don't stir up trouble. No matter what, I am the Fleet Admiral Tianpeng, in charge of the one hundred thousand water troops of the Heavenly River; naturally, I have plenty of rumors. Besides, what do you rely on when you're out in the world? Is it strength? No! It's background, it's connections! Looking at the Three Realms, who doesn't give me, Old Pig, some face?"

"Houzi, if you had my background and connections, you wouldn't have ended up causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace and being suppressed for five hundred years."

Bajie used the strategy of shifting the conflict from the Thirty-Six Stratagems, directly burning the fire onto Sun Wukong.

The effect was immediate; the events of that year had always been a thorn in Sun Wukong's heart!

"You idiot, can you stop talking nonsense with such a straight face and sounding so reasonable? I'm afraid I won't be able to resist smashing your pig head," Sun Wukong said through gritted teeth, word by word.

Bajie hurriedly hid behind Xuanzang and said aggrievedly: "Master, look at this dead monkey, he resorts to violence at the slightest disagreement; you must stand up for me."

"Master, don't listen to him!"

"Master, look at this monkey, he's getting anxious!"

"..." Xuanzang.

He understood at this moment that the reason the Heavenly Court did not eliminate Baigu Furen was likely to keep her to complete the Journey to the West calamity.

In the dark, everything has a fixed number.

The Heavenly Court, Buddhism, and Taoism had calculated this scene ten million years ago.

Then the question arises, was his promotion to Great Luo Golden Immortal also calculated long ago?

If it was... Xuanzang's brows furrowed tightly, feeling a sense of terror upon deep reflection.

"Let's go, let's go meet this legendary Baigu Furen!"

As the words fell, Xuanzang stepped into the spiritual energy barrier.

Bajie hurriedly followed behind, Sun Wukong trailed closely after, and the master and disciples vanished from the Human Realm.

Meanwhile, on the other side, a dark kingdom shrouded by Demon Cloud appeared in the distance before the eyes of Xuanzang, Sun Wukong, and the others.

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