Chapter 1825: The Fate of a Pawn, Yin Jiao

"Slap!"

A resounding slap landed on Yin Jiao's face, stopping him from continuing.

Yin Jiao was sent stumbling backward by the force of the blow, eventually collapsing to the ground.

A bright red handprint remained on his face. Right now, Taishang Laojun wished he could kill both Yin Jiao and Jin Jiao on the spot, right in front of Sun Wukong and the others.

As long as this matter didn't reach the Heavenly Court, and as long as Fahai didn't go to report it to the Heavenly Dao, then everything that followed would never happen.

Yet, he had always maintained an image of being detached from worldly affairs. If he were to kill his own two disciples in front of Sun Wukong and the others, what would they think?

Ostensibly, the purpose of the journey west was for Tang Seng to endure the dust of the world and obtain the true scriptures, but what the true purpose was, no one could say for sure.

On the surface, the Buddhas of the Western Heaven were all full of talk about benevolence and morality, and the immortals of the Heavenly Court had always considered themselves the masters of all things. But was that really the truth?

No one knew from what day it began, but this world had long since changed. It was no longer just the Three Realms and the Five Elements; forces from the outside were stirring.

Perhaps this was always unpredictable, or perhaps, from the very moment Wu Feng descended, this world had changed.

In the lotus reflection, during the second havoc in the Heavenly Palace, even Erlang Shen Yang Jian had been defeated by the combined efforts of Sun Wukong and Fahai. For some unknown reason, the Buddhas of the Western Heaven had been slow to intervene.

And the immortals were being beaten black and blue by the White Dragon Horse, Marshal Tianpeng, and General Wujing, who had all obtained powerful cultivation methods.

A nameless heavenly soldier finally dropped his weapon and gave up resistance entirely. He could never have imagined that even General Wujing, who once only served tea and water for the Jade Emperor, now possessed such formidable strength.

"Hmph!" Sun Wukong sneered. He looked back at Marshal Tianpeng, whose body was more than half charred, and said, "It's not a question of whether he admits his mistake now. My Second Senior Brother has been wounded by the Samadhi True Fire; I fear he will never recover as he was."

"I knew long ago that Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao were your alchemy boys. Today, I will have them pay with their lives!"

"That's right!" Fahai lifted his head, glaring at Taishang Laojun, and said, "Not only will they pay with their lives, but I will also take their corpses to the Heavenly Court to report this to the Heavenly Dao!"

"You gods do nothing all day but think of ways to design suffering for the mortals of the lower realms. Did Tang Seng ever provoke you? Do you know he was almost eaten?"

Fahai now stood on Sun Wukong's side. Originally, he hadn't wanted to kill Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao, but given Taishang Laojun's behavior in shielding his own, he decided that this could not simply be let go.

He had now roughly guessed the ins and outs of the matter. He had intended to keep Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao alive so they could testify for them in the Heavenly Court.

But with Yin Jiao's temper, would he testify?

However, that was not the crux of the problem. Even if Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao became two corpses, they could serve as evidence just the same. The Buddhas of the Western Heaven controlled the Long River of Time and Space; Fahai had already made up his mind to drag the corpses of Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao along to question the Buddha.

He would let all the immortals see exactly what Jin Jiao and Yin Jiao had done.

"Younger brother, this is our fate. Just accept it."

Jin Jiao let out a long sigh, his tone filled with extreme helplessness, even tinged with sorrow.

"I won't accept it! Why? Why is it that we followed the Master's instructions and did everything he asked of us, yet in the end, we are the ones who don't get a good ending!"

Yin Jiao looked at Jin Jiao, his face still full of anger, and said. ===== CHAPTER 1827 =====