Chapter 427: Heaven's Trade, Humans Become Demons, Demons Refine Immortality Pills

Moreover, what concerns Second Sister even more is why this Chosen One keeps calling himself "Old Monkey Sun"? Does he really think he's the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!

You must know Sun Wukong has already been beaten to death; if he wants to come back to life, there's only one way: find all his root instruments lost after his death.

And one of those root instruments is still with my mother! So Sun Wukong cannot possibly be resurrected.

"Second Sister, what are you thinking about? Why are you so absorbed?" Spider Demon Eldest Sister looked at her second sister and spoke up.

"Second Sister, this Chosen One monkey who came this time is indeed somewhat unusual; this monkey actually calls himself Old Monkey Sun, Old Monkey Sun's.

He seems just like the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and moreover, he came together with Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Bajie—this has never happened before!" Spider Demon Second Sister spoke all she had seen and heard.

"His strength is terrifyingly strong—he can kill you with one blow! Moreover, he keeps calling himself Old Monkey Sun; this—could he really be Sun Wukong?" Spider Demon Third Sister spoke up.

"I heard from Xiao Leiyin Temple and also from Huangfeng Ridge that news has come saying the Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong has truly come back to life." Spider Demon Fifth Sister spoke up.

"Impossible! Sun Wukong has been dead for several hundred years; Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord was one of the demon kings who besieged him back then, and what he turned into after death is still with our mother!

This monkey cannot possibly come back to life; I reckon this monkey might just be somewhat special—happens to speak, happens to have the surname Sun, happens to be somewhat strong—that's all!" Spider Demon Eldest Sister spoke up.

They would never believe such a thing as Sun Wukong dying and being reborn, no matter what was said.

Just as they were chatting with the Zhu sisters, the room inside automatically opened; an old Spider Demon wearing a red bridal gown, dressed as she was when she first saw Tianpeng, walked out from inside.

"Ladies, my, good brother, ah ah this, you!!!" The old Spider Demon was about to say something.

But lifting her eyes, she saw standing at the door, already controlled by the Spider Demons with golden needles, Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Bajie.

The old Spider Demon gasped, her mouth wide open, her face full of disbelief—this, this appearance, this isn't the pig demon appearance from the Journey to the West back then? This, this is the Marshal Tianpeng from back then, this is his extraordinarily handsome appearance from back then! This is her! The brother she's bitterly waited for hundreds of years! "Mother! How is it? Is he your beloved from back then? His appearance is indeed quite handsome—no wonder you've been devoted to him body and soul!" At this moment, Spider Demon Second Sister also walked up to her mother, wearing a proud expression as she spoke.

After all, this person is someone I captured myself; if there are any rewards, they should also be mine.

But at this moment, her mother had already said these things in kung fu; gazing at the Marshal Tianpeng from her memories, the old Spider Demon's emotions became extremely complicated, unable to calm down for a long time.

After several hundred years, she had already prepared herself psychologically, expecting to see a small, short pig demon.

But the one who walked up to her was that former Marshal Tianpeng; this huge gap left her momentarily unable to accept it.

How should this matter be put? How exactly should this be said? Even the old Spider Demon wanted to cover her face, because she didn't want her aged appearance seen by her beloved.

The Zhu Bajie before her is still the original Marshal Tianpeng, but she herself is no longer the fairy in the Moon Palace—she's a Spider Demon who fell into the mortal realm.

"Mother, Mother, what's wrong with you? Why aren't you speaking?" Several Spider Demon sisters saw their mother suddenly fall silent; they immediately thought the old ailment from their mother had flared up, so they rushed forward and spoke up.

"How, how could he be like this now? This, this is exactly his appearance when he was Marshal Tianpeng! Why? Why would he appear before me in this form? Could it be, could it be that he knows I'm about to die soon, so? So he became this form to see me one last time?" The old Spider Demon suddenly collapsed to the ground, muttering to herself as she spoke.

"Mother, Mother, this matter, this matter—daughter doesn't know either; when daughter brought him here, he was already like this." Spider Demon Second Sister hurriedly spoke up.

