Chapter 304: Great Battle with the Seven Fairies

"How did Director Jiang film the immortals, making them just like ordinary people, also corrupt in various ways?" A younger viewer in the audience seemed slightly puzzled.

The person beside him said: "What's so strange about that? Immortals also have human nature; many even descend to the mortal world to have children!"

"Yeah, that's true too!"

Following Sun Wukong's second ascent to heaven, upon being invested as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, and after making friends everywhere,

The "myriad aspects of officialdom" in the Heavenly Court also gradually unfolded from Sun Wukong's perspective.

In short, it's just that the staff are bloated and expenditures exceed income.

Over the past thousand years, although only one person granted amnesty to ascend and become an official—namely Sun Wukong.

But the number of those who have ascended from the lower realm is far too great.

Mainly, many immortals have disciples and sects in the Four Continents; under their patronage, sect disciples continually ascend, so the population of the Heavenly Court naturally keeps growing.

Sun Wukong gradually came to realize that the Heavenly Court is merely outwardly splendid, and life there isn't all that great either!

Soon after, someone reported that Sun Wukong was idle and had nothing to do.

Thus, the Jade Emperor assigned Sun Wukong a task—guarding the Peach Garden—and Sun Wukong took up the post with great delight, needless to say.

On the Jade Emperor's side, he stared with a dark face at the seven fairies kneeling on the ground.

"You, how could you do such a thing?"

"We only wanted to relieve Father Emperor's worries; we hold the Peach Banquet every year, extravagant beyond measure. Ordinarily that would be fine, but now that the Heavenly Court's finances are insufficient, we thought to find a pretext to abolish the Peach Banquet—even if only for a year, it would save a great deal."

"If the treasury were truly empty, wouldn't the gods of the Heavenly Court be laughed at? At that point, what face would you have to rule as lord of the Three Realms?"

Gao Yuanyuan, playing the leader of the Seven Fairies, knelt on the ground and spoke at length.

Tang Guoqiang, playing the Jade Emperor, had an extremely grim expression.

"You have such gall—if that riotous monkey starts a ruckus, wouldn't that be even worse!"

"He's just a demon monkey from the lower realm—what great ability could he have? Capture him and send him to the Execution Platform for Demons, and that's that!"

The Jade Emperor said: "Do it cleanly, don't cause any trouble, lest people laugh!"

Having said that, he covered his face and left.

Seeing that, the Seven Fairies then rose.

Gao Yuanyuan, playing the eldest, laughed and said: "Look, I told you it's fine! Father Emperor is lenient, loves extravagance, and cannot bear to conduct strict investigations or impose heavy penalties, resulting in everyone in the Heavenly Court making money, to the point of being beyond redemption."

"Now, we can take advantage of the 'demon monkey's disturbance' to first suspend the 'Peach Banquet,' then later invite our second brother (Yang Jian) to serve as the Judicial Heavenly God, to strictly inspect the treasury's shortfall—this will surely turn the situation around!"

The remaining fairies exclaimed in unison: "Elder sister, you're wise!"

At this moment, Jing Tian, playing one of the fairies, said: "I've heard that demon monkey is quite capable—he even injured Ne Zha; surely he won't cause any trouble, right?"

Gao Yuanyuan, playing a fairy, said: "Indeed there's some trouble; in my view, it would be better for us seven sisters to join forces and capture that demon monkey on the spot!"

Yang Mi, playing a fairy, said: "This idea is good—Ne Zha's fame is tremendous, but if we really fought, he doesn't seem all that formidable!"

"Exactly—when we three spar together against him, he needs three heads and six arms to fend us off; add one more and he'd have to admit defeat!"

"If all seven of us go up together, we'll destroy the demon monkey!"

"United in heart, the sisters' strength can cut through gold!"

Seeing this scene, the audience inside were about to die laughing.

These seven fairies are each extraordinarily beautiful, ethereal and graceful—yet their intellects aren't exactly sharp!

Even Ne Zha serving as your sparring partner would be going easy on you, just thinking about it with his toes!

But these few think that Sun Wukong could at most withstand a siege by five fairies.

After Gao Yuanyuan, playing the eldest, finished arranging the "capture" plan, she couldn't help but feel pleased, saying: "Who says women are inferior to men? I too could become a great general of the world!"

On Sun Wukong's side, after entering the Peach Garden, he first inspected the entire garden accompanied by the Earth God.

Then he began to tally all the peach trees, fruits, and various supplies in storage.

The Earth God, following beside him, exhausted to the point of inability, panted: "Great Sage, there's no rush to finish this today, is there?"

Sun Wukong chuckled: "Not rushing today, do you think I, Old Sun, don't know your thoughts? As long as I don't take inventory for a day, you could steal for a day and then blame it all on me!"

Startled, the Earth God hastily knelt: "Great Sage Sir, we dare not say that; the heavenly laws are strict, we dare not do such a thing!"

Sun Wukong gave a stiff cold laugh: "Heavenly laws, heh! When I served in the Imperial Stables diligently, I never damaged a single heavenly horse or even half a catty of fodder. But after I gave the Wood Virtue Star Lord a beating and left the Heavenly Court, the Imperial Stables actually reported a shortage of over a hundred heavenly horses and six million catties of fodder!"

"Uh, I really dare not comment on such matters!" the Earth God kowtowed again.

"Alright, I know—you all may withdraw now!"

After the Earth God and the retinue of laborers withdrew, Sun Wukong gazed at the huge peaches, drooling.

"Ah, having just spoken so righteously, it would now be improper to steal the Old Jade Emperor's peaches and eat them!"

"You say they're the same—how could they let a monkey manage the peach garden? Isn't that just inviting me to make a mistake!"

Sun Wukong walked in circles under the big tree, then went to look at even larger peaches, his saliva nearly uncontrollable.

"I can't hold back any longer!"

Having said that, Sun Wukong went straight to the tree, about to pluck a peach, but then restrained himself again.

"If I stole it, wouldn't I be just like them?"

"Oh dear, everyone's a thief—catch whoever and they'll be unlucky. Besides, if I'm put in charge of the peach garden, I should at least get some salary; let me eat a few to make up for it!"

Having said that, he plucked a peach and stuffed it into his mouth; his eyes widened instantly, and he mumbled through the mouthful: "Mmm, delicious, delicious!"

Sun Wukong ate several large peaches in a row, finally feeling satisfied.

In the days that followed, he ate several peaches each day, and even when friends invited him for drinks, he didn't go.

However, on that day, the Seven Fairies arrived riding on clouds.

Gao Yuanyuan, playing the eldest, also said: "That demon monkey has been gone for seven or eight days; this timing is just right, and we can explain it outwardly. After all, we can't claim he ate all the peaches in the garden in a single day!"

The other fairies covered their mouths and laughed: "Then he must be incredibly formidable!"

Gao Yuanyuan then said: "Wait, I'll first provoke him with words; as soon as he makes a move, we'll all strike together and surely capture him in one go!"

Definitely!

We are the seven fairies of the Heavenly Court!

Battle the demon monkey!

The seven sisters entered the Peach Garden with high spirits, and the audience in the theater almost laughed themselves crazy.

And he said, 'They don't even know their own true strength at all, do they?'

One look and you can tell they're clumsy as hell!

On the big screen, the seven fairies entered the Peach Garden, first searching everywhere for Sun Wukong, only to discover they couldn't find him.

Gao Yuanyuan, playing the eldest, said: 'Let's pick some peaches first, then discuss after we're done; in short, follow my cues!'

Everyone obeyed, scattering to pick the peaches.

Zhao Liying, playing the fairy, was about to pluck a big peach when it turned into Sun Wukong, who jumped down.

'Hey, where did you rascals come from?' the monkey shouted.

Several fairies stepped forward and immediately began discussing the Peach Banquet.

Sun Wukong, flushed with anger, grit his teeth.

The fairies exchanged glances, ready to strike together when Sun Wukong lost his temper.

Unexpectedly, the Great Sage pinched a spell, chanted an incantation, and shouted 'Stop, stop, stop!' at the seven fairies, immobilizing them.

These seven were dumbstruck, each with a panicked expression and a bewildered gaze.

Who would have thought the monkey was this formidable?

(End of chapter)