"Sinful! He has returned to his original form, but, but I am no longer as I was before, I am no longer as I was before—how shall I see him, how shall I see him?" The old Spider Demon suddenly burst into tears as she spoke.

"Mother, Mother!"

"Mother! Are you alright? Please take care of your health!"

"You girls, I'm fine—it's just that this surprise this time was too great! Let me rest a bit; this, this brother, I'll first take him inside.

Soon there might be guests coming; we need to take good care of them." After the Spider Demon finished speaking, she pulled the already-reverted-to-Marshal-Tianpeng Zhu Bajie into the inner chamber.

Does the trap I set up with my senior brother really need to be used? After using it, will my senior brother still be able to preserve Marshal Tianpeng's life? You've become this form—how am I to strike, how am I to strike, to harm you! Only this form—I will absolutely not harm you.

At this moment in the middle layer of the Pan Si Cave, Spider Demon Fourth Sister brought Luode. A group came to a hidden cave; two lanterns hung from the cave ceiling, constantly calling out "Great joy! Great joy!" Spider Demon Fourth Sister, annoyed, casually flicked out a dagger, piercing both talking lanterns right through.

"Little girl, what do you mean by bringing us here? What connection does this place have with the heavenly realm's business you mentioned?" Luode spoke up.

"Containing some treasures, among which several boxes are my dowry." Spider Demon Fourth Sister led the group into the cave, pointing to the five chests on the ground and spoke up.

"Oh! Your dowry!" Is this offering oneself in marriage?

Just now she said she'd be a slave or servant, but now she wants to climb to another status; however, this girl really does look good, and besides, I don't have a single Eastern-attributed pretty girl by my side.

"Heaven-Defying Great God! Besides my dowry here, the real treasure is the innermost thing.

Inside is kept a peculiar insect demon; its name is the Qinlang Demon, originally formed from an immortal egg brought from West Kunlun.

But in this lower realm, lacking the heavenly realm's abundant spiritual energy, what in West Kunlun could grow into an immortal beast—here it didn't hatch into a true immortal beast, but underwent mutation.

One immortal egg was fed to the Officer of the Mao Star on Purple Cloud Mountain; another, however, successfully hatched into the Qinlang Immortal in this cave; this demon beast lays some insect eggs every ten years.

And these insect eggs will be taken by the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord, then fed to his excellent disciples, turning his excellent disciples into demons." Fourth Sister spoke up.

"Officer of the Mao Star? This is what you heavenly realm call 'business'—what exactly is this business? Tell Old Monkey Sun the truth." Sun Wukong suddenly had an extremely bad premonition, his face turning grave as he spoke up.

"Every ten years, the Hundred-Eyed Demon Lord's Huangfa Temple recruits disciples once; these disciples are divided into three categories.

Those with the best aptitude study swords; normally, besides practicing cultivation, they need do nothing else.

Those with poor aptitude study floating dust and also practice some rudimentary martial arts; they are the ones doing odd jobs—everything in the temple needs to be done by them.

These disciples studying swordsmanship with the best aptitude, every ten years, will ascend to the upper realm; they are what everyone most envies." Fourth Sister spoke up.

"Impossible! How could immortals be so easy to cultivate! If cultivating for ten years lets one ascend to heaven as an immortal.

Then the immortals in heaven would already be as numerous as ox hairs; even those heavenly soldiers and generals are merely the souls of deceased human soldiers transformed, not even counting as true immortals." Sun Wukong shook his head and spoke up.

After all, he once mingled in the heavenly court; he also knows some specific conditions of the heavenly court—those lowest-ranking heavenly soldiers and generals are actually the souls of deceased human soldiers transformed.

The mass-produced heavenly armor forged in the heavenly palaces has become a kind of puppet soldier; it cannot be considered a true immortal, and one doesn't even know if it's a living thing.

Wanting to cultivate into an immortal is extremely difficult, and moreover, immortals are ranked by resources and seniority—it's not that simple.

"Haha, these mortals don't know; these mortals only think they've gained an immortal affinity.

They indeed have ascended to heaven, but not to become immortals in heaven—instead, they go to refine pills for humans; they are the finest pill-refining materials." Fourth Sister spoke up.

Becoming immortal! Becoming immortal! These three realms and six paths have all been harmed by this immortality! Sun Wukong felt his anger rising from nowhere; he had already guessed what was happening. "The insect eggs produced by the demon beast deep in this cave—when eaten by mortals, if their aptitude is very good, they will be eaten away by the immortal insects in their five viscera and six bowels.

Then they turn into a strange insect demon, stained with a trace of West Kunlun's immortal energy, plus the spiritual energy gained from their ten years of cultivation, becoming a high-level demon beast.

This demon beast has no thought, but it is top-grade pill-refining material; as long as it's sent to the heavenly palace and then refined by professional pill-refiners,

it can be refined into a pill that increases immortals' lifespans; those heavenly immortals, it is by eating these refined pills that they achieve immortality." Fourth Sister slowly spoke up.

This is the true business in the Pan Si Cave; this is the business they've been doing for hundreds of years; even before them, the previous generation of Spider Demons were also doing this business.

Only back then it wasn't the Qinlang Demon Immortal, but some other things—but overall, the effect is the same.

As long as they can supply the heavenly court with this demon beast that can be used for pill-refining—whether human or demon, as long as they deliver on time, the heavenly court won't ask, won't interfere.

"Damn heaven, damn heaven, these heavenly realm scoundrels, these heavenly court dogs, killing bastards! What's the difference between them and the demons in Lion Camel Ridge? What's the difference?" Sun Wukong spoke up in great anger.

Mortals believe in these immortals and buddhas, but these very immortals and buddhas they believe in treat them as a kind of material to be eaten!

Transforming humans through special means into high-grade demonic beasts, then refining pills from them—this cruel practice has reached a point that makes one's hair stand on end.

Even Luode felt a wave of nausea, cultivating the eggs of a worm demon, then injecting these eggs into human cultivators of exceptional aptitude.

To have them transform into demon immortals, then use these demon immortals to refine pills, increasing the lifespan of true immortals—this is indeed your mother's dragon business! Now that's settled, attacking Heaven's Court and seizing this world carries no psychological pressure at all; these immortals and gods of this world are simply not human.

"I do know something about this business—Heaven's Court has many immortals, the Queen Mother's flat peaches, the Supreme Old Lord's golden elixirs, not enough to extend the lifespan of all immortals, so we must find something new.

This kind of disreputable trade is indeed widespread in the lower realms, and has been going on for who knows how many years.

This Hundred-Eyed Demon King even settled personal scores with public funds, using the two immortal eggs bestowed by Mount Xikunlun to corrupt the Officer of the Sun, and when I came down to the lower realm years ago, I sought him out.

After learning the truth, I dared not return to Heaven again—I feared that one day I too would be eliminated by Heaven's Court using this method." The Azure Gold Dragon Maiden also spoke of what she knew.

"Wukong! Go in and kill that worm demon inside, eliminate this scourge." Luode spoke.

Sun Wukong nodded, shouldered his iron rod, and walked deep into the cave, whereupon the sounds of combat and the death cries of a worm came from within.

Shortly after, Sun Wukong ran back out.

"Great God Wutian, rest assured—the harmful dead elf has been beaten to death by this old monkey, his skull smashed to pieces." Sun Wukong spoke.

Luode smiled and nodded upon hearing this, secretly using his death god power to collect the soul of the dead lute mantis demon immortal, then revived the corpse and directly tossed it into his private space.

Using demonic beasts to refine pills—this is indeed a good business, after all, things that can increase lifespan can still be mass-produced, and wherever they are, they count as hard currency.

My own and Azeroth's life force can indeed increase lifespan, but this cannot be given to everyone, so Luode also plans to create a mass-producible longevity pill.

However, Luode does not need to use these human cultivators—in fact, the world of Azeroth has many very suitable lowly races.

For example, the ubiquitous fishmen, dog-headed men, jackal-men, or the loyal hounds of the Dark Empire, those spider demons of the underworld—these are also very suitable! After all, they are themselves worms.

These descendants of the Angela worm tribe are indeed the most loyal followers of the ancient gods, thoroughgoing lackeys.

I don't know if they can combine with these worm eggs to refine pills.

So using these fellows to produce longevity-extending pills, Luode feels no psychological pressure at all.

But this must be kept from Sun Wukong and the others, lest they find out—otherwise, the plan to subdue this monkey would be hard to carry out, after all, I am currently playing a relatively righteous image, and cannot let flaws show through! Unfortunately, I have no talent for pill refinement nearby, so in this world I must find someone who knows how to refine pills.

Moreover, since the immortal eggs come from Mount Xikunlun, does Mount Xikunlun not have better things? Bring them all to him.

Also, the flat peach trees of this world bear fruit every three thousand years, every six thousand years, every nine thousand years—these peaches are also good things.

And there is the legendary ginseng fruit—these must all be rounded up.

After killing the intermediate-level lute mantis demon immortal, Luode led Wukong and the others forward all the way, arriving at the lowest part of the Spider Silk Cave, where he subdued a Daoist called Black Hand.

This Daoist named Black Hand told Sun Wukong and Luode how to enter Purple Cloud Mountain, then immediately left.

He is also one of the Six Brothers of Mount Mei arranged by Erlang Shen Yang Jian, specifically waiting here to test the Heaven-Mandated One—it's just that the previous few Heaven-Mandated Ones all failed his test.

The group pressed on and finally arrived at a large courtyard at the very bottom of the Spider Silk Cave, where wedding decorations were hung, giving off a festive atmosphere.

Upon entering the courtyard, Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Bajie, his face emitting black light and evil aura, walked out from inside, shouldering his nine-toothed rake, and glared fiercely at Sun Wukong.

"You idiot, how did you become like this?"

"Get lost, you Stable Boy, what damn thing—now you want to live with your sister here for life, I'll never leave again, get out!" Zhu Bajie spat white breath from his mouth as he spoke.

"Great Sage, Marshal Tianpeng is a bit muddle-headed—my mother previously controlled him with a golden needle.

He is now bewitched; just remove that golden needle from his head and he'll be fine." The Fourth Spider Sister hurriedly spoke.

He had just sensed that his old mother and several sisters had already left, presumably heading toward the Huanghua Observatory.

Hope nothing goes wrong! Sun Wukong, hearing this, had no idle words—he grabbed his staff and went up to fight Zhu Bajie, and after a few rounds, knocked him down. Then Luode stepped forward and pulled the golden needle from Zhu Bajie's head.

"Hehe! You idiot, now you've been called out by this old monkey, haven't you? See if you haven't fallen for someone's scheme?" After Zhu Bajie regained consciousness, Sun Wukong leapt forward and spoke mockingly.

"You, you monkey, I fell for this scheme, not to save you? Now you're talking coolly to me."

"Marshal Tianpeng, I, I, where is my mother?" The Fourth Spider Sister asked.

"Oh no, I almost forgot this—Great God Wutian, in a moment I and my senior brother will capture that old spider demon, and I hope you will spare her Zhu lineage.

They were forced by Heaven's Court and Mount Xikunlun people to do dirty and exhausting work, but the true mastermind behind the scenes are those lofty immortals and gods, and that Hundred-Eyed Demon King." Zhu Bajie hurriedly spoke.

"We already know all this—there is a trade in immortal pills between Heaven's Court and Mount Xikunlun here." Luode spoke.

This trade is indeed cruel, and most importantly, they used humans to transform into demons as pill ingredients—can the Bodhisattva of Spirit Mountain turning the people of Siharali into demons also be considered a kind of covert trade? "Then good, let's go! Old Pig will take you to find Purple Pearl." (End of Chapter